Daniel Petz
@petz4peace.bsky.social
Climate change - civil resistance- disaster risk management - ethics - conflict resolution
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The fact that so many prominent self-professed pro-democracy organizations and people are still active on X today is truly a sign of these dramatic times.
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The fact that so many prominent self-professed pro-democracy organizations and people are still active on X today is truly a sign of these dramatic times.
Wow! I don’t think we can call the US an ally any longer
The Trump National Security Strategy is bonkers in many ways but this objective stood out:
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Wow! I don’t think we can call the US an ally any longer
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This seems incredible to read, as it could come straight out of an Orbán 2015-16 speech, but this has actually been a dominant position within the broader U.S. Right for decades. 🧵
Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This seems incredible to read, as it could come straight out of an Orbán 2015-16 speech, but this has actually been a dominant position within the broader U.S. Right for decades. 🧵
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Es ist, als würde der Kapitän der Titanic den Eisberg sehen, aber nicht beidrehen, weil das die Gäste beim Abendessen stören könnte. "Man hält Kurs, damit die Stimmung an Bord bis zum Einschlag gut bleibt." Rechtspopulisten sind verantwortungslose Ignoranten. heinerm.substack.com/p/hocheffizi...
Hocheffiziente Verbrenner, my ass: Physik, Ökonomie und das kulturelle Trostangebot
Warum Friedrich Merz‘ Verbrenner-Rettung an Sadi Carnot scheitert – und warum er sie uns trotzdem verkauft.
heinerm.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Es ist, als würde der Kapitän der Titanic den Eisberg sehen, aber nicht beidrehen, weil das die Gäste beim Abendessen stören könnte. "Man hält Kurs, damit die Stimmung an Bord bis zum Einschlag gut bleibt." Rechtspopulisten sind verantwortungslose Ignoranten. heinerm.substack.com/p/hocheffizi...
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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In Österreich steigt die Temperatur durch den menschengemachten Klimawandel doppelt so stark wie im globalen Mittel. Wie liegen bereits um +3°C über dem vorindustriellen Niveau und sind auf Kurs in Richtung 5 Grad.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In Österreich steigt die Temperatur durch den menschengemachten Klimawandel doppelt so stark wie im globalen Mittel. Wie liegen bereits um +3°C über dem vorindustriellen Niveau und sind auf Kurs in Richtung 5 Grad.
Important take
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Important take
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Gandhi’s Talisman. Unfortunately for too many world leaders their doubts are dissolving in a way Gandhi did not anticipate.
!["I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test.
Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it?
Will it restore him [her to a control over his [her own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to Swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:givg3amslsq46o3f25ga5esh/bafkreihph4ozfme2iadhcvg2jcexzemiif2xgxmhg2jexeknndhuhx2ewy@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Gandhi’s Talisman. Unfortunately for too many world leaders their doubts are dissolving in a way Gandhi did not anticipate.
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Weil so viele von Euch moderaten Klimas sich noch Hoffnung auf Klimaschutz einreden, indem Ihr von "sozialen Kipppunkten" sprecht: ja, die gibt es. Aber wer die Gesellschaft im Blick hat, weiß, dass diese gerade in eine und nur in eine Richtung kippt: nach rechts.
Stop bullshitting yourselves.
Stop bullshitting yourselves.
Das Coming Out der Arschlochgesellschaft
Stolzmonat: Erklärung für Gleichzeitigkeit des Rechtsrucks allerorten ist, dass die rassistischen, nationalegoistischen Schweine endlich schamfrei sie selbst sein können.
steady.page
November 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Weil so viele von Euch moderaten Klimas sich noch Hoffnung auf Klimaschutz einreden, indem Ihr von "sozialen Kipppunkten" sprecht: ja, die gibt es. Aber wer die Gesellschaft im Blick hat, weiß, dass diese gerade in eine und nur in eine Richtung kippt: nach rechts.
Stop bullshitting yourselves.
Stop bullshitting yourselves.
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In den 1980ern gab es mal das Buch "Die Schweigespirale", in der von einer linken Hegemonie phantasiert wurde. Dass das Gleiche andersrum heute real ist und viel brutaler läuft, schildert @misik.bsky.social hier eindrücklich:
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steady.page/de/vernunft-...
Politik der Einschüchterung
Die radikale Rechte versucht, die Öffentlichkeit gleichzuschalten: Indem sie Euch Angst macht, Eure Meinung zu sagen.
steady.page
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
In den 1980ern gab es mal das Buch "Die Schweigespirale", in der von einer linken Hegemonie phantasiert wurde. Dass das Gleiche andersrum heute real ist und viel brutaler läuft, schildert @misik.bsky.social hier eindrücklich:
steady.page/de/vernunft-...
steady.page/de/vernunft-...
The global justice now vs intergenerational justice argument. Problem is though that not addressing climate change will cause poverty and disease on unprecedented scales and not only in the unforeseeable future. Status: tired of billionaire know-it-alls
Bill Gates says climate crisis won’t cause ‘humanity’s demise’ in call to shift focus to ‘improving lives’
Billionaire’s statement comes a day after UN said humanity missed 1.5C climate target and warned of devastation
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The global justice now vs intergenerational justice argument. Problem is though that not addressing climate change will cause poverty and disease on unprecedented scales and not only in the unforeseeable future. Status: tired of billionaire know-it-alls
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This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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this question being led by a private firm (and potential privatization of rollout) is a worst case scenario if you ask me
Major scoop from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social:
Stardust Solutions, the Israeli geoengineering startup led by a team of Israeli physicists, just raised $60 million to develop the technology to artificially cool the planet by reflecting sunlight as soon as the 2030s.
heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Stardust Solutions, the Israeli geoengineering startup led by a team of Israeli physicists, just raised $60 million to develop the technology to artificially cool the planet by reflecting sunlight as soon as the 2030s.
heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Exclusive: Stardust Solutions Raises $60 Million to Build a Solar Geoengineering System by 2030
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle — but it won’t deploy its technology until global governments authorize s...
heatmap.news
October 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
this question being led by a private firm (and potential privatization of rollout) is a worst case scenario if you ask me
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Das ist der Weg. Keine Phrasen, keine Wahltaktik, klar und verständlich am Punkt.
Man kann nichts die ganze Zeit rechte Politik machen und dann jammern, dass jemand linke Politik anbietet.
Man kann nichts die ganze Zeit rechte Politik machen und dann jammern, dass jemand linke Politik anbietet.
The interviewer asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social if he's worried about splitting the left vote & whether the best way to beat the right is to vote Labour.
Zack: "The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent"
Zack: "The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent"
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Das ist der Weg. Keine Phrasen, keine Wahltaktik, klar und verständlich am Punkt.
Man kann nichts die ganze Zeit rechte Politik machen und dann jammern, dass jemand linke Politik anbietet.
Man kann nichts die ganze Zeit rechte Politik machen und dann jammern, dass jemand linke Politik anbietet.
The stockmarket is a representation of global wealth. As global wealth is dominated by the rich and richest it doesn’t hold any representation of the global economy. It‘s become a tool of appropriating surplus value.
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The stockmarket is a representation of global wealth. As global wealth is dominated by the rich and richest it doesn’t hold any representation of the global economy. It‘s become a tool of appropriating surplus value.
I assume that's apparently the "free" speech that the right means
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
@politico.com
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@politico.com
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October 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I assume that's apparently the "free" speech that the right means
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To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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I think it’s time for climate sanctions for the US. www.thejakartapost.com/world/2025/1...
US threatens visa restrictions, sanctions against nations backing shipping emissions plan - Americas - The Jakarta Post
UN member nations are scheduled to vote next week on the International Maritime Organization's Net-Zero Framework proposal to reduce global carbon dioxide gas emissions from the international shipping...
www.thejakartapost.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I think it’s time for climate sanctions for the US. www.thejakartapost.com/world/2025/1...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Shamed be he who thinks evil of it
How did Qatar and Saudi Arabia get home advantage and more rest than rivals in World Cup qualifiers?
The Oman coach, Carlos Queiroz, is among those who are questioning the AFC’s decision for the upcoming games
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Shamed be he who thinks evil of it
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A complete flip of the usual pattern we see in these updates - China's and India's emissions fell, and EU and US emissions increased.....
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@ember-energy.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A complete flip of the usual pattern we see in these updates - China's and India's emissions fell, and EU and US emissions increased.....
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
@ember-energy.org
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
@ember-energy.org
"Trump, on the other hand, has essentially declared war on green energy and, in doing so, has in his own strange fashion declared war on the American people, modernity, and the future of this country, not to speak of this planet."
October 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"Trump, on the other hand, has essentially declared war on green energy and, in doing so, has in his own strange fashion declared war on the American people, modernity, and the future of this country, not to speak of this planet."
For once some good climate news. But of course still all too slow.
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
For once some good climate news. But of course still all too slow.