Weiter geht's. Freedom of enterprise und so:

Maxar Technologies ...has made the decision to limit Ukraine’s access to its satellite imagery. ... The official explanation provided by Maxar’s administration to users was that the restriction was made “in response to an administrative request.”

Normality bias - ‘the tendency to underestimate the likelihood or impact of a potential hazard, based on the belief that things will continue as they have in the past’ - is a very hard habit to break.

Die öffentliche Demütigung des Opfers mit dem Ziel seiner Selbstbezichtigung ist essentieller Teil des Faschismus.

They are arguing, endlessly, that illegally inciting acts of terror online is ‘free speech’ while silencing dissent, targeting journalists & telling an invaded ally what he is & is not allowed to say during a live television broadcast are all fine.

What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.

Good analysis from the guardian

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

#ChemicalWeapons #Russia #Assassination

This is exciting. We’re hiring a new lecturer in STS. Let me know if you want to discuss, and please repost and share.

‘Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian Armed Forces' radiation, chemical, and biological defense troops, was killed on Dec. 17 in an operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent.’ kyivindependent.com/sbu-behind-k...

I'm way behind on episodes, but this podcast has been an excellent listen so far. Fascinating, horrifying (as you'd expect), and entertaining perspective on the various ways humans like to exterminate ourselves with (bio)chemistry.

Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, during lock down, 23 Jan 2021, middle of the day, void of people.