bormaennchen
@bormaennchen.bsky.social
Grown up behind the Iron Curtain, communication facilitator by profession, photographer by passion (www.thepictureangle.com), avid knitter, social media user since the noughties, bit of a geek (according to others), anti-autocracy, pro-democracy
It may sound stupid but to those who want their writing to be attributed to them and not AI, use pen and paper. Assuming that if you just wanted to copy AI slop, you wouldn't bother to sit down and copy it in long-hand. 🤭
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It may sound stupid but to those who want their writing to be attributed to them and not AI, use pen and paper. Assuming that if you just wanted to copy AI slop, you wouldn't bother to sit down and copy it in long-hand. 🤭
This girl behind me on the train snorts noisily the whole time. Clearly hasn’t been taught basic manners. Nobody else does it but nobody else complains. Is it acceptable to do this now?
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This girl behind me on the train snorts noisily the whole time. Clearly hasn’t been taught basic manners. Nobody else does it but nobody else complains. Is it acceptable to do this now?
'Neither democracy nor republic is mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, a document that nevertheless expresses clearly that governments should be established “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”'
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/demo...
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/demo...
Democracy or Republic: What's the difference?
And which is the United States?
www.merriam-webster.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
'Neither democracy nor republic is mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, a document that nevertheless expresses clearly that governments should be established “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”'
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/demo...
www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/demo...
For an interesting recent take on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and the weird South African executive orders by #FirstFellon (like offering asylum to white rich South Africans), here a French documentary (you might need a VPN): www.france.tv/france-5/la-...
Elon Musk : la conquête du pouvoir en 80 000 tweets - Documentaire en replay La fabrique du mensonge
Depuis quinze ans, Elon Musk inonde Twitter. Il a publié près de 80 000 messages qui constituent une autobiographie numérique qui dévoile ses obsessions, ses...
www.france.tv
October 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For an interesting recent take on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and the weird South African executive orders by #FirstFellon (like offering asylum to white rich South Africans), here a French documentary (you might need a VPN): www.france.tv/france-5/la-...
Robert Badinter's entrance into the Pantheon tonight. Advocate for the abolition of the death penalty who succeeded in getting it officially abolished. I like how the French came up with a way to 'canonise' their most deserving citizens in a secular way.
October 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Robert Badinter's entrance into the Pantheon tonight. Advocate for the abolition of the death penalty who succeeded in getting it officially abolished. I like how the French came up with a way to 'canonise' their most deserving citizens in a secular way.
Ich mag gar nicht daran denken, was passiert, wenn meine Eltern Hilfe brauchen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/er...
Erhalt des Pflegegrads 1 - für alle Angehörigen und Pflegenden!
Mein Name ist Monika Müller-Herrmann, ich bin pflegende Angehörige, mein Ehemann ist dement. Ich war 15 Jahre lang Altenpflegerin und in der ambulanten Pflege tätig. Um jeden Pflegegrad für meinen Man...
weact.campact.de
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ich mag gar nicht daran denken, was passiert, wenn meine Eltern Hilfe brauchen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/er...
I'm stumped at migrants being 'forced to volunteer in their communities', as I heard it put today on the radio, to qualify for indefinite leave to remain under Labour plans. Does anyone else cringe at the clash of mutually exclusive concepts being expressed here?
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour to tear up right to remain rules - here's who will be affected
EU citizens, refugees and individuals with a criminal record are among those set to be affected
inews.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'm stumped at migrants being 'forced to volunteer in their communities', as I heard it put today on the radio, to qualify for indefinite leave to remain under Labour plans. Does anyone else cringe at the clash of mutually exclusive concepts being expressed here?
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
How does Rachel Reeves' idea to get young people into a job, even if they have to be forced to accept one, square with the ILO centenary declaration on securing 'full, productive and freely chosen employment'? UK is a signatory.
ILO: www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
Labour:
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
ILO: www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
Labour:
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
How does Rachel Reeves' idea to get young people into a job, even if they have to be forced to accept one, square with the ILO centenary declaration on securing 'full, productive and freely chosen employment'? UK is a signatory.
ILO: www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
Labour:
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
ILO: www.ilo.org/sites/defaul...
Labour:
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
Question: is it okay for a news speaker to say the suspect of Charlie Kirk's assassination has been 'caught' when everything we heard on the preceding programme maintained that the suspect gave himself up? That's how misinformation starts.
#mindthelanguage
#mindthelanguage
September 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Question: is it okay for a news speaker to say the suspect of Charlie Kirk's assassination has been 'caught' when everything we heard on the preceding programme maintained that the suspect gave himself up? That's how misinformation starts.
#mindthelanguage
#mindthelanguage
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Maybe the message of withdrawing from Eurovision isn't clear but we should also look at the message of simply nodding Isreal along, no matter what happens there. That is a message, too, and one I don't support.
September 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Maybe the message of withdrawing from Eurovision isn't clear but we should also look at the message of simply nodding Isreal along, no matter what happens there. That is a message, too, and one I don't support.
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
Summer read 2025
Well, the summer is pretty much over, so it's really a bit late for recommendations but the world is somewhat upside down, anyway, when one takes a book like this on holidays to read because otherwise there is just not the time to read more than a few lines a day before falling…
Well, the summer is pretty much over, so it's really a bit late for recommendations but the world is somewhat upside down, anyway, when one takes a book like this on holidays to read because otherwise there is just not the time to read more than a few lines a day before falling…
Summer read 2025
Well, the summer is pretty much over, so it's really a bit late for recommendations but the world is somewhat upside down, anyway, when one takes a book like this on holidays to read because otherwise there is just not the time to read more than a few lines a day before falling asleep. So here it is: my summer read 2025 was '
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August 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Summer read 2025
Well, the summer is pretty much over, so it's really a bit late for recommendations but the world is somewhat upside down, anyway, when one takes a book like this on holidays to read because otherwise there is just not the time to read more than a few lines a day before falling…
Well, the summer is pretty much over, so it's really a bit late for recommendations but the world is somewhat upside down, anyway, when one takes a book like this on holidays to read because otherwise there is just not the time to read more than a few lines a day before falling…
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
But, but, but... the tech-broligarchy needs water for their data centres!
But, but, but... the tech-broligarchy needs water for their data centres!
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
www.propublica.org/article/wate...
But, but, but... the tech-broligarchy needs water for their data centres!
But, but, but... the tech-broligarchy needs water for their data centres!
I cannot add much to this. From a bourgeois nationalist turned democrat to a girl from East Germany, we share this opinion.
#Lübeck #ThomasMann
#Lübeck #ThomasMann
August 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I cannot add much to this. From a bourgeois nationalist turned democrat to a girl from East Germany, we share this opinion.
#Lübeck #ThomasMann
#Lübeck #ThomasMann
La tapisserie de Bayeux date de la fin du XIᵉ siècle. Elle est donc âgée de près d’un millénaire. Sa conservation, malgré les nombreuses vicissitudes qu’elle a traversées, relève du miracle. C’est l’une des œuvres majeures de l’histoire de l’humanité, que nous devons préserver.
chng.it/hJsXGXyByW
chng.it/hJsXGXyByW
Cette campagne a besoin de vous
Non au prêt de la tapisserie de Bayeux
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August 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
La tapisserie de Bayeux date de la fin du XIᵉ siècle. Elle est donc âgée de près d’un millénaire. Sa conservation, malgré les nombreuses vicissitudes qu’elle a traversées, relève du miracle. C’est l’une des œuvres majeures de l’histoire de l’humanité, que nous devons préserver.
chng.it/hJsXGXyByW
chng.it/hJsXGXyByW
Quiet summer evening on a rooftop in Paris. #iphonography
August 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Quiet summer evening on a rooftop in Paris. #iphonography
“He (Farage) started saying I (Raskin) was the most pig-headed person he had ever seen.” I find this somewhat hard to believe as my impression is that Farage is vain enough to look into a mirror several times every day. 🤭
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nige...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nige...
‘Nigel Farage wouldn’t let me speak – at a free speech conference’ | The News Agents
Jamie Raskin, a top Democratic Party representative who led the January 6 prosecution against Donald Trump, tells The News Agents how his appearance on a panel about the UK’s Online Safety Act was int...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“He (Farage) started saying I (Raskin) was the most pig-headed person he had ever seen.” I find this somewhat hard to believe as my impression is that Farage is vain enough to look into a mirror several times every day. 🤭
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nige...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nige...
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France will establish formal diplomatic relations with Palestine, President Emmanuel Macron said today.
France to recognize Palestinian statehood
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the move ahead of a call with European partners on Thursday.
www.politico.eu
July 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
France will establish formal diplomatic relations with Palestine, President Emmanuel Macron said today.
Why are governments all over the world falling over themselves to let US tech companies spy on the people who electing them and whom they are supposed to work for???
A petition against the German government contracting Palantir surveillance software for the police.
aktion.campact.de/s/Palantir/lc
A petition against the German government contracting Palantir surveillance software for the police.
aktion.campact.de/s/Palantir/lc
Nein zum Palantir-Deal – jetzt Appell unterzeichnen
Die Polizei könnte die US-Überwachungssoftware Palantir bekommen. Stopp den Deal mit dem Trump-Vertrauten Peter Thiel.
aktion.campact.de
July 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Why are governments all over the world falling over themselves to let US tech companies spy on the people who electing them and whom they are supposed to work for???
A petition against the German government contracting Palantir surveillance software for the police.
aktion.campact.de/s/Palantir/lc
A petition against the German government contracting Palantir surveillance software for the police.
aktion.campact.de/s/Palantir/lc
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This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
#StaceyAbrams explains how to achieve an #autocracy in 10 steps.
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
We're at step 9.
The military is in our streets. Is our democracy worth the effort to defend it?
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is excellent. In three minutes she explains how democracies become dictatorships. It's happened so many times, yet in each country, most people said, 'it can't happen here'
I took two pictures of the same dandelion at Gladstone Park in NW London in 2009 that I chanced upon today and put them together as an exercise in depth of field.
July 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I took two pictures of the same dandelion at Gladstone Park in NW London in 2009 that I chanced upon today and put them together as an exercise in depth of field.
Friday evening before the thunderstorm. Drifting into the weekend... I wish you all a nice one.
July 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Friday evening before the thunderstorm. Drifting into the weekend... I wish you all a nice one.
Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/ki...
Schluss mit der Hetzkampagne – Solidarität mit Brosius-Gersdorf!
Wenn rechte Netzwerke gezielt demokratische Institutionen angreifen, ist unsere gesamte Gesellschaft in Gefahr. Die Kampagne gegen Brosius-Gersdorf zeigt, wie orchestriert und wirksam Desinformation h...
weact.campact.de
July 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Dieses Thema liegt mir am Herzen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/ki...
WTF??? I will have to unsubscribe to my @politico.com newsletters, all of them, if they go through with that. I will NOT EVER waste time on news stories researched and written by EFFING AI.
July 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
WTF??? I will have to unsubscribe to my @politico.com newsletters, all of them, if they go through with that. I will NOT EVER waste time on news stories researched and written by EFFING AI.