curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 23/06/2026"At risk?" Are you to engage in a hunger games like competition amongst yourselves now? 010
Reposted by curi0scuri0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Pressefreiheit in Gefahr – und das ausgerechnet beim #ZDF. Wer auf Trumps Sanktionsliste steht, darf nicht mehr beim Sender auftreten oder arbeiten. Unterzeichne jetzt den Campact-Appell. ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/kZxSaWitaktion.campact.deUnterzeichne gegen Trumps Einfluss beim ZDFDas ZDF richtet sich nach Trumps Sanktionslisten. Wir fordern: Pressefreiheit schützen. Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen. 001
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Pressefreiheit in Gefahr – und das ausgerechnet beim #ZDF. Wer auf Trumps Sanktionsliste steht, darf nicht mehr beim Sender auftreten oder arbeiten. Unterzeichne jetzt den Campact-Appell. ➡️ aktion.campact.de/s/kZxSaWitaktion.campact.deUnterzeichne gegen Trumps Einfluss beim ZDFDas ZDF richtet sich nach Trumps Sanktionslisten. Wir fordern: Pressefreiheit schützen. Jetzt Appell unterzeichnen. 001
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Here's a supplemental newsletter: www.codastory.com/newsletters/... #oligarchy #autocracy #kleptokracy #cryptocodastory.comNewsletter: oligarchy - Coda Storynewsletter: oligarchy Join Oliver Bullough as he reveals how the shadow financial system built by kleptocrats and oligarchs shapes everything from the house prices in your neighborhood to the taxes yo... 020
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Genau. Ich wiederhole gerne: die Logik diejeniger, die der AfD glauben: uns gehts nur schlecht wegen der Ausländer. Jetzt weniger Ausländer, aber mir gehts immer noch schlecht. Also müssen noch mehr weg. Böses Erwachen, wie schlecht es ALLEN wirklich gehen wird mit immer weniger Ausländern. 283
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Denen nicht, aber Logik für diejenigen, die ihnen glauben: uns gehts nur schlecht wegen der Ausländer. Weniger Ausländer, aber mir gehts immer noch schlecht. Also müssen noch mehr weg. Böses Erwachen, wie schlecht es ALLEN wirklich gehen wird mit immer weniger Ausländern. 020
Reposted by curi0sKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 14/06/2026“By the way, they even said, OK, you invest a lot of money, and you know, even senior people come to us when Ebola comes. But you’re coming to prevent Ebola from coming to you to stop it here. It’s not because you want to save our lives. It’s not for us, it’s for you.” 36613
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 04/06/2026🤫 You only listed your X-account on that poster (and, of course, the omnipresent Instagram). Oversight? Outdated? 000
Reposted by curi0sKai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 20/05/2026“Sure, it will take some adjusting and there will be some moving pains, but unless you want to be forced into the Gemini lifestyle, it’s time to make a plan to get off Google and start packing your virtual boxes for greener pastures.” By @parismarx.com disconnect.blog/google-is-it...disconnect.blogGoogle is its own worst enemyIn its bid to push AI, it’s destroying its products and trying to kill the web too 212845
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Yes, can we please get better surveys? 2000 is too small. Also, my pet peeve: HOW is the survey being done? E.g., phone calls? Who picks up, with an unknown caller? Landlines? Who has those? Online surveys with paid participants? 120
Reposted by curi0sCoda Story @codastory.com · 14/05/2026Hemad Nazari hasn't been home to Iran in 8 years. In January, he waited 8 days to find out if his family was alive. This is what exile looks like in 2026. buff.ly/jNGkdzg 031
Reposted by curi0sAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Some news in eigener Sache: Mein neues Buch über Grossbritannien ist ab heute in den Buchhandlungen. Zehn Jahre nach dem Brexit: Wie geht es den Briten heute und warum ist Larry the Cat der beständigste Bewohner der Downing Street? Aktueller geht es nicht. #StarmerChaos 25525106
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Your research, journalism and newsletters are brilliant -- but your self-promotion here is absurd. Post some articles along with a call to subscribe, not just by itself. No one just orders a pretty blue box when they don't know what's inside. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Umfragen, wie sie immer noch durchgeführt werden, haben auch das Problem der Repräsentation: wer nimmt einen unbekannten Anruf an? Wer hat heutzutage noch einen Festnetzanschluß? Wer wird wie bezahlt für Online-Umfragen? 010
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Wie wäre es denn stattdessen all das Plastik, das es bereits gibt, besser zu recyclen und wiederzuverwenden? Die Technologien dafür gibt es doch. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Asking for (I assume) every non-Brit: what is that? It looks to me like you spilled your milk on your cake. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Please, Pete, as much as I think you'd be perfect: don't think of running. As a fellow "family member" you are not electable; a gay man has as much of a chance as a black woman - none. 000
Reposted by curi0sAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/05/2026"In a maximum-gerrymandering scenario, more than 400 seats in the House could be safe and essentially uncontestable, delivering to voters year after year an unresponsive and unimpeachable class of lazy representatives with little incentive to represent them" www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe House of Representatives Is Turning Into the Electoral CollegeThanks to the Supreme Court, the gerrymandering wars, already awful, are poised to get even worse. 681138500
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Just an idea: could they adjust their crawlers to grab content delayed? The press itself is fighting to stay alive, and the Archive is used by people to bypass paywalls. 000
Reposted by curi0sJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026This wild document is the basis for the State Department's decision to cancel the visas and green cards of tech researchers who study the social media platforms and of tech regulators who enforce privacy and transparency laws. Disclosed to us last night in @thecoalition.bsky.social v. Rubio. 542555999
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 27/04/2026And auto-translations like these inside browsers (see screenshot) make every author grateful for real, human translators who can remember the correct personal pronoun of the person in question from one paragraph to the next and not default / regress to the "standard" he. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 21/04/2026@followthatpage.com Onno, there is no hope for your service to be unblocked, right? Damn AI bots are destroying the internet; more and more sites I'm watching (for work) with your service are blocking it. When I go to those pages via my browser, not even an are-you-human check is done. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Coda wrote about it in 2020: www.codastory.com/surveillance...codastory.comTech company's ties to white supremacism trigger debate on surveillance algorithms - Coda StoryReports that Banjo’s CEO was once a member of the KKK have led to questions about the role of biases in AI and law enforcement 010
Reposted by curi0sAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 07/04/2026In honor of Vance's visit to Hungary, where he will campaign for Viktor Orban, I am reposting my article from last year. I argued that Orban's Hungary is one of the poorest countries, and certainly the most corrupt and least free country, in the entire EU. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comAmerica’s Future Is HungaryMAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished. 12133391344
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Bitte auch noch die (wahrscheinlich) gezielte Tötung von JournalistInnen erwähnen -- die dann als militante Anhänger von Hamas oder Hisbollah bezeichnet werden, ohne Beweise. cpj.org/special-repo...cpj.orgRecord 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths - Committee to Protect JournalistsKey findings Introduction At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: ... 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Dtld sollte mal in diese Technologien reinschauen, die Oklo (der Name.., ich weiß..) entwickelt hat: All die Brennstäbe, die ja nur deshalb so gefährlich sind, weil sie noch so viel Energie haben (95%), können noch verwendet werden. Das sind die AKWs, die wir haben sollten. oklo.com/fuel-recycli...oklo.com Oklo Inc. - Fuel Recycling 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Also weird phrasing: "America's reliance on vaccines" sounds as if they're just getting shots, instead of doing something better. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Bei dieser CDU, wer braucht da die AfD noch? Ernste Frage. 020
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Ich frag mich wer bei dieser (CDU-)Regierung noch den Bedarf hat AFD zu wählen. 001
Reposted by curi0sChristian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 22/03/2026Public Service Announcement: Russia‘s propaganda botnets are going all-out trying to promote Victor Órban before the elections in Hungary, with a whole host of hair-raising disinformation narratives. The „act of terror“ story is still strong, so stay vigilant. 4275131
Reposted by curi0sRutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 11/03/2026I made a video about fascism in America. Not as an insult. As a clinical diagnosis --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDf2...youtube.com10 Signs of Fascism. America Has All of Them.YouTube video by Rutger Bregman 15251147
Reposted by curi0sCoda Story @codastory.com · 11/03/20261/ Journalism’s “objectivity” is an illusion when tech billionaires with godlike ambitions capture the narrative and shape reality. Should journalists stop being polite and confront the cultish power behind Silicon Valley’s AI takeover? buff.ly/JW22eaybuff.lyThe capture of journalism and the illusion of objectivity - Coda StoryFaced with hostility, hollowed out by Big Tech, journalists must ask themselves a question: ‘ What do we stand for?’ 131
Reposted by curi0sAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 11/03/2026Russia enters Viktor Orban's election campaign, providing consultants who will flood social media with messages designed, ironically, to frame Orbán, a Russia puppet, as "the only candidate who can keep Hungary sovereign" From @financialtimes.com giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comKremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in powerVladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions 791576754
