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Robert Ofner

@robertofner.eurosky.social
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dad²❤️, partner, global health scholar, Start up; curious about: humans, health, politics, IT+AI, equality, SDGs, climate action, XR, born @ 346 ppm CO₂

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 12h
From The Lancet: in an urgent care setting, the advice of the obsolete Gemini 2.5 Pro & Gemini 2.5 Flash (without access to patient medical records) were rated of similar quality to doctors by other physicians. There was no safety issues spotted. Models have gotten significantly better since.
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Mario Herger @mherger.bsky.social · 23h
Question to be seen, is in what sense will history judge that? It reminds me of A REJECTION OF THE TALKIES (USA, 1931) or the flyer that German musicians handed out: Talkies are kitsch! Talkies are one-sided! Talkies are economic and intellectual murder! www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 23h
This document is going to be an assigned reading in college classes that cover this moment in time, there's a lot happening in a few paragraphs... www.ahmath.org/statements
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Andi Babler @andibabler.at · 27/09/2026
Was wir hier erleben, ist eine massive Entgleisung und der Versuch, freie Berichterstattung - eine wichtige Säule unserer Demokratie - einzuschüchtern. Das dürfen wir nicht unkommentiert lassen. Politiker:innen tragen Verantwortung für das, was sie posten. Auch Herbert Kickl. 2/2 (sp)
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Markus Marterbauer @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Wochenendlektüre @sigridstagl.bsky.social Krisenfest Gut lesbare Darstellung der Zusammenhänge und Ansatzpunkte erfolgreicher Transformation. Erreichen der Klimaneutralität & wirtschaftlicher Erfolg gehören zusammen.
Sigrid Stagl, Krisenfest. Wie wir unsere Wirtschaft verändern können, um unsere Zukunft zu sichern.
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Spiraling climate extremes accelerating each other, El Niño turning the Pacific into a warm soup ... What could possibly go wrong?
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Compounding Climate Impacts Drive Tropical Forest Decline - Inside Climate News
Extreme heat, drought and ozone from fire emissions are devastating the Amazon and other rainforests, new research shows.
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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Techno-optimism re: #climate is just so much self-interested magical thinking. Many "climate academics who enjoy very high incomes from their work have enthusiastically swallowed the blue pill". Thanks Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social for being clear on this.
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Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed
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Nature @nature.com · 07/10/2026
Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could? go.nature.com/4ARAToP
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Can your brain grow new neurons? How researchers are solving a century-old puzzle
Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you prefer video to reading: my short EGU talk from last May: youtu.be/Cg0N9MWw9Vk?...
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Tipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation reconsidered. How serious is it?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"create the ultimate brutalist city builder. you should have lots of controls over buildings in ways that are delightful and intuitive to people..." Here is Fable 5.1, a little over a year since GPT-5 below & a single shot (compared with many rounds with GPT-5.6) Quite good: brut-city.netlify.app
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DIE ZEIT @zeit.de · 05/10/2026
Der Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag wirft afghanischen Taliban-Ministern Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit vor. Im Zentrum steht die Entrechtung von Frauen in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: Internationaler Strafgerichtshof erlässt Haftbefehle gegen Taliban
Der Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag wirft afghanischen Taliban-Ministern Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit vor. Im Zentrum steht die Entrechtung von Frauen in Afghanistan.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/10/2026
Globally around 75% of new demand has been met by clean energy since 2005, with 99% being met by solar and wind in 2025. The globe may be on the brink of absolute emissions reductions in the power sector, with clean energy growing faster than demand.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/10/2026
Clean energy has been wildly successful. Non-hydro renewables (primarily solar and wind) have increased from near-zero in 2005 to producing 22% of global electricity, and are on track to produce more than natural gas this year:
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/10/2026
I often see people argue that clean energy is not reducing emissions, because it just adds to rather than replaces fossil fuels. This argument is deeply misguided – clean energy built since 2005 has displaced 23 billion tons. I dive in over at The Climate Brink:
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What if the world hadn't built wind and solar?
Clean energy does not simply “add to” global energy use; it displaces fossil sources that would otherwise get built.
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alle paar Jahre bringt #ElNiño Dürren und Fluten. Heuer soll er besonders stark werden – und im kommenden Sommer sogar bis nach #Europa zu spüren sein. Gottfried Kirchengast in den @sn.at (€) 👇
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Von Somalia bis Österreich: Welche Auswirkungen der „Super-El-Niño“ hat
Alle paar Jahre bringt El Niño Dürren und Fluten. Heuer soll er besonders stark werden – und im kommenden Sommer sogar bis nach Europa zu spüren sein.
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Florian Scheuba @florianscheuba.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Pilnaceks Dienstleistungsangebot lautete: "Staatsanwaltschafts-Ombudsmann für Interventionen aller Art, Vorbereitung von beschuldigten Ministern auf ihre Einvernahme; Dirty Campaigning gegen lästige Anti-Korruptions-Behörden und Hausdurchsuchungsberater".
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Tilo Jung @tilojung.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"...weil er die Medienförderung des Landes neu aufstellen wollte und mit Forderungen nach einer Erbschaftssteuer einflussreiche Verlegerfamilien gegen sich aufbrachte" www.spiegel.de/ausland/oest...
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Österreich: Vizekanzler und SPÖ-Chef Andreas Babler zieht sich aus Regierung zurück
Andreas Babler gibt auf: Österreichs Vizekanzler, dessen SPÖ in einer Koalition mit der konservativen ÖVP und liberalen NEOS regiert, hat angekündigt, sich 2027 von seinem Posten zurückzuziehen, wie a...
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 05/10/2026
Huge congratulations to this year's winners of the #NobelPrize in #Physiology or #Medicine! 🎉They are Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel, who were honoured for developing #optogenetics - techniques for controlling genes with light.
An illustration of three men under the header "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026". The illustration shows  Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel, the winning scientists.
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Sanktionsfrei @sanktionsfrei.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Deutschland: 🔥Rekordhoch Milliardär*innen 🔥Rekordhoch Millionär*innen 🔥Rekordhoch beim vererbten Vermögen 🔥Rekordhoch bei DAX-Dividenden Auch Deutschland:
grundsicherung im alter erreicht mit 771.275 beziehern rekord
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
next time someone suggests ‘climate realism’ or ‘climate pragmatism’: sure thing, how about being ‘realistic’? Wouldn’t that be nice, your ‘pragmatism’?
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 05/10/2026
Just ten coal mines – less than 1% of the world's total – are estimated to cause nearly 5% of the total 41,400 preventable deaths caused worldwide by ozone formed from coal mine #methane 🫁 Identifying these coal mines is the first step 🔎 ember-energy.org/lat...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The world does not consent (but Sam Altman does not believe consent is required). But the world would consent to many bad things happening to Sam Altman and OpenAI.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What's becoming difficult to do is name any of Donald Trump's closest friends abroad who AREN'T war criminals. He himself is of course ALSO a war criminal—but there are still people in the United States who are surprised when they realize he's willing to commit Crimes against Humanity here at home.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The water vapor concentration in the atmosphere may be approx 13% higher this winter than around 1950. More moisture = heavier downpours.
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Johanna Vogel @johannavogel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bangkok steht seit 1 Woche unter Wasser, aber in den Medien hört man hier kaum was davon 😵‍💫
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“We find that on medium-length, well-defined accounting tasks, frontier AI models are now faster and more accurate than junior accountants, even the best one in our study.” Eighteen months ago they scored well below human accountants Good discussion here: www.mercor.com/blog/human-b...
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"We vote, we make submissions, we go to court,we meet our MPs, we compile & present evidence.All of this activity rests on a belief in the systems of govt that have now clearly failed to meet their solemn public duty.We must seriously consider what avenue remains available to us to fend off despair"
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Paris has been praised in recent years for their visionary, progressive city-building, but they don’t get enough credit for just being really pragmatic! Everything they’ve been doing is common sense. They’re moving a lot more people with less space while cleaning the air and cooling the city.
People riding bikes in a full separated bike-lane in Central Paris.Cars jamming a street in central Paris.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anyone who doesn’t see that this is part of a long term plan-not for the midterms, really, but for 2028 and beyond Isn’t paying attention
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New record global sea surface temperature anomaly. This El Niño is for reals pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
El Niño kommt - auch in Europa werden die Folgen spürbar sein. Dieser Podcast erklärt, womit ihr rechnen müsst. www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:...
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Podcast: El Niño: Warum der Pazifik zur globalen Heizung wird
Ein besonders starker El Niño baut sich derzeit im Pazifik auf: Meteorologen erwarten Extremwetter von Südamerika bis Asien, Dürre im Amazonas, Hitzewellen, Starkregen und Waldbrände. Anna Küch ordnet...
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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And its a 3-way race again...
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Robert Fietzke @robertfietzke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ganz ehrlich, wenn ich die Nachrichten höre, dass das Deutschlandticket schon wieder teurer werden soll, während die Regierung über den #Tankrabatt 2,5 Milliarden € in die Kassen der Mineralölkonzerne umverteilt, dann wächst die Wut. Und das sage ich als Pendler, der sowohl Auto als auch Bahn nutzt.
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Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 30/09/2026
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🌫️ Air pollution knows no borders. In 2026 so far, 40% of global population was exposed to harmful ozone pollution, & wildfire smoke & desert dust affected regional and hemispheric air quality. 🔗 Explore the full story in CAMS #AtmosphereWatch: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/air-quality/... @ecmwf.int
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Interesting developments in domestic sales of heavy trucks in China, with diesel holding share since the start of the US-Iran war, but BEVs clearly eating into LNG's share. Source: robbieandrew.github.io/china
Graph showing: China domestic sales of heavy trucks (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/china/)
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Meet Tira, an unusual zebra foal born in Kenya in 2019 with a rare genetic mutation causing her to have spots instead of stripes. Original post
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Bitey @jsherman999.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I honestly do worry about this one issue bsky.app/profile/jshe...
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith looked straight at the Senate and said what Trump’s enablers have spent years trying to bury: There was proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump committed crimes against this country. Smith said he’d prosecute him again today. Because the evidence doesn’t give a damn about your red hat
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026
In Denmark, 96% of private individual vehicle sales are electric these days. 86% of total (fleets are slightly slower).
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heavy trucks are ~20% of global oil demand and ~50% of global diesel consumption. So, electrifying trucking is vital for decarbonization of economies. EV truck sales are now skyrocketing in China and parts of Europe, as their TCO falls. Wonderful! uploads.transportenvironment.org/production/f...
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Anne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
unionsgeführten Länder im Falle einer Bürgermeisterin der Linken mit Finanzmittelentzug. (Yes und ich bin weder Wählerin der Linkspartei noch finde ich unproblematisch, wie die Linke in Berlin aufgestellt ist, aber bitte was?) Darf man die Union mal daran erinnern, dass ihr Bundeskanzler nur…
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority
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Dr. Sabine Hermisson 🦋 @sabinehermisson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Deshalb haben 30 NGOs – darunter Lebenshilfe, @diakonieat.bsky.social, @caritas-austria.bsky.social und @mecfs.at eine Petition für Menschenwürde und faire ärztliche Begutachtungen an @schumannkorinna.bsky.social gestartet. Bitte unterstützt und teilt sie. mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/me...
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Jetzt unterzeichnen: Menschenwürde statt Misstrauen – für ein faires Begutachtungssystem!
Für Menschen mit chronischer Krankheit oder einer Behinderung ist das Begutachtungsverfahren oft Schikane. Statt die Unterstützung zu bekommen, die sie brauchen, werden vielen Personen die Beschwerden...
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did you know this fact about whales? [🎞️ Mind Vispo] Original post
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Heatpump sales soar across Europe after states cut #electricity taxes, data shows. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Heat pump sales soar across Europe after states cut electricity taxes, data shows
EU to push member states to cut tax rate below duty on gas, with 11% surge in sales also put down to fallout from Iran war
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DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 29/09/2026
Sehr wohlhabende Bürger tragen vergleichsweise wenig zum Steueraufkommen in Deutschland bei. Die Grünen wollen das ändern, die Neuregelung würde 0,0007 Prozent der Bevölkerung treffen und 20 Milliarden Euro bringen.
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Grüne wollen Abgabe für »Extremvermögen« in den Bundestag einbringen
Sehr wohlhabende Bürger tragen vergleichsweise wenig zum Steueraufkommen in Deutschland bei. Die Grünen wollen das ändern, die Neuregelung würde 0,0007 Prozent der Bevölkerung treffen und 20 Milliarden Euro bringen.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.
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