Tobias Boecking
@brechhardt.bsky.social
German historian. Economic and social history. Probably in some archive's basement. Dad. Rowing. Running. Motorsports.
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Kriegsverbrechen und Menschenrechtsverletzungen sind für den CEO von Palantir eine ganz tolle Business Opportunity.
Das wird deutsche Behörden und Regierungsmitglieder vieler Parteien in Bund und Länder vermutlich auch nicht weiter abzuschrecken sein Business weiterhin in Anspruch zu nehmen.
Das wird deutsche Behörden und Regierungsmitglieder vieler Parteien in Bund und Länder vermutlich auch nicht weiter abzuschrecken sein Business weiterhin in Anspruch zu nehmen.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Kriegsverbrechen und Menschenrechtsverletzungen sind für den CEO von Palantir eine ganz tolle Business Opportunity.
Das wird deutsche Behörden und Regierungsmitglieder vieler Parteien in Bund und Länder vermutlich auch nicht weiter abzuschrecken sein Business weiterhin in Anspruch zu nehmen.
Das wird deutsche Behörden und Regierungsmitglieder vieler Parteien in Bund und Länder vermutlich auch nicht weiter abzuschrecken sein Business weiterhin in Anspruch zu nehmen.
Finally had the time to dip my toes into the whole Kaiserreich mod cinematic universe, throwing myself into the fantastic kaisercat lore videos and getting pleasantly surprised by a sudden @derparrot.bsky.social cameo. Well then, Austria-Hungary run it is 😄
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Finally had the time to dip my toes into the whole Kaiserreich mod cinematic universe, throwing myself into the fantastic kaisercat lore videos and getting pleasantly surprised by a sudden @derparrot.bsky.social cameo. Well then, Austria-Hungary run it is 😄
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Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
November 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not the first to make this point. But there is a tyrant in charge of another country who is accused of being heavily linked to a paedophile sex ring - and supposed ‘patriots’ in this country are passionately willing him to take down our national broadcaster. Madness.
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The fact that this war criminal can still go on holiday in a NATO member state should raise a lot of eyebrows.
July 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The fact that this war criminal can still go on holiday in a NATO member state should raise a lot of eyebrows.
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Primarily early-career academics have been SCREAMING about the importance of online (or at least hybrid) academic conferences since COVID, and disabled academics well before that. Professional organizations have made every excuse in the book to ignore, infantilize, and dismiss those concerns.
Online.
An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. Where should you hold your next conference?
https://go.nature.com/3ZD4GAK
https://go.nature.com/3ZD4GAK
June 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Primarily early-career academics have been SCREAMING about the importance of online (or at least hybrid) academic conferences since COVID, and disabled academics well before that. Professional organizations have made every excuse in the book to ignore, infantilize, and dismiss those concerns.
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Sollten sich tatsächlich genug Abgeordnete dafür finden, ein Mitglied des PKGr, das geheime Reisen in Länder der Staatenliste als Privatsache abtut, im Amt zu bestätigen - dann hat der ganze Laden die nachrichtendienstliche Unterwanderung vollauf verdient.
May 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Sollten sich tatsächlich genug Abgeordnete dafür finden, ein Mitglied des PKGr, das geheime Reisen in Länder der Staatenliste als Privatsache abtut, im Amt zu bestätigen - dann hat der ganze Laden die nachrichtendienstliche Unterwanderung vollauf verdient.
An dem Bierzeltclown ist und war noch nie etwas christlich.
Aus Opportunismus hat Söder Menschen aus Afghanistan 2021 Schutz zugesagt.
Jetzt bezeichnet er alle Menschen aus Afghanistan pauschal als Täter. Wieder aus blankem Opportunismus.
So geht man mit Menschenleben nicht um. Das ist nicht konservativ, das ist nicht christlich.
Jetzt bezeichnet er alle Menschen aus Afghanistan pauschal als Täter. Wieder aus blankem Opportunismus.
So geht man mit Menschenleben nicht um. Das ist nicht konservativ, das ist nicht christlich.
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 AM
An dem Bierzeltclown ist und war noch nie etwas christlich.
