Caroline Ort
@caroline-ort.bsky.social
if AI has no enemies I'm dead 💀
Ich pendele z.Z. täglich 2 Stunden in jede Richtung zur Arbeit. Mit der DB.
Was mir auffällt: wie oft vor allem die Universal-Toiletten nicht funktionieren und offensichtlich nicht repariert werden. Wie sollen Menschen mit Gehbehinderungen eigentlich Bahn fahren?
Was mir auffällt: wie oft vor allem die Universal-Toiletten nicht funktionieren und offensichtlich nicht repariert werden. Wie sollen Menschen mit Gehbehinderungen eigentlich Bahn fahren?
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Ich pendele z.Z. täglich 2 Stunden in jede Richtung zur Arbeit. Mit der DB.
Was mir auffällt: wie oft vor allem die Universal-Toiletten nicht funktionieren und offensichtlich nicht repariert werden. Wie sollen Menschen mit Gehbehinderungen eigentlich Bahn fahren?
Was mir auffällt: wie oft vor allem die Universal-Toiletten nicht funktionieren und offensichtlich nicht repariert werden. Wie sollen Menschen mit Gehbehinderungen eigentlich Bahn fahren?
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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saunervig wie leute immer englische wörter in ihre sätze einbauen …
fontane in seinen briefen so ca 1870-1985: ich hab mein zimmer in a snug home verwandelt
fontane in seinen briefen so ca 1870-1985: ich hab mein zimmer in a snug home verwandelt
October 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
saunervig wie leute immer englische wörter in ihre sätze einbauen …
fontane in seinen briefen so ca 1870-1985: ich hab mein zimmer in a snug home verwandelt
fontane in seinen briefen so ca 1870-1985: ich hab mein zimmer in a snug home verwandelt
es ist herbts
auf dem feld
DIE KÜRBEN
auf dem feld
DIE KÜRBEN
September 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
es ist herbts
auf dem feld
DIE KÜRBEN
auf dem feld
DIE KÜRBEN
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“what of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize?”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
archive.ph
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“what of the writers, the thinkers, and the pundits who cannot separate the great crime of Kirk’s death from the malignancy of his public life? Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize?”
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
archive.ph/2025.09.16-2...
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Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was:
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Far as I can tell, Robert Redford was:
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
* successful at everything he tried
* genuinely intelligent & insightful
* desired by women
* envied by men
* an absolute mensch to everyone he dealt with
* a tireless, lifelong philanthropist
... and he died peacefully in his sleep.
10/10 life. No notes.
RIP Robert Redford. Amazing actor, director & so many other things. Won an Oscar for directing Ordinary People (1980) but only nominated as an actor once for The Sting (1973). So many great films! RIP. #filmsky
September 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
September 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
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“At the root of the problem is the fact that we delegated to profit-seeking businesses ‘the space of the world’ – the spaces where, for much of our time, we carry on our social life” – @couldrynick.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
The battle to rebuild our social media has started
The harms of social media platforms are well known. But the root cause is not: namely, letting profit-seeking businesses design our social spaces.
buff.ly
May 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“At the root of the problem is the fact that we delegated to profit-seeking businesses ‘the space of the world’ – the spaces where, for much of our time, we carry on our social life” – @couldrynick.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history, but grassroots organizers are launching a resistance. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Wants to Erase Black History. These Digital Archivists Are Racing to Save It
Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history, but grassroots organizers are launching a resistance.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Donald Trump’s executive orders are attacking everything from the Smithsonian to Black sports history, but grassroots organizers are launching a resistance. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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Its the ease with which universities have suddenly the money to pay for AI subscriptions, AI professorships, AI workshops, AI everything while they reassure us that "there is no money" to pay grad students and precarious faculty living wages.
Can you imagine if the loudest voices in higher ed actually stopped to critically evaluate whether so-called "AI" tools are worth the documented and likely-but-not-yet-well-documented effects of their use?
Instead of being AI triumphalist, remembering that tech vendors are not our friends/saviors?
Instead of being AI triumphalist, remembering that tech vendors are not our friends/saviors?
May 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Its the ease with which universities have suddenly the money to pay for AI subscriptions, AI professorships, AI workshops, AI everything while they reassure us that "there is no money" to pay grad students and precarious faculty living wages.
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Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
April 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
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propaganda works. It works on billionaires in their group chats. It works on CEOs. It works on you. We need comprehensive media reform or this country will not survive.
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....
www.damemagazine.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
propaganda works. It works on billionaires in their group chats. It works on CEOs. It works on you. We need comprehensive media reform or this country will not survive.
abhorrent. there's so many half-built ruins and several thousand vacant homes – in a housing crisis, where people struggle to afford buying or renting a home, or can't afford it, period. Airbnb properties should not be allowed while people are in this position.
Airbnb landlords and holiday home owners are squeezing native speakers out of Gaeltacht areas
Airbnb landlords and holiday home owners are squeezing native speakers out of Gaeltacht areas
A consequence of the housing crisis is that it is accelerating the decline of the Irish language
www.irishtimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
abhorrent. there's so many half-built ruins and several thousand vacant homes – in a housing crisis, where people struggle to afford buying or renting a home, or can't afford it, period. Airbnb properties should not be allowed while people are in this position.
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👉 👈 Meta announced that they're changing their models to reduce "left-leaning [political] bias"--that means leaning them to the political "right". Lots to unpack about what that might mean. So I ran a quick "shot in the dark" study...and found a *political right* bias in Meta models. Some notes.🧵
April 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
👉 👈 Meta announced that they're changing their models to reduce "left-leaning [political] bias"--that means leaning them to the political "right". Lots to unpack about what that might mean. So I ran a quick "shot in the dark" study...and found a *political right* bias in Meta models. Some notes.🧵
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You know what I just realized?
AI art is "digital colonialism".
It's the appropriation of the work and value of a disadvantaged majority (underpaid struggling artists in this case) for the enrichment of an elitist, foreign other (tech bros/capitalist CEOs).
AI art is "digital colonialism".
It's the appropriation of the work and value of a disadvantaged majority (underpaid struggling artists in this case) for the enrichment of an elitist, foreign other (tech bros/capitalist CEOs).
September 17, 2023 at 4:19 PM
You know what I just realized?
AI art is "digital colonialism".
It's the appropriation of the work and value of a disadvantaged majority (underpaid struggling artists in this case) for the enrichment of an elitist, foreign other (tech bros/capitalist CEOs).
AI art is "digital colonialism".
It's the appropriation of the work and value of a disadvantaged majority (underpaid struggling artists in this case) for the enrichment of an elitist, foreign other (tech bros/capitalist CEOs).
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imo the ethical issues around AI — including but not exclusive to theft — are at the forefront of everything
muse.jhu.edu/article/9509....
muse.jhu.edu/article/9509....
March 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
imo the ethical issues around AI — including but not exclusive to theft — are at the forefront of everything
muse.jhu.edu/article/9509....
muse.jhu.edu/article/9509....
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
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The goal of the Trump administration's attempted social revolution “isn’t just to shatter a few institutions. It intends to crush the power and authority of whole professions, to severely weaken, if not purge, a social class,” Franklin Foer writes:
Trump Has Found His Class Enemy
The president unleashes a Marxist theory of power—but against knowledge workers, not billionaires.
bit.ly
April 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The goal of the Trump administration's attempted social revolution “isn’t just to shatter a few institutions. It intends to crush the power and authority of whole professions, to severely weaken, if not purge, a social class,” Franklin Foer writes:
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Rich people live longer than poor people in the US and Europe – but rich Americans have far shorter lifespans than rich people in northern, western and southern Europe.
Americans die earlier at all wealth levels, even if wealth buys more years of life in the US than in Europe
New research shows that Americans’ personal wealth is not enough to compensate for factors that affect how long people live, such as health behaviors, education or social support.
buff.ly
April 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Rich people live longer than poor people in the US and Europe – but rich Americans have far shorter lifespans than rich people in northern, western and southern Europe.
Americans have been trained to believe their nation is the best and to be obedient to power itself.
Now, the wolves have come to feast – and there is no revolt.
Now, the wolves have come to feast – and there is no revolt.
How the State Raised its Minions - and how to Break Out of it
Collective Resistance in the Face of American Exceptionalism and Obedience Training
open.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Americans have been trained to believe their nation is the best and to be obedient to power itself.
Now, the wolves have come to feast – and there is no revolt.
Now, the wolves have come to feast – and there is no revolt.
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Iowa's Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill that would remove protections for the transgender community even as dozens of protesters opposed the legislation reut.rs/3Xk7hOJ
Iowa passes bill that will remove protections for transgender people
Iowa's Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill on Thursday that would remove protections for the transgender community even as dozens of protesters opposed the legislation.
reut.rs
February 28, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Iowa's Republican-controlled legislature passed a bill that would remove protections for the transgender community even as dozens of protesters opposed the legislation reut.rs/3Xk7hOJ
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And regarding the restrooms: www.wcpo.com/news/educati...
Some University of Cincinnati restroom signs changed to say biological men, women to comply with Ohio law
In a statement, a UC spokesperson told WPCO 9 News the change is connected to Ohio Senate Bill 104, which requires single-sex bathrooms in K-12 schools, colleges and universities.
www.wcpo.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:
The DOGE Takeover Is Worse Than You Think
What’s happening to the US government right now is bad. What comes next is worse.
www.wired.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Cuts have no apparent regard for civil society or opportunity costs or long-term strategic thinking. Their targets are Elon Musk’s and Project 2025’s targets. They have found no fraud, just democracy at work. They’re apparently eager to see what happens when it no longer does." Brian Barrett:
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I feel like this is an under-reported story.
A month ago, leftwing Die Linke looked likely to miss the 5 percent voting cutoff needed for parties to earn seats in Germany’s Parliament, the Bundestag. On Sunday, it won nearly 9 percent of the vote and 64 seats in the Bundestag.
A month ago, leftwing Die Linke looked likely to miss the 5 percent voting cutoff needed for parties to earn seats in Germany’s Parliament, the Bundestag. On Sunday, it won nearly 9 percent of the vote and 64 seats in the Bundestag.
We hear a lot about the AfD, but less about the success of this German Leftist party.
Heidi Reichinnek is the woman who led the surprise story of Germany’s parliamentary elections on Sunday: an almost overnight resurgence of Die Linke, translating as “The Left.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
Heidi Reichinnek is the woman who led the surprise story of Germany’s parliamentary elections on Sunday: an almost overnight resurgence of Die Linke, translating as “The Left.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...
How TikTok Helped Germany’s Left to a Surprise Election Showing
Struggling a month ago, the Die Linke party surged into Parliament by riding a backlash against conservative immigration policy.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I feel like this is an under-reported story.
A month ago, leftwing Die Linke looked likely to miss the 5 percent voting cutoff needed for parties to earn seats in Germany’s Parliament, the Bundestag. On Sunday, it won nearly 9 percent of the vote and 64 seats in the Bundestag.
A month ago, leftwing Die Linke looked likely to miss the 5 percent voting cutoff needed for parties to earn seats in Germany’s Parliament, the Bundestag. On Sunday, it won nearly 9 percent of the vote and 64 seats in the Bundestag.