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Dr. Jens Foell
@jensfoell.de
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I used to scan brains, now I talk about science for a living. Science editor, science podcaster, and SPIEGEL-bestselling writer. Founder of @realscientists.de and trainer at @nawik.de. Looks even worse IRL. 🔗 https://jensfoell.de
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · Oct 20
Remember: If it requires the deliberate and coordinated suppression of information by the scientists of the world to be true, it most probably isn’t.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 41m
*Ich* habe zu danken, fürs Lesen und Folgen! ❤️
Und die Seite wurde tatsächlich seit langem nicht gepflegt, das werden wir mal in Angriff nehmen 🙂
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 20h
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 17h
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d
Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad.

I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI.

It’s destructive to the environment.

It’s destructive to artists.

It’s destructive to humanity.

It steals from us and churns out slop.

Just stop.
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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 1d
Unrestrained and unregulated fascism. We'll see widespread on-screen killings of innocent civilians next (even more than we're seeing now, I mean)
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d
“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 1d
Absolutely fascinating data: almost everywhere other than in North America, screen time use has gone *down* since 2022. Has social media enshittified itself too much?
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 1d
This sounds plausible to me. But if it’s true, it means that the age of social media might be over soon, with only the old and wrinkled (like myself) spending any actual time there.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 1d
This sounds plausible to me. But if it’s true, it means that the age of social media might be over soon, with only the old and wrinkled (like myself) spending any actual time there.
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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 1d
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 1d
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true
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Marko R. @rima73.bsky.social · 2d
Einfacher und kompetenter kann man Physik nicht erklären. Kann ich nur empfehlen. 👍
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Dr. Christian Scharun @christianscharun.de · 2d
Strahlung ist überall - und in manchen Fällen auch keineswegs ungefährlich (z. B. UV oder Röntgen). Doch wie sieht es mit WLAN und Handystrahlung aus? Das klären wir in der neuesten Folge MAITHINK X für euch und debunken ganz nebenbei noch den Mythos von Wünschelruten und Erdstrahlen! Schaut rein! 🤓
5G, WLan & Co: Wann ist Strahlung schädlich?
Handys, Mikrowellen, WLAN, 5G – wir sind überall von Strahlung umgeben. Viele Menschen machen sich Sorgen um gesundheitliche Schäden durch Strahlung.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 2d
One of my very favorite dishes
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d
This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 2d
It’s a hard thing to accept. I’m still processing through this. But I do think you’re absolutely correct.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
#OTD 120 years ago, the T. rex got its name:

“I propose to make this animal the type of the new genus Tyrannosaurus, in reference to its size, which greatly exceeds that of any carnivorous land animal hitherto described.”

Find the original paper here:
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
Pssst— early risers can already watch our brand-new episode of MAITHINK X [in German] right here: www.zdf.de/video/shows/...

It’s all about the functions and/or dangers of radiation. Both the kind of radiation that actually exists and the kind that people make up sometimes. Check it out!
5G, WLan & Co: Wann ist Strahlung schädlich?
Handys, Mikrowellen, WLAN, 5G – wir sind überall von Strahlung umgeben. Viele Menschen machen sich Sorgen um gesundheitliche Schäden durch Strahlung.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported
About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 22d
AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly
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The False Promise of “AI for Social Good”
Abeba Birhane refutes industry claims about the technology's potential to solve complex social problems.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
I agree 100%.

We’re all hypocrites about some things, and the current wave of reactionary right-wing politics is taking it to the extreme. That doesn’t mean that it’s useful to harp on it.
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 3d
Can you do this? A 24-hour challenge for leftists and liberals:
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
Me: “Sometimes we need to defy the purpose with which our creator has ordained us. We need to reject what we were ‘made for’ and instead embrace what we truly are.”

“That’s so deep, what made you think of that?”

Me:
A candy packaging at a store saying “MADE FOR SHARING!”
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
I wasn’t aware you’re on this platform! Great to see you! Not sure if you remember but we were mutuals over on the hellsite (but I also lived in Florida at the time)
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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 4d
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
A photo of Diddy
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
Robert Eggers‘ THE WITCH, which is one of the few movies that actually kind of justifies this wide range of responses
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 3d
The film discourse on Instagram is Something Else
Instagram comments section. Three comments from three different people saying: “One of the greatest films l've ever seen”, “One of the most boring movies ever made lord have mercy” and “Most terrifying film of this century”
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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 4d
#medlibs
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 4d
People are running stats on LLM-generated participants and think they’re being social scientists when in fact they’re technically just playing a very strange video game. This is like saying you’re doing math research because you’re playing sudoku.

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AI-generated ‘participants’ can lead social science experiments astray, study finds
Data produced by “silicon samples” depends on researchers’ exact choice of models, prompts, and settings
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