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Kathrin
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Rude AF hobbit, opinions on all the things, probably won't bite (too sleepy).

Typos in English, German, and Gibberish. she/her
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Welcome, new followers!

Please note the house rules as summarised below, and also be dears and use alt-text.
Being nice to people, not assuming bad faith, not picking fights, not quote dunking, just generally less aggro.
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This is a legitimate scientific revolution in meteorology.

Also, to be clear, these models are not the AI LLMs that most people are familiar with. They are machine learning algorithms trained on observations (actually reanalysis).
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 10h
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting. n.pr/49MFa1M
As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI
Meteorologists are surprised that the weather model that did the best job forecasting hurricanes this year was a new one, introduced by Google. AI may be the beginning of a new era of forecasting.
n.pr
November 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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In aller Frühe schon da: die Muslimische Jugend Österreichs hilft bei der Vorbereitung der heutigen Sammelaktion der SOS Balkanroute in der Brunnenpassage (10-19 h). Bringt uns eure warme Kleidung, helft mit das Leid an den Außengrenzen zu lindern.
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Kickl wirkt

Nur ein Bruchteil der Österreicher, die sich selbst rechts der Mitte sehen, schreibt Journalismus eine positive Rolle zu – und erachtet ihn als zuverlässig

diesubstanz.at/parteien/kic...
Kickl wirkt - dieSubstanz.at
ANALYSE. Nur ein Bruchteil der Österreicher, die sich selbst rechts der Mitte sehen, schreibt Journalismus eine positive Rolle zu – und erachtet ihn als zuverlässig. Die größte Krise sei die Vertrauen...
diesubstanz.at
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"Konzentrieren wir uns darauf wie schnell der Mord geklärt wurde. Alles, nur keinen Fokus auf das strukturelle Versagen im Vorfeld, das ihn zugelassen hat."
Die PK zur getöteten Grazerin wird mit den Worten "Ich hoffe auf eine positive Berichterstattung" beendet. Was soll das bitte heißen??
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Coming for me like this before I've even finished my coffee...
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.

Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.

And they were nothing like "primitive"

phys.org/news/2025-11...
Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the moa...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Streamins service UI is increasingly bad deliberately. It's dark UX patterning as access to show catalogues narrows.

If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).

The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
is there a reason why every single paid streaming service UI has only gotten incredibly worse and less usable over time
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Der Bundespräsident hat kürzlich die Zivilgesellschaft aufgerufen, sich den Rechtsextremen entgegenzustellen. Heute haben Tausende Menschen genau das gemacht, und diese Menschen sind nun also für den Bundeskanzler alle "ganz links". Puh.
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Lasst und doch noch ein paar KI-Rechenzentren bauen, die mehr Wasser verbrauchen als ganze Großstädte! Innovation braucht Deregulierung!
Gibt übrigens noch eine Klimakrise: In weiten Teilen Europas schwinden die Reserven an Süßwasser.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Folge 3545 aus der Reihe "Meta will alle Daten von euch":

Sie wollen jetzt Stimmen von Leuten für ihre "KI"-Scheiße verwenden.

Wie man das abdrehen kann (wer weiß, wie lange? 🙃), hier:

www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw/wissen/digit...
Instagram: Eigene Stimme für KI freigeben? | Verbraucherzentrale NRW
Bei Instagram können Menschen mit "Creator-Konto" jetzt erlauben, dass die Stimme ihrer Videos für die künstliche Intelligenz Meta AI verwendet wird. Damit können Fremde dann neue Videos erstellen – u...
www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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He’s taking a battering.
November 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"

"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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was mir hängengeblieben ist bei der doku: dass feminist*innen in spanien so offensiv gegen gewalt an frauen kämpfen und vorschläge umgesetzt werden, zeigt große resultate. männer melden sich für therapien, bevor sie täter werden. männer beteiligen sich an protesten und immer mehr werden aktiv.
WELTjournal: Spanien - Feminismus gegen Männergewalt
Mehrere tausend Frauen sterben in Europa jedes Jahr durch die Hand ihres Mannes oder Ex-Partners. Dass Männer-Gewalt kein privates, sondern ein gesellschaftliches Problem ist, hat man in Spanien schon...
on.orf.at
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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me: *googling symptoms*

webmd: you’re being murdered

murderer: see i told you
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I have a whole rant about how mainstream queer stories have become the blandest, most chaste, most unrealistically conventional shit in recent years to dodge the bad-faith accusations of anything queer being pornographic.

Anything that breaks this mold is WELCOME.
but this? shut the fuck up. guess what, my man, gorgeous young 22 year olds like to fuck. And queer people deserve love stories that are sexy and horny. a "chaste kiss" please be for real.
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Alright... more "Versailles" until the skiing is back on.

Possibly with a drink in hand to cope with how this show is too cowardly to give us the wigs. Or accurate makeup.
I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with this fine evening (if amything at all), so I'm going to eat some cheese about it and let that inspire me.
November 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Falls irgendwelche Schlaumeier monieren, warum denn die Blockierenden in Gießen mit Masken zu sehen sind:
1. Hessen hat Palantir
2. Es ist nicht gerade empfehlenswert mit Gesicht in Fascho Chatgruppen zu landen. Gerne den Bürgis weitersagen.
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm not entirely sure what I want to do with this fine evening (if amything at all), so I'm going to eat some cheese about it and let that inspire me.
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Spielt es eine Rolle, wie wir sprechen?
Spielt es eine Rolle, ob ein Film den Bechdel-Test besteht?
Spielt es eine Rolle, ob Männer Autorinnen lesen?
Spielt es eine Rolle, ob Buben in Sanftheit bestärkt werden?
Ja.
All das ist relevant weil es ein System aufbricht das Gewalt an Frauen ermöglicht
November 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Allll of this thread
Sometimes I think about how violent, sex negative, and weirdly vanilla dark romance is. I also wish I could explain proper gang/mafia related codes of ethics vs an MMC who is just violent and emotionally abusive. Loving a bad man is different than he’s not bad because I love him.
November 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ich will ja nix sagen, aber ... kein Spotify mehr haben hat Vorteile 😁
Ich habe ein bisschen Angst vor meinem diesjährigen Spotify Wrapped.
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Perfektion ist eh überbewertet...
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM