iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Iris

Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Kontext, so wichtig.

Screenshot der dlf nachrichtenapp. Erste Nachricht: Greenpeace meldet Hitzesommerschäden von 36 Milliarden Euro. Darunter: Tino Chrupalla hält das Thema Klimawandel für wenig wichtig

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Ich habe mir gestern das Sommerinterview mit Alice Weidel angesehen. Sie hat nicht eine Frage beantwortet, keinen Lösungsplan vorgestellt. Statt dessen ist sie nur sehr aggressiv über andere hergezogen. Gibt es wirklich so viele Menschen in Deutschland, die das attraktiv finden? Wie kann das sein?

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

News tonight: the level of the Rhine is so low that many ships cannot use it, industry does not receive needed materials and cannot produce as usual. The Danube is so low that two power stations lack cooling water and are shut down leading to a lack of electricity. Climate change is costly.

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Lindsey Graham died suddenly at age 71. This can remind us of two truths: 1. our lives are finite and can end sooner than expected. We had better get some of the things done that are important to us. 2. the lives of powerful men can end unexpectedly. Political situations can change quickly anytime.

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Our Call for Papers for a new volume of the Yearbooks on the History of Global Development. Please, feel free to share.

100

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Belgium : USA is 4:1. Karma exists.

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I remember many times people on the right and the left saying, including in private discussions, that Trump would not take the US into wars, and that that's why they could not support a qualified woman for president.

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

If Trump uses a new legal framework to reimpose tarriffs, which are unpopular and burden the economy, while facing a situation in which his administration has to pay back many billions of dollars it illegally under the old framework, isn't he building a policy of getting the worst of two worlds?

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

You have to give yourself challenges!

000

Reposted by Iris

televisionary.bsky.social @televisionary.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

‘In the files there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children... Of Donald Trump threating to kill children.’

624498

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Among the many contacts of Epstein in an impressive network of men enjoying young women, money and perceived superiority, one I find particularly disgusting is Noam Chomsky, the self-acclaimed good conscience of America, who asked Steve Bannon (!) to connect him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship

Latest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with Epstein

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I don't see a normal midterm election happening this year. And I would so much love to be proved wrong. www.youtube.com/shorts/Xacup...

youtube.com

Trump's Authoritarian Playbook

YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin

000

Reposted by Iris

Havoc @havoc147.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.

278126485561

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

I stayed off bluesky for a while because I found I was spending too much time on it. Now, I find I am spending as much time on youtube with too much information about Minneapolis etc. coming up there. The beauty of social media is their endless opportunities for doom-scrolling.

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Volume 4 of the YHGD, co-edited by Matthias Heymann and me, is about Competing Perspectives of Development. It contains 12 chapters on contradictory or ambigious outcomes, including my text, discussing whether global development is getting "better" or "worse". www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

degruyterbrill.com

Competing Perspectives of Development

Developmental policies frequently have contradictory effects. These typically play out in different sectors of life and are analyzed in different academic disciplines, using different assumptions, met...

000

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Amnesty International is certainly getting a lot of new work these days.

010

Reposted by Iris

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat. For the crime of … complaining about government policy. Core 1A speech. With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

867171469288

Reposted by Iris

Bruce Mirken @brucemirken.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns." […]

mas.to

Original post on mas.to

19563221

Reposted by Iris

Torr (I moved to Threads) @torrleonard.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

"Renewable energy surpassed coal as the world’s primary energy source in the first half of 2025, according to a new report. The milestone was led by solar and wind power adoption in China, with the US and EU relying more on fossil fuels in the first half of 2025 than in the previous year."

semafor.com

Renewables overtake coal as world’s primary source of electricity

The milestone was led by solar and wind power adoption in China, with the US and EU relying more on fossil fuels in the first half of 2025 than in the previous year.

49242

Reposted by Iris

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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.

17035593720941

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

The speech of the President of Finland at the UN Assembly. He makes it sound so obvious and easy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECaq...

youtube.com

Finland’s President Delivers Most Inspiring, Powerful UN Speech Yet on Multipolar World Order | AC1G

YouTube video by DRM News

010

Reposted by Iris

Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Jimmy Kimmel: “You almost have to feel sorry for him. He did his best to cancel me. Instead he forced millions of people to watch the show. That backfired bigly. He might have to release the Epstein files to distract us from this now.”

101056167

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Some nights, I am sincerely scared that I may be witnessing the end of democracy in the world. If the US becomes an authoritarian state that actively supports the extreme parties in Europe (not a far-fetched scenario at the moment), will democracy survive in Europe?

100

Iris @irisab.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I have for a long time wondered why US farmers voted for Trump in such large numbers, after they experienced the negative effects of a trade war last time and had to know it would be coming again this time. Here is an explanation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=badG...

youtube.com

Why Farmers Voted For Trump

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

020

Reposted by Iris

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.

15378222903