Tim Reinboth
@timreinboth.bsky.social
Sci&tech journo, speculative sci-fi u(hope)ian, Ai-ambivalent, outdoorsperson, he/him; send me stories on sci/tech and society! Also board games, horror, tea and cute kitchens.
Not a fan of the creator camp templates for yesterday or today. However, this visual story about the different sci fi worlds through the decades is fantastic! buff.ly/HENllHf So, stop reading me, and start reading Alvin Chang!🚀
Who killed the world?
Explore science fiction worlds from the last few decades – and what these fictional settings tell us about ourselves
pudding.cool
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Not a fan of the creator camp templates for yesterday or today. However, this visual story about the different sci fi worlds through the decades is fantastic! buff.ly/HENllHf So, stop reading me, and start reading Alvin Chang!🚀
My article for Katapult-MV on subsea cables in the Baltic is finally available online! buff.ly/gXlhytx And you can still get the print version, too! 📰 buff.ly/UPGXFnd
Die Nervenbahnen vor unserer Küste
Seit November 2024 werden immer wieder Datenkabel am Grund der Ostsee beschädigt. Eine Frage der Cybersicherheit. Mehr dazu im Artikel.
katapult-mv.de
January 21, 2026 at 12:51 PM
My article for Katapult-MV on subsea cables in the Baltic is finally available online! buff.ly/gXlhytx And you can still get the print version, too! 📰 buff.ly/UPGXFnd
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I hate all of these AI tools and bots... 🤖 I wish I had a bibliography with 50 carefully arranged references, each one showing a different way AI is making everything worse."💥 Here it is: sharonkabel.com/genai-fraud Thank you, Sharon Kabel. You're the best!
A bibliography of genAI-fueled research fraud from 2025 – Sharon Kabel
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Boy, I hate all of these stupid AI tools and bots and add-ons. I wish I had a bibliography with 50 carefully arranged references, each one showing a different way…
sharonkabel.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I hate all of these AI tools and bots... 🤖 I wish I had a bibliography with 50 carefully arranged references, each one showing a different way AI is making everything worse."💥 Here it is: sharonkabel.com/genai-fraud Thank you, Sharon Kabel. You're the best!
If you’ve been thinking about getting a science/technology issue covered that matters to you, it's the perfect time!
I'm always looking for new angles and ideas :)
Today, people are eager to understand hidden consequences! And telling lost stories from across tech and academia is how we get there.
I'm always looking for new angles and ideas :)
Today, people are eager to understand hidden consequences! And telling lost stories from across tech and academia is how we get there.
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
If you’ve been thinking about getting a science/technology issue covered that matters to you, it's the perfect time!
I'm always looking for new angles and ideas :)
Today, people are eager to understand hidden consequences! And telling lost stories from across tech and academia is how we get there.
I'm always looking for new angles and ideas :)
Today, people are eager to understand hidden consequences! And telling lost stories from across tech and academia is how we get there.
I write about breakthroughs in science and technology for people curious about hidden social angles.
If you’re trying to understand new discoveries, my articles will (hopefully) point out hidden impacts.
This post is brought to you to by me via the Buffer Creator camp. Let's see what happens.
If you’re trying to understand new discoveries, my articles will (hopefully) point out hidden impacts.
This post is brought to you to by me via the Buffer Creator camp. Let's see what happens.
January 19, 2026 at 10:53 AM
I write about breakthroughs in science and technology for people curious about hidden social angles.
If you’re trying to understand new discoveries, my articles will (hopefully) point out hidden impacts.
This post is brought to you to by me via the Buffer Creator camp. Let's see what happens.
If you’re trying to understand new discoveries, my articles will (hopefully) point out hidden impacts.
This post is brought to you to by me via the Buffer Creator camp. Let's see what happens.
Reading is fun 📖 Therefore, my collected Sci Fi recommendations qualify for today's theme! www.timreinboth.com/collected-wr... Let me know what I missed
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Reading is fun 📖 Therefore, my collected Sci Fi recommendations qualify for today's theme! www.timreinboth.com/collected-wr... Let me know what I missed
We break from our usual daily themes to plug my new article on LLM personality: Can Claude ever be nice or is it always just acting? buff.ly/NVaYkKP Thoughts?
Bewusstsein und Persönlichkeit bei LLMs: Ist der nett oder tut er nur so? - Golem.de
Manche Nutzer entdecken bei LLMs eine "Persönlichkeit", die Wissenschaft verneint das. Aber auch ohne Persönlichkeit verraten LLMs einiges.
www.golem.de
December 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
We break from our usual daily themes to plug my new article on LLM personality: Can Claude ever be nice or is it always just acting? buff.ly/NVaYkKP Thoughts?
Hot off the CMS! New article on world views behind the AI Hype: buff.ly/ayKMwS9 Let me know what you think!
Weltanschauung: Schon wieder eine KI-Schlagzeile (seufz)? Muss sein! - Golem.de
Selbst KI-Experten sind sich beim Thema KI uneins. Warum wir aneinander vorbeireden, warum das nervt und warum wir trotzdem weitermachen müssen.
www.golem.de
December 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hot off the CMS! New article on world views behind the AI Hype: buff.ly/ayKMwS9 Let me know what you think!
Wow! buff.ly/1QrCNc6 Theories of Everything 💥
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Wow! buff.ly/1QrCNc6 Theories of Everything 💥
This looks great! buff.ly/Tkho62U Shame postage to Europe is bananas 🍌
Issue 3 - In Formation Magazine
With 37 contributors from deep inside the machine, In Formation issue 3 weighs in at 1.3 pounds of analysis, satire, soul-searching, and sheer analog delight.
informationmagazine.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This looks great! buff.ly/Tkho62U Shame postage to Europe is bananas 🍌
May not be good news, but it's good writing: buff.ly/n9N5Ujl Save the whales 🐳
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
May not be good news, but it's good writing: buff.ly/n9N5Ujl Save the whales 🐳
It's a nature whodunnit! buff.ly/he9JYo1 Maybe I should make a new format for mysteries🔍
The Long Quest to Uncover a Sea Star Killing Bacteria
Scientists say they’ve found the cause of a marine epidemic more than 10 years after it started. What took so long?
undark.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's a nature whodunnit! buff.ly/he9JYo1 Maybe I should make a new format for mysteries🔍
"If aliens call, what should we do?" buff.ly/rUqyZyn Sigal Samuel rescues space day!
If aliens call, what should we do? Scientists want your opinion.
In the age of fake news, researchers worry conspiracy theories would abound before we could figure out how — or if — to reply to an alien message.
www.vox.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"If aliens call, what should we do?" buff.ly/rUqyZyn Sigal Samuel rescues space day!
"A lot of A.I.’s choices make sense when you understand that it’s constantly tickling the Simpsons." ☺️ buff.ly/MSu0GPF That was fun.
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"A lot of A.I.’s choices make sense when you understand that it’s constantly tickling the Simpsons." ☺️ buff.ly/MSu0GPF That was fun.
A fine whodunnit for St. Nick's day buff.ly/ZKLvxeT Enjoy!
The Hardest-Working Art Thief in History
The 'Social Register' was a who’s who of America’s rich and powerful—the heirs of robber barons, scions of political dynasties, and descendants of 'Mayflower' passengers. It was also the perfect hit…
magazine.atavist.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A fine whodunnit for St. Nick's day buff.ly/ZKLvxeT Enjoy!
It's got climate, maths and Quanta! buff.ly/ZHvQtEE What more can you want?
The Math of Climate Change Tipping Points | Quanta Magazine
Tipping points in our climate predictions are both wildly dramatic and wildly uncertain. Can mathematicians make them useful?
www.quantamagazine.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's got climate, maths and Quanta! buff.ly/ZHvQtEE What more can you want?
A space day treat buff.ly/8I9U7U0 Based on these gorgeous birds almanacofbirds.orgthanks, Marginalian. You're the best.
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A space day treat buff.ly/8I9U7U0 Based on these gorgeous birds almanacofbirds.orgthanks, Marginalian. You're the best.
Lovely jumping board to non-boostery, non-doomy thoughts: buff.ly/Pd5Qv4r I'm obviously late to the party here - but then again, that's becoming my thing. Happy reading 📚
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Lovely jumping board to non-boostery, non-doomy thoughts: buff.ly/Pd5Qv4r I'm obviously late to the party here - but then again, that's becoming my thing. Happy reading 📚
Anyone reminded of StumbleUpon? buff.ly/Ci0SEqw And that time the Internet was much more like Narnia? 🦁
readsomethingwonderful.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Anyone reminded of StumbleUpon? buff.ly/Ci0SEqw And that time the Internet was much more like Narnia? 🦁
That's pretty much it about the practical aspects of humanoid robots harpers.org/archive/2025... Now I can either offer to translate this for someone, or strike the topic off my list for a while and move on with other articles. It's actually quite nice.
Kicking Robots, by James Vincent
Humanoids and the tech-industry hype machine
harpers.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
That's pretty much it about the practical aspects of humanoid robots harpers.org/archive/2025... Now I can either offer to translate this for someone, or strike the topic off my list for a while and move on with other articles. It's actually quite nice.
"How to Make People Want to Read About Climate Change." buff.ly/H9R464k That title says it all 🎩
How to make people want to read about climate change
Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.
www.motherjones.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"How to Make People Want to Read About Climate Change." buff.ly/H9R464k That title says it all 🎩
Professionally, I'm torn between a) moving on from all this because it's getting too much attention already and b) hammering away at it even more until I feel like there's balanced coverage. Thoughts?
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Professionally, I'm torn between a) moving on from all this because it's getting too much attention already and b) hammering away at it even more until I feel like there's balanced coverage. Thoughts?
One from the archives on controversy day: buff.ly/AgK8pMG Because sex + robots = evergreen 🌲 Even though neither of the first two terms in that equation is the point... Plus, I'll hopefully see Ishiguro at Robophilosophy 2026 in Dublin, in August - so, feel free to send questions!
Are We Ready for Intimacy with Robots?
Hiroshi Ishiguro builds beautiful, realistic, uncannily convincing human replicas.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
One from the archives on controversy day: buff.ly/AgK8pMG Because sex + robots = evergreen 🌲 Even though neither of the first two terms in that equation is the point... Plus, I'll hopefully see Ishiguro at Robophilosophy 2026 in Dublin, in August - so, feel free to send questions!
How great is this ✨ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/p... 🧚
The Tooth Fairy Is Real. She’s a Dentist in Seattle.
For 20 years, Dr. Purva Merchant has been answering letters from gaptoothed children and their parents — roughly 6,000 in all. “Happy growing up,” she typically replies.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How great is this ✨ www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/p... 🧚
Something positive on Thursday, climate day 🌍 buff.ly/bsOHdhl Write a poem ☺️
Ode to Healthy Futures – Dreaming a Better World Through Science Journalism & Poetry
Ode to Healthy Futures
healthyfutures.poetsforscience.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Something positive on Thursday, climate day 🌍 buff.ly/bsOHdhl Write a poem ☺️