Claudio Paganini
@thehappyproton.bsky.social
Mathematical Physicist with a knack at fringe ideas
Politically interested
entrepreneurial spirit
Opinions are my own
#Notacleverperson
Politically interested
entrepreneurial spirit
Opinions are my own
#Notacleverperson
Pinned
Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass man in 20-30 Jahren diese Grafik verwenden wird wenn man über den grössten wirtschaftspolitischen Fehler Deutschlands nach der Widervereinigung redet.
100000 Arbeitsplätze und die Führungsrolle in einer Zukunftsindustrie in die Tonne gekloppt.
100000 Arbeitsplätze und die Führungsrolle in einer Zukunftsindustrie in die Tonne gekloppt.
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Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
US Reisen sind bei mir schon seit Januar bis auf Weiteres vom Tisch.
Ich werde meinem Bruder @bachmannh2.bsky.social und allen Kollegen und Freunden empfehlen, die USA nicht mehr zu bereisen, mindestens so lange das Trumpregime die Macht hat.
It appears 🇺🇸 is stepping up their rejections of European tourists at the border, following reports of tourists being turned away because they criticised Trump or Israel on social media.
Now Europeans will have to submit 5 years of social media history.
Now Europeans will have to submit 5 years of social media history.
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
US Reisen sind bei mir schon seit Januar bis auf Weiteres vom Tisch.
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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@janboehm.bsky.social berichtete in seiner letzten Sendung über Kulturvereine in 🇩🇪, die als Brückenköpfe für den Kreml agieren. Einer dieser Vereine ist das Deutsch-Russische Kulturinstitut in #Dresden, das gestern einen Journalisten gewaltsam aus ihrer Veranstaltung warf. 🧵
#ModernTalking
#ModernTalking
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
@janboehm.bsky.social berichtete in seiner letzten Sendung über Kulturvereine in 🇩🇪, die als Brückenköpfe für den Kreml agieren. Einer dieser Vereine ist das Deutsch-Russische Kulturinstitut in #Dresden, das gestern einen Journalisten gewaltsam aus ihrer Veranstaltung warf. 🧵
#ModernTalking
#ModernTalking
The trick is to place sleeper bots in all kind of online communities and have them engage with the normal community content, but come election (or whenever political topics pop up) they deploy their programming.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The trick is to place sleeper bots in all kind of online communities and have them engage with the normal community content, but come election (or whenever political topics pop up) they deploy their programming.
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Ganz und gar erstaunlich ist, dass das Lübcke-Denkmal ein lebendiger Ort der Zivilgesellschaft geworden ist, wo unterschiedlichste Menschen zusammenkommen, um zu erinnern, mahnen, diskutieren. Umso unangemessener und unangenehmer ist das hysterische, aggressive Gepolter der CDU gegen die Statue.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Ganz und gar erstaunlich ist, dass das Lübcke-Denkmal ein lebendiger Ort der Zivilgesellschaft geworden ist, wo unterschiedlichste Menschen zusammenkommen, um zu erinnern, mahnen, diskutieren. Umso unangemessener und unangenehmer ist das hysterische, aggressive Gepolter der CDU gegen die Statue.
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I buy the Cabaret theory of modern politics: current right wing politics was, once upon a time, a thing elites sold to rubes while merely pretending to believe themselves while they pursued wealth, but now the True Believers are actually in charge and acting on sincerely believed insane nonsense.
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I buy the Cabaret theory of modern politics: current right wing politics was, once upon a time, a thing elites sold to rubes while merely pretending to believe themselves while they pursued wealth, but now the True Believers are actually in charge and acting on sincerely believed insane nonsense.
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Since AI slop is again all over Scientific Reports, a thread on the economics of grey-zone publishing.
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
Why does slop keep getting published? What does it mean for science? How can we stop this?
Background readings:
Understand the strain: tinyurl.com/2b6wxx5r
Stop the drain: tinyurl.com/3jfscscy
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This is the sort of action we urge funders and scientific governing bodies to take: change incentives, shift financial flows away from big publishers and fund open alternatives instead.
Well done CNRS, let us keep up action to stop the drain of scientific publishing!
Well done CNRS, let us keep up action to stop the drain of scientific publishing!
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is the sort of action we urge funders and scientific governing bodies to take: change incentives, shift financial flows away from big publishers and fund open alternatives instead.
Well done CNRS, let us keep up action to stop the drain of scientific publishing!
Well done CNRS, let us keep up action to stop the drain of scientific publishing!
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Habt ihr Lust, beim (von mir mit-gegründeten) Verein Teilenswert zu arbeiten? Dann bewerbt euch jetzt:
Wir stellen ein! 📣
teilensWert sucht: Social-Media-Redakteur*in (m/w/d) in Vollzeit.
Was du machst: Themen recherchieren, Fakten prüfen, Content erstellen – und dafür sorgen, dass relevante Infos Reichweite bekommen.
Alle Infos 👉 teilenswert.de/ausschreibun...
PS: Gerne teilen!
teilensWert sucht: Social-Media-Redakteur*in (m/w/d) in Vollzeit.
Was du machst: Themen recherchieren, Fakten prüfen, Content erstellen – und dafür sorgen, dass relevante Infos Reichweite bekommen.
Alle Infos 👉 teilenswert.de/ausschreibun...
PS: Gerne teilen!
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Habt ihr Lust, beim (von mir mit-gegründeten) Verein Teilenswert zu arbeiten? Dann bewerbt euch jetzt:
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Vielleicht erinnern sich noch einige an den Überfall gewalttätiger Nazis auf ein Fest in Bad Freienwalde in Brandeburg letzten Sommer. Sowas ist selten so gut dokumentiert.
Das Verfahren wurde eingestellt.
Das Verfahren wurde eingestellt.
Nach dem Angriff eines Maskierten auf ein Fest für Vielfalt in Bad Freienwalde im Juni ist das Ermittlungsverfahren gegen einen Beschuldigten eingestellt worden. Die Staatsanwaltschaft in Frankfurt (Oder) sah keinen hinreichenden Tatverdacht. rbburl.de/ermittlungba...
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Vielleicht erinnern sich noch einige an den Überfall gewalttätiger Nazis auf ein Fest in Bad Freienwalde in Brandeburg letzten Sommer. Sowas ist selten so gut dokumentiert.
Das Verfahren wurde eingestellt.
Das Verfahren wurde eingestellt.
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Vielleicht sollten jene, die die Ukraine Diktatur schimpfen, zur Kenntnis nehmen, dass dieses Land inmitten eines aufgezwungenen Krieges noch eine funktionierende Gewaltenteilung mit unabhängigen Ermittlungsbehörden und Gerichten hat, die unerschrocken und ohne Ansehen der Person ihre Arbeit tun.
Selenskyjs Bürochef tritt wegen Korruptionsermittlungen zurück
Andrij Jermak galt als rechte Hand des ukrainischen Präsidenten Selenskyj - jetzt hat er seinen Rücktritt eingereicht. Am Morgen hatten die Antikorruptionsbehörden seine Wohnung durchsuchen lassen.
www.tagesschau.de
November 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Vielleicht sollten jene, die die Ukraine Diktatur schimpfen, zur Kenntnis nehmen, dass dieses Land inmitten eines aufgezwungenen Krieges noch eine funktionierende Gewaltenteilung mit unabhängigen Ermittlungsbehörden und Gerichten hat, die unerschrocken und ohne Ansehen der Person ihre Arbeit tun.
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In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
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*GARGANTUAN* 💥
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
*GARGANTUAN* 💥
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
Economist for Brexit admits
🟥 Brexit made Britain poorer
🟥 Biz investment collapsed
🟥 Productivity weakened
🟥 EU-facing firms cut jobs & spending
🟥 Trade barriers drag economy down
🟥 Brexit deepened fiscal crisis
🟥 No meaningful upsides
🟥 The damage undeniable in data
🧵
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Strategische Unabhängigkeit Europas:
1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden.
2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren.
Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.
1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden.
2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren.
Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Strategische Unabhängigkeit Europas:
1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden.
2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren.
Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.
1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden.
2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren.
Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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Ich hätte da noch einen Verbesserungsvorschlag, der den unvergleichlichen Beitrag des GröDaZ (Größten Dealmakers aller Zeiten) angemessen würdigt:
DimWit-Donald Plan
DimWit-Donald Plan
In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan
November 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Ich hätte da noch einen Verbesserungsvorschlag, der den unvergleichlichen Beitrag des GröDaZ (Größten Dealmakers aller Zeiten) angemessen würdigt:
DimWit-Donald Plan
DimWit-Donald Plan
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Wenn die Europäer ihren strategischen Angang zu Ukraine und Russland nicht ändern, wird das nichts mit Europäischer Sicherheitsordnung. Kreisläufe aus diplomatischer Nahtoderfahrung und dann doch weiter wie vorher werden nicht ausreichen.
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Wenn die Europäer ihren strategischen Angang zu Ukraine und Russland nicht ändern, wird das nichts mit Europäischer Sicherheitsordnung. Kreisläufe aus diplomatischer Nahtoderfahrung und dann doch weiter wie vorher werden nicht ausreichen.
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It should be now patently clear to everyone that Mark Rutte style daddy management by submission that Europeans have adopted (with good reasons) at best can buy European NATO members some time. Vance & allies will be hard at work on a force posture review. So where is our focus?
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It should be now patently clear to everyone that Mark Rutte style daddy management by submission that Europeans have adopted (with good reasons) at best can buy European NATO members some time. Vance & allies will be hard at work on a force posture review. So where is our focus?
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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In 1990, 943 million people in China lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. In the US more than 4 million Americans live on less than $3 a day, 3x as many as 35 years ago.
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
In 1990, 943 million people in China lived on less than $3 a day measured in 2021 dollars – 83% of the population, according to the World Bank. By 2019, the number was brought down to zero. In the US more than 4 million Americans live on less than $3 a day, 3x as many as 35 years ago.
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Europe desperately hoped that the dust had settled after the last time Trump and Witkoff parroted Putin's talking points and voiced understanding for his demands. Turns out their pro-Russian stance never disappeared.
They see Europe as an enemy at worst and a vasall at best. NATO is dead.
They see Europe as an enemy at worst and a vasall at best. NATO is dead.
Europe totally caught off-guard by US-Russia peace plan: contents, seriousness and speed White House is pushing for agreement
- crisis talks at G20 among European leaders being planned
- still no clarity about Trump's position on it
- “It basically means capitulation [to Moscow].”
on.ft.com/4abHejM
- crisis talks at G20 among European leaders being planned
- still no clarity about Trump's position on it
- “It basically means capitulation [to Moscow].”
on.ft.com/4abHejM
Europe races to respond to US-Russian Ukraine peace plan
[FREE TO READ] Proposal offering major concessions to Moscow blindsided European diplomats
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Europe desperately hoped that the dust had settled after the last time Trump and Witkoff parroted Putin's talking points and voiced understanding for his demands. Turns out their pro-Russian stance never disappeared.
They see Europe as an enemy at worst and a vasall at best. NATO is dead.
They see Europe as an enemy at worst and a vasall at best. NATO is dead.