Holger Hestermeyer

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 9h

one of Austria's most distinguished climate scientists Prof. Kromb-Kolb and the head of the environmental committee of the Austrian Parliament Lukas Hammer www.da-vienna.ac.at/en/Events#Ev... /2

Events - Vienna School of International Studies

The Diplomatische Akademie Wien - Vienna School of International Studies is the oldest professional school in the world, dedicated to preparing talented university and college graduates for internatio...

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 9h

Join us at the Diplomatische Akademie on 2 December when we review the COP30 with Brazil's ambassador to Austria Edoardo Paes Saboia, the head of Austria's COP30 delegation Cornelia Jäger /1

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 9h

The Guardian reports that large parts of southern Europe are drying up. And just in case you are not sufficiently worried: Their definition of southern Europe includes Germany and the South of the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown

Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications

www.theguardian.com

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 1d

I prefer the old group of billionaires who thought they'd use their money to combat risks to mankind. Bezos strictly limits his long-term thinking to building a clock. Otherwise he buys pointless space flights at enormous costs to the environment and destroys our information environment.

Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 1d

A giant clock to keep time for the next ten millennia is moving towards completion in a western US desert cavern.

It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.

www.ft.com/content/22c0...

The Clock of the Long Now is a 10,000-year-long timepiece backed by Jeff Bezos

Deep inside a Texas mountain, a vast mechanical clock tries to make humanity measure time on the scale of civilisation itself

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Michael Peel @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social · 1d

A giant clock to keep time for the next ten millennia is moving towards completion in a western US desert cavern.

It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.

www.ft.com/content/22c0...

The Clock of the Long Now is a 10,000-year-long timepiece backed by Jeff Bezos

Deep inside a Texas mountain, a vast mechanical clock tries to make humanity measure time on the scale of civilisation itself

www.ft.com

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 1d

Not just the end of an era, but actually quite devastating news for anyone interested in the UK. Few people (including native Brits) have the capacity to explain the UK like AD. She has an eye for the problems - but always with deep sympathy, profound knowledge and a desire to truly understand.

Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

So, my dear German followers...some News "in eigener Sache"!
Und bitte nicht schreien, 😚....ich bleibe in London !

Medienmagazin DWDL @dwdl.de · 2d

Annette Dittert war für die ARD als Korrespondentin in verschiedenen Ländern, über viele Jahre geprägt hat sie aber vor allem die Berichterstattung aus Großbritannien. Nun verabschiedet sie sich von der ARD, aber nicht aus London

Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

So, my dear German followers...some News "in eigener Sache"!
Und bitte nicht schreien, 😚....ich bleibe in London !

Medienmagazin DWDL @dwdl.de · 2d

Annette Dittert war für die ARD als Korrespondentin in verschiedenen Ländern, über viele Jahre geprägt hat sie aber vor allem die Berichterstattung aus Großbritannien. Nun verabschiedet sie sich von der ARD, aber nicht aus London

London-Korrespondentin Annette Dittert sagt der ARD Goodbye

Annette Dittert war für die ARD als Korrespondentin in verschiedenen Ländern, über viele Jahre geprägt hat sie aber vor allem die Berichterstattung aus Großbritannien. Nun verabschiedet sie sich von der ARD, aber nicht aus London

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 2d

I know quite a few academics working as arbitrators as well.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 2d

One of the causes of disagreement might be the definition of practice. Does the odd legal advice and case count? Or the change of functions in and out of practice? Many of my academic friends do some form of practice. Few are prolific in both fields.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 4d

The press release in the CJEU same sex wedding case curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 7d

I am sorry to say: even if it is not accepted. The mere fact that Trump & Vance put a deal on the table in which the US is conceived as a) benefiting financially from a deal akin to capitulation and b) the US is the neutral party mediating between Russia and Nato destroys us leadership.

Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 7d

Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine? For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

www.theatlantic.com

Grahame Lucas @grahamelucas.bsky.social · 7d

Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine? For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War

Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

www.theatlantic.com

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 7d

If you want to have a good evening, I strongly advise you not to read
- the Ukraine "peace plan"
- the UN Security Council Resolution on Gaza
- the UN Security Council Resolution on Western Sahara.
I instead recommend reading Dr. No by Percival Everett...

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 7d

Make non-scientific non-sense sound sexy again.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 7d

And just in case you were wondering: usually the mediator is a neutral third party. Sometimes the mediator is chosen because he's not neutral, but has particular sway over one of the parties. But the mediator is a third party, not one of the two parties to the dispute.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 7d

Source www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

Trump’s 28-point Ukraine plan in full: What it means, could it work?

The US-brokered proposal requires Kyiv to make territorial concessions to Russia and to stay out of NATO.

www.aljazeera.com

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 7d

The US peace plan is breathtaking. And among all the breathtaking things this para. characterizes how Trump sees the US: as the mediator between NATO and Russia. (And, yes, there's also a paragraph of the US profiting financially from the deal)

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 7d

That would be great - indeed it would be interesting to see as well what the court does to become more resilient. Beyond changing its software.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 8d

3) And even if you try to be good - the fact that it is trained with tons of data stemming from times where a lot of unacceptable prejudice was touted as "facts" means it perpetuates existing biases anyways.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 8d

2) trying to consciously influence their dataset, "grooming". By pushing tons of biased information onto data that you know is used for training (or "the internet").

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 8d

1) consciously programming them to be biased. That is what Musk does with his programs, which apparently are now explaining why he is physically more fit than LeBron James.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 8d

Another similarity of LLMs to humans: if you expose them to a lot of disinformation, they will believe it. Which you can exploit, apparently called "LLM grooming". So LLMs fail at three levels: /1 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Hundreds of English-language websites link to pro-Kremlin propaganda

Thinktank says internet flooded with disinformation by Russia-aligned Pravda network, which many websites treat as credible

www.theguardian.com

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 8d

The press secretary of Potus clarified that Potus does not want democratic members of Congress to be executed.

Oh the times we live in.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 8d

US foreign policy continues to amaze. After proposing capitulation and turning 180° to offering support we are back to proposing capitulation. It is difficult to explain this. But my assumption is that we are back to numerous politicians working the phone.

Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 9d

Reference to the Western Sahara Resolution of the Security Council, very weirdly I only get error messages when trying to get the text itself press.un.org/en/2025/sc16...

With 11 Members Voting in Favour, 3 Abstaining, Security Council Adopts Resolution 2797 (2025), Renewing Mandate of UN Mission in Western Sahara for One Year | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

The Security Council today renewed for one year the mandate of the long-standing United Nations peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara, referencing Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal presented i...

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