Reposted by Ralf KollerHanning Voigts @hanvoi.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Wenn sich ein Rechtsextremer in Deutschland zum Ministerpräsidenten wählen lassen will, bleiben Demokrat:innen im Saal und stimmen mit Nein. 652042576
Reposted by Ralf Koller0x8000 @0x8000.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Einiges zum Tillschneider-Eklat #hal0910 2026 Halle/Saale Die Pressemitteilungen kommen nicht mehr von der AfD, sondern vom Landtag. Hier der letzte Absatz zu den Ereignissen in Halle als Zitat von Tillschneider. Er hält es für nötig, zu betonen, dass er sich nie "jüdisches Leben ausgesprochen 313062
Reposted by Ralf KollerFriedliche Koexistenz 👻² @andanotherguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026"Sie sind hier nicht erwünscht" Der Präsident der Jüdischen Studierendenunion Ron Dekel und andere Juden_Jüdinnen positionierten sich heute vor dem Eingang zur Synagoge in Halle um zu verhindern, dass ein weiterer Rechtsextremist diese betritt. #Halle 521147366
Reposted by Ralf KollerProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 29/06/2026Your 'moment of doom' for June 29, 2026 ~ We have cookies. "This is not simply another climate statistic. It is a direct measure of the planet becoming darker." substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comWe Are Losing Our EarthshineAs our planet loses its natural reflectivity, it absorbs ever more of the Sun's energy. 910644
Reposted by Ralf KollerEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Are you annoyed with the anthropomorphizing language being used in the "AI" discourse, but not sure how to talk about this stuff without it? @nannainie.bsky.social and I have got you covered: buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...buttondown.comHow to talk aboutEmily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the... 13388182
Reposted by Ralf KollerSteve Carpenter @steve-carpenter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026If you want to help nature and climate in your region, or have science knowledge to contribute, see our draft report at naturerecord.org A bit of background here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...nytimes.comNature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently 316675
Reposted by Ralf KollerProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHumanity heating planet faster than ever before, study findsResearchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño 25856510
Reposted by Ralf KollerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/03/2026The perfect headline doesn’t exi…engadget.comGoogle pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate changeGoogle and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change. 3075292183
Reposted by Ralf KollerNational Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 01/03/20261️⃣ The #climate & #nature crisis isn’t a future issue. It threatens all aspects of British life now and demands urgent action. Ten top experts briefed MPs and other influential people at the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster. Clips from each talk in this thread. 🧵👇 #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp 3176126
Reposted by Ralf KollerProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 17/02/2026What do tipping points mean for climate policy? Climate change won't be smooth. Delay reaching emission targets by a few years, and you might not just get slightly worse climate impacts. You may unwittingly cross a line for unstoppable, massive changes. global-tipping-points.orgglobal-tipping-points.orgGlobal Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impactHarmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability. 7237128
Reposted by Ralf KollerAnnika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Wow. Germany’s foreign secretary Wadephul buys into Rubio’s White Nationalist framing and repeats it as a positive. Shame. Shame. 611260342
Reposted by Ralf KollerAnnika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 15/02/2026The fact that large parts of the German media landscape “reported” on this White nationalist fever dream of a speech by Rubio as merely reaffirming the transatlantic alliance is so far removed from reality that it truly makes me speechless. 481963634
Reposted by Ralf KollerMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 12/02/2026“If you wanted to create a tool that would enable the destruction of institutions that prop up democratic life, you could not do better than AI. Authoritarian leaders & tech oligarchs are deploying AI systems to hollow out public institutions with an astonishing alacrity.” 4280143
Reposted by Ralf KollerAnnika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Shocked to hear the guy dressing up like a Nazi and terrorising minorities with his secret police is also antisemitic 26942187
Reposted by Ralf KollerEric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 28/01/2026It is a lot more complicated to add keyboard shortcuts to your web app than you might initially think, featuring a big honkin' table. #a11ty ericwbailey.website/published/ho...ericwbailey.websiteHow an accessibility designer adds keyboard shortcuts to a web appKeyboard shortcuts occupy a strange area for web design. 36322
Reposted by Ralf KollerGilda Sahebi @gildasahebi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Heute Vormittag kamen Nachrichten aus dem Iran und in den Iran durch, teilweise waren Video-Anrufe möglich. Eine Freundin schrieb mir nur kurz: Sie sei bei den Protesten gewesen, viele ihrer Freund:innen seien getötet worden. Sie sei tagelang blutgeschmiert gewesen. „Überall Blut“. Sie sei okay. 27713271
Reposted by Ralf KollerRote Hilfe e.V. @rotehilfe.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Innerhalb weniger Tage kündigen Sparkasse Göttingen und GLS-Bank alle Konten der Rote Hilfe e.V. Der Grund: US-Druck über SWIFT. Auch DKP, ABC und weitere linke Organisationen sind betroffen. Das ist kein Einzelfall. Das ist politisch. Jetzt ist Solidarität gefragt. rote-hilfe.de/meldungen/ko... 321160668
Reposted by Ralf KollerJeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · 18/11/2025a good question to ask when someone says that ai can do some particular task is, "are the artifacts produced by that task what I desire, or are they just the evidence that the task has been performed?" today, most genai solutions faithfully generate plausible artifacts without the invisible work. 1132
Reposted by Ralf KollerProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping? Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki. Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊 youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8youtu.beIs the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute 14400207
Reposted by Ralf KollerRachel Levinson-Waldman @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social · 27/10/2025This is an incredibly important read. www.justsecurity.org/122643/antif...justsecurity.orgDesignating Antifa as FTO Could Threaten Civil LibertiesTrump's plan to designate Antifa as an FTO has implications extending beyond anti-fascist activists to the architecture of US civil society. 613079
Reposted by Ralf Kollerdan sinker @dansinker.com · 04/10/2025It's more imperative than ever that you don't rely on platforms to get needed information out. Build websites!! 36915
Reposted by Ralf KollerOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 27/06/2025Hello & HAPPY FRIDAY, as promised an open letter by my lovely colleagues and myself. Everybody, feel free to sign this even if you are not NL-based and ‼️ share ‼️ (anonymous signature is poss): Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia openletter.earth/open-letter-... 11297178
Reposted by Ralf KollerAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/07/2025"the American realignment with Russia and against Ukraine and Europe is gathering pace—not merely in rhetoric but in reality" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe U.S. Is Switching SidesDonald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians. 931325604
Reposted by Ralf Kollermandy brown @aworkinglibrary.com · 30/05/2025I’ve spent the last year reading, thinking, and talking with workers about AI and I’ve concluded that AI is not a technology—it’s an *ideology*, and it must be engaged with as such. aworkinglibrary.com/writing/toolmenaworkinglibrary.comToolmenEven the best weapon is an unhappy tool. 819066
Reposted by Ralf KollerScott Jehl @scottjehl.com · 30/05/2025I was told that the LLM can't work with a 2MB+ file so I'm quitting performance work and setting off to make every website huge instead 1213912
Reposted by Ralf KollerThe Weather & Climate Livestream @wclivestream.bsky.social · 28/05/2025The Weather & Climate Livestream is officially LIVE from now until Sunday, June 1st! Our 💯 hours to #SaveAmericasForecasts starts today: wclivestream.com/watch/ 13939
Reposted by Ralf Koller🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 28/05/2025🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE. 🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms. 🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇 411372
Reposted by Ralf KollerJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Big news this evening This EU ruling has been 7 years in the making www.iccl.ie/digital-data...iccl.ieEU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basisEU data protection authorities find that the consent popups that plagued Europeans for years are illegal. All data collected through them must be deleted. This decision impacts Google’s, Amazon’s and ... 15558277
Reposted by Ralf KollerErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 23/04/2025we're doing the thing unbreaking.orgunbreaking.orgUnbreaking — How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.Unbreaking — How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us. 20557207
Reposted by Ralf KollerScarin' McBraaains @karenmcgrane.bsky.social · 05/04/2025If you wanted to destroy something, having all the content live in the code would be a good way to do it www.wired.com/story/doge-d... 1818850
Reposted by Ralf KollerNo Host For Hate @nohostforhate.org · 25/03/2025We explicitly commit to not supporting, not hosting, not developing, and not providing resources for any organization or entity that promotes hate speech, harassment, violence, or discriminatory practices. #noHostForHate nohostforhate.orgnohostforhate.orgNo Host For HateOur collective responsibility to promote our values and reject hate. 0106
Reposted by Ralf KollerJeff Eaton @eaton.fyi · 07/01/2025love to see people arguing that html isn’t a programming language in the year of our lord 2025 Like, buddy magic the gathering is turing complete, we have banner ads that commit crimes, i just saw someone make a quine in a TYPE DEFINITION, human ingenuity laughs at your parochial gatekeeping 916730
Reposted by Ralf KollerOlivia Kortas @oliviakortas.bsky.social · 31/12/2024This was one of the rare encounters that touch you deep down and change the way you look at the world. My colleague @alicebota.bsky.social and I met Maksym Butkevych in Kyiv in December, Ukraine’s most dedicated human rights activists, who spent 2 years and 4 months in Russian captivity. 1/ 17712
