Jakob-Moritz Eberl
@jamoeberl.bsky.social
He / Him | Senior Scientist in Political Communication at @univie.ac.at | #AUTNES 🇦🇹 | #ACPP 💉 | #MEDem 🗳️ @medem.bsky.social.
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Democracy doesn’t die in darkness; it dies in plain sight, with everyone watching—and some even cheering. For many, democracy has become a floating signifier, losing its importance and meaning. #USElection2024
Hi everyone—I'm a #DemocracyResearcher, & I'm deeply concerned about where we're headed. The challenges to democracy we’re facing right now aren’t just sobering; they're alarming. This affects all of us— not least in Europe —now’s the time to stay vigilant & engaged.
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Response by the Danish Ambassador to the US
“We are close allies and should continue to work together as such … And yes, we expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.”
“We are close allies and should continue to work together as such … And yes, we expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.”
January 4, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Response by the Danish Ambassador to the US
“We are close allies and should continue to work together as such … And yes, we expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.”
“We are close allies and should continue to work together as such … And yes, we expect full respect for the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark.”
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EU citizens - especially those in Greenland - deserve a clear answer to the question of how EU leaders would react to attempts of the US to annex Greenland. Will there be a clear political and economic response? Or is it also going to be a "complex situation" to be "closely monitored"?
January 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
EU citizens - especially those in Greenland - deserve a clear answer to the question of how EU leaders would react to attempts of the US to annex Greenland. Will there be a clear political and economic response? Or is it also going to be a "complex situation" to be "closely monitored"?
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🐦⬛ Tag 2 der Stunde der Wintervögel ❄️
👉 Auch heute sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Wintervögel zu zählen ✏️🗒️ und ihre Beobachtungen auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at zu melden 📊
#️⃣ Unter dem Hashtag #StundeDerWintervögel freuen wir uns über eure Schnappschüsse 📸
👉 Auch heute sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Wintervögel zu zählen ✏️🗒️ und ihre Beobachtungen auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at zu melden 📊
#️⃣ Unter dem Hashtag #StundeDerWintervögel freuen wir uns über eure Schnappschüsse 📸
January 4, 2026 at 9:23 AM
🐦⬛ Tag 2 der Stunde der Wintervögel ❄️
👉 Auch heute sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Wintervögel zu zählen ✏️🗒️ und ihre Beobachtungen auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at zu melden 📊
#️⃣ Unter dem Hashtag #StundeDerWintervögel freuen wir uns über eure Schnappschüsse 📸
👉 Auch heute sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Wintervögel zu zählen ✏️🗒️ und ihre Beobachtungen auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at zu melden 📊
#️⃣ Unter dem Hashtag #StundeDerWintervögel freuen wir uns über eure Schnappschüsse 📸
Official reactions by EU representatives & institutions to the US kidnapping of a foreign leader and their spouse are frankly dismaying. They point to a troubling loss of clarity about what the European Union claims to stand for. 1/4
Venezuela será libre.
People in Venezuela deserve to live free after years of oppression.
As the European Parliament has consistently affirmed, we do not consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate, elected leader of Venezuela.
People in Venezuela deserve to live free after years of oppression.
As the European Parliament has consistently affirmed, we do not consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate, elected leader of Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Official reactions by EU representatives & institutions to the US kidnapping of a foreign leader and their spouse are frankly dismaying. They point to a troubling loss of clarity about what the European Union claims to stand for. 1/4
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Oh ok, we the EU are just total US lapdogs now.
Russia doesn't consider the Ukrainian government to be legitimate since Maidan either btw, is the EU about to tell us that the 2022 plan to capture Kyiv + Zelenskyy was actually perfectly acceptable? What clownery.
Russia doesn't consider the Ukrainian government to be legitimate since Maidan either btw, is the EU about to tell us that the 2022 plan to capture Kyiv + Zelenskyy was actually perfectly acceptable? What clownery.
Venezuela será libre.
People in Venezuela deserve to live free after years of oppression.
As the European Parliament has consistently affirmed, we do not consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate, elected leader of Venezuela.
People in Venezuela deserve to live free after years of oppression.
As the European Parliament has consistently affirmed, we do not consider Nicolás Maduro to be the legitimate, elected leader of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Oh ok, we the EU are just total US lapdogs now.
Russia doesn't consider the Ukrainian government to be legitimate since Maidan either btw, is the EU about to tell us that the 2022 plan to capture Kyiv + Zelenskyy was actually perfectly acceptable? What clownery.
Russia doesn't consider the Ukrainian government to be legitimate since Maidan either btw, is the EU about to tell us that the 2022 plan to capture Kyiv + Zelenskyy was actually perfectly acceptable? What clownery.
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I suspect two of the hot words for 2026 will be “impeach” and “remove”
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I suspect two of the hot words for 2026 will be “impeach” and “remove”
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I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I’m at Times Square, where an emergency “No War On Venezuela” protest just took to the street. Easily a thousand people here in real-feel 20°F weather.
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
“No more coups, no more wars, Venezuela’s not yours!”
“No boots on the ground no bombs in the air, U.S. out of everywhere!”
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Hegseth: "Ok now ask Grok where it's at on a map."
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Hegseth: "Ok now ask Grok where it's at on a map."
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Let me sum up the reaction of the German government:
International law applies when our enemies violate it, it’s that simple.
International law applies when our enemies violate it, it’s that simple.
January 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Let me sum up the reaction of the German government:
International law applies when our enemies violate it, it’s that simple.
International law applies when our enemies violate it, it’s that simple.
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Picard engineering tip: Make it so every subsystem can be found and repaired manually, even if you need to crawl to reach it.
January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Picard engineering tip: Make it so every subsystem can be found and repaired manually, even if you need to crawl to reach it.
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Oil, conflict, and climate change – there is a direct connection.
The real kicker here is that if US companies do succeed in ramping up Venezuela’s oil, it’s some of the dirtiest and most carbon intensive in the world. And it’s cheap to produce (PdVSA says $5/barrel, probably closer to $25).
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January 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Oil, conflict, and climate change – there is a direct connection.
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Machado must not have agreed to the American looting of Venezuelan oil
Trump on María Corina Machado: "I think it'd be very tough for her to be the leader. She doesn't have the support or the respect within the country. She's a very nice woman but she doesn't have the respect."
January 3, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Machado must not have agreed to the American looting of Venezuelan oil
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I have annexed
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
January 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I have annexed
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
The country
Whose resources
I wanted
And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe
It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird
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THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated.
According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.
Nope.
House Intel Chair Rick Crawford: "What these folks need to understand is we got a president here who's not screwing around ... this is actually what the Western Hemisphere neighborhood needs"
January 3, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Nope.
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Every day now is the moment when Europe decides whether international law is worth anything to us, or whether we prefer living in a world where the strong do as they like. And it seems we still don’t know our answer to this question 🤷♂️
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Every day now is the moment when Europe decides whether international law is worth anything to us, or whether we prefer living in a world where the strong do as they like. And it seems we still don’t know our answer to this question 🤷♂️
Weak. Very weak. Nothing short of a "let them cook" statement.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Weak. Very weak. Nothing short of a "let them cook" statement.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
More than ever, we need a strong EU and esp. European Commission that stands up for its core values. This is not it.
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Trump doesn’t appear to have any congressional approval for a declaration of war, and doesn’t seem to have notified the Gang of Eight about any of this.
Before we talk international law, there seems to be some *extreme* disregard for US law here, too.
Before we talk international law, there seems to be some *extreme* disregard for US law here, too.
Rules-based international order has had a rough couple of decades, but this pretty much ends it entirely. Both the strikes and the capture of Maduro are also blatant violations of US domestic law too, of course.
January 3, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Trump doesn’t appear to have any congressional approval for a declaration of war, and doesn’t seem to have notified the Gang of Eight about any of this.
Before we talk international law, there seems to be some *extreme* disregard for US law here, too.
Before we talk international law, there seems to be some *extreme* disregard for US law here, too.
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The joke here is that Putin made considerable effort to provide some (flimsy and entirely wrong) veneer of legality for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
I think this feels particularly shocking because no matter how much you stretch the law this has absolutely no basis of legality whatsoever. No terrorists, no "threat" requiring anticipatory self defence. Nothing.
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
The joke here is that Putin made considerable effort to provide some (flimsy and entirely wrong) veneer of legality for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Killing and kidnapping. At home and abroad.
The peace, law, and order president.
The peace, law, and order president.
January 3, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Killing and kidnapping. At home and abroad.
The peace, law, and order president.
The peace, law, and order president.
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3-2-1-LOS! 🐦⬛🥳🎉
Die größte Citizen-Science-Aktion Österreichs hat begonnen. Bis inklusive Dienstag sind alle dazu eingeladen, die Wintervögel mitzuzählen ✏️🗒️ Auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at können die Beobachtungen gemeldet werden. Dort gibt es auch einen Live-Ticker mit den aktuellen Ergebnissen 📊
Die größte Citizen-Science-Aktion Österreichs hat begonnen. Bis inklusive Dienstag sind alle dazu eingeladen, die Wintervögel mitzuzählen ✏️🗒️ Auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at können die Beobachtungen gemeldet werden. Dort gibt es auch einen Live-Ticker mit den aktuellen Ergebnissen 📊
January 3, 2026 at 9:59 AM
3-2-1-LOS! 🐦⬛🥳🎉
Die größte Citizen-Science-Aktion Österreichs hat begonnen. Bis inklusive Dienstag sind alle dazu eingeladen, die Wintervögel mitzuzählen ✏️🗒️ Auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at können die Beobachtungen gemeldet werden. Dort gibt es auch einen Live-Ticker mit den aktuellen Ergebnissen 📊
Die größte Citizen-Science-Aktion Österreichs hat begonnen. Bis inklusive Dienstag sind alle dazu eingeladen, die Wintervögel mitzuzählen ✏️🗒️ Auf stunde-der-wintervoegel.at können die Beobachtungen gemeldet werden. Dort gibt es auch einen Live-Ticker mit den aktuellen Ergebnissen 📊
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Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.
Both of those facts are simultaneously true.
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Der Kiebitz ist unser Vogel des Jahres 2026 💚
Die Auszeichnung hat jedoch einen ernsten Anlass: Die Bestandszahlen des Feld- und Wiesenvogels haben sich in den letzten 25 Jahren halbiert. Welchen Grund das hat und wie wir dem Kiebitz helfen können, erfährt du hier 👇
Die Auszeichnung hat jedoch einen ernsten Anlass: Die Bestandszahlen des Feld- und Wiesenvogels haben sich in den letzten 25 Jahren halbiert. Welchen Grund das hat und wie wir dem Kiebitz helfen können, erfährt du hier 👇
Hilfe für den Kiebitz! BirdLife Österreich kürt den Kiebitz zum Vogel des Jahres 2026
www.birdlife.at
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Der Kiebitz ist unser Vogel des Jahres 2026 💚
Die Auszeichnung hat jedoch einen ernsten Anlass: Die Bestandszahlen des Feld- und Wiesenvogels haben sich in den letzten 25 Jahren halbiert. Welchen Grund das hat und wie wir dem Kiebitz helfen können, erfährt du hier 👇
Die Auszeichnung hat jedoch einen ernsten Anlass: Die Bestandszahlen des Feld- und Wiesenvogels haben sich in den letzten 25 Jahren halbiert. Welchen Grund das hat und wie wir dem Kiebitz helfen können, erfährt du hier 👇
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❗️BITTE TEILEN 🐦⬛
Morgen startet in 🇦🇹 die 17. Stunde der Wintervögel. Vom 3. bis 6. Jänner sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Vögel zu zählen. Die gemeldeten Beobachtungen dienen als Grundlage für die ornithologische Forschung 🐦
Weitere Infos zur Aktion findest du hier 👇
Morgen startet in 🇦🇹 die 17. Stunde der Wintervögel. Vom 3. bis 6. Jänner sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Vögel zu zählen. Die gemeldeten Beobachtungen dienen als Grundlage für die ornithologische Forschung 🐦
Weitere Infos zur Aktion findest du hier 👇
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Von 3. bis 6. Jänner 2026 heißt es wieder "Zähl mit uns!". Zählen Sie eine Stunde lang Vögel im Garten, am Balkon oder im Park und melden Sie uns Ihre Beobachtungen. Sie erbringen damit einen wertvoll...
www.birdlife.at
January 2, 2026 at 9:43 AM
❗️BITTE TEILEN 🐦⬛
Morgen startet in 🇦🇹 die 17. Stunde der Wintervögel. Vom 3. bis 6. Jänner sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Vögel zu zählen. Die gemeldeten Beobachtungen dienen als Grundlage für die ornithologische Forschung 🐦
Weitere Infos zur Aktion findest du hier 👇
Morgen startet in 🇦🇹 die 17. Stunde der Wintervögel. Vom 3. bis 6. Jänner sind alle Vogelinteressierten dazu aufgerufen, die heimischen Vögel zu zählen. Die gemeldeten Beobachtungen dienen als Grundlage für die ornithologische Forschung 🐦
Weitere Infos zur Aktion findest du hier 👇