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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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.
when you are such an insecure man baby that you have to build an AI to tell you what no human would
oh my god i take it back, grok is amazing
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
when you are such an insecure man baby that you have to build an AI to tell you what no human would
Now we will find out whether European leaders have any backbone.
Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time
And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Now we will find out whether European leaders have any backbone.
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Der eigentliche Skandal bei Weimer ist doch, dass alle das wussten. Es war bekannt, was von seinem ,Medienimperium‘ zu halten war, woher das Geld dafür kam und dass seine Schriften im besten Fall noch per Googlesuche zusammengesammelte Zitatlisten sind, aus denen fragwürdige Schlüsse gezogen 1/15
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Der eigentliche Skandal bei Weimer ist doch, dass alle das wussten. Es war bekannt, was von seinem ,Medienimperium‘ zu halten war, woher das Geld dafür kam und dass seine Schriften im besten Fall noch per Googlesuche zusammengesammelte Zitatlisten sind, aus denen fragwürdige Schlüsse gezogen 1/15
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Eine Liste aus dem Weissen Haus zeigt: Die Schweiz macht Zugeständnisse weit über Zölle hinaus – von US-Rüstungskäufen über Chlorhühner und Cybertrucks bis zu Digitalsteuer-Verzicht und milliardenschweren Investitionsversprechen.
Milliarden-Zugeständnisse, Waffen und Chlorhühner: Was der SVP-Bundesrat beim Trump-Deal verschweigt
Eine Liste aus dem Weissen Haus zeigt: Die Schweiz macht Zugeständnisse weit über Zölle hinaus – von US-Rüstungskäufen über Chlorhühner und Cybertrucks bis zu Digitalsteuer-Verzicht und milliardenschw...
direkt-magazin.ch
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Eine Liste aus dem Weissen Haus zeigt: Die Schweiz macht Zugeständnisse weit über Zölle hinaus – von US-Rüstungskäufen über Chlorhühner und Cybertrucks bis zu Digitalsteuer-Verzicht und milliardenschweren Investitionsversprechen.
Man US Civil war reloaded will be a hell of a game.
The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and minorities have been buying guns, especially after the 2024 election. n.pr/3LEzblv
More liberals, people of color and LGBTQ Americans say they're buying guns out of fear
The image of gun ownership in America has been white, rural and Republican, but that's been changing as more liberals and minorities have been buying guns, especially after the 2024 election.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Man US Civil war reloaded will be a hell of a game.
Let's face it, almost every subculture will have one uf its rolemodels implicated.
who is the person plausibly in the Epstein emails who you would be saddest to discover in the Epstein emails?
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Let's face it, almost every subculture will have one uf its rolemodels implicated.
This is wild. ascientism hurts people not just wrt climate change
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is wild. ascientism hurts people not just wrt climate change
Mein Kurzargumentarium warum es ein Ja zum #ServiceCitoyen braucht unter diesem Tweet.
Service-citoyen-Initiative
Hat irgendwer eine Meinung dazu? Ich tendiere aus dem Bauch heraus zu JA, aber ich hab keine Ahnung von der Materie.
Inputs gerne hier.
Hat irgendwer eine Meinung dazu? Ich tendiere aus dem Bauch heraus zu JA, aber ich hab keine Ahnung von der Materie.
Inputs gerne hier.
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Mein Kurzargumentarium warum es ein Ja zum #ServiceCitoyen braucht unter diesem Tweet.