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@tlmn.bsky.social
Journalistic Researcher, Trainer, OSINT/Verification-Expert @ DW Innovation. Also into GenerativeAI for media (focus on fighting disinformation).
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It seems like I landed on some kind of starterkit-list, so maybe it’s
time for an introduction;

I’m a researcher and concepter for journalistic tech @ Deutsche Welle. My focus is on social media and especially verification/OSINT and also GenerativeAI.

I’m part of @quiztime and also do trainings.
“The only option is to propose a real change … and be absolutely courageous about it.”

Learning from countries that have already turned authoritarian! Not just for the US.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
'Where commercial tech isolates, public service must use technology to "build bridges to get people to meet each other, to have a conversation with each other”.'

I love this approach. Would love it even more to see this implemented beyond "the Nordics".

nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories...
The Nordic algorithm: How public broadcasters are rewriting the rules of engagement
United by a shared philosophy, Nordic broadcasters are rejecting the "rabbit holes" of big tech: Editorial judgment remains supreme.
nordiskfilmogtvfond.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This! 😠 🤯
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What a coincidence!

Seems like most US strategies are written by Russia these days.
Kremlin: The new US security strategy is “largely aligned” with Russia’s vision.
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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In response to Musk calling to “abolish” the European Union, the Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, wrote in Musk’s replies on X: “Go to Mars. There’s no censorship of Nazi salutes there.”
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Dobrindt würde für seinen Abschiebewahn nicht nur sprichwörtlich über Leichen gehen, mit seinen Terrorfreunden tut er es faktisch: Er holt die Taliban nach Deutschland, gibt ihnen Zugriff auf die Daten ihrer Opfer, die er dann nach Afghanistan abschiebt. Und nun also auch Frauen. Was für ein Mensch!
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Wirklich allerspätestens jetzt sollten wir uns als Europa politisch neu orientieren.

Weg von den USA, der Welt hin, zB dem globalen Süden.

www.zdfheute.de/politik/ausl...
Was hinter Donald Trumps nationaler Sicherheitsstrategie steckt
Trump sieht EU als Risiko: In ihrer neuen Sicherheitsstrategie üben die USA scharfe Kritik an Europa. Was dahinter steckt.
www.zdfheute.de
December 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Wie steht es eigentlich um den Frieden im mittleren Osten so gerade?
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.

Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.

futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
If you can bear to listen to Musk, here is him agreeing with the fine he just received.
By the way, @daphnek.bsky.social reminded me that back in the ancient times of May 2022, shortly after he made his bid for Twitter, Elon Musk actually appeared to nonchalantly endorse the Digital Services Act after meeting with former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton in Austin, Texas.
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Don't let anyone — not even the US Secretary of State — tell you that the European Commission's €120 million enforcement against Elon Musk’s X under the Digital Service Act is about censorship, writes Daphne Keller. It’s just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, she says.
The EU’s Fine Against X is Not About Speech or ‘Censorship’ | TechPolicy.Press
The €120 million fine under the Digital Services Act is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring requirements of its law, writes Stanford's Daphne Keller.
www.techpolicy.press
December 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This 🤯🤮🤬
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.

They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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The two faces of football's leadership.

FIFA makes-up a Tinpot Temu "peace prize" trophy to give to trump at the world cup draw, just hours after Ukraine was fined because its fans unfurled a banner saying #RussiaIsATerroristState
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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My Nieman Lab prediction for 2026: The AI bubble may pop but people’s use of AI for information won’t and it's better if we start taking this seriously.
December 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Merz nennt das Denkmal für Lübcke „vollkommen geschmacklos“. Vollkommen geschmacklos ist dabei jedoch nur eines: der Umgang der Union mit Lübckes Hinrichtung durch einen AfD Anhänger, weil diese beständig der geistigen und praktischen Kollaboration mit der AfD im unbequem im Wege steht.
December 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Eine Statue terrorisiert die CDU: Für den Bundeskanzler ist das hier „vollkommen geschmacklos“. Die CDU spricht von “Provokation” und “Spaltung” – wegen einer Gedenkstätte für Walter Lübcke! Es sei “würde- und pietätlos“. Die Partei ist auf einen Baum geklettert und kommt nicht mehr runter.
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"Sie steht dort für einen aufrechten Konservativen, der Widerstand gegen rassistischen Hass leistete. Und damit für die Hoffnung, dass die Union nicht nur ein Unvereinbarkeitsbeschluss von der AfD trennt."

Guter Kommentar zur #WalterLübcke Statue: www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Konrad-Adenauer-Haus: Walter Lübcke gehört nicht der CDU
Die CDU schäumt: Eine Aktionsgruppe hat die Statue des von einem Rechtsextremen ermordeten Lübcke vor ihre Zentrale gestellt. "Geschmacklos", findet Merz. Was soll das?
www.zeit.de
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
When you feel like your work is getting real credit ...

Unser #OSINT tool SPOT (findthatspot.io) wurde von der c't getestet: www.heise.de/ratgeber/Ope...

Wir freuen uns nach wie vor über NutzerInnen und Feedback!
SPOT - the easy way to verify locations
Spot is a tool for finding combinations of objects in the public space world-wide.
findthatspot.io
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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DW Access works outside traditional app stores and offers:

✔ Integrated VPN
✔ No personal data transmission
✔ Offline reading
✔ Data-saving mode

Learn more: corporate.dw.com/en/dw-access...
DW Access: New app counters global censorship
DW Access is a lightweight app designed to ensure access to independent information in regions where digital freedom is under threat. It provides users with a secure way to reach DW content even under...
corporate.dw.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Access to independent information is under pressure worldwide. Internet shutdowns and censorship have intensified in countries like Iran, Russia and China.

DW has developed DW Access, a lightweight app that helps people stay informed even under the toughest conditions.
December 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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If you still don’t want to leave Spotify (despite the fact you can transfer your playlists to other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE), we ask you not to share your Spotify Wrapped this year.
Spotify is running ads to recruit for the regime’s secret police. Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is brilliant.

But can we please set it so that it access the web before Elon Musk and Donald Trump, so rather 2016 or so?
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM