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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/09/2026
There's only one way out of this mess: the rapid disassembly of the American internet and the rapid creation of a post-American internet, one built on open, auditable, sovereign digital public goods, internationally built and maintained: pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3... 51/
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Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org · 21/08/2026
Censored Amnesty International UK report (345.47 KB) A report by Amnesty International UK, documenting the threat posed by the anti-rights movement composed, which was censored after J.K. Rowling made legal threats. ddosecrets.org/article/cens... Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
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Censored Amnesty International UK report - Distributed Denial of Secrets
A complete version of a censored report produced by Amnesty International UK, documenting the threat posed by the anti-rights movement composed of TERFs. The report sharply criticized organizational e...
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cyber professional @permadeath.com · 13/07/2026
new favorite diagram shortlist entry
graph showing relationships between probability distributions, including cases of special parameters and convergence.  the normal distribution is quite central
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Like clockwork
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tante @tante.cc · 11/05/2026
Beautiful.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Honestly, if you showed this to someone in 2010 and said "This is the President of the United States", they'd tell you to stop pulling their leg.
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Weedle @weedle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Exactly one year ago today:
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Rico Grimm @ricogrimm.de · 10/04/2026
Eine Technologie ist in 30 Jahren 99 % billiger geworden. Nicht Computerchips – Batterien. Das verändert gerade die Welt. Ein THREAD 🧵
A graph illustrating the significant decline in lithium-ion battery cell prices from 1991 to 2023, highlighting a notable drop post-2020.
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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 21/03/2026
This could be a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social headline unedited
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Umit Singh Dhuga @usdhuga.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“When Peter Thiel took his Antichrist lecture series from San Francisco to Rome last week, he probably expected to ruffle a few Vatican feathers. What he may not have anticipated was the pope's AI adviser asking…whether he should be burned at the stake.” www.themonastery.org/blog/why-som...
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Why Some Catholics Want Peter Thiel Burned at the Stake
Peter Thiel took his Antichrist lectures to Rome recently, and the pope's AI adviser had a... strong reaction that included fire and a stake.
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😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 27/05/2024
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
“You are an abolitionist, ain’t you?”
“As to that, I cannot so readily answer. If by abolitionist you mean a zealot, I am none; but if you mean a man, who, being a man, feels for all men, slaves included, and by any lawful act, opposed to nobody’s interest, and therefore, rousing nobody’s enmity, would willingly abolish suffering (supposing it, in its degree, to exist) from among mankind, irrespective of color, then am I what you say.”
“Picked and prudent sentiments. You are the moderate man, the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man. You, the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I have a Schrödinger joke, or maybe I don't.
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
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Lyse @lyse.myatproto.social · 06/03/2026
“I have usernames older than you.”. Holy shit
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Devadasa @devadasa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A thread 🧵 where I will use maps to try and explain the War on Iran. Hopefully this helps. Our first map is a true size map from truesizeof.com It shows the United States compared to the region. Notice how #Iran is much larger than #Iraq and #Afghanistan and its central location. 1/n
A map of the United States imposed over the Middle East south Asia region. It is centered on our lawn. Is surrounded by Afghanistan Pakistan Oman Saudi Arabia UAE Bahrain Iraq Syria and Turkey and Turkmenistan.
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saghira efendi @taalluq.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Home of reformist opposition leaders from 2009 Green Movement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard was also hit by Israeli/US strikes. They have been under house arrest by the regime for over a decade.
Tweet on X by Amir Kiyae reads: 

Strikes on Iran appear to have hit the home where opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have been held under house arrest - both are reported safe, but their residence was damaged. Former President Ahmadineiad's home was also targeted. Israel has stated it is targeting Iranian leaders "past, present, and future." This follows previous Israeli strikes on Evin Prison. Draw your own conclusions,
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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 28/02/2026
Die USA und Israel haben mit einem Militärangriff auf den Iran begonnen. MARKO MILANOVIĆ zeigt, warum sich die Militärschläge nicht als Selbstverteidigung nach Art. 51 der UN-Charta rechtfertigen lassen und offenkundig gegen das Völkerrecht verstoßen. verfassungsblog.de/warum-der-er...
Zitat: „Die Verletzung der UN-Charta liegt hier so offen zutage, wie es deutlicher kaum sein könnte.“
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Florian Aigner @florianaigner.at · 14/02/2026
Ich glaube, dass der Epstein-Skandal ein historischer Fokuspunkt ist, an dem sich viel entscheidet: Wenn das jetzt vertuscht, verschleppt, verschleiert werden kann, dann kann alles vertuscht, verschleppt, verschleiert werden. Dann ist der Rechtsstaat für reiche Leute einfach nicht mehr gültig.
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Thomas Zirnbauer @derpressemann.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Ihr macht euch mit solchen Überschriften der Verharmlosung schuldig, @spiegel.de. Bondi hat in diesem Kreuzverhör beleidigt, gepöbelt, offen Recht gebrochen und ignoriert, kein Interesse an den Opfern und an Aufklärung gezeigt. Und ihr ordnet das so ein? Ihr macht euch überflüssig.
Screenshot von Spiegel Artikel unter der Überschrift US-Justizministerin räumt Fehler bei veröffentlichten Epstein-Akten ein
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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The Carney Doctrine Needs a Dose of Realism–and Honesty
Mark Carney’s Davos speech was outstanding. However, as inspiring as the Canadian prime minister’s new middle powers doctrine is, it needs more honesty and realism.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Another question I came here with was: how effective are the whistles and honking? Does it stop abductions? And the answer is, surprisingly to my cynical self, yes, and often. I have talked to so many people who have successfully interrupted kidnappings.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Diese Studie ist eine Sensation: Heike Klüver hat 1.237 Regierungen in 57 Demokratien über 50 Jahre ausgewertet. Die Schlüsselfrage: Werden Rechtsextreme „entzaubert“, wenn sie mitregieren? Die Antwort – eindeutig: Nein. Sobald rechtsextreme Parteien an der Regierung sitzen, profitieren sie.
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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
"Und wer nicht liebt und nie geliebt wurde, hat keinen Grund, die Rettung der Welt höher zu schätzen als die Rettung der eigenen Lüge."
Post von Robert Friedrich von Cube:
Diese „Annahme“ des Nobelpreises durch Trump ist so unglaublich symbolisch. Es geht nicht um die Ehre, denn der Mann ist schon immer ehrenlos und weiß es. Es geht um eine Lüge, eine Fassade, eine Maske. Es geht um einen faulen, stinkenden, boshaften Kern, der vergoldet werden muss, ein Kothaufen mit Blattgold ummantelt, und weil er innen immer hohler wird, je mehr die Fäulnis voranschreitet, und weil er immer mehr stinkt, müssen weitere Schichten Blattgold darüber geklatscht werden, Gold, das so dünn ist, dass es bei jeder Berührung bricht, weshalb Scheiße durch die Haarrisse dringt, weshalb immer mehr Vergoldung nötig wird, es ist nie fertig und so vergoldet dieser Mann das ganze Weiße Haus, bis es irgendwann in Goldenes Haus umbenannt wird und er vergoldet seinen unförmigen Leib mit der absurden Schminke oder was es ist, färbt seine Haare, ein Goldfinger für Arme, und es gibt kein Zurück, es gibt keinen Kern, der nicht Lüge wäre, er kennt nicht mal den Unterschied zwischen einem Preis, der einem verliehen wird und einem Preis, den man sich nimmt, wie ein Kind, das am Ende des Monopoly-Spiels SEINE Figuren auf die Schlossallee stellt und sich die ganzen Scheine nimmt, wenn die anderen einpacken wollen, er kennt den Unterschied nicht und doch ahnt er, welche Fäulnis aufsteigen würde, wenn er inne hielte, und eher wird er die Welt ersticken, wie Goldfinger Jill in Gold ersticken lässt, als zuzulassen, dass der Gestank an seine Nase dringt, denn was in ihm gärt, ist eine Schmach, die ihn vernichten würde, und wer nicht liebt und nie geliebt wurde, hat keinen Grund, die Rettung der Welt höher zu schätzen als die Rettung der eigenen Lüge.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15/01/2026
Another vehicle opened. Back was full of license plates, gear, various fed patches.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 08/01/2026
Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This is *excellent* forensic journalism by The Times: clear explanation using video evidence. This is the best of Times journalism. Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Trump is claiming they've captured Maduro. VP is apparently still safe? No idea what to expect if this is all true but certainly this is one of those days where weeks happen
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
looks consistent with what you'd expect for inserting a small group of dudes to capture or kill a world leader.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12/09/2025
Press conference announces that the shooter's bullets said: Fired bullet: "Notices bulges owo whats this?" Other unfired cases: "hey fascist! Catch! Uparrow, right arrow, three downarrow" "O bella ciao, bella ciao, ciao, ciao" "If you read this you are gay lmao"
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
My video about how LLMs are not search engines has led to many, MANY comments telling me that I should be using Perplexity. Some insisting that Perplexity does not hallucinate. Out of a list of 26 papers it just provided me (in "Research" mode) 4 were real. FOUR. 85% hallucination rate.
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 26/08/2025
Genauer aufgeschrieben: www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/re...
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Habecks Heizgesetz bleibt wohl unberührt: So wurden wir belogen
Und das ist anscheinend das Ergebnis von zwei Jahren Lügenkampagne über Heizungen: Weniger als 0,1 % der Heizungen dürfen länger betrieben werden. Und Habecks Gesetz bleibt unverändert.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/08/2025
"I am the lawyer for a multinational group active in the energy sector that intends to displace a small Amazonian indigenous community from their territories in order to build a dam and a hydroelectric plant … How can we get the lowest possible price in negotiations with these indigenous people?"
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Leaked ChatGPT Conversation Shows User Identified as Lawyer Asking How to "Displace a Small Amazonian Indigenous Community From Their Territories in Order to Build a Dam and a Hydroelectric Plant"
Tens of thousands of ChatGPT conversations were mistakenly shared by users who used a feature that OpenAI has swiftly removed.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Oh, this is a good topic! There is an element of 'consent' to pitched battles, but it's not the old myth of generals agreeing to have a battle before tea time. And to the question - a better Roman general would presumably have refused battle at a place like Cannae. But let's talk about it. 1/
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Sombrerogalaxie 🇬🇱 @messierm104.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Man lese und lösche umgehend seinen Twitter-Account, falls immer noch nicht geschehen. Unfaßbar, was @arminwolf.at versucht hat und wie er an X, den Iren, der EU und (natürlich) an den USA scheitert.
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X ist ein rechtsfreier Raum › Blog von Armin Wolf
Warum es praktisch unmöglich ist, anonyme Hass-Postings auf X zu bekämpfen: Die Gesetze sind zu schwach, X ignoriert sie, zuständige ...
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Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq.com · 13/06/2025
"The moment a user asks, 'Wait, why can't I go there? You said these were open,' we've failed on our promises. That's where we are right now." I wrote about adversarial interoperability and the importance of making the most powerful parts of the open social web more accessible to users.
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But First, Interoperability
Back in November, I wrote an essay that explored the significance of services like Bridgy Fed, a protocol-level bridge that connects open social platforms. Since then, Ryan Barrett, the builder behind...
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Frank Sauer @drfranksauer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Nur weil Realismus drauf steht, ist nicht zwingend Realismus drin! Das hätte ich schon vor drei Jahren aufschreiben sollen. Besser spät als nie. Danke an die @zeit.de fürs Publizieren. Das Kernargument - stark eingedampft - im Thread 🧵 1/18
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Krieg in der Ukraine: Aber das Eskalationsrisiko!
Sie erklären den Ukrainekrieg mit Russlands Sicherheitsinteressen und wollen von Putins Imperialismus nichts wissen: Sind die selbst ernannten Realisten einfach nur naiv?
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
NEW: TeleMessage, the Signal knockoff used by Mike Waltz and potentially other gov officials to archive group chats in plaintext, has suspended all services after it was hacked *at least twice.* @404media.co reported a hack last night; a different hacker also broke in and gave me evidence.
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TeleMessage suspends services after hackers claim breach
The app was seemingly used by Mike Waltz in last week's cabinet meeting, according to a photograph published by Reuters.
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Eternal Skies TCG RPG @eternalskies.neocities.org · 20/04/2025
It's a weird world where the shittier a piece of software looks, the more I trust it. The fancy looking ones? They're going to steal my data or extort me in pricing or just not work. Crappy looking tools made by some random dude? This shit is going to get the job done and do nothing else.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Yall wanna hear something extremely embarrassing? Before Trump’s election, a bunch of academics who lumbered rightward after being criticized by the left (Pinker, Dawkins, Krauss) wrote essays for a book that is coming out in July about the threats to academia from the left. YALL, THE TITLE!!
“The War on Science”
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"The Stranger's Case," William Shakespeare Sir Thomas Moore: Act II Scene 4 ___ Imagine that you see the wretched strangers, Their babies at their backs and their poor luggage, Plodding to the ports and costs for transportation ...
Refugees reach land in an inflatable raft. A young child in the foreground crouches on some rocks, crying.
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Matt Kane @mk.gg · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas! As is traditional, here is the roasting time calculator that I made for the BBC a few years ago. I take no credit for the algorithm, but I always use it and it works perfectly every time.
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Roast calculator
Find roasting times for lamb, pork, beef, venison, chicken, duck, turkey and goose with the BBC's interactive roasting calculator.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10/12/2024
Vlado Chernozemski, who assassinated King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, belonged in his youth to a club that was devoted to a game of regicide. In the game, known as "chess," contestants subtly maneuver into a position that allows them to topple the opponent's monarch.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto. The real one, not the forgery circulating online. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-man...
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Luigi's Manifesto
Exclusive: read Luigi Mangione's 262-word manifesto on the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
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Gene Park @gene.meme · 20/11/2024
Metaphor is my game of the year. i asked director Hashino a very specific question. He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.” www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Review | The year’s smartest game asks: Is civil democracy just a fantasy?
“Metaphor: ReFantazio” is the most audacious, exciting video game story of the year as it chronicles the birth of democracy.
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Arieh Kovler @ariehkovler.com · 16/11/2023
9 years ago today, my favorite ever political opinion poll was released.
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Anita Starosta @starosta.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
Rojava:Der permanente Krieg der Türkei.Der türkische Staat hat in den vergangenen Wochen fast die gesamte Infrastruktur der autonomen Selbstverwaltung Nord-Ost-Syrien zerstört.Im Schatten der Eskalation in Israel und Palästina spitzt sich ein weiterer permanenter Krieg zu. jacobin.de/artikel/roja...
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