For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Curious about if/how the regime relates to the person, i.e. Autoctacy vs. Autocrats and Democracy vs. Democrats?

Just received my copy of @mcfaulmike.bsky.social 's latest book "Autocrats vs. Democrats". Looking forward to reading it and expanding my horizon, noting that I have grown up in a constitutional monarchy (Luxembourg) and currently living in a direct democracy (Switzerland)!

LIVE: Abdication of Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri, swearing-in of Grand Duke Guillaume YouTube video by Reuters

LIVE: Abdication of Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri, swearing-in of Grand Duke Guillaume youtube.com/live/2L-fGMQ...

Me, watching on #bbc :-)

How is this Spike 1 different from the spike protein derived from the vaccine's mRNA?

I just came back from a week at Roland Garros in Paris. Much more COVID-like coughing going on, when compared to last year and the 2024 Olympics. Apart from some security guys, I was the only one wearing a mask. And I got no comments. Interesting!!!

Giving back :-)

Please support "The CROCUS Reactor - An Educational and Interactive Model for Everyone!" ideas.lego.com/s/p:e235fbd0...

Claude's Book Review May 2025

My latest book review of "I, Human" by by T. Chamorro-Premuzic is now available on Substack @ substack.com/home/post/p-...

I travelled the length and breadth of Luxembourg by bus – and it didn’t cost me a penny With free public transport for all – including tourists - exploring the vineyards, mysterious canyons and lush forests of the Grand Duchy couldn’t be easier

I travelled the length and breadth of Luxembourg by bus – and it didn’t cost me a penny

(Im)possibility of Automated Hallucination Detection in Large Language Models Is automated hallucination detection possible? In this work, we introduce a theoretical framework to analyze the feasibility of automatically detecting hallucinations produced by large language models...

Interesting paper on LLM hallucination arxiv.org/abs/2504.17004

Finally, the second edition of my book "Design Thinking for Strategy" has been published with some hopefully interesting additions regarding customer jobs to be done: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Frage: Gibt es Schätzungen für Inzidenzzahlen/Infektionen auf Basis der Abwasserdaten für Influenza/RSV ähnlich ihrer Schätzungen für SARS COV-2?

Claude's Book Review February 2025

This month I reviewed "Creative Confidence" by Tom Kelley and David Kelley. This is a book is about creativity. Find out more in my review below! And dont' forget tu subscribe :-)

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Just ordered my copy! Looking forward to reading you latest insights :-)

Claude's Book Review February 2025

This month I reviewed "Creative Confidence" by Tom Kelley and David Kelley. This is a book is about creativity. Find out more in my review below! And dont' forget tu subscribe :-)

substack.com/home/post/p-...

365 days to go! See you there :-) #freshfocus #sports #photo

Italy celebrates one-year countdown to Winter Games Italy marked the one-year countdown to the Winter Olympics on Thursday with a series of events designed to fuel enthusiasm for the Games that will be co-hosted by Milan and the Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo.

Italy marked the one-year countdown to the Winter Olympics with a series of events designed to fuel enthusiasm for the Games that will be co-hosted by Milan and the Alpine town of Cortina d'Ampezzo #MilanoCortina2026 reut.rs/4aPzN0a

Hi! I have decided to move my insights newsletter, including my monthly book review, to Substack. If you are interested in my writings, please subscribe at diderich.substack.com.
Please note that all my book reviews past, present, and future, will remain free to read.

On a personal note: I have modernised my personal website at www.sigmadream.com. Any feedback is welcome. In addition, I have moved on from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter/X and post my photos using the BlueSky handle cdsp.photo.

Still, again, so true: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej7d... #savetherich #usa

Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵

In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.

We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.

with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...

Just pre-ordered my copy :-)

If you like (or are just interested in) my photos, please follow my "new" account @cdsp.photo here on BlueSky for updates.

That describes well why I did my PhD in Theoretical Computer Science (sigmadream.com/thesis.html or doi.org/10.5075/epfl...)

Repeat, Reproduce, Replicate | Communications of the ACM

Interesting thoughts! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... #research #publishing #computerscience #cs #experiments #code

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland plays a backhand against Lola Radivojevic of Serbia during the first single match on day one of the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Playoff on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in Biel, Switzerland (Claude Diderich / freshfocus)

Belinda Bencic of Switzerland plays a backhand against Lola Radivojevic of Serbia during the first single match on day one of the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Playoff on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in Biel, Switzerland 📷: Claude Diderich / freshfocus #tennis #bjkcup #billiejeankingcup

Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland plays a volley against Mia Ristic of Serbia during the second single match on day one of the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Playoff on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in Biel, Switzerland (Claude Diderich / freshfocus)

Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland plays a volley against Mia Ristic of Serbia during the second single match on day one of the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Playoff on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 in Biel, Switzerland 📷: Claude Diderich / freshfocus #tennis #bjkcup #billiejeankingcup

Christian Baumann of team Ba'mour reacts after competing on the rings during round two of the Swiss Cup Zürich at Hallenstadion on Saturday, November 9, 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland (Claude Diderich / freshfocus)

Christian Baumann of team Ba'mour reacts after competing on the rings during round two of the Swiss Cup Zürich at Hallenstadion on Saturday, November 9, 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland 📷: Claude Diderich / freshfocus #gymnastics #swisscupzuerich #weltklasseturnen #rings #zurich @freshfocus