Andreas Busch
@abusch.bsky.social
Prof. of political science @ Uni Goettingen, fellow of @NAWGoe.bsky.social, advisory council @WiltonPark.bsky.social. Works on regulation; privacy; pol. economy; religion; UK & German political systems. Interested in many things. Recovering bibliomaniac.
Klassenkämpfer in Partylaune zeitung.faz.net/data/667/rea...
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
zeitung.faz.net
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Klassenkämpfer in Partylaune zeitung.faz.net/data/667/rea...
#Wahlkampf Freiburg:
„Laut App ist die Guntramstraße ein Fokusgebiet mit maximalem Potential für die #Grünen. In der Straße haben auffallend viele Psychotherapeuten ihre Praxen, zudem gibt es den Biometzger Hügle und einen veganen arabischen Partyservice.“
Klassenkämpfer in Partylaune
„Laut App ist die Guntramstraße ein Fokusgebiet mit maximalem Potential für die #Grünen. In der Straße haben auffallend viele Psychotherapeuten ihre Praxen, zudem gibt es den Biometzger Hügle und einen veganen arabischen Partyservice.“
Klassenkämpfer in Partylaune
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
#Wahlkampf Freiburg:
„Laut App ist die Guntramstraße ein Fokusgebiet mit maximalem Potential für die #Grünen. In der Straße haben auffallend viele Psychotherapeuten ihre Praxen, zudem gibt es den Biometzger Hügle und einen veganen arabischen Partyservice.“
Klassenkämpfer in Partylaune
„Laut App ist die Guntramstraße ein Fokusgebiet mit maximalem Potential für die #Grünen. In der Straße haben auffallend viele Psychotherapeuten ihre Praxen, zudem gibt es den Biometzger Hügle und einen veganen arabischen Partyservice.“
Klassenkämpfer in Partylaune
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The assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Sr. inspired Democrats to search for heirs to the throne, "a practice that resolved into decades of affirmative action for their decreasingly talented offspring,” Jonathan Chait argues:
Please, Not Another Kennedy
Nancy Pelosi reportedly plans to endorse JFK’s grandson for Congress. Why?
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy Sr. inspired Democrats to search for heirs to the throne, "a practice that resolved into decades of affirmative action for their decreasingly talented offspring,” Jonathan Chait argues:
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NL: Carrying water to the sea
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
NL: Carrying water to the sea
Doing something unnecessary in different cultures : A primer
🇩🇪 Germany: Eulen nach Athen tragen (carrying owls to Athens)
🇬🇧 UK: Carrying coal to Newcastle
🇺🇸 USA: Carrying food to Italy
🇩🇪 Germany: Eulen nach Athen tragen (carrying owls to Athens)
🇬🇧 UK: Carrying coal to Newcastle
🇺🇸 USA: Carrying food to Italy
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Doing something unnecessary in different cultures : A primer
🇩🇪 Germany: Eulen nach Athen tragen (carrying owls to Athens)
🇬🇧 UK: Carrying coal to Newcastle
🇺🇸 USA: Carrying food to Italy
🇩🇪 Germany: Eulen nach Athen tragen (carrying owls to Athens)
🇬🇧 UK: Carrying coal to Newcastle
🇺🇸 USA: Carrying food to Italy
Jeffrey Epstein suchte die Nähe zu genialen Wissenschaftlern. Und sie seine. Auch, als sein System aus Missbrauch und Vergewaltigung aufflog. Es lockte mehr als nur Geld.
Jeffrey Epstein: Seine Interessen: Frauen ausbeuten und mit Forschern abhängen
Jeffrey Epstein suchte die Nähe zu genialen Wissenschaftlern. Und sie seine. Auch, als sein System aus Missbrauch und Vergewaltigung aufflog. Es lockte mehr als nur Geld.
www.zeit.de
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Schwache kontraproduktive Interviewführung von Miosga mit Chrupalla. Suggestivfragen, vorwurfsvoller Ton, Verzetteln in Einzelthemen. Wirkte wie eine Verhörsituation. So erreicht man AfD-Wähler nicht, sondern erzeugt Trotz und Solidarität mit Chrupalla.
February 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Schwache kontraproduktive Interviewführung von Miosga mit Chrupalla. Suggestivfragen, vorwurfsvoller Ton, Verzetteln in Einzelthemen. Wirkte wie eine Verhörsituation. So erreicht man AfD-Wähler nicht, sondern erzeugt Trotz und Solidarität mit Chrupalla.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
BREAKING: McSweeney resigns as PM Starmer‘s chief of staff.
May well be a case of too little, too late in my assessment.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...
May well be a case of too little, too late in my assessment.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...
Morgan McSweeney quits as PM's chief of staff following Mandelson scandal
www.bbc.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:36 PM
BREAKING: McSweeney resigns as PM Starmer‘s chief of staff.
May well be a case of too little, too late in my assessment.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...
May well be a case of too little, too late in my assessment.
www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...
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Riffing off Ganesh’s excellent FT column about the two elites (financial vs cultural/intellectual), Ackman seems to have passed from the standard rich guy seeks to hang out with educated elites equilibrium to “maybe I’m smarter than those nerds and have access to the real truth”.
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Riffing off Ganesh’s excellent FT column about the two elites (financial vs cultural/intellectual), Ackman seems to have passed from the standard rich guy seeks to hang out with educated elites equilibrium to “maybe I’m smarter than those nerds and have access to the real truth”.
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Exclusive: Investigators carrying out developed vetting (DV) on Mandelson failed to ask interviewees about his relationship with Epstein
One of those interviewed during this phase told @theobserveruk.bsky.social there was “not a single question on Jeffrey Epstein”
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
One of those interviewed during this phase told @theobserveruk.bsky.social there was “not a single question on Jeffrey Epstein”
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Cabinet Office failed to query Mandelson’s relationship w...
Investigators carrying out security vetting on Peter Mandelson failed to ask interviewees about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, despite the fact the pair’s connection was in the public domain.D...
observer.co.uk
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Exclusive: Investigators carrying out developed vetting (DV) on Mandelson failed to ask interviewees about his relationship with Epstein
One of those interviewed during this phase told @theobserveruk.bsky.social there was “not a single question on Jeffrey Epstein”
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
One of those interviewed during this phase told @theobserveruk.bsky.social there was “not a single question on Jeffrey Epstein”
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Reform UK are seeking to fob off blame for their illegal leaflet on a printer error. That won’t stand up with the police - responsibility for making sure the law is followed lies with the party commissioning and distributing the leaflets.
February 8, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Reform UK are seeking to fob off blame for their illegal leaflet on a printer error. That won’t stand up with the police - responsibility for making sure the law is followed lies with the party commissioning and distributing the leaflets.
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Breaking News from @theathletic.com: The American ski racer Lindsey Vonn crashed in her women’s downhill attempt, skiing on a torn ACL. nyti.ms/4kr96Uk
Lindsey Vonn crashes in Olympic women’s downhill, airlifted off course
Vonn crashed during Sunday’s Olympic women’s downhill and was airlifted off the mountain. Her status is unclear.
nyti.ms
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: The American ski racer Lindsey Vonn crashed in her women’s downhill attempt, skiing on a torn ACL. nyti.ms/4kr96Uk
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Look, if you are genuinely surprised, you haven’t really interacted deeply and widely within academia, you dont know its strengths and weaknesses, you dont understand its political economy, and you have not paid attention to claims and investigations when ten years ago MeToo made the academy shake.
Newly released files from the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reveal that his ties to the scientific community were deeper than previously known.
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
go.nature.com/3Oq4Po2
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known
Latest batch of documents show researchers consulting the financier and sex offender on publications, visas and more.
go.nature.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Look, if you are genuinely surprised, you haven’t really interacted deeply and widely within academia, you dont know its strengths and weaknesses, you dont understand its political economy, and you have not paid attention to claims and investigations when ten years ago MeToo made the academy shake.
