@immitb.bsky.social
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Lieber Herr Außenminister, liebe Bundesregierung, hier ist eure To-do-Liste für die Weihnachtsfeiertage: US-Botschafter einbestellen, Einreisesperre für Musk und Zuckerberg verhängen, HateAid-Etat verdoppeln. Jetzt ist Handeln angesagt, nicht wohlfeile Worte.
December 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Lieber Herr Außenminister, liebe Bundesregierung, hier ist eure To-do-Liste für die Weihnachtsfeiertage: US-Botschafter einbestellen, Einreisesperre für Musk und Zuckerberg verhängen, HateAid-Etat verdoppeln. Jetzt ist Handeln angesagt, nicht wohlfeile Worte.
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Die durch USA verhängten Einreiseverbote, darunter gegen die Vorsitzenden von #HateAid, sind nicht akzeptabel. Der Digital Services Act stellt sicher, dass alles, was offline illegal ist, auch online illegal ist. 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Die durch USA verhängten Einreiseverbote, darunter gegen die Vorsitzenden von #HateAid, sind nicht akzeptabel. Der Digital Services Act stellt sicher, dass alles, was offline illegal ist, auch online illegal ist. 1/2
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It is crazy that the president can sue anyone while he is president by the way. There is always incentive to settle if he is office and it always effectively a bribe. Congress needs to eliminate that possibility
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It is crazy that the president can sue anyone while he is president by the way. There is always incentive to settle if he is office and it always effectively a bribe. Congress needs to eliminate that possibility
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"Wir müssen jetzt solidarisch mit Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon sein. Es ist absurd und gefährlich, wenn Menschen sanktioniert werden, weil sie Aufgaben übernehmen, die unser Gesetzgeber ausdrücklich geschaffen hat."
www.digitalpolitik.de/usa-gehen-ge...
www.digitalpolitik.de/usa-gehen-ge...
USA gehen gegen HateAid vor
Passend zur Weihnachtszeit verhängt das US-Außenministerium Sanktionen gegen fünf Personen. Sie sollen Teil eines angeblichen „globalen Zensur-industriellen Komplexes“ sein – so behauptet es Außenmini...
www.digitalpolitik.de
December 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Wir müssen jetzt solidarisch mit Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon sein. Es ist absurd und gefährlich, wenn Menschen sanktioniert werden, weil sie Aufgaben übernehmen, die unser Gesetzgeber ausdrücklich geschaffen hat."
www.digitalpolitik.de/usa-gehen-ge...
www.digitalpolitik.de/usa-gehen-ge...
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
Memorandum and Order – #114 in Abrego Garcia v. Noem (D. Maryland, 8:25-cv-02780) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM ORDER granting 112 Motion for Temporary Restraining Order; Respondents are enjoined from re-detaining Petitioner in ICE custody until this Court can receive further briefing from the partie...
www.courtlistener.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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@greatdismal.bsky.social talks about "the jackpot" in some of his novels not a single breakdown, but a mess of small things adding up, of unintended consequences.
Reading this made me shiver, and feel that this is a harbinger of exactly that pattern.
Reading this made me shiver, and feel that this is a harbinger of exactly that pattern.
‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever
The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in the US, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
@greatdismal.bsky.social talks about "the jackpot" in some of his novels not a single breakdown, but a mess of small things adding up, of unintended consequences.
Reading this made me shiver, and feel that this is a harbinger of exactly that pattern.
Reading this made me shiver, and feel that this is a harbinger of exactly that pattern.
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Ich finde ja das Zusammenleben mit Nazis um ein Vielfaches schwieriger als das Zusammenleben mit Muslimen.
December 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ich finde ja das Zusammenleben mit Nazis um ein Vielfaches schwieriger als das Zusammenleben mit Muslimen.
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Your daily reminder that EU farmers get enormous amounts of financial support.
#LuxuryProtests
#LuxuryProtests
December 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Your daily reminder that EU farmers get enormous amounts of financial support.
#LuxuryProtests
#LuxuryProtests
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Watching farmer protests in Europe, it is worth a reminder that we have paid an average of 30-50 billion euros in annual subsidies to our farmers for the last decades. The current E.U budget allocates 387 billion euros to farmers from 2021 to 2027. This is unsustainable. We can't keep doing this.
December 20, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Watching farmer protests in Europe, it is worth a reminder that we have paid an average of 30-50 billion euros in annual subsidies to our farmers for the last decades. The current E.U budget allocates 387 billion euros to farmers from 2021 to 2027. This is unsustainable. We can't keep doing this.
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President Trump campaigned on lowering costs. But he’s letting billionaire Elon Musk and Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
February 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
President Trump campaigned on lowering costs. But he’s letting billionaire Elon Musk and Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
If they succeed, CEOs on Wall Street will once again be free to cheat you out of your savings.
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
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🚨 New #DataViz post!
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
Broken Chart: discover 9 visualization alternatives
Researcher in climate science at MBG-CSIC
dominicroye.github.io
December 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🚨 New #DataViz post!
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
I explore smart alternatives to a broken chart and highlight why avoiding bad practices matters.
👉 Which alternative do you prefer? Let us know in the comments!
#rstats
dominicroye.github.io/blog/2025-12...
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Is the Venezuela invasion part of some global Molotov-Ribbentrop pact? The Americans belong to the U.S., Europe belongs to Russia.
The White House appears to be inventing new excuses for war in the Caribbean, with drugs no longer serving as the main selling point. It looks like a grab for oil, with minerals also in play. It’s really starting to sound more like an invasion.
December 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Is the Venezuela invasion part of some global Molotov-Ribbentrop pact? The Americans belong to the U.S., Europe belongs to Russia.
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The Montmatre flat where one of the most important French poets lived is threatened by a project to extend the adjoining Moulin-Rouge cabaret.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/mzma
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/mzma
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Montmatre flat where one of the most important French poets lived is threatened by a project to extend the adjoining Moulin-Rouge cabaret.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/mzma
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/mzma
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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But all of that's gone because the rules & institutions of Twitter were replaced by the rules & institutions of X. The goals of Musk's X are entirely different from those of Twitter's operators. He has an affirmative political agenda & bends the whole platform to advance it. X's bias is intentional
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
But all of that's gone because the rules & institutions of Twitter were replaced by the rules & institutions of X. The goals of Musk's X are entirely different from those of Twitter's operators. He has an affirmative political agenda & bends the whole platform to advance it. X's bias is intentional
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We all know this, & it's boring to repeat. We can *wish* for a space to discuss ideas across political difference on fair terms, like Twitter did—but X doesn't. X isn't designed to do that, but rather to advance a broad right extremism. Pretending otherwise is a lie, perhaps inflected with nostalgia
December 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We all know this, & it's boring to repeat. We can *wish* for a space to discuss ideas across political difference on fair terms, like Twitter did—but X doesn't. X isn't designed to do that, but rather to advance a broad right extremism. Pretending otherwise is a lie, perhaps inflected with nostalgia
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Miller's arguments are that "Third World" can't assimilate and that 1965 immigration act unraveled social cohesion.
But these are absurd claims. I took them on here. If you want to talk "social cohesion," Trump/Miller are doing more to erode it than immigrants are.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
But these are absurd claims. I took them on here. If you want to talk "social cohesion," Trump/Miller are doing more to erode it than immigrants are.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Miller's arguments are that "Third World" can't assimilate and that 1965 immigration act unraveled social cohesion.
But these are absurd claims. I took them on here. If you want to talk "social cohesion," Trump/Miller are doing more to erode it than immigrants are.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
But these are absurd claims. I took them on here. If you want to talk "social cohesion," Trump/Miller are doing more to erode it than immigrants are.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode explores the trials of Nelson Mandela, variously charged by South Africa’s apartheid state with treason, incitement, illegal foreign travel, sabotage and conspiracy across a decade. How did Mandela defend himself?
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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'Is acher in gaíth in-nocht...' in Scots:
The wind is snell the nicht,
It forfluther’s the sea’s white hair.
A dreid-na the rinnin o the Sheuch
By fell kemps frae Noroway.
[Old Irish isn't one of my languages but pleased with forfluther for fo-fúasna.]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_ache...
The wind is snell the nicht,
It forfluther’s the sea’s white hair.
A dreid-na the rinnin o the Sheuch
By fell kemps frae Noroway.
[Old Irish isn't one of my languages but pleased with forfluther for fo-fúasna.]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_ache...
December 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
'Is acher in gaíth in-nocht...' in Scots:
The wind is snell the nicht,
It forfluther’s the sea’s white hair.
A dreid-na the rinnin o the Sheuch
By fell kemps frae Noroway.
[Old Irish isn't one of my languages but pleased with forfluther for fo-fúasna.]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_ache...
The wind is snell the nicht,
It forfluther’s the sea’s white hair.
A dreid-na the rinnin o the Sheuch
By fell kemps frae Noroway.
[Old Irish isn't one of my languages but pleased with forfluther for fo-fúasna.]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_ache...
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Fundamentally, my ideal foreign policy vision is Brits & Americans & Frenchmen & Germans & Poles & Ukrainians and Japanese & Taiwanese & South Koreans & Australians and whoever else wants to join, all standing together, under arms if necessary, to declare that all people are and ought to be free.
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Fundamentally, my ideal foreign policy vision is Brits & Americans & Frenchmen & Germans & Poles & Ukrainians and Japanese & Taiwanese & South Koreans & Australians and whoever else wants to join, all standing together, under arms if necessary, to declare that all people are and ought to be free.
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The theory of power that says conservatives as a whole, and young right-wing men in particular, are victims repressed by the left-wing forces dominating society is, in a word, insane.
It cannot possibly be addressed, because it's not true. It's just rationalization for hatred and hurting others.
It cannot possibly be addressed, because it's not true. It's just rationalization for hatred and hurting others.
The New Right's Theory of Power is Insane
It is simply not true that radical leftists took over all major institutions and use them to crush the right, and mainstream figures should stop being afraid to say so
www.arcdigital.media
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The theory of power that says conservatives as a whole, and young right-wing men in particular, are victims repressed by the left-wing forces dominating society is, in a word, insane.
It cannot possibly be addressed, because it's not true. It's just rationalization for hatred and hurting others.
It cannot possibly be addressed, because it's not true. It's just rationalization for hatred and hurting others.
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...