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David Bauer

@davidbauer.ch
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A curious generalist who loves making things. 👋 www.davidbauer.ch 📨 www.weeklyfilet.com 🧯 www.republik.ch/challenge-accepted 🕹️ www.youdontknowafrica.com 🤔 www.dataguessr.com 📚 www.davidbauer.ch/bookshelf

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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 02/07/2026
Had a ton of fun building this. Who wins the world cup if we let the most gender equal countries win? Or the most democratic? Or the ones who emit the least CO₂ per capita? Pick a metric, make a guess, and see the knockout stage play out. www.dataguessr.com/world-cup-20...
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Dataguessr World Cup 2026 edition
Pick a metric, guess the champions, and see the knockout phase play out.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 09/03/2026
New web game that takes 2 min to play (and perhaps a lifetime to master?): Outsmart. “Five rounds, first to 3 wins. In each round, the higher bet wins. You have 100 total points, so bet wisely. Can you outsmart the machine?” [labs.davidbauer.ch]
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Outsmart – a game of strategy and deception
A strategic betting game where you try to outsmart the computer, maybe for the last time ever.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 08/01/2026
Gmail is introducing a new AI Inbox, basically a personalised briefing based on your emails. So much for email as the last channel where algorithms don’t get between you and your audience. blog.google/products-and...
See what matters most: AI Inbox
Your inbox is filled with updates; some are critical, others are just noise. The new AI Inbox filters out the clutter so you can focus on what’s most important.
AI Inbox is like having a personalized briefing, highlighting to-dos and catching you up on what matters. It helps you prioritize, identifying your VIPs based on signals like people you email frequently, those in your contacts list and relationships it can infer from message content. Crucially, this analysis happens securely with the privacy protections you expect from Google, keeping your data under your control. This lets high-stakes items — like a bill due tomorrow or a dentist reminder — rise to the top. We’re giving trusted testers access to AI Inbox before making it more broadly available in the coming months.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 31/12/2025
I made up some awards, because someone had to. 🏆 Most Morbidly Useful Listicle of The Year 🏆 Enshittification of The Year 🏆 Gut Punching Pause of The Year 🏆 Uncomfortably Honest Field Guide to The Deeply Bizarre Now-Now-Soon of The Year 🏆 and 9 more… newsletter.weeklyfilet.com/weekly-filet...
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Weekly Filet Awards 2025
The best of the web, in 13 categories you won't see anywhere else.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 16/12/2025
A little update to my ever growing list of ways in which I use AI for work, life and play. I now have a COO for my one man newsletter business. What could possibly go wrong? If you find any of these use cases and prompts helpful, feel free to use and adapt them. Full list 👇
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How I Use AI – David Bauer
An ever growing and chronically incomplete list of ways to use AI for work, life and play. Free to copy and adapt.
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WEDODATA @wedodata.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
La bonne reco du mois : DataGuessr Notre data designer Clément vous recommande ce jeu addictif conçu par @davidbauer.ch : chaque jour, classez 7 pays selon un indicateur 📊 Le principe : quel pays a le plus haut taux d'enfants vaccinés ? En Birmanie, c'est 71%. Et au Bénin, c'est plus ou moins ? 🤔
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Amanda Shendruk @not-ship.com · 14/11/2025
This is Not-Ship: a newsletter using data and visuals to navigate our turbulent world. Everything is A LOT lately. It's all so uncertain. And the way I try to make sense of things is with data. So, that's what Not-Ship is all about. Come chart the chaos with me. www.not-ship.com/its-not-just...
not-ship.com
It's not just you. Uncertainty is through the roof.
The world is a lot right now.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 13/11/2025
Finishing up tomorrow's newsletter... It's not too late to sign up: www.weeklyfilet.com
Screenshot of the newsletter header. On top, the logo that reads Weekly Filet. Below the title: Fuck hope. What's the strategy? and a subtitle:  Also, the world is turned upside down. (#551)
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 13/11/2025
I mean we all knew China is building out solar and wind energy on a massive scale. But this 🤯 «The 22m tonnes of steel used to build new wind turbines and solar panels in 2024 would have been enough to build a Golden Gate Bridge on every working day of every week that year.»
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The World Turned Upside Down
The developing world is apparently going to have to do the heavy climate lifting
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 11/11/2025
🤝 Which countries have increased or reduced their emissions the most since the Paris Agreement in 2015? dataguessr.com/topic/emissi... 🧵↓
Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.

With an arrow, the word "warming" is added before "world".

The word Dataguessr uses the warming stripes that illustrate warming global temperatures over time as background.

At the bottom, a button saying "Start now"
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 06/11/2025
«The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better.» ourworldindata.org/much-better-...
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 31/10/2025
Gave my website a little glow up to bundle all the web apps I've created over the years that people might still find useful. Have a look: davidbauer.ch
Stylised screenshot of davidbauer.ch website showcasing eight digital tools in a grid layout. Featured projects include: Dataguessr, a playful way to update your knowledge of the world. How I Use AI, a collection of use cases, ready to use and adapt. You Don't Know Africa, a simple game that has already humbled millions of people. Choose Impact, an online tool to compare job opportunities. Priority Compass, a tool to focus your energy on what really matters. Climate Questions, a playful conversation starter.  And One Minute Challenge, a little meaningful distraction to refocus. Each tool is displayed as a card with preview images and brief descriptions.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/10/2025
To quote my friend @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, climate change won't make humanity extinct but we can do better than "not extinct". Raise your standards people!
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 29/10/2025
How long until Substack introduces an all-you-can-read subscription?
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 25/10/2025
Where will most people live in 2100? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ Can you match that? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 24/10/2025
Where do the most people die from air pollution caused by fossil fuels? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅🟥🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 16/10/2025
Favourite extremely nerdy feature in @ghost.org.
An overlay that reads:

Forget something?
Looks like you've got some unfinished business. There is 1 TK reminder left in your post.

Two buttons:
Continue to publish
Back to editor
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 15/10/2025
Lese gerade das neue Buch von @emcke.bsky.social und liebe diesen pragmatisch-poetischen Hinweis, wie das manchmal Holprige und Ungewohnte an inklusiver Sprache wirklich gut auszuhalten ist.
Viel wird zur Zeit gestritten über die Frage, ob und wie wir sprachlich verschiedene Geschlechtsidentitäten adressieren sollen. Mir scheint es schlicht eine altmodische Geste der Höflichkeit, Menschen so anzusprechen, wie sie angesprochen werden möchten.
Das verlangt mitunter, von bislang üblichen Sprech- und Schreibweisen abzuweichen. Das ist nicht immer leicht. Ich probiere es vorläufig mit einem Doppelpunkt und will neben männlichen und weiblichen Personen auch nicht-binäre mit ansprechen. Ich vermute, wir werden verschiedene schriftliche und mündliche Formen ausprobieren - manche als verletzend, manche als unpraktisch wieder verwerfen. Und uns nach und nach auf etwas verständigen, das den Test des Alltags besteht. Bis dahin werden wir stottern oder holpern - aber das tue ich sonst im Leben auch.

