Robert Ofner
@robertofner.bsky.social
dad²❤️, partner, global health scholar, Start up; curious about: humans, health, politics, IT+AI, equality, SDGs, climate action, XR, born @ 346 ppm CO₂
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Und damit bindet sich der deutsche Staat auch an genau diejenigen Leute, die die Demokratie gerne durch eine Techbro-Diktatur ersetzen würden. Denn wer ist Chairman von Palantir? Richtig: Peter Thiel, der pro-Trump Tech-Milliardär, der keinen Hehl daraus macht, dass er Demokratie verabscheut.
In "Baden-Württemberg wurde mit den Stimmen der #Grünen die Nutzung der Software #Gotham von #Palantir durch die #Polizei ermöglicht. Damit hat sich die Partei aus dem Kampf für #Bürgerrechte endgültig verabschiedet.
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Trotz Kritik: Ab wann die BW-Polizei eine Palantir-Software nutzen darf
Trotz viel Kritik und einer Petition hat der Landtag das Polizeigesetz geändert und die Nutzung der Datenanalyse-Software Palantir beschlossen.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Und damit bindet sich der deutsche Staat auch an genau diejenigen Leute, die die Demokratie gerne durch eine Techbro-Diktatur ersetzen würden. Denn wer ist Chairman von Palantir? Richtig: Peter Thiel, der pro-Trump Tech-Milliardär, der keinen Hehl daraus macht, dass er Demokratie verabscheut.
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BTW, a 2021 Carnie Mellon study found that ridehail's arrival in a new city *increases* car ownership.
The reason: Few residents ditch their car, while some become ridehail drivers and buy vehicles.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
The reason: Few residents ditch their car, while some become ridehail drivers and buy vehicles.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
BTW, a 2021 Carnie Mellon study found that ridehail's arrival in a new city *increases* car ownership.
The reason: Few residents ditch their car, while some become ridehail drivers and buy vehicles.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
The reason: Few residents ditch their car, while some become ridehail drivers and buy vehicles.
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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🍂🌱 „Herbstlaub ist kein Abfall, sondern das wahre Gold des Gartens! 💛 Wer’s liegen lässt, tut Boden- und Tierleben einen großen Gefallen. 🌿🐛🦔
Laub schützt, düngt und belebt den Garten – einfach liegen lassen und den Kreislauf feiern. 🌍🌳
Laub im Garten: Bitte liegenlassen
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Laub schützt, düngt und belebt den Garten – einfach liegen lassen und den Kreislauf feiern. 🌍🌳
Laub im Garten: Bitte liegenlassen
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Laub im Garten: Warum sie das "Das Gold des Gärtners" liegenlassen sollten | MDR.DE
Laubbläser gelten als praktische Helfer, schaden aber Natur und Tieren. Fachleute raten, Laub liegen zu lassen – es dient als Dünger, Lebensraum und Überwinterungsort für viele Gartenbewohner.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
🍂🌱 „Herbstlaub ist kein Abfall, sondern das wahre Gold des Gartens! 💛 Wer’s liegen lässt, tut Boden- und Tierleben einen großen Gefallen. 🌿🐛🦔
Laub schützt, düngt und belebt den Garten – einfach liegen lassen und den Kreislauf feiern. 🌍🌳
Laub im Garten: Bitte liegenlassen
www.mdr.de/wissen/umwel...
Laub schützt, düngt und belebt den Garten – einfach liegen lassen und den Kreislauf feiern. 🌍🌳
Laub im Garten: Bitte liegenlassen
www.mdr.de/wissen/umwel...
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'CERES is the only project worldwide whose prime objective is to produce global climate data records of Earth’s radiation budget (ERB) from instruments designed to observe the ERB'
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
'CERES is the only project worldwide whose prime objective is to produce global climate data records of Earth’s radiation budget (ERB) from instruments designed to observe the ERB'
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Harald Lesch hat zu 100% recht! "Technologieoffenheit ist häufig ein Ausdruck für technologische Ahnungslosigkeit" und "Die Wärmepumpe ist die beste Maschine, die die Physik anzubieten hat, da gibt es keine Alternative"
Endlich rechnet mal jemand mit diesem Bullshit-Argument der Union ab.
Endlich rechnet mal jemand mit diesem Bullshit-Argument der Union ab.
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Harald Lesch hat zu 100% recht! "Technologieoffenheit ist häufig ein Ausdruck für technologische Ahnungslosigkeit" und "Die Wärmepumpe ist die beste Maschine, die die Physik anzubieten hat, da gibt es keine Alternative"
Endlich rechnet mal jemand mit diesem Bullshit-Argument der Union ab.
Endlich rechnet mal jemand mit diesem Bullshit-Argument der Union ab.
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📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The land and ocean CO₂ sink are 25% and 7% smaller, respectively, than they would have been without the effects of climate change and variability, on average for the 2015-2024 period.
Combined, this is equivalent to the total sink (land and ocean) being nearly 20% smaller than otherwise.
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Combined, this is equivalent to the total sink (land and ocean) being nearly 20% smaller than otherwise.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The land and ocean CO₂ sink are 25% and 7% smaller, respectively, than they would have been without the effects of climate change and variability, on average for the 2015-2024 period.
Combined, this is equivalent to the total sink (land and ocean) being nearly 20% smaller than otherwise.
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Combined, this is equivalent to the total sink (land and ocean) being nearly 20% smaller than otherwise.
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Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
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🛫Warum sind Flugzeuge schädlich fürs Klima?
🏭Wie funktioniert der #Emissionshandel?
🚗Sind E-Autos effizienter als #Verbrenner?
🏎️Was bringt ein Tempolimit?
Alle unsere Infografiken zu Lösungen für den #Klimaschutz sind jetzt gebündelt online.
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🏭Wie funktioniert der #Emissionshandel?
🚗Sind E-Autos effizienter als #Verbrenner?
🏎️Was bringt ein Tempolimit?
Alle unsere Infografiken zu Lösungen für den #Klimaschutz sind jetzt gebündelt online.
www.klimafakten.de/kommunikatio...
November 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🛫Warum sind Flugzeuge schädlich fürs Klima?
🏭Wie funktioniert der #Emissionshandel?
🚗Sind E-Autos effizienter als #Verbrenner?
🏎️Was bringt ein Tempolimit?
Alle unsere Infografiken zu Lösungen für den #Klimaschutz sind jetzt gebündelt online.
www.klimafakten.de/kommunikatio...
🏭Wie funktioniert der #Emissionshandel?
🚗Sind E-Autos effizienter als #Verbrenner?
🏎️Was bringt ein Tempolimit?
Alle unsere Infografiken zu Lösungen für den #Klimaschutz sind jetzt gebündelt online.
www.klimafakten.de/kommunikatio...
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"Falling BESS cell price plunged system prices by more than 50% in last 2 years."
Earlier this week I wrote:
"the rapid decline in the cost of batteries combined with increased performance has made a mockery of most predictions from even a few years ago."
It has changed everything in energy.
Earlier this week I wrote:
"the rapid decline in the cost of batteries combined with increased performance has made a mockery of most predictions from even a few years ago."
It has changed everything in energy.
Good morning with good news: Global BESS/grid battery demand surged 36% during first 9 months of 2025!
Why?
Plunging prices!
Falling BESS cell price plunged system prices by more than 50% in last 2 years.
Solar/wind now are often built with batteries!
#energysky rhomotion.com/news/benchma...
Why?
Plunging prices!
Falling BESS cell price plunged system prices by more than 50% in last 2 years.
Solar/wind now are often built with batteries!
#energysky rhomotion.com/news/benchma...
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Falling BESS cell price plunged system prices by more than 50% in last 2 years."
Earlier this week I wrote:
"the rapid decline in the cost of batteries combined with increased performance has made a mockery of most predictions from even a few years ago."
It has changed everything in energy.
Earlier this week I wrote:
"the rapid decline in the cost of batteries combined with increased performance has made a mockery of most predictions from even a few years ago."
It has changed everything in energy.
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👴👵 Wir werden älter. In den nächsten Jahrzehnten wird sich unsere #Bevölkerung stark verändern. Der Anteil der Generation 65+ wird von aktuell 20 Prozent bis 2080 auf fast 30 Prozent steigen.
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
👴👵 Wir werden älter. In den nächsten Jahrzehnten wird sich unsere #Bevölkerung stark verändern. Der Anteil der Generation 65+ wird von aktuell 20 Prozent bis 2080 auf fast 30 Prozent steigen.
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"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
Raising the Voice of Science: COP30’s New Planetary Science Pavilion in Belém
YouTube video by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK
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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion, under the mandate from COP30 Brazil, and together with Carlos A. Nobre,... 1/2
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This is such a sad story. In Saudi Arabia, where an unmarried mother can be jailed for an “illegal pregnancy,” migrant workers who give birth cannot leave the country with their kids if they do not have identification documents, which are often impossible to obtain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Born to Unwed Mothers, These Children Are Trapped in Saudi Arabia
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November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This is such a sad story. In Saudi Arabia, where an unmarried mother can be jailed for an “illegal pregnancy,” migrant workers who give birth cannot leave the country with their kids if they do not have identification documents, which are often impossible to obtain.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Maybe Bill Gates can explain to poor Indian households why they’re not able to afford clothes anymore because climate change has caused extreme rain leading to a collapse in India’s cotton output.
But sure, Bill, climate change isn’t the immediate urgent problem, is it?
But sure, Bill, climate change isn’t the immediate urgent problem, is it?
Extreme rain collapses India’s cotton output which has fallen to a 17-year low.
“Western states Maharashtra and Gujarat, along with southern states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, received heavy, untimely rainfall in October, damaging cotton crops ready for harvest.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
“Western states Maharashtra and Gujarat, along with southern states Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, received heavy, untimely rainfall in October, damaging cotton crops ready for harvest.”
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Maybe Bill Gates can explain to poor Indian households why they’re not able to afford clothes anymore because climate change has caused extreme rain leading to a collapse in India’s cotton output.
But sure, Bill, climate change isn’t the immediate urgent problem, is it?
But sure, Bill, climate change isn’t the immediate urgent problem, is it?
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Und jetzt fordert uns die ÖVP wider besseren Wissens in einer Aussendung auf, unsere "Blockadehaltung zu beenden".
Gehts noch? Die Opposition soll also schuld sein, wenn sich die Regierung nicht einig ist und nicht fähig ist, Gesetze ins Parlament zu bringen.
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Gehts noch? Die Opposition soll also schuld sein, wenn sich die Regierung nicht einig ist und nicht fähig ist, Gesetze ins Parlament zu bringen.
(2/3)
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Und jetzt fordert uns die ÖVP wider besseren Wissens in einer Aussendung auf, unsere "Blockadehaltung zu beenden".
Gehts noch? Die Opposition soll also schuld sein, wenn sich die Regierung nicht einig ist und nicht fähig ist, Gesetze ins Parlament zu bringen.
(2/3)
Gehts noch? Die Opposition soll also schuld sein, wenn sich die Regierung nicht einig ist und nicht fähig ist, Gesetze ins Parlament zu bringen.
(2/3)
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Definiere Chuzpe: der ÖVP-Energieminister hat es bis jetzt nicht geschafft eine Regierungsvorlage für das ElWG ins Parlament zu bekommen. Es liegt kein Gesetzesvorschlag der Regierung am Tisch, über den wir verhandeln könnten. Es wird immer noch innerhalb der Regierung gestritten.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Definiere Chuzpe: der ÖVP-Energieminister hat es bis jetzt nicht geschafft eine Regierungsvorlage für das ElWG ins Parlament zu bekommen. Es liegt kein Gesetzesvorschlag der Regierung am Tisch, über den wir verhandeln könnten. Es wird immer noch innerhalb der Regierung gestritten.
