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Conflict & Social Movement Studies, Sociology of Climate Change | Dr. phil. | Passionate about #science & #technology researcher @ztg @tu-berlin @ipsospa - here private michael-neuber.com www.researchgate.net/profile/Michae… ********

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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
so könnte der Duden bald aussehen:
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taz @taz.de · 12/09/2026
Das Momentum liegt auf der Seite der Rechten. In dieser Lage die Hoffnungen auf den politischen Betrieb zu richten, springt zu kurz.
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Essay über die Macht der AfD: Das Ganze ist wieder das Unwahre
Das Momentum liegt auf der Seite der Rechten. In dieser Lage die Hoffnungen auf den politischen Betrieb zu richten, springt zu kurz.
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Mark Lubell @envpolicycenter.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Good to see the climate science and policy community building this as antidote to Trump admin doublespeak and propaganda www.climate.us/news-feature...
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Climate.us launches independent website for trusted climate information
Built by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov, the new nonprofit resource is supported in part by more than 2,500 small donations from people who want reliable climate science information to ...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The organizations the US has withdrawn from function as institutionalized arenas of international communication. Maintaining such channels reduces the risk of escalation and to contribute indirectly to the prevention of conflicts, including those related to scarce resources.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This clearly looks like the beginnings of Gestapo / Stasi 2.0. Migrants will be only the first group targeted. Once the infrastructure is set up gates are wide open for any kind of use against the “enemies” of the regime.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
… same in Euro.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
This is shocking! I am speechless.The consequences for the child parent relationship can be severe. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Protests as newborn removed from Greenlandic mother after ‘parenting competence’ tests
Danish authorities take one-hour-old infant despite law banning the tests on people with Greenlandic backgrounds
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Das Wort “Weisheit” scheint mir im Zusammenhang mit Veronika Grimm und ihren Aussagen zu unserem Sozialsystem tatsächlich unangemessen. Es gibt zahlreiche Alternativen, insbesondere Steuerreformen um die Sozialsysteme zu konsolidieren. Ein 🧵 www.n-tv.de/politik/Wirt...
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Wirtschaftsweise Grimm nennt Sozialkürzungen unumgänglich
Die Bundesregierung hat zwei Maßnahmen zur Rente beschlossen: die Ausweitung der Mütterrente und eine Festschreibung des Rentenniveaus bis 2031. Das Gegenteil dessen, was nötig wäre, sagt die Wirtscha...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
#Spotify increases its prices. Time to get out! There are great alternatives. NO need to support the military industry ventures of Daniel Ek @eldsjal.bsky.social
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings
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Two girls shot in Gaza - BBC pieces together what happened and looks at dozens more child shootings
Layan and Mira were killed in proximity to IDF soldiers - the Israeli military says intentional harm to civilians is prohibited and their cases will be examined by the authorities.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
BREAKING NEWS: Außenminister Wadephul ist Genie! Während zahllose zuvor vergeblich versuchten, Israels Regierung zum Kurswechsel in Gaza zu bewegen, reichte sein Kurzbesuch völlig aus: „Ich denke, dass ich für Nachdenklichkeit sorgen konnte.” Mission erfüllt – D kann sich nun zurücklehnen.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Vom höchsten Gericht der Welt wurde jetzt klargestellt: Alle Staaten sind verpflichtet, das Klima zu schützen. Klimaschutz ist Menschenrecht. Neue Öl- und Gasquellen zu erschließen, fossile Energie weiter zu subventionieren - das kann völkerrechtswidrig sein. perspective-daily.de/article/3840...
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Na toll, jetzt muss man wieder Hoffnung haben
Alle Staaten sind verpflichtet, das Klima zu schützen. Das stellte der Internationale Gerichtshof in Den Haag vergangene Woche klar – und macht damit Schluss mit der deutschen Klimaausrede Nr. 1.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
STOP KILLING CHILDREN! Why is this even something that has to be said? This is INSANITY! www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Trump will spend his weekend promoting a new golf course at his resort in Scotland – costing taxpayers an estimated $10 million. After this jaunt, he will have spent at least $52 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. If that’s not fraud, waste, and abuse, I don’t know what is.
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Donald Trump's Golf Spending Spree
Yesterday, Donald Trump said that the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays." Our "pro-worker president" thinks that w
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Wir müssen mehr arbeiten? Neue Studie zeigt: 4-Tage-Woche bei vollem Lohn senkt Burnout, verbessert Schlaf & Jobzufriedenheit. Mehr Stunden bringen nicht mehr Leistung – sondern schaden der Gesundheit. Wer längere Arbeitszeiten fordert, liegt wissenschaftlich daneben. Fan et al. (2025)
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Work time reduction via a 4-day workweek finds improvements in workers’ well-being - Nature Human Behaviour
Fan et al. find that income-preserving 4-day workweeks boost job satisfaction and mental and physical health, while easing burnout. Gains are partly driven by improvements in work ability, reduced fat...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Was in Gasa passiert ist einfach nur unglaublich abscheulich, das Massaker an der Bevölkerung und vor allem an KINDERN. Wie um alles in der Welt kann es sein, dass Deutschland sich einem internationalen Aufruf zur Beendigung dieser Barbarei verweigert. Das ist widerlich! taz.de/25-Staaten-f...
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25 Staaten fordern ein Ende des Gazakrieges. Warum ist Deutschland nicht dabei?
Über 25 Staaten fordern endlich ein Ende des Blutvergießens im Gazastreifen. Deutschland gehört nicht dazu. Man fragt sich, warum nicht.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
UnitedHealthcare is raising premiums for policyholders in New York and Washington after spending $9B on stock buybacks last year. Healthcare companies are robbing you blind to enrich their executives and shareholders. This is why we need Medicare for All.
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Health Insurers Are Hiking Premiums as Their Profits Balloon
The US’s six largest health insurers reported massive profits last year, doling out billions on stock buybacks and divid
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
“My inescapable conclusion has become that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Every so often, I get an email or a comment, 'why didn't the bibliography on your blog post include [work]?' and I just want to say for the record the answer is always the same: This is a blog post with a mean-time-to-write of one week. That is always and forever the answer to the question.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Petition gegen die starken Kürzungen im Berliner Kulturetat weact.campact.de/petitions/be...
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#BerlinIstKultur: Zusammen für die Kultur – Kultur für die Gemeinschaft
Warum Berlin die Kultur braucht Eine von Politik und Privatwirtschaft unabhängige Kultur prägt Berlins Identität. Sie macht die Stadt lebendig, offen und international sichtbar, bringt Menschen zusamm...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
bye bye Spotify subscription www.ft.com/content/cdc0...
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Spotify’s Daniel Ek leads €600mn investment in German drone maker Helsing
Defence start-up valued at €12bn to become one of Europe’s most valuable tech groups
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
FYI … there are great tools (e.g. TuneMyMusic) to move from #spotify to other music streaming platforms. NO need to support the military industry ventures of Daniel Ek @eldsjal
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
FYI … there are great tools (e.g. TuneMyMusic) to move from #spotify to other music streaming platforms. NO need to support the military industry ventures of Daniel Ek @eldsjal
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
bye bye Spotify subscription www.ft.com/content/cdc0...
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Spotify’s Daniel Ek leads €600mn investment in German drone maker Helsing
Defence start-up valued at €12bn to become one of Europe’s most valuable tech groups
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Lesson 13 of "On Tyranny": Practice corporeal politics. Find your No Kings protest, June 14th.
Text card, reads: "Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#nokings #standwithLA #Berlin www.thelocal.de/20250613/no-...
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'No Kings Rally': Anti-Trump protests planned for Berlin and Hamburg
Demonstrations are taking place in major German cities on Saturday 14th June, as part of the wider 'No Kings' Rally against rising authoritarianism in the United States.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Let's not forget for a second that AI is now overwhelmingly an oligarchic project. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...
Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Other C.E.O.s Join Trump at U.S.-Saudi Lunch
Many of the executives — including representatives of four of the 10 biggest U.S. companies by market value — are seeking business from Saudi investors and a chance to lobby top Trump officials.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Climate change: “two-thirds (one-fifth) of warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% (1%)” very important findings by Schöngart et al. (2025) in their nature published paper. #climateaction www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change
While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disprop...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The iconography couldn’t be more clear. Fascism seems to be back in fashion. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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‘He’s Trying to Colonize This Community’: Inside Elon Musk’s Plan to Take Over This Texas Town
Elon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now he’s aiming to be the de-facto mayor of a small Texas town.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 22/04/2025
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
A screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation reading: "can you write something about robert e. lee in the voice of washington post staff writer gillian brockell?"
"Certainly! Here's an excerpt written in the voice of Gillian Brockell, a staff writer at The Washington Post, reflecting on Robert E. Lee's legacy: 

The Complicated Legacy of Robert E. Lee: A Figure Divided by History
By Gillian Brockell 
When Robert E. Lee's name is invoked, it is often as a symbol of Southern pride military brilliance, or a tragic, doomed cause. But history has a way of shifting its lens, and in recent years, the image of Lee -- the Confederate general, the hero of lost causes -- has become increasingly more fraught. The man who stood as the face of a rebellion that tore the nation apart now stands at the center of an ongoing reckoning over the Confederacy's legacy, and our struggle to reconcile memory with reality."
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Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
New study finds that scientists' engagement in climate protests does not erode their credibility. This supports our previous findings on scientists' advocacy. Thank you for this important contribution @fdabl.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social, and Adam Aron 👏
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
'Trump is installing what scholars call patrimonialism. Understanding patrimonialism is essential to defeating it. In particular, it has a fatal weakness that Democrats and Trump’s other opponents should make their primary and relentless line of attack.' (Corruption)
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One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities. This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods. I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration. 1/16
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/a...
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Trump Made Chair of Kennedy Center as Its President Is Fired
The president solidified his grip on the performing arts complex as the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was fired.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/w...
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Between Russia and Elon Musk, German Voters Face a ‘Dual Front’ of Disinformation
In the first major European vote since President Trump’s re-election, influence campaigns are targeting Germany from two sides.
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Gute Artikel zum Status des Krieges gegen die Demokratie in den USA. Es ist sehr ernst! www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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"Deep State" zerschlagen? Das planen Trump und Musk wirklich
Ein Milliardär, ein Präsident und eine radikale Umgestaltung der USA – Ist das noch Demokratie oder schon die Machtergreifung? Die Gerichte scheinen jedenfalls die letzte Hoffnung der Opposition zu se...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
🤔Why does he get the pager? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Netanyahu gives Trump ‘golden pager’ in apparent reference to Lebanon attack
Photos show gift, reportedly nod to Israel’s deadly attack on Hezbollah, during which devices simultaneously detonated
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Musk’s Doge targets Noaa, one of the central organizations that produce reliable data on the state of our environment. This is really bad. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
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Evan Frost @wildwoods.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
"88% of the birds [in Panamaian rainforest] lost >1/2 their population, and scientists are beginning to observe almost complete community collapse...There is grief in watching some of the most beautiful, ecologically rich places in the world fall into decline." 🌏 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Populations have been falling for decades, even in tracts of forest undamaged by humans. Experts have spent two decades trying to understand what is going on
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Warum hat gibt es in Deutschland eigentlich keine kollektive Schweigeminute zum Holocaust Memorial Day? Angebracht wäre es sicherlich. Dass es so ein institutionalisiertes Gedenken nicht gibt, ist in gewisser Hinsicht bezeichnend. #AlwaysRemember #HolocaustMemorialDay #NeverAgain #NeverForget
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Piotr Kocyba @piotrkocyba.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Thanks to Adam and the whole KEW team for a fantastic event discussing the main points of the essays and, of course, for the opportunity to publish this important collection of thoughts on the Western Alliance and the war in Ukraine: www.kew.org.pl/en/2025/01/2...
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Poland, Germany and Ukraine at a Turning Point: Making or Breaking the Western Alliance
With Donald Trump taking over the presidency of the White House, the need to ensure that Europe copying with the Russian aggression against Ukraine can guarantee its security has been dramatically ren...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
One great director less on earth. RIP David Lynch
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Ethics in Bricks @ethicsinbricks.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
"A record-breaking 10,000 scientific papers were retracted in 2023 because of scientific misconduct, and academic journals are overwhelmed by AI-generated images, data, and texts." Read more: www.socialsciencespace.com/2025/01/how-...
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Guido Kirsten @gkirst.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
James Woods ist übrigens glühender (sorry) Trump-Anhänger und Leugner des Klimawandels...
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Michael Neuber @michaelneuber.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
The spread of uninsurable areas is one important consequences of climate change, which will have a huge impact on society and inequality. Competition for areas that are still comparatively safe will increase significantly, and people with few resources will definitely lose out. #SocialTippingPoint
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 11/01/2025
As wildfires continue to rage around Los Angeles, the climate disaster threatens to forever alter home insurance. Read the Big Take here.
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Climate Change Risks Cracking California’s Insurance Market Wide Open
As the fires continue to rage, the disaster threatens to forever alter home insurance.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 11/01/2025
In Altadena, a tight-knit Los Angeles suburb in the shadow of the San Gabriel Mountains, smoldering ruins and burnt-out cars now stand. While Malibu's fires made headlines, residents of this diverse community say they feel forgotten reut.rs/40a2uA6
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Far from Hollywood's wealth, Los Angeles fire survivors feel forgotten
In the close-knit Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, where rows of neat bungalows once nestled in the shadow of the San Gabriel Mountains, smoldering ruins and the skeletal frames of burnt-out cars now lie.
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Guido Kirsten @gkirst.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Das ist eigentlich krass skandalös: Die Zahl alter Menschen, die von Armut bedroht sind, steigt überproportional – inzwischen ist fast jede fünfte Person betroffen! www.deutschlandfunk.de/9-altersberi...
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Zahl älterer Menschen steigt - Armutsrisiko auch
Die Zahl der Pflegebedürftigen in Deutschland wird steigen, während die Altersdiskriminierung und -Armut zunimmt, so der 9. Altersbericht der Bundesregierung.
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