Fred Freuerstein
@fredfreuerstein.bsky.social
335.41ppm
Climate Justice = Social Justice ✊🏾
Слава України 🇺🇦 #NAFO 🇬🇪
siamo tutti antifascisti
#nokings
Climate Justice = Social Justice ✊🏾
Слава України 🇺🇦 #NAFO 🇬🇪
siamo tutti antifascisti
#nokings
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A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
A good thing happened today: Haitians in Springfield, Ohio and elsewhere are (for now) safe from the planned ethnic cleansing operation. This happened because people came together — organizers, reporters, and those who care — and made it happen. Let’s take the win and continue the work.
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio?
Nazi Lies in Vance's America
snyder.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...
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I wrote about how Trump’s debate stage lie of “they’re eating the pets”, a product of participatory propaganda, was mobilized into the policy that will strip the legal status away from many Haitian immigrants the week, and what that may mean for Springfield: katestarbird.substack.com/p/sensemakin...
February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I wrote about how Trump’s debate stage lie of “they’re eating the pets”, a product of participatory propaganda, was mobilized into the policy that will strip the legal status away from many Haitian immigrants the week, and what that may mean for Springfield: katestarbird.substack.com/p/sensemakin...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 AM
The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
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M. Gessen, gift link: The soviet secret police too "were ruled by quotas... Fundamentally, the terror was random. That is, in fact, how state terror works. The randomness is the difference between a regime based on terror and a regime that is plainly repressive"
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 PM
M. Gessen, gift link: The soviet secret police too "were ruled by quotas... Fundamentally, the terror was random. That is, in fact, how state terror works. The randomness is the difference between a regime based on terror and a regime that is plainly repressive"
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Süditalien hat gerade den schlimmsten Wintersturm seit Jahren erlebt. Doch Medien und Politik wirken merkwürdig zerstreut angesichts der Verwüstung.
Nach Zyklon Harry in Italien: Ein zweitrangiges Klimadesaster
Süditalien hat gerade den schlimmsten Wintersturm seit Jahren erlebt. Doch Medien und Politik wirken merkwürdig zerstreut angesichts der Verwüstung.
taz.de
January 25, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Süditalien hat gerade den schlimmsten Wintersturm seit Jahren erlebt. Doch Medien und Politik wirken merkwürdig zerstreut angesichts der Verwüstung.
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We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
Lies and Lawlessness
The Camps, the Executions, and the Future
snyder.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:26 PM
We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century.
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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@mashagessen.bsky.social is right: this is where we are. Russian has a word for it-- "proizvol"--arbitrariness tinged with tyranny. The arbitrariness is a constituent element of the terror. Americans lack words to grasp what's happening to us. History can help.
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM
@mashagessen.bsky.social is right: this is where we are. Russian has a word for it-- "proizvol"--arbitrariness tinged with tyranny. The arbitrariness is a constituent element of the terror. Americans lack words to grasp what's happening to us. History can help.
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In the early 1930s the SA was roughing people up, creating chaos in neighborhoods, seeking to terrorize with the occasional killing. By the late 1930s it had been supplanted by the SS, which was much better trained.
Also, may I say that I don’t agree with people saying ICE and CBP need “more training.” They’re doing exactly what this administration has trained them to—impose a reign of fear in blue cities. They don’t need more training. They need to be ripped up root and branch.
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
In the early 1930s the SA was roughing people up, creating chaos in neighborhoods, seeking to terrorize with the occasional killing. By the late 1930s it had been supplanted by the SS, which was much better trained.
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I’ve seen the same from horse girl and reality TV accounts. Talk about and resistance to state terror has arrived at niche hobby content places online.
when the driving range guys are talking about masked agents of the state you’ve probably made a strategic error if you’re the state
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
I’ve seen the same from horse girl and reality TV accounts. Talk about and resistance to state terror has arrived at niche hobby content places online.
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Wohnen macht arm! Für viele frisst die Miete längst 40–50 % des Einkommens. Mieten explodieren, während Einkommen stagnieren.
1,1 Mio. Sozialwohnungen stehen 11 Mio. Mieterhaushalten mit Anspruch auf einen Wohnberechtigungsschein gegenüber! Die Antwort der Bundesregierung?
January 19, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Wohnen macht arm! Für viele frisst die Miete längst 40–50 % des Einkommens. Mieten explodieren, während Einkommen stagnieren.
1,1 Mio. Sozialwohnungen stehen 11 Mio. Mieterhaushalten mit Anspruch auf einen Wohnberechtigungsschein gegenüber! Die Antwort der Bundesregierung?
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In nächster Zeit wird eine der Widerstandsempfehlungen gegen Faschismus von @timothysnyder.bsky.social so zentral wie selten: Niemals, niemals vorauseilender Gehorsam!
Jens Spahn, chairman of the CDU/CSU in German parliament on a possible US invasion of Greenland: “When you look at Greenland's location on the globe, the questions raised by the US are understandable.”
Utter madness.
Utter madness.
Das hat Jens Spahn gerade erst gestern, am Freitag, in der SZ gesagt. Diese Servilität, dieses Sich-in-den-Staub-Werfen der Union vor einem skrupellosen Potentaten ist einfach nur entsetzlich.
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
In nächster Zeit wird eine der Widerstandsempfehlungen gegen Faschismus von @timothysnyder.bsky.social so zentral wie selten: Niemals, niemals vorauseilender Gehorsam!
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I love this #GeorgiaProtests tradition of partner flag prominence, and in particular during major days of solidarity and gratitude. Solidarity with Ambassador Fischer! 🇩🇪 🇬🇪
Our protest aesthetics are quite deeply embedded in the global democratic context.
📷 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social Day 416
Our protest aesthetics are quite deeply embedded in the global democratic context.
📷 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social Day 416
January 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I love this #GeorgiaProtests tradition of partner flag prominence, and in particular during major days of solidarity and gratitude. Solidarity with Ambassador Fischer! 🇩🇪 🇬🇪
Our protest aesthetics are quite deeply embedded in the global democratic context.
📷 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social Day 416
Our protest aesthetics are quite deeply embedded in the global democratic context.
📷 @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social Day 416
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Ich glaube, das muss ich wirklich sehr einfach erklären. Sonst wird es nicht verstanden: Die Abschaffung der telefonischen AU würde keinen einzigen Krankheitstag verhindern. Aber die Versorgung von Pat., die sowieso schon Schwierigkeiten haben, einen Termin zu bekommen. 🧵
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...
„Wirklich notwendig?“ Merz kritisiert hohen Krankenstand in Deutschland
In der kalten Jahreszeit gehört es fast dazu, dass es überall hustet und niest. Viele lassen sich auch krankschreiben. Der Kanzler sieht hier ein generelles Problem.
www.rnd.de
January 17, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Ich glaube, das muss ich wirklich sehr einfach erklären. Sonst wird es nicht verstanden: Die Abschaffung der telefonischen AU würde keinen einzigen Krankheitstag verhindern. Aber die Versorgung von Pat., die sowieso schon Schwierigkeiten haben, einen Termin zu bekommen. 🧵
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...
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Geht doch:
Bundespolizei stoppt Zombie-Tanker der russischen Schattenflotte
Polizisten haben einem Tanker der russischen Schattenflotte die Einfahrt in deutsche Gewässer verweigert. Einmal mehr zeigt Deutschland damit: Der Umgang mit Russland wird härter.
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Geht doch:
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Ukrainian forces from the 13th Brigade “Khartia” have taken control of the Kupyansk City Council building.
A Ukrainian flag now flies over the town hall. Reports say Kupyansk is almost free of Russian troops.
Glory to Ukraine.
A Ukrainian flag now flies over the town hall. Reports say Kupyansk is almost free of Russian troops.
Glory to Ukraine.
January 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Ukrainian forces from the 13th Brigade “Khartia” have taken control of the Kupyansk City Council building.
A Ukrainian flag now flies over the town hall. Reports say Kupyansk is almost free of Russian troops.
Glory to Ukraine.
A Ukrainian flag now flies over the town hall. Reports say Kupyansk is almost free of Russian troops.
Glory to Ukraine.
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I am not sure this is the flex Orban thinks it is – but let’s see.
It should at least give even the last ones here some clarity about where Netanyahu stands when it comes to European democracies 🫣
It should at least give even the last ones here some clarity about where Netanyahu stands when it comes to European democracies 🫣
Yesterday, Netanyahu joined Hungarian extremist PM Viktor Orbán's re-election launch via video, alongside German & Austrian far-right parties AfD & FPÖ, which are officially boycotted by Israel over their antisemitism
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Netanyahu joins Germany's AfD, far-right Europeans in backing Orbán as campaign begins
The AfD and Austria's FPÖ Are Boycotted by Israel Over Their Antisemitic Roots and Members. Launching an Uphill Re-election Bid, Orbán Invited International Far-right Allies to His Illiberal Fidesz Pa...
www.haaretz.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I am not sure this is the flex Orban thinks it is – but let’s see.
It should at least give even the last ones here some clarity about where Netanyahu stands when it comes to European democracies 🫣
It should at least give even the last ones here some clarity about where Netanyahu stands when it comes to European democracies 🫣
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Hi all,
I published my latest Missile Matters post earlier today, examining the challenge the Oreshnik missile poses to European defense.
You can access the post here:
missilematters.substack.com/p/oreshnik-i...
Short summary below.
1/5
I published my latest Missile Matters post earlier today, examining the challenge the Oreshnik missile poses to European defense.
You can access the post here:
missilematters.substack.com/p/oreshnik-i...
Short summary below.
1/5
The Oreshnik Problem for Europe
Technical constraints, opportunity costs, and Europe’s unresolved deterrence deficits
missilematters.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Hi all,
I published my latest Missile Matters post earlier today, examining the challenge the Oreshnik missile poses to European defense.
You can access the post here:
missilematters.substack.com/p/oreshnik-i...
Short summary below.
1/5
I published my latest Missile Matters post earlier today, examining the challenge the Oreshnik missile poses to European defense.
You can access the post here:
missilematters.substack.com/p/oreshnik-i...
Short summary below.
1/5
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On the crime against humanity of sabotaging globally coordinated climate action:
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
A billion lives in the balance: How we prepare for unbearable heat will shape the century
More than 1 billion people live in areas where extreme heat and humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
On the crime against humanity of sabotaging globally coordinated climate action:
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
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"Die Tragödie besteht darin, dass Europa Erschwinglichkeit gegen Sicherheit eingetauscht hat, nur um festzustellen, dass sein „freundlicher Lieferant” und Sicherheitsgarant nun ein Schurkenstaat ist."
#RogueState #USA #Trump #Fascism
#RogueState #USA #Trump #Fascism
My latest rant in these wild times.
Europe's post-2022 pivot into US LNG dependence was necessary and painful.
The tragedy is Europe traded affordability for security, only to find that its 'friendly supplier' and security guarantor is a now a rogue state
Europe's post-2022 pivot into US LNG dependence was necessary and painful.
The tragedy is Europe traded affordability for security, only to find that its 'friendly supplier' and security guarantor is a now a rogue state
January 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
"Die Tragödie besteht darin, dass Europa Erschwinglichkeit gegen Sicherheit eingetauscht hat, nur um festzustellen, dass sein „freundlicher Lieferant” und Sicherheitsgarant nun ein Schurkenstaat ist."
#RogueState #USA #Trump #Fascism
#RogueState #USA #Trump #Fascism
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Um die Erde zu erwärmen braucht es gewaltige Energiemengen.
Weil die Energieströme ständig gemessen werden wissen wir auch, woher die Energie stammt, die unser Klima aufheizt.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Weil die Energieströme ständig gemessen werden wissen wir auch, woher die Energie stammt, die unser Klima aufheizt.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Meinung: Woher die gewaltige Energie des Klimawandels stammt
In jedem Liter eingeatmeter Luft stecken 3.432.000.000.000.000.000 CO2-Moleküle fossiler Brennstoffe. Gesundheitsschädlich ist das zwar nicht - aber man muss es wissen, um den Klimawandel zu verstehen...
www.spiegel.de
January 10, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Um die Erde zu erwärmen braucht es gewaltige Energiemengen.
Weil die Energieströme ständig gemessen werden wissen wir auch, woher die Energie stammt, die unser Klima aufheizt.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Weil die Energieströme ständig gemessen werden wissen wir auch, woher die Energie stammt, die unser Klima aufheizt.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...