Vera Wolff
@verawolff.bsky.social
art historian, at times historian of science, technology, the humanities and other things
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
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That's a bit too much on the nose: «The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika — an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 U.S. troops who died fighting in World War II — as a hate symbol …»
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
That's a bit too much on the nose: «The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika — an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 U.S. troops who died fighting in World War II — as a hate symbol …»
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Job: 2 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Britische Geschichte des späten 18. bis 21. Jahrhunderts" (DHI London)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158833
London, 01.04.2026, Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Bewerbungsschluss: 05.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158833
London, 01.04.2026, Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Bewerbungsschluss: 05.01.2026
www.hsozkult.de
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Job: 2 Wiss. Mitarb. (w/m/d) "Britische Geschichte des späten 18. bis 21. Jahrhunderts" (DHI London)
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158833
London, 01.04.2026, Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Bewerbungsschluss: 05.01.2026
https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-158833
London, 01.04.2026, Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Bewerbungsschluss: 05.01.2026
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Deutschlands Hochschulen im Stresstest: Wenn Populismus auf Wissenschaftsfinanzierung trifft
Das Wissenschaftssystem ist weniger geschützt, als viele glauben. Programme könnten durch einfache Haushaltsbeschlüsse gestrichen werden. Justus Henke im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/11...
Das Wissenschaftssystem ist weniger geschützt, als viele glauben. Programme könnten durch einfache Haushaltsbeschlüsse gestrichen werden. Justus Henke im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/11...
Deutschlands Hochschulen im Stresstest: Wenn Populismus auf Wissenschaftsfinanzierung trifft
www.jmwiarda.de
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Deutschlands Hochschulen im Stresstest: Wenn Populismus auf Wissenschaftsfinanzierung trifft
Das Wissenschaftssystem ist weniger geschützt, als viele glauben. Programme könnten durch einfache Haushaltsbeschlüsse gestrichen werden. Justus Henke im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/11...
Das Wissenschaftssystem ist weniger geschützt, als viele glauben. Programme könnten durch einfache Haushaltsbeschlüsse gestrichen werden. Justus Henke im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/11...
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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ChatGPT violated copyright law by harvesting musicians’ lyrics, German court rules
ChatGPT violated copyright law by harvesting musicians’ lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on popular songs without permission
A court in Munich has ruled that OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by using hits from top-selling musicians to train its language models in what creative industry advocates described as a landmark European ruling.
The Munich regional court sided in favour of Germany’s music rights society GEMA, which said ChatGPT had harvested protected lyrics by popular artists to “learn” from them. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
ChatGPT violated copyright law by harvesting musicians’ lyrics, German court rules
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Zur Brandmauerfrage ein betrüblich blauäugiger Essay von @claudiusseidl.bsky.social in der SZ: Es sei „Zeit, dass die Konservativen in diesem Land die Rechtsextremen in die Verantwortung nehmen“, durch Mitregierenlassen. 1/12 www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/union...
Union und AfD: Nehmt die Rechtsextremen in die Verantwortung.
Warum schützt die Union sich und die AfD vor der Wirklichkeit? Zeit, dass die Konservativen die Rechtsextremen in die Verantwortung nehmen.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Zur Brandmauerfrage ein betrüblich blauäugiger Essay von @claudiusseidl.bsky.social in der SZ: Es sei „Zeit, dass die Konservativen in diesem Land die Rechtsextremen in die Verantwortung nehmen“, durch Mitregierenlassen. 1/12 www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/union...
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Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
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So fucking funny that he got blocked over this
November 4, 2025 at 6:53 AM
So fucking funny that he got blocked over this
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The AfD is asking questions about us and sending a message. No big surprise here. We are staying on course with our goal of providing constitutional expertise on the challenges democracy faces in Germany, the U.S., and elsewhere. Read more in our new editorial by MAX STEINBEIS buff.ly/eVxn5WT
Counting on You to Count on Us: The highly interesting question of how Verfassungsblog is financed
The highly interesting question of how Verfassungsblog is financed
verfassungsblog.de
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The AfD is asking questions about us and sending a message. No big surprise here. We are staying on course with our goal of providing constitutional expertise on the challenges democracy faces in Germany, the U.S., and elsewhere. Read more in our new editorial by MAX STEINBEIS buff.ly/eVxn5WT
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Am 17. November geht es weiter mit @mortenpaul.bsky.social und einer Vorlesung zu «Faschismustheorie und Gesellschaftskritik. Zur Geschichte eines schwierigen Verhältnisses» – freue mich schon und bin sehr gespannt! www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv...
