DKKINSIGHT
@dirkkinsight.bsky.social
Senior Expert & Political Analyst (EU–ME–US/CA).
Strategic writer on geopolitics, democracy & power structures.
Economist (Master’s level). Narrative & crisis strategy.
📚 Book reviews & political non-fiction.
Strategic writer on geopolitics, democracy & power structures.
Economist (Master’s level). Narrative & crisis strategy.
📚 Book reviews & political non-fiction.
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New here.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
Welcome to Mythnia: Oaths, Dragons, and the Price of Magic
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Welcome to Mythnia: Oaths, Dragons, and the Price of Magic
A note from Amely Grimmson — and what you’ll find in these letters
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December 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Welcome to Mythnia: Oaths, Dragons, and the Price of Magic
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The Tolerance Trap - When a Virtue Turns Against the Society It Was Meant to Protect
When a Virtue Turns Against the Society It Was Meant to Protect
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December 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Antisemitism is rising again.
Not hidden. Not subtle.
History leaves no doubt what follows when hatred is tolerated or ignored.
Silence is not neutrality.
Silence is permission.
#StopAntisemitism #NeverAgain
Not hidden. Not subtle.
History leaves no doubt what follows when hatred is tolerated or ignored.
Silence is not neutrality.
Silence is permission.
#StopAntisemitism #NeverAgain
December 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Antisemitism is rising again.
Not hidden. Not subtle.
History leaves no doubt what follows when hatred is tolerated or ignored.
Silence is not neutrality.
Silence is permission.
#StopAntisemitism #NeverAgain
Not hidden. Not subtle.
History leaves no doubt what follows when hatred is tolerated or ignored.
Silence is not neutrality.
Silence is permission.
#StopAntisemitism #NeverAgain
When debate shifts from arguments to moral labels, insight dies.
Societies don’t lose freedom overnight—they lose the habit of disagreement first.
Analysis begins where dissent is allowed.
#CriticalThinking #FreeSpeech
Societies don’t lose freedom overnight—they lose the habit of disagreement first.
Analysis begins where dissent is allowed.
#CriticalThinking #FreeSpeech
December 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When debate shifts from arguments to moral labels, insight dies.
Societies don’t lose freedom overnight—they lose the habit of disagreement first.
Analysis begins where dissent is allowed.
#CriticalThinking #FreeSpeech
Societies don’t lose freedom overnight—they lose the habit of disagreement first.
Analysis begins where dissent is allowed.
#CriticalThinking #FreeSpeech
This Christmas album caught my attention.
TrueFire Nation – Christmas Comes in Waves avoids the usual noise and sentimentality.
Calm, restrained, surprisingly honest.
Worth listening to. Worth supporting.
truefirenation.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
TrueFire Nation – Christmas Comes in Waves avoids the usual noise and sentimentality.
Calm, restrained, surprisingly honest.
Worth listening to. Worth supporting.
truefirenation.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
CHRISTMAS COMES IN WAVES, by TrueFire Nation
12 track album
truefirenation.bandcamp.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This Christmas album caught my attention.
TrueFire Nation – Christmas Comes in Waves avoids the usual noise and sentimentality.
Calm, restrained, surprisingly honest.
Worth listening to. Worth supporting.
truefirenation.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
TrueFire Nation – Christmas Comes in Waves avoids the usual noise and sentimentality.
Calm, restrained, surprisingly honest.
Worth listening to. Worth supporting.
truefirenation.bandcamp.com/album/christ...
The biggest problem of Western democracies today is not extremism.
It’s the fear of open debate.
Systems that label, outsource, or suppress dissent instead of confronting it
don’t gain stability —
they lose trust.
And no system survives without trust.
#Democracy #FreeSpeech
It’s the fear of open debate.
Systems that label, outsource, or suppress dissent instead of confronting it
don’t gain stability —
they lose trust.
And no system survives without trust.
#Democracy #FreeSpeech
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The biggest problem of Western democracies today is not extremism.
It’s the fear of open debate.
Systems that label, outsource, or suppress dissent instead of confronting it
don’t gain stability —
they lose trust.
And no system survives without trust.
#Democracy #FreeSpeech
It’s the fear of open debate.
Systems that label, outsource, or suppress dissent instead of confronting it
don’t gain stability —
they lose trust.
And no system survives without trust.
#Democracy #FreeSpeech
When attacks are mislabeled as “random,” patterns disappear — and prevention fails.
Jewish civilians were targeted in Australia.
Briefing #3 on why precision is a security issue, not politics:
👉 Read my Substack tr.ee/sYxZEl
Jewish civilians were targeted in Australia.
Briefing #3 on why precision is a security issue, not politics:
👉 Read my Substack tr.ee/sYxZEl
Briefing #3 — Naming Reality Before It Repeats
Why precise language is a prerequisite for prevention
tr.ee
December 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
When attacks are mislabeled as “random,” patterns disappear — and prevention fails.
Jewish civilians were targeted in Australia.
Briefing #3 on why precision is a security issue, not politics:
👉 Read my Substack tr.ee/sYxZEl
Jewish civilians were targeted in Australia.
Briefing #3 on why precision is a security issue, not politics:
👉 Read my Substack tr.ee/sYxZEl
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Free speech isn’t chaos. It’s responsibility.
SNUPTOO is an open social network for real debate —
no shadow bans, no ideological filters, clear rules.
🔒 Invite-only access:
👉 snuptoo.online/site-pages/i...
#FreeSpeech #OpenDebate
SNUPTOO is an open social network for real debate —
no shadow bans, no ideological filters, clear rules.
🔒 Invite-only access:
👉 snuptoo.online/site-pages/i...
#FreeSpeech #OpenDebate
December 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Free speech isn’t chaos. It’s responsibility.
SNUPTOO is an open social network for real debate —
no shadow bans, no ideological filters, clear rules.
🔒 Invite-only access:
👉 snuptoo.online/site-pages/i...
#FreeSpeech #OpenDebate
SNUPTOO is an open social network for real debate —
no shadow bans, no ideological filters, clear rules.
🔒 Invite-only access:
👉 snuptoo.online/site-pages/i...
#FreeSpeech #OpenDebate
We didn’t go green. We outsourced production, pollution, and responsibility.
Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
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Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
open.substack.com/pub/dirkkins...
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
We didn’t go green. We outsourced production, pollution, and responsibility.
Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
open.substack.com/pub/dirkkins...
Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
open.substack.com/pub/dirkkins...
My sympathy goes to the victims of Bondi Beach and their families. Jewish people were attacked because they were Jewish. Violence against civilians is never justified. Grief needs no political framing.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My sympathy goes to the victims of Bondi Beach and their families. Jewish people were attacked because they were Jewish. Violence against civilians is never justified. Grief needs no political framing.
★★★★★ Hillbilly Elegy — J. D. Vance
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
★★★★★ Hillbilly Elegy — J. D. Vance
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
★★★★☆
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
★★★★☆
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
⭐⭐☆☆☆
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
⭐⭐☆☆☆
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
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New here.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
New here.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
Reposted by DKKINSIGHT
Just finished Murder at the Agora — such a vivid return to Athens.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just finished Murder at the Agora — such a vivid return to Athens.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
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UPDATE! 🌹🎉
I realize not many people have access to much right now, so I put the eBook version of Beyond The Mark down to the lowest I could on Amazon, which is $0.99
Hope this helps it become more accessible, I'd rather continue the story than make money, so I hope you enjoy!
#Fantasy #Author
I realize not many people have access to much right now, so I put the eBook version of Beyond The Mark down to the lowest I could on Amazon, which is $0.99
Hope this helps it become more accessible, I'd rather continue the story than make money, so I hope you enjoy!
#Fantasy #Author
June 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just finished Murder at the Agora — such a vivid return to Athens.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just finished Murder at the Agora — such a vivid return to Athens.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
New here.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
New here.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.