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Martin Holland

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Writing as @mho@social.heise.de for @heiseonline@social.heise.de, on #Mastodon also as @fingolas@journa.host. Here for exploring #Sharkey & long form content. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ federation.network/@fingolas, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

> Doch seit einigen Tagen sind es die Angehörigen der Opfer selbst, die dem iranischen Präsidenten – unter Gefahr für ihr Leib und Leben – öffentlich widersprechen. > > Bemerkenswert an den Videos, die verschiedene Väter getöteter Demonstrant*innen online gestellt haben, ist die Ruhe, mit […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

> As recently as February, few experts would have predicted that the United States—a global colossus for more than 80 years—would end up so hamstrung by #Iran. But the conflict reveals something important: The American age has come to an end. U.S. global dominance cannot continue without the […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

💯💯💯 > Stattdessen werden so die Lehren des Holocausts instrumentalisiert – offensichtlich, um ein linkes, migrantisch geprägtes Politikprojekt zu verhindern, das auch die Vergesellschaftung von Wohnungskonzernen anstrebt. > > In Kauf genommen wird dabei eine beispiellose Entleerung des […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

🇪🇺♥️🇨🇦 > Das liberale #Europa mag #Magdeburg und #Halberstadt vorübergehend verloren haben, dafür hat es #Vancouver und #Toronto hinzugewonnen. Und wenn es nach Mark Carney und seiner Vision von der Allianz der Mittelmächte geht, dürfte das erst der Anfang sein: Der australische Handelsminister […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

> Der #Islam, wie die Mullahs ihn predigen, ist schließlich #Islamismus in Reinform. Viele Hinrichtungen finden in #Iran im Rahmen des Morgengebets statt – sobald der Muezzin ruft, wissen die Menschen: Ihre Angehörigen sind tot. So wurden auch die Muezzinrufe zum Symbol für den Terror des […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Wow, tolle Idee! > Offenbar wollen nicht mehr so viele Franzosen und Deutsche etwas miteinander anfangen. Die Zahl jährlich neu gegründeter Städtepartnerschaften pendelt seit Jahren zwischen null und eins. Das entspricht dem Niveau der 1950er-Jahre, als noch der Kriegshass schwelte. Dabei hat […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Toller Text, unbedingt lesenswert. Für mich wahrscheinlich auch, weil es fast genauso auch meine Biografie ist: 1983 in Erfurt geboren, nach dem Abi dann Thüringen verlassen. Der Blick von außen war noch nie so schwierig wie gerade. > Die Lage ist so: Seit ich meine Heimatstadt Erfurt im Jahr […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

> Mich nervt vor allem dieser Reporter-Ost-Tourismus, wie man ihn jetzt auch gerade wieder vor den Wahlen erleben kann. Medienschaffende fallen über #SachsenAnhalt und #MecklenburgVorpommern her, verbringen ein paar Tage dort und schaffen es, mit dem letzten dorftrotteligen Neonazi und wirklich […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

💣💥 > As a result of today’s discussion, no #UEFA national teams will participate in any #FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

🔥🔥🔥 > Today we have learned of FIFA’s deadline to associations to support their proposals or have the one-off payout offer withdrawn. This says everything you need to know about this plan. > > But having held discussions with many stakeholders across the game, #UEFA knows there is significant […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

> Some will argue that the defeat in Seattle proves the whole #Balogun affair was harmless. He played, the Americans lost, no damage done. But the damage was never in the result, as much as it was in the attempt. A rule that a phone call can set aside is not made sound again because that […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

❤️✊🏼❤️ > Dass er in einer engstirnigen Branche einer ist, der den Blick fürs Wesentliche nicht verliert, beweist er immer wieder. Am Welttag gegen Homophobie postete er ein Regenbogenmotiv. Während der Pandemie warb er fürs Impfen. Er kritisierte die Qualität des Essens in französischen […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

> The USA seems to have deliberately and with foresight, committed a war crime as an act of policy. If this is right, and all evidence seems to say it is, committing acts of terror is now an acceptable method of war in the judgement of the US government and, by extension, the American people. [ […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

❤️❤️❤️ > #Pratchett sketches a compelling account of the development of religion, beginning with “small gods” whispering to shepherds in the desert and competing with thousands of other minor deities for a simple altar made of stones, which they can trade up and up to a full-blown religion. You […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

That logic turns out to be dangerously circular. [#Oil] Prices are low because investors expect #Trump to end the war before prices get too high; but because prices are low, Trump faces less pressure to end the war. In fact, the president seems to have figured out that he can calm the oil […]

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Martin Holland @mho.social.heise.de.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

The #Fediverse/#OpenWeb keeps growing, so how far can a post go now? Let's try it out! If you see it please share and/or like! I'll post stats. #Mastodon #Sharkey #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #SocialMedia @fediverse@piefed.social @fediverse@lemmy.ml

Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 11/05/2026

> Defeat in the present confrontation with Iran will be of an entirely different character. It can neither be repaired nor ignored. There will be no return to the status quo ante, no ultimate American triumph that will undo or overcome the harm done. (🎁) […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

> When I reached a former longtime senior FBI official to ask whether he’d ever seen personally branded liquor bottles distributed by a previous FBI director, he burst out laughing. (🎁) […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

> The world has always been run by rich men. The robber barons of the Gilded Age were known for their ruthlessness in the accumulation of wealth—hiring Pinkertons to shoot striking unionists. But they directly engaged with the world around them, using their wealth and power to muscle it into its […]

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

> Speaking amid mounting international condemnation of the bill, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, described the law as “patently inconsistent with #Israel’s international law obligations, including in relation to the right to life”. He added that it “raises serious […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 24/03/2026

Nobody can later say, they didn't know 👇🏼 > Tania Warner described the treatment of her and her daughter as “horrific” from the start. After being held for about five and a half hours at the checkpoint, they were sent to the first facility, where “every single person … was handcuffed – […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

🔥🔥🔥 > Die Koalition mäandert zwischen Sympathie für eine Befreiung Irans von außen und der Nostalgie nach Regeln, die einst die Welt besser machen sollten. Das Thema wird so schnell wie möglich von seiner beängstigenden internationalen Dimension auf die kleinstmögliche innenpolitische […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

> Despite #Iran’s internet blackout, I regularly receive text and voice messages from within the country - people talking about life under attack. One was from a forty-something man, who sounded really low. > > "I’m freaking out," he says. He describes seeing "a lot of fighter jets" and hearing […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

> Despite #Iran’s internet blackout, I regularly receive text and voice messages from within the country - people talking about life under attack. One was from a forty-something man, who sounded really low. > > "I’m freaking out," he says. He describes seeing "a lot of fighter jets" and hearing […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 > Offen ist, ob das Einlenken der Iraner ein Zeichen der Schwäche ist oder nur ein Nachjustieren in der Hitze des Gefechtes. Die #IslamischeRepublik mag unter wahnsinnigem Druck stehen – israelische und amerikanische Jets am Himmel, der geistliche Führer tot, die meisten Raketenwerfer […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.journa.host.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2026

Woah, that sounds unexpected and big. Could the regime actually fall? "The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has just been quoted as saying he apologises to neighbouring countries. “I apologise … to the neighbouring countries that were attacked by #Iran,” #Pezeshkian said, in a speech […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026

> Many people in Iran are still sleeping or just waking up, but I have asked one person in Tehran about how they feel about #Khamenei’s death. > > “I can’t believe it. It’s like when they give you such a good news that you don’t even don’t know what to do," they tell me. > > "I couldn’t sleep […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

Woah!! > Netanyahu says airstrikes have destroyed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s compound and adds that “all indications show this tyrant is no longer with us”. > > While not explicitly confirming Khameini’s death, this is strongest official indication yet that the missing leader is dead. > > […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

> The images and testimonies we received match accounts from witnesses and human rights groups of a sharp escalation in the authorities’ use of force to lethal tactics, including live ammunition and military-grade weapons, on the evening of Jan. 8. > > They add to a growing body of evidence that […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026

> Das Vorgehen der Bundespolizei bei der Abreise der Fans sowie das Verhalten der italienischen Polizei vor Ort gegen BVB-Fans passen derweil zu einer Entwicklung, die in den vergangenen Monaten an Intensität gewonnen hat. Seien es Fans des VfB Stuttgart in Deventer, Bayern-Anhänger in London […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

✊🏼😓 > “Our classrooms are empty because the graveyards are full,” said Hossein*, 21, a student at the University of #Tehran. “It’s for them – our friends, classmates and compatriots, who were gunned down in front of our eyes, that we decided to boycott the classes.” > [...] > “They called their […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026

> Ayatollah Khamenei has instructed Mr. Larijani and a handful of other close political and military associates to ensure that the #IslamicRepublic survives not only American and Israeli bombs, but also any assassination attempts on its top leadership, including on Ayatollah Khamenei himself […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

✊🏼🔥✊🏼🔥✊🏼 > #Students at several universities in #Iran have staged anti-government protests - the first such rallies on this scale since last month's deadly crackdown by the authorities. > > The #BBC has verified footage of students marching at the Sharif University of Technology in the capital […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2026

✊🏼🔥✊🏼🔥✊🏼 > #Students at several universities in #Iran have staged anti-government protests - the first such rallies on this scale since last month's deadly crackdown by the authorities. > > The #BBC has verified footage of students marching at the Sharif University of Technology in the capital […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 19/02/2026

👇🏼 > Stellen Sie sich Kalifornien vor: Ein paar Wochen vor der Wahl flutet Trump den Staat mit ICE-Schlägertrupps, die man ermutigt, sich so brutal und drastisch wie möglich zu verhalten. Sie werden Bürger schikanieren, jemanden erschießen, es gibt massive Proteste. Die wiederum so eskalieren […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

🔥🎯🔥🎯🔥 > Angesichts der völligen moralischen Finsternis des derzeitigen Regimes in #Teheran darf man nicht abwarten, bis die ideale iranische Führung auftaucht wie Kaiser Barbarossa aus dem Kyffhäuser. Wie es nach dem aktuellen Regime weitergeht, entscheidet das iranische Volk – aber sein […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

@thilosch@mastodon.social Danke! Nein, daran wird aktuell nicht gearbeitet.

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 17/02/2026

🔥🎯🔥🎯🔥 > Angesichts der völligen moralischen Finsternis des derzeitigen Regimes in #Teheran darf man nicht abwarten, bis die ideale iranische Führung auftaucht wie Kaiser Barbarossa aus dem Kyffhäuser. Wie es nach dem aktuellen Regime weitergeht, entscheidet das iranische Volk – aber sein […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.federation.network.ap.brid.gy · 16/02/2026

> Zwei Jahre später liebäugeln Unionspolitiker damit, die #Brandmauer zur #AfD aufzuweichen, in östlichen Bundesländern mit den Rechtsaußen zu koalieren, sich bei einer Minderheitsregierung im Bund von ihnen tolerieren zu lassen. »Hochriskant« wäre dies, warnt Ziblatt. Die […]

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Martin Holland @fingolas.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Some 200,000 people demonstrated Saturday against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany, police said, answering a call from #Iran ’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi for cranked up international pressure on #Tehran. apnews.com/article/iran...

Iran’s crown prince says survival of Tehran government 'sends a clear signal to every bully'

Police say around 200,000 people have demonstrated against Iran’s government on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders in Germany.