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Jannis J Grimm @jannisgrimm.bsky.social · 1d

I'm honoured to be part of the Palestine Days 2025, organized by Transaidency.

Amid violence & erasure, the event provides a space for perspectives that are painfully absent from the German public!

🗓 Oct 28-30
📍 BulBul Berlin
🔗 transaidency.org/palaestinatage-begegnung-kontext-kultur-solidaritaet

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Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · Aug 18

It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...

For help with attribution and sourcing, Grammarly is releasing a citation finder agent that automatically generates correctly formatted citations backing up claims in a piece of writing, and an expert review agent that provides personalized, topic-specific feedback.

Screenshot from Grammarly's demo of inserting a post-hoc citation.
https://www.grammarly.com/ai-agents/citation-finder

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Vincent Privat 🇺🇦 @vincentprivat.bsky.social · 1d

Sébastien_Lecornu_v2_v3_Final_New_Final_Real_New_Final.pptx

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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 2d

Award Trump the economics Nobel

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 3d

A cautionary tale from Australia for governments considering age checks for social media.

CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 3d

We're now finding out that as many as 70,000 people had their government IDs provided to prove their ages leaked by Discord. Like I wrote last week, this is an inherent risk (and made greater by a rushed process) of getting platforms to do age checks

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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Rachel Griffin @rachelgriffin.bsky.social · 2d

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Cheap cars, supersonic jets and floating power plants: Undercover in Saudi Arabia’s secretive program to keep the world burning oil – Centre for Climate Reporting

Speaking to undercover reporters, Saudi energy officials disclosed ambitious plans to undo progress on phasing out oil by financing high carbon infrastructure across Africa and Asia.

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Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 4d

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Oliver Marsh (tech & politics) @olivermmarsh.bsky.social · 5d

V proud to be pushing a new approach for DSA Data Access - a "mass data access" request for highly viewed content - with the fantastic @clairepershan.bsky.social @lkseiling.bsky.social and @louisbarclay.bsky.social for @algorithmwatch.org .

More here & 🧵: www.mozillafoundation.org/en/what-we-d...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 5d

Racism and authoritarian nativism have become normalized in British politics in warp speed. Not only rhetorically but as guiding principles of policy. Yet, many still talk about "populism" as if it were 2016. The idea that "this isn't Britain" is keeping people from clearly assessing where we are.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 7d

This is horrifying.

To give context to ICE's spending spree on weapons & tactical gear, I pulled data on their FY 2023 spending for relevant product categories.

‼️ In the last week, ICE spent well OVER TWICE AS MUCH on weapons, armor, & accessories ($74.6M) as they did in all of FY 2023 ($29.2M).

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 5d

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"How politicians & passengers gave up on greener air travel":

They figured out that there was no "green air travel", but that they still liked flying, so they decided that "greener air travel" could go fuck itself, since the Western standard of living is not negotiable.

How politicians and passengers gave up on greener air travel

A renewed push for economic growth has added to technological challenges and problems with carbon offset schemes

www.ft.com

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 5d

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Aber schaut mal, hey: "Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds."

WHICH SHIFT AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUELS? WHERE IS IT IN THE DATA?

I can't deal with this shit anymore, I just can't.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 6d

Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 6d

The US is pursuing "energy dominance" and forcing allies to buy US oil and gas. And, yet, China is beating the US on energy exports.

Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 6d

This is an EU proposed policy with the benign-sounding name "Child Sexual Abuse Regulation" which proposes to screen private online communications using sketchy image-scanning algorithms. It is technically unworkable, and would be a privacy catastrophe, especially for those in authoritarian states

Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 8d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 6d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 8d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 6d

I can’t tell you the number of German news media people who’ve asked me this question this year (“why isn’t there more resistance”) … not even 18 months after spewing psychotic fantasies about the violence that they felt ought to be visited on peaceful protesters

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty incredible own goal by liberal institutions and many Democratic electeds to crush the exact type of protests in 2024 that would’ve been the most effective way to slow or stop ICE incursions into American cities in 2025

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 6d

I was lucky enough to sit down with Ardi Imseis and discuss the law, politics and history of the recent Western recognitions of the State of Palestine for Called to the Bar: soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

54. Recognition, the United Nations and the Question of Palestine

In this episode, host Dr Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Professor Ardi Imseis (Queen’s Law School, Canada) for a timely conversation about international law, the United Nations, and the long struggle for

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 6d

Today, 250.000 people took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest Israel's genocidal violence in Gaza and the cowardly response by the Dutch government. It followed on two earlier protests, one with 150.000 protesters, and the first one with about 100.000. By Dutch standards, these are huge numbers.

Oxfam Novib @oxfamnovib.bsky.social · 7d

WIJ ZIJN MET MEER❗

#RodeLijn

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jscarbs @jscarbs.bsky.social · 7d

Je ne sais pas si on se rend compte qu'on parle de torture là

Mona Chollet @monachollet.bsky.social · 7d

« Ils ont traîné la petite Greta [Thunberg] par les cheveux sous nos yeux, l'ont battue et l'ont forcée à embrasser le drapeau israélien. Ils lui ont fait tout ce qu'ils pouvaient imaginer, en guise d'avertissement pour les autres » www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Godzila 🇵🇸 @godzzzila.bsky.social · 7d

Italian journalist Lorenzo Agostino tells @anadoluagency:
— Greta Thunberg, just 22, was humiliated, wrapped in an Israeli flag and paraded like a trophy.
— They seized every chance to degrade us
— I felt I was in a truly barbaric place
#FreePalestine #Gaza #GlobalMovementToGaza #GlobalSumudFlotilla

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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 8d

It is a deliberate policy: for two years now, Berlin’s mayor has chosen not de-escalation units but riot police – officers known for routinely unleashing extreme levels of violence against anti-genocide protesters; week after week, day after day.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 9d

🇩🇪🇵🇸 #WATCH | German police have escalated the violence used against peaceful protesters, who bravely take to the streets demanding an end to the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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Signal @signal.org · 8d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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