Ingmar von Homeyer
@ivh.bsky.social
Political… science, EU policy/politics, environment, climate...
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
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Die beste Maßnahme, wie das klappt: "Jeder einzelne Beschäftigte des Räumdienstes muss regelmäßig selbst auf seinen Routen radeln. Wenn die Nutzer besonders zufrieden sind, kann es Boni geben."
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Die beste Maßnahme, wie das klappt: "Jeder einzelne Beschäftigte des Räumdienstes muss regelmäßig selbst auf seinen Routen radeln. Wenn die Nutzer besonders zufrieden sind, kann es Boni geben."
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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So wird die digitale Kolonisierung Deutschlands organisiert—mit US Techfirmen, deren Chefs autoritäre Projekte verfolgen und Demokratie abschaffen wollen. Dieselben deutschen Politiker:innen erzählen dann eifrig woanders das Märchen der digitalen Souveränität.
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Gestern fand der ,WELT-Wirtschaftsgipfel, im Axel-Springer-Hochhaus statt.
Fast die gesamte Bundesregierung bis hin zum Bundeskanzler nahm teil.
Auch mit dabei: Palantir-CEO Alex Karp, Trump-Vertrauter Steve Witkoff, der Bundeswehr Generalinspekteur & diverse Investoren. 🧵
Gestern fand der ,WELT-Wirtschaftsgipfel, im Axel-Springer-Hochhaus statt.
Fast die gesamte Bundesregierung bis hin zum Bundeskanzler nahm teil.
Auch mit dabei: Palantir-CEO Alex Karp, Trump-Vertrauter Steve Witkoff, der Bundeswehr Generalinspekteur & diverse Investoren. 🧵
January 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
So wird die digitale Kolonisierung Deutschlands organisiert—mit US Techfirmen, deren Chefs autoritäre Projekte verfolgen und Demokratie abschaffen wollen. Dieselben deutschen Politiker:innen erzählen dann eifrig woanders das Märchen der digitalen Souveränität.
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For anyone who ever claimed that the Gaza Health Ministry death toll in Gaza could not be trusted - today the IDF acknowledged it agrees with their numbers. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:36 PM
For anyone who ever claimed that the Gaza Health Ministry death toll in Gaza could not be trusted - today the IDF acknowledged it agrees with their numbers. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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I s'pose that's one way to cut nuclear costs:
"Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules" www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
"Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules" www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 PM
I s'pose that's one way to cut nuclear costs:
"Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules" www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
"Trump administration secretly loosens nuclear safety rules" www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
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De Wever, the Eurosceptic independentist of ten years ago transformed into someone (by his own lights) strengthening Belgium as the cornerstone of a more united Europe. By @davesinardet.bsky.social in @demorgen.be www.demorgen.be/meningen/nog...
Nog ingrijpender dan zijn Belgische vervelling is De Wevers Europese metamorfose
Dave Sinardet is professor politieke wetenschappen (VUB/UCLouvain). Hij merkt hoe premier Bart De Wever zich steeds meer profileert op het Europese niveau.
www.demorgen.be
January 27, 2026 at 9:39 AM
De Wever, the Eurosceptic independentist of ten years ago transformed into someone (by his own lights) strengthening Belgium as the cornerstone of a more united Europe. By @davesinardet.bsky.social in @demorgen.be www.demorgen.be/meningen/nog...
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Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
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China begins operating the world's largest compressed air energy storage plant. Something that can compete with lithium-ion batteries on price now!
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 27, 2026 at 9:48 AM
China begins operating the world's largest compressed air energy storage plant. Something that can compete with lithium-ion batteries on price now!
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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one thing that I think is probably under-covered but likely took place on a horrifying scale is the rape of boys and men by southern owners, given what happened in every other slave society. there are sometimes references in adverts to the attractiveness of male children being sold.
one of the distinctions of the South, as opposed to Rome or much of Chinese history, is that it *lied* about the rape of slaves instead of treating it as a mundane reality.
Yeah, that's what got Charles Sumner a beating, his implication that the main attraction of slavery for chivalrous Southrons was a licence to rape
January 27, 2026 at 6:49 AM
one thing that I think is probably under-covered but likely took place on a horrifying scale is the rape of boys and men by southern owners, given what happened in every other slave society. there are sometimes references in adverts to the attractiveness of male children being sold.
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They've been huffing their own farts for far too long. I suspect the complete capitulation of the media who treated Trump's win as a complete social reset helped this delusion as well.
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
They've been huffing their own farts for far too long. I suspect the complete capitulation of the media who treated Trump's win as a complete social reset helped this delusion as well.
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We have been using a platform that is banned in Russia to say that free speech is banned in the EU on the platform we banned.
Moscow's propaganda machine has been hard at work depicting Europe as a "digital gulag," hellbent on suppressing free speech online.
"Russian propaganda portrays any effort to combat disinformation as a threat to freedom of speech", says Jakub Kalensky, an expert on disinformation.
"Russian propaganda portrays any effort to combat disinformation as a threat to freedom of speech", says Jakub Kalensky, an expert on disinformation.
Fact-check: Russia's 'most successful disinformation campaign' targets free speech in Europe
Moscow's propaganda machine has been hard at work depicting Europe as a "digital gulag," hellbent on suppressing free speech online.
The latest campaign has targeted efforts by the U.K. and the EU to...
kyivindependent.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:37 PM
We have been using a platform that is banned in Russia to say that free speech is banned in the EU on the platform we banned.
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Not that an EU nuclear deterrence is likely anytime soon, but the argument that this would require Europe to spend 10% of GDP on defence is ludicrous.
As is the argument that the EU, with its economic weight, could never afford to defend itself alone.
As is the argument that the EU, with its economic weight, could never afford to defend itself alone.
Mark Rutte does a spectacular poo-pooing of EU defense independence saying it could never afford the nukes. @europarl.europa.eu @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Not that an EU nuclear deterrence is likely anytime soon, but the argument that this would require Europe to spend 10% of GDP on defence is ludicrous.
As is the argument that the EU, with its economic weight, could never afford to defend itself alone.
As is the argument that the EU, with its economic weight, could never afford to defend itself alone.
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"🇫🇷hat heute angekündigt, Teams, Zoom usw. auslaufen zu lassen & durch eine französische/europäische Lösung namens Visio zu ersetzen. Die Daten werden auf Outscale gehostet. Auch Transkripte & Untertitel werden von französischen Anbietern bereitgestellt. Frist für Regierungsbehörden ist 2027."
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"🇫🇷hat heute angekündigt, Teams, Zoom usw. auslaufen zu lassen & durch eine französische/europäische Lösung namens Visio zu ersetzen. Die Daten werden auf Outscale gehostet. Auch Transkripte & Untertitel werden von französischen Anbietern bereitgestellt. Frist für Regierungsbehörden ist 2027."
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As the AI bubble starts to burst, I'm hoping these ridiculous stories get more baroque, like "AI can only taste umami and this gives it anxiety" and "AI is currently struggling with neuropathy in its feet so it would be unfair to short our stock prices."
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:59 AM
As the AI bubble starts to burst, I'm hoping these ridiculous stories get more baroque, like "AI can only taste umami and this gives it anxiety" and "AI is currently struggling with neuropathy in its feet so it would be unfair to short our stock prices."
"..Entwicklungspolitik, in der US-Präsident Donald Trump eine zentrale Lücke hinterlassen habe. Für Deutschland machten Investitionen in diesem Bereich nun nicht nur wirtschaftlich, migrationspolitisch und klimapolitisch Sinn, sondern auch geopolitisch."
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/o...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/o...
IfW-Präsident Moritz Schularick sieht USA nicht mehr als verlässlichen Partner
Auf Trumps Amerika kann Deutschland nach Meinung von Moritz Schularick nicht mehr bauen. Laut dem IfW-Wissenschaftler eröffnen sich dafür Chancen in der Entwicklungspolitik, wenn klug in Partnerländer...
www.spiegel.de
January 26, 2026 at 9:01 AM
"..Entwicklungspolitik, in der US-Präsident Donald Trump eine zentrale Lücke hinterlassen habe. Für Deutschland machten Investitionen in diesem Bereich nun nicht nur wirtschaftlich, migrationspolitisch und klimapolitisch Sinn, sondern auch geopolitisch."
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/o...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/o...
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‼️🩸A bloodbath for the German auto trade with China in 2025:
📉70% drop in mid-sized saloon car exports
📉38% drop in large engine cars
📉39% fall in small ones
📉54% drop in small station wagons
📉23% for larger ones
📉70% drop in mid-sized saloon car exports
📉38% drop in large engine cars
📉39% fall in small ones
📉54% drop in small station wagons
📉23% for larger ones
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
‼️🩸A bloodbath for the German auto trade with China in 2025:
📉70% drop in mid-sized saloon car exports
📉38% drop in large engine cars
📉39% fall in small ones
📉54% drop in small station wagons
📉23% for larger ones
📉70% drop in mid-sized saloon car exports
📉38% drop in large engine cars
📉39% fall in small ones
📉54% drop in small station wagons
📉23% for larger ones
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It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Claude Code is wild. All I did was to connect Claude to GitHub, upload the WhoGov dataset & give it the prompt:
"Can you come up with your own research question based on the data, do an analysis and write a paper (10 pages). Remember to add citations."
It came up with an entire paper + code.
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"Can you come up with your own research question based on the data, do an analysis and write a paper (10 pages). Remember to add citations."
It came up with an entire paper + code.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Claude Code is wild. All I did was to connect Claude to GitHub, upload the WhoGov dataset & give it the prompt:
"Can you come up with your own research question based on the data, do an analysis and write a paper (10 pages). Remember to add citations."
It came up with an entire paper + code.
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"Can you come up with your own research question based on the data, do an analysis and write a paper (10 pages). Remember to add citations."
It came up with an entire paper + code.
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Why adoption of more egalitarian and what was once called ‚post-material‘ values is becoming critical for the survival of Liberal democracy.
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
January 24, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Why adoption of more egalitarian and what was once called ‚post-material‘ values is becoming critical for the survival of Liberal democracy.
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The guy should get a medal. He’s trashed Labour’s natural support base, sunk them to a distant second or third in the polls and made Starmer the most unpopular PM in history all for the grand reward of 0% of Reform voters switching to Labour. Quite an achievement.
How Morgan McSweeney's '0% strategy' failed to win over Reform voters while haemorrhaging Labour's own support base to the Greens
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/morgan-mcs...
Morgan McSweeney’s 0% Strategy
The plot to block Andy Burnham's return to Westminster tells you everything you need to know about how Keir Starmer's Government got itself into this mess
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:57 AM
The guy should get a medal. He’s trashed Labour’s natural support base, sunk them to a distant second or third in the polls and made Starmer the most unpopular PM in history all for the grand reward of 0% of Reform voters switching to Labour. Quite an achievement.
See also ‚Die Achse des Guten‘ in Germany
The model long pioneered by Brendan O'Neill, Claire Fox, and the Spiked crowd here in Britain
January 24, 2026 at 11:48 AM
See also ‚Die Achse des Guten‘ in Germany