Michael Düren

Professor for experimental particle physics; Working Group Energy at the German Physics Society

[Michael Düren @Michael_Dueren]

Sieh dir diesen Instagram-Beitrag von @luke360 an https://t.co/An43JcuOD4

[GBC @GBC_Press]

🚨 BREAKING:

U.S. world-famous author Stephen King:

“Trump is a tumor in America’s veins. A tyrant who does not hesitate to set a country on fire for his narcissistic ego. No horror story I’ve written could be as terrifying as this man.”

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP*
Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.
I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

[Michael Düren @Michael_Dueren]

Now’s the time to reclaim it and ensure AI works for ALL, not just the few. https://t.co/NJZ995Y8Ma via @FacebookWatch

[Vicky Richter🇩🇪🇺🇸🇧🇷🇬🇧 @VickyR1chter]

America’s “Favor” That Powers Its Empire

U.S. troops in Germany are not there out of charity—and certainly not to “protect” Germans. They are there because without German soil, American global reach doesn’t function.

Ramstein is the largest U.S. air base outside America. Stuttgart hosts EUCOM and AFRICOM—the command centers for operations across Europe and Africa. Landstuhl has been the lifeline for wounded U.S. soldiers from Iraq to Afghanistan. Even drone operations in places like Somalia rely on infrastructure routed through Germany.

Remove that, and you don’t weaken Berlin—you blind Washington.

Yet somehow the narrative persists: America is doing Germany a favour. That Europe is the dependent, the beneficiary, the so-called “freeloader.”

It’s a convenient story. It’s also strategically backwards.

Because the reality is simple: those bases are not acts of generosity. They are instruments of power. And they exist in Germany not for Germany’s benefit—but for America’s ability to operate far beyond its own borders.

Take them away, and the question isn’t what Germany loses.

It’s how much the United States does.

[#MadeInGermany2035 🇪🇺🤝🇩🇪 @42tw1tter1sd3ad]

Oha, die Studie wird einschlagen wie eine Bombe.
Thema: Systemkosten. Der neue Kampfbegriff von KathErina Reiche (E wie EON)
Die Uni Aalborg hat jetzt nachgerechnet mit allen Kosten.

Ergebnis:
Erneuerbare: 4 Cent/kWh
Atom: 10 Cent/kWh

Was ist enthalten?
Speicher? Drin.
Netzausbau? Drin.
Stabilisierung? Drin.
Flexibilisierung? Drin.

Ein Thread 🧵

[Michael Düren @Michael_Dueren]

Finally, the official English version of our call for decisive action against global warming is published!
https://t.co/xhrMVwqs4i

[Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil @ivan_8848]

Scott Ritter: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🚨We are a WAR CRIMINAL STATE.

🚨The President of the United States is either a liar or has been told bad information, and Hegseth knows the truth.

🚨Pete Hegseth murdered these kids.

🚨Pete Hegseth is a war criminal.

🚨This war cannot end with Pete Hegseth
still in charge.

🚨He must be remouved and held accountable.

🚨He must be, removed from power and preferably arrested.

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

A REGIONAL CONFLICT NOW‼️
#TrumpEpsteinPedoCoverUp #EpsteinTrumpPedoFiles

[Milk Road AI @MilkRoadAI]

Anthropic just released the most IMPORTANT chart in the AI labor debate.

This comes from the company that builds Claude using data from 2 million real conversations.

Here’s what it shows.

The blue area is every task AI could theoretically do right now.

The red area is what people are actually using it for.

The gap between them is enormous and that gap is your career runway.

Computer programmers are already 75%
covered.

Customer service reps, data entry workers, financial analysts, they’re next.

But here’s what no one is talking about.

The mass layoffs haven’t really started.

Unemployment for exposed workers hasn’t budged.

So what’s actually happening?

Companies are closing the front door, hiring for workers aged 22 to 25 in AI exposed jobs has dropped 14%.

The most exposed workers aren’t factory workers, they’re college educated, higher earning.

49% of US jobs now have at least a quarter of their tasks inside AI’s reach.

That’s up from 36% just one year ago.

And the red area on that chart,
the real world usage is still a fraction of what’s possible.

Every month, it grows a bit.

Anthropic built the scoreboard and most people haven’t looked at it yet.

[Aviator Anil Chopra @Chopsyturvey]

Anger against Trump Tariffs

[Michael Düren @Michael_Dueren]

Finally, we witness the end of capitalism and free market.

[🇺🇸🍩 JULIE DONUTS 🇺🇸🍩 @Juliedonuts]

Listen closely to Vance. He’s talking about mining and minerals but what’s not being said is the minerals are silver and gold. He said “Floor pricing” which means no more PAPER deals suppressing the prices. Yes it’s about precious minerals and mining here but he’s really also talking about METALS BACKED CURRENCIES WORLDWIDE.

Be on board or you’re out. He just told them.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

For anyone who would like to hear Mark Carney’s outstanding Davos speech in full here it is. This is what true global leadership looks like.

Canada should be immensely proud today, because they are leading the fight back when others dare not.

🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/BExGV2YIDq

[Asian Guy @AGAsianGuy]

THE END OF PAPER SILVER?

[Der Postillon 📯 @Der_Postillon]

"Keine ideologischen Verbote": CDU will Hexenverbrenner-Aus auf den Prüfstand stellen
https://t.co/jSB8qQ2TwD
https://t.co/jSB8qQ2TwD

[King Arthur Fan @brandilwells]

If you grew up in the 1970s, you probably possess these rare traits.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Netflix quietly filmed a final interview with Dr. Jane Goodall, to be released only after her death.

In it, she jokes about blasting Trump and Elon Musk into space… then leaves the world with two words:

“Don’t lose hope.”

A legendary sign-off.

[Michael Düren @Michael_Dueren]

Ich habe gerade die Petition “Prüft ein AfD-Verbot!" unterschrieben. Auf https://t.co/4AamPOTH68 kannst auch du die Kampagne mit wenigen Klicks unterstützen: https://t.co/i06xMLQGx1

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir.