Jordan Harp
@jordan-harp.bsky.social
Berlin-based American. Internet’ing for political campaigns on the left in the US/UK/EU.
The decentralized #TeslaTakedown peaceful protest movement is spreading throughout Europe @teslatakedown-europe.org in the run-up to Saturday's global day of action.
See the 🗺️ to find a protest near you: teslatakedown-europe.org
See the 🗺️ to find a protest near you: teslatakedown-europe.org
March 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The decentralized #TeslaTakedown peaceful protest movement is spreading throughout Europe @teslatakedown-europe.org in the run-up to Saturday's global day of action.
See the 🗺️ to find a protest near you: teslatakedown-europe.org
See the 🗺️ to find a protest near you: teslatakedown-europe.org
✍️ My report from the first Political Tech Summit in Berlin.
The first Political Tech Summit brought together 550+ experts to discuss the future of political tools, AI, and digital organizing in EU.
@jordan-harp.bsky.social dives into the challenges of building a sustainable political tech market in Europe 🛠️
➤ www.centerfordigitalaction.eu/post/the-pol...
@jordan-harp.bsky.social dives into the challenges of building a sustainable political tech market in Europe 🛠️
➤ www.centerfordigitalaction.eu/post/the-pol...
February 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
✍️ My report from the first Political Tech Summit in Berlin.
Die Linke reports a surge of over 11,000 new members in the last two weeks, seeing its membership grow to its largest since 2010. www.rnd.de/politik/link...
Enormer Zulauf: Die Linke hat über 70.000 Mitglieder
Die Linke muss zwar um ihren Einzug in den Bundestag bangen, erlebt aber einen unerwarteten Mitgliederboom. Parteichefin Ines Schwerdtner sieht darin ein Zeichen für die Sehnsucht nach einer klaren li...
www.rnd.de
February 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Die Linke reports a surge of over 11,000 new members in the last two weeks, seeing its membership grow to its largest since 2010. www.rnd.de/politik/link...
Today I joined 160,000 Berliners walking from the Bundestag to the offices of the CDU, to protest their shocking firewall-breaking vote with the AfD. This week, an idea has galvanized Germany's democratic opposition to the AfD: “We are the firewall”.
February 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Today I joined 160,000 Berliners walking from the Bundestag to the offices of the CDU, to protest their shocking firewall-breaking vote with the AfD. This week, an idea has galvanized Germany's democratic opposition to the AfD: “We are the firewall”.
Heidi Reichinnek -- one of the leaders of Die Linke -- taking down CDU Leader Merz for breaking the firewall with the AfD for an anti-immigrant legislation.
January 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Heidi Reichinnek -- one of the leaders of Die Linke -- taking down CDU Leader Merz for breaking the firewall with the AfD for an anti-immigrant legislation.
Last night in Berlin estimates of 100k people to protest the AfD. (credit: Luisa Neubauer IG)
January 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Last night in Berlin estimates of 100k people to protest the AfD. (credit: Luisa Neubauer IG)
Another world is possible. Green space everywhere! 🌿
Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.
Good trade.
Good trade.
January 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Another world is possible. Green space everywhere! 🌿
According to this YouGov poll, Gaza was the number one issue that caused Biden 2020 voters to stay home, when measured against all other issues. www.dropsitenews.com/p/kamala-har...
Kamala Harris Paid the Price for Not Breaking With Biden on Gaza, New Poll Shows
Twenty-nine percent of non-voters who supported Biden in 2020 said U.S. support for the genocide was the top reason they sat the 2024 election, according to a survey by YouGov.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
According to this YouGov poll, Gaza was the number one issue that caused Biden 2020 voters to stay home, when measured against all other issues. www.dropsitenews.com/p/kamala-har...
Whether by our will to change, or by the physical consequences of inaction, we will deal with the impact of climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Exclusive: Report by risk experts says previous assessments ignored severe effects of climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Whether by our will to change, or by the physical consequences of inaction, we will deal with the impact of climate change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fellow Millennials, we’ve accomplished a lot together. ‘Killing’ so many things that boomers held dear. If we all set our sights on it, we can put an end to Meta, too. Meta wouldn’t exist without us, it’s time to do what we do best. Let’s get to work in 2025! I believe in us.
January 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fellow Millennials, we’ve accomplished a lot together. ‘Killing’ so many things that boomers held dear. If we all set our sights on it, we can put an end to Meta, too. Meta wouldn’t exist without us, it’s time to do what we do best. Let’s get to work in 2025! I believe in us.
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RedNote for Nobel Peace Prize? 😆🕊️
RedNote for Nobel Peace Prize? 😆🕊️
I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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January 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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RedNote for Nobel Peace Prize? 😆🕊️
RedNote for Nobel Peace Prize? 😆🕊️
I’m so ready for the de-Reels-ified open protocol replacement for IG 🙏
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that…
tcrn.ch
January 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I’m so ready for the de-Reels-ified open protocol replacement for IG 🙏
When I explain to my American friends & fam why I haven’t moved back since I left 8 years ago, and don’t have a plan to move back, this is one of the top reasons. Living my life without a car, with access to abundant and high functioning train/tram/bus/rail infrastructure, brings so many benefits.
The 80-year project to make this country completely car-dependent is complete, and now that you're trapped, you need to spend an average of $737 a month for your own economic and social mobility.
January 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When I explain to my American friends & fam why I haven’t moved back since I left 8 years ago, and don’t have a plan to move back, this is one of the top reasons. Living my life without a car, with access to abundant and high functioning train/tram/bus/rail infrastructure, brings so many benefits.
Here’s what the AfD are up to: dropping fake “deportation plane tickets” in the mailboxes of people whose name doesn’t sound German. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
German police investigate AfD for sending out 'deportation tickets'
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been embroiled in controversy after distributing campaign flyers that resemble "deportation tickets" in the city of Karlsruhe. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Here’s what the AfD are up to: dropping fake “deportation plane tickets” in the mailboxes of people whose name doesn’t sound German. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
I've seen some hilariously false information generated by ChatGPT so many times now I think you'd be a fool to trust it. Even funnier that if you prompt it to confirm the false information, it fesses up immediately. Save the embarassment, do not send out generated content as your own work!
January 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I've seen some hilariously false information generated by ChatGPT so many times now I think you'd be a fool to trust it. Even funnier that if you prompt it to confirm the false information, it fesses up immediately. Save the embarassment, do not send out generated content as your own work!
I've been reading Post-Growth Living for an Alternative Hedonism, by Kate Soper. Here's a short essay taste of it if that topic interests you. placesjournal.org/article/alte...
The Trouble with Consumption
The contradictions between capitalist needs and ecological imperatives are impossible to ignore. How might the tenets of alternative hedonism foster new mandates for radical political change?
placesjournal.org
January 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I've been reading Post-Growth Living for an Alternative Hedonism, by Kate Soper. Here's a short essay taste of it if that topic interests you. placesjournal.org/article/alte...
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Cord Jefferson, quitting Instagram, sums many things up:
“I don’t need Instagram to be a haven for free speech for the same reason I don’t need a Jamba Juice or a Hooters to be a haven for free speech.”
“I don’t need Instagram to be a haven for free speech for the same reason I don’t need a Jamba Juice or a Hooters to be a haven for free speech.”
January 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Cord Jefferson, quitting Instagram, sums many things up:
“I don’t need Instagram to be a haven for free speech for the same reason I don’t need a Jamba Juice or a Hooters to be a haven for free speech.”
“I don’t need Instagram to be a haven for free speech for the same reason I don’t need a Jamba Juice or a Hooters to be a haven for free speech.”
Simplify your life. Live in the real world. Smell the flowers. Sit and stare at the wall instead of endless scrolling.
Unsubscribe. Cancel. Take things off auto pay. Stop keeping up with trends.
A Solution to One of the Biggest Issues of Our Time Has Been Right in Front of Us All Along
We have to start opting out.
slate.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Simplify your life. Live in the real world. Smell the flowers. Sit and stare at the wall instead of endless scrolling.
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Let’s be clear—the fact checkers have not “been” politically biased as Zuck suggests, but have been *perceived as such* because of politically motivated efforts to smear them, one that Zuck is now participating in and capitulating to. 1/
"We're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar to X, starting in the U.S," Mark Zuckerberg announces
He asserts that "the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S."
He asserts that "the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased, and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the U.S."
January 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Let’s be clear—the fact checkers have not “been” politically biased as Zuck suggests, but have been *perceived as such* because of politically motivated efforts to smear them, one that Zuck is now participating in and capitulating to. 1/
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Mark Zuckerberg is ending factchecking, moving Meta’s moderators to Texas, appointed top Republican Joel Kaplan to head of global affairs, & invited pro-Trump UFC CEO Dana White onto his board.
Bending the knee? He has full-on, enthusiastically, rolled over for Trump & wants his belly tickled next.
Bending the knee? He has full-on, enthusiastically, rolled over for Trump & wants his belly tickled next.
January 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is ending factchecking, moving Meta’s moderators to Texas, appointed top Republican Joel Kaplan to head of global affairs, & invited pro-Trump UFC CEO Dana White onto his board.
Bending the knee? He has full-on, enthusiastically, rolled over for Trump & wants his belly tickled next.
Bending the knee? He has full-on, enthusiastically, rolled over for Trump & wants his belly tickled next.
"Misinformation is powerful, not because it changes minds, but because it allows people to maintain their beliefs in light of growing evidence to the contrary. The internet may function not so much as a brainwashing engine but as a justification machine." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Misinformation is powerful, not because it changes minds, but because it allows people to maintain their beliefs in light of growing evidence to the contrary. The internet may function not so much as a brainwashing engine but as a justification machine." www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
After an agonizingly long playoff drought, during which we crashed through a seemingly endless list of wannabe quarterbacks, my Denver Broncos are BACK where they should belong: the PLAYOFFS. We finally got a guy who got HIS guy: Bo Nix. May he stare down Mahomes for seasons to come.
January 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
After an agonizingly long playoff drought, during which we crashed through a seemingly endless list of wannabe quarterbacks, my Denver Broncos are BACK where they should belong: the PLAYOFFS. We finally got a guy who got HIS guy: Bo Nix. May he stare down Mahomes for seasons to come.
Meta is promoting this guy, Republican fmr Bush DCoS Joel Kaplan — the Kavanagh bestie who was right there when Brett gaslit America — to head its *global* policy team. This company cannot be trusted by left activists and defenders of global democracy. www.reuters.com/technology/m...
January 3, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Meta is promoting this guy, Republican fmr Bush DCoS Joel Kaplan — the Kavanagh bestie who was right there when Brett gaslit America — to head its *global* policy team. This company cannot be trusted by left activists and defenders of global democracy. www.reuters.com/technology/m...
I was working on stopping this guy from buying an election in November and now I’m working on it here in Germany. In the fight to defend democracy against billionaire technofeudalism, we need global solidarity. newrepublic.com/post/189768/...
Elon Musk Would Like to Control German Politics Too
The world’s richest man is testing his influence in Germany and the U.K.
newrepublic.com
January 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I was working on stopping this guy from buying an election in November and now I’m working on it here in Germany. In the fight to defend democracy against billionaire technofeudalism, we need global solidarity. newrepublic.com/post/189768/...
Die Linke’s Heidi Reichinnek introduce’s the party’s program for IG in the style of “Hopecore”, complete with nostalgic Lo-fi, VCR crackle, cute animals, and sweet colorful typography. 😍
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Die Linke’s Heidi Reichinnek introduce’s the party’s program for IG in the style of “Hopecore”, complete with nostalgic Lo-fi, VCR crackle, cute animals, and sweet colorful typography. 😍