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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful colours - as every autumn - along Walldorf's Dietmar-Hopp-Allee near SAP.

A row of maple trees with a mix of red, orange, yellow and green leaves.

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CMU Database Group @db.cs.cmu.edu · 2d

Today's Future Data Systems Seminar Speaker: Will Manning (@willmanning.com) will present @spiraldb.com's Vortex file format. Vortex is now a @linuxfoundation.org project. Zoom talk open to public at 4:30pm ET. YouTube video available after: db.cs.cmu.edu/events/futur...

[Future Data] Vortex: LLVM for File Formats - Carnegie Mellon Database Group

Apache Parquet revolutionized columnar storage after its initial release in 2013, but... Read More +

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WIRED @wired.com · 5d

NEW: A professor at Rutgers University who wrote a book about “antifa” almost a decade ago is trying—and struggling—to flee the US for Europe after a weeks-long online campaign against him by far-right influencers was followed by death threats. www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 4d

Nobel-winning economists Duflo and Banerjee will leave the US for Switzerland

The University of Zurich said that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, known for their work in development economics, will move from the US to Switzerland, amid Donald Trump's attacks on universities.

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 5d

Felicitaciones, María Corina Machado, por recibir el Premio Nobel de la Paz.

This award honours not only your courage and conviction.

But every voice that refuses to be silenced. In Venezuela and across the world.

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EL PAÍS México @elpaismexico.bsky.social · 4d

🏅 #NobelPrize | La reacción de María Corina Machado a su Nobel de la Paz: “Es el mayor reconocimiento a los venezolanos” dozz.es/9jjcu10

La reacción de María Corina Machado a su Nobel de la Paz: “Es el mayor reconocimiento a los venezolanos” | Vídeo

La líder opositora, que lleva más de un año escondida, ha expresado su sorpresa por el Nobel de la Paz y ha incidido en reconocer la labor de todos los ciudadanos en su país

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · 6d

The first 30 minutes of this lecture provide a great overview of the journey of data warehouse technology from the 1990s to the 2020s. "Modern OLAP Database Systems (CMU Advanced Database Systems)" - https://youtu.be/5J-I8Mj8tss

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · 6d

From an article in today’s Guardian. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Association for Computing Machinery @acm.org · 10d

Listen to 2024 ACM Prize in Computing recipient Torsten Hoefler share how he tries to bridge academia and industry for societal impact . Full episode here or wherever you get your podcast: learning.acm.org/bytecast/ep7...

#ACMByteCast #computing

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · 13d

Back at Hochschule Darmstadt #HDA for another kick-off into a new semester.

Selfie of Thomas in front of HDA's iconic main building.

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Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture & Society @edcdcs.bsky.social · 27d

Coming up next week! Our "Getting Started with R for Research" course offers a clear, beginner-friendly start to R and RStudio with practical data wrangling.

📆 Thurs 25 Sept & 2nd October
🔗 https://edin.ac/4n8pM2W

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 26d

"Trump is using the full power of his office to punish people and organisations who criticise him.

There's a word for that - authoritarian."

If you think this is just about Jimmy Kimmel, you are missing the point.

@maitlis.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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‘If you think this is about Kimmel being cancelled - you’re missing the point’ | The News Agents

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has been taken off-air “indefinitely” after making comments about Donald Trump’s response to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Is this about free speech? Cancel culture? Or is i...

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Marc-Uwe Kling @marcuwekling.bsky.social · 26d

Braucht ihr eigentlich wirklich Disney+? Nee, wa? You have friends everywhere, Jimmy Kimmel. youtube.com/shorts/dzCgY...

Bye bye Disney

YouTube video by MarcUweKling

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · 29d

Dave Patterson: "It is a big mistake to ignore the upsides of #AI as it is a mistake to ignore the downsides."
Excellent spark session by @jeffdean.bsky.social and Dave P. in today's (Tue's) #HLF25 program. You can watch the recording on www.youtube.com/@LaureateForum. Approx. 20 min.

Heidelberg Laureate Forum

The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is an international network event where recipients of the most prestigious awards in mathematics and computer science meet the next generation. The HLF is annually ...

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · Sep 15

Excellent start to #HLF25 's academic program with a "spark session" with 5 short presentations on inspiring topics. Highly recommend to watch some of them. I liked a lot Sanjeev Arora's: Will There Be a Superhuman AI Mathematician?

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · Sep 12

#HLF25 starts on Sunday and lectures can be watched live via the HLF's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/Laureat... @hlforum.bsky.social

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tonight, lunar eclipse near Heilbronn in the southwest of Germany. #eclipse2025 #eclipse #bloodmoon #lunareclipse

Red (blood) moon over a mountainous horizon.

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Haus der Astronomie @hausderastronomie.bsky.social · Sep 7

Seid ihr bereit für die totale Mondfinsternis heute Abend? 🔭

Tip: sucht euch einen (ggf. erhöhten) Beobachtungsplatz mit freier Horizontsicht und schönem Vordergrundmotiv zum Fotografieren und dann fangt den Moment ein, in dem der Mond aus der Dunstschicht über dem Horizont kommt 1/2

Der total verfinsterte Mond im Blick eines Teleskops durch den Kuppelspalt einer von innen rot beleuchteten Kuppel

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Carsten Könneker @scifunkel.bsky.social · Aug 31

Wir feiern die #Neugierde! Ich freu mich darauf, gemeinsam mit @katharinamenne.bsky.social einen neuen #Podcast zu starten! »Die großen Fragen der #Wissenschaft« kommt ab Donnerstag monatlich heraus, den Trailer für alle Neugierigen gibt’s bereits jetzt: www.spektrum.de/index/spektr... #wisskomm

Eine Frau mit schulterlangen roten Haaren in einem gelben Kleid und ein Mann mit grauen kurzen Haaren, Brille und in schwarzem Polohemd stehen Rücken an Rücken und schauen in die Kamera. Neben ihnen steht in weißer Schrift auf schwarzem Grund "Die großen Fragen der Wissenschaft". Im Hintergrund erkennt man eine wissenschaftlich anmutende Grafik. Außerdem liest man die Logos "Spektrum der Wissenschaft" und "Detektor.FM". Die Atmosphäre ist offen und zugewandt. Das Bild strahlt Kompetenz aus.

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Aug 18

"The truth is: All they’ve agreed is… to have another meeting."

A made-for-TV evening saw European leaders lay it on thick with Trump in hopes of a Ukraine-friendly peace deal.

But did it get them anywhere?

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The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · Aug 18

"You cannot 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 a word he says - and you can't 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 a word he says."

As European leaders gather for an emergency White House meeting, does it expose the continent’s ‘deep frailty’?

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Thomas Zurek 🕊️ @tfxz.bsky.social · Aug 11

I've been wondering for quite some time whether there is someone who understands that cabling. This guy seems to be the one! #SalvadorDeBahia .

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Kevin Fong @drkevinfong.bsky.social · Aug 8

Farewell & thanks for everything Captain James Lovell. Apollo 8 Command Module Pilot - arguably NASA’s boldest mission - Commander & survivor of the ill fated Apollo 13. I’ve met few people more inspiring or more generous with their legacy. God Speed, safe flight. #AdAstra #NASA

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 1

‘Dodgy looking’ clip of Trump playing golf in Scotland sparks cheating debate

Video appears to show aide dropping ball in favourable position, as golf fans say it is a bad look for the sport

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📰 Badische Neueste Nachrichten (Inoffiziell) @bnn-feed.bsky.social · Jul 27

Amy Macdonald erlebt verregnetes „Das Fest“: „Willkommen in Schottland“

https://bnn.de/nachrichten/kultur/amy-macdonald-erlebt-verregnetes-das-fest-willkommen-in-schottland

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