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Prof. Kai Gehring
@kaigehring.bsky.social
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Economist at Uni Bern and WA, love to travel, sports fan, curious about everything science and fantasy, father of two great kids

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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 1d
Merkt euch diese Worte 👇

Könnte sein, dass diese Worte ab nächster Woche für uns alle in Europa sehr schnell aktuell werden könnten. ☝️

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Sabine Fischer @sabfis3.bsky.social · 1d
Donalds #Trumps Handlanger haben sich von #Putins Handlangern einen pro-russischen Kapitulationsplan für die #Ukraine diktieren lassen. Der „#Friedensplan“ behauptet im ersten Punkt, die #Souveränität der Ukraine zu sichern, um sie dann in 27 Punkten zu vergewaltigen.

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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 1d
Der kroatische Premierminister Andrej Plenković bezeichnete im Radio die „28-Punkte Wunschliste Blutins“ als ungenügend unf nicht akzeptabel. Sie beinhalte sowohl für die Ukraine, als auch Europa, zahlreiche Punkte inakzeptable Punkte.

Aus Kroatien also ein „NE“!

Danke an meinen PM! 🫡

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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann @masz.bsky.social · 1d
Der US-Friedensplan wäre ein gefährlicher Diktatfrieden, der die NATO schwächt und Russland belohnt. Europa wäre unsicherer. Jetzt muss die Bundesregierung Haltung zeigen. Taurus würde der Ukraine helfen. Ich zweifle an Merz’ Standhaftigkeit, appelliere aber an ihn, jetzt zu handeln.

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 5d
Elsevier has a 38% profit margin, and the other journal publishers aren't far behind.
heimbergecon.bsky.social Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 5d
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 7d
A Russian military spy ship has been detected just miles off the coast of Hawaii,according to the US Coast Guard,which said it is actively monitoring it
The Russian vessel,Kareliya,was spotted roughly 15 nautical miles south of Oahu -near US territorial waters-on Oct.29,the Coast Guard said Thursday

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8d
A mother&her 14-yr-old son jumped out of a window to escape a Russian strike

Inna Vysotska&her son were trapped -after the explosion,the stairwell was already on fire,making it impossible to get out through the door.They jumped from a second-floor window to survive.Inna was injured during the fall

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 10d
What I didn't know was that the family-owned businesses rang the alarm bells first and backed those inside the BDI (German industry association) who pushed through the seminal 2019 paper on China.

But it makes a lot of sense.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 10d
"Es ist ein kollektives deutsches Elitenversagen gigantischen Ausmaßes." #China

(It is a collective failure of German elites at an epic scale. Kind of reminds me of our ties to Russia. All orchestrated to a large extent by the artist formerly known as the leader of the free world.)

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 10d
A Conservative view of mine: Hume was spot on to criticize the Stoics for disregarding reputation.

We need to bring back shame, fear for reputation.

Like: giving a public speech to defend promoting a proud, sneering NAZI—then mumbling “I don’t know much about him”—is craven and filthy.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com

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Bunkerhunter @bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 13d
Nicht Europa befindet sich im Krieg mit Russland, sondern Russland befindet sich im Krieg mit der Ukraine und hypothetisch mit vielen Ländern in Europa.

Schwäche führt nicht zu einem Dialog mit Russland. Für die „Russen” ist das Schwäche und nichts weiter.

Präsident Zelenskyj
t.me/V_Zelenskiy_...

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 14d
Andrii Paltsan is a clergyman of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the head of the chaplaincy service of the 15th Army Corps. He is raising five adopted children. In an interview with the media, he shared his story - how he became a father of many and serves as a military chaplain ⤵️

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 16d
According to this ranking, Canada’s reputation has improved since 2024. We are now the 2nd most reputable country in the world.

The United States has dropped from 30th to 48th in that same year, the biggest drop of any nation BY FAR. Its reputation-peers are now Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan…
List of countries with the best reputation, showing change between 2024 and 2025.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17d
In addition to drones, there are also highly advanced missiles that are difficult to intercept.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 17d
This is what #Ukraine is fighting for.

📹United24

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 18d
Justice Sotomayor:

“You say tariffs are not taxes, but that’s exactly what they are.”

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Swiss Post @swisspost.bsky.social · 18d
📬 Die Post im Reformfokus: Wie soll die Grundversorgung künftig aussehen – und finanziert werden? Eigenwirtschaftlich oder mit Steuergeldern? @kaigehring.bsky.social analysiert die Optionen im Gastkommentar. ⬇️ #Grundversorgung #Postgesetz #KaiGehring
Postgesetz im Wandel: Kohärenz oder Stückwerk? - Post Medien
Gastkommentar von Prof. Dr. Kai Gehring, Professor für Politische Ökonomie und Nachhaltige Entwicklung am Volkswirtschaftlichen Institut der Universität Bern
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 20d
Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’
System rewards soldiers who achieve strikes with points that can be used to buy more weapons in an online store
www.theguardian.com

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Jintro Pauly @jintropauly.bsky.social · 20d
And now, three suspicious drone sightings in one weekend over Belgium's Kleine-Brogel airbase, where US nuclear weapons are stored as part of NATO's nuclear sharing arrangements. All efforts to shoot down the drones or trace the pilots were unsuccessful.

www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Alweer drones boven luchtmachtbasis van Kleine-Brogel: politiehelikopter ingezet, maar opnieuw zonder resultaat | VRT NWS: nieuws
Na verschillende drone-meldingen boven de luchtmachtbasis van Kleine-Brogel, zijn er eerder deze avond opnieuw drones gespot. Dat schrijft Het Laatste Nieuws en burgemeester van Peer, Steven Matheï (C...
www.vrt.be

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 20d
Just perfect.

"Been in Europe 3 yrs, never felt this close to Russia, you are repeating line by line the propaganda on Russian TV," Pussy Riot artist tells a stunned Putin-Versteher Sarah Wagenknecht to her face, on prime-time TV.
ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · 23d
Pussy Riot Künstlerin Maria Aljochina, Gulag-Häftling, richtet sich bei Markus Lanz an Wagenknecht: Sie wiederholen das, was in Russland die Propagandasender sagen

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Sport & Rights Alliance @sportrightsall.bsky.social · 21d
After 4 years calling on #FIFA for the right to play, since fleeing the Taliban takeover in 2021, the Afghan footballers have just competed in their first international tournament. 👏
🔗 Learn more: sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-recogni... #AfghanWomenUnited

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Renatus Deckert @renatusdeckert.bsky.social · 22d
Was Diktatur ist und wie das Gift der Stasi noch viele Jahre nach dem Ende der DDR wirkt, davon erzähle ich Euch in meiner neuen Geschichte in „Wolken und Kastanien“. Tragt Euch hier ein, dann habt Ihr sie am 9. November im Postfach! 👉🏼 steady.page/de/renatus-d...
Zu sehen ist ein grauer Barkas der Stasi, genauer gesagt: eine Detailansicht von dessen Rückseite mit der Autonummer und dem Länderkennzeichen DDR

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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk @ilkokowalczuk.bsky.social · 23d
Pussy Riot Künstlerin Maria Aljochina, Gulag-Häftling, richtet sich bei Markus Lanz an Wagenknecht: Sie wiederholen das, was in Russland die Propagandasender sagen

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 26d
"I was placed on suicide watch and missed my daughter’s third birthday. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'"
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Prof. Kai Gehring @kaigehring.bsky.social · 26d
Could this be consistent if the average immigrant is less likely to commit a crime, but some immigrants just commit a large amount of crimes?

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 26d
Ukrainian forces are now using 120 French CAESAR self-propelled howitzers on the front line, according to Olivier Travert, Marketing and Sales Director at KNDS France.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28d
On inflation and the tariffs: "Foreign countries aren't giving us discounts. They're not eating the tariffs. Some of it's going through to the grocery store, but a lot of it's coming out of the profits of big corporations. That's not going to happen forever "

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28d
Russia is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as it prepares for war with Nato,Norway’s defence minister has warned,the Telegraph reports.
▪️"Russia is building up on the Kola peninsula ...where one of the largest arsenals of nuclear warheads in the world is located.⤵️

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The Economist @economist.com · 28d
Cost is part of the explanation, but performance is increasingly as important
Western drones are underwhelming on the Ukrainian battlefield
Most are too expensive, and irrelevant to the kind of war Russia is waging
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28d
In Europe a new documentary by Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov,"2,000 Meters to Andriivka,"is being shown

The events of the film unfold during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2023,when the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade liberated a village on the outskirts of Bakhmut