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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Es tut sich was: Allein im letzten Quartal haben 600 Praxen die Compugroup-Software des Nius-Finanziers Frank Gotthardt durch ein Konkurrenzprodukt ersetzt.
Compugroup-Medical: Warum dem Nius-Finanzier die Ärzte wegbrechen
Der Unternehmer Frank Gotthardt, der mit Software für Arztpraxen reich wurde, macht als Geldgeber für Rechtspopulisten von sich reden. Doch die Geschäfte gingen schon mal besser.
www.faz.net
February 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Es tut sich was: Allein im letzten Quartal haben 600 Praxen die Compugroup-Software des Nius-Finanziers Frank Gotthardt durch ein Konkurrenzprodukt ersetzt.
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Miosga nächste Woche:
Epstein - Verbrecher oder einfach unkonventionell?
Studiogast: Julian Reichelt
Epstein - Verbrecher oder einfach unkonventionell?
Studiogast: Julian Reichelt
February 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Miosga nächste Woche:
Epstein - Verbrecher oder einfach unkonventionell?
Studiogast: Julian Reichelt
Epstein - Verbrecher oder einfach unkonventionell?
Studiogast: Julian Reichelt
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As someone who is in an academic department that is positively pullulating with global talent, I would just like to note the gratuitous, excessive emotional and financial stress and strain suffered by talented globals in the context of swingeing visa regimes and hostile environments.
Government to explore expansion of UK Global Talent Fund.
Ministers will review scheme for attracting elite international researchers, as government trails further visa reforms.
Free to read.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Ministers will review scheme for attracting elite international researchers, as government trails further visa reforms.
Free to read.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Government to explore expansion of UK Global Talent Fund - Research Professional News
Ministers will review scheme for attracting elite international researchers, as government trails further visa reforms
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
As someone who is in an academic department that is positively pullulating with global talent, I would just like to note the gratuitous, excessive emotional and financial stress and strain suffered by talented globals in the context of swingeing visa regimes and hostile environments.
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This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
February 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is an immensely significant document that continues to get virtually no attention in US media—but lots abroad. In Jul 2015, Epstein arranged a meeting between a known highest-level Russian intel operative, Sergey Belyakov and Peter Thiel,
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This was to be expected - after cutting support to pro-democracy civil society last year, the US state is now looking to actively support far-right affiliated think tanks and charities in Europe.
Senior state department official Sarah Rogers travelled to European cities in December and has spoken to key figures in Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party about deploying grants to spread ‘American values’. ft.trib.al/Kx8ta8a
February 6, 2026 at 7:19 AM
This was to be expected - after cutting support to pro-democracy civil society last year, the US state is now looking to actively support far-right affiliated think tanks and charities in Europe.
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There's something therapeutic about saying a lot of Finnish names. You should try it youtu.be/ySnPjH9K8wE
Pronunciation tip: Finnish women's Olympic hockey team
YouTube video by James Harbeck
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 AM
There's something therapeutic about saying a lot of Finnish names. You should try it youtu.be/ySnPjH9K8wE
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Was wurde gesprengt, lieber @spiegel.de?
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Was wurde gesprengt, lieber @spiegel.de?
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Ein kleiner Ofen hält Gorilla Toni warm. Wenn die Temperatur in seinem Gehege auf unter 20 Grad fallen sollte, würde er sterben. Egal, wie heftig Russland die ukrainische Hauptstadt Kyjiw angreift: Pflegerin Valentyna kommt zur Arbeit, um das zu verhindern. Unsere Reportage aus dem Zoo.
February 4, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Ein kleiner Ofen hält Gorilla Toni warm. Wenn die Temperatur in seinem Gehege auf unter 20 Grad fallen sollte, würde er sterben. Egal, wie heftig Russland die ukrainische Hauptstadt Kyjiw angreift: Pflegerin Valentyna kommt zur Arbeit, um das zu verhindern. Unsere Reportage aus dem Zoo.