Michael Miener
@boredbede.bsky.social
"Fear is not a world view." - Kurt Gebhard Adolf Philipp Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord
Cognitive Psychologist (Bremen) with an MBA (Henley). Left a career in management. Graduate student of Medieval Englishes at UoN. Father of four. Cats. Chickens.
Cognitive Psychologist (Bremen) with an MBA (Henley). Left a career in management. Graduate student of Medieval Englishes at UoN. Father of four. Cats. Chickens.
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Highly personalised and personable, Advanced AI Assistants may soon become the primary way that most people access the internet.
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
The dilemmas of delegation
An analysis of policy challenges posed by Advanced AI Assistants and natural-language AI agents.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Highly personalised and personable, Advanced AI Assistants may soon become the primary way that most people access the internet.
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
Our research explores the challenges that could arise if their adoption is not carefully managed in the public interest.
www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/dilem...
In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals by William H. Janeway @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jdf3oHO
In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals
William H. Janeway explains why the sector might be better off if the reckoning comes sooner rather than after leverage piles up.
prosyn.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In Search of the AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals by William H. Janeway @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/jdf3oHO
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Eine sehr sinnvolle Veröffentlichung des @dimr.bsky.social, so dass sich Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten gut selbst ihre Meinung bilden können.
In Leichter Sprache:
Sie können die Broschüre "Warum ist die AfD gefährlich?"
jetzt wieder auf unserer Webseite bestellen.
Oder Sie können den Text kostenlos
von unserer Webseite herunter laden.
Zu der Broschüre:
www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/publikatione...
Sie können die Broschüre "Warum ist die AfD gefährlich?"
jetzt wieder auf unserer Webseite bestellen.
Oder Sie können den Text kostenlos
von unserer Webseite herunter laden.
Zu der Broschüre:
www.institut-fuer-menschenrechte.de/publikatione...
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Eine sehr sinnvolle Veröffentlichung des @dimr.bsky.social, so dass sich Menschen mit Lernschwierigkeiten gut selbst ihre Meinung bilden können.
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...and preferably read The Economist. It will improve your writing.
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
Unsolicited writing advice, no.976:
Read. Read for pleasure. Read out of curiosity. Read both in and outside your comfort zone. Read in order to a get a thorough understanding of the industry you’re getting into. No time? Find time. Writing without reading is like cooking without food.
Read. Read for pleasure. Read out of curiosity. Read both in and outside your comfort zone. Read in order to a get a thorough understanding of the industry you’re getting into. No time? Find time. Writing without reading is like cooking without food.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
...and preferably read The Economist. It will improve your writing.
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
[I spend a lot of time editing other people's writing. If people wrote more in the style of The Economist - e.g., no jargon, no abbreviations - reading would be much easier. And more fun b/c The Econo is quite snarky 🤭]
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"Jin Tang arbeitet seit 30 Jahren in der Phootovoltaik-Industrie. Studiert hat er in Oldenburg. Er hat erlebt, wie das Know how vom ehemaligen Weltmarktführer Deutschland schrittweise nach China abgewandert ist. Jetzt dominiert die Volksrepublik den Weltmarkt."
Tja.
Tja.
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Jin Tang arbeitet seit 30 Jahren in der Phootovoltaik-Industrie. Studiert hat er in Oldenburg. Er hat erlebt, wie das Know how vom ehemaligen Weltmarktführer Deutschland schrittweise nach China abgewandert ist. Jetzt dominiert die Volksrepublik den Weltmarkt."
Tja.
Tja.
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Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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CEMA
cemasorbonne.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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Helmut Schmidt 1988 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Helmut Schmidt 1988 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
Friedrich Merz 2025 zur Bewältigung der Klimakrise.
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Wie ich mich auf die dunklen Monate des Jahres vorbereite.
November 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wie ich mich auf die dunklen Monate des Jahres vorbereite.
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Frau Brorhilker ist eine absolute HELDIN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
Steuerskandal Cum-Ex: Chefermittlerin kündigt und übt Kritik
Ihre Ermittlungen führten zu ersten Urteilen im Steuerskandal Cum-Ex und brachten Kanzler Scholz in Erklärungsnot: Anne Brorhilker verlässt nach WDR-Informationen die Justiz, um an anderer Stelle gege...
www.tagesschau.de
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Frau Brorhilker ist eine absolute HELDIN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P1y...
Bzw. sie war es - bis sie aufgrund der massiven Widerstände in der Politik gegen ihre Arbeit hingeschmissen hat. :(
www.tagesschau.de/investigativ...
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When it comes to 1066*, he has form.
* And everything else.
* And everything else.
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When it comes to 1066*, he has form.
* And everything else.
* And everything else.
