Judith Keilbach
@juikei.bsky.social
Media scholar Utrecht University | environmental humanities, media industries and infrastructures, media and history | Greening the Digital Society | co-editor of necsus
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Micha Brumlik ist gestorben (1): Er war so vieles, u.a @taz.de Autor mit scharfem Weitenblick. Hier ein Zitat aus einem Kommentar zur Asylrechtsverschärfung 1992, dass sich die Verantwortlichen noch heute hinter die Ohren klemmen sollten.
Hier der ganze Text:
taz.de/Micha-Brumli...
Hier der ganze Text:
taz.de/Micha-Brumli...
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Micha Brumlik ist gestorben (1): Er war so vieles, u.a @taz.de Autor mit scharfem Weitenblick. Hier ein Zitat aus einem Kommentar zur Asylrechtsverschärfung 1992, dass sich die Verantwortlichen noch heute hinter die Ohren klemmen sollten.
Hier der ganze Text:
taz.de/Micha-Brumli...
Hier der ganze Text:
taz.de/Micha-Brumli...
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Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show
When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.
The demand, which would require Google and Amazon to effectively sidestep legal obligations in countries around the world, was born out of Israel’s concerns that data it moves into the global corporations’ cloud platforms could end up in the hands of foreign law enforcement authorities. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
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I had so much fun going on Dutch late night last week during my brief stopover in Amsterdam!
Thank you to the amazing host Arjen Lubach, and his wonderful team & audience, for making me feel so welcome.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
Thank you to the amazing host Arjen Lubach, and his wonderful team & audience, for making me feel so welcome.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I had so much fun going on Dutch late night last week during my brief stopover in Amsterdam!
Thank you to the amazing host Arjen Lubach, and his wonderful team & audience, for making me feel so welcome.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
Thank you to the amazing host Arjen Lubach, and his wonderful team & audience, for making me feel so welcome.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxq4...
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Die Zerstörung Gazas und dir wohl irreversible Veränderung der israelischen Gesellschaft: Assaf Bondy und Adam Raz mit einer nüchternen, erschreckenden Analyse.
Der Soziologe Assaf Bondy und der Historiker Adam Raz werfen einen Blick auf die wirtschaftlichen Hintergründe der Einberufung von israelischen Reservist:innen und auf die damit einhergehende soziopolitische Einbindung der gesamten Gesellschaft. geschichtedergegenwart.ch/die-zerstoer...
Die Zerstörung Gazas und die Prozesse der Komplizenschaft
Seit dem 7. Oktober 2023 hat die Regierung von Ministerpräsident Benjamin Netanjahu für Reservesoldaten ein Anreizsystem geschaffen, das die Grenzen zwischen ziviler und militärischer Gesellschaft auf...
geschichtedergegenwart.ch
September 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Die Zerstörung Gazas und dir wohl irreversible Veränderung der israelischen Gesellschaft: Assaf Bondy und Adam Raz mit einer nüchternen, erschreckenden Analyse.
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The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...
www.rd.nl
September 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
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Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network:
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
IAGS Solidarity Statement 9-18-25.pdf
drive.google.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network:
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.
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A glimpse of what life is like aboard the only undersea internet cable repair ship permanently stationed in Africa
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A glimpse of what life is like aboard the only undersea internet cable repair ship permanently stationed in Africa
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship
https://restofworld.org/2025/africa-internet-cable-repair-ship
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An essay I’ve written that reflects on Adorno‘s famous „Education after Auschwitz“ today, esp for Germans. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
September 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
An essay I’ve written that reflects on Adorno‘s famous „Education after Auschwitz“ today, esp for Germans. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
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J Butler: “It is time to resist the injustice now normalized by those who capitulate to powers willing to destroy the basic principles protecting the university’s independence & who imperil the future of critical thought, dissent, and democracy itself.”
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
Opinion | When Universities Become Informants
A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.
www.chronicle.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
J Butler: “It is time to resist the injustice now normalized by those who capitulate to powers willing to destroy the basic principles protecting the university’s independence & who imperil the future of critical thought, dissent, and democracy itself.”
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
Judith Butler the the Berkeley list: www.chronicle.com/article/when...
Opinion | When Universities Become Informants
A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.
www.chronicle.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Judith Butler the the Berkeley list: www.chronicle.com/article/when...
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I'm not kidding when I say you could teach an entire ethics course with this article.
Everything from character to integrity to parrhesia, from care and solidarity to the leap into faith demonstrated repeatedly by one family in the name of what's right.
Everything from character to integrity to parrhesia, from care and solidarity to the leap into faith demonstrated repeatedly by one family in the name of what's right.
September 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm not kidding when I say you could teach an entire ethics course with this article.
Everything from character to integrity to parrhesia, from care and solidarity to the leap into faith demonstrated repeatedly by one family in the name of what's right.
Everything from character to integrity to parrhesia, from care and solidarity to the leap into faith demonstrated repeatedly by one family in the name of what's right.
"This is the latest chapter in my long education in the importance of communities of resistance, however implacable is the power we confront."
"My need to resist leads me to support others doing the same: ..."
"My need to resist leads me to support others doing the same: ..."
September 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"This is the latest chapter in my long education in the importance of communities of resistance, however implacable is the power we confront."
"My need to resist leads me to support others doing the same: ..."
"My need to resist leads me to support others doing the same: ..."
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Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
September 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:
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🗣️ ISSUE NINE IS OUT! Alongside Patrick Doan’s vignettes, the heart of the ERB: stories, essays, and reviews — in our peculiar design with vivid images and un-killed darlings on 'level 2'.
Take a look:
europeanreviewofbooks.com/issues/issue...
Take a look:
europeanreviewofbooks.com/issues/issue...
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🗣️ ISSUE NINE IS OUT! Alongside Patrick Doan’s vignettes, the heart of the ERB: stories, essays, and reviews — in our peculiar design with vivid images and un-killed darlings on 'level 2'.
Take a look:
europeanreviewofbooks.com/issues/issue...
Take a look:
europeanreviewofbooks.com/issues/issue...
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This, again, because we need it:
"People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not.
Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go."
"People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not.
Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go."
September 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This, again, because we need it:
"People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not.
Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go."
"People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not.
Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go."
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"Die Mischung aus Kälte und Selbstgerechtigkeit – Anständigkeit im Gewand der Härte – ist exemplarisch für einen spezifisch deutschen Typus. Für Baerbock und die politische Klasse ist diese Art der Erfüllung der Staatsräson ein Ruhmesblatt deutscher Geschichte."
An essay I’ve written that reflects on Adorno‘s famous „Education after Auschwitz“ today, esp for Germans. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
September 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Die Mischung aus Kälte und Selbstgerechtigkeit – Anständigkeit im Gewand der Härte – ist exemplarisch für einen spezifisch deutschen Typus. Für Baerbock und die politische Klasse ist diese Art der Erfüllung der Staatsräson ein Ruhmesblatt deutscher Geschichte."
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University Press Library Open (UPLOpen) is purely for finding and retrieving open access books.
Which @oapenbooks.bsky.social does for 14 years already, and is purely open infrastructure...
Why should libraries also pay for UPLOpen, which running on proprietary software? Am I missing something?
Which @oapenbooks.bsky.social does for 14 years already, and is purely open infrastructure...
Why should libraries also pay for UPLOpen, which running on proprietary software? Am I missing something?
August 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
University Press Library Open (UPLOpen) is purely for finding and retrieving open access books.
Which @oapenbooks.bsky.social does for 14 years already, and is purely open infrastructure...
Why should libraries also pay for UPLOpen, which running on proprietary software? Am I missing something?
Which @oapenbooks.bsky.social does for 14 years already, and is purely open infrastructure...
Why should libraries also pay for UPLOpen, which running on proprietary software? Am I missing something?
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The winning article is available here. Congratulations! doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Spiral-scaling climate action: lessons from and for the academic flying less movement
The notion that scholars should reduce consumption of workrelated flight travel as a form of climate action has become common in academia. Proponents of this idea have coalesced into a sectoral mov...
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The winning article is available here. Congratulations! doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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We did it again! On Wednesday, we picked up Issue Nine. We gathered the team, brought along the ERB kid (a crucial part of the ritual, of course), and held Issue Nine in our hands for the first time. She’s growing, we’re growing.
Launch on 4 September.
Launch on 4 September.
August 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
We did it again! On Wednesday, we picked up Issue Nine. We gathered the team, brought along the ERB kid (a crucial part of the ritual, of course), and held Issue Nine in our hands for the first time. She’s growing, we’re growing.
Launch on 4 September.
Launch on 4 September.
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It can be simultaneously true that individual AI prompts use minuscule amounts of energy, and also that the growth of AI in general threatens global progress on decarbonisation.
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It can be simultaneously true that individual AI prompts use minuscule amounts of energy, and also that the growth of AI in general threatens global progress on decarbonisation.