Viola Tricolor
@kaffeehaus.bsky.social
While I don't know any numbers regarding Germany I wouldn't be surprised if the situation wouldn't be much different because it shows, or at least one can imagine that looking at the contemporary artworld here, too:
"A 2022 study showed that the proportion of working-class actors, ...
"A 2022 study showed that the proportion of working-class actors, ...
February 2, 2026 at 8:39 AM
While I don't know any numbers regarding Germany I wouldn't be surprised if the situation wouldn't be much different because it shows, or at least one can imagine that looking at the contemporary artworld here, too:
"A 2022 study showed that the proportion of working-class actors, ...
"A 2022 study showed that the proportion of working-class actors, ...
Therapeutic reading recommendation:
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This is the kind of mood where I turn to Powell's Dance to the Music of Time. Usually takes me right out of my funk.
January 31, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Therapeutic reading recommendation:
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I'm reading nothing for pleasure, ill-tempered, full of remorse and anger trying to make my way through a translation I'm editing on a topic that's way beyond my intellectual capabilities.
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@hubbubbub.bsky.social 's spy in the archive sounds exciting:
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@hubbubbub.bsky.social 's spy in the archive sounds exciting:
January 31, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'm reading nothing for pleasure, ill-tempered, full of remorse and anger trying to make my way through a translation I'm editing on a topic that's way beyond my intellectual capabilities.
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@hubbubbub.bsky.social 's spy in the archive sounds exciting:
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@hubbubbub.bsky.social 's spy in the archive sounds exciting:
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Dann wieder
Was keiner geglaubt haben wird
was keiner gewusst haben konnte
was keiner geahnt haben durfte
das wird dann wieder das gewesen sein
was keiner gewollt haben wollte
Erich Fried
Was keiner geglaubt haben wird
was keiner gewusst haben konnte
was keiner geahnt haben durfte
das wird dann wieder das gewesen sein
was keiner gewollt haben wollte
Erich Fried
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Dann wieder
Was keiner geglaubt haben wird
was keiner gewusst haben konnte
was keiner geahnt haben durfte
das wird dann wieder das gewesen sein
was keiner gewollt haben wollte
Erich Fried
Was keiner geglaubt haben wird
was keiner gewusst haben konnte
was keiner geahnt haben durfte
das wird dann wieder das gewesen sein
was keiner gewollt haben wollte
Erich Fried
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At the core of devastation can we,should we search for hope, and if we do isn’t that in itself an act of great courage?
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM
At the core of devastation can we,should we search for hope, and if we do isn’t that in itself an act of great courage?
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12 killed, 6 of them children.
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Israeli strikes on Gaza reportedly kill at least 12, one of the highest tolls since October agreement
The strikes, which killed women and children, came a day before a border crossing is expected to open in Gaza’s southernmost city
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:29 AM
12 killed, 6 of them children.
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
This will not even register with most people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Also note the term "October agreement" in the title avoiding the word ceasefire
January 31, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Also note the term "October agreement" in the title avoiding the word ceasefire
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“The staff reported seeing a human femur and other bones on the roads, dead bodies abandoned in cars and “catastrophic human needs, particularly for food and safe drinking water.”
Exclusive: Early warning of 'Apocalyptic Wasteland' in Gaza blocked by US envoys to Israel
The U.S. ambassador to Jerusalem, Jack Lew, blocked the cable from wider distribution within the United States government because they believed it lacked balance.
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 PM
“The staff reported seeing a human femur and other bones on the roads, dead bodies abandoned in cars and “catastrophic human needs, particularly for food and safe drinking water.”
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Absolutely delighted to receive my copy of Thomas Weatherall’s “The right to self-determination international law”. It is a privilege to serve on the editorial team for the Elements of International Law series and be able to provide a venue for this type of doctrinal scholarship.
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Absolutely delighted to receive my copy of Thomas Weatherall’s “The right to self-determination international law”. It is a privilege to serve on the editorial team for the Elements of International Law series and be able to provide a venue for this type of doctrinal scholarship.
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Jede Folge ein Hit, so auch diese. Danke, @hahauenstein.bsky.social.
Hört/ schaut Nullpunkt, abonniert, last nen Euro da, wenn ihr könnt.
Hört/ schaut Nullpunkt, abonniert, last nen Euro da, wenn ihr könnt.
Dirk Moses: What "Never Again" Means After Gaza – Nullpunkt, Ep. 10
YouTube video by Nullpunkt – mit Hanno Hauenstein
youtu.be
January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Jede Folge ein Hit, so auch diese. Danke, @hahauenstein.bsky.social.
Hört/ schaut Nullpunkt, abonniert, last nen Euro da, wenn ihr könnt.
Hört/ schaut Nullpunkt, abonniert, last nen Euro da, wenn ihr könnt.
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Ricci appears in 'Tale 3' of my collection of films on porcelain, for those who might be interested.
jeremymillar.org/Twelve-Tales...
jeremymillar.org/Twelve-Tales...
January 30, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Ricci appears in 'Tale 3' of my collection of films on porcelain, for those who might be interested.
jeremymillar.org/Twelve-Tales...
jeremymillar.org/Twelve-Tales...
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Whenever I turn my attention to Gaza, I always think, “The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.”
September 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Whenever I turn my attention to Gaza, I always think, “The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.”
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Proof, if we ever needed any, that the official death toll is a severe undercount. That is not even taking into account indirect deaths, typically ranging from 3 to 15 times the number of direct deaths (see www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... )
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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 5:49 PM
Proof, if we ever needed any, that the official death toll is a severe undercount. That is not even taking into account indirect deaths, typically ranging from 3 to 15 times the number of direct deaths (see www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... )
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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tell your parents and any NYT readers you know to Google “list of American cities w population c 71,000” to get a flavor of what the IDF now accepts as their work of death and know that the real number is far higher than that
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
tell your parents and any NYT readers you know to Google “list of American cities w population c 71,000” to get a flavor of what the IDF now accepts as their work of death and know that the real number is far higher than that
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Starting in an hour!
This talk tomorrow on disinformation with @eliothiggins.bsky.social and @cward1e.bsky.social will take place at a slightly later time than originally advertised. Join us live at 6pm CET/12pm EST to ask your own questions. discord.gg/rDW7Z6aQ?eve...
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Starting in an hour!
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Terrifying and infuriating.
Brits: you are nowhere near frightened enough of what's happening in the US right now and what UK politicians are promising with the help of Palantir and friends. From @ markmcposts on IG.
January 29, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Terrifying and infuriating.
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Hell of a thread on the UK government's AI training
How? How do you double-check the accuracy, if you're not already an expert? Ask a different GenAI? Or do you, you know... Have to go and do the research you would have done anyway, pre-AI? Because I'm buggered if I can think of how you do that in a way where the GenAI saved you time.
January 29, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Hell of a thread on the UK government's AI training
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Trade is not a topic I'd find interesting were it not for all the lies told in the context of Brexit. Watching this from the continent I wondered how much manipulation would be successful in other countries, too, simply because people - including myself - know very little about trade.
Trade is not a topic I'd find interesting were it not for all the lies told in the context of Brexit. Watching this from the continent I wondered how much manipulation would be successful in other countries, too, simply because people - including myself - know very little about trade.
The new LSE Research for the World has a reading list on the workings & future of world trade, chosen by @sjrickard.bsky.social @lsegovernment.bsky.social @thomsampson.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social & researchers @lselaw.bsky.social @africaatlse.bsky.social & more 📚👇
Recommended reading on the future of world trade I LSE Research
Drawing on expertise from across LSE, this collaborative reading list with the LSE Review of Books highlights key works for understanding today’s upheavals in world trade and how they may shape the…
www.lse.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Trade is not a topic I'd find interesting were it not for all the lies told in the context of Brexit. Watching this from the continent I wondered how much manipulation would be successful in other countries, too, simply because people - including myself - know very little about trade.
Trade is not a topic I'd find interesting were it not for all the lies told in the context of Brexit. Watching this from the continent I wondered how much manipulation would be successful in other countries, too, simply because people - including myself - know very little about trade.
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Ich werde von vielen „Proisraelis“ als „Kuwaiti“ (Geburtsort) „Inder“ (Familienname) oder „Syrer“ (dort gelebt) bezeichnet – nicht nur, um meine palästinensische Identität zu leugnen, sondern auch weil es um Rassismus geht: denn sonst wäre ebenfalls „Deutscher“ dabei (Staatsangehörigkeit).
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Ich werde von vielen „Proisraelis“ als „Kuwaiti“ (Geburtsort) „Inder“ (Familienname) oder „Syrer“ (dort gelebt) bezeichnet – nicht nur, um meine palästinensische Identität zu leugnen, sondern auch weil es um Rassismus geht: denn sonst wäre ebenfalls „Deutscher“ dabei (Staatsangehörigkeit).
Reading French political commentary is a superb tool for vocabulary building - from today's harvest:
- un toutoulogue autolégitimé
- le Prix Nobel des lèches bottes
- une manipulation mensongère sournoise
- traîter qqn de munichois (grave insult!)
- critiquer qqc de façon pavlovienne
- un toutoulogue autolégitimé
- le Prix Nobel des lèches bottes
- une manipulation mensongère sournoise
- traîter qqn de munichois (grave insult!)
- critiquer qqc de façon pavlovienne
January 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Reading French political commentary is a superb tool for vocabulary building - from today's harvest:
- un toutoulogue autolégitimé
- le Prix Nobel des lèches bottes
- une manipulation mensongère sournoise
- traîter qqn de munichois (grave insult!)
- critiquer qqc de façon pavlovienne
- un toutoulogue autolégitimé
- le Prix Nobel des lèches bottes
- une manipulation mensongère sournoise
- traîter qqn de munichois (grave insult!)
- critiquer qqc de façon pavlovienne
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Most shocking things described in this book were
1) Sheer volume of invasions and occupations, many of which seem to have been forgotten
2) History of racist medical experimentation in Puerto Rico by celebrated Father of Chemotherapy
3)Bloodlust of Theodore Roosevelt against indigenous people, etc.
1) Sheer volume of invasions and occupations, many of which seem to have been forgotten
2) History of racist medical experimentation in Puerto Rico by celebrated Father of Chemotherapy
3)Bloodlust of Theodore Roosevelt against indigenous people, etc.
“I’ve killed eight of my patients”: Dr. Cornelius Rhoads in Puerto Rico
Historian Daniel Immerwahr talks about the legacy of Cornelius Rhoads, a doctor and cancer researcher who enthusiastically claimed he killed eight of his pat...
youtu.be
July 15, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Most shocking things described in this book were
1) Sheer volume of invasions and occupations, many of which seem to have been forgotten
2) History of racist medical experimentation in Puerto Rico by celebrated Father of Chemotherapy
3)Bloodlust of Theodore Roosevelt against indigenous people, etc.
1) Sheer volume of invasions and occupations, many of which seem to have been forgotten
2) History of racist medical experimentation in Puerto Rico by celebrated Father of Chemotherapy
3)Bloodlust of Theodore Roosevelt against indigenous people, etc.
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What we're seeing is not new.
At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured and experimented on. What they haven’t been, by and large, is seen.”
- Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured and experimented on. What they haven’t been, by and large, is seen.”
- Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
What we're seeing is not new.
At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured and experimented on. What they haven’t been, by and large, is seen.”
- Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
At various times, inhabitants of the U.S. Empire have been shot, shelled, starved, interned, dispossessed, tortured and experimented on. What they haven’t been, by and large, is seen.”
- Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States
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This little #Roman silver statuette of a shepherd is displayed incorrectly at the #BritishMuseum (1st pic). Because when he's turned, you can see that he's carrying an adorable smiling lamb in a skin bag slung over his shoulder. 😍 🏺 1/
Probably 1st c. CE.
📸 me #ancientbluesky
Probably 1st c. CE.
📸 me #ancientbluesky
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This little #Roman silver statuette of a shepherd is displayed incorrectly at the #BritishMuseum (1st pic). Because when he's turned, you can see that he's carrying an adorable smiling lamb in a skin bag slung over his shoulder. 😍 🏺 1/
Probably 1st c. CE.
📸 me #ancientbluesky
Probably 1st c. CE.
📸 me #ancientbluesky
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That second pic above was taken several years ago, before someone turned the statuette forwards, hiding the little lamb. Odd thing to do. You can see from a museum photo, below, that the artist even shows the body of the lamb through the bag. Wonderful work. 🏺 2/
January 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
That second pic above was taken several years ago, before someone turned the statuette forwards, hiding the little lamb. Odd thing to do. You can see from a museum photo, below, that the artist even shows the body of the lamb through the bag. Wonderful work. 🏺 2/
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Israel’s destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure & continues to block life-saving medication, like chemotherapy drugs, from entering, leaving thousands of Palestinian cancer patients in need of medical evacuation for treatment.
‘I wish I had the power to ease his suffering’: Gaza’s cancer patients trapped by war and blockade
Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical evacuation
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Israel’s destroyed Gaza’s medical infrastructure & continues to block life-saving medication, like chemotherapy drugs, from entering, leaving thousands of Palestinian cancer patients in need of medical evacuation for treatment.