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Tom Bielefeld
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Researcher/Consultant/Trainer #NuclearSecurity & #Nuclear #Nonproliferation; @INS_Forum; @WINS_org; formerly Harvard's @BelferCenter; Chronotype/B, from #Bremen (Contact via https://sites.google.com/site/tombielefeld/)
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So much this:
It’s ok to say “I don’t know the answer to that question”. Really! Try it some time. It’s liberating. And you will probably be respected and trusted more for your answers to the questions you do know the answer to.
March 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Today, Ukraine's flag is hanging again from my hometown Bremen's Town Hall.
Слава Україні! We are thinking of you and hope that the incoming German government will support you better.
(The photo below is from an earlier visit.)
February 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Blimey. Asked about Trump, Merz says he’s in close contact with European leaders about becoming “independent” from US (and confesses “I never thought I’d say that on TV show”). Casts doubt on value of NATO summit in June.

This from a die-hard Atlanticist. Things are moving fast.
February 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Kein Wahlkampf war so kurz wie dieser, keiner kam mir je so lang vor. Nie kam mir Deutschland so klein vor. Nie hatte ich so viele Sorgen, dass das Angebot nicht den Anforderungen entspricht. Selten wurde über so vieles nicht gesprochen.
February 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Die Brandmauer.
Oder wie wir sie ab morgen auch nennen können: Die Maginot-Linie der Union.
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Happy 25th Anniversary to those who remember...
December 31, 2024 at 8:36 PM
A heartfelt Merry Christmas to all who tested, masked, or decided to skip a party because they were sick.
Especially to those who were not convinced this was really necessary but who did it regardless because of they love and respect their Covid-concerned friends and family.
December 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Post your favorite movie poster of all time

Star Trek Generations: A big disappointment of a movie, but a great poster!
May 12, 2024 at 12:37 AM
To celebrate the arrival of gifs on this platform, I'm posting the one featuring my spirit animal.
A Law Abiding Bear Animals GIF
ALT: A Law Abiding Bear Animals GIF
media.tenor.com
April 28, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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Hey @jay.bsky.team and @bsky.app: my colleague @nukestrat.bsky.social has somehow been locked out of his account for three months now and his online requests for help to get back on have gone unanswered. Not a good look. Can you please remedy this problem and restore his access asap? Thank you!
April 15, 2024 at 5:49 AM
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Somehow it never occurred to me that a major campaign issue for one of the national parties of the United States in 2024 would be general opposition to a triumph of modern medicine that saves something like 4 million lives worldwide every year and dramatically reduces childhood mortality.
March 4, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Plea to my fellow academics: CITE YOUR SOFTWARE. I'm hearing from several young scholars that they've given up on writing R packages and such because nobody cites them. Yet download stats and rep materials clearly show that they are being used. This is plagiarism, and it slows down innovation
February 17, 2024 at 1:27 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters of the last tv show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Well... not great, not terrible.
January 13, 2024 at 11:49 PM
If you see this, post a robot.
January 9, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Zeit für einen Klassiker!
December 6, 2023 at 9:31 AM
Zu Herrn #Gottschalk muss ich nicht auch noch meinen Senf dazu geben. An dieser Stelle stattdessen ein kurzes Video:
Kulenkampff Abschiedsrede EWG 21.11.1987
letzter Auftritt Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff in "Einer wird gewinnen"
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2023 at 11:51 AM
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Denn du trägst keine Maske bei dir
nicht für mich
und für irgendweeen
denn du trägst keine Maske bei dir

www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/k...
Krankenkassen: Mehr Krankmeldungen in Deutschland als je zuvor
Die Zahl der Krankheitsausfälle steuert 2023 auf ein Rekordhoch zu: Im Schnitt sind es pro Beschäftigtem in Deutschland mehr als 20 Fehltage, wie bisherige Zahlen der Kassen einem Medienbericht zufo...
www.spiegel.de
November 25, 2023 at 8:05 PM
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Heute gedenkt die Ukraine den Millionen Opfern des Holodomor, der absichtlich herbeigeführten Hungersnot in den Jahren 1932 und 1933.

Ich schließe mich diesem Gedenken an.🕯️💙💛🇺🇦🕯️ www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/t...
November 25, 2023 at 6:16 AM
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Nicht allein
November 17, 2023 at 7:27 PM
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Unvergessen: "Gedenken an eine herausragende sowie selbstlose Tat! Dem Kameraden zu Ehren wurde die Unteroffizierschule des Heeres in Feldwebel-Boldt-Kaserne umbenannt." (Repost InspH bei X)
November 16, 2023 at 2:14 PM
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Mein Kind hat einen Migrationshintergrund und ist nicht in Deutschland geboren.

Wenn ich das in Diskussionen über “die Ausländer” einbringe, kommt seit jeher: “Nee, ihr seid ja nicht damit gemeint!”.

Stimmt.
Weil wir weiß sind.

Ihr seid Rassisten.
Und damit ist jeder mit dieser Denke gemeint!
November 15, 2023 at 7:46 PM
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New in @bulletinatomic.bsky.social: the latest edition of Nuclear Notebook—“Nuclear weapons sharing, 2023,” with the most up-to-date information on US and Russian agreements and logistical arrangements to deploy nuclear weapons outside their own territories. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 8, 2023 at 7:19 PM
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Die ganze Zeit auf angebliche Pull-Faktoren fokussieren, aber völlig vergessen, dass es gewaltige Push-Faktoren gibt.
November 7, 2023 at 2:15 PM
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Highlight in der Bremer Altstadt (Unser Lieben Frauen Kirche)
November 7, 2023 at 5:45 PM