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Nils C. Kumkar @nilskumkar.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Nichts gegen Christen-Witze, aber der geht, ich wiederhole mich, beim besten Willen nicht auf: Zur Welt gebracht von einer Mutter, bei der er aufwächst und die bis heute als Mutter Gottes adressiert wird. Nichts daran ist Leihmutterschaft.

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Anne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Der Kanzler hat es nicht verstanden und setzt sich offenbar nicht mit den Forschungsergebnissen z.B. aus der Politikwissenschaft auseinander, befragt keine Experten und auch nicht die Expertise vor Ort von Menschen, die seit Jahr(zehnten) dagegen halten und über sehr viel strategisches aber auch 1/4

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Friedrich Merz kündigt härteren Umgang mit der AfD an

Die AfD setzt die Union massiv unter Druck, in einigen Umfragen liegen die Rechtsextremen bereits auf Platz eins. Jetzt reagiert Kanzler und CDU-Chef Merz mit einem neuen Kurs: »Ignorieren geht nicht ...

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. - Henry James

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maximilianmoench.bsky.social @maximilianmoench.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Social Media and liberal democracy are incompatible.

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Agree that anti-green rhetoric is against Germany's economic interests, as the leading clean tech manufacturer in the G7. If this government cares about growth, it should want this sector to succeed. Do think some clean tech industrial policy is coming if only for defence purposes (batteries).

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Fascinating survey data on the missing Biden voters by Lake Research. The voters who sat out in '24 weren't looking for a centrist or turned off by trans rights. They want a genuine economic populist agenda: take on corporate greed, lower costs, and make the wealthy pay their fair share.

Bar chart titled “Motivating Issues” showing how different Democratic policy priorities motivate voters to support Democrats in the 2026 elections. Top issues include affordable health insurance (62% very motivated), tax enforcement on wealthy cheats (62%), preventing tax hikes on working families (60%), and lowering prices by stopping price gouging (60%). Bars are color-coded by intensity: very, somewhat, not too, and not at all motivated.

Bar chart showing reasons Biden skippers cited for not voting in 2024. The top reason (16%) was that Kamala Harris lacked a strong plan to lower the cost of living, closely followed (15%) by concerns she didn’t address poverty and inequality. Other reasons include weak leadership, courting Republicans, and stances on Gaza, immigration, guns, and transgender rights. A note highlights that Republicans, Latinas, and middle-aged voters were most likely to cite these concerns.

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

“We know that the war against intelligence is always waged in the name of common sense.” —Roland Barthes, Mythologies

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Hans-Böckler-Stiftung @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

(1/4) Am Beispiel #Stromnetzausbau haben die Ökonomen @patrickkaczmarczyk.bsky.social und Tom Krebs in einer von uns geförderten Studie berechnet, welche Finanzierung die effizientere und damit für Privathaushalte und stromverbrauchende Unternehmen günstigere ist. 👇 www.boeckler.de/de/pressemit...

Mehrere Steckdosen-Grafiken wimmeln hinter dem großen Betrag von 440 Milliarden Euro, der mittig in weißer Schrift auf pinkfarbenem Hintergrund steht. Text darunter: In dieser Höhe (440 Milliarden Euro) werden nach der Schätzung einer neuen Studie bis 2037 Investitionen für den Ausbau der Stromnetze in Deutschland erforderlich, um die deutsche Wirtschaft weiter klimafreundlich und CO2-frei umzubauen. Quelle: Krebs, Kaczmarczyk 2025 I HBS Working Paper 373

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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Naval power is back...but it actually never left. 🧵

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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Israel (and now the United State) are engaged in preventive war...and not for the first time. 🧵

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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

What's at stake if the US does join in Israel's War with Iran? To put it simply, I may have to consider changing "not" to "and" in this headline. Why? Because like the early 1940s, the links between the various regional wars would finally be connected

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Not a World War But a World at War

The past two years have seen the most conflicts of any time since the end of the Second World War.

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

German carmakers, whose definition of derisking has been more (not less) China, are now scrambling in real-time to diversify from Chinese rare earth magnets. The lack of strategic vision is breathtaking. A replay of the Russian gas debacle on.ft.com/4l6hgR8

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Carmakers seek western supplies of rare earths and magnets

Mercedes-Benz among groups looking to secure alternative sources of vital materials after China tightens export curbs

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · 07/06/2025

“Military Keynesianism boosts profits and strengthens the state. More importantly, the threat of war helps to keep people scared and divided, making them much less likely to fight back against this corrupt and broken system.” tribunemag.co.uk/2025/06/the-...

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The War Economy

One of the few policy innovations of the current Labour government is a turn towards rearmament under a new ‘military Keynesianism’. This means more profits for weapons manufacturers — and more author...

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maximilianmoench.bsky.social @maximilianmoench.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I wonder how that treatment would be called 🧐

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

A couple of points. The distinction some European economists draw between “mid” and “high-tech” is artificial in reality. ASML grew out of gold old Philips. Airbus out of legacy plane builders. Germanys growing EV strength is driven by …drumroll… Its existing carmakers and Mittelstand. 1/

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maximilianmoench.bsky.social @maximilianmoench.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

On the list "things you didn't know you need for a Sunday"

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Blue Travel Channel 📸 @bluetravelchannel.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Japanese snow fairy bird 🇯🇵 😃

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

America’s national legislature has the oldest median age compared to dozens of wealthy democracies. And this graph just includes the House—the median senator is nearly a decade older than that. Full paper by @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social & @adambonica.bsky.social here: www.google.com/url?q=https%...

A scatter plot graph from a New York Times blog post featuring data from 2022 in an academic paper by Jake Grumbach and Adam Bonica on why America’s Congress members are so old.

The x-axis shows the median age of the national legislature and the y-axis shows the median age of the population overall in the OECD, a group of around three dozen wealthy countries that are almost all democracies. At roughly 58 years old, the United States House of Representatives has both the highest median age overall and the largest gap between legislators and the population.

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Kinda obvious but the Rheinmetall stock is *wild*

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

From Bluesky to the Guardian! In my new op-Ed, I argue that the “male glaze” of media and politics is empirically, normative, and politically wrong and that progressives should focus more on the left turn of young women.

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The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde

There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

You can't be a historian without believing in change, because you see it. The one thing that is certain is that things will change. That doesn't necessarily mean things will get better, but it means there is a capacity to shift the dynamic that is moving us toward a particular future. - Tina Campt

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I can’t help but scratch my head at the anti-green, deregulation rhetoric currently circulating in Germany. Rationalising regulations, like supply chain reporting, makes sense — but halting investments is self-defeating for the West’s key clean tech hub. Let's review a few facts. 1/4

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Appeasement bringt nichts gegen Autokraten. Das gilt nach außen wie nach innen. Leider durchzieht die Appeasement Logik gegenüber der AfD deutsche Politik und Medien.

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Dan Hassler-Forest @danhf.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

After the brutal reality of dealing with student papers in the ChatGPT era finally hit me, here are a few tactics that I've found at least somewhat effective in getting students to do their own writing: 🧵

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Dezernat Zukunft @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Tracking ist ja gerade sehr im Trend – egal, ob Schritte, Kalorien oder Bildschirmzeit. Wir steigen jetzt auch ein und tracken die Regierung. Unser eues Growth Dashboard zeigt: 📈 Schafft sie das angestrebte Wachstum? 💰 Wofür gibt sie Geld aus und was bringt’s? dezernatzukunft.org/gbl-dashboard/

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GBL Dashboard - Dezernat Zukunft

Growth & Budget LabDas TeamDr. Florian Schuster-JohnsonHead of Growth & Budget LabSaskia GottschalkJunior EconomistSven von WangenheimEconomistLeonard MühlenwegJunior EconomistWas ist gutes Wirtschaft...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries. 1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

And people say cryptocurrencies are socially useless. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 20/04/2025

🧵 Thread 3: Addiction by Design — Why Kids Can’t Just Log Off “Just use it less.” “Put the phone down.” Easy to say — but that’s not how social media works.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We're at the equivalent of "all in" at the poker table, when the major players decide they'd rather settle things all at once than through progressive rounds of smaller gains and losses. Every day this lasts changes the fundamental balance of forces and makes it harder to imagine how to go back.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

More from me about the changes to come from these tariffs, with thoughts about why it's usually dumb for the US to target trade balances and some blunt thoughts about degrowth t.co/O2rCVUkU3P

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https://ninaephd.wordpress.com/2025/04/05/the-end-of-exorbitant-privilege-as-we-know-it/

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Trump may well achieve his goal of reducing the US trade deficit, but via the worst possible way: engineering recession at home and removing America’s and USD’s status as trusted safe haven. It would be a poorer, hostile nation but with trade surplus. Sort of like Russia. Some win.