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Good grief, can we desist with this nonsense. Barring convicted criminals from holding office - especially criminals convicted of abuses of power - is just basic civic sense. The option of not stealing taxpayers' money was right there. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
Punish the offender without also punishing French democracy
www.economist.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Good grief, can we desist with this nonsense. Barring convicted criminals from holding office - especially criminals convicted of abuses of power - is just basic civic sense. The option of not stealing taxpayers' money was right there. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
March 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The most obvious lesson to draw from the leaked Signal chat is that these people really are morons. It's not a public act, it's not a schtick, there's not some secret back room where they drop the facade. They are genuinely stupid, incompetent people.
That's new. Times really are changing, huh?
March 20, 2025 at 10:13 AM
That's new. Times really are changing, huh?
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Germany‘s got the best US bases in the world. Beautiful bases. Tremendous. Nobody has anything like it. And, frankly, we’re giving them to the US for free. Can you imagine that? For free! It’s nasty what they’re doing to us, really. So we want a better deal. The US‘s gotta pay. They gotta pay.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Germany‘s got the best US bases in the world. Beautiful bases. Tremendous. Nobody has anything like it. And, frankly, we’re giving them to the US for free. Can you imagine that? For free! It’s nasty what they’re doing to us, really. So we want a better deal. The US‘s gotta pay. They gotta pay.
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I am so, so tired. And I know you are, too.
Here's “Death blowing bubbles,” 18th century. The bubbles symbolize life's fragility. This plaster work appears on the ceiling of Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany. After the monastery’s dissolution, it became a hospital.
Here's “Death blowing bubbles,” 18th century. The bubbles symbolize life's fragility. This plaster work appears on the ceiling of Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany. After the monastery’s dissolution, it became a hospital.
February 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I am so, so tired. And I know you are, too.
Here's “Death blowing bubbles,” 18th century. The bubbles symbolize life's fragility. This plaster work appears on the ceiling of Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany. After the monastery’s dissolution, it became a hospital.
Here's “Death blowing bubbles,” 18th century. The bubbles symbolize life's fragility. This plaster work appears on the ceiling of Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany. After the monastery’s dissolution, it became a hospital.
Ihr fragt falsch. SM ist nicht bloß eine Gefahr für den Wahlkampf, sondern für unsere Demokratie und unsere Gesellschaft. Die Flugblattrevolution der 1500s war ein Witz dagegen.
Fake News und Desinformation: Mehrheit sieht Social Media als Gefahr für den Wahlkampf
Die Mehrheit der #NDRfragt-Gemeinschaft hält Social Media für eine Gefahr während des Wahlkampfs - besonders wegen der Verbreitung von Falschinformationen durch einzelne Politiker und Politikerinnen.
www.ndr.de
February 13, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Ihr fragt falsch. SM ist nicht bloß eine Gefahr für den Wahlkampf, sondern für unsere Demokratie und unsere Gesellschaft. Die Flugblattrevolution der 1500s war ein Witz dagegen.
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Irre ich mich oder erregt die Festsetzung der Yi Pen 3 in der deutschen Presselandschaft erstaunlich wenig Aufmerksamkeit?
SW+S Baltics Nov 23 2024
Sabotage suspect Yi Pen 3 is still detained in Kattegat.
She is guarded by two proper warships and it looks tense.
Investigation in Baltic Sea proper ongoing, has received substantial escort too.
Russian corvette might be around.
Sabotage suspect Yi Pen 3 is still detained in Kattegat.
She is guarded by two proper warships and it looks tense.
Investigation in Baltic Sea proper ongoing, has received substantial escort too.
Russian corvette might be around.
November 24, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Irre ich mich oder erregt die Festsetzung der Yi Pen 3 in der deutschen Presselandschaft erstaunlich wenig Aufmerksamkeit?
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This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 3:12 PM
This obsession is unhealthy. Our horizons are fine. Also social media, for most, is not a job. It is not school. It is socializing. And it’s fine to say “I don’t want to hang out with Nazis, homophobes, transphobes etc in my free time.”
Wenn man hier in die Kommentare schaut, sieht man, dass es mit der Beschaulichkeit dieses ruhigen Ortes bald vorbei ist.
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Wenn man hier in die Kommentare schaut, sieht man, dass es mit der Beschaulichkeit dieses ruhigen Ortes bald vorbei ist.
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The problem with MAGA rebalancers on the Right like Vance or Quincyite restrainers on the Left is that their worldview is fundamentally Cakeist in assuming the US can still retain its current level global influence without pursuing the same level of military presence or economic integration
Feels like a good moment to re-read this op-ed by JD Vance from February.
JD Vance: Europe must stand on its own two feet on defence via @financialtimes.com
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JD Vance: Europe must stand on its own two feet on defence via @financialtimes.com
on.ft.com/4enttwT
JD Vance: Europe must stand on its own two feet on defence
It is reasonable to ask if US support has made Europe neglect its security
on.ft.com
November 10, 2024 at 5:23 PM
The problem with MAGA rebalancers on the Right like Vance or Quincyite restrainers on the Left is that their worldview is fundamentally Cakeist in assuming the US can still retain its current level global influence without pursuing the same level of military presence or economic integration
»Nie wieder« war keine Bitte, das ist ein Versprechen 😏
January 21, 2024 at 6:46 PM
»Nie wieder« war keine Bitte, das ist ein Versprechen 😏
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Faustregel: Wenn das die Schlagzeile ist, hast du als Sozialdemokrat etwas falsch gemacht.
October 23, 2023 at 9:14 AM
Faustregel: Wenn das die Schlagzeile ist, hast du als Sozialdemokrat etwas falsch gemacht.
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Keine Taurus-Marschflugkörper für die Ukraine. Das soll Bundeskanzler Scholz regierungsintern laut BILD entschieden haben. Dabei bemüht er auch rechtliche Argumente. Zu Unrecht und alles Nebelkerzen, meint @patrickheinemann.bsky.social
Nein zu Taurus für Ukraine: Darum liegt Scholz falsch
Bundeskanzler Scholz hat sich festgelegt, der Ukraine vorerst keine Taurus-Marschflugkörper zu liefern. Sein rechtliches Argument geht fehl.
www.lto.de
October 4, 2023 at 10:54 PM
Keine Taurus-Marschflugkörper für die Ukraine. Das soll Bundeskanzler Scholz regierungsintern laut BILD entschieden haben. Dabei bemüht er auch rechtliche Argumente. Zu Unrecht und alles Nebelkerzen, meint @patrickheinemann.bsky.social
Woran man merkt, dass bsky in Deutschland durchstartet? Die Tankie-Anime-Profilbild-Nasen pöbeln wieder ohne jegliches Taktgefühl herum - fühlt sich schon fast wieder an wie drüben 😄
October 2, 2023 at 1:58 PM
Woran man merkt, dass bsky in Deutschland durchstartet? Die Tankie-Anime-Profilbild-Nasen pöbeln wieder ohne jegliches Taktgefühl herum - fühlt sich schon fast wieder an wie drüben 😄
Open Anti-Semitism is once again socially acceptable in Germany.
The Aiwanger situation is not only a low point in the culture of remembrance - it marks the beginning of its end.
The Aiwanger situation is not only a low point in the culture of remembrance - it marks the beginning of its end.
September 7, 2023 at 7:51 AM
Open Anti-Semitism is once again socially acceptable in Germany.
The Aiwanger situation is not only a low point in the culture of remembrance - it marks the beginning of its end.
The Aiwanger situation is not only a low point in the culture of remembrance - it marks the beginning of its end.
With the deputy prime minister of Bavaria getting a hall pass for his open antisemitism of his young adulthood and public discourse turning against Jewish media personas having a problem with that, right about now would be a very good moment to turn whatever this is supposed to be around.
September 5, 2023 at 8:31 AM
With the deputy prime minister of Bavaria getting a hall pass for his open antisemitism of his young adulthood and public discourse turning against Jewish media personas having a problem with that, right about now would be a very good moment to turn whatever this is supposed to be around.