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 12/03/2026As a non-native English speaker, and terrified newby to the US south, my wife helped me with this: watch = check your watch, there's still time to hide. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Nun ja, da besteht ja wirklich ein ungeheuerliches Risiko -- die armen Leute, die da ein pflanzliches Steak essen fallen ja sofort tot um, beim ersten Biss. Das sollte nicht unterschätzt werden.... 🤦 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I'm not excusing ANYTHING, but ICE claims it's not the full story, that the husband had overstayed his work visa for >20 yrs and she had been banned for 10 yrs, also after overstaying. www.snopes.com/news/2026/02... Not all facts are always known, see: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...snopes.comBreaking down report British grandmother on tourist visa was detained by ICEAccording to The Guardian, 65-year-old Karen Newton spent six weeks in a Tacoma ICE detention facility. 100
Reposted by curi0sMichael Schäfer @michaelschaefer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Gegen das schwarz-rote Teurer-Heizen-Gesetz. Bitte unterschreiben und teilen. weact.campact.de/petitions/be...weact.campact.deBezahlbare Wärme statt Gaskostenfalle!Durch die Entscheidung der Gaslobby-Ministerin Reiche (CDU) drohen 20 Mio. Haushalten teure Gaspreise. GermanZero fordert: Bezahlbare Wärme ohne Erdgas! ✍️ Schließ' dich der Forderung an und unterzeic... 16031
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 03/03/2026What scares me is Laura McGill in charge of Sandia Labs... Someone with the focus of "nuclear weapons modernization" sounds too much like his dream of those "small, safe" nukes he constantly talked about during his first term. 000
Reposted by curi0sCoda Story @codastory.com · 25/02/20261/ Ethnonationalist identitarian settlements, racially homogeneous, heterosexual, and self-sufficient, have their roots in Anastasianism, a movement born from the fanbase of Vladimir Megre's 1990s fantasy series, The Ringing Cedars. Read about its revival: buff.ly/4EPbiGybuff.lyThe Identitarians are back: How a discredited worldview dominates the global agenda - Coda StoryIn 2019, Germany formally classified a nativist movement as extremist. In 2026, the movement’s ideals are standard mainstream politics. 112
Reposted by curi0sAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/02/2026Viktor Orban is now 20 points behind in the polls - and so he has ordered the military to guard “key energy facilities” against a possible Ukrainian “attack.” Hungarians fear he plans a fake national security emergency or false-flag incident before the April 12 election apnews.com/article/hung...apnews.comHungary's leader orders extra security at energy sites, claiming Ukraine plots disruptionsHungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ordered extra security at critical energy infrastructure sites after claiming Ukraine was attempting to disrupt Hungary’s energy system. 22033351560
Reposted by curi0sAlex Turnbull @alejandroturnbull.space · 22/02/2026The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan. darksky.org/news/two-sat...darksky.orgSatellite proposals threaten the night skyIn the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operations… 12435742739
Reposted by curi0sEarthjustice @earthjustice.org · 12/02/2026The Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding, a scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The endangerment finding compels the government to limit climate pollution as a matter of public health. Repealing it has no basis in law or reality. 14925
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Is this when we learn that your new book is written in the style of the Brothers Grimm? 👍😜 000
Reposted by curi0sSebastian Meineck @sebmeineck.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Per Mausklick lassen sich Fotos bekleideter Personen in Nacktbilder verwandeln. @algorithmwatch.org bittet um Hinweise auf solche Apps und Websites, um dagegen vorzugehen. Wie das klappen soll, hat mir @olivermmarsh.bsky.social erklärt. #Deepfakes #digitaleGewalt netzpolitik.org/2026/hinweis...netzpolitik.orgHinweise gesucht: „Wir wollen die Verbreitung sexualisierter Deepfakes einschränken“Per Mausklick lassen sich Fotos bekleideter Personen in Nacktbilder verwandeln. Die Organisation Algorithm Watch bittet nun um Hinweise auf solche Apps und Websites, um systematisch dagegen vorzugehen... 04335
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 26/01/2026If possible, could you please update your links on your substack profile? It only shows a link to your X account. 000
curi0s @curi0z.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Am happy for you! And I love that you keep referring to Viking Cruise's Bluesky account -- which is either not they or they're not using it yet, though they should. Yay for you! ;) 000
Reposted by curi0sEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring A new review of the evidence just out www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 241427513