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Dr. Verena Ma5er
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Translator, writer, artist, yuri expert. Englisch, Deutsch, 日本語, Cymraeg * she/her
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uebermedien.de
Markus Lanz ist verhaftet und Deutschland trauert um Peter Maffay: Solche irreführenden Online-Anzeigen finden sich auch auf Webseiten von Medien wie dem „Spiegel“. Warum die Masche nicht in den Griff zu kriegen ist – und wer dahintersteckt.
uebermedien.de/112081/warum...
Fake-Anzeigen: So machtlos sind Medien gegen den Internetbetrug
Immer wieder wundern sich Leser über Fake-Anzeigen auf seriösen Nachrichtenseiten. Warum kann man dagegen so wenig machen? Interview mit Netzwelt-Redakteur Torsten Kleinz.
uebermedien.de
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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thoughtrise.bsky.social
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized text says: Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved. Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch. This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
varakawa.bsky.social
Hello no.
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
Please treat our treasured IP like trash
MEDIA & MARKETING Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAl, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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robmanuelyeah.bsky.social
Sorry Simon's Cat. You went all in on this pyramid scheme bullshit. Your cute cat videos are DEAD to me.
December 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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fledertier.bsky.social
Bitte unterzeichnet DIESE Petition gegen Trans*-Register.

Auch, falls ihr schon eine andere unterzeichnet habt. Die hier ist im Gegensatz zu der von z.B. Campact rechtlich bindend.
antifalexi.bsky.social Lexi @antifalexi.bsky.social · 11d
Dinge, die eigentlich selbstverständlich sein sollten:

Diese Petition beim Bundestag fordert, dass es keine Rosa Listen von trans Menschen geben darf, welche transfeindliche Politiker und Parteien nutzen könnten, um trans Menschen zu finden und zu verfolgen

epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...
Petitionen: Verwendung von Cookies nicht aktiviert
epetitionen.bundestag.de
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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beritmiriam.bsky.social
Ich wünsche den streikenden Angestellten bei Momox alles Gute und würde allen, die Momox verwenden, empfehlen sich mal ein bisschen in die Arbeitsbedingungen bei Momox einzulesen.
Momox-Versand in Leipzig: Streik für faire Arbeit bei Momox
Beschäftigte von Secondhandversand in Leipzig fordern höheren Lohn und bessere Arbeitsbedingungen • Foto: Yaro Allisat
www.jungewelt.de
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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josh-foreman.bsky.social
Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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stpnlibrarian.bsky.social
Ich finde es schade, dass der #Kulturpass eingestellt wird. - „Auch seien zu viele Jugendliche einfach nur ins Kino gegangen oder hätten sich einen Comic gekauft, so Weimer.“ 😳 - Comics haben beispielsweise meine Lesekarriere positiv beeinflusst.
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/kulturpass-f...
Aus für den Kulturpass - kein Geld mehr für Kino, Theaterkarten, CDs oder Bücher
Der Kulturpass wird abgewickelt. Der Bundesrechnungshof hält die Finanzierung für verfassungswidrig. Kulturstaatsminister Weimer folgt der Einschätzung.
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de
December 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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justinleeanderson.com
I know this petition has much more support than it currently has. Please share far and wide. Petition to require generative AI to carry a watermark and to make it illegal to use a person’s likeness in generative AI without permission.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
As AI generated content becomes increasingly realistic, we think laws should be put in place to prevent misuse. All such media should carry a permanent watermark or disclosure, alongside a blanket ban...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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unseenjapan.com
It began its life in Europe but has since become one of Japan's most popular desserts. The story of baumkuchen’s arrival is one of creativity and industry flourishing even during the darkest of times.
Baumkuchen: The German Dessert's Long Japanese History - Unseen Japan
Read the intriguing history of how baumkuchen, the tree trunk-shaped German cake, grew in popularity in Japan.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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fragdenstaat.de
WHAT? Ihr habt schon 19.000 € in den Überbrückungsfonds gesteckt!?

Genau so retten wir zusammen Demokratie-Projekte, deren staatliche Förderung auf sich warten lässt. Jugendzentren, Beratungsstellen, Kulturprojekte – hilf auch Du mit, sie alle am Laufen zu halten: ueberbrueckungsfonds.de/spenden/
Spenden
Deine Unterstützung hält die Demokratie am Leben: Spende jetzt für den Überbrückungsfonds und sichere demokratische Projekte, deren Förderung verspätet kommt.
ueberbrueckungsfonds.de
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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redscharlach.bsky.social
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
A small cartoon version of the ceramic Mongolian hedgehog shown in the quoted post. Behind him is the word AHHH in very large lettering. The caption under him says "just keep screaming".
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
varakawa.bsky.social
November 24 is always a sad day for any Queen fan, but it helps to remember the good times (and Freddie‘s iconic outfits): youtu.be/-OGd4gplxQM
Queen - One Vision (Extended) 1985 [Official Video]
YouTube video by Queen Official
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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razzek.bsky.social
The dipshits are at it again. Check your Gmail and turn off the illegal privacy violation robots. Again.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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enginvir.bsky.social
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"

bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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joetimberwolf.bsky.social
Es müsste doch möglich sein, in Köln/Bonn/Umkreis ‚ne Band zu finden, die Funk/Soul/Rap spielt und ‚nen erfahrenen Bassisten mit jeder Menge Bühnenerfahrung will.
Hit me up please!
May 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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blambot.bsky.social
Some BETTER LETTERER for you. And before the inevitable "that's not how I do it" replies, keep in mind that, by and large, this is how it's done in pro American comics (Marvel, DC, etc.) I've worked for all of them. More tips: blambot.com/pages/letter...
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
varakawa.bsky.social
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭Poor Penguin 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
zaichishka.bsky.social Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · Nov 11
JR East is retiring the Suica Penguin! 🐧😭
news.livedoor.com/article/deta...
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
varakawa.bsky.social
The pleasure was all mine! Thank you for having me 😄
germanambjapan.bsky.social ペトラ・ジグムント(Petra Sigmund) @germanambjapan.bsky.social · Nov 10
From Chiikawa to Yona of the Dawn, The Apothecary Diaries and Yu Yu Hakusho – all these masterpieces of Japanese manga were translated into German by Verena Maser.
It was a pleasure to welcome her and thank her for bringing Japan’s rich culture to Germany!
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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aurorapeachy.bsky.social
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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nickkapur.bsky.social
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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badlands.bsky.social
Irgendjemand eine Idee, was das sein könnte? Wie aus dem Gesamtthread hervorgeht, westdeutsche Mittelgebirge ab Höhe Weserbergland-Hildesheimer Börde oder südlich davon, ca. 1970er Jahre. Fünf der Herren wohl vom THW (einheitliche Jacke).
nessi6688.bsky.social Nessa 💬 @nessi6688.bsky.social · Nov 1
Du meinst die Spiegelung?
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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ricdesi.dpad.fm
Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:

• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM