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Simone Sprenger
@simonesprenger.bsky.social
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Cognitive Psychologist at the Center for Language and Cognition, U of Groningen (CLCG), NL | I study how we understand and produce language, especially idioms | 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧🇪🇺🧶📚 🌸
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 3h
Nee, we gaan een partij als de PVV die actief de rechtsstaat ondermijnt en aanzet tot politiek geweld niet behandelen als een willekeurige andere partij. Dat lijkt me een ernstige vergissing.
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Rob Jetten @robjetten.bsky.social · 8h
In mijn Nederland kunnen Sylvana Simons, Fleur Agema en ik samen aan tafel zitten. Fel in het debat, maar met respect voor elkaar.

De Nederlandse vlag is niet van één partij, maar van iedereen die vooruit wil. Het kan wél!
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 1d
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · 1d
Zendtijd is cruciaal voor kleine partijen, maar een klimaatdebat tussen Volt en FvD? Totale onzin. 1) Nauwelijks zwevende kiezers tussen die twee. 2) Waarom debatteren met een partij die de klimaatcrisis ontkent én extreemrechts gedachtegoed verspreidt? Sterk van @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org 👏
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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 1d
Volt zegt NOS-debat af, wil niet met FvD in discussie over klimaat
Volt zegt NOS-debat af, wil niet met FvD in discussie over klimaat
Aanstaande vrijdag is het eerste NOS-lijsttrekkersdebat op NPO Radio 1 en nu komt Volt niet, vanwege het klimaatstandpunt van FvD.
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Silkabelli (mutazione-piromane Edition) @silkabelli.bsky.social · 22d
Queen
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 1d
Does the news reflect what we die from?
The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News. In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d
A stunning head of Medusa, the mythical creature whose sight turns everyone to stone. Medusa’s head was a popular motif used to ward off any evil.
The #Roman bronze fitting was found in Xanten, dating 1st century AD

On display at Römermuseum Xanten.

📷 me

🏺#archaeology
A detailed bronze sculpture of a face with wide eyes and flowing, wavy hair radiating outward resembling snakes, displayed in a glass case under museum lighting.
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Ricarda Lang @ricardalang.bsky.social · 2d
Solange die Union „christlich“ im Namen tragen darf, wird man auch Veggie-Wurst überleben.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 2d
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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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 5d
Outrageous! The moon rotation in this shot of
The Lion King remake implies it was shot far into the northern hemisphere. What happened to realism? Literally unwatchable.
Screenshot of shot with the full moon rising in front of Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa. Below are three moon diagrams showing the proper orientation of the moon from the northern hemisphere, equator (Kenya) and southern hemisphere. The moon from the film is aligned to the northern hemisphere version because realism means nothing any longer.
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Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache @dwds.bsky.social · 2d
An alle #Morgenmuffel da draußen: Ihr seid nicht allein. Heute ist Euer Tag. Und dass es auch später am Tag noch dicke Würmer zu fangen gibt, zeigen wir im Artikel des Tages https://www.dwds.de/wb/Morgenmuffel
Morgenmuffel, der | Substantiv, Maskulinum
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why not? @heikewhynot.bsky.social · 3d
Und auch hier dann einfach mal unterschlagen, dass es auch hier bereits eine Angemessenheitsprüfung gibt, d.h., kein Mensch kann heizen ohne Ende und bekommt das dann bezahlt. Aber Hauptsache mal wieder was gefordert, nicht?
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#spahn #bürgergeld #heizkosten #grundsicherung
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Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache @dwds.bsky.social · 3d
Vom böhmischen Bergwerk bis nach England: „Quarz“ hat nicht nur die #Technik, sondern auch die #Sprache geprägt. Lesen Sie mehr über seine Reise im Artikel des Tages https://www.dwds.de/wb/Quarzuhr
Quarzuhr, die | Substantiv, Femininum
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Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · 4d
Over antifa-motie:
“Het mag niet in strijd zijn met de beginselen rechtsstaat. Deze motie is ruw en bot; je geeft aan dat je hele groepen uit de democratie wil cancelen.”

“Het is heel duidelijk: hier keren politici zich tegen de rechtsstaat. Dan leg je de bijl aan de wortel van de rechtsstaat.”
Onze rechtsstaat is niet op het gevaar van autocratie voorbereid, zegt deze hoogleraar rechtspleging
Hoogleraar rechtspleging Jonathan Soeharno maakt zich grote zorgen over de rechtspraak in Nederland. Zo heeft de minister van Justitie en Veiligheid veel te veel macht bij benoemingen en neemt het ver...
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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 4d
"Splendid in isolation” 😄
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GIC.nl @gicnl.bsky.social · 4d
Internationale aandacht voor Groningse architectuur

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Why Groningen has an international reputation as a city of architecture – and keeps working on it
In Groningen, architecture isn’t just about buildings. It’s about imagination, community, and the quiet belief that good design can make
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Prof Stephen Serjeant @stephenserjeant.bsky.social · 4d
WOW. Posting also to the 🧪 feed
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 4d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Philipp Markolin, PhD @philippmarkolin.bsky.social · 4d
"If we Europeans do not wake up and say, ‘We want to take back control of our democracies,’ I can tell you this: within 10 years [...] we will be a continent, like many others, of conspiracy theorists, extremists, noise and fury."

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"Europeans, let's wake up!" — Defend Democracy
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.” President Macron on the occasion of German Unity Day, 3 October 2025.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5d
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
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French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 5d
Ich hätte da so eine völlig verrückte Idee, wie man den Aufstieg extrem rechter Parteien stoppen könnte: Wie wäre es, wenn man mal Politik macht, die für die unteren ca. 90% der Bevölkerung eine spürbare Verbesserung bringt? Dass diese Forderung naiv und weltfremd klingt, ist halt Teil des Problems.
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Nadia Van Dessel @nadiavandessel.bsky.social · 6d
Raven.🪶 #raven #bird #wildbird #drawing #birdart #artsky #artist
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Ärzte ohne Grenzen (Deutschland) @msf.de · 6d
Wir trauern um unseren Kollegen Omar Hayek, der am 2.10. bei einem Angriff der israelischen Streitkräfte in Gaza getötet wurde. Vier Kolleg*innen wurden schwer verletzt.

Als Ergotherapeut widmete Omar sein Leben der Hilfe für Patient*innen. Wir sind erschüttert und verurteilen diesen Angriff.
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Susanne Brouwer @susannebrouwer.bsky.social · 7d
PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing - Apply now!

Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Application deadline: 19 October 2025

For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD: Accented Speech Processing at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 6d
Deadline 19 Oct: PhD position on accented speech processing with S. Brouwer at Radboud University : www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social · 6d
Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.

Oh dear, this is not good from the NYT.

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Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds
The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences.
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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social · 7d
Grippediagnose per Geschmackssinn? Ein Team der @uni-wuerzburg.de hat in Kooperation mit dem HZI eine vielversprechende Methode entwickelt: Ein Kaugummi oder Lutscher, der einen Geschmacksstoff freisetzt, sobald #Influenzaviren im Speichel vorhanden sind. #Grippe www.helmholtz-hzi.de/media-center...
Infografik zur Funktionsweise des Grippesensors mit Zeichnungen auf einem gelben Hintergrund: 1. Eine infizierte oder erkrankte Person kaut einen Kaugummi. 2. Enzyme der Viren setzen die darin enthaltenen Geschmacksstoffe frei. 3. Die Person nimmt die Stoffe wahr und erkennt die Infektion.
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