Eike Pierstorff
@eikepierstorff.bsky.social
I do not know how to make a cogent argument in 300 characters and don't really like tit-for-tat, so I am not sure what I am doing here. Also I am a lefty who likes dogs and science and home cooked food.
Every 20th of July, Germany honours, as examples of "the better Germany", the guys who literally planted a bomb for the head of state, so opposition to political violence does not have to be absolute but can be measured in degrees of separation to Adolf Hitler. Still, better don't shoot people.
September 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Every 20th of July, Germany honours, as examples of "the better Germany", the guys who literally planted a bomb for the head of state, so opposition to political violence does not have to be absolute but can be measured in degrees of separation to Adolf Hitler. Still, better don't shoot people.
There is no mystery here. Per conservative ideology, the world is created via an act of will by a person with a penis. Contradicting this by claiming that there are things such as facts or science or objective reality makes you in their eyes automatically a left wing radical.
September 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
There is no mystery here. Per conservative ideology, the world is created via an act of will by a person with a penis. Contradicting this by claiming that there are things such as facts or science or objective reality makes you in their eyes automatically a left wing radical.
I am pretty sure my dog's autobiography will be titled "I wanted food and all they gave me was love".
September 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I am pretty sure my dog's autobiography will be titled "I wanted food and all they gave me was love".
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Noem and Trump's actions are a recipe for disaster🚨
Join us in standing up against Noem and Trump in the name of the Katrina Declaration dissenters — add your name to our Statement of Solidarity and Support ⬇️
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Join us in standing up against Noem and Trump in the name of the Katrina Declaration dissenters — add your name to our Statement of Solidarity and Support ⬇️
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August 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Noem and Trump's actions are a recipe for disaster🚨
Join us in standing up against Noem and Trump in the name of the Katrina Declaration dissenters — add your name to our Statement of Solidarity and Support ⬇️
www.standupforscience.net/katrina-decl...
Join us in standing up against Noem and Trump in the name of the Katrina Declaration dissenters — add your name to our Statement of Solidarity and Support ⬇️
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"The sabotaging of what normally is a consensual procedure is a test-run for prying away ever more members of the center-right from what remains of Angela Merkel’s legacy through US-style culture war."
Right-Wing Culture Warfare Comes to Germany
Jan-Werner Mueller worries that the governing Christian Democrats is beginning to engage in opportunistic norm-breaking.
www.project-syndicate.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The sabotaging of what normally is a consensual procedure is a test-run for prying away ever more members of the center-right from what remains of Angela Merkel’s legacy through US-style culture war."
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Bluesky do your magic.
I found this chain on 8.8.25 on the ascent to the Col de la Bonnette in the Alps. A pet name is engraved on the side. Anyone who knows it will get it back.
I found this chain on 8.8.25 on the ascent to the Col de la Bonnette in the Alps. A pet name is engraved on the side. Anyone who knows it will get it back.
August 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Bluesky do your magic.
I found this chain on 8.8.25 on the ascent to the Col de la Bonnette in the Alps. A pet name is engraved on the side. Anyone who knows it will get it back.
I found this chain on 8.8.25 on the ascent to the Col de la Bonnette in the Alps. A pet name is engraved on the side. Anyone who knows it will get it back.
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“We’re beyond waiting and seeing now…”
“We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.”
And we are against it.
So we’ll fight Abbott in TX. We’ll fight masked kidnappers, we’ll fight extortion in the WH, and quisling Republicans in Congress.
#MessWithTexas
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.”
And we are against it.
So we’ll fight Abbott in TX. We’ll fight masked kidnappers, we’ll fight extortion in the WH, and quisling Republicans in Congress.
#MessWithTexas
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Maddow: U.S. profoundly changed by authoritarian leader; 'We're beyond waiting and seeing now'
Rachel Maddow points out that the thing most Americans were dreading has come to pass, and the United States has changed profoundly in only six months of authoritarian rule. "We have a consolidating d...
www.msnbc.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
“We’re beyond waiting and seeing now…”
“We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.”
And we are against it.
So we’ll fight Abbott in TX. We’ll fight masked kidnappers, we’ll fight extortion in the WH, and quisling Republicans in Congress.
#MessWithTexas
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“We have a consolidating dictatorship in our country.”
And we are against it.
So we’ll fight Abbott in TX. We’ll fight masked kidnappers, we’ll fight extortion in the WH, and quisling Republicans in Congress.
#MessWithTexas
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
At least someone is happy here.
July 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
At least someone is happy here.
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Congratulations to Professor Michele Dougherty on her appointment as the UK's Astronomer Royal – the first woman to hold the position in its 350-year history! 🔭✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Congratulations to Professor Michele Dougherty on her appointment as the UK's Astronomer Royal – the first woman to hold the position in its 350-year history! 🔭✨
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Astronomy
A character in Chesterton's "Flying Inn" was a journalist nicknamed "Higgs However" who owed his name to being so dedicated to "balanced reporting" he put forward that "whatever we may think of the rights and wrongs of the vivisection of pauper children,"
June 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A character in Chesterton's "Flying Inn" was a journalist nicknamed "Higgs However" who owed his name to being so dedicated to "balanced reporting" he put forward that "whatever we may think of the rights and wrongs of the vivisection of pauper children,"
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„Mit Berichterstattung gedroht.“
Stark.
Stark.
May 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
„Mit Berichterstattung gedroht.“
Stark.
Stark.
On the state of evidence based medicine: a doctor basically accused me being a junkie for taking medication a colleague of his had prescribed. Still convinced of a scientific approach, but sometimes I understand people who "do their own research" because irl there seems a lot of guesswork anyway.
May 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
On the state of evidence based medicine: a doctor basically accused me being a junkie for taking medication a colleague of his had prescribed. Still convinced of a scientific approach, but sometimes I understand people who "do their own research" because irl there seems a lot of guesswork anyway.
In a crazy world, at least I have a lovely dog by my side.
May 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In a crazy world, at least I have a lovely dog by my side.
German AfD was designated "gesichert rechtsextremistisch", "assuredly right wing extremist", by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Now parliament or government would have to go to court to have them banned. Not holding my breath here. www.verfassungsschutz.de/SharedDocs/p...
Presse
Presse
www.verfassungsschutz.de
May 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
German AfD was designated "gesichert rechtsextremistisch", "assuredly right wing extremist", by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Now parliament or government would have to go to court to have them banned. Not holding my breath here. www.verfassungsschutz.de/SharedDocs/p...
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Dear god let this man cook.
April 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Dear god let this man cook.
Eine Einrichtung, in der meine verstorbene Frau vorübergehend untergebracht war, heuerte offenbar gezielt Pflegerinnen aus dem Ausland an, um ihnen dann erst mitzuteilen, dass sie bis zur Anerkennung nur mit reduziertem Gehalt als Helferinnen arbeiten dürfen. Keine Ahnung, ob das branchenüblich ist.
Bundesweit fehlen tausende #Pflegekräfte. Ein großer Teil des Mangels ließe sich einfach beheben – wenn es weniger Bürokratie gäbe.
11.000 Fachkräfte dürfen nicht arbeiten, wie sie könnten
Bundesweit fehlen tausende Pflegekräfte. Ein großer Teil des Mangels ließe sich einfach beheben – wenn es weniger Bürokratie gäbe.
correctiv.org
April 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Eine Einrichtung, in der meine verstorbene Frau vorübergehend untergebracht war, heuerte offenbar gezielt Pflegerinnen aus dem Ausland an, um ihnen dann erst mitzuteilen, dass sie bis zur Anerkennung nur mit reduziertem Gehalt als Helferinnen arbeiten dürfen. Keine Ahnung, ob das branchenüblich ist.
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April 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
In one of his AMAs, @seanmcarroll.bsky.social suggested Google scholar as one step in a process to ascertain if a person is an expert in their field. How do I weigh popular science books against peer reviewed papers? What if the books meant for laypersons have more citations than the papers? Wdyt?
April 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In one of his AMAs, @seanmcarroll.bsky.social suggested Google scholar as one step in a process to ascertain if a person is an expert in their field. How do I weigh popular science books against peer reviewed papers? What if the books meant for laypersons have more citations than the papers? Wdyt?
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Fantastic and necessary piece from @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social (deleted earlier post because typo)
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
April 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Fantastic and necessary piece from @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social (deleted earlier post because typo)
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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Ben Franklin on vaccination. (via Mic: www.mic.com/articles/109...)
April 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Ben Franklin on vaccination. (via Mic: www.mic.com/articles/109...)
I am watching recipes on Youtube and somebody instructed their audience to cook something „on the high end of low medium“ and now I am thoroughly confused.
April 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I am watching recipes on Youtube and somebody instructed their audience to cook something „on the high end of low medium“ and now I am thoroughly confused.
I have now been taking #methylphenidate for three months. I don't feel better anymore when I am taking it, I just feel a lot worse when for a day or two I don't. Is that how it is supposed to feel? That would be not so great.
April 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I have now been taking #methylphenidate for three months. I don't feel better anymore when I am taking it, I just feel a lot worse when for a day or two I don't. Is that how it is supposed to feel? That would be not so great.
It's been almost three months now that I last bought at Amazon. This was not even meant as a politicial statement, just an attempt at keeping a budget. Not being exposed to one click buy buttons did save a lot of money. If I compare prices first, I often end up not buying at all. So it does 1/2
April 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's been almost three months now that I last bought at Amazon. This was not even meant as a politicial statement, just an attempt at keeping a budget. Not being exposed to one click buy buttons did save a lot of money. If I compare prices first, I often end up not buying at all. So it does 1/2
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As long as universities continue to have their main role be "ticket to middle class," it'd be insane to expect them to serve classical liberal education functions. It's too late, but I think things would be a lot better if job-prep and preserving the Great Conversation were separate institutions.
April 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
As long as universities continue to have their main role be "ticket to middle class," it'd be insane to expect them to serve classical liberal education functions. It's too late, but I think things would be a lot better if job-prep and preserving the Great Conversation were separate institutions.
I frankly write as therapy (trying to restart a brain fried by trauma) and not for an audience, but if anyone in the US wants a gratituous outside view on Trumps idea of indiscriminate reshoring, here it is.
open.substack.com/pub/eikepier...
open.substack.com/pub/eikepier...
April 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I frankly write as therapy (trying to restart a brain fried by trauma) and not for an audience, but if anyone in the US wants a gratituous outside view on Trumps idea of indiscriminate reshoring, here it is.
open.substack.com/pub/eikepier...
open.substack.com/pub/eikepier...