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Christian Kasners

@cksnrs.bsky.social

"...Can data be used not just to describe the world but instead to strategically intervene in it? Can practices of Unreal Data – of generating specific data to trigger certain outcomes – offer ways to resist and regain agency when opting out is no longer an option?"

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Unreal Data - carrier-bag.net

With the shift to data-driven societies, automated data collection has become an intrinsic component of most technological systems and devices. The data we produce and our interactions with the system...

carrier-bag.net

February 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM

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Eva Wackenreuther

@evapunkt.bsky.social

Gibt es Internet, kann Zensur mithilfe von Projekten wie Snowflake umgangen werden. Macht man mit, stellt man quasi Leuten ohne Zugang ein Sprungbrett zum Tor-Netzwerk zur Verfügung. Das hilft, wenn manchen Seiten gesperrt sind.

Mehr Infos dazu gibt es hier:
snowflake.torproject.org/de

Snowflake

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January 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM

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taz

@taz.de

Seit bald drei Wochen ist das Netz abgeschaltet. In einem kurzen Moment der Verbindung berichtet ein junger Teheraner der taz von seinen Erlebnissen am 8. und 9. Januar.

Was bei den Protesten in Iran geschah: „Überall war Blut, Blut über Blut. Die Straßen voller Blut“

Seit bald drei Wochen ist das Netz abgeschaltet. In einem kurzen Moment der Verbindung berichtet ein junger Teheraner der taz von seinen Erlebnissen am 8. und 9. Januar.

taz.de

January 24, 2026 at 2:15 PM

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Gegen Rechts Bunt statt Braun

@gr-bsb.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

Trump beim Weltwirtschaftsforum: Und morgen die ganze Welt?

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#taz #grbsb

Donald Trumps Auftritt in Davos war die Nachhilfestunde eines Wahnsinnigen. Wer ihm noch entgegenkommen wollte, sollte nun eines Besseren belehrt sein. mehr...

Trump beim Weltwirtschaftsforum: Und morgen die ganze Welt?

Donald Trumps Auftritt in Davos war die Nachhilfestunde eines Wahnsinnigen. Wer ihm noch entgegenkommen wollte, sollte nun eines Besseren belehrt sein.

taz.de

January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM

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Natasha Lennard

@natashalennard.bsky.social

We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How... This is not the first time Minneapolis has led the way. And Minneapolis will not be defeated by the deadly escalations of federal agents the following day. We push on... latest @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2026/01/24/s...

We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How

A day before Alex Pretti’s brutal killing by federal agents in the Minneapolis steets, Minnesota showed us a way forward: the general strike.

theintercept.com

January 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM

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Stanley Keen

@stanleykeen.bsky.social

“An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ and Threat to Democratic World Order | via Democracy Now www.democracynow.org/2026/1/22/ya... Now%21

“An Abomination”: Yanis Varoufakis on Trump’s “Board of Peace” & Threat to Democratic World Order

We speak to Greek economist Yanis Varoufakis about the United States under Donald Trump and its attempts to reshape the post-World War II international consensus. “Trump has all his work done for him ...

www.democracynow.org

January 22, 2026 at 6:03 PM

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Anne Roth

@anneroth.bsky.social

Der beim #39C3 aufgenommene Podcast "c’t uplink: Digitale Souveränität – sind Häcker:innen jetzt fürs Staatswohl verantwortlich?" von @ct.de jetzt auch das Video.

Es war mir eine Freude, den Begriff #DigitaleSouveränität aufs Neue zu zerpflücken, denn das ist einfach Bullshit.

Mehr dazu hier:

39C3 - c’t uplink: Digitale Souveränität – sind Häcker:innen jetzt fürs Staatswohl verantwortlich?

YouTube video by media.ccc.de

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December 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM

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+972 Magazine

@972mag.com

Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide

A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.

By Hanno Hauenstein

www.972mag.com/germany-isra...

Germany never stopped arming Israel’s genocide

A new bilateral cybersecurity deal and the continued flow of weapons leave little ambiguity about Germany's stance: not accountability, but normalization.

www.972mag.com

January 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM

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kunstprekariat

@kunstprekariat.bsky.social

Ich höre gerade den Podcast "Noble Champions" der Musikerin Santigold. Sehr empfehlenswert nicht nur für den Musikkontext!

www.podbean.com/podcast-deta...

#podcast #art #society

Noble Champions Podcast | Free Listening on Podbean App

Noble Champions is a modern day salon, created and hosted by the multi-platform visionary artist, Santigold. In each episode, she sits down with some of today’s

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January 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM

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Ear Worthy -- Podcast reviews, recommendations, trends & trash

@earworthy.bsky.social

Season Two Of Santigold's 'Noble Champions' Podcast Has Premiered -- On her podcast, Santigold and "fellow champions" try to make sense out of our world, and push culture forward.
podcastreports.blogspot.com/2024/11/seas...

Season Two Of Santigold's 'Noble Champions' Podcast Has Premiered

podcastreports.blogspot.com

November 6, 2024 at 11:04 AM

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The Philosopher

@philosopher1923.bsky.social

ICYMI: James Bridle in conversation with Audrey Borowski

"On Ways of Being"

On technology and hope, the legacy of enlightenment, what counts as intelligence, how to navigate our ever-changing world, and putting lessons into practice.
#Philosophy

Please like, subscribe, and comment!

"On Ways of Being": James Bridle in conversation with Audrey Borowski

YouTube video by The Philosopher

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October 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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MIT Press

@mitpress.bsky.social

Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate, argues Jonas Staal, author of "Climate Propagandas."

The Extinction Loop

Libertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM

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Jacobin Magazin

@jacobinmagazin.bsky.social

»Ich war nicht bereit, eine ›Health-App‹ anzubieten, für die man vielleicht die Nachfrage erzeugen kann, die aber keinen nachgewiesenen gesundheitlichen Nutzen hat«, sagt Aya Jaff im Gespräch mit Jacobin.

»Auch ich war ein Tech Bro«

Tech Bros greifen nach der Macht. Aya Jaff war eine von ihnen. Im Interview spricht sie darüber, was diesen Typus zu autoritärer Politik gravitieren lässt und warum Digitalisierung nicht Abhängigkeit von Big Tech bedeuten muss.

www.jacobin.de

January 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM

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Bruce Lawson

@brucel.bsky.social

Open Rights Group has called on MPs to implement a digital sovereignty strategy to reduce the UK’s reliance on US tech companies, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Palantir, for its digital infrastructure. www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releas...

Cybersecurity Bill: ORG calls on MPs to reduce UK reliance on US tech companies

Open Rights Group has called on MPs to implement a digital sovereignty strategy to reduce the UK’s reliance on US tech companies, such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Palantir, for its digital infras...

www.openrightsgroup.org

January 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM

Christian Kasners

@cksnrs.bsky.social

Interessante Suchmaschine! / Interesting Search Engine!

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#DIDit #searchengines #technology #suchmaschinen

Purpose over Profit: Die Websuche GOOD wird 100% werbefrei – GOOD – Die Suchmaschine für eine bessere Welt

GOOD steht für Purpose over Profit. Wir ziehen jetzt den logischen Schluss: Unsere Websuche ist künftig 100% werbefrei und unabhängig von Big Tech. Dies verbessert signifikant die Sucherfahrung, stärk...

good-search.org

January 14, 2026 at 3:07 PM

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑

@50501movement.bsky.social

Source: Substack Full Article eyesonice.substack.com/p/7mm-from-d...

7MM FROM DEATH: Shards of Glass and Metal Embedded in Protester’s Eye DATE: January 13, 2026 LOCATION: Santa Ana, California

The medical road ahead for K is long expensive and dangerous.

eyesonice.substack.com

January 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM

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Mme Pep

@mrspep.bsky.social

„#FreeIran:
Stoppt die Hinrichtung von Erfan Soltani!” - Jetzt unterschreiben! c.org/z4CK8GGLyc via @ChangeGER

Petition unterschreiben

#FreeIran: Stoppt die Hinrichtung von Erfan Soltani!

c.org

January 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM

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Guido Drehsen

@drehsen.com

#FreeIran:
Stoppt die Hinrichtung von Erfan Soltani!” - Jetzt unterschreiben! c.org/6NgZbYKRHw

Petition unterschreiben

#FreeIran: Stoppt die Hinrichtung von Erfan Soltani!

c.org

January 13, 2026 at 1:15 PM

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@ocasio-cortez.house.gov

Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.

December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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TheRoadie.

@roadie63.bsky.social

Week 1. We invaded Venezuela. We killed the ACA subsidies. We destroyed the Kennedy Center. We murdered a woman in cold blood over deportations. We threatened Greenland, now we are offering them $100,000 per person to allow us to take over their country.
First 7 days. Can we survive a year of this?

January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

🚨 NEW VIDEO 👇🏽This puts an end to all the lies. Horrific.

They were having a calm exchange seconds before he murdered Renee Good, and she was barely moving and clearly avoiding him.

Stop the lies.