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Ulf Treger
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Doing digital things, code, design, maps. Working and living (mostly) in Hamburg. Part of city/data/explosion and A Thousand Channels.
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ulf-t.bsky.social
Datenschutz existiert. Aber er ist ungleich verteilt. #grindr #nolmpics

www.them.us/story/grindr...
Grindr Addresses Security Concerns for Athletes at the Winter Olympics
The app will once again allow Olympic Villagers access to enhanced privacy features.
www.them.us
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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istuetzle.bsky.social
"umstritten" - man wundert sich über gar nicht mehr
Fanshop des IOC verkauft T-Shirt mit umstrittenem Olympia-Motiv von 1936
Während der Olympischen Winterspiele 2026 in Italien sorgt das IOC für Kritik: Im offiziellen Fanshop wurde ein T-Shirt mit dem Plakat der umstrittenen Olympischen Spiele 1936 in Berlin angeboten – ei...
www.rnd.de
February 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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sdkstl.bsky.social
Missed Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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moiradonegan.bsky.social
I hadn’t known this. Two men who were accused of sexual abuse on the Shitty Media Men document that I created back in 2017 reached out to Michael Wolff for help as they looked to sue me, and Wolf forwarded their concerns to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein offered to help. www.jmail.world/thread/EFTA0...
February 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
ulf-t.bsky.social
Hansestadt startet ein weiteres Projekt zum autonomen Fahren.

„In Hamburg hält sich Freenow über die Technik bedeckt – weil die Entscheidung politisch brisant ist. Chinesische Systeme gelten als leistungsfähig, werden jedoch kritisch beäugt.“

www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt... (Geschenk link)
Wie Hamburg zur Hauptstadt für Robotaxis werden will
Die Hansestadt startet ein weiteres Projekt zum autonomen Fahren. Die Hoffnungen sind groß, gleichzeitig gibt es viele offene Fragen – von der Datensicherheit bis zur Weltpolitik.
www.faz.net
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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mollytaft.com
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:38 PM
ulf-t.bsky.social
Toller Kurzfilm über die Shadow Worker*innen im Globalen Süden, die Selbstfahrenden Autos das sehen beibringen, ihre Wahrnehmungen, Vermutungen über ihre Arbeit, Subversive Praxen, ...
www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
Video: Opinion | Their Eyes
The unseen workers who help train self-driving cars to see.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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mrsdrsyd.bsky.social
Delicious to me
Headline from PC Gamer, from the writer Tyler Wilde: Microsoft CEO warns that we must "do something useful" with AI or they'll lose "social permission" to burn electricity on it. Works should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella
January 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
ulf-t.bsky.social
Yes
unusualwhales.bsky.social Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 28d
Jensen Huang of Nvidia, $NVDA, has said relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has done a lot of damage, per Techspot.
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 AM
ulf-t.bsky.social
Saying „Greenland. The giant piece of ice“ means watching too long on a Mercator projection.
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
ulf-t.bsky.social
„Weisse Schlangen in Hamburg“
Um endlich Austragungsort olympischer und paralympischer Spiele zu werden, greift die Stadt in die tech-populistische Trickkiste
In der aktuellen Ausgabe der @analysekritik.bsky.social
#nolympia
(Merci für das Foto @pilgerschloss.bsky.social 💕)
Foto vom Kopf des Artikels mit einem Foto eines grosse Stadions und einem Satz aus dem Text der hervorgehoben neben dem Fliesstext steht.
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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presentcorrect.bsky.social
Still useful, more than ever, convert the news into coloured dots.

colordot.andrepeat.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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bennjordan.bsky.social
Grok is so much worse than you think.
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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misses-liss.bsky.social
Hast du schon unterschrieben?

Ich hab letztes Jahr gedacht „Hä, ist da überhaupt was in Planung?“ Die Petition geht auf nichts direkt ein - aber lies’ doch selbst, WIE konkret das schon ist: www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

Es fehlen noch 8.500 Mitzeichnende. Mach mit, es ist schaffbar.
Dauer <5 Min!
January 3, 2026 at 10:10 PM
ulf-t.bsky.social
„Wie weltfremd!“ @ronensteinke.bsky.social

www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/inte... (€)
Klarnamenpflicht: Auswirkungen auf die Demokratie in Deutschland
Debatten im Netz sollten nur noch unter Verwendung des vollen Namens stattfinden, fordert ein ehemaliger Verfassungsgerichtspräsident. Wie weltfremd! Er sollte mal Lehrerinnen fragen oder Menschen mit...
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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charleswlogan.bsky.social
A cool project using open source data to map data center construction - and perhaps another model that educators might use with students to investigate the infrastructure of AI.
404media.co 404 Media @404media.co · Jan 1
Silicon Valley and the Trump administration are betting the entire American economy on the continued growth of AI, a mission that’ll require spending billions of dollars on datacenters and new energy infrastructure.

These researchers are tracking their physical imprint with an interactive map:
Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
The nonprofit research group Epoch AI is tracking the physical imprint of the technology that’s changing the world.
www.404media.co
January 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
ulf-t.bsky.social
Mapping data centers in US
www.404media.co/researchers-...
Researchers Are Hunting America for Hidden Datacenters
The nonprofit research group Epoch AI is tracking the physical imprint of the technology that’s changing the world.
www.404media.co
January 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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timorini.bsky.social
epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...

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Diese Petition gegen das Melderegister von trans* und nicht binären Menschen braucht dringend Unterschriften.

Bis zum 13.01

Bitte TEILEN und Unterschreiben
Petitionen: Verwendung von Cookies nicht aktiviert
epetitionen.bundestag.de
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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houseofdarkly.bsky.social
As if artists don't have enough to deal with, Amazon has a "Buy For Me" program in beta which is scraping indie shops for their items and putting them up on Amazon (often incorrectly), for their "AI agent" to buy from the other site. It is NOT opt in, and there is no opt out.
monkeyminion.com Dane is home for a bit. @monkeyminion.com · Dec 30
I just found out that our stuff is being sold on Amazon - WITHOUT our consent or any ability to opt out bc Amazon is just scraping artist’s websites and putting our shit in their search results. Again, without our permission.
December 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
ulf-t.bsky.social
Heute um 23:00 beim #39c3

events.ccc.de/congress/202...

#queer
[39c3] Peep-Show für die Polizei. Staatliche Überwachung von Queers in Hamburger Toiletten bis 1980
In den 1970er Jahren nutzt die Hamburger Polizei auf zehn öffentlichen Herrentoiletten in der Wand eingelassene Spionspiegel, um zu beobachten welche Männer am Pissoir ihrer Meinung nach etwas zu lang...
events.ccc.de
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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kristenthomasen.bsky.social
I have a new chapter out, offering a tech-critical and feminist critique of the false “security” created by video doorbell cameras, like Ring 👀

“Whose Security are we Talking About Anyway?” co-authored with the brilliant Jane Bailey & Jacquie Burkell.

Find it here: www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...
Security of Self | Research and innovation
Cybersecurity needs a new understanding to enable societies and individuals to thrive in the digital context. A manifesto for a holistic and collaborative approach, The Security of Self invites a para...
www.uottawa.ca
December 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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noyb.eu
🚨 noyb has filed complaints against #TikTok and #Grindr. As it turns out, TikTok even tracks you while you're using other apps. For example, TikTok was able to track a person’s Grindr usage - which allows it to draw conclusions about his sexual orientation and sex life

👉 noyb.eu/en/tiktok-un...
TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits – and your use of dating apps
TikTok tracks its users even if they're using other apps. The video platform therefore also knows what dating app you use
noyb.eu
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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ketanjoshi.co
just....enjoy this
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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olivia.science
🗣️📢 Call for short essays, poetry and short fiction: LOOMING ‘zine (issue 2, winter 2025).

Deadline: Dec 1

LOOMING is a technocritical zine celebrating the human and the analog in the face of Big Tech.

CC @kconrad.bsky.social

Submit to: [email protected]
cgsunit.bsky.social Lauren Woolsey @cgsunit.bsky.social · Nov 2
Learned about the Library of Babel group via @olivia.science and her highlighted quote from @melaniedusseau.bsky.social from the essay "A Psalm for the Analog" - definitely worth reading the whole thing, and this table of contents is so solid.

Zine is linked: www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
Screenshots from the zine "LOOMING" Issue 1. The left side has a table of contents with the following highlighted: "Melanie Dusseau, A Psalm for the Analog: Why Creative Writing Matters in the Age of AI". Then, on the left is a portion of text. The following three fragments are highlighted: 1) "It puts morally bankrupt, techno-fascist billionaires in the driverless seat." 2) "Here's a simple fact that those making an AI inevitability argument do not want to reckon: it's not too late." and 3) "It is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, eco-destroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins."
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM