piglet42
@piglet42.bsky.social
I'm interested in politics, media, climate change, energy policy, science. USA, Germany, Switzerland, Europe in general, more USA.
Ich schreibe auf Deutsch and in English.
I'm in the fediverse: https://troet.cafe/@piglet
Ich schreibe auf Deutsch and in English.
I'm in the fediverse: https://troet.cafe/@piglet
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piglet42
@piglet42.bsky.social
· Dec 6
Trumps Kulturkrieg und aggressive Identitätspolitik haben ihm zum Sieg verholfen. Eine Linke, die die Ursachen für das Scheitern der Demokraten nur in ihrer Wirtschaftspolitik sieht, hat laut unserem Autor nichts dazugelernt.
Sie wollen Dominanz und Tradition
Trumps knappen Wahlsieg auf ökonomische Faktoren zurückzuführen, greift zu kurz. Die Linke muss der Realität ins Auge sehen, dass ein grosser Teil der Bevölkerung Trump nicht trotz, sondern wegen sein...
daslamm.ch
“Der Trumpismus ist keine gewöhnliche Rechtspartei, sondern Ausdruck einer internationalen oligarchisch-faschistischen Allianz, die den Nachkriegskonsens aufgekündigt hat und die liberale Demokratie für eine Zumutung hält, der ein Ende gesetzt werden muss.”
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(4/X) They're not that strategic. They just start doing stuff they think will scare you (like canceling all the flights, cutting SNAP etc.). You have to just keep escalating, or at least let them keep stepping on their own dick. Don't give them an easy out .
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
(4/X) They're not that strategic. They just start doing stuff they think will scare you (like canceling all the flights, cutting SNAP etc.). You have to just keep escalating, or at least let them keep stepping on their own dick. Don't give them an easy out .
"When the damsels who were supposed to be in distress and the members of the races that were supposed to be disposable began to be the protagonists, some fans experienced that as a kind of loss. And social media amplified those voices, even if they were a small contingent"
Culture war in a nutshell
Culture war in a nutshell
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"When the damsels who were supposed to be in distress and the members of the races that were supposed to be disposable began to be the protagonists, some fans experienced that as a kind of loss. And social media amplified those voices, even if they were a small contingent"
Culture war in a nutshell
Culture war in a nutshell
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
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The more war crimes the US commits, the less cooperation the US will get from allies.
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The more war crimes the US commits, the less cooperation the US will get from allies.
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Republicans have destroyed health care in our country. Millions will go without care, and people will die. Yet again, Republicans have shown their priorities begin and end with helping billionaires. Americans won't forget it the next time they go to the polls.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Republicans have destroyed health care in our country. Millions will go without care, and people will die. Yet again, Republicans have shown their priorities begin and end with helping billionaires. Americans won't forget it the next time they go to the polls.
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Wir brauchen keine Milliardäre #taxtherich
#Vermögenssteuer jetzt, höhere #Erbschaftssteuer, weil Leistung honoriert werden muss
#Vermögenssteuer jetzt, höhere #Erbschaftssteuer, weil Leistung honoriert werden muss
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Wir brauchen keine Milliardäre #taxtherich
#Vermögenssteuer jetzt, höhere #Erbschaftssteuer, weil Leistung honoriert werden muss
#Vermögenssteuer jetzt, höhere #Erbschaftssteuer, weil Leistung honoriert werden muss
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New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how to find hope after Democrats caved so massively on health care.
Subscribe today! To mine, if you haven't, but we also have a new one that is a daily Salon round-up! salon.com/newsletter
Music by the Diodes.
Subscribe today! To mine, if you haven't, but we also have a new one that is a daily Salon round-up! salon.com/newsletter
Music by the Diodes.
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is about how to find hope after Democrats caved so massively on health care.
Subscribe today! To mine, if you haven't, but we also have a new one that is a daily Salon round-up! salon.com/newsletter
Music by the Diodes.
Subscribe today! To mine, if you haven't, but we also have a new one that is a daily Salon round-up! salon.com/newsletter
Music by the Diodes.
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“The most dramatic rollback of human rights for trans people in a generation will be covered by a mainstream corporate press that has purged queer journalists from its ranks in a stunningly transparent series of politicized moves over the past month.”
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“The most dramatic rollback of human rights for trans people in a generation will be covered by a mainstream corporate press that has purged queer journalists from its ranks in a stunningly transparent series of politicized moves over the past month.”
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FRED HICKEY: “.. GenAI is probably the most over-hyped technology I’ve ever witnessed in my 45 years of following tech stocks.”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
FRED HICKEY: “.. GenAI is probably the most over-hyped technology I’ve ever witnessed in my 45 years of following tech stocks.”
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/commentary/b...
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Lustige 🇪🇺 Öffentlichkeit: Der #EuGH hat in der #Mindestlohn -Entscheidung heute Teile der Richtlinie gekippt, andere bestätigt.
🇩🇪 dpa meldete daraufhin: "EuGH kippt zentrale Vorgaben der EU-Mindestlohnrichtlinie"
🇦🇹 APA dagegen: "EuGH bestätigt EU-Zuständigkeit bei Mindestlöhnen"
Und die Medien?
⬇️
🇩🇪 dpa meldete daraufhin: "EuGH kippt zentrale Vorgaben der EU-Mindestlohnrichtlinie"
🇦🇹 APA dagegen: "EuGH bestätigt EU-Zuständigkeit bei Mindestlöhnen"
Und die Medien?
⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Lustige 🇪🇺 Öffentlichkeit: Der #EuGH hat in der #Mindestlohn -Entscheidung heute Teile der Richtlinie gekippt, andere bestätigt.
🇩🇪 dpa meldete daraufhin: "EuGH kippt zentrale Vorgaben der EU-Mindestlohnrichtlinie"
🇦🇹 APA dagegen: "EuGH bestätigt EU-Zuständigkeit bei Mindestlöhnen"
Und die Medien?
⬇️
🇩🇪 dpa meldete daraufhin: "EuGH kippt zentrale Vorgaben der EU-Mindestlohnrichtlinie"
🇦🇹 APA dagegen: "EuGH bestätigt EU-Zuständigkeit bei Mindestlöhnen"
Und die Medien?
⬇️
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Der jüdische Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede zum 9. November halten. Sie wurde von lautstarken Protesten unter- und schließlich von einem Gemeindevertreter abgebrochen. Wer den Redetext liest, den die FAZ dankenswerterweise abdruckte, fragt sich weshalb.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Der jüdische Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede zum 9. November halten. Sie wurde von lautstarken Protesten unter- und schließlich von einem Gemeindevertreter abgebrochen. Wer den Redetext liest, den die FAZ dankenswerterweise abdruckte, fragt sich weshalb.
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Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Really wish I had gotten a better shot of this but holding a phone that says “who else was just ‘following orders’?” up to a riot cop is hard as hell
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Das grösste #Demokratie-Problem ist neben der politischen Ausgrenzung eines Viertels das Faktum, dass die Hälfte der Schweiz 1% gehört. Demokrat:innen stimmen #JA bei der #Erbschaftssteuer ab 50 Mio!
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @rfrbrghs.bsky.social
Schlussthesen Demokratie in der Schweiz (2020), 273:
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @rfrbrghs.bsky.social
Schlussthesen Demokratie in der Schweiz (2020), 273:
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Das grösste #Demokratie-Problem ist neben der politischen Ausgrenzung eines Viertels das Faktum, dass die Hälfte der Schweiz 1% gehört. Demokrat:innen stimmen #JA bei der #Erbschaftssteuer ab 50 Mio!
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @rfrbrghs.bsky.social
Schlussthesen Demokratie in der Schweiz (2020), 273:
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @rfrbrghs.bsky.social
Schlussthesen Demokratie in der Schweiz (2020), 273:
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BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah judge struck down the GOP’s latest gerrymander ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution. This restores a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering and enacts a fairer map for 2026.
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I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think on some level I get really frustrated to see progressives claim the far past was better than today because it’s explicitly the MAGA project to take us back there, and people need to understand that it was a poor, cruel, ugly, hard world compared to the one we’ve built
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Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet | George Monbiot
Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Two years ago, I wrote this about how the COP climate summits are designed to fail, and how they could be designed to succeed. Sadly, nothing has changed.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The last Democrat to win the majority of the white vote was LBJ in 1964.
With a Democratic trifecta & a large moderate Republican faction in Congress, LBJ was able to get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed, but in the 1966 midterms, Democrats lost 40 House seats, 3 Senate seats & 8 governorships.🧵
With a Democratic trifecta & a large moderate Republican faction in Congress, LBJ was able to get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed, but in the 1966 midterms, Democrats lost 40 House seats, 3 Senate seats & 8 governorships.🧵
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The last Democrat to win the majority of the white vote was LBJ in 1964.
With a Democratic trifecta & a large moderate Republican faction in Congress, LBJ was able to get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed, but in the 1966 midterms, Democrats lost 40 House seats, 3 Senate seats & 8 governorships.🧵
With a Democratic trifecta & a large moderate Republican faction in Congress, LBJ was able to get the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed, but in the 1966 midterms, Democrats lost 40 House seats, 3 Senate seats & 8 governorships.🧵
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Der #EuGH hat zur EU- #Mindestlohnrichtlinie entschieden. Trotz einiger Abschwächungen wurde die Richtlinie im Kern bestätigt, die soziale Dimension gehört zur DNA der #EU. Unsere Expert*innen haben das Urteil eingeordnet. (🧵1/3) @arbeitsrechthsi.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Der #EuGH hat zur EU- #Mindestlohnrichtlinie entschieden. Trotz einiger Abschwächungen wurde die Richtlinie im Kern bestätigt, die soziale Dimension gehört zur DNA der #EU. Unsere Expert*innen haben das Urteil eingeordnet. (🧵1/3) @arbeitsrechthsi.bsky.social
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Family Office Forum: TAX THE RICH
Im Dolder Grand treffen sich gerade Superreiche und ihre Vermögensverwalter*innen um darüber zu beraten, wie man sein Vermögen noch schneller vergrössern kann. Wer sich eine Family Office leisten kann, soll auch gerechte Steuern bezahlen!
juso.ch/de/medienmit...
Im Dolder Grand treffen sich gerade Superreiche und ihre Vermögensverwalter*innen um darüber zu beraten, wie man sein Vermögen noch schneller vergrössern kann. Wer sich eine Family Office leisten kann, soll auch gerechte Steuern bezahlen!
juso.ch/de/medienmit...
Klare Botschaft am Family Office Forum: Tax the rich
Die JUSO Schweiz hat heute mit einer Aktion beim Dolder Grand in Zürich auf das “Family Office Forum” aufmerksam gemacht. Hinter verschlossenen Mauern treffen sich dort am 11. und 12. November über hu...
juso.ch
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Family Office Forum: TAX THE RICH
Im Dolder Grand treffen sich gerade Superreiche und ihre Vermögensverwalter*innen um darüber zu beraten, wie man sein Vermögen noch schneller vergrössern kann. Wer sich eine Family Office leisten kann, soll auch gerechte Steuern bezahlen!
juso.ch/de/medienmit...
Im Dolder Grand treffen sich gerade Superreiche und ihre Vermögensverwalter*innen um darüber zu beraten, wie man sein Vermögen noch schneller vergrössern kann. Wer sich eine Family Office leisten kann, soll auch gerechte Steuern bezahlen!
juso.ch/de/medienmit...
Gefällt mir. In Bern hab ich noch keins gesehen. Gibt es hier überhaupt einen Abstimmungskampf?
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @spschweiz.ch
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @spschweiz.ch
November 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Gefällt mir. In Bern hab ich noch keins gesehen. Gibt es hier überhaupt einen Abstimmungskampf?
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @spschweiz.ch
@jusoschweiz.bsky.social @spschweiz.ch
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Die JUSO hat heute mit einer Aktion beim Dolder Grand Hotel eine klare Botschaft überbracht: Tax the rich.
Am "Family Office Forum" im Zürcher Nobelhotel trifft sich in diesen Tagen die Parallelgesellschaft der Überreichen. #Erbschaftssteuer #TaxtheRich
zukunft-initiative.ch/de/klare-bot...
Am "Family Office Forum" im Zürcher Nobelhotel trifft sich in diesen Tagen die Parallelgesellschaft der Überreichen. #Erbschaftssteuer #TaxtheRich
zukunft-initiative.ch/de/klare-bot...
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Die JUSO hat heute mit einer Aktion beim Dolder Grand Hotel eine klare Botschaft überbracht: Tax the rich.
Am "Family Office Forum" im Zürcher Nobelhotel trifft sich in diesen Tagen die Parallelgesellschaft der Überreichen. #Erbschaftssteuer #TaxtheRich
zukunft-initiative.ch/de/klare-bot...
Am "Family Office Forum" im Zürcher Nobelhotel trifft sich in diesen Tagen die Parallelgesellschaft der Überreichen. #Erbschaftssteuer #TaxtheRich
zukunft-initiative.ch/de/klare-bot...
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‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some say
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/media/ng-int...
"Das hat doch mit Apartheid nichts zu tun" 🤡 🙈
„Israel’s parliament has backed a controversial bill that seeks to impose a mandatory death sentence on Palestinians who kill Jewish Israelis for nationalist reasons, but not on Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians.“
Israeli parliament backs death sentences bill targeting Palestinians
Bill passed by 39 votes to 16 but must clear two more parliamentary votes to become law
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
"Das hat doch mit Apartheid nichts zu tun" 🤡 🙈
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November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM