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Am 6. September wird in Sachsen-Anhalt gewählt.
"Im Falle einer Regierungsübernahme würde die extrem rechte Partei Sachsen-Anhalt binnen kurzem in ein Labor für den autoritären Umbau der Gesellschaft verwandeln.
Sie wird ausprobieren, wie weit man es auf Landesebene mit der Durchsetzung rechter Politik treiben kann." - David Begrich

Kein pauschales Handyverbot: Sachsen-Anhalt erarbeitet Leitlinien für Schulen
Um die Nutzung privater Mobilgeräte in Schulen zu regeln, setzt Sachsen-Anhalt auf Leitlinien, die empfehlen, aber nicht flächendeckend verpflichten.

Since ChatGPT came out in late 2022, over *half a million* tech workers have been laid off. That fact, and their voices, aren't really shaping the conversation about AI, and what "AI" really means in culture. So I started to get into it: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/500k-t

500,000 tech workers have been laid off since ChatGPT was released
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

"5 schnelle Sketchnotes-Symbole, die du im Dezember überall verwenden kannst (mit Anleitung)" #sketchnote

Since ChatGPT came out in late 2022, over *half a million* tech workers have been laid off. That fact, and their voices, aren't really shaping the conversation about AI, and what "AI" really means in culture. So I started to get into it: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/06/500k-t

500,000 tech workers have been laid off since ChatGPT was released
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

This article by @… squarely hits in the feels, names and articulates what's happening in the tech industry, and points towards pragmatic things we can do.
Notably — and I cannot sufficiently underscore how crucial this is — Anil spells out that power by its very definition is fundamentally requisite to enact any influence on the direction of tech. We cannot cha…

Metas Datensammlung: Auch Sachsen-Anhalt wechselt die Seite
Meta Platforms' Datensammlung auf fremden Webseiten und Apps ist unzulässig. Auch das Oberlandesgericht Naumburg entscheidet auf vierstelligen Schadenersatz.

Okay, this is a key distillation of work I've been doing for a few decades, one of the most important lessons I try to share with the people I collaborate with: They have to be able to talk about us without us. https://www.anildash.com/2025/12/05/talk-about-us-without-…

They have to be able to talk about us without us
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: https://www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a-tech

How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026?
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Sachsen-Anhalt: Mit KI und Handyüberwachung gegen Anschläge
Schon länger beschäftigt sich das Innenministerium mit automatisierter Datenauswertung für die Sicherheit. Das kommt aber nicht bei allen gut an.
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