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Emily Dische-Becker
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Parallelgesellschaftslobbyistin, u.a. bei Forensic Architecture und Diaspora Alliance. Laut ZEIT, leider unbelegt, "eine im postkolonialen Milieu bekannte Autorin". Beiruti for life
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Emily Dische-Becker @emilydische.bsky.social · Nov 19
Unser Symposium "Der grosse Kanton: Rise & Fall of the BRD" findet in Zürich vom 5-6 Dezember statt. Zur Anmeldung geht's hier: dergrossekanton.ethz.ch
Der Grosse Kanton
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deborahfeldman.bsky.social
“Yet if Levit is an icon, he is an icon without any real responsibility. Asked about the destruction of Gaza, he responded with a Strauss-like shrug: “I do not like to speak about things about which I don’t have enough knowledge….” It turns out art can be an excuse for not engaging after all.”👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
nybooks.com The New York Review of Books @nybooks.com · 11h
With Igor Levit, “the classical music industry” hopes “to recapture the authority of genius without reviving its authoritarian past.” —Nathan Shields
Liberalism’s Pianist | Nathan Shields
Can Igor Levit restore classical music’s claim to cultural and political authority, or is it irrevocably lost?
www.nybooks.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
emilydische.bsky.social
Re: Washington Post layoffs
1. billionaire media ownership needs to be dismantled
2. the foreign correspondents system is an obsolete rampart of colonial arrogance and it’s better to consult (and support) local reporting & expertise, than parachuting expats
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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benwritesthings.bsky.social
germany could raise 100 billion annually by fairly taxing inheritance.
February 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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siddharthamitter.bsky.social
Yet another instance illustrating how the South Americans — whether left or right — are vastly more skilled than the Europeans at dealing with Trump.

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
‘A great honor’: Key takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Colombia’s Petro
Despite months of clashing over US military attacks and drug trafficking, the two leaders shared a 'terrific' meeting.
www.aljazeera.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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abuaardvark.bsky.social
This is crushing. Fuck everyone who chose this or supports it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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robindetje.bsky.social
Sie haben jetzt den Schnee geräumt und das Eis darunter freigelegt, damit man direkt auf dem Eis ausrutschen kann, für das Eis von letzter Woche sind sie nicht zuständig.
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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sektordrei.bsky.social
Die eine Vulkangruppe bekannte sich zu der Vereisung von Gehwegen, die andere, einst das Landesgesetz eingefädelt zu haben, das den Einsatz der einzig möglichen Methode, Gehwege von Eis zu befreien - Tausalz - verbietet.
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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brianphillips.bsky.social
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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thediasporist.bsky.social
"The woman considers going out to bind her failures to the city’s, but she doesn’t know how. Instead, she returns to the novel she’s reading."

A short story by Haytham el-Wardany, translated from the Arabic into English by Katharine Halls: thediasporist.de/nobody-under...
Nobody Understands History – the Diasporist
"In every city she visits there is a museum and a memory of an aborted revolution"
thediasporist.de
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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tillraether.bsky.social
Das Jobcenter verpflichtet Menschen zu Integrationskursen, ihre Anträge werden aber auf Druck von Minister Dobrindt nicht bearbeitet und die Kurs gestrichen. Die Folge: Sanktionen vom Jobcenter und von der Ausländerbehörde.

Regierungspolitik als Schikane und Psychoterror.
www.fr.de/politik/inte...
Integrationskurse auf der Kippe – Volkshochschulen schlagen Alarm und beklagen Antragsstopp beim Bund
Das Bundesamt bearbeitet offenbar keine Anträge für Integrationskurse mehr. Die Träger wurden nicht informiert und fürchten dramatische Folgen.
www.fr.de
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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ykomska.bsky.social
Nothing to see here, just a German military mega-contractor with cartel appetite (and a big male energy CEO who loves to hunt) ditching civilian manufacture and monopolizing earth-to-space production and building its factories all over (mostly Eastern) Europe www.ft.com/content/a326...
From arms to orbit: Rheinmetall’s expansion unsettles rivals
German group’s outspoken boss Armin Papperger wants to ‘catch’ €300bn in European deals by 2030
www.ft.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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aeneaseas.bsky.social
„Wir verstehen unsere Hochschule als Ort des komplexen Denkens. Wir diskutieren über die Arbeit einer Künstlerin nicht anhand von Instagram-Posts, sondern indem wir uns ihre Werke anschauen.“
February 3, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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kimlanelaw.bsky.social
excellent summary of where we are now - BUT analysis by Political Capital shows that Orban could win back his 2/3rds constitutional majority with 45% of the vote while Magyar would have to win 55% of the vote to get a simple majority. See my analysis here www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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siddharthamitter.bsky.social
"Children all across the country are being arrested and detained. They are being arrested at airports, at the border, at immigration courts, at immigration check-in appointments, on their way to and from schools, at parks, on the street and anywhere else they can be found."
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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nellinelke.bsky.social
Leute, linke Medien brauchen Unterstützung. Sonst gibts irgendwann nur noch „war Hitler links“ und „XYZ ist faul und sollte verhungern“ Scheiße.
tagebuchat.bsky.social TAGEBUCH @tagebuchat.bsky.social · 10d
Sechs Jahre lang haben wir versucht, kritisch in die österreichische Medienlandschaft einzugreifen. Jetzt geht es nicht mehr weiter.
Aufgrund anhaltender wirtschaftlicher Probleme sehen wir uns dazu gezwungen, das Erscheinen unserer Zeitschrift einzustellen.
Alle Infos: tagebuch.at/2026/01/eins...
January 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/h...
January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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emilydische.bsky.social
Einiges, was hierzulande automatisch als Vergleich abgetan wird, ist vielleicht eher als erweckte Assoziation zu verstehen. Und Assoziationen zu regulieren ist ein ziemlich aussichtsloses - bzw. totalitäres – Unterfangen.
January 27, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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rheinze.myatproto.social
Jetzt mal richtiger hot take von mir: ich frage mich durchaus, ob ein Teil des deutschen Bedürfnisses, US-amerikanische Gestapo- und Nürnberg-Vergleiche zu kritisieren, nicht auch daher kommt, dass die halt im Gegensatz zu unseren Omas und Opas gerade massiv Widerstand gegen den Faschismus leisten..
January 27, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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correctiv.org
Die deutsche #Rüstungsindustrie wandelt sich rasant: Die #Waffen-Start-ups Helsing und Stark drängen mit #Kampfdrohnen auf den Markt – und erhielten vom #Verteidigungsministerium Testverträge in Millionenhöhe. Doch wer steckt hinter den Start-ups?
Aufstieg der deutschen Waffen-Start-ups
Helsing und Stark wollen mit ihren Kampf-Drohnen ins Zentrum der deutschen Rüstungsmodernisierung vorstoßen. Wer steht hinter den Start-ups?
correctiv.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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seancasten.bsky.social
Sending thoughts and prayers to everyone employed or represented or by Brad Finstad this morning.
January 27, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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emilydische.bsky.social
The most important thing right now is that nobody makes sloppy comparisons in depicting the threat posed by a paramilitary force, acting beyond the law, abducting and murdering people in broad daylight
January 27, 2026 at 10:35 AM
emilydische.bsky.social
Erinnerungskultur ohne Antifaschismus ist Denkmalpflege. - @yossibartal.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 10:36 AM
emilydische.bsky.social
German memory culture has devolved into discourse gatekeeping designed to preclude meaningful action against tyranny. Who is harmed by memes associating ICE w/ Nazis? Why is it terrible if this history is used hyperbolically to draw the lesson that we need to fight fascists? Supreme entitlement, jfc
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
emilydische.bsky.social
the way that that ICE thug shot Pretti while his fellow ICEniks are literally on top of him and could have easily been hit, lends credence to the notion that they're being instructed to execute people (incl. white resisters). Perhaps 'absolute immunity' does that. Maybe there's more.
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM