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Dorothée Lefering

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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 7h
www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Could I make six figures from my couch? Influencers said yes – so I tried
I was seduced by content creators hawking easy side hustles. Like the language used in MLMs, it seemed too good to be true
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 11h
Don’t forget to look up 😍 #TravelEurope #TravelPhotography #Architecture #architecturePhotography #travel #neverstopexploring #Europe #Pub
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre is planned to be demolished and redeveloped to an eight-storey office building. Thoughts? #architecture #redevelopment #architecturePhotography #photography #travelphotography
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oh la la 🚂 metro.co.uk/2026/10/08/e...
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Eurostar passengers can now fall asleep in London and wake up in Germany
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.frankie.com.au/article/the-...
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the outback’s pinkest (and quirkiest) hotel
Come for the pink. Stay for the Pink Panther.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...
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Inside the world's only floating national park
Loktak Lake in India is a living mosaic of floating islands home to the only floating national park on Earth.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
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Opinion | Want to Fight Back Against Big Tech? Start Here. (Gift Article)
A.I. is a political theory. And it is gobbling up our democracy.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/10/2026
AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
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AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
To beach, or not to beach, that is the question ❤️🌊 #naturelover #travelphotography #travel #travelEurope #beachlover #lifeisabeach #photography #neverstopexploring
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Support your local bookshop 🏠📚😍 #reading #travelEurope #travelPhotography #architecture #travel #books #neverstopexploring
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
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Why Arturo Béjar left Meta – and blew the whistle: ‘I don’t recall Mark ever being empathetic’
Béjar’s daughter was 14 when she told him Instagram was failing to keep her safe. So when he became part of Meta’s ‘wellbeing team’, he knew he had to speak out – and his testimony cost it billions
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Berlin Berlin 😍 #TravelGermany #Photography #TravelPhotography #architecture #architecturePhotography #TravelEurope #citytrip #neverstopexploring #history
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Armchair Travel to Paris ❤️
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Velvet Revolution ends communism in the Czech Republic. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have enough of the Soviets, organize a singing revolution and go for independence. The Soviet Union falls. Etc etc. 2/2 What else was amazing after the end of the cold war?
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In 1961, the wall was built to hold locals back from leaving for the West. 28 years forward. The wall falls. The cold war between the US and the Soviets ends. Germany reunites. Romanians make Ceaușescu flee 1/2
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Upping the ante, he suggested the fate of the artworks was also connected to Burnham’s stated desire for the UK to have closer ties with the EU 🎉
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In 1961, the wall was built to hold locals back from leaving for the West. 28 years forward. The wall falls. The cold war between the US and the Soviets ends. Germany reunites. Romanians make Ceaușescu flee 1/2
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Meet me on Flashes 📷 #travelphotography #travel #architecture #travel #TravelEurope
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dublin ❤️ #travelEurope #Travel #travelPhotography #clouds #sunshine #citytrip #vacation #neverstopexploring #TravelIreland
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Travel Germany. No more stumbling stones in memory of the Holocaust and victims of German Nazis in Heidenau near Dresden. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Support you local bookshop ❤️📚 #reading #books #bookshops #librarylove #travelEurope #Travel
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Death slop is another clever idea to collect confidential data 👀
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why would people need a personal digital assistant that autonomously uses software apps and websites on their behalf? Think for yourself. Live your dreams. Book your trips. Etc etc 📚🍽️⚓️🎶🎭 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/t...
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Meta Rolls Out A.I. Agent That Can Send Your Emails and Book Your Travel (Gift Article)
Muse, Meta’s new A.I. agent, acts as a personal digital assistant that connects to Facebook and Instagram, as well as third-party apps such as Spotify and OpenTable.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Nationalism is wrong; add religion to it and the disaster is complete. Mostar is an excellent place to understand that once more. "Don't forget" is what someone sprayed on a rather small-ish stone exactly opposite a popular lookout point. www.thetouristin.com/2016/05/Most...
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Travel Bosnia-Herzegovina. Mostar. Bridge the Gap
Global and independent. Travel tips from city trips to bush camping. Fair. Green. Plus: Books that match the location.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Travel #Australia. Jumping on a plane to fly up to Uluru? Everybody can do that, I decided to drive up there 🚙 www.thetouristin.com/2015/04/Melb...
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Travel Australia - Road trip Melbourne to Uluru
Global and independent. Travel tips from city trips to bush camping. Fair. Green. Plus: Books that match the location.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
'Silicon Valley fascism' is waging war on democracy
The author of The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy, has a warning.
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𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚕𝚎𝚛 @rennsemmler.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026
The Nerd Reich:
The Nerd Reich book cover, by @gilduran.com, a New York Times Instant Bestseller
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Road trip South Africa. Places to visit in the Gouritz Cluster UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 🚙🌊🗻 www.thetouristin.com/2015/12/Gour... #travel #SouthAfrica #roadtrip
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Road trip South Africa. Places to visit in the Gouritz Cluster UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Global and independent. Travel tips from city trips to bush camping. Fair. Green. Plus: Books that match the location.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’
As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to clean up its mistakes rather than create original work
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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How to make a bestseller: insiders reveal the tricks of the book trade
From cover design to shelf placement and influencer partnerships … how publishers will persuade you to buy their books this autumn
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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This loophole allows tourists to reach Scotland's most remote and majestic scenery
Tourism to Scotland's coastline was dominated by giant cruise ships until a flotilla of converted fishing boats took to the waterways, unlocking its most remote, authentic experiences.
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Downward facing cat in Greece. How do you achieve inner peace? #CatsofInstagram #cats #travelPhotography #travelEurope #photography #summervibes
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Desmond Tutu chaired South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission - Armchair Travel to South Africa.
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John Madden @jamadden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Waterloo Bridge, London - July 2026
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Travel Lithuania. Vilnius is a sociable and friendly town. In summer, there are street buskers in many places. This is a big change to what used to be when artists had a hard life under Soviet rule 🌞 www.thetouristin.com/2019/06/Viln...
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Travel Lithuania. Guide to Vilnius for First Time Visitors
This travel guide is full of up-to-date travel information and travel inspiration for first-time visitors to Vilnius in Lithuania.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Carbon pollution has fuelled ‘massive expansion’ of marine heatwaves in Europe, study finds
Hottest periods this year in most sea regions would have been ‘virtually impossible’ in a preindustrial climate
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Vitamin Sea. Swim more. Worry less 🌊🌞 #TravelGreece #TravelPhotography #Photography #travel #TravelEurope #beach #Summer #TheGreatOutdoors #VitaminSea #vacation
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Johana Bhuiyan @jmbooyah.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In countries where teen social media bans are gaining momentum, Meta is recruiting parenting, mental health & lifestyle influencers to promote their teen safety tools as a "more practical" alternative to social media bans www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Reel-ing it in: Meta is paying influencers to promote teen accounts
Report by Tech Transparency Project shows whenever governments mull platform regulations, company recruits influencers to promote its safety features
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"The findings join a growing body of research suggesting that frequent A.I. use can degrade critical thinking." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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Linda @lindapeters604.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Drawn by a warming climate, Canada’s furry national symbol, the beaver, is colonizing new territory, evading Inuit hunters and reshaping the world they find. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/w...
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The Beavers Are Coming for Canada’s Arctic, One Dam at a Time
Drawn by a warming climate, Canada’s furry national symbol is colonizing new territory, evading Inuit hunters and reshaping the world they find.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Travel Iceland. It is this magnificent 😍 www.thetouristin.com/2022/05/Icel...
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Travel Iceland – First-time Visitors Guide
This Iceland guide is full of information and travel inspiration for first-time visitors to Iceland.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Total surveillance? What a clever idea to collect data. How lame is it that some people believe they need to be told what their best moments at a party were? www.404media.co/meta-patents...
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Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
A new Meta patent published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, create a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your...
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Who is taking agency? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?
After Australia’s first reported automated hacking accident, experts warn deployers – and possibly developers – of AI agents could be held liable for the actions of their bots
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Do not be a glasshole and film without consent. Same goes for your phone obviously 🤓 🤳 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Using ‘spy glasses’ made by Facebook owner leads to floods of negative comments, say content creators
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Magnificent photos 🐠 🫍🌊 Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 finalists announced edition.cnn.com/2026/08/13/t...
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Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026 finalists announced | CNN
With almost three quarters of the world covered in water, it’s hardly surprising that the oceans provide such varied opportunities for marine photographers.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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Scotland's most remote railway adventure
Running from Inverness to Britain's most northerly junction, the Far North Line passes through sheep meadows, traditional villages and the world's only Unesco-listed blanket peat bog.
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
www.elle.com/uk/life-and-...
elle.com
The 18 Most Spectacular Hotel Openings of 2026 You Need to Book Now
We have curated the definitive list of the hottest, most stylish hotel openings of this year
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The Touristin @thetouristin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The sun is new each day 🌞 #TravelPhotography #Travel #photography #Summer #plants #plantlife #decoration #design #colourful #architecture #traveleurope #EuropeLover
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
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Dorothée Lefering @dorolef.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Have the tech guys ever been our friends? www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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