Sebastian Koth
@sebastiankoth.bsky.social
science & technoology & political economy
researcher @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
researcher @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
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German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
How to stop the revolving door of German academia
Germany is one of the most popular destinations for students and scholars worldwide, but those pursuing academic careers face significant hurdles to success.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
German academia: great place to work? You should think twice before giving it a try: Permanent positions are very rare, most scholars have to drop out after some precarious years. @dianakwon.bsky.social has written a great piece about this for @nature.com and also talked to yours truly. #IchBinHanna
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Regine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Regine Paul, Vali Stan and I have analysed how deeply #AI is entangled in global politics and corporate profit-hunting. “The AI Matrix” is the result – and the digital book-version is open access: www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... (Link doesn't work? Try this one: www.regulaite.eu/images/pdf/M...)
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“Flooded homes lose value. Overheated cities become uninhabitable. Entire asset classes are degrading in real time, which translates to loss of value, business interruption, & market devaluation on a systemic level"- Günther Thallinger
@kmac & I dig insurance: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
@kmac & I dig insurance: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“Flooded homes lose value. Overheated cities become uninhabitable. Entire asset classes are degrading in real time, which translates to loss of value, business interruption, & market devaluation on a systemic level"- Günther Thallinger
@kmac & I dig insurance: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
@kmac & I dig insurance: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
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Am 27.11. startet unser neues Kolloquium 'Reorganisation von Wissenspraktiken' am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social mit einem Vortrag von Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer. Wir freuen uns auf eine spannende Diskussion zur Agency von generativer KI! Infos zum gesamten Programm finden sich hier: buff.ly/5VIZO0C
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Am 27.11. startet unser neues Kolloquium 'Reorganisation von Wissenspraktiken' am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social mit einem Vortrag von Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer. Wir freuen uns auf eine spannende Diskussion zur Agency von generativer KI! Infos zum gesamten Programm finden sich hier: buff.ly/5VIZO0C
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"Both Perestroika and Thatcherism were easier said than done. While both sides eventually concluded that there was no alternative to breaking promises, only the West could actually do it."
From the archive, @maxkrahe.bsky.social on "The Triumph of Broken Promises"
From the archive, @maxkrahe.bsky.social on "The Triumph of Broken Promises"
No Alternative? | Max Krahé
On The Triumph of Broken Promises by Fritz Bartel
www.phenomenalworld.org
May 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Both Perestroika and Thatcherism were easier said than done. While both sides eventually concluded that there was no alternative to breaking promises, only the West could actually do it."
From the archive, @maxkrahe.bsky.social on "The Triumph of Broken Promises"
From the archive, @maxkrahe.bsky.social on "The Triumph of Broken Promises"
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Martijn Konings, Fiscal Dominance? — Sidecar
Trump and the Federal Reserve.
newleftreview.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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@lkseiling.bsky.social & @markscott.bsky.social plea in @techpolicypress.bsky.social for a new data access regime emerging from a "generation of decentralized platforms that treat data transparency not as a regulatory burden but as a civic and scientific good"
www.techpolicy.press/in-critical-...
www.techpolicy.press/in-critical-...
In Critical Condition – How To Stabilize Researcher Data Access? | TechPolicy.Press
Mark Scott and LK Seiling discuss the struggle for researcher access to social media data and an alternative future where transparency is seen as a civic good.
www.techpolicy.press
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
@lkseiling.bsky.social & @markscott.bsky.social plea in @techpolicypress.bsky.social for a new data access regime emerging from a "generation of decentralized platforms that treat data transparency not as a regulatory burden but as a civic and scientific good"
www.techpolicy.press/in-critical-...
www.techpolicy.press/in-critical-...
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Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware
The latest example is a political consultant who works for left-wing politicians in Italy, who came out as the most recently confirmed victim of Paragon spyware in the country.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
#CyberSecurity #Privacy
The latest example is a political consultant who works for left-wing politicians in Italy, who came out as the most recently confirmed victim of Paragon spyware in the country.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
#CyberSecurity #Privacy
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware | TechCrunch
Government surveillance vendors want us to believe their spyware products are only used in limited and targeted operations against terrorists and serious criminals. That claim is increasingly…
techcrunch.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Why a lot of people are getting hacked with government spyware
The latest example is a political consultant who works for left-wing politicians in Italy, who came out as the most recently confirmed victim of Paragon spyware in the country.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
#CyberSecurity #Privacy
The latest example is a political consultant who works for left-wing politicians in Italy, who came out as the most recently confirmed victim of Paragon spyware in the country.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/10/w...
#CyberSecurity #Privacy
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How to make sense of China’s rise? For Phenomenal World I wrote something on its changing role in global finance.
China is not building a dollar-style empire of sprawling markets and speculative finance but something leaner, more functional & tightly managed.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-s...
