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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/09/2026

We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth. Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret. One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:

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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No joke - was just considering the fact that the Nazis are eight points clear in the German polls when, twice in ten minutes, two different white German men barged into my back as I was carrying two handfuls and a rucksack of groceries. Just a perfect illustration of the growing misanthropy here.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 14/08/2026

Black children should be able to swim safely. Germany's far-right party leader calls it "Apartheid." Whoever uses that word for a children's pool either doesn't know what Apartheid was – or knows exactly what they're doing. And yet this party is currently leading in the polls in parts of Germany.

deutschlandfunk.de

Nach Drohungen - Volksbühne sagt Veranstaltung für Schwarze Kinder im "Volksbad" ab

Eine Veranstaltung im Pop-Up-Bad vor der Berliner Volksbühne, die am Freitag für Schwarze Kinder und Jugendliche gedacht war, wird abgesagt.

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 05/08/2026

“We stand at the dawn of massive climate-change-induced displacement, with no substantive discussion about how to deal with it, & no interest in exploring our planetary responsibility for those whose homes will be devastated by desertification & flooding.” —Joshua Craze

noemamag.com

What Comes After The Refugee Camp | NOEMA

As humanitarian funding collapses, the global system for dealing with refugees is coming apart at the seams.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 31/07/2026

»La gran paradoja de nuestro tiempo es que algunos países que durante siglos expandieron imperios, promovieron la esclavitud y las migraciones forzadas buscan criminalizar el acto más antiguo de la humanidad: ponerse en camino para vivir con dignidad.« – Clara Brugada, jefa de Gobierno de CDMX.

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La ciudad como refugio

La gran paradoja de nuestro tiempo es que algunos países que durante siglos promovieron la esclavitud y las migraciones forzadas, buscan criminalizar el acto más antiguo de la humanidad: ponerse en ca...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.

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Radio Ambulante @radio-ambulante.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Herencias inusuales, viajes improbable, invenciones asombrosas y formas de volver a casa. Esta semana les traemos tres relatos peruanos. Regresamos en un par de meses con nuestra temporada 16. ¡Nos vemos! Escucha el episodio aquí: radioambulante.org/audio/la-ciu...

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 17/07/2026

Mit dabei: #Mamihlapinatapai aus der Sprache Yaghan. Es beschreibt den bedeutungsvollen Blick zwischen zwei Menschen, die beide etwas beginnen möchten, aber darauf warten, dass die andere Person den ersten Schritt macht.

esquire.de

Laut Jury: Das schönste Wort der Welt wurde gekürt und überrascht!

Wann ist ein Wort schön? Liegt es am Klang oder der Bedeutung? Die Sprachlern-App Babbel kürte jetzt das wohl schönste Wort der Welt

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 06/07/2026

Peru just passed a law requiring a university degree to be a recognized artist. Sara Flores learned her Shipibo-Konibo art from her community, not a classroom. This law doesn't protect artists. It protects elitist circles. And erases indigenous creativity. Again.

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Sara Flores, the Peruvian Indigenous artist bringing Amazonian traditions into contemporary art

For the first time, Peru’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale will be occupied by someone from the Shipibo-Conibo community. In her studio in the jungle, she designs and paints ‘kené’ on fabric

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Marcos Castro @jmcastrob.eurosky.social · 05/07/2026

This is what climate inequality looks like: the elites in climate suits while everyone else faces the heat. Soon they'll be designing Earth suits instead of protecting the Earth. Green capitalism's final business model. #Degrowth www.rdworldonline.com/the-science-...

rdworldonline.com

The science behind the Prada-designed spacesuit for Artemis

Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment which will be worn during the Artemis IV mission.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 02/06/2026

Polenz zu Aussöhnung in Namibia: »Wir hatten den Verband vorbereitet, doch seit fünf Jahren können wir ihn nicht anlegen.« Der eine schlägt die Wunde, und bestimmt dann das Pflaster, den Zeitplan – und nennt es Heilung? Aussöhnung verordnet man nicht von der Seite, die einen Völkermord begangen hat.

spiegel.de

(S+) Namibia und Gedenken an den Genozid: Warum die deutsche Aussöhnung seit Jahren nicht vorankommt

Die Verhandlungen zwischen Deutschland und Namibia treten auf der Stelle. Die Grünen fordern nun, die Bundesregierung müsse sich auch ohne einen Versöhnungsvertrag für den Genozid des Kaiserreichs ent...

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 15/05/2026

An album no one wants to complete: in Jalisco, families of the disappeared have made Panini-style stickers of their missing loved ones in Mexico's jersey. The World Cup spotlight is on. 134,000+ are still gone. "The ball returns. When will they?"

elpais.com

El álbum que nadie quiere completar: los desaparecidos de Jalisco se convierten en cromos del mundial

A semanas del inicio de la Copa del Mundo, familias de personas desaparecidas comparten imágenes de sus seres queridos retratados como jugadores de la selección mexicana

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 08/04/2026

'We have learned to live sick', a mother says. How US overconsumption is using Mexico as a garbage sink. The harrowing result: over 1,000+ 'sacrifice zones' where cancer and miscarriages have been normalized.

theguardian.com

US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says

Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulate

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

New — I wrote about how journalists proudly using AI to help them write their stories obscures the deeply human process that makes journalism a societal necessity, and one that feeds the soul of those who create it. Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.

thehandbasket.co

Refusing to accept big tech's AI-poisoned 'future of journalism'

Humans, however flawed, are

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 26/03/2026

The Pelicot case shone a spotlight on this: While the public attention moved elsewhere, this behavior did not disappear. In shocking group chats, @cnn.com reports now how men encourage one another to drug and assault their wives – and swap tips on getting away with it.

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Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection

CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

theguardian.com

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds

Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 21/02/2026

“Water is coming.” As a child, Yaghi ran off with buckets and grew up in a refugee community in Jordan. He says that the hardships he endured there inspired him. Today, he is inventing a system that draws water from the air. What an admirable story!

theguardian.com

‘Reimagining matter’: Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air

Omar Yaghi’s invention uses ambient thermal energy and can generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water every day

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 19/02/2026

Hassrede is coming. Das US-Außenministerium plant laut Reuters ein Online-Portal, über das Menschen in Europa gesperrte Inhalte sehen können, darunter Hassreden, Nazi-Hetze und terroristische Propaganda. Die Landing Page steht schon bereit: freedom.gov

Startseite des neuen Online-Portals "freedom.gov". Das US-Außenministerium entwickelt laut Reuters das neue Online-Portal, über das Menschen in Europa und anderen Teilen der Welt Inhalte einsehen können, die von ihren Regierungen verboten wurden, darunter mutmaßliche Hassreden und terroristische Propaganda. Auf der Landing Page steht: "Information ist Macht. Beanspruche dein Menschenrecht auf freie Meinungsäußerung. Macht euch bereit."

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 11/02/2026

In 1916, African-American chemist Alice Ball dies shortly after discovering an effective treatment for leprosy. Chemist Arthur L. Dean takes over her research findings and claims the discovery of the method for himself #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 09/02/2026

Bleib mal bei Hegel, güey! Ein deutscher Kulturjournalist, der absolut keine Ahnung vom Thema hat, erklärt Hunderten Millionen Menschen aus den Americas, was nun politisch war beim Super Bowl – und was nicht. Koloniale Überheblichkeit in Reinform!

faz.net

Bad Bunny beim Super Bowl: Die Tiraden von Donald Trump zeigen nur eine Sache

Donald Trump hat es nicht gefallen, dass Bad Bunny in der Halbzeitpause des Super Bowls Spanisch gesungen hat. Doch selbst die Tiraden des Präsidenten können nicht darüber hinwegtäuschen, dass das Sho...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The Revolution Will Not Be Subtitled

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René Aguigah @aguigah.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Viele Accounts können oder wollen Trumps Bilder von den Obamas als Affen nicht benennen oder kritisieren, ohne dabei das Bild zu verbreiten. Erstaunlich. Liegt doch eigentlich nah: aus der Kritik am rassistischen Bild die Konsequenz zu ziehen, es nicht zu verbreiten.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 17/01/2026

Mexico is one of the countries where the most environmentalists are killed each year. Most of them are women. First-time Mexican director Pablo Pérez Lombardini therefore set out to raise awareness of their plight using the language of film.

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trailer LA RESERVA

YouTube video by PIKILA

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Charles Onyango-Obbo @cobbo3.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Ghana’s incredible coffins: the true story the West got wrong. Hint, it has anti-colonial roots. Today, the largest collection of Ghanaian coffins is found not in Accra, but in Basel, Switzerland, at the Museum der Kulturen (Museum of Cultures).

domusweb.it

Ghana’s incredible coffins: the true story the West got wrong

Ghana’s incredible coffins — between secret rites, craftsmanship, and pop culture: the true story of a tradition the West misunderstood.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 09/01/2026

Cooking with cariño! In Mexico City, chefs are delving into centuries-old culinary traditions and the cultivation of indigenous foods. I wrote about this evolution for the German magazine Essen & Trinken. » bit.ly/454q1FN

Portrait of Ana Dolores, chef at the Esquina Común restaurant in Mexico City. Ana smiles, wearing an apron, leaning with one hand on a wooden table in her restaurant. Photo by Uta Gleiser.

Photo of taco with egg and chard salad, mashed potatoes with mustard mayonnaise, chalaca and chimichurri. Photo by Uta Gleiser.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 07/01/2026

Millionärserbe Burda wird Vergewaltigung vorgeworfen: Was macht die Polizei in Baden-Baden? Sie behelligt ihn gar nicht erst nach der Anzeige der Frau. Niemand beschlagnahmt sein Handy. Niemand suchte ihn nach DNA, Hautresten oder Kratzspuren ab. Die Ermittlung macht fassungslos.

zeit.de

Franz Burda: So gut wie nicht ermittelt

Ein merkwürdiges Urteil in Baden-Baden spricht den Millionärserben der Verlegerdynastie Burda vom Vorwurf der Vergewaltigung frei. Doch es bleiben viele Fragen.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 06/01/2026

455 – 400 BC "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must." Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2026 “We live in a world, in the real world, that is governed by strength, that is governed by force and power." Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 24/12/2025

Solidarity with @hateaid.org, an organisation that selflessly fights against digital violence. They have now been banned from entering the US because, apparently, their work to combat violence or revenge porn is seen by the Trump administration as an "extraterrestrial censorship of Americans".

spiegel.de

USA sanktionieren Führung von deutscher Organisation HateAid

Die Amerikaner kritisieren »Ideologen in Europa«, die US-Plattformen zensieren würden. Nun verhängen sie Sanktionen gegen einen EU-Kommissar, britische NGO-Vertreter und zwei deutsche Aktivistinnen ge...

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Markus Beckedahl @beckedahl.eurosky.social · 23/12/2025

USA gehen mit Sanktionen gegen HateAid vor. Solidarität mit Anna-Lena und Josephine, die angegriffen werden, weil sie demokratische Funktionen erfüllen! www.digitalpolitik.de/usa-gehen-ge...

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USA gehen gegen HateAid vor

Passend zur Weihnachtszeit verhängt das US-Außenministerium Sanktionen gegen fünf Personen. Sie sollen Teil eines angeblichen „globalen Zensur-industriellen Komplexes“ sein – so behauptet es Außenmini...

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 20/12/2025

A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption. Intriguing!

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What if Our Ancestors Didn’t Feel Anything Like We Do?

The historians who want to know how our ancestors experienced love, anger, fear, and sorrow

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Last week I checked in on a friend, someone who I thought would be one of the very last immigrants (who have any other options) to leave Germany, only to find that they and their family are already in the process of leaving. Their explicit reason: the rise of fascism. Very, very disturbing times.

The thing is: “remigration” is already happening. Far from the comments sections underneath pieces of writing like these, where people exchange anguished or angry words about the future of Germany and the country’s soul, people are already leaving. Foreigners out, cry the protesters, and in some sense they are getting their wish. Every few weeks, I go to check in on a friend or acquaintance and find that they are either in the process of packing their bags or they are gone, gone, gone. In general the white ones are staying in Europe and the non-white ones are putting an entire ocean between themselves and here. Germany’s problem isn’t the loud migrants like me. It’s the ones who right now are leaving silently, never to return.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 28/11/2025

Trump's policies trickle down. Sources told me that a $250,000 grant awarded by the U.S. Embassy for the renovation of the Alte Feste Museum, a national monument in the capital of #Namibia, has to be repaid by the Namibian government. Trump wants the money back.

In the foreground is the Alte Feste, an old colonial fort in Windhoek. Behind it stands the Independence Museum, which was built by Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang. Photo by Frank Steinhofer

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

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FIAN Deutschland e.V. @fiandeutschland.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Die heute veröffentlichte Studie von FIAN Deutschland deckt gravierende Menschenrechtsverletzungen durch den Berliner Agrarinvestor Amatheon auf. 📘 Die Studie „Amatheon in Sambia: Gewalt und Vertreibung bei einem deutschen Agrarinvestor" ist unter dem Link verfügbar: www.fian.de/wp-content/u...

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Haiku Barcelona @haikubarcelona.com · 02/09/2025

Ihara Saikaku fue el gran cronista de la vida popular en el Japón de la época Edo. Ya tenemos 'Este mundo astuto', con 20 historias satírica sobre mercaderes y sus esposas, actores, monjes prostitutas, ronin... Todos ellos removerán cielo y tierra para saldar sus deudas antes de que acabe el año.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 25/08/2025

US-Lawfare. Since President Xiomara Castro took office in #Honduras, the country has faced 16 investor lawsuits totalling $13.5 billion. These lawsuits are a response to the government's decision to reverse a US-backed initiative which aimed to turn Honduran territory into private corporate domains.

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Frank Steinhofer @franksteinhofer.com · 21/08/2025

Botanical Resistance: In Mexico City, people fight to save one of their oldest neighbours in the barrio, the tree "Laureano", who is at risk because of an housing development.

local.mx

Resistencia botánica: el árbol centenario que unió a la Benito Juárez

Les queremos presentar a uno de los vecinos más antiguos y queridos de la Benito Juárez. Con ustedes, el árbol Laureano.

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