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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰

@kjeldschmidt.bsky.social

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dr.scient.soc / Sociologist / Programmer / CSCW researcher • Editor-in-Chief of The CSCW Journal (https://www.springer.com/journal/10606)

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

We need help to protect our civilians from blackouts, cold and darkness, and a new wave of refugees to the EU.

Right now, there are two very important areas that Ukraine needs help with:

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

The scale of the threat is unprecedented, and no European country could handle such massive, combined missile-and-drone attacks on its own.

Defending Ukraine’s skies is entirely possible if Ukraine and our allies act in unified planning and coordination.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

Friends,

Winter is coming. Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will increase.

Russia has ramped up drone production and is changing its attack tactics. There will be blackouts in winter. #Kyiv will be Russia’s main strategic and symbolic target⤵️

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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sounds very interesting. Bought!

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Aug 19

Home alone.

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Aug 18

The software industry is in an infinite loop

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Aug 18

He looks as if he’s very sick.

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Aug 14

As if Russia is in need of natural resources. They’ve got more than they can handle.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · Aug 14

Why are we calling the Trump-Pu meeting a "summit", but the Trump-Ze meeting was just a meeting? Ru isn't a great power and can't achieve its goals. Let's stop feeding their delusions of grandeur.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Aug 13

All the students currently using AI to cheat their way through classes are going to get exponentially dumber than if they'd never gone to school at all. Their poor results will, in turn, will be used to delegitimize education. Meanwhile, the AI generation will vote, fly planes, perform surgery, etc.

Zito @zeets.bsky.social · Aug 13

“AI helped health professionals to better detect pre-cancerous growths in the colon, but when the assistance was removed, their ability to find tumors dropped by about 20% compared with rates before the tool was ever introduced…”

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study

Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

www.bloomberg.com

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · Aug 13

FT: European defense plant space tripled since 2021

Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, Europe constructed an industrial war machine spanning 7 mn square meters of new weapons facilities, - the continent’s largest defense buildup since World War II
euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/13/f...

FT: European defense plant space tripled since 2021

Three years after Russia invaded Ukraine, Europe has constructed an industrial war machine spanning 7 million square meters of new weapons facilities, marking the continent's largest defense buildup…

euromaidanpress.com

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Jul 17

11 years ago, Russia killed 298 people on board the MH17 flight that was passing through the east of Ukraine.

Recently, the European Court of Human Rights has concluded Russia is responsible for shooting the plane down.

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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 13

Du ved jo godt, hvad sagen handler om

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hvorfor? Fordi Danmark ikke skal gøres afhængig af biogas fra massiv svine- og gylleproduktion.

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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 11

The culprits forgot to share the loot with Putin and his extended clan

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 10

Sure, a badly informed one.

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 8

You are badly informed

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 6

It’s an indication that the United States is a case of prematurely terminated nation building.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · Jul 6

Are you old enough to remember when the Ukraine-USA minerals deal was going to give Trump a stake in Ukraine and unlock lots of aid? Seems like several lifetimes ago.

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Andrius Kubilius @andriuskubilius.ec.europa.eu · Jul 6

Pax Europaea demands from us not only material defence independence, but also independence of our political thinking, political preparedness to take responsibility for the geopolitical future of Europe, which now is decided in Ukraine.

#Tocquevilleconversations2025

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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 4

“Race” is not a scientific concept. It belongs to the vocabulary of chicken breeders.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · Jul 4

🇳🇱 Dutch and German intelligence (MIVD, AIVD, and BND) say Russia is increasingly using chemical weapons in Ukraine, including deadly agents like chloropicrin, a serious violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. The use of tear gas & choking agents has also become routine.

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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · Jul 4

Europe must defend Europe. #SkyShieldNow

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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 2

Altså ikke et enkelt spørgsmål om “vilje” men snarere et dilemma.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · Jul 2

A reminder that pursuing a Ru-American reset to decouple Ru from China is idiotic. Ru's price for decoupling from China would be nothing short of American blessing for more Ru invasions/domination in Europe, which would blow up NATO and the intl order thus weakening the US and emboldening China.

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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hvad får dig til at tro, at de ikke vil?

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 1

Exactly

Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jul 1

You’re spreading misinformation. It’s only one reactor and it’s because the river water used for cooling is too hot. It’s a local problem.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧪 Post docs are the driving force of research.

The move to unionize was prompted by US President Donald Trump’s election win in 2024.

“It spurred many postdocs into action because our jobs are at stake”.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Postdocs file for union recognition at University of Michigan

International scholars targeted by Trump administration are among those seeking greater protection.

www.nature.com

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Kjeld Schmidt 🇩🇰 @kjeldschmidt.bsky.social · Jun 30

Resigning!? To fight autocracy!? 🤷