Der letzte Satz ist gelb hervorgehoben.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 15/10/2025
Where do the most adults smoke? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅🟥🟥✅ Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 07/10/2025
⚡️For the first time, solar and wind covered all electricity demand growth, sloooooooowly reducing fossil fuel dependency. My chart, data from the newly released @ember-energy.org Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 (ember-energy.org/latest-insig...).
Bar chart with the title «Solar and wind sloooooowly push out fossil energy» comparing electricity generation changes from H1 2024 to H1 2025 across five regions. Worldwide: demand rose 369 TWh, solar and wind grew 403 TWh, while hydro fell 42 TWh and fossil fuels dropped 27 TWh. China: demand up 198 TWh, solar and wind up 247 TWh, fossil fuels down 58 TWh. United States: demand up 76 TWh, solar and wind up 49 TWh, fossil fuels up 18 TWh. European Union: demand up 9 TWh, solar and wind up 16 TWh, hydro down 33 TWh, fossil fuels up 25 TWh. India: demand up 12 TWh, solar and wind up 28 TWh, fossil fuels down 29 TWh. Source: EMBER Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 07/10/2025
Gentle reminder that if you’re using Substack, make sure to go through settings to prevent Substack from spamming your subscribers with all sorts of engagement emails (which, btw, have the main goal of turning your audience into their audience). Also, might as well just switch to @ghost.org.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 07/10/2025
Some eye-opening surprises there… Where do most women engage in paid work? My Dataguessr score: ✅🟥✅✅🟥🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 03/10/2025
🫣 Where do most people own a mobile phone? My Dataguessr score: 🟥✅🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 02/10/2025
Where have greenhouse gas emissions increased or decreased the most since 2000? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ Can you match that? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 01/10/2025
More than a decade ago, I created what I called «An unfinished list of ventures in journalism you should be watching». Since I haven't updated it in years, it captures a moment in time that felt very different to today. Some continue to thrive (👋 @zetland.dk), many others are dearly missed.
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An unfinished list of ventures in journalism you should be watching (and why)
One thing that makes current times so interesting for journalism is that everybody is still looking for a model that will work for journalism in the 21st century. Given the speed of technological chan...
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 30/09/2025
Which countries are most democratic? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅✅🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 29/09/2025
Which countries have the highest share of people born in a different country? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅🟥🟥✅✅🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 27/09/2025
Where is child mortality highest? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅🟥✅✅ Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 26/09/2025
Which countries make use of renewable energy the most? My Dataguessr score: ✅🟥✅✅🟥🟥✅ Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 25/09/2025
Where will most people live in 2100? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ Can you match that? dataguessr.com
dataguessr.com
Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 24/09/2025
Where do the most people die from air pollution caused by fossil fuels? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅🟥🟥🟥✅ Can you do better? dataguessr.com
dataguessr.com
Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.myatproto.social · 23/09/2025
Talent is leaving legacy journalism companies in droves. Marketing talent, product talent, reporting talent, engineering talent, writing talent, producing talent. I don't know what to do about it but transform how these companies pay, respect, and grow their talent.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 23/09/2025
I thought this one would be an easy one, but 🫣. Where do most people live? My Dataguessr score: 🟥✅✅✅🟥✅🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 22/09/2025
Where are women most empowered? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅🟥🟥✅🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 21/09/2025
Where does the largest share of the urban population live in slums? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅🟥✅✅🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 20/09/2025
Where are most animals slaughtered for meat? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅🟥✅🟥🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 19/09/2025
In the first seven days since I launched this new game, almost ten thousand people from 82 countries have played it. (Top cities so far: New York City, Zurich, Toronto, Chicago, Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm) What topics would you like me to add next? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 19/09/2025
So far, nobody got 6 or 7 correct 😱 Where do most people trust one another? My Dataguessr score: 🟥✅✅🟥🟥✅🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 18/09/2025
Which countries have the highest share of children aged 14 or younger in the total population? My Dataguessr score: ✅✅✅✅🟥✅🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 17/09/2025
Some countries are doing way better than I thought! Which countries have the highest share of children vaccinated? My Dataguessr score: ✅🟥🟥✅✅✅🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 16/09/2025
Today’s daily challenge is a tough one. Where do the most adults smoke? My DATAGUESSR Score: ✅🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15/09/2025
Dataguessr. “This game is inspired by the work of Gapminder and Our World in Data. It uses data to give you a better understanding of the state of the world.” [dataguessr.com]
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 15/09/2025
Which countries have caused the most CO₂ emissions in history? My DATAGUESSR Score: ✅✅✅✅🟥🟥✅ Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 14/09/2025
Where do most children aged 0-14 live? My DATAGUESSR Score: ✅✅✅🟥✅✅✅ Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 13/09/2025
Which countries have the highest life expectancy? My DATAGUESSR Score: ✅✅🟥✅🟥🟥🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 12/09/2025
Which countries have the highest share of electric vehicles in use? My DATAGUESSR Score: ✅✅✅✅✅✅🟥 Can you do better? dataguessr.com
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Dataguessr
Update your knowledge of the world. One quiz at a time.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 12/09/2025
Such a great feature. If you want to share a link on Spread and it detects that someone else has recently shared it, it asks you to repost it rather than post it yourself. Amplify the signal instead of adding noise.
Screenshot of a social media post reshare dialog. Top shows “Recently Spread by Bob Mertz and 1 others. Choose to Respread?” with profile avatars. Below displays an article preview from The New Yorker titled “The History of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department” by Zach Helfand, featuring an illustration of three figures running along a curved blue path. Article subtitle reads “Reporters engage in charm and betrayal; checkers are in the harm-reduction business.” Orange “Respread” button appears at bottom.
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Michaël Jarjour @jarjour.myatproto.social · 11/09/2025
Today, Trustfund is launching into private beta. With @trustfnd.com trustworthy creators can set up Collaborations to help each other earn more income and grow faster. If you post to inform, not to sell, Trustfund is made for you. Reserve your username at trustfnd.com
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Trustfund
Collaboration tools for the world's trustworthy creators.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 25/07/2025
Need some new ideas on how to use AI? Or a few prompts to copy and adapt? I made a page with my ever growing (and yet chronically incomplete) list of ways in which I use AI for work and in my personal life. labs.davidbauer.ch/how-i-use-ai/
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How I Use AI – David Bauer
An ever growing and chronically incomplete list of ways in which I use AI for work, in my personal life, and for fun. Copy and steal whatever you find useful.
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David Bauer @davidbauer.ch · 12/07/2025
Currently writing back and forth with a booking site about a refund they don’t want to grant me. I‘m almost certain all their answers are AI generated and we‘re going in circles now. What’s my next move?
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