Alexandra Hellenbrand
@alexandhellenbrand.bsky.social
Germanist, medievalist, musician, passionate sourdough bread-baker, lover of books and dragons and traditional Austrian Kaffeehäuser
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I love this image.
October 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I love this image.
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We're sorry to the leaders of the world, who instead of being met by level-headed, measured, intelligent dialogue, are now greeted with the incoherent rantings of a perpetually-furious man-child.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We're sorry to the leaders of the world, who instead of being met by level-headed, measured, intelligent dialogue, are now greeted with the incoherent rantings of a perpetually-furious man-child.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
Nature simply amazes (NASA is cool, too)
This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.
A rare 'parade' of all 7 planets will move across the night sky this week
This phenomenon known as a "planet parade," will feature Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all present at the same time along a line in the night sky on Friday, NASA says.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nature simply amazes (NASA is cool, too)
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To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever
🇩🇪🇺🇸 “Look at these recent interventions into Germany by Mr. Elon Musk. Interventions from DC are no less dramatic, drastic & brazen than those from Moscow. We are massively under pressure from two sides.” — Friedrich Merz.
February 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
To be clear, the Vance/Musk intervention did not change the outcome. Still, the fact that it happened changes German and European politics forever
“Tip of the spear against Musk’s rampage.” Terrific report in the Austrian press about the activism of Alt National Parks.
February 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
“Tip of the spear against Musk’s rampage.” Terrific report in the Austrian press about the activism of Alt National Parks.
Support the FAA! sign.moveon.org/petitions/us...
USA should not be short staffing nor short funding the FAA and Traffic Controllers
America is the wealthiest nation in the world. We can and should have a fully staffed flight control system and a fully funded FAA. A politic that would consider tax cuts for the wealthy so they can t...
sign.moveon.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Well done, Madison!
February 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Well done, Madison!
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"the assumption that a cease-fire will end Russia’s primary threat to Ukrainians misunderstands the nature of the conflict"
From Nataliya Gumenyuk. A warning
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/puti...
From Nataliya Gumenyuk. A warning
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/puti...
Putin’s Ukraine
The end of war and the price of Russian occupation.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"the assumption that a cease-fire will end Russia’s primary threat to Ukrainians misunderstands the nature of the conflict"
From Nataliya Gumenyuk. A warning
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/puti...
From Nataliya Gumenyuk. A warning
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/puti...
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A good piece by Eilene Workman
February 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
A good piece by Eilene Workman
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Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sometimes self-government just means elections. And sometimes it means recognizing the deeper dignity and meaning of what it means to be a people. That means speaking up, standing out, and protesting. We can only be free together.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The word you seek, Mr. Musk, is „Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung“— it is a process that continues. Which your ilk and the AFD wish to avoid. Avoidance is easy; deep change is hard.
January 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The word you seek, Mr. Musk, is „Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung“— it is a process that continues. Which your ilk and the AFD wish to avoid. Avoidance is easy; deep change is hard.