J.J.
@jjb-aquila.bsky.social
Interests: science, weather, history, social market economy; rowing, gun & rodent control. Philosophy & soldiering: suspension of judgement, scientific method, peer review, leadership & morale (Herz, Hirn, Humor, Härte), fierce riposte, ataraxia and grit
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J.J.
@jjb-aquila.bsky.social
· Mar 15
How to make society resilient against disinformation? One way is total control of the media, 'Gleichschaltung' which in itself is antidemocratic. The other is education. A public educated enough to critically assess information and demand facts instead of opinions. Religion does not help:).
Good analysis in this Guardian article. My take on it: US 47. administration are seeing Europe/China as main adversaries. Russia to keep Europe busy, rewarded by 'land grants'. Sovereign nations dealt with like properties on the NY real estate market. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Stunning Signal leak reveals depths of Trump administration’s loathing of Europe
Messages inadvertently shared with Atlantic journalist lays bare the unvarnished truth about how Vance and Hegseth feel about European allies
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Good analysis in this Guardian article. My take on it: US 47. administration are seeing Europe/China as main adversaries. Russia to keep Europe busy, rewarded by 'land grants'. Sovereign nations dealt with like properties on the NY real estate market. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
My opinion: The US government Yemen Signal leak is not an accident. This is not how this group of people talk. Its a new form of communication. The 47th administration are messaging the world. The president denies all knowledge. Remember project 2025?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
My opinion: The US government Yemen Signal leak is not an accident. This is not how this group of people talk. Its a new form of communication. The 47th administration are messaging the world. The president denies all knowledge. Remember project 2025?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Read here about EUCLID, the European Space telescope: www.earth.com/news/euclid-...
Euclid captures 26 million galaxies in vivid deep field photos
ESA’s Euclid mission mapped 26 million galaxies, revealing galaxy shapes, cosmic structures, and gravitational lenses
www.earth.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Read here about EUCLID, the European Space telescope: www.earth.com/news/euclid-...
Qualifications of a foreign envoy of the United States of America in the administration of the 47th president: 1. real estate developer in New York City, 2. worked in the same neighborhood as the 45th president, 3. sold real estate to foreign nationals? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_W...
Steve Witkoff - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Qualifications of a foreign envoy of the United States of America in the administration of the 47th president: 1. real estate developer in New York City, 2. worked in the same neighborhood as the 45th president, 3. sold real estate to foreign nationals? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_W...
Estonia apparently in Russian sights...
March 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Estonia apparently in Russian sights...
Invasion of a sovereign state followed by ethnic cleansing, all while US Russia talks about Ukraine are ongoing- questions? www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putin-...
Putin Has Taken A Drastic New Step To Erase Ukrainian Identity, UK Says
The Russian leader has given some Ukrainians six months to make a major choice.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Invasion of a sovereign state followed by ethnic cleansing, all while US Russia talks about Ukraine are ongoing- questions? www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/putin-...
Erdogan gives up any pretense: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Istanbul mayor jailed on day of likely presidential nomination
Ekrem İmamoğlu, rival of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, placed in pre-trial detention along with dozens of staff and officials
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Erdogan gives up any pretense: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Yes, and even more immoral: this statistic and pretty much any other healthcare statistic looks totally different for the CEOs & wealthy stockholders. They are even vaccinated !
Unique to America, our health care system is designed not to make people well, but to make CEOs & wealthy stockholders incredibly rich. The result: We have the highest infant mortality rate of any wealthy country on earth. How cruel, how immoral is that? We need Medicare for All.
March 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yes, and even more immoral: this statistic and pretty much any other healthcare statistic looks totally different for the CEOs & wealthy stockholders. They are even vaccinated !
Trump and Putin do not like Radio Free Europe:) - www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Trump cuts off funding for pro-democracy media outlets VOA and RFERL
President Trump's administration has cut off funding for Voice of America, Radio Liberty and other pro-democracy media that broadcast to undemocratic states. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Trump and Putin do not like Radio Free Europe:) - www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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Franzi Preuss wins the overall Biathlon title for the season ending today in Holmenkollen, Oslo! Bravo Zulu Franzi ⚓
March 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Franzi Preuss wins the overall Biathlon title for the season ending today in Holmenkollen, Oslo! Bravo Zulu Franzi ⚓
Reposted by J.J.
March 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Reading for Elon Musk: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. ... the apprentice implores the returning sorcerer to help him with the mess he created: "... the spirits that I summoned / I now cannot rid myself of again". Source: Wikipedia:).
March 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reading for Elon Musk: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. ... the apprentice implores the returning sorcerer to help him with the mess he created: "... the spirits that I summoned / I now cannot rid myself of again". Source: Wikipedia:).
Reading for Elon: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. ... the apprentice implores the returning sorcerer to help him with the mess he created: "... the spirits that I summoned / I now cannot rid myself of again". Source: Wikipedia:).
March 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reading for Elon: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. ... the apprentice implores the returning sorcerer to help him with the mess he created: "... the spirits that I summoned / I now cannot rid myself of again". Source: Wikipedia:).
... it is the inalienable right of the Indian people, as of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life; ... if any government deprives a people of these rights and oppresses them the people have a further right to alter it or abolish it.
March 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
... it is the inalienable right of the Indian people, as of any other people, to have freedom and to enjoy the fruits of their toil and have the necessities of life; ... if any government deprives a people of these rights and oppresses them the people have a further right to alter it or abolish it.
For fighting tyranny look to Ghandi: he successfully fought the British in India with non-violent means, also known as the civil disobedience movement: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Ma...
March 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
For fighting tyranny look to Ghandi: he successfully fought the British in India with non-violent means, also known as the civil disobedience movement: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Ma...
... does Elon actually show empathy with burning cars? How about showing empathy for desparate people ?
March 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
... does Elon actually show empathy with burning cars? How about showing empathy for desparate people ?
Franzi Preuss wins the overall Biathlon title for the season ending today in Holmenkollen, Oslo! Bravo Zulu Franzi ⚓
March 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Franzi Preuss wins the overall Biathlon title for the season ending today in Holmenkollen, Oslo! Bravo Zulu Franzi ⚓
... maybe El Salvador is interested in some high level felons ?
1) I guess it's time for extraordinary rendition: homeland edition.
2) Don't we have more than enough prisons in the US as it is? Why do we need to use another country's prisons, on top of that?
(I know, I know, it's for disappearing dissenters, but still)
2) Don't we have more than enough prisons in the US as it is? Why do we need to use another country's prisons, on top of that?
(I know, I know, it's for disappearing dissenters, but still)
Rubio says that El Salvador has agreed to accept deportations of American citizens www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
March 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
... maybe El Salvador is interested in some high level felons ?
Reposted by J.J.
Seems highly relevant today.
“Do not act falsely and terror […] will not consume you.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
“Do not slander, and you will not ponder grief.
“Do not commit evil, and you will not gain eternal distress.”
Proverbs from ancient Mesopotamia preserved on a broken clay tablet.
March 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Seems highly relevant today.
Reposted by J.J.
Raskin: "There's an absolute attack on the Constitution taking place by an administration which views the Constitution as just inconvenient furniture that's gotta be kicked out of the way."
March 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Raskin: "There's an absolute attack on the Constitution taking place by an administration which views the Constitution as just inconvenient furniture that's gotta be kicked out of the way."
Reposted by J.J.
This is how you know it's bad.
GOP Rep. Goes Viral For His Response To Crowd Chanting 'Tax The Rich' At Town Hall
You know it's bad when...
www.comicsands.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is how you know it's bad.
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This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is really the whole ball game right now, *particularly* among the institutions that make up civil society.
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
(my parents definitely had this poster when I was growing up)
Minority opinions are legitimate, arguably even in support of a country invading another European country. But they cannot be allowed to paralyse the political system. The EU needs to let a 26:1 majority get on with what needs to be done to protect the EU. www.politico.eu/article/hung...
How to confront Orbán and save the EU
The legal tools to address this internal opposition exist — Europe just needs to use them, and meet the moment with courage.
www.politico.eu
March 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Minority opinions are legitimate, arguably even in support of a country invading another European country. But they cannot be allowed to paralyse the political system. The EU needs to let a 26:1 majority get on with what needs to be done to protect the EU. www.politico.eu/article/hung...