Verena Görtz
@drvso.bsky.social
Cat and wife companion. Walking and running. Dr rer nat. She/her.
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In den USA übernehmen private Plattformen und Konzerne immer mehr staatliche Funktionen. Wissenschaftler:innen machen dieses System nun sichtbar: Auf einer interaktiven Webseite zeigen sie den „Authoritarian Stack“ und wie dieser zunehmend auch nach Europa greift.
netzpolitik.org/2025/interak...
netzpolitik.org/2025/interak...
Interaktive Webseite: Wie autoritäre Tech-Netzwerke die europäische Souveränität gefährden
In den USA übernehmen private Plattformen und Konzerne immer mehr staatliche Funktionen. Wissenschaftler:innen machen dieses System nun sichtbar: Auf einer interaktiven Webseite zeigen sie den „Author...
netzpolitik.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
In den USA übernehmen private Plattformen und Konzerne immer mehr staatliche Funktionen. Wissenschaftler:innen machen dieses System nun sichtbar: Auf einer interaktiven Webseite zeigen sie den „Authoritarian Stack“ und wie dieser zunehmend auch nach Europa greift.
netzpolitik.org/2025/interak...
netzpolitik.org/2025/interak...
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This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪
Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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Queen
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Queen
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It’s right to support immigration whether or not it benefits us economically or socially
September 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s right to support immigration whether or not it benefits us economically or socially
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Es ist beschämend.
Der VS warnt vor tödlichen Angriffen unter anderem auf queere Menschen und das fällt dem Kanzler ein.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
Der VS warnt vor tödlichen Angriffen unter anderem auf queere Menschen und das fällt dem Kanzler ein.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
Merz zu Regenbogenfahne am CSD: Bundestag "kein Zirkuszelt"
Keine Regenbogenflagge am Bundestag zum Christopher Street Day in Berlin: Kanzler Friedrich Merz verteidigt diese Entscheidung von Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner. Grüne und Linke übten Kritik, d...
www.br.de
July 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Es ist beschämend.
Der VS warnt vor tödlichen Angriffen unter anderem auf queere Menschen und das fällt dem Kanzler ein.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
Der VS warnt vor tödlichen Angriffen unter anderem auf queere Menschen und das fällt dem Kanzler ein.
www.br.de/nachrichten/...
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Wer nicht der Norm entspricht, soll sich wieder ducken: queer, fett, nicht christlich, behindert, migrantisch. Das kommt nicht infrage!
taz.de/Sichtbarkeit...
taz.de/Sichtbarkeit...
June 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Wer nicht der Norm entspricht, soll sich wieder ducken: queer, fett, nicht christlich, behindert, migrantisch. Das kommt nicht infrage!
taz.de/Sichtbarkeit...
taz.de/Sichtbarkeit...
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Wann versteht auch die Union, dass es keine "Privilegierung" ist, nicht diskriminiert zu werden?
Union warnt vor "Privilegierung" von queeren Menschen
(Politik - Deutschland) Im Bundestag waren sich die Parteien uneinig, wie man mit der zunehmenden Hasskriminalität umgeht. Abgeordnete zeigten aber auch mit ihrer Bekleidung, auf welcher Seite sie stehen.
www.queer.de
June 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Wann versteht auch die Union, dass es keine "Privilegierung" ist, nicht diskriminiert zu werden?
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By shifting to the right on disability support cuts, anti trans, anti-immigration policies, Labour doesn't draw those who support such policies away from Reform, they provide free advertising for Reform's arguments, while losing those who disagree with such hostile policies. 4/
June 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
By shifting to the right on disability support cuts, anti trans, anti-immigration policies, Labour doesn't draw those who support such policies away from Reform, they provide free advertising for Reform's arguments, while losing those who disagree with such hostile policies. 4/
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Why anyone is still on that platform is beyond me. It is a direct threat to democracy. Today would be a very good day to leave it if you are still there. Govt’s have a duty to leave it in my view and politicians must too—it will distort how you see the world, nobody is immune from algorithms.
May 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Why anyone is still on that platform is beyond me. It is a direct threat to democracy. Today would be a very good day to leave it if you are still there. Govt’s have a duty to leave it in my view and politicians must too—it will distort how you see the world, nobody is immune from algorithms.
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We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
LGBT+ toolkit
This kit provides the tools for everyone to take part in positive change: employers, colleagues, and LGBT+ individuals.
rsc.li
April 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
We want everyone in the chemical sciences community to feel welcome, supported and valued, so we're sad to see some people seize on yesterday's supreme court ruling with anti-trans messages. Today, we're highlighting our resources on allyship for trans colleagues and friends
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
➡ rsc.li/4j6lojs
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I think liberals in the West need to understand that they have not stumbled across any kind of contradiction or hypocrisy in the Global far right. When they said “people have a right to free speech” they simply never saw racialised people as people to begin with 🧵
People in the USA & beyond are being punished, fired, defunded, deported, disciplined & silenced by Trump’s administration for their opinions & beliefs. In unprecedented numbers. I thought the ‘anti-woke’ warriors really hated this stuff? They all seem to have disappeared…
March 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I think liberals in the West need to understand that they have not stumbled across any kind of contradiction or hypocrisy in the Global far right. When they said “people have a right to free speech” they simply never saw racialised people as people to begin with 🧵
“No way! You didn’t give me disgusting chicken again!”
March 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“No way! You didn’t give me disgusting chicken again!”
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For context, the average UK university is making an annual loss of £10-20M, an existentital threat requiring research cuts, course closures, and job losses.
The *profits* of Springer Nature alone, at 28% of £1.6bn are >£400M per annum.
The *profits* of Springer Nature alone, at 28% of £1.6bn are >£400M per annum.
March 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
For context, the average UK university is making an annual loss of £10-20M, an existentital threat requiring research cuts, course closures, and job losses.
The *profits* of Springer Nature alone, at 28% of £1.6bn are >£400M per annum.
The *profits* of Springer Nature alone, at 28% of £1.6bn are >£400M per annum.
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Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
February 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
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You can see how badly the billionaire class that supported Jay Bhattacharya's rise on social media wants him to take over the NIH by the amount of white-washing and fawning pieces written by mainstream outlets 🤮
The NIH, with its pesky researchers, has been a thorn in their eye for a long time
A 🧵
The NIH, with its pesky researchers, has been a thorn in their eye for a long time
A 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 3:36 PM
You can see how badly the billionaire class that supported Jay Bhattacharya's rise on social media wants him to take over the NIH by the amount of white-washing and fawning pieces written by mainstream outlets 🤮
The NIH, with its pesky researchers, has been a thorn in their eye for a long time
A 🧵
The NIH, with its pesky researchers, has been a thorn in their eye for a long time
A 🧵
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"Der Berliner Senat wird niemals einem Gesetz im Bundesrat seine Zustimmung geben, dass nur in Abhängigkeit von der AfD eine Mehrheit bekommen hat. Wir werden ein solches Gesetz ablehnen"
Kai Wegner, Regierender Bürgermeister Berlin, CDU 30.01.2025
Kai Wegner, Regierender Bürgermeister Berlin, CDU 30.01.2025
Nach Unions-Abstimmung mit AfD: Wegner will Merz-Gesetz im Bundesrat ablehnen
Nach dem von Union, AfD und FDP beschlossenen Antrag im Bundestag steht Unions-Kanzlerkandidat Friedrich Merz im Kreuzfeuer. Auch im Berliner Abgeordnetenhaus.
www.tagesspiegel.de
January 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"Der Berliner Senat wird niemals einem Gesetz im Bundesrat seine Zustimmung geben, dass nur in Abhängigkeit von der AfD eine Mehrheit bekommen hat. Wir werden ein solches Gesetz ablehnen"
Kai Wegner, Regierender Bürgermeister Berlin, CDU 30.01.2025
Kai Wegner, Regierender Bürgermeister Berlin, CDU 30.01.2025
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An einem historischen Tag im Bundestag fällt die Brandmauer. Friedrich Merz erhält für seinen Fünf-Punkte-Antrag eine Mehrheit.
Migrationsantrag im Bundestag: Über die Merzgrenze
taz.de
January 30, 2025 at 5:34 AM
An einem historischen Tag im Bundestag fällt die Brandmauer. Friedrich Merz erhält für seinen Fünf-Punkte-Antrag eine Mehrheit.
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Big tech is now formally in league with the far-right. The resistance to it will be personal and political iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
How to resist the tech overlords
Big tech has now made its position clear. It is on the far-right. Here's what happens next.
iandunt.substack.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Big tech is now formally in league with the far-right. The resistance to it will be personal and political iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...
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This is wild. Only consequential after these past years, but still hard to read. The Commission has essentially completed its departure from guardian with regard to refugee protection. Hard to overstate the implications for human rights, rule of law, international rules based order and so on.
New EU Commission paper on the "weaponisation" of migration ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 11, 2024 at 8:52 PM
This is wild. Only consequential after these past years, but still hard to read. The Commission has essentially completed its departure from guardian with regard to refugee protection. Hard to overstate the implications for human rights, rule of law, international rules based order and so on.