Joe Wein
@joewein.bsky.social
German software engineer and cyclist in Japan. Politics, environment, cyber security.
but it's kinda tricky when Putin may have pictures of Donald and Bubba
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
but it's kinda tricky when Putin may have pictures of Donald and Bubba
Anything long enough that reading it involved turning pages, he probably didn't read it.
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Anything long enough that reading it involved turning pages, he probably didn't read it.
It still does that, BTW. I searched Google for the incident just now and Google's helpful AI saved me from having to go to any other posts.
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
It still does that, BTW. I searched Google for the incident just now and Google's helpful AI saved me from having to go to any other posts.
Berlin, 80 years later:
The New Reich Chancellery was completely demolished.
The parking lot at the bottom left is where Hitler's ballroom once stood (on top of the "Führerbunker" where he ended his own life).
On the the top left is the memorial for millions of murdered Jews.
The New Reich Chancellery was completely demolished.
The parking lot at the bottom left is where Hitler's ballroom once stood (on top of the "Führerbunker" where he ended his own life).
On the the top left is the memorial for millions of murdered Jews.
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Berlin, 80 years later:
The New Reich Chancellery was completely demolished.
The parking lot at the bottom left is where Hitler's ballroom once stood (on top of the "Führerbunker" where he ended his own life).
On the the top left is the memorial for millions of murdered Jews.
The New Reich Chancellery was completely demolished.
The parking lot at the bottom left is where Hitler's ballroom once stood (on top of the "Führerbunker" where he ended his own life).
On the the top left is the memorial for millions of murdered Jews.
Having this guy meet in Japan with the families of those abducted by North Korean dictators is a little ironic, considering he allocated $170,000,000,000 in his budget for ICE to abduct millions of fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters off American streets by unidentified masked men
October 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Having this guy meet in Japan with the families of those abducted by North Korean dictators is a little ironic, considering he allocated $170,000,000,000 in his budget for ICE to abduct millions of fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, sons and daughters off American streets by unidentified masked men
No, this is NOT a picture of Obama tearing down a part of the WH to build a basketball court, as claimed in viral MAGA fake news on Twitter and Facebook.
It's from a 1934 renovation under President Roosevelt, 27 years before Obama was even born!
Debunked by Snopes:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...
It's from a 1934 renovation under President Roosevelt, 27 years before Obama was even born!
Debunked by Snopes:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
No, this is NOT a picture of Obama tearing down a part of the WH to build a basketball court, as claimed in viral MAGA fake news on Twitter and Facebook.
It's from a 1934 renovation under President Roosevelt, 27 years before Obama was even born!
Debunked by Snopes:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...
It's from a 1934 renovation under President Roosevelt, 27 years before Obama was even born!
Debunked by Snopes:
www.snopes.com/fact-check/o...
Even in Russia's biggest and most productive coal mining region, they lose money on every ton of coal, reports Moscow Times. It costs more to dig up and ship than international customers are prepared to pay for it.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
October 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Even in Russia's biggest and most productive coal mining region, they lose money on every ton of coal, reports Moscow Times. It costs more to dig up and ship than international customers are prepared to pay for it.
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/07/28/r...
Is someone preparing a safe haven in South America, in case anti-fascists win again?
After the war, Adolf Eichmann and up to 5,000 other Nazis and war criminals settled in Argentina, seemingly out of reach of Nazi hunters, until Eichmann was captured to stand trial in Jerusalem in 1961.
After the war, Adolf Eichmann and up to 5,000 other Nazis and war criminals settled in Argentina, seemingly out of reach of Nazi hunters, until Eichmann was captured to stand trial in Jerusalem in 1961.
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Is someone preparing a safe haven in South America, in case anti-fascists win again?
After the war, Adolf Eichmann and up to 5,000 other Nazis and war criminals settled in Argentina, seemingly out of reach of Nazi hunters, until Eichmann was captured to stand trial in Jerusalem in 1961.
After the war, Adolf Eichmann and up to 5,000 other Nazis and war criminals settled in Argentina, seemingly out of reach of Nazi hunters, until Eichmann was captured to stand trial in Jerusalem in 1961.
Takaichi was elected president of her political party on Oct 3, but the vote in the Japanese lower house to select a successor for current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will only take place on Oct 15.
You wouldn't know it from this TS/Twitter exchange.
You wouldn't know it from this TS/Twitter exchange.
October 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Takaichi was elected president of her political party on Oct 3, but the vote in the Japanese lower house to select a successor for current Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will only take place on Oct 15.
You wouldn't know it from this TS/Twitter exchange.
You wouldn't know it from this TS/Twitter exchange.
"21 May 1935, German Defense Minister Blomberg - the one who had summoned his generals to take the new Führer loyalty oath - renamed the German Defense Ministry…
wait for it…
the “Ministry of War” (Reichskriegministerium). "
wait for it…
the “Ministry of War” (Reichskriegministerium). "
September 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"21 May 1935, German Defense Minister Blomberg - the one who had summoned his generals to take the new Führer loyalty oath - renamed the German Defense Ministry…
wait for it…
the “Ministry of War” (Reichskriegministerium). "
wait for it…
the “Ministry of War” (Reichskriegministerium). "
Milei is the guy who showed Elmo how to use a chainsaw. What could possibly go wrong?
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Milei is the guy who showed Elmo how to use a chainsaw. What could possibly go wrong?
Translation: Our stock market value dropped by $7,000,000,000 since we suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
September 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Translation: Our stock market value dropped by $7,000,000,000 since we suspended Jimmy Kimmel.
BREAKING: Hitler designates anti-fascist forces "A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION".
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
BREAKING: Hitler designates anti-fascist forces "A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION".
Here is a battery electric water bus that I saw in Stockholm this spring. It charges from standard CCS chargers, just like local cars and trucks!
September 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Here is a battery electric water bus that I saw in Stockholm this spring. It charges from standard CCS chargers, just like local cars and trucks!
Putin's version of "Seit 5:45 Uhr wird jetzt zurückgeschossen!"
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Putin's version of "Seit 5:45 Uhr wird jetzt zurückgeschossen!"
Yeah, like the $41.35 million oceanfront property in Palm Beach he snatched away from his best buddy Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-2000s, over which their decades long relationship soured.
August 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Yeah, like the $41.35 million oceanfront property in Palm Beach he snatched away from his best buddy Jeffrey Epstein in the mid-2000s, over which their decades long relationship soured.
Well, he needs SOME place to store the Epstein files!
August 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Well, he needs SOME place to store the Epstein files!
I have managed to obtain a draft copy of the agreement to be signed by Vladimir and Donny at their meeting in Alaska
August 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I have managed to obtain a draft copy of the agreement to be signed by Vladimir and Donny at their meeting in Alaska
The GOP gerrymandering Texas in 2025 is feeling inspired
by Bert Brecht's satirical advice to the East German communists in 1953.
by Bert Brecht's satirical advice to the East German communists in 1953.
August 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The GOP gerrymandering Texas in 2025 is feeling inspired
by Bert Brecht's satirical advice to the East German communists in 1953.
by Bert Brecht's satirical advice to the East German communists in 1953.
He is rosegardening America.
Before: After:
Before: After:
August 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
He is rosegardening America.
Before: After:
Before: After:
One is not like the others.
July 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
One is not like the others.
Most important questions I have about the release of the MLK files:
- What did the FBI find when Trump had them scan the Epstein files for his mentions?
- Is Trump trying to protect influential people to whom he owes favours who are in the Epstein files?
(Yes, he is trying to distract us, again!)
- What did the FBI find when Trump had them scan the Epstein files for his mentions?
- Is Trump trying to protect influential people to whom he owes favours who are in the Epstein files?
(Yes, he is trying to distract us, again!)
July 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Most important questions I have about the release of the MLK files:
- What did the FBI find when Trump had them scan the Epstein files for his mentions?
- Is Trump trying to protect influential people to whom he owes favours who are in the Epstein files?
(Yes, he is trying to distract us, again!)
- What did the FBI find when Trump had them scan the Epstein files for his mentions?
- Is Trump trying to protect influential people to whom he owes favours who are in the Epstein files?
(Yes, he is trying to distract us, again!)
Greece went from 50% coal for power to 6% in a decade, with wind and solar picking up the slack.
Meanwhile Japan still progresses on renewables at a glacial pace. The discussion about nuclear is a distraction from the real issue: The Japanese switch to renewables is happening far too slowly!
Meanwhile Japan still progresses on renewables at a glacial pace. The discussion about nuclear is a distraction from the real issue: The Japanese switch to renewables is happening far too slowly!
July 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Greece went from 50% coal for power to 6% in a decade, with wind and solar picking up the slack.
Meanwhile Japan still progresses on renewables at a glacial pace. The discussion about nuclear is a distraction from the real issue: The Japanese switch to renewables is happening far too slowly!
Meanwhile Japan still progresses on renewables at a glacial pace. The discussion about nuclear is a distraction from the real issue: The Japanese switch to renewables is happening far too slowly!
Someone else had the same idea and he has the receipts!
July 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Someone else had the same idea and he has the receipts!
This is the Gulag this administration is sending prisoners to.
July 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
This is the Gulag this administration is sending prisoners to.