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Dmitri Alperovitch @dmitri.silverado.org · 02/04/2025

If it gets confirmed that He Weidong was indeed arrested, it would likely mean that Xi has moved on from targeting political challengers to a new phase of the purge - focusing now on friends and close colleagues. It would mean Xi is becoming more and more Stalinesque

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

A negative example of a dynamic many centre-right & centre-left politicians seem to have forgotten - political leaders can change public opinion, they do not always have to follow the polls.

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Daniel McDowell @danielmcdowell.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We're living through a natural experiment. Can econ/monetary orders built atop particular political orders survive when the latter are dismantled? Markets may very well be grossly underestimating the kind of economic changes heading our way if we continue on this course.

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

The median age of home buyers in the USA today stands at a remarkable 56 years old. Does this reflect what you’ve experienced on the housing market? Read more in today’s Chartbook!

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 27/03/2025

In many places where Donald Trump is hugely popular, residents are increasingly reliant on state income transfers. The issue could fracture the Republican party. www.ft.com/content/45eb...

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

odysseus: wait agamemnon: ??? odysseus: why does jeff goldberg know about the horse

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Frank Sauer @drfranksauer.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Haben die Verfechter der "Stellvertreterkriegs"-These eigentlich mal innegehalten und sich gefragt, warum der Krieg trotz 180°-Wende im Weißen Haus unverändert weitergeht?

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Monika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 21/03/2025

Ein sehr wichtiger Artikel von @martinsandbu.ft.com in der Financial Times vom 20. März. Headline: „Europa ist dabei, seinen größten strategischen Fehler zu begehen: Die Kontrolle über Moskaus blockierte Devisenreserven gibt der EU die Möglichkeit, das Ende des Ukraine-Krieges zu beeinflussen“

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 19/03/2025

Moscow's play here is pretty obvious: Agree in principle, refuse in practice, give Trump cover to blame the Ukrainians "for not wanting peace"

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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 18/03/2025

@autoschmidt.bsky.social: "VW Group appear to be one of the main benefactors of Tesla's misfortune across Europe, with our latest European Electric Car Study published this week identifying Volkswagen Group commanding 22.5% of the W European new BEV passenger car market on a 12-month trailing basis"

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

As markets plummet again today from Trump's chaotic economic policies, ask yourself: Why would billionaires back policies that tank their own stock values? It’s the taxes. I wrote a step-by-step explainer of how billionaires avoid paying taxes. People are often surprised when I explain it.🧵

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Buy, Borrow, Die: How Billionaires Legally Avoid Paying Taxes While the Rest of Us Can't

A Step-by-Step Guide to How the Ultra-Wealthy Minimize Their Tax Burden While Their Fortunes Multiply

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Joumanna Bercetche @joumanna.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

"I'm not even looking at the stock market" (via Economist)

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Donald Trump going for the unique game theory strategy of playing the madman strategy against yourself.

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Obviously no simple/single/right answer. But I'd say it's a combination of: a) Extreme (Ayn Rand) libertarianism [Musk] b) Looting the state/blatant corruption/rent extraction [Musk & Trump] c) "Know-Nothing" anti-immigration/anti-globalisation/protectionism [Trump & Vance] [1/2]

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The talk in Europe is “how to get a seat at the table.” Respectfully, that’s the wrong question. The right question is, “how can Europe build a new table.”

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

In the 1990s, every geopolitical analysis started with 'After the end of the Cold War...' In the 2000s, it was 'After the terror attacks of September 11…' In the 2020s, it will be 'After the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the US betrayal of Europe...'

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