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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d

History repeats.

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Frederik Obermaier @frederikobermaier.com · 7d

In a digital world, talking to sensitive sources is nearly impossible without encryption. The EU’s #ChatControl plan is an attack on accountability journalism - and a gift to surveillance

Signal @signal.org · 7d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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David Szakonyi @szakonyi.bsky.social · 7d

Come work with us!

Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 10d

Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.

acdatacollective.org

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 7d

🎺 Heute ist Kinostart von "Kein Land für Niemand": ein Film über die menschlichen Kosten von Abschottungspolitik und Rechtsruck.

Neben Kolleg:innen wie @mafaalani.bsky.social @helenasteinhaus.bsky.social @nataschastrobl.bsky.social @mfratzscher.bsky.social durfte auch ich Einschätzungen beisteuern:

Kein Land für Niemand - Abschottung eines Einwanderungslandes (Trailer)

YouTube video by Kein Land für Niemand

www.youtube.com

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 9d

Stop #chatcontrol

Thomas Hansen @tbhdk.bsky.social · 10d

Marlene Zoë Nielsen om #chatcontrol til justitsministeren:

"Forestil dig et øjeblik, at den slags blev indført ude i den fysiske verden. Hver gang du sender et brev, står der en og kigger på indholdet, før du må lukke kuverten. Bare for at sikre, at der ikke er noget forbudt i det. ...

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 9d

Agreed, and even if the project fails, I have a hard time seeing what the scenario going forward looks like. It won't be a return of 'regular' American politics.

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 10d

Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.

acdatacollective.org

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 12d

EVs are vastly superior to ICE vehicles on many dimensions, including the important reduction in air pollution 👇

NBER @nber.org · 12d

Electric vehicle adoption reduces air pollution and improves infant health, lowering rates of very low birth weight, prematurity, and child asthma, from Cavit Baran, Janet Currie, Bahadir Dursun, and Erdal Tekin https://www.nber.org/papers/w34278

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13d

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Banner held by Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 14d

Weiß nicht ob ich nach dem lesen des threads jetzt lachen oder weinen soll

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Matt DiGiuseppe @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social · 18d

Yesterday I posted about how I used comet browser to take a Qualtrics survey almost undetected. Last night, I ran a pilot (N=400) on @joinprolific.bsky.social . I found that almost 10% of "respondents" identified as AI when directly asked.

Matt DiGiuseppe @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social · 19d

I added a question in the survey to identify itself as an AI if instructed to be a human. That seemed to work. Though, I imagine I could jailbreak it eventually.

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 18d

What a terrific cover

WIRED @wired.com · 18d

Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley?

In our new politics issue, we're getting into it.

Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 21d

American patriot

Jessica Shortall 🧂🥴 @jessicashortall.bsky.social · 21d

Stacy Wescott for the Chicago Tribune.

Curtis Evans, veteran, Marine Corps intelligence under Reagan, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the ICE facility in Broadview, IL on Sept. 19, 2025

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 23d

Academic friends, what is the best place to run representative surveys in the US that is reasonably affordable? Recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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Marietta Slomka @mariettaslomka.bsky.social · 24d

Das, was derzeit meinen Kollegen @dunjahayali.de und Elmar Theveßen widerfährt, dürfte z.T. auch eine orchestrierte Kampagne sein. In den digitalen Kloaken genügt es ja, jemanden zu markieren und dann wird das zum Selbstläufer, in rechtsfreien Räumen, denen sich bislang keine Kraft entgegenstellt. 🧵

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25d

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 26d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 28d

Do it, California!

"Supporters of the proposal said it would effectively create a state version of the National Institutes of Health or the National Science Foundation, two of the nation’s largest institutional funders of scientific and public health research."

Shawn Hubler @shawnhubler.bsky.social · 28d

BREAKING: California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...

California’s $23 Billion Plan to Restore Federal Cuts to Scientific Research

www.nytimes.com

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · 29d

Rockstar! Glückwunsch, Mathias!

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Laurent Bergé @lrberge.bsky.social · Sep 10

#rstats #econsky

fixest v0.13.0 is finally out!

It's still about making OLS and GLM estimations easy.

Some major changes:
- *default* VCOV becomes iid always!
- singletons are removed by default!

See all the changes here:
github.com/lrberge/fixe...

fixest: Fast Fixed-Effects Estimations

Fast and user-friendly estimation of econometric models with multiple fixed-effects. Includes ordinary least squares (OLS), generalized linear models (GLM) and the negative binomial. The core of the p...

cran.r-project.org

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Eric/Zeuge Stockers @ultramarineblau.bsky.social · Sep 9

Ich habe mal nachgeforscht, weil ja doch mehrere Hertha Spieler gläubig bzw. Christlich gläubig sind.

Hier mal eine Auflistung von Hertha Spielern, die mit „Ballers In God“ zu tun haben bzw. Mit diesen interagieren 🧵

#hahohe

Tagesform @tagesform.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mit Michaël Cuisance wirbt ein Fußballspieler von #Hertha BSC öffentlich in seiner Story für die fundamentalistisch-evangelikale Sekte „ballers in god“.
Wer sich minimal mit der Materie beschäftigt, wird merken, dass das dort vermittelte Weltbild in keiner Weise zu Verein und Kodex passt! #HaHoHe

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Florian Hollenbach @fhollenbach.org · Sep 8

Bin leider nicht auf APSA dieses Jahr aber wir werden uns bei dpsa sehen.

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Matt Collin @mattcollin.bsky.social · Sep 5

I have given in and started a Substack to write about illicit finance, development and data

In my first post, I explain why we should be careful about citing the $312 billion statistic on the size of Chinese money laundering

datadarkly.substack.com/p/exactly-ho...

Exactly how big is that Chinese money laundering ring?

The difficulty of inferring from suspicious transaction reports

datadarkly.substack.com

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Len Seabrooke @lenseabrooke.bsky.social · Sep 6

I'm hiring two Post-Doctoral Fellows in International Political Economy/Economic Sociology as part of the ADD project funded by the Velux Foundation. The posts are linked to an AI Sustainability package led by Christina Lioma at KU and me at CBS, drawing insights from comp sci & political economy.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Sep 6

"Maximum lethality - not tepid legality" is the kind of thing the Hydra agent who seized control of the US military says right before before Captain America throws a shield at his face.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."

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