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Andreas Wagner

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I am #DigitalHumanities Coordinator at Max Planck Institute for #LegalHistory and #LegalTheory (#mpilhlt) #Frankfurt Also collaborator of […] [bridged from https://hcommons.social/@anwagnerdreas on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ] .. more

Andreas Wagner is an Austrian/US evolutionary biologist and professor at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. He is known for his work on the role of robustness and innovation in biological evolution. Wagner is professor and chairman at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zürich. .. more

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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 6h

#carlzimmer and colleagues at the #nytimes have launched a series of interviews -- 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 -- with US scientists whose grants have been terminated. Recommended.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/science/ecology-forests-pollinators.html

(At the bottom of each interview you can find links […]

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Christian Meesters @rupdecat.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 12h

Where will I be in early March 2026?

In Stuttgart! At the deRSE conference. I intend to submit a couple of work items dealing with my favourite workflow management system. And the call for contributions is open: https://mastodon.social/@de_rse/115270954346336457

To give you an idea of what I […]

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Konrad Hinsen @khinsen.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

New publication: "Reviewing research software"

"Every research project in computational science requires writing some code, even if it’s only a few scripts. This code is instrumental in generating results, and often important for understanding in detail what was done. Nevertheless, unlike […]

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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 17h

Nur dank Euch: AfD-Verbot.de gewinnt den Grimme-Preis 2025! Die Laudatio hat’s in sich. Danke an alle, die für das größte Beweisportal gegen die AfD abgestimmt haben. ❤️

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Michael Blume @blumeevolution.sueden.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

Freue mich sehr, dass „unser aller“ #Mastodon einen #GrimmeOnlineAward (einen #GoA 🤭) erhalten hat! Sehr empfehlenswert zu lesen ist die Begründung der Jury für das #fediversum & gegen antisoziale #konzernmedien (die entsprechend wenig berichten werden) […]

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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 1d

Gather around, friends, for a friendly 🧵.

Propaganda was not a widely used word before WW2. Sergeï Chakhotin was one of the first theoreticians of authoritarian propaganda in his 1939 book The Rape of the Masses, which was immediately banned by fascists.

Here are his 7 rules of propaganda:

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Bonfire @bonfire.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

🔬 With Bonfire's upcoming Open Science flavour, you can now archive conversations to #zenodo (and compatible repositories like https://works.hcommons.org from @hello) and obtain a #doi.
Every participant becomes a credited co-author, and ORCID integration means it can be automatically published […]

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Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin @karldietzverlag.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Wer auf Instagram ist: Bitte helft, den Fake-Account, der sich als uns ausgibt, zu löschen:
❌ karl__dietz_verlag
= ist ein privater Account, hat eine Handvoll Follower (wir > 7500) und ist erkennbar am doppelten, extralangen Unterstrich nach dem ersten Wort […]

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Screenshot vom Fake-Account auf Instagram, der vorgibt, Dietz Berlin zu sein

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Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy · 2d

We need to acknowledge that working effectively with AI programming tools is HARD - they're unintuitive, full of traps and can churn out huge volumes of bad code if you let them

But they can also greatly amplify your existing programming expertise if you know how to wield them

It turns out […]

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Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Vibe coding is irresponsibly building software through dice rolls, not caring what code is produced

What about when engineers at the top of their game use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their work?

I propose "vibe engineering"! (with my tongue only partially in my cheek) […]

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Bianca Kramer @msphelps.akademienl.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Is there a relationship between the metadata publishers submit to Crossref and the submission systems they use? 🤔

In this new preprint with @HLdeJonge, we analyzed 153 publishers and 4 major systems to find out.

👉 https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/ndx3f_v1 […]

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Metadata coverage by publisher for abstracts, affiliations, references, funding, ORCIDs and licenses, categorized by their submission" system.

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 2d

It’s shocking to me, actually, that our intellectual traditions proved so powerless here.

100 years of fiction about thinking machines that blur the boundaries of … now, wait just a second! I didn’t mean you could *actually* blur those boundaries

Same story with Foucauldians

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Ralf Stockmann @rstockm.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Der Vollständigkeit halber hier meine anderen Mastodon-Tools:

Mastotags (die besten Hastag-Kombinationen für die Mastowallwall finden)
https://rstockm.github.io/mastotags/

Mastothread (teilt Longreads wie diesen in Einzelpostings auf)
https://rstockm.github.io/mastothread/

Fedipol […]

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Ralf Stockmann @rstockm.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Wer das doof findet darf sich a) fragen ob VibeCoding nicht auch für Aktivismus ganz neue Felder aufschließt oder b) das von mir ebenfalls sehr geschätzte, handgebaute Alternativprodukt fediwall nutzen:

https://fediwall.social

Denn im (echten) Internet ist immer Platz.
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Ralf Stockmann @rstockm.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Mit einem weiteren Klick kann man sehen, was die Leute so zuletzt zu den Hashtags geschrieben haben, Mensch will ja nicht wild allen folgen. Darum gibt es auch keine "folge Allen" Funktion.

Wie alle bisherigen Versionen ist auch diese zu 100% durch KI entstanden, also #vibecoding - verwendet […]

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Ralf Stockmann @rstockm.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Von Bluesky (auch dort ist nicht alles schlecht) schwappte die Idee von "Starterpacks" rüber, die @fedidevs haben das super für Mastodon umgesetzt: https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs

Die Mastowall 2 bringt nun Dynamik ins Spiel: auf einer neuen "People" Seite […]

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Die neue People-Ansicht der Mastowall 2

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Ralf Stockmann @rstockm.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Ich habe seitdem viel Rückmeldungen erhalten, dass die Mastowall auch als persönliche Übersicht auf dem eigenen Rechner läuft, nicht nur auf riesigen Screens auf Veranstaltungen.

Für die 2.0 Version - anlässlich des #fediday - versuche ich daher, für genau diese zweite Zielgruppe ein weiteres […]

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Ralf Stockmann @rstockm.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Ich stelle heute die Mastowall 2 vor, dazu etwas Hintergrund:

https://rstockm.github.io/mastowall/

Vor zwei Jahren wollte ich mit der #mastowall ein konkretes Problem lösen: es gab kein Pendant für die klassischen Twitter-Walls auf Mastodon. Ziel war es […]

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Mastowall 2 Screenshot

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DonnerBella @donnerbella.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Mir fallen bald keine passenden Unflätigkeiten mehr für die FIFA ein: Für die WM 2026 gibt es ein Blockchain (!) basiertes System, um das Recht auf den Kauf eines Tickets zu erwerben. Man bezahlt also hunderte Euro, bekommt einen Token für eine eventuelle Konstellation (GER im Finale zB) und […]

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James Jefferies @jamesjefferies.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Oh my gosh - this brought a little tear to my eye - hoping there is something in Europe!

https://youtu.be/koiX_Wspatw

#rush

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Oregon lawyer wants a second TRO incorporating the reasoning in support of yesterday’s and prohibiting the use of any federalized National Guard troops from anywhere in Portland. Immergut GRANTS this. 16/

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Judge Immergut announces she is GRANTING the plaintiffs’ motion. She is conferring with the states’ attorneys as to whether she should modify her first TRO or give a 2nd order. 15/

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Still waiting for start of Judge Immergut’s emergency hearing. Here is Hegseth’s order mobilizing Texas National Guard troops to invade other states. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.65.1.pdf

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Meanwhile, in related military developments, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says that Trump has ordered deployment of the TEXAS National Guard to Illinois, Oregon, and elsewhere within the U.S. https://bsky.app/profile/govpritzker.illinois.gov/post/3m2iigmky6s2o Pritzker is calling on TX governor […]

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Here is the motion and argument from California and Oregon that tonight’s emergency judicial hearing is addressing. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ord.189270/gov.uscourts.ord.189270.59.0.pdf 3/

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Oregon and California have filed an emergency motion for an additional temporary restraining order to prevent Trump regime from using federalized California National Guard troops in Portland, Oregon. Judge Immergut is holding an emergency hearing scheduled for 10 pm eastern, 7 pm Pacific tonight. 1/

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

TL;DR: Trump’s decision to send out-of-state U.S. military troops to Portland represents a decision to potentially use the entire U.S. military to invade Oregon. That’s a declaration of war by the federal executive branch on the state. And since Trump equates Portland, OR with other blue cities […]

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Simon Willison @simon.fedi.simonwillison.net.ap.brid.gy · 7d

Joshua Rogers, using AI tooling responsibly and professionally, reported 22+ genuine issues in curl that are now being addressed

This is especially notable because curl has had huge problems with floods of garbage slop AI "security issues" in the past that were nothing of the sort - my notes […]

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Tobias Zeumer @vform.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 7d

A guide to creating accessible PDFs using free tools

https://piccalil.li/blog/a-guide-to-creating-accessible-pdfs-using-free-tools/

#pdf #accessibility #libreoffice #wcag #jaws #nvda

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Pete @forpeterssake.mastodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 8d

In honor of a long and good life, I get a chuckle out of the fact that Jane Goodall thought this Far Side strip was funny and refused to allow the institute that shared her name to take action, and later collaborated with Gary Larson. What a legend.

Jane […]

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A 1987 comic strip, showing two chimpanzees, one male and one female, sitting on a branch in a tree. The female chimpanzee is picking hairs off the back of the male and says, “Well, well–another blond hair. Conducting a little more ‘research’ with that Jane Goodall tramp?”