: “Teaching” is just another word for running around, from A to B to A, and collecting …
: On the radio, I hear the German research foundation #DFG defend its recent move to allow #AI in …
: Sowjetische #sf, “fremd und vertraut”. #KI Und ein Cover Game erster Güte. Funde aus dem …
: Oh the Americans want to increase their war budget by a few bucks, just a mere increase of ~40 …
: Oh, that one hits hard: 👐 Tech Won’t Save Us: Why #Iran is Attacking #DataCenters w/ Sam …
: Hey cool, flowers to myself: Starting this week, I will be Acting Professor at Ruhr-University …
: Deutschlandfunk, CDU-Haushaltspolitiker. “Und dann geht es nur um das Ziel mehr …
: The same week that #OpenAI announced the imminent shutdown of Sora, its splashiest showcase for #AI, …
: Our #STS #Bochum conference is over. The experimental case format has been a success with …
: And we’re on! Welcome address done, and Anne Pasek kicks us off with a keynote on a world …
: On Wednesday, our #stsing conference in #Bochum starts. Final prep walk done. Standing #BeforeRuins. …
: Neue Erfahrung mit der #Bahn: ich bin gestrandet, randomly. (Das ist passend zu einem …
: Maurice on 🔥: Progressive sollten besser politische Entscheidungen an sich kritisieren als …
: I missed a paper submission deadline because I was sick, there was just no bodily capacity. If the …
: Does your #AI Agent need a Workflow Agent? Hilarious and informative episode of: In Bed With The …
: #Vietnam was hit hard by the strike on #Iran: people stranded in the Middle East, not able to return …
: Honoured to share that my research on the destructive side of “creative destruction” …
: Die Fleischindustrie braucht eine industrielle Reservearmee, auch aus #Vietnam. Äh, Pardon: …
: #Indien hatte nie eine massive fossile Infrastruktur und kann flux auf #Solar umsteigen. Na ja, …
: How did we end up with the EU being eerily proud of a tight bond with the new #India? A …
: Grit Lemke fängt in “Kinder von Hoy” den Vibe von Hoyerswerda ein: Menschen eingespannt …
: Deploying and prompting #Claude by #Anthropic means ripping apart literal books. Strange, strange …
: Worrying #airpollution in #Germany, our city of Magdeburg embraces the reds. Praise to our old tech …
: #Vietnam is pushing hard on the #semiconductor front, the first fab in view. 32 nm only, and few …
: #Obsidian goes #Claude. Die FAZ berichtet begeistert, es ist fast traurig (lies: extrem witzig), …
: The disaster of #Fukushima that, despite common wisdom, is still going on, going strong. Informative …
: Die #Zeit sammelt wagemutig zusammen, wie Leute stolz #ChatGPT nutzen: zur Sichtung von Protokollen, …
: It appears that the time has come to deny your future self entry to the great #USA with a little …
: Closing #Taiwain w/ a run in the mountains, Jazz and food. 👏 #photography And now, an 18hrs flight …
: Night markets, unfortunately, are full of meaty things. But they look fabulous. #Taiwan #Kaoshiung …
: Talking #water in Hsinchu: the biggest reservoir and cleanest stream here in the mid-north of …
: ✅ entering #TSMC headquarters. We got a green #semiconductor manufacturing tour through fabs. …
: Migrant workers in #Taiwan are mostly from Southeast Asia, the #semiconductor industry esp. pulls …
: Taboo in the clean room: workers in #semiconductor fabs, e.g. TSMC in #Taiwan, face high mental …
: From (1) street food to (2) temples to (3) a waiting spot for Uber Eat drivers to (4) elevated (thus …
: Epic insights on the #semiconductor industry in #Taiwan. We’re on the second day of our …
: I want to inform my fellow #Germans that I’m stranded in a Taiwanese train. There is a problem …
: #Taipei film, capturing poetic retro vibes 🕹️ #streetphotography
: Back in #Taiwan, ready for a cracker tour through the wee #semiconductor industry with our …
: Die Zeit berichtet vom #Luddite Meetup in Brooklyn – auf den Punkt, und auf die Barrikaden. Ein good …
: A distressing story about how #car battery #recycling (not of the electric car ones!) poisons …
: The chat interface was a marketing bet. Selling #AI as if it is not auto complete. It still is. …
: Remember Gathertown? 🚶♂️🧟♂️
: Delightful 💩: dana boyd, Lee Vinsel & Cory Doctorow on #Enshittification It feels odd that Cory …
: Out now, Call for Case Participation (CfCP?) and CfP for “Before Ruins” in Bochum. …
: Yet another storm troubles #Vietnam, or as Mike puts it, the typhoon season is actually supposed to …
: A tiny side-project that I can hopefully pull through: reverse engineering an audio box for kids …
: At some point, it actually needs to be enough to end world hunger, says GamersNexus in a stellar …
: not on my list of expected developments: Ex-Intel boss Gelsinger now leads a #Christian #AI company …
: Auch der Zentralverband der Deutschen Geflügelwirtschaft geht bislang davon aus, dass die …
: How’s #IchBinHanna resisting #AI? “Our working conditions are student learning …
: “Reimagining AI for Environmental Justice and Creativity”, rich essays that guide us …
: Ad #Stadtbild in der taz 👏 Wenn wir uns städtische Probleme anschauen, dann geht es um ganz andere …
: I like to play around as an anonymous commenter in online newspaper columns. If you point out the …
: Paris Marx visits Mél’s podcast.🍿 When asked how he would advise a government on/vs #AI, Paris …
: Der Abfall, der Schmutz des Systems – Mary Douglas ruft an: Soziale Systeme entledigen sich …
: Epic #semiconductors. I am part of a German-Taiwanese research collab: “Exploring Silicon …
: It’s been three months since we left #Vietnam. I miss my dear vegan Phở from Kiez Hanoi. The …
: Our Bochum+ crowd finished yet another sweet RUSTlab annual retreat. We focused on writing and …
: Ein Korrektiv zum Thema #Migration aus Osteuropa und #Duisburg: Arbeiter*innen werden in den …
: After typhoon 🌀 Yagi in 2024, the north of #Vietnam faced yet another unprecedented storm. …
: Mit einem “Theoriesalto” stellt Staab Habermas auf den Kopf, um die grüne Transformation …
: Our #prediction series is announced, Mattering Press 2025 👋. There is power in prediction. In the …
: #Soziologie time, auf zum #DGS2025 Kongress! Ich hoffe, die Schiene hält, dann wird im waste-Panel …
: Clean room romantic of an electrical engineer overseeing EUV lasers, pieu pieu, ie, #chip …
: Toxic #PFAS have slowly come under control. But petrochemical companies find new industries to …
: Beyond the widely discussed celebration in #China, #Vietnam featured one of the largest parades in …
: The nightmare of the #Google case, As punishment for being convinced of obtaining and maintaining a …
: Die Rechtsextremen können nur zerstören, die Aufgabe der Linken ist es, Dinge zu erfinden. Endlich …
: A few things have progressed since my studies, but #ewaste recycling im #India calls for the …
: The NVidia black market documentary keeps on giving: #Repair shops in #China pimp GPUs to double the …
: A long, sensitive documentary about #GPU blackmarkets in #China by #GamersNexus. Including unreal …
: The hottest shit in #offshore construction technology, that’s at least what Google tells me. …
: #ChatGPT5, it appears, is full of shit. #OpenAI’s products are no longer primarily aimed at …
: I’m not there anymore, but it’s brutal to read about power cuts & the #heatwave in …
: Michel #Callon passed away, the old #ANT crowd slowly moves to heaven. We have lost a dear companion …
: What works in #India will scale better everywhere else. Naturally, the country is a battleground for …
: So much for the right to #repair, #Apple. a new charge port for an iPad Pro 11, a part that goes bad …
: There is a piano in there.* #train life of a #commuter #photography *Ok, that’s from a line a …
: Nicht nur “erziehen Waffen keine Kinder, Raketen ernten keinen Spargel.” Nein, “im …
: #Intel has cancelled its plans to build #chip fabs in Europe, plus cuts in the US. For Magdeburg in …
: We proudly share our Call for Cases for the 2nd #stsing conference, hosted in #Bochum. A case-based …
: The Israeli Sociological Society was suspended from cooperation w/ the International Sociological …
: On writing in the botanical garden. Take this, #AI frustration. Ruhr-Uni campus life 🦋, bees all …
: The current stage of #AI writing: use AI to humanize AI to trick AI detection. Or how …
: Wie reagiert eine Gesellschaft, die immer mehr ökologische Krisennachrichten hört und immer weniger …
: “Können nur das Geld ausgeben, das wir haben”, zitiert die SZ #Merz von einem …
: Warum die Trassenpreise steigen, und was das mit Obsoleszenz im System der #Bahn zu tun hat. Oder: Buchungstechnisch modernisiert, strukturell blockiert Die #DB ist mal wieder in den News, ein riesen Anstieg der Ticketpreise droht, eine scheinbare …
: Meanwhile, Twitter tells me: Pouring rain in #Hanoi. Different worlds, one planet
: Germans are freaking out about extraordinary #heat, and #Hanoi peeps are like, yep, that’s …
: Well put, the “averaging effect of #AI.” What’s the equivalent for writing? …
: How to slowly but surely log-off. I have been using a custom #launcher on #Android, Pro Launcher, …
: Attesting to living in times of nearing ends, ‘Before Ruins’ is when we are able and …
: Ihr braucht jemanden, der eure Möbel von #Ikea aufbaut und jedes Zwischenteil zunächst falsch herum …
: How #Vietnam bets on serving the #Trump organization. Despicable, including land evictions—not …
: The Economist aiming for #Vietnam and the general secretary. If Mr Lam fails, Vietnam will muddle on …
: Blue hour in the colourful town. #streetphotography #Hanoi
: The last coffee in my favorite neighborhood spot in #Hanoi. 👋❤️ I will miss the Vietnamese vibe
: Chilling out outside, perhaps having a solo Karaoke session, rockin it, living the AQI 50 life. …
: #Vietnam amid an unsustainable rush. The race to get out of China has gathered so much pace in …
: 50 years of reunification, the end of the second Indochina war, #Vietnam had a blast with a mammoth …
: Thought I needed a replacement of my keyboard, but repair man thought otherwise. A bit of polishing …
: Schon lange vor dem Schock des Anthropozäns war das #Klima entscheidend für imperiale …
: Wenn ich träumen könnte, ist eine Welt, in der wir AGI haben, eine Welt des Überflusses. So der …
: Capital has been here before with chintz—by which I mean real chintz, an artisanal craft from India. …
: #waste in motion, I was thrilled to join yet another DFG network meeting. Best vibe. Wholesome …
: Smart algorithms you’re having there, #wallstreet hi-speed traders, insta buying bacause a guy …
: Bericht aus Berlin auf, mehr Investitionen in den #BND als alternativlos und die Nachrichtendienste …
: Solidarisiere dich mit dem ukrainischen Unabhängigkeitskampf, ohne die Militarisierung von …
: #Trump shouting in the year I was born, 1988: America is being ripped off. We’re a debtor nation, …
: This kind of heavy-handed approach could undo years of careful work rebuilding U.S.-Vietnam trust …
: It’s an assumption that the only way to help yourself is to hurt other people. This is just what …
: #Vietnam hugged #Trump. Now they’re hit with a 46 by number 47. Likely, this is due to (recent …
: Time for French tattoos! Sentenced. To. Ineligibility. #lepen Inéligibilité avec exécution immédiate …
: Leider bleibt das größte Argument gegen den #ÖPNV: der Mann. Immer wieder sind es latent agressive …
: Calling for the #EASST Review. Speedy #sts contributions, due 12 May. We see the need to raise our …
: #MMT and Cory, that’s glory. Ok, cheap me, but that’s a highly recommended #podcast …
: Um ein Kind zu erziehen, braucht es einen ganzen Zug. *Gesendet aus dem ICE mit speedy Toddler. …
: Sending spring vibes for anyone who needs it (all of us?). Live from the Ruhr University campus, our …
: Die #Schuldenbremse schlägt zu, und es werden weitere Schläge im Land folgen. So schnell kann ein …
: Veit Braun bespricht Discounting Futures. #sts Was bedeutet Diskontieren? Man verrechnet die Kosten …
: Milliarden für neue Infrastruktur. Kaum gebaut, kommen die Erhaltungskosten. Aber die Budgets des …
: On luring people away from 2G: Vietnam’s plan was simple: Offer free 4G feature phones to help …
: Only #Merz could go to #Schuldenbremse, und die #Grünen konnten diese Investitionen nur aus der …
: #Haraway and #Barad, sure, they motivate #stshub2025. But I hear a lot of #LeGuin, the accessible …
: #stshub2025 as a political space for new platforms. For us, and beyond. Darkness, yet… …
: Time for #stshub. From dust to dawn, air pollution to fog, Ho-Chi Minh City to #Berlin. #sts …
: Live aus der Kanzlerstadt, #Arnsberg. Sauerland, ein Herz brennt für das #streetphotography
: #MMT has hammered down two money printing lessons. One, states with an independent central bank …
: Talking #airpollution in #Vietnam: ‘If we don’t burn, what should we do with it?’ she …
: 🔍 Das #Sondervermögen dribbelt die #Schuldenbremse aus. Die #CDU blockierte jede Reform – bis sie …
: Die aktuelle Lage würde es wohl vielleicht rechtfertigen, die alberne Karnevals-Pause der …
: I have such a great time here at Fulbright in #Vietnam. The staff, students, infrastructure. 🏋️ Yet …
: Today I messed around w/ chips in #Vietnam, from #geopolitics all the way to electronics workers …
: … und jetzt muss es an die #Schuldenbremse gehen. Ohne #FDP, eine von allen anerkannte …
: Rice field action in #Vietnam. Adoring the lush green. It’s grey and rainy and freaking windy, …
: #Briefwahl aus der Ferne. #Vietnam Währenddessen verstößt der hiesige Leiter der konservativen …
: DIE Frage zur Realität von #Trump und ökologischer und sozialer Zerstörung: Was wollen wir …
: Waste is notoriously unruly. So the critiques that depart from it may be equally inconvenient. A new …
: Meine Wahlunterlagen sind an der deutschen Botschaft in Hanoi eingegangen. Das kleine Kreuz ist eine …
: Deutschland braucht die Euros der Bürgerinnen für den Bau von Bahnstrecken genauso wie Starbucks …
: Cultures of #energy with a banger #podcast episode. Talking politics of sunshine w/ Myles Lennon. …
: Well, today we’ve got a better air quality in #HCMC #Vietnam than in Germany. The weather …
: Was das neue #Surplus Magazin zur #Energiewende druckt: Die vom Privatsektor vorangetriebene …
: Konservative Denker mobilisieren in der #FAZ weiter für die #CDU. Nicht Friedrich Merz hat in der …
: Sign up! 3/4 von 850.000€ sind erreicht. Ein wichtiges Gutachten, bisher hat noch keine Stelle alle …
: The editorial board of the Guardian calls the actions of #Trump and #Musk a #coup. In a world where …
: Grabbing cheap minerals and infrastructure is part of the war on #Ukraine. #Russia is in it, sure, …
: Es „liegen tatsächliche Anhaltspunkte dafür vor“, dass die AfD „Bestrebungen gegen die freiheitliche …
: Sharing some Bibimbap love for y’all. This is what we need
: Die Kolleg*innen aus Aachen schlagen in der Zeit eine missionsorientierte Förderpolitik für Chips …
: Farce liegt in der Luft, aber #Marx’ Brumaire hat mehr: Die soziale Revolution des neunzehnten …
: Die Wirtschaftspolitik der #CDU ist auch nur Wirtshauspolitik. Wer kann diesen deutschen Flow an …
: Zum Methanleck der Nordstream-Explosion: “Als einzelnes Event für sich genommen war es …
: Proofs incoming. “Dynamiken digitaler Bewertung: Über Gestaltungsspielräume in …
: Thinking like a #climate, #MAGA style Don Jr said on a trip to the island that he wanted to …
: I’m honored to be Visiting Scholar at Fulbright University Ho Chi Minh City aka Saigon, …
: Gerade mit einem unernsten, mehrdeutigen und spielerischen Stil manipuliert der Agitator vage Ängste …
: It’s that time of the year again in #Hanoi, #Vietnam, when the capital is planetary top of the …
: #Shenzhen, #China. During our trip to Hong Kong, I also had to dip into the world’s capital of …
: On the train, officials are offered traditional Ukrainian dishes and books about Ukraine’s history …
: So, what’s the #MMT comment of the day? The #shutdown in the #US is looming, as it always is, …
: How rice paddies turn into factory land. Few nations have benefited more than #Vietnam from the …
: We are happy that the new volume of the EASST Review is out. 43/2 baby! Hugs to everyone involved …
: Nvidia’s Jensen Huang was in #Hanoi #Vietnam last week, as he was in 2023, and he put on a …
: Now that the seal is broken on scraping #Bluesky posts into datasets for machine learning, people …
: Both are blocked on #X, attacked by Elon, and both do a solid job of replacing #Twitter. The …
: Wenn ich irgendjemanden fragen würde, ‘Wünschen Sie sich, dass sich die weltweiten Einkommen …
: #blackfriday, und alle bemängeln individuelle Laster und fehlende Initiativen. Dabei passiert viel, …
: This is perhaps the greatest takeaway of the book, that the prospect of ‘stranded …
: "… make full use of our natural advantage", the official says. Geopolitics returns, …
: The nomination didn’t last even a full Scaramucci. So we’re back in that kind of era again. …
: Consider yourself in a wildfire, casually enjoying the fire. Breathe. That’ll be a fine …
: 20 years of #GoogleScholar, holy cow. It’s all nice and weird but what happens when they pull …
: Devaluation and society are closely entangled – my chapter contribution to the Routledge …
: Die #FDP mit einer billigen Show, die ihr jetzt kosten könnte. Was nun folgt, ist ein Ausbruch des …
: #Bluesky wächst und wächst. Ihr flieht von #X. No personal information that you submit will be …
: Mapping university #data #infrastructure. Last week, we hosted a workshop with our interlocutors. …
: Investing in alternative social media like the #Fediverse (and to a lesser degree, #Bluesky), has …
: The third night in a row I could barely sleep. Turns out that the turn out drove my anxiety—my body …
: Vom Eisenbahnnetz im Kaiserreich bis hin zu faszinierenden Zuglandschaften, historische …
: Everything and everyone is “prompting” and “generating” nowadays, even in …
: Here’s a detective thriller on semi-legal #semiconductor shipments to #Russia via #India and …
: “Your manuscript had been submitted”, nice. We have prepared a sweet volume on shaping …
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Publication formats: Maybe you need do decide what side you're on, GenAI or Zine?
As part of digital infrastructure research, we are exploring alternative forms to publish academic …
: A situated lexicon of #virtuality: We have written a volume on an underappreciated term It was a lot of fun (and work) to get this ready as a co-editor. It was also a risky adventure, a …
: The #Nvidia stock is going bonkers again. Analysts applaud a cooperation with Foxconn. New chips to …
: Here’s the final stage of my solar-powered #Fediverse experiment. This is the story of my …
: This photo essay turns to the infamous #ewaste site Agbogbloshie, and it takes the workers …
: Cory Doctorow with a few new banger lines on #enshittification. Platform capitalism, or …
: I am looking at historical documents of our brutalist university, as gathered recently by excellent …
: Stop what you’re doing and start the electric #zine maker. …
: Deutsche #Soziologie meets glühender Rotstift. Sätze aufbrechen, Einschübe tilgen, Verben …
: When I achieve a little monster task and it includes a neat long summary email, I like to look at …
: Recovering from storm #Yagi means dealing with flooding and trees gone wild. But it also means …
: The #Intel investment in #Magdeburg is postponed. An expected turmoil. One of the many interesting …
: We just finished a wonderful trip to #Japan, but wonder why #Osaka scores so well in liveability …
: Tofu woman meets coffee dude while the barber goes hiking. And the photo store guy is ready for …
: Train ring #photography, #Japan. Shot with a charming 1965 Asahi Super-Takumar 55mm. …
: Here is one of the official warning messages we received in #Hanoi, and parts of the aftermath. …
: #Yagi. 🌪️ #Vietnam & #Hanoi face the worst typhoon in modern history. Locals are alarmed, …
: This read hit me right in the guts, what a group: the Four Thieves Vinegar Collective. Love love …
: What possibly goes wrong. Well, it’s a vibrant field, what not to love about the new old web? …
: #Consumer protection is beefing up, as we learned today in an interview with a representative of the …
: Time to organise, you me we, I suppose.