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The City of Vienna provides mobile bicycle racks available for temporary rental at events. An efficient and well-organized service that supports sustainable mobility and encourages cycling-friendly event management. 👏
Und ich geb‘s zu, ich find diese mobilen Fahrradständer der #MA48 wirklich großartig - aber nächstes Jahr braucht‘s vielleicht zwei oder drei davon…
Sehr viele Räder übrigens mit #KidicalMass Wimpeln!
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@radelnforfuture.at @kidicalmass.bsky.social
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Sehr viele Räder übrigens mit #KidicalMass Wimpeln!
👀
@radelnforfuture.at @kidicalmass.bsky.social
www.wien.gv.at/wirtschaft/m...
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The City of Vienna provides mobile bicycle racks available for temporary rental at events. An efficient and well-organized service that supports sustainable mobility and encourages cycling-friendly event management. 👏
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“The deliberate targeting of Sudanese belonging to the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic communities — including through sexual violence – is clearly being done with the intent of terrorising, displacing and destroying them in whole or in part,” #Sudan
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Sudan: UN experts appalled by reports of mass atrocities, unlawful killings and sexual violence in El Fasher
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm over reports of widespread atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in El Fasher, North Darfur, including killings of civilians and the use of ...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“The deliberate targeting of Sudanese belonging to the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic communities — including through sexual violence – is clearly being done with the intent of terrorising, displacing and destroying them in whole or in part,” #Sudan
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed and tested a new compound to combat iron deficiency. The body can absorb this iron virtually twice as fast as iron in current supplements. It could effectively treat iron deficiency, which affects 2 billion people worldwide. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
New treatment for combating iron deficiency more effectively
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed and tested a new compound to combat iron deficiency. The body can absorb this iron virtually twice as fast as iron in current supplements. It could effectively...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed and tested a new compound to combat iron deficiency. The body can absorb this iron virtually twice as fast as iron in current supplements. It could effectively treat iron deficiency, which affects 2 billion people worldwide. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
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“Heat pumps are superior in efficiency to condensing boilers, even if the heat pumps are powered by electricity from a power station burning natural gas.”
Not me saying that but the late Prof Sir David MacKay.
More in my @carbonbrief.org article 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
Not me saying that but the late Prof Sir David MacKay.
More in my @carbonbrief.org article 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Heat pumps are superior in efficiency to condensing boilers, even if the heat pumps are powered by electricity from a power station burning natural gas.”
Not me saying that but the late Prof Sir David MacKay.
More in my @carbonbrief.org article 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
Not me saying that but the late Prof Sir David MacKay.
More in my @carbonbrief.org article 👇
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/he...
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As Ryan Mizzen explains in his analysis of James Hansen's study, the drop in shipping aerosols *unmasked* warming. 👇
This doesn’t mean pollution controls are wrong. What it really shows is that unless we rapidly reduce GHGs, the *real* warming comes through in full force.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
This doesn’t mean pollution controls are wrong. What it really shows is that unless we rapidly reduce GHGs, the *real* warming comes through in full force.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
1. Last month, a team led by Professor James Hansen published a new study explaining why global warming has accelerated.
These are some of the shocking points that stood out for me. A 🧵
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climatemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/global-warmi...
These are some of the shocking points that stood out for me. A 🧵
#climatecrisis #climatebreakdown #climatemergency #climatechaos
www.ryanmizzen.com/global-warmi...
Global Warming Has Accelerated – A Warning from James Hansen - Ryan Mizzen
In February 2025, Professor James Hansen sounded the alarm in a new study explaining why global warming has accelerated.
www.ryanmizzen.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
As Ryan Mizzen explains in his analysis of James Hansen's study, the drop in shipping aerosols *unmasked* warming. 👇
This doesn’t mean pollution controls are wrong. What it really shows is that unless we rapidly reduce GHGs, the *real* warming comes through in full force.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
This doesn’t mean pollution controls are wrong. What it really shows is that unless we rapidly reduce GHGs, the *real* warming comes through in full force.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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Der tägliche Horror, den wir nicht sehen…
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Der tägliche Horror, den wir nicht sehen…
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...