Rüdiger Singer
@rudysinger.bsky.social
When Karl Marx
Found the phrase 'financial sharks,'
He sang a Te Deum
In the British Museum. (Auden)
Visual & Verbal Rhetoric, German & Comparative Literature
https://textbild.hypotheses.org/2444
https://tcdh.uni-trier.de/de/person/dr-habil-ruediger-singer
Found the phrase 'financial sharks,'
He sang a Te Deum
In the British Museum. (Auden)
Visual & Verbal Rhetoric, German & Comparative Literature
https://textbild.hypotheses.org/2444
https://tcdh.uni-trier.de/de/person/dr-habil-ruediger-singer
Pinned
"Individuals need not believe all these mystifications, but they must behave as though they did, or they must at least tolerate them in silence, or get along well with those who work with them. For this reason, however, they must live within a lie." (V. Havel) www.unpopularfront.news/p/living-in-...
Living in the Lie
And How Not To
www.unpopularfront.news
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"Individuals need not believe all these mystifications, but they must behave as though they did, or they must at least tolerate them in silence, or get along well with those who work with them. For this reason, however, they must live within a lie." (V. Havel) www.unpopularfront.news/p/living-in-...
I did, Jan, and even though I do not know the exact location, it was painful to see this happening in my former neighborhood. What gives me hope are all the brave people around who recorded the murder on their cell phones.
Did you see the news from your former neighborhood, @rudysinger.bsky.social? Only a few blocks from where George Floyd was murdered when you still lived there. Even though I was in 🇨🇦 at the time, I feel a certain closeness to this terror unfolding further & further. 🤯
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM
I did, Jan, and even though I do not know the exact location, it was painful to see this happening in my former neighborhood. What gives me hope are all the brave people around who recorded the murder on their cell phones.
January 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
January 5, 2026 at 7:35 PM
January 5, 2026 at 2:49 PM
MOTTO FÜR 2026:
"Vieles wird zusehends schlechter,
anderes wegsehend nicht besser."
(Helmut Qualtinger)
"Vieles wird zusehends schlechter,
anderes wegsehend nicht besser."
(Helmut Qualtinger)
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
MOTTO FÜR 2026:
"Vieles wird zusehends schlechter,
anderes wegsehend nicht besser."
(Helmut Qualtinger)
"Vieles wird zusehends schlechter,
anderes wegsehend nicht besser."
(Helmut Qualtinger)
"Ms. von der Leyen, you are hereby a prisoner of the United States. Charge: Leading an organization directed against the United States."
(Caption: "Is Caracas everywhehre?")
sakurai-cartoons.de
(Caption: "Is Caracas everywhehre?")
sakurai-cartoons.de
January 4, 2026 at 8:01 PM
"Ms. von der Leyen, you are hereby a prisoner of the United States. Charge: Leading an organization directed against the United States."
(Caption: "Is Caracas everywhehre?")
sakurai-cartoons.de
(Caption: "Is Caracas everywhehre?")
sakurai-cartoons.de
'But one then has to ask, even if “oil” is the openly stated motive, is it the real or even a compelling one?
(...) They had Twitter-excuse me, X—open during the operations. '
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crude-ideo...
(...) They had Twitter-excuse me, X—open during the operations. '
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crude-ideo...
Crude Ideology
Some Thoughts on Venezuela
www.unpopularfront.news
January 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
'But one then has to ask, even if “oil” is the openly stated motive, is it the real or even a compelling one?
(...) They had Twitter-excuse me, X—open during the operations. '
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crude-ideo...
(...) They had Twitter-excuse me, X—open during the operations. '
www.unpopularfront.news/p/crude-ideo...
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From the recent archive
January 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
From the recent archive
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Alison Bechdel, FUN HOME
January 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Alison Bechdel, FUN HOME
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Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela?
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
January 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela?
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
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El “candidato” al Nobel de la Paz.
January 3, 2026 at 7:05 PM
El “candidato” al Nobel de la Paz.
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Reactions to Maduro’s arrest across the world so far:
- No reaction: China.
- ‘Call for restraint’: EU, Ukraine.
- Condemnation: Belarus, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Mexico, Russia.
- In support: Argentina, Ecuador, Kosovo.
- No reaction: China.
- ‘Call for restraint’: EU, Ukraine.
- Condemnation: Belarus, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Mexico, Russia.
- In support: Argentina, Ecuador, Kosovo.
January 3, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Reactions to Maduro’s arrest across the world so far:
- No reaction: China.
- ‘Call for restraint’: EU, Ukraine.
- Condemnation: Belarus, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Mexico, Russia.
- In support: Argentina, Ecuador, Kosovo.
- No reaction: China.
- ‘Call for restraint’: EU, Ukraine.
- Condemnation: Belarus, Russia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Iran, Mexico, Russia.
- In support: Argentina, Ecuador, Kosovo.
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Marine Le Pen's statement strongly condemns the US intervention in the name of "state sovereignty." This reflects a traditional anti-American sentiment within the French far right, but also a desire to avoid distancing herself from the French mainstream, which is rather critical of Trump.
January 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Marine Le Pen's statement strongly condemns the US intervention in the name of "state sovereignty." This reflects a traditional anti-American sentiment within the French far right, but also a desire to avoid distancing herself from the French mainstream, which is rather critical of Trump.
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There’s always a tweet.
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 PM
There’s always a tweet.
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Nicolas Gourault's fantastic short experimental documentary film «Their Eyes» about the invisible human labor behind AI, which we showed and discussed at our «React & Respond» conference in Zurich last year, is now streaming on the NYT website www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
Opinion | Self-Driving Cars Can’t See Without Their Eyes
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Nicolas Gourault's fantastic short experimental documentary film «Their Eyes» about the invisible human labor behind AI, which we showed and discussed at our «React & Respond» conference in Zurich last year, is now streaming on the NYT website www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
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Privately, some White House officials worry the Venezuelan adventure will prove a distraction from President Trump's focus on the real mission - destroying the coca fields of Greenland
January 3, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Privately, some White House officials worry the Venezuelan adventure will prove a distraction from President Trump's focus on the real mission - destroying the coca fields of Greenland
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Russia: it's OK to seize regions of Ukraine
China: it's OK to seize Taiwan (for starters)
North Korea: it's OK to seize South Korea
Greenland: a future cakewalk for US special forces
Saudi Arabia: Yemen, just take it.
Israel: it's OK to seize the West Bank and Lebanon
That's the Venezuela message
China: it's OK to seize Taiwan (for starters)
North Korea: it's OK to seize South Korea
Greenland: a future cakewalk for US special forces
Saudi Arabia: Yemen, just take it.
Israel: it's OK to seize the West Bank and Lebanon
That's the Venezuela message
January 3, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Russia: it's OK to seize regions of Ukraine
China: it's OK to seize Taiwan (for starters)
North Korea: it's OK to seize South Korea
Greenland: a future cakewalk for US special forces
Saudi Arabia: Yemen, just take it.
Israel: it's OK to seize the West Bank and Lebanon
That's the Venezuela message
China: it's OK to seize Taiwan (for starters)
North Korea: it's OK to seize South Korea
Greenland: a future cakewalk for US special forces
Saudi Arabia: Yemen, just take it.
Israel: it's OK to seize the West Bank and Lebanon
That's the Venezuela message
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"[N]othing ever seems to happen on a Saturday"?
You wish.
You wish.
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"[N]othing ever seems to happen on a Saturday"?
You wish.
You wish.
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Kallaugher offers the short cartoon version, Jon Stewart the detailed déjà vu version comparing the propaganda lies that justified the Iraq War and the ones intended to justify the Venezuela War. Lindsey Graham only needs to repeat himself, another senator accidentally calls Trump President Bush...
December 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Kallaugher offers the short cartoon version, Jon Stewart the detailed déjà vu version comparing the propaganda lies that justified the Iraq War and the ones intended to justify the Venezuela War. Lindsey Graham only needs to repeat himself, another senator accidentally calls Trump President Bush...
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The US is now responsible for the governance of Venezuela. Toppling the regime of a smaller country is always the easy part. The hard part is what comes after. Neo-cons always expect a pro-US nirvana. It rarely works out. But I suppose the oil companies can seize some assets.
January 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The US is now responsible for the governance of Venezuela. Toppling the regime of a smaller country is always the easy part. The hard part is what comes after. Neo-cons always expect a pro-US nirvana. It rarely works out. But I suppose the oil companies can seize some assets.