: #China + 1 actually means Chinese industries moving south. 🌄 This and other gems are discussed in …
: So, what is Karan #Barad up to these days? Considering that their theories are gaining traction …
: I am hyped, because I just learned about a low-cost #airpurifier. CR-boxes. They use MERV-13 filters …
: Cage homes, a Vietnamese story. This new-ish trend in the capital is tough to swallow. And now, …
: Despite decades of struggle, fenceline disputes over petrochemical pollution have rarely posed …
: Ein Interview zu unserer Monographie, nun open access: Artenübergreifende Fürsorge? Die …
: Campus entanglements, Ruhr University Bochum. #academicchatter
: Good night, #easst4s2024, #photography vibes
: Join our panel on Planetary Data Infrastructure right now at #easst4s2024. A two session ride. …
: Awesome audience. This morning at #easst4s2024, I discussed our upcoming book (series) on …
: Scale and anti-scale. Today, I enjoyed listening to a three session panel on the #cloud, and a …
: Check the new EASST Review published just in time for the big #sts conference. Our editorial is …
: Pre-conference travels. Stopping in #Utrecht before heading to Amsterdam and the #easst4s train. …
: This Samsung protest (a remarkable one) reminds me of my recent travels to #SouthKorea. I came …
: Listening to another great podcast episode w/ Daniela and her critical-theory-ish #energy approach. …
: I get the critique of the left re: #labour in #Britian. The obvious danger is that an unpopular …
: “Coal plants are being reinvigorated because of the AI boom. This should be alarming to anyone who …
: Liminal Excavations A zine that explores alternative visions, ideas and critiques on the topic of …
: #Putin is next door. Spicy for many reasons. Russia has a significant stake in Vietnam’s lucrative …
: Listening to this splash of an episode: New Books in Science, Technology, and Society: danah #boyd …
: More #climatechange can mean more #fossilfuels, see the case of #Vietnam: The reduced output from …
: As young parents you love to send and receive digger pics #children #urbanwildlife
: #streetphotography from #Hanoi. I find this coffee shop rather cute.
: Two of my Canadian #sts friends just popped up in my #podcast feed. Listen to Mél Hogan and her …
: We, the @rustlab@assemblag.es, have written about reading. Academia as reading culture. …
: #Modi lost the absolute majority, the #BJP needs a coalition. #India. Modi basically controls the …
: HEPA filter, old/new. When I’m thinking about good (somewhere between low- and high) #tech, …
: What’s the backend of #Solarpunk? I’m thinking low and high #tech, digital in …
: This post is GOLD. Engineering for the slow internet (an Antarctica story). Through the comments on …
: #DieZeit bietet ein interaktives Feature zu gesellschaftlichen Problemen – und Lösungen. Natürlich …
: One theme in my research about chip value chains is that #semiconductor firms invest a lot of …
: It’s #linux time. Since Windows and Mac OS are moving in a questionable direction and my …
: #ICQ will turn off soon. I grew up with it’s weird aoooo and still know my quite long ID by …
: What’s a hot and useful technique in network #dataviz? I am fiddling around with a graph that …
: A wild read with many interesting graphs. The lack of social theory is part of the argument, but it …
: #Saigon vibes. #streetphotography I’ve been to a lovely #sts conference in #HCMC (more on this …
: We’re finishing a lovely “situated”, and a bit speculative, dictionary on …
: Bei Soziopolis bespreche ich das für den Sachbuchpreis nominierte Buch „#Müll. Eine schmutzige …
: You want to watch the trailer for an upcoming movie on YouTube but you first have to sit through an …
: Hey, look at this. Rubin features our data centre project and my research in #Vietnam ❤️ …
: “Exotic animal,” mobile application. #streetphotography #photography #scooter #vietnam …
: Ever used Zoom? Googled? Discussed numbers and their implications? We have a new article out and ask …
: Future here, again. 👋 On a hot #planet, you need more ventilation. But since you’re living in …
: #HeatWave in #SEA. People turn on ACs or hide in a mall. But there is not enough energy, …
: #tsmc in Arizona: a concrete monster hungry for water, in the middle of the desert, driving a …
: #Deutschlandfunk Kultur hatte mich zugeschaltet. Wir sprachen über #Elektroschrott: Geräte, Mengen …
: Sincerely, your favourite chatbot by #OpenAI. #AI OpenAI’s training crawler was stuck pinging “the …
: For all you rhizomes out there, here are more than 1k drawings of plant roots: …
: Zwar beschleunigt sich die Nachhaltigkeitskrise.., aber das friedensbewegte, zivilgesellschaftliche, …
: The Discarded interweaves stories about imaginary #books with reflections on libraries, both real …
: The #technofix is under scrutiny in #sts. But for a somewhat surprising reason: because of its conceptual weakness. So here is the #infrastructure fix. And thoughts from #LeakageSTS in Dresden This is a hot take that Lee Vinsel has been trying to drive home for a couple of weeks already. …
: The chip rush of #Vietnam is in trouble. As explained by Mike, energy shortages will hit the country …
: Check out this story about the methods of #AI model training. The stacking. Etc. A qualitative …
: #arte has a solid documentary on #chips. Most of the big names of the ongoing public drama are …
: Open Access PDF: Unser Buch über artenübergreifende Fürsorge ist freigeschaltet. Es handelt von der …
: As part of #stsleakage, we enjoyed the Robotron selection in #Dresden. Look at these beauties. …
: #stsleakage with a keynote by Amade M’charek, emphasizing what academia can be, what it can …
: Meanwhile, a critical book may be enough to get you into jail in #Hongkong. A book. #China is proud: …
: #STSLeakage starts with a careful situating exercise, and the provocation that is leakage. Susann …
: Joining #STSLeakage in Dresden, here is some #streetphotography to get us going. To arrive. A bit of …
: #sts has a problem with #democracy. It follows from strong assumptions around democracy, e.g. …
: Learning to pronounce: the struggle with tiếng Việt. (Ok, the x is actually an /s/ but this one is …
: Community information. Bright and clear. The party’s anniversary was just a few weeks ago. …
: Sharing special issue love: We invite contributions to discuss the mediation of knowledge practices …
: We produced controversy maps on the chip rush in #Vietnam. 26th floor. A timeline representing …
: Old town love, #Hanoi. #Streetphotography #photography #vietnam
: Rant on #Microsoft #Windows: Is there any bitter sweet blog post or whatever text tackling the …
: Current mood. #streetphotography #vietnam #wildlife #academicchatter
: A linklist that spreads air purification dedication through a viral story, two neat podcasts, and once again looks at pleasant ways to enjoy the web You have probably come across this post, but in case you have not, get ready for a thorough analysis …
: I’m a fan (and soon co-editor) of idiosyncratic, speculative dictionaries. But what’s …
: Liberals from #Germany block groundbreaking #EU law. The adoption of the CSDD was just a formality. …
: Chinatown KL w/ hip book store in an old cinema. #streetphotography #photography #malaysia
: Food for thought. Lame but 🤷🏻♂️. #Malaysia—a food paradise. Love the streets. Before our lunar new …
: JNU in Delhi was a place to discuss and breathe. I experienced it in 2012. But Modi. …
: #KL vibe. Lunar new year down south. Probing a (physical) filter at noon w/ harsh light conditions. …
: “Someone has to suffer, the writer or the reader. But the reader doesn’t want to.” …
: A linkdump on hot climate events, web scams, and Vietnam greeting the dragon Starting off with an odd one: Big Oil apparently funded climate science since the early 1950s. And …
: New year celebrations. #Hanoi is full of flowers and colours. Usually there is a grey filter on top. …
: Flipping things over sounds reasonable. RT social.tchncs.de/@stefanla… #photography
: Particles. The energy sending them afar is here. And it’s not. People see the burning. But …
: A linkdump that explores the lovely new web, the Vietnamese chip news cycle, and ambivalent ecological developments “Where have all the websites gone?” is the question posed by blogger Jason. And he sends …
: “The making of critical data center studies,” Dustin Edwards, Zane Griffin Talley Cooper …
: Twisted. Tết, lunar new year, is almost there. And everyone’s busy heading out of town. Or is …
: Proud smoker. Indeed, the men love to smoke. Shot through two wine bottles and a window. Layered …
: I’m a satisfied reader of Dominic Boyer’s new book “No More Fossils.” What a …
: Talking blogs. I got many fluffy podcasts by asking on social media, so here’s the blog …
: Still a smart low-tech invention, the dumpster. #waste #vietnam #streetphotography
: Conducting. And an update on my recent blog post featuring repair, air purity, and a bit of Taiwan. …
: A link dump featuring: Public decay Picture me as A Person Who Stares At Infrastructures, focusing on anything to do with repair, a lot …
: In the shadows. Increasing the shutter speed at night and playing with digital filters. Why not? …
: Sunday is badminton day. Since we will only get sun from March onwards, it’s time to play with …
: The #Taiwan election finishes with a call for stability, in a way. “It may be that the DPP …
: Premium living. #ciputra #Hanoi #photography #urbanphotography
: Disturbing news. #Vietnam fires 21-gun salute to welcome the Indonesian President, but more salutes …
: I’m not sure how to frame this. #streetphotography of an inaccessible waste site.
: On the fence. An animal and its past, or yet another future? #streetphotography #photography …
: South Bronx Unite has published a nice interactive data vis about #airpollution. This is an …
: Cleaning lady. I’ve had trouble shooting in the dark, but playing with the exposure triangle …
: Uncle Ho is watching you. Dimly #photography #streetphotography #vietnam
: Today, I met folks in a 27 story Hanoi building. This is a bit of b/w #streetphotography to arrive. …
: While working on a comment re: chips in Asia-Pacific, this image from a “semiconductor …
: Back from the hilly new year’s escape. Harvesting dinosaurs. #Vietnam #photography
: For me, this time between Xmas and YNE has been one of redesigning and optimising websites. Personal …
: Winter is tough in Asia, our Air Quality Index regularly cracks the 300 mark. Top 3 world-wide for …
: Charging the house. Pending. #photography #Vietnam #Hanoi
: Our toddler loves the word for #waste (or “Boe”, as he calls it??), and the appropriate …
: Caring for European Science & Technology Studies: EASST review 42(2) is out! #STS reports, …
: Mapping controversies around #semiconductor production in #Vietnam. Live project; a fantastic …
: My dear friends from RUSTlab commented on my lecture. A delight! Stefan suggested the notion of …
: Comparing Fediverse software for hosting: Ease of use, efficiency, waste Here’s a blog post on #hosting a microblogging instance on the #Fediverse with ecological …
: Nights out in #Hanoi, lights not out. West Lake. #Vietnam #photography
: SNAP, why did The Verge publish this masterpiece on the end of #twitter? I’m just lmao about …
: Why do critical thinkers on a very solid payroll put their blogs behind a corporate paywall? Looking …
: #Dubai is where feudal capitalism thrives: built on oil and gas capital, maintained by monopolists …
: Up next, responsible yachting. #COP28 Green Zone in a nutshell. 🤷🏻♂️
: Perhaps due to widespread concerns around the issue of women aging out of factory work, Samsung …
: Hi folks, I’m onto something. The Sheikh #capitalism of drilling 4,000m deep to tickle …
: #Dubai is as an offensively clean city. Not only for #COP28. It’s officials are putting …
: Arrived in UAE. Is anyone in concrete town #Dubai for #COP28? Keen on talking #sts, semiconductors, …
: 100 min. delay, I’m in the Deutsche Bahn game, again. Obsolescence instead of transformation, …
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Thinking like a waste scholar
Waste is on top of my mind, although not always centre stage in every research project.
: Subsurface surfing. With the help of the maintenance staff, we went underground, following the …
: An excavator has struck. The cloud system of various universities in the state of Northrine …
: Through Cory Doctorow’s recent linkdump I learned about the charming non-standard …
: My blog is now my not-so-secret home for casual writing, all posts here and elsewhere reside on …
: Coffee review. #waste #history
: Patchy value chains With this post, I want to bring a color to the blog, show how I experience my daily life as a …
: Social sciences, ecology and careful digital communication How can social science research address planetary concerns and be designed carefully? Two recent …
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Engagement
Since the end of 2023, I am part of the editorial board of the EASST Review.
I was a board member of …
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Interspecies Care
More-than-human research in the aftermath of the Corona crisis, and more.
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Current Project
My main research theme right now is data centres: their local arrangement, material legacies, …
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Train Infrastructures
Based on my (now concluded) work in the collaborative research centre in Siegen I contribute to the …
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Coding
More hands-on skills: From Data Science to Graph Analysis.
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Ethnography
My central methodological competence: participant observation, immersion, following materials, …
: Network valuation studies I am part of the research group On the path to the valuation society? funded by the German Research …
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E-Waste Research
Global and interdisciplinary research on e-waste: ethnographic studies in Germany, India, and …