Tobias Denskus
@aidnography
Associate Professor in Development Studies at Malmö University, Sweden. Global development. Humanitarianism. Communication & Social Change. Chief Blogger at www.aidnography.de since 2010. More:
Academic books have always been ridiculously expensive, I know-but why does it feel like a company like Routledge raises their prices by 10-15% almost every time I visit the website?1?? I remember paperbacks for 30 Euros & hardbacks for 85 Euros??
Between 1920 and 2018 Bordeaux had 1(!) day above 40 degrees; all the others have been since, including 6 days in 2026 alone-more than the combined total of the previous 100 years!
Würde man bei der NZZ ernsthaft Journalismus betreiben würde ich Marcks schon fragen, warum er in diesem Umfeld arbeitet & bezahlt wird wo das doch alles übertriebener Quatsch ist...
Schön mit den popkulturellen Erwartungen der Leserinnen gespielt da seine Frau vorne sitzt...
Since the launch of ChatGPT monthly submissions to arXiv have almost doubled to 30k & even if the rejection rate has also doubled since 2023, academia is looking at a fundamental crisis of dealing with AI-fueled texts...
Of course University of Tennessee requires you to check with their lawyers if you are planning to include a link to a Bernie Sanders Op-ed from 2021 in your email signature, because it's the country where 75% of Substack punditery lives off "free speech"/cancel culture posts...
I know they don’t care, but every form of US diplomacy has become a global laughing stock by now…an ambassador opening a McDonalds restaurant in Greece in 2026 is beyond Onion-esque parody…
Wobei die Gruppe der Preisträgerinnen ja wohl traditionell etwas, nun ja, eklektisch ist...
Even though it's AI-generated, this is how the lead author, Roberto Gomez Cram, summarizes their "Prediction Market Accuracy: Crowd Wisdom or Informed Minority?" paper; very reminiscent of basically every other visualization of "how capitalism works"...
In the casino, the house always wins, "prediction market" edition: "(Majority) trades generate most of the volume, but little of the info & their losses flow as profits to the informed minority. Prediction market accuracy thus reflects the wisdom of an informed minority, not the wisdom of the crowd"
Das gehört so in der 20h Tagesschau vorgelesen auf englisch und deutsch. Wörtlich. BBC versucht einen Kompromiss
„It’s the opportunity to learn how to succeed in an environment filled with the world’s most talented and ambitious people“ is what an economist thinks is the advantage of studying at an Ivy that makes their graduates overrepresented in the top echelons of society.
This is the non-AI version of AI slop. Platitudes, plastic statements & political rhetoric that barely corresponds with the reality of UK politics; a dangerous path to irrelevance that the UN system is on at a time of so many crises and so little true leadership…
Stuck in outdated diplomatic rituals, UN is losing a lot of what’s left of her credibility; the fact that nobody laughs, leaves the room & continues to sit through this ridiculous performance is a sign of things to come: UN as a tragic-comical global theater without any power :(
Alas, UN experts with some reality check about US leadership of WFP…but if not now, when??
As aid budgets gets slashed & the US withdraws from global institutions, this is an excellent opportunity to finally bring in a non-American leader for WFP (and please stop with the plastic press releases...)
Four minutes of air conditioning-Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour. @ourworldindata.org on what a hotter planet means for billions of people.
These pictures were taken by the President's official photographer & they give off a strange vibe between rich white woman on a horseback riding excursion, a celebrity visiting a war zone & a particular MAGA-inspired air of "girl bossing"
People are wondering why Germany's second most-powerful politician Julia Klöckner agreed to an IDF-guided tour in Gaza without speaking to a single Palestinian or aid organization; for pictures likes this: 100% MAGA-chic, 0% empathy. This is what "conservatives" want to be known for globally