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So much for the right to #repair, #Apple. a new charge port for an iPad Pro 11, a part that goes bad all the time, costs $250 from Apple. Aftermarket charge ports, meanwhile, can be found for less than $20. www.404media.co/apple-is-…
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There is a piano in there.* #train life of a #commuter #photography *Ok, that’s from a line a podcast just dropped while I listened and typed. 99÷ Invisible
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Nicht nur “erziehen Waffen keine Kinder, Raketen ernten keinen Spargel.” Nein, “im schlimmsten Fall sitzt 2029 eine rechtsextreme Partei mit in einer Regierung, die dann bereits ein kleines Waffenarsenal zur Verfügung hat.” #Aufrüstung, zerstört. #AfD #Schulden www.zeit.de/politik/2…
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#Intel has cancelled its plans to build #chip fabs in Europe, plus cuts in the US. For Magdeburg in east Germany, once the biggest new site to be build, this is no small matter. I am preparing a project on the stranded industrial infrastructure in Magdeburg. From delay to pause to cancel, now what?
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We proudly share our Call for Cases for the 2nd #stsing conference, hosted in #Bochum. A case-based format is a way of conferencing that is local, small, and oriented towards the concrete. Make your case, fit your case, hop on. #sts #sociology #anthropology stsing.org/before-ru…
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The Israeli Sociological Society was suspended from cooperation w/ the International Sociological Association. #ISS #Sociology This sends “a problematic signal by isolating academic organizations under political pressure instead of protecting them.” 👇 soziologie.de/aktuell/n…
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On writing in the botanical garden. Take this, #AI frustration. Ruhr-Uni campus life 🦋, bees all over the place
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The current stage of #AI writing: use AI to humanize AI to trick AI detection. Or how “semiconductor” turns into a “0.5 conductor.” Brilliant. Time to rethink the university restofworld.org/2025/ai-d…