Michael Kläger
@klaegers.ch
(Ex-)Historiker. Schweiz - Deutschland - UK - Südasien
Im Herzen immer noch Historker
September 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Im Herzen immer noch Historker
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50 years ago, the Helsinki Accords were signed by 35 countries from both sides of the Cold War. The human rights provisions in this agreement are often cited as a key factor in the end of the Cold War. What is widely misunderstood is why Eastern Bloc dictatorships would sign such a treaty 🧵
30 July 1975: stamps issued in the GDR to mark the signing of the Helsinki Accords as the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)
August 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
50 years ago, the Helsinki Accords were signed by 35 countries from both sides of the Cold War. The human rights provisions in this agreement are often cited as a key factor in the end of the Cold War. What is widely misunderstood is why Eastern Bloc dictatorships would sign such a treaty 🧵
Awesome public service by swisstopo and other agencies. By the way, this is why we need to fund a state with taxes.
A DHC-6 Twin Otter from #swisstopo, Switzerland's national mapping agency, is currently flying a mapping pattern above the large glacier collapse in #Blatten.
This is part of the rapid mapping response for the event.
www.rapidmapping.admin.ch/index_en.html
(via globe.adsbexchange.com)
This is part of the rapid mapping response for the event.
www.rapidmapping.admin.ch/index_en.html
(via globe.adsbexchange.com)
May 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Awesome public service by swisstopo and other agencies. By the way, this is why we need to fund a state with taxes.
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We've already established that the formula is ... well ... nonsense. But in the Swiss case, the figures are inflated by investors moving gold into the US at the end of last year due to - that's right! - the threat of tariffs. Exclude those flows and Swiss exports would be subject to 20%.
April 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We've already established that the formula is ... well ... nonsense. But in the Swiss case, the figures are inflated by investors moving gold into the US at the end of last year due to - that's right! - the threat of tariffs. Exclude those flows and Swiss exports would be subject to 20%.
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Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
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Im Gedenken an Mehmet Turgut, der heute vor 21 Jahren, am 25. Februar 2004, vom Nationalsozialistischen Untergrund - NSU - in Rostock mit drei Kopfschüssen ermordet wurde. Er war 25 Jahre alt. #remember #keinSchlussstrich #keinVergessen
February 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Im Gedenken an Mehmet Turgut, der heute vor 21 Jahren, am 25. Februar 2004, vom Nationalsozialistischen Untergrund - NSU - in Rostock mit drei Kopfschüssen ermordet wurde. Er war 25 Jahre alt. #remember #keinSchlussstrich #keinVergessen
TIL there are more tigers living in Texas than in the rest of the world...
February 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
TIL there are more tigers living in Texas than in the rest of the world...
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It's grim, but we're a rich continent with big strengths, and defending Ukraine and the rest of us against ageing, corrupt, sclerotic Russia is essential and eminently doable.
February 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It's grim, but we're a rich continent with big strengths, and defending Ukraine and the rest of us against ageing, corrupt, sclerotic Russia is essential and eminently doable.
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Cancel culture
To comply with Trump's executive order on DEI, workers at NOAA have been instructed to deactivate specific agency materials containing the following keywords, per memos I obtained:
February 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Cancel culture
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More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.
Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday
Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”
nyti.ms
February 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.
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Wenn ihr übrigens in Deutschland wahlberechtigt seid, aber derzeitig nicht in Deutschland lebt und dort keinen Wohnsitz habt, muss der Antrag spätestens am 02.02. bei der zuständigen Gemeinde *eingegangen* sein. Den sellt ihr also am besten JETZT. Infos: bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa...
January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Wenn ihr übrigens in Deutschland wahlberechtigt seid, aber derzeitig nicht in Deutschland lebt und dort keinen Wohnsitz habt, muss der Antrag spätestens am 02.02. bei der zuständigen Gemeinde *eingegangen* sein. Den sellt ihr also am besten JETZT. Infos: bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswa...
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Alles in #Butter? Nichts ist in Butter! Unsere Butter im Supermarkt ist ein nivelliertes Industrieprodukt. Das lässt Ingmar Jaschok-Hops keine Ruhe. Er arbeitet am Rezept für eine Premium-Butter, deren Milch von einem einzigen Hof kommt. Unbedingt lesen !!!
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Alles wird aus Fett gemacht! Part 1: Im Rabbithole Butter
Wie aus einem Beratungsgespräch bei einem Direktvermarkter ein wochenlanger Deepdive in Milchsäurebakterien, Reifetemperaturen, Salzprozente und Gedanken zu einer Premium-Buttermarke wurde.
substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Alles in #Butter? Nichts ist in Butter! Unsere Butter im Supermarkt ist ein nivelliertes Industrieprodukt. Das lässt Ingmar Jaschok-Hops keine Ruhe. Er arbeitet am Rezept für eine Premium-Butter, deren Milch von einem einzigen Hof kommt. Unbedingt lesen !!!
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It seems Meta platforms are hiding hashtags and content that is critical of Trump and the right. TikTok now too. These people will do anything in the interest of capital.
January 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
It seems Meta platforms are hiding hashtags and content that is critical of Trump and the right. TikTok now too. These people will do anything in the interest of capital.
Es ist vollkommen normal, dass der neue US-Präsident am Wochenende vor seinem Amtsantritt einen Crypto-Scam abzieht und am folgenden Montag seine Frau gleich nachlegt. 🫠
January 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Es ist vollkommen normal, dass der neue US-Präsident am Wochenende vor seinem Amtsantritt einen Crypto-Scam abzieht und am folgenden Montag seine Frau gleich nachlegt. 🫠
What's golf for Trump are games for Elon apparently
The best single video I've seen so far, not because it explains all the ins and outs, but because the streamer starts out basically neutral and gradually transitions into complete contempt for Musk www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpXu...
Elon Musk Absolutely Clueless Trying to Pilot his Boosted PoE2 Account on Stream
YouTube video by Quin69TV
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What's golf for Trump are games for Elon apparently
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Die russische Propaganda flutet seit heute @bsky.app mit übelstem Bullshit. Mit dieser Liste (unten) könnt ihr die #Russenbots blockieren.
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January 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Die russische Propaganda flutet seit heute @bsky.app mit übelstem Bullshit. Mit dieser Liste (unten) könnt ihr die #Russenbots blockieren.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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What I dislike most about this emerging Backlash era is its ethos of pseudo-sagacious cynicism - the growing prevalence of the notion that univeralist, egalitarian, humanist values are naive liberal frippery masking a reality of violence, self-interest, ethnic difference and zero-sum group conflicts
January 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What I dislike most about this emerging Backlash era is its ethos of pseudo-sagacious cynicism - the growing prevalence of the notion that univeralist, egalitarian, humanist values are naive liberal frippery masking a reality of violence, self-interest, ethnic difference and zero-sum group conflicts
Tabuthema Tod: viele Betroffene reden nie darüber.
December 19, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Tabuthema Tod: viele Betroffene reden nie darüber.
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Dass Elon Musk Nigel Farage finanzieren will, sollte unsere Alarmglocken schrillen lassen - es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis Musk Ähnliches hierzulande versucht, um Rechtsextreme und Rechtspopulisten zu stärken.
December 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Dass Elon Musk Nigel Farage finanzieren will, sollte unsere Alarmglocken schrillen lassen - es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis Musk Ähnliches hierzulande versucht, um Rechtsextreme und Rechtspopulisten zu stärken.
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🎄🎅 From tomorrow until Christmas we'll post a sovereignty-themed advent calendar. After all Levia-clause is sovereign! He makes law determining who is naughty or nice and dispenses justice, giving gifts to some and punishing the others (taking away bad kids to the forest, in some traditions).
November 30, 2024 at 2:53 PM
🎄🎅 From tomorrow until Christmas we'll post a sovereignty-themed advent calendar. After all Levia-clause is sovereign! He makes law determining who is naughty or nice and dispenses justice, giving gifts to some and punishing the others (taking away bad kids to the forest, in some traditions).
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Bavaria began deporting people back to Bosnia in the middle of the night the minute the conflict was deemed to be over in 1996.
December 9, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Bavaria began deporting people back to Bosnia in the middle of the night the minute the conflict was deemed to be over in 1996.
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What's so bizarre about Bezos and Musk going on about deregulation is that they have managed to become *some of the richest people in human history* under these allegedly overly onerous regulations. Are Musk and Bezos seriously arguing they've been held back?
Jeff Bezos said he's excited to have Trump & wants to help dismantle government regulations.
“I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” Bezos said of Trump at the DealBook conference. “He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. If I can help him do that, I’m gonna help him.”
“I’m actually very optimistic this time around,” Bezos said of Trump at the DealBook conference. “He seems to have a lot of energy around reducing regulation. If I can help him do that, I’m gonna help him.”
Jeff Bezos Willing to Work With Trump to Remove Regulatory Barriers: ‘We Need a Growth Orientation in This Country’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he's willing to work with Donald Trump to dismantle government regulations that hinder economic growth.
variety.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:10 AM
What's so bizarre about Bezos and Musk going on about deregulation is that they have managed to become *some of the richest people in human history* under these allegedly overly onerous regulations. Are Musk and Bezos seriously arguing they've been held back?
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Bsky is being flooded with German speaking AI powered bots.
A thread on why this is important, ultimately making all social media is unusable. #deutschland #trolls #AI #election
1/ What happened? All these responses to a @zeit.de post have something in common (spoiler: they are not real):
A thread on why this is important, ultimately making all social media is unusable. #deutschland #trolls #AI #election
1/ What happened? All these responses to a @zeit.de post have something in common (spoiler: they are not real):
December 7, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Bsky is being flooded with German speaking AI powered bots.
A thread on why this is important, ultimately making all social media is unusable. #deutschland #trolls #AI #election
1/ What happened? All these responses to a @zeit.de post have something in common (spoiler: they are not real):
A thread on why this is important, ultimately making all social media is unusable. #deutschland #trolls #AI #election
1/ What happened? All these responses to a @zeit.de post have something in common (spoiler: they are not real):