Lambert Heller
@lambo.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy
🤓 Hey there! I'm a #librarian!
🧑🏻💼 I am head of TIB #OpenScience Lab, @tibosl
🇨🇦 UVic Libraries KULA International Visiting Fellow July-September 2025 […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://openbiblio.social/@Lambo, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🧑🏻💼 I am head of TIB #OpenScience Lab, @tibosl
🇨🇦 UVic Libraries KULA International Visiting Fellow July-September 2025 […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://openbiblio.social/@Lambo, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@bsdphk/115674145701174997
"How many similar devices with hidden functionalities might be lurking in your home, just waiting to be discovered? And not just those of Chinese origin. Are you absolutely sure none of them have built-in miniature microphones or cameras?
You […]
"How many similar devices with hidden functionalities might be lurking in your home, just waiting to be discovered? And not just those of Chinese origin. Are you absolutely sure none of them have built-in miniature microphones or cameras?
You […]
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@bsdphk/115674145701174997
"How many similar devices with hidden functionalities might be lurking in your home, just waiting to be discovered? And not just those of Chinese origin. Are you absolutely sure none of them have built-in miniature microphones or cameras?
You […]
"How many similar devices with hidden functionalities might be lurking in your home, just waiting to be discovered? And not just those of Chinese origin. Are you absolutely sure none of them have built-in miniature microphones or cameras?
You […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Have had to work on some other things lately, but returning to #sciop and wrote a blog post about current status and our plans for federation - it's about that time. Just need to do one more feature (commenting) and finish up some work for main job responsibilities, and it's off to implementing […]
Original post on neuromatch.social
neuromatch.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Have had to work on some other things lately, but returning to #sciop and wrote a blog post about current status and our plans for federation - it's about that time. Just need to do one more feature (commenting) and finish up some work for main job responsibilities, and it's off to implementing […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Hier kommt es fast wie ein moralischer Vorwurf daher, aber mal im Ernst: wie wird man den Impact von LLMs erklären, ohne dabei auch LibGen zu erklären? Zuckerberg und Co sind es, die das geadelt haben indem sie daraus einen Teil ihrer Lieferkette gemacht haben. Völlig egal, wie man das findet […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
July 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Hier kommt es fast wie ein moralischer Vorwurf daher, aber mal im Ernst: wie wird man den Impact von LLMs erklären, ohne dabei auch LibGen zu erklären? Zuckerberg und Co sind es, die das geadelt haben indem sie daraus einen Teil ihrer Lieferkette gemacht haben. Völlig egal, wie man das findet […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Hörenswerte 4:41 Minuten von rbb radioeins, 9. Oktober:
"In den USA will Donald Trump die Nationalmuseen ideologisch ausrichten – mit finanziellen Drohungen."
"Auch in Deutschland berichten Museen von wachsendem politischen Druck, insbesondere wenn sie sich mit Erinnerungskultur, Migration oder […]
"In den USA will Donald Trump die Nationalmuseen ideologisch ausrichten – mit finanziellen Drohungen."
"Auch in Deutschland berichten Museen von wachsendem politischen Druck, insbesondere wenn sie sich mit Erinnerungskultur, Migration oder […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
October 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Hörenswerte 4:41 Minuten von rbb radioeins, 9. Oktober:
"In den USA will Donald Trump die Nationalmuseen ideologisch ausrichten – mit finanziellen Drohungen."
"Auch in Deutschland berichten Museen von wachsendem politischen Druck, insbesondere wenn sie sich mit Erinnerungskultur, Migration oder […]
"In den USA will Donald Trump die Nationalmuseen ideologisch ausrichten – mit finanziellen Drohungen."
"Auch in Deutschland berichten Museen von wachsendem politischen Druck, insbesondere wenn sie sich mit Erinnerungskultur, Migration oder […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Treffende Worte zum #Stadtbild-Statement hat @mspro gefunden. Ich möchte sie hier wiedergeben:
"Merz’ Nebensatzentgleisung (ist) eben nicht der übliche „Onkel Erwin nach dem dritten Schnaps“-Rassismus, den man sonst von Merz und Konsorten kennt, der zwar auch schrecklich, aber vor allem […]
"Merz’ Nebensatzentgleisung (ist) eben nicht der übliche „Onkel Erwin nach dem dritten Schnaps“-Rassismus, den man sonst von Merz und Konsorten kennt, der zwar auch schrecklich, aber vor allem […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
October 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Treffende Worte zum #Stadtbild-Statement hat @mspro gefunden. Ich möchte sie hier wiedergeben:
"Merz’ Nebensatzentgleisung (ist) eben nicht der übliche „Onkel Erwin nach dem dritten Schnaps“-Rassismus, den man sonst von Merz und Konsorten kennt, der zwar auch schrecklich, aber vor allem […]
"Merz’ Nebensatzentgleisung (ist) eben nicht der übliche „Onkel Erwin nach dem dritten Schnaps“-Rassismus, den man sonst von Merz und Konsorten kennt, der zwar auch schrecklich, aber vor allem […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115683450291101654
So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer […]
So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer […]
December 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation/115683450291101654
So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer […]
So cool, what @dw_innovation is offering here! Feeling grateful for publicly funded, independent journalism...
It's considering not only online surveillance + censorship, but poor connectivity, the potential of peer-to-peer […]
WSJ on the new US national security strategy
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-flips-history-by-casting-europenot-russiaas-villain-in-new-security-policy-cbb138fa?st=zw7mca&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-flips-history-by-casting-europenot-russiaas-villain-in-new-security-policy-cbb138fa?st=zw7mca&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 AM
WSJ on the new US national security strategy
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-flips-history-by-casting-europenot-russiaas-villain-in-new-security-policy-cbb138fa?st=zw7mca&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-flips-history-by-casting-europenot-russiaas-villain-in-new-security-policy-cbb138fa?st=zw7mca&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Reposted by Lambert Heller
#elsevier finally (after 25 years) retracted the primary study concluding that #glyphosate is safe for humans. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in #roundup herbicide and manufactured by #Monsanto.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
h/t @civodul […]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
h/t @civodul […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#elsevier finally (after 25 years) retracted the primary study concluding that #glyphosate is safe for humans. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in #roundup herbicide and manufactured by #Monsanto.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
h/t @civodul […]
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
h/t @civodul […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
"The short version is that YouTube used AI to 'enhance' the videos of Rick Beato and Rhett Shull. YouTube used an AI smoothing filter that made the videos look like they were AI generated, and didn’t tell Beato, Shull, or their viewers that they were doing it. They only admitted to it after the […]
Original post on mastodon.nzoss.nz
mastodon.nzoss.nz
November 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"The short version is that YouTube used AI to 'enhance' the videos of Rick Beato and Rhett Shull. YouTube used an AI smoothing filter that made the videos look like they were AI generated, and didn’t tell Beato, Shull, or their viewers that they were doing it. They only admitted to it after the […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist.
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
Original post on mamot.fr
mamot.fr
December 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unix - BSD developers : this code should run and be maintained as long as computers exist.
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
Linux - GNU dev : this code should run and be maintained as long as someone is willing to do the work
Consultant: this code should run until the end of my contract.
Enterprise grade B2B software : this […]
Good video essay about a very concerning development happening in the EU right now with regard to a privacy preserving phone operating system named @GrapheneOS
GrapheneOS hosted part of their stuff in France until a few weeks ago. They moved to new servers, since the French government and parts […]
GrapheneOS hosted part of their stuff in France until a few weeks ago. They moved to new servers, since the French government and parts […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Good video essay about a very concerning development happening in the EU right now with regard to a privacy preserving phone operating system named @GrapheneOS
GrapheneOS hosted part of their stuff in France until a few weeks ago. They moved to new servers, since the French government and parts […]
GrapheneOS hosted part of their stuff in France until a few weeks ago. They moved to new servers, since the French government and parts […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Who’s Trying to Bring Down GrapheneOS? The French Authorities Go on the Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veqfy8IwKDQ
Something serious is happening in France right now — a quiet but very real shift toward digital authoritarianism. A major French newspaper recently published a story […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veqfy8IwKDQ
Something serious is happening in France right now — a quiet but very real shift toward digital authoritarianism. A major French newspaper recently published a story […]
Original post on hear-me.social
hear-me.social
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Who’s Trying to Bring Down GrapheneOS? The French Authorities Go on the Attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veqfy8IwKDQ
Something serious is happening in France right now — a quiet but very real shift toward digital authoritarianism. A major French newspaper recently published a story […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veqfy8IwKDQ
Something serious is happening in France right now — a quiet but very real shift toward digital authoritarianism. A major French newspaper recently published a story […]
RE: https://fedihum.org/@spinfocl/115627786381432721
Einfach die eloquenteste Fortsetzungs-Truecrime-Science-Serie, deren Spannungsbogen sich mittlerweile über Jahrzehnte erstreckt: Jürgens Wanderung durch den #Voynich-Kaninchenbau. Warum die WissKomm-Freaks ihm nicht längst mit […]
Einfach die eloquenteste Fortsetzungs-Truecrime-Science-Serie, deren Spannungsbogen sich mittlerweile über Jahrzehnte erstreckt: Jürgens Wanderung durch den #Voynich-Kaninchenbau. Warum die WissKomm-Freaks ihm nicht längst mit […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
December 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
RE: https://fedihum.org/@spinfocl/115627786381432721
Einfach die eloquenteste Fortsetzungs-Truecrime-Science-Serie, deren Spannungsbogen sich mittlerweile über Jahrzehnte erstreckt: Jürgens Wanderung durch den #Voynich-Kaninchenbau. Warum die WissKomm-Freaks ihm nicht längst mit […]
Einfach die eloquenteste Fortsetzungs-Truecrime-Science-Serie, deren Spannungsbogen sich mittlerweile über Jahrzehnte erstreckt: Jürgens Wanderung durch den #Voynich-Kaninchenbau. Warum die WissKomm-Freaks ihm nicht längst mit […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
How far will it go this time?
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia [email protected]
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia [email protected]
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
How far will it go this time?
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia [email protected]
This post from #mastodon can reach the whole #fediverse, #bluesky & more.
That's #sharkey, #misskey, #pixelfed, #mbin, #lemmy, #friendica, #hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#socialmedia [email protected]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Eloquent analysis of propaganda's evolution: "Modern propaganda is no longer broadcast. It is emergent." https://youtu.be/SgkYFub3CCw
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Eloquent analysis of propaganda's evolution: "Modern propaganda is no longer broadcast. It is emergent." https://youtu.be/SgkYFub3CCw
Hell freezes over - dass ich zum Thema Kapitalismus ausgerechnet was aus der @NZZ_Ch empfehlen kann. Dieses Interview mit @svenbeckert.bsky.social ist lesenswert, sein neues Buch vermutlich auch […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hell freezes over - dass ich zum Thema Kapitalismus ausgerechnet was aus der @NZZ_Ch empfehlen kann. Dieses Interview mit @svenbeckert.bsky.social ist lesenswert, sein neues Buch vermutlich auch […]
RE: https://flipboard.com/@taz_de/nord-dcpflp4pz/-/a-KAm_HRLPRQe2aJwrQicQlQ%3Aa%3A2741305549-%2F0
"Worauf sein Vermögen fußt, ist lange bekannt: Die Spedition Kühne+Nagel verdankt ihren Aufstieg zum Weltkonzern maßgeblich ihrer Beteiligung an der Ausplünderung der Juden Westeuropas während des […]
"Worauf sein Vermögen fußt, ist lange bekannt: Die Spedition Kühne+Nagel verdankt ihren Aufstieg zum Weltkonzern maßgeblich ihrer Beteiligung an der Ausplünderung der Juden Westeuropas während des […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@taz_de/nord-dcpflp4pz/-/a-KAm_HRLPRQe2aJwrQicQlQ%3Aa%3A2741305549-%2F0
"Worauf sein Vermögen fußt, ist lange bekannt: Die Spedition Kühne+Nagel verdankt ihren Aufstieg zum Weltkonzern maßgeblich ihrer Beteiligung an der Ausplünderung der Juden Westeuropas während des […]
"Worauf sein Vermögen fußt, ist lange bekannt: Die Spedition Kühne+Nagel verdankt ihren Aufstieg zum Weltkonzern maßgeblich ihrer Beteiligung an der Ausplünderung der Juden Westeuropas während des […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Good news! We open sourced the Pebble mobile app today -> github.com/coredevices/mobileapp Now all the software that powers your new Pebble is 100% open source. Read the full scoop on my blog ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...
GitHub - coredevices/mobileapp
Contribute to coredevices/mobileapp development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Good news! We open sourced the Pebble mobile app today -> github.com/coredevices/mobileapp Now all the software that powers your new Pebble is 100% open source. Read the full scoop on my blog ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...
Wenyan Zhang und weitere Forschende vom Helmholtz-Zentrum @hereon demonstrieren verbesserte Methoden um das Abtragen von Sediment von Meeresböden zu messen. Was sie mit diesen Methoden über die Zukunft des Wattenmeers herausgefunden haben ist gar nicht gut. Die Nordseeküste verändert sich […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Wenyan Zhang und weitere Forschende vom Helmholtz-Zentrum @hereon demonstrieren verbesserte Methoden um das Abtragen von Sediment von Meeresböden zu messen. Was sie mit diesen Methoden über die Zukunft des Wattenmeers herausgefunden haben ist gar nicht gut. Die Nordseeküste verändert sich […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
Landlords do not provide housing.
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Landlords do not provide housing.
[#plur1bus serious spoiler warning]
Good analysis of the show so far!
From the video description:
"The hive gives Carol anything she wants in Pluribus—power, food, even a literal grenade. But why is one immune woman so important to a planet-wide collective?"
https://youtu.be/k8ZcY2G0jwU
Good analysis of the show so far!
From the video description:
"The hive gives Carol anything she wants in Pluribus—power, food, even a literal grenade. But why is one immune woman so important to a planet-wide collective?"
https://youtu.be/k8ZcY2G0jwU
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
[#plur1bus serious spoiler warning]
Good analysis of the show so far!
From the video description:
"The hive gives Carol anything she wants in Pluribus—power, food, even a literal grenade. But why is one immune woman so important to a planet-wide collective?"
https://youtu.be/k8ZcY2G0jwU
Good analysis of the show so far!
From the video description:
"The hive gives Carol anything she wants in Pluribus—power, food, even a literal grenade. But why is one immune woman so important to a planet-wide collective?"
https://youtu.be/k8ZcY2G0jwU
Reposted by Lambert Heller
MajinBook is a badly-needed catalog for shadow libraries. It provides metadata (e.g., date of first publication, popularity on Goodreads) for over half a million English-language books. arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412 +
MajinBook: An open catalogue of digital world literature with likes
This data paper introduces MajinBook, an open catalogue designed to facilitate the use of shadow libraries--such as Library Genesis and Z-Library--for computational social science and cultural analyti...
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
MajinBook is a badly-needed catalog for shadow libraries. It provides metadata (e.g., date of first publication, popularity on Goodreads) for over half a million English-language books. arxiv.org/abs/2511.11412 +
Reposted by Lambert Heller
[shameless plug]
In eigener Sache:
Es sieht so aus, als sei ich durch HAZ, NDR und andere Medien gerade (ein bisschen) bekannt geworden für meine "Beteiligung an historischen, politischen oder sonstigen nachrichtenwürdigen Ereignissen", d.h. jemand (nicht ich, und vermutlich auch niemand von […]
In eigener Sache:
Es sieht so aus, als sei ich durch HAZ, NDR und andere Medien gerade (ein bisschen) bekannt geworden für meine "Beteiligung an historischen, politischen oder sonstigen nachrichtenwürdigen Ereignissen", d.h. jemand (nicht ich, und vermutlich auch niemand von […]
Original post on openbiblio.social
openbiblio.social
June 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
[shameless plug]
In eigener Sache:
Es sieht so aus, als sei ich durch HAZ, NDR und andere Medien gerade (ein bisschen) bekannt geworden für meine "Beteiligung an historischen, politischen oder sonstigen nachrichtenwürdigen Ereignissen", d.h. jemand (nicht ich, und vermutlich auch niemand von […]
In eigener Sache:
Es sieht so aus, als sei ich durch HAZ, NDR und andere Medien gerade (ein bisschen) bekannt geworden für meine "Beteiligung an historischen, politischen oder sonstigen nachrichtenwürdigen Ereignissen", d.h. jemand (nicht ich, und vermutlich auch niemand von […]
Reposted by Lambert Heller
RE: https://floss.social/@servo/115588256897885233
tried servo. will keep an eye on it but won’t use it for the forseeable future because they force a dark mode.
developers: STOP FORCING DARK MODE!
which takes me to one important point about why we need a #firefox hard fork: THE […]
tried servo. will keep an eye on it but won’t use it for the forseeable future because they force a dark mode.
developers: STOP FORCING DARK MODE!
which takes me to one important point about why we need a #firefox hard fork: THE […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
RE: https://floss.social/@servo/115588256897885233
tried servo. will keep an eye on it but won’t use it for the forseeable future because they force a dark mode.
developers: STOP FORCING DARK MODE!
which takes me to one important point about why we need a #firefox hard fork: THE […]
tried servo. will keep an eye on it but won’t use it for the forseeable future because they force a dark mode.
developers: STOP FORCING DARK MODE!
which takes me to one important point about why we need a #firefox hard fork: THE […]