Kulturanalyse jetzt!
www.uzh.ch
October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Am 17. November geht es weiter mit @mortenpaul.bsky.social und einer Vorlesung zu «Faschismustheorie und Gesellschaftskritik. Zur Geschichte eines schwierigen Verhältnisses» – freue mich schon und bin sehr gespannt! www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv...
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Die SZ lädt zwei Frauen zu einem Gespräch über Mutterschaft. Eine davon ist ausgerechnet Victoria Bonelli (früher Fender), die Ehefrau des österreichischen Verschwörungstheoretikers Raphael M. Bonelli. Einige Jahre war sie als Mitarbeiterin für das rechtsradikale Onlinemagazin kath.net tätig. (1/3)
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Die SZ lädt zwei Frauen zu einem Gespräch über Mutterschaft. Eine davon ist ausgerechnet Victoria Bonelli (früher Fender), die Ehefrau des österreichischen Verschwörungstheoretikers Raphael M. Bonelli. Einige Jahre war sie als Mitarbeiterin für das rechtsradikale Onlinemagazin kath.net tätig. (1/3)
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new & online💥
cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
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cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
cache.ch/verwalteteum...
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
new & online💥
cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
cache.ch/verwalteteum...
cache 06 / Verwaltete Umwelt, Teil 1, von Nils Güttler, Christian Reiß und Mareike Vennen
″Wir träumen von Natur, leben aber in einer verwalteten Umwelt.″
cache.ch/verwalteteum...
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Disgusting
"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Disgusting
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Seems to me that it’s very important to keep hammering on this. We feel besieged and that can engender hopelessness. But he is deeply, deeply unpopular. www.economist.com/interactive/...
September 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Seems to me that it’s very important to keep hammering on this. We feel besieged and that can engender hopelessness. But he is deeply, deeply unpopular. www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Yes, call that a royal welcoming in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Led By Donkeys attacks ‘Orwellian’ arrests after Trump Windsor projections
Exclusive: Campaign group says it was behind stunt that showed images of Trump and Epstein on castle tower
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yes, call that a royal welcoming in the UK.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Amazing work by @ledbydonkeys.org at Windsor Castle 📽️💨🍊🦧🏰
“This is Windsor Castle, home of the British Royal Family… and this is a film about Trump’s relationship with the world’s most famous paedophile…“
Clip below, full 8min(!) film on IG: 🔗 www.instagram.com/ledbydonkeys...
“This is Windsor Castle, home of the British Royal Family… and this is a film about Trump’s relationship with the world’s most famous paedophile…“
Clip below, full 8min(!) film on IG: 🔗 www.instagram.com/ledbydonkeys...
September 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Protesters in Britain projected images of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle on Tuesday night before the president arrived for a state visit. More protests are planned for Wednesday.
Follow live updates on Trump's state visit: nyti.ms/3VTtyBH
Follow live updates on Trump's state visit: nyti.ms/3VTtyBH
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Protesters in Britain projected images of President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein onto Windsor Castle on Tuesday night before the president arrived for a state visit. More protests are planned for Wednesday.
Follow live updates on Trump's state visit: nyti.ms/3VTtyBH
Follow live updates on Trump's state visit: nyti.ms/3VTtyBH
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CDU Politikerin Caroline Bosbach behauptet auf ihrem Instagram-Kanal, Kirk habe „Andersdenkende“ „nicht ausgegrenzt“, „kaum jemand stand so für freie Debatte“. Hier ist nur eine kleine Auswahl seiner Tweets der letzten 4 Wochen
September 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
CDU Politikerin Caroline Bosbach behauptet auf ihrem Instagram-Kanal, Kirk habe „Andersdenkende“ „nicht ausgegrenzt“, „kaum jemand stand so für freie Debatte“. Hier ist nur eine kleine Auswahl seiner Tweets der letzten 4 Wochen
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We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
September 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
We're close to reaching a chilling moment; the first time in history where the single largest group of people arrested by ICE in the interior and held in detention are people with no criminal record. The gap is now down to fewer than 300 people.
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Zentrum für #Buchwissenschaft, LMU, protestiert gegen geplante Vernichtung der Zettelkataloge der #Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
www.zfb.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/ze...
www.zfb.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/ze...
Zentrum für Buchwissenschaft protestiert - Zentrum für Buchwissenschaft - LMU München
www.zfb.uni-muenchen.de
September 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Zentrum für #Buchwissenschaft, LMU, protestiert gegen geplante Vernichtung der Zettelkataloge der #Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
www.zfb.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/ze...
www.zfb.uni-muenchen.de/aktuelles/ze...