Question to the experts from @skaldic.org: stanza 8 of the Haraldskvæði mentions the famous berserkir – but is this referring to Haraldr's or Kjǫtvi's troops? The foreign/Frankish swords are mentioned just before, so... Not mission critical, but this question is vexing me for some time. Thx.
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Question to the experts from @skaldic.org: stanza 8 of the Haraldskvæði mentions the famous berserkir – but is this referring to Haraldr's or Kjǫtvi's troops? The foreign/Frankish swords are mentioned just before, so... Not mission critical, but this question is vexing me for some time. Thx.
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yrfe, n.n: cattle. (UER-vuh / ˈyr-və)
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
yrfe, n.n: cattle. (UER-vuh / ˈyr-və)
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 58r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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Ēadmēdu & Æðelsceadu the oak seedlings together
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ēadmēdu & Æðelsceadu the oak seedlings together
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Die Branche braucht in absehbarer Zeit Erlöse in Billionenhöhe - schafft aber nur ein paar Milliarden bislang. Gleichzeitig füllt sich das Netz rasant mit dem halbgaren Auswurf der Sprachmodelle. Haben wir bald LLMs mit digitalem Rinderwahn?
Meinung: Künstliche Intelligenz: »AI Slop« könnte die KI-Blase platzen lassen
Die Angst wächst, dass die billionenschwere Investitionsblase in KI platzt. Es gibt aber noch eine zweite KI-Blase. Sie besteht aus dem, was heutige Modelle generieren – und könnte der ersten beim Platzen helfen.
www.spiegel.de
November 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Die Branche braucht in absehbarer Zeit Erlöse in Billionenhöhe - schafft aber nur ein paar Milliarden bislang. Gleichzeitig füllt sich das Netz rasant mit dem halbgaren Auswurf der Sprachmodelle. Haben wir bald LLMs mit digitalem Rinderwahn?
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Your best photo portrait will be taken not while you are smiling but when you are quiet a moment after you have been laughing. Use a photographer who makes you laugh.
For more advice see my book Excellent Advice for Living amzn.to/3mQL4c4 #excellentadvice
For more advice see my book Excellent Advice for Living amzn.to/3mQL4c4 #excellentadvice
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Your best photo portrait will be taken not while you are smiling but when you are quiet a moment after you have been laughing. Use a photographer who makes you laugh.
For more advice see my book Excellent Advice for Living amzn.to/3mQL4c4 #excellentadvice
For more advice see my book Excellent Advice for Living amzn.to/3mQL4c4 #excellentadvice
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Rettung ist nah! Olga Tokarczuk erklärt, wie man „das Chaos zu einem Roman BUTTERT“!
October 30, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Rettung ist nah! Olga Tokarczuk erklärt, wie man „das Chaos zu einem Roman BUTTERT“!
Now look what a beauty just arrived on my desk. Julia Blackburn's "Remedies" from Hazel Press. It is based on and inspired by the Old English "Bald's Leechbook" (British Library Royal 12 D. xvii). Thank you @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk for shipping this!
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Now look what a beauty just arrived on my desk. Julia Blackburn's "Remedies" from Hazel Press. It is based on and inspired by the Old English "Bald's Leechbook" (British Library Royal 12 D. xvii). Thank you @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk for shipping this!
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"All those barely literate rubes using ChatGPT are merely being played like a fiddle by the corporations, and producing worthless slop. Only I, with my towering intellect, have figured out how to make it generate greatness." —every GenAI-using asshole out there
When Using AI, Users Fall for the Dunning-Kruger Trap in Reverse - Neuroscience News
A new study reveals that when interacting with AI tools like ChatGPT, everyone—regardless of skill level—overestimates their performance.
neurosciencenews.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"All those barely literate rubes using ChatGPT are merely being played like a fiddle by the corporations, and producing worthless slop. Only I, with my towering intellect, have figured out how to make it generate greatness." —every GenAI-using asshole out there
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My leg is starting to cramp, so things are about to get dramatic in this armchair
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My leg is starting to cramp, so things are about to get dramatic in this armchair
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Explore data on the number of maternal deaths, country by country: ourworldindata.org/grapher/numb...
Number of maternal deaths
Estimated annual number of women who die from maternal conditions.
ourworldindata.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Explore data on the number of maternal deaths, country by country: ourworldindata.org/grapher/numb...
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Fortunately, the world has made continuous progress, and such tragic deaths have become much rarer, as the chart shows. The WHO has published data since 1985. Since then, the number of maternal deaths has more than halved.
(This Data Insight was written by @maxroser.bsky.social.)
(This Data Insight was written by @maxroser.bsky.social.)
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Fortunately, the world has made continuous progress, and such tragic deaths have become much rarer, as the chart shows. The WHO has published data since 1985. Since then, the number of maternal deaths has more than halved.
(This Data Insight was written by @maxroser.bsky.social.)
(This Data Insight was written by @maxroser.bsky.social.)