China is not building a dollar-style empire of sprawling markets and speculative finance but something leaner, more functional & tightly managed.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-s...
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
How to make sense of China’s rise? For Phenomenal World I wrote something on its changing role in global finance.
China is not building a dollar-style empire of sprawling markets and speculative finance but something leaner, more functional & tightly managed.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-s...
China is not building a dollar-style empire of sprawling markets and speculative finance but something leaner, more functional & tightly managed.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-s...
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Was taugt der Begriff "demokratischer Faschismus"?
Eine Rezension:
Eine Rezension:
Jan-Werner Müller · Was ist demokratisch am «demokratischen Faschismus»?
Mit ihrem Begriff des «libertären Autoritarismus» bestimmten Carolin Amlinger und Oliver Nachtwey die Post-Pandemie-Diskussion über neue und aggressive politische Lagerbildungen. Ihr Buch Zerstörungsl...
blnreview.de
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Was taugt der Begriff "demokratischer Faschismus"?
Eine Rezension:
Eine Rezension:
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Pleased to be presenting here in Berlin—program here: transatlantic-reason.info
October 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Pleased to be presenting here in Berlin—program here: transatlantic-reason.info
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The first book-length analysis of memes from a linguistic perspective, proposing a new approach to the study of multimodal genres.
The Language of Memes by Barbara Dancygier & @lieven.bsky.social, Out Now
#LangSky #Linguistics 🐦🐦 #BookSky
https://cup.org/3IDqYNf
The Language of Memes by Barbara Dancygier & @lieven.bsky.social, Out Now
#LangSky #Linguistics 🐦🐦 #BookSky
https://cup.org/3IDqYNf
September 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The first book-length analysis of memes from a linguistic perspective, proposing a new approach to the study of multimodal genres.
The Language of Memes by Barbara Dancygier & @lieven.bsky.social, Out Now
#LangSky #Linguistics 🐦🐦 #BookSky
https://cup.org/3IDqYNf
The Language of Memes by Barbara Dancygier & @lieven.bsky.social, Out Now
#LangSky #Linguistics 🐦🐦 #BookSky
https://cup.org/3IDqYNf
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Wie kann KI offen & verantwortungsvoll gestaltet werden? Zwei neue Publikationen fassen Ergebnisse der Konferenz „Yes, we are open!?“ zusammen. Die Veröffentlichungen bieten Empfehlungen für Politik & Praxis – für eine faire, zukunftsfähige KI. 🌍🤖 www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
Wege zu fairer und offener KI-Governance
Welche Rahmenbedingungen sind für die verantwortliche Gestaltung von Künstlicher Intelligenz und Open Science notwendig? Zwei neue Veröffentlichungen bündeln Konferenzergebnisse und entwickeln Handlun...
www.weizenbaum-institut.de
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Wie kann KI offen & verantwortungsvoll gestaltet werden? Zwei neue Publikationen fassen Ergebnisse der Konferenz „Yes, we are open!?“ zusammen. Die Veröffentlichungen bieten Empfehlungen für Politik & Praxis – für eine faire, zukunftsfähige KI. 🌍🤖 www.weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/...
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"Civil society, as Gramsci understood, and as today’s liberals do not, is a terrain of struggle. It is not, and cannot be, an agent."
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Dylan Riley, Contra Arendt — Sidecar
On civil society.
newleftreview.org
October 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"Civil society, as Gramsci understood, and as today’s liberals do not, is a terrain of struggle. It is not, and cannot be, an agent."
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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"5 Jahre nach dem DeFi Summer: Eine kritische Reflexion zu den Demokratieversprechen der Decentralized-Finance-Industrie"
Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Tara Merk setzt sich im Beitrag für unseren Blog vor allem mit DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) auseinander.
👉 zevedi.de/efinblog-fun...
Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Tara Merk setzt sich im Beitrag für unseren Blog vor allem mit DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) auseinander.
👉 zevedi.de/efinblog-fun...
September 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"5 Jahre nach dem DeFi Summer: Eine kritische Reflexion zu den Demokratieversprechen der Decentralized-Finance-Industrie"
Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Tara Merk setzt sich im Beitrag für unseren Blog vor allem mit DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) auseinander.
👉 zevedi.de/efinblog-fun...
Die Politikwissenschaftlerin Tara Merk setzt sich im Beitrag für unseren Blog vor allem mit DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) auseinander.
👉 zevedi.de/efinblog-fun...
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Finally managed to turn this into a real blog post: Whatever happened to the Bielefeld School of STS?
Where did Karin Knorr Cetina come from? Why did she go to Bielefeld of all places? And where did Bielefeld disappear to?
wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/whatever-h...
Where did Karin Knorr Cetina come from? Why did she go to Bielefeld of all places? And where did Bielefeld disappear to?
wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/whatever-h...
Whatever happened to the Bielefeld School of STS?
An expanded repost from Twitter/X
wondrousmachine.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Finally managed to turn this into a real blog post: Whatever happened to the Bielefeld School of STS?
Where did Karin Knorr Cetina come from? Why did she go to Bielefeld of all places? And where did Bielefeld disappear to?
wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/whatever-h...
Where did Karin Knorr Cetina come from? Why did she go to Bielefeld of all places? And where did Bielefeld disappear to?
wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/whatever-h...
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He was not as old as that image from the Wikipedia, but he was a young man either, and matters seemed to weigh on him. Not a frivilous person
This piece by him in 1982 from @bostonreview.bsky.social remains relevant
This piece by him in 1982 from @bostonreview.bsky.social remains relevant
Computer Science and Civil Courage - Boston Review
Are the questions we seek to answer to be dictated by the powerful few, or are they to be open to debate among citizens and scientists?
www.bostonreview.net
August 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
He was not as old as that image from the Wikipedia, but he was a young man either, and matters seemed to weigh on him. Not a frivilous person
This piece by him in 1982 from @bostonreview.bsky.social remains relevant
This piece by him in 1982 from @bostonreview.bsky.social remains relevant
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I’ve spent the last several weeks learning everything I can about what President Trump and his allies want from the new Fed chair. I put all that together in a cover story for Barron’s. It's not just rate cuts.
Tldr; Expect major disruption at the Fed. Staff cuts, model changes, polarization & more
Tldr; Expect major disruption at the Fed. Staff cuts, model changes, polarization & more
Trump Will Remake the Fed. Lower Rates Are Just the Start.
President Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by a lot, quickly. He will get that, and probably much more, under the next Fed chair.
www.barrons.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’ve spent the last several weeks learning everything I can about what President Trump and his allies want from the new Fed chair. I put all that together in a cover story for Barron’s. It's not just rate cuts.
Tldr; Expect major disruption at the Fed. Staff cuts, model changes, polarization & more
Tldr; Expect major disruption at the Fed. Staff cuts, model changes, polarization & more
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Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Curate your own newspaper with RSS
Escape newsletter inbox chaos and algorithmic surveillance by building your own enshittification-proof newspaper from the writers you already read
www.citationneeded.news
July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Newsletter: In a media landscape dominated by algorithmic feeds that aim to manipulate and extract, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is choose to read what you want, when you want, without anyone watching over your shoulder.
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
Here’s how to use RSS.
www.citationneeded.news/curate-with-...
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“The months since April 2 have clarified the multiple contradictory desires of the Trump administration vis-a-vis its position in the global economic hierarchy.”
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
Monetizing Primacy | Karthik Sankaran
Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
“The months since April 2 have clarified the multiple contradictory desires of the Trump administration vis-a-vis its position in the global economic hierarchy.”
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
@rajakorman.bsky.social on Trumponomics, dollar diplomacy, and multipolarity
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mon...
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For the European Parliament, Eric Monnet, @edomartino.bsky.social and I wrote on USD stablecoins:
Will Donald Trump get rich selling his private $$$ coins to EU residents? Probably not, but stablecoins may still uproot the global monetary order.
www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/2964...
Will Donald Trump get rich selling his private $$$ coins to EU residents? Probably not, but stablecoins may still uproot the global monetary order.
www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/2964...
June 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
For the European Parliament, Eric Monnet, @edomartino.bsky.social and I wrote on USD stablecoins:
Will Donald Trump get rich selling his private $$$ coins to EU residents? Probably not, but stablecoins may still uproot the global monetary order.
www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/2964...
Will Donald Trump get rich selling his private $$$ coins to EU residents? Probably not, but stablecoins may still uproot the global monetary order.
www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/2964...
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Machine-generated visuals are “mean” in every sense: malevolent, meager, mediated, miserly, minor. And this garbage isn’t just poisoning your brain. It’s priming you for a future of ever more extraction and surveillance.
Another Bullshit Night in Slop City | Will Harrison
In her new collection of essays, Hito Steyerl plunges into the rising tide of AI-generated slop.
thebaffler.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Machine-generated visuals are “mean” in every sense: malevolent, meager, mediated, miserly, minor. And this garbage isn’t just poisoning your brain. It’s priming you for a future of ever more extraction and surveillance.
“Don’t be fooled. This is not really a crypto bill. The GENIUS Act has little to do with Bitcoin or Ethereum or memecoins. Instead, this is a very significant, and bad, banking reform law.”
openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/ittakesage...
openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/ittakesage...
It Takes a GENIUS to Cause a Financial Crisis
Written by Brian Shearer
openbanker.beehiiv.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“Don’t be fooled. This is not really a crypto bill. The GENIUS Act has little to do with Bitcoin or Ethereum or memecoins. Instead, this is a very significant, and bad, banking reform law.”
openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/ittakesage...
openbanker.beehiiv.com/p/ittakesage...