Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
@smittermeier.bsky.social
Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. Americanist. „Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social.
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Actually very proud to announce that I am doing a thing: a new book series called "TV Matters" with Intellect! Television / media / pop culture scholars, take note and get in touch if you wanna write about TV! Please share far and wide.
And they‘re artificially creating this demand by shoehorning „AI“ into software we all use in our jobs and private lives daily and worse by convincing the public sector or the medical field etc etc to integrate it into their critical infrastructure.
Most "bubbles" have had *some* amount of public demand:
With the "tech bubble," the general public was interest.
The "housing bubble" was fulled by lots of people wanting homes.
But this "AI bubble" is the first to my knowledge where there's ZERO public demand…the people don't want this shit.
With the "tech bubble," the general public was interest.
The "housing bubble" was fulled by lots of people wanting homes.
But this "AI bubble" is the first to my knowledge where there's ZERO public demand…the people don't want this shit.
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
And they‘re artificially creating this demand by shoehorning „AI“ into software we all use in our jobs and private lives daily and worse by convincing the public sector or the medical field etc etc to integrate it into their critical infrastructure.
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
this is precisely why it is so frustrating to hear claims that adapting to AI is the same as the adaptation to the internet or personal computing—tech that evolved from existing tech, including public interest & private infrastructure.
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
Most "bubbles" have had *some* amount of public demand:
With the "tech bubble," the general public was interest.
The "housing bubble" was fulled by lots of people wanting homes.
But this "AI bubble" is the first to my knowledge where there's ZERO public demand…the people don't want this shit.
With the "tech bubble," the general public was interest.
The "housing bubble" was fulled by lots of people wanting homes.
But this "AI bubble" is the first to my knowledge where there's ZERO public demand…the people don't want this shit.
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
this is precisely why it is so frustrating to hear claims that adapting to AI is the same as the adaptation to the internet or personal computing—tech that evolved from existing tech, including public interest & private infrastructure.
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
with AI, it’s *just* manufactured private infrastructure
This is by no means a criticism of individuals or their expertise - but it‘s honestly disheartening to see that after several years of embittered discussions of DEI issues a lot of the very few remaining professorships in German American studies have gone to cis white men. /1
December 1, 2025 at 4:59 AM
This is by no means a criticism of individuals or their expertise - but it‘s honestly disheartening to see that after several years of embittered discussions of DEI issues a lot of the very few remaining professorships in German American studies have gone to cis white men. /1
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Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Started reading a book where „Mormon“ is misspelled as „Morman“ a few pages in and apparently we really just gave up on copyediting altogether
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Started reading a book where „Mormon“ is misspelled as „Morman“ a few pages in and apparently we really just gave up on copyediting altogether
Personal holiday anthem for me this year is clearly Elton John‘s „Step Into Christmas“ 💀
I just stepped on my foot in a weird way and I‘m pretty sure I tore something in my calf follow along as my Dad will drive me to the ER to figure out how I injured myself simply by existing in my home 2 weeks before my 36th birthday
an elderly woman is sitting in a chair holding a cup and saucer
ALT: an elderly woman is sitting in a chair holding a cup and saucer
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Personal holiday anthem for me this year is clearly Elton John‘s „Step Into Christmas“ 💀
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Wer früher bei den No Angels Lucy am Liebsten mochte aber nicht so wirklich wusste warum ist jetzt queer
November 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Wer früher bei den No Angels Lucy am Liebsten mochte aber nicht so wirklich wusste warum ist jetzt queer
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I just stepped on my foot in a weird way and I‘m pretty sure I tore something in my calf follow along as my Dad will drive me to the ER to figure out how I injured myself simply by existing in my home 2 weeks before my 36th birthday
an elderly woman is sitting in a chair holding a cup and saucer
ALT: an elderly woman is sitting in a chair holding a cup and saucer
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I just stepped on my foot in a weird way and I‘m pretty sure I tore something in my calf follow along as my Dad will drive me to the ER to figure out how I injured myself simply by existing in my home 2 weeks before my 36th birthday
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The CFP is available in both French and English right here on our website : startrekparis2026.wordpress.com/appel-a-comm...
Appel à communication / Call For Paper
English version. Depuis les soixante ans qui nous sépareront bientôt de sa première diffusion le 8 septembre 1966, Star Trek s’est imposé comme un univers de fiction proliférant, transmédiatique et…
startrekparis2026.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CFP is available in both French and English right here on our website : startrekparis2026.wordpress.com/appel-a-comm...
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
Kriegt eigentlich jede*r Deutsche vom Staat zum 50. Geburtstag automatisch eine schlecht sitzende schwarze Daunensteppjacke oder wie passiert das
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Kriegt eigentlich jede*r Deutsche vom Staat zum 50. Geburtstag automatisch eine schlecht sitzende schwarze Daunensteppjacke oder wie passiert das
Der Aufhänger „wenn man Wokeness im Duden sucht“ is auch *chef‘s kiss*
Ich gehe davon aus, dass deutsche Zeitungen diesen immer gleichen Text inzwischen von ChatGPT schreiben lassen, alles andere wäre unverantwortliche Ressourcenverschwendung www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/woke...
Gesellschaft: Wokeness und linke Identitätspolitik sind gescheitert
Während die Aktivisten die Mitte der Gesellschaft verloren haben, hat die Rechte ihre erfolgreichsten Wahlkampfthemen für sich entdeckt.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Der Aufhänger „wenn man Wokeness im Duden sucht“ is auch *chef‘s kiss*
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Find das ganz im Ernst eine sehr gute und klare Definition: Wokeness ist, wenn jemand Ansprüche auf Mindeststandards im respektvollen Umgang mit ihm stellt, den ich als dessen nicht würdig ansehe.
Weil Ihr immer mault, dass Leute, die sich über „Wokeness“ beklagen, den Terminus nie richtig definieren: hier liefert ein „Interview über Wokeness“ endlich mal eine Anekdote, die ganz clare et distincte erklärt, was gemeint ist
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Find das ganz im Ernst eine sehr gute und klare Definition: Wokeness ist, wenn jemand Ansprüche auf Mindeststandards im respektvollen Umgang mit ihm stellt, den ich als dessen nicht würdig ansehe.
Kriegt eigentlich jede*r Deutsche vom Staat zum 50. Geburtstag automatisch eine schlecht sitzende schwarze Daunensteppjacke oder wie passiert das
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Kriegt eigentlich jede*r Deutsche vom Staat zum 50. Geburtstag automatisch eine schlecht sitzende schwarze Daunensteppjacke oder wie passiert das
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
Where did November go
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Where did November go
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One of the greatest to ever do it.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One of the greatest to ever do it.
If you‘re a white person and particularly a white cis person who 5 years on is making gestures about all of us just having to „heal“ from 2020‘s debates in any way, and just „get along“ now to oppose fascism, particularly if you’re doing it under the guise of „feminism“, maybe go fuck yourself.
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
If you‘re a white person and particularly a white cis person who 5 years on is making gestures about all of us just having to „heal“ from 2020‘s debates in any way, and just „get along“ now to oppose fascism, particularly if you’re doing it under the guise of „feminism“, maybe go fuck yourself.
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Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
To be clear, the FBI paid nearly $1M in overtime over a FIVE DAY PERIOD last March. And yes, part of it was to find and redact Trump's name. I spoke to sources who reviewed the files for the FBI and DOJ and wrote about it here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-epstei...
PSA: The Verso Sale is happening
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
PSA: The Verso Sale is happening
The existence of this is very important to me personally and I need this as a single so please watch this video
youtu.be/xgjWXwKbYnU?...
youtu.be/xgjWXwKbYnU?...
Was, wenn PHIL COLLINS One Last Time geschrieben hätte...?
YouTube video by Marti Fischer
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November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The existence of this is very important to me personally and I need this as a single so please watch this video
youtu.be/xgjWXwKbYnU?...
youtu.be/xgjWXwKbYnU?...
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao