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𝓖ö𝓷𝓰𝓾 𝓓ó𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓻 boosted:

📣 The number of followers of German scientific institutions in the #Fediverse surpassed the 160k mark 💥 last weekend, see
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-de

Yes, it's true: we shouldn't get caught up in this nonsensical discussion about #reach of #socialmedia.
On the other hand, it’s a great success 🏆 for initiatives such as #Unis4Mastodon, #Byebyeelon, #WissXit, #SaveSocial, @helloQuitX, @leavex and others that more than 150 research institutions in Germany are contributing to the expansion of the Fediverse.

To our friends in the #USA, we say that we are alarmed at how the new #USpolicy is attacking #science. We are trying to build decentralized and independent #socialnetworks to make our research institutions and democracy resilient to attacks from #autocrats and #hostilitytoscience.
And we think this transformation should happen in other countries, too, to strengthen #democracy.

#SciComm #eXit

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Choosing between plague and cholera

Weighing the probabilities of survival

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/29/nato-military-spending-could-increase-emissions-study-finds

#climate #climatechange #climateaction

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... to implement comprehensive social media screening for all international applicant ...

Everything YOU've ever said will be weighed on a massive gold scale - and who knows what else might happen to you as a result ... Better find another university ....

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/28/president-trump-administration-news-updates-today

#Private #ownopinion #freedomofexpression #privacy #university #student #students

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" The Outward Appearance " or " Behind the Scenes "

There may be dark, dark secrets in other countries as well – even in " Western " ones.

Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s secretive rehabilitation ‘prisons’ for disobedient women
Girls and young women describe facing flogging and abuse in so-called ‘care homes’ after arguing with their fathers or husbands

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/may/28/saudi-arabia-women-girls-rehabilitation-prisons-dar-al-reaya

#Womensrights #Humanrights #ChildrensRights

@heiseonline

Since many companies work with MS - secret screenshots means stealing research results ....... industrial espionage legal

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Good morning, dear ones 🤗 🥰 or rather, good night ...

It was almost impossible to defend against cookies (whether the "almost" is valid is also questionable, since we were never able to see the actions).

Screenshots of everything are now being taken for AI, without YOU having any influence – YOU can't control a "NO" from YOU.

Please translate this article completely yourself – here is only a small translated excerpt ... https://www.heise.de/news/Messenger-Signal-kritisiert-Microsofts-Recall-10392448.html

Via @heiseonline
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https://mastodon.world/@heiseonline@social.heise.de/114550658849736141

You have probably all read incorrect or even false texts - they too become part of the AI, but AI cannot really control that - in my opinion.

Researchers say threat from ‘jailbroken’ chatbots trained to churn out illegal information is ‘tangible and concerning’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/most-ai-chatbots-easily-tricked-into-giving-dangerous-responses-study-finds

Researchers find evidence of tectonic activity on Venus

Researchers have found evidence of tectonic activity on Venus. The data from which this emerges is already 30 years old.

Via @heiseonline

Article in English

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Researchers-find-evidence-of-tectonic-activity-on-Venus-10389149.html

Artikel auf deutsch

https://mastodon.world/@heiseonline@social.heise.de/114538571398940429

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... An insurmountable cycle. The dangers for people and the environment increase.

Article https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-05-18-borad-i-jokul-sem-minnkar-um-metra-a-ari-444187

#climate #climatechange

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The reason

The ice presses on the magma chamber and keeps it small, as the magma cannot overcome the weight. ( The force required for this is significantly greater. ) If the ice load decreases, the magma chamber fills ... the risk of an eruption increases over time, as does the risk of melting the glacier from below, as more magma means more heat. This leads to significantly more and larger glacier runs ( jökulhlaup ) - ...

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🇮🇸 🌋 🧊 Mýrdalsjökull 🟩

This type of climate change has dangerous consequences for humans, as it has wider impacts that we cannot currently estimate. The melting of glaciers not only causes sea levels to rise, but also land masses to rise, as the weight of the glacier is lost.

In this case, as with most of Iceland's glaciers, volcanic activity CAN increase. This also applies to other glaciers located on dormant volcanoes around the world.

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New research on the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum used probabilistic analysis to learn more about its duration and how long modern warming could affect the carbon cycle.

Read the full article here https://eos.org/research-spotlights/an-ancient-warming-event-may-have-lasted-longer-than-we-thought

#climate #climatechange

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Climate change – many believe it's ONLY man-made. That's wrong. The idea that it's just weather is also wrong.

There's also natural climate change – anyone who has a natural garden, for example, may notice that plants migrate and seek new habitats. There are suddenly birds that were never there before ... Plants and animals don't ignore climate change, but adapt to it.

Ignoring the resulting problems could be fatal for us.

Source https://www.ruv.is/frettir/erlent/2025-05-15-hitabeltissjukdomar-gaetu-ordid-landlaegir-i-evropu-443829

#climate #climatechange

Good news from the #climate, #climatechange, #climateaction 😊 Let's hope this is not reversible 🤞

European firms ramping up lobbying for climate action, report finds
Research shows companies ‘aligned’ with strategies to meet climate goals have risen from 3% in 2019 to 23% in 2025

Source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/14/european-firms-ramping-up-lobbying-for-climate-action-report-finds

Margot Friedländer am 28.11.2023

«Wir sind doch alle Menschen, kommen auf dieselbe Art und Weise auf diese Welt. Es gibt kein christliches, kein muslimisches, kein jüdisches Blut. Es gibt nur menschliches Blut.»

Margot Friedländer on November 28, 2023

"We are all human beings, coming into this world in the same way. There is no Christian, no Muslim, no Jewish blood. There is only human blood."

✝️ ✡️ 🕎

Margot Friedländer born 5. November 1921 deceased 9. Mai 2025

Thank you for your love for all of us and for overcoming the hatred you, a survivor of the Holocaust, had determined.

Thank you for your courage in continually encouraging us to fight peacefully.

Thank you, Margot Friedländer ❤️ ❤️

This is also a problem that will be ignored in the future, as scientists are no longer needed

A study has found that all 28 of the most populous cities in the US are sinking
Though some of this subsidence is due to long-term geologic processes, much of it is spurred by human activity, including groundwater pumping & the building of new infrastructure. Better groundwater management & stricter building codes could mitigate risks
Via https://eos.org/articles/33-8-million-people-in-the-united-states-live-on-sinking-land
Study https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-025-00240-y

#geology

The Reporters Without Borders ( RSF ) 2025 report was published for Press Freedom Day ( May 3rd ). It's often published on a country-specific basis. But perhaps you're also interested in what's happening in other countries...

There's an interactive map ( starting from 2002 ) that also provides additional country-specific information - here's the link https://rsf.org/en/index

#RSF #ReportersWithoutBorders #PressFreedomDay #Freedomofthepress #journalism #Journalismus

Because today, May 3rd, 2025, is Country Overshoot Day in Germany ......

We are consuming more resources than our earth can provide in a year. Our planet is at its limit. It has been for a long time. How severe is this overload ?
The annual Earth Overshoot Day, also known as World Exhaustion Day, provides an answer.

Here are the individual country dates from 2023 to 2025 and Earth Overshoot Day from 1971 to 2024

📸 https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/ and https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/past-earth-overshoot-days/

#climate #climateaction