Reposted by PAugustEthan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This document is going to be an assigned reading in college classes that cover this moment in time, there's a lot happening in a few paragraphs... www.ahmath.org/statements 2536574
Reposted by PAugustJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Also, and this is a topic for another day, the CRS (France's riot police) need to be dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up under new doctrines of crowd control. They are responsible for clear human rights violations that have radicalized every major protest movement of the past decade. 1275
Reposted by PAugustLaurent Schmit @lschmit.eu · 06/10/2026Lëtzebuerg huet Problemer: Logement, Klima, Wirtschaftskris. Mee d'CSV invitéiert den Harald "Gendersternchen" Martenstein. Wann d'CSV wéilt eppes iwwert den Ëmgang mat extrem rietse Parteie léieren, kéint se @leoniedejonge.bsky.social invitéieren. Si ass awer natierlech keen "ale wäisse Mann". 233
Reposted by PAugustJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Simply put, across the US and UK, university administrators, their management consultants and their funders no longer consider the arts and humanities worthy of being studied, taught and transmitted. Their vision of human society is anti-humanist. No wonder the kids are at the barricades. 518172
Reposted by PAugustderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026please do not post photos of barbour jackets in early october if you're not also voting for policies to address global warming 494502385
Reposted by PAugustJens-Christian Wagner @jcwagner.bsky.social · 03/10/20261/3 Was der „Fokus“ hier macht, ist infam. Kerkelings Vater wurde als Kommunist in das #KZ #Buchenwald eingewiesen und bekam dort den roten Winkel eines politischen Häftlings. Die NS-Justiz warf ihm zudem „kriminelle“ Delikte vor, damals seitens der politischen Justiz nicht 831785607
Reposted by PAugustGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied. 361377619
Reposted by PAugustIngo Stützle @istuetzle.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026Es ist buchstäblich „flood the zone“-Strategie. Zu Elif Eralp wird stündlich berichtet und alles mit besorgtem Grundton verstärkt. Was Siegmund und seine AfD so in Sachsen-Anhalt treiben, interessiert kaum wen, quasi politische Dunstabzug-Strategie. 361822524
Reposted by PAugustKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 29/09/2026Either this is true, in which case *what are we doing here*? Shut it down. Or it's bullshit, in which case these are truly silly people unworthy of our money 31500139
Reposted by PAugustStella @lecieldeparis.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026Wenn ich eine Sache möchte die ihr heute sehen sollt, dann ist es hier die aktualisierten Satelliten Aufnahmen Gazas von Google Maps 1114240
Reposted by PAugustDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 7040131580
Reposted by PAugustKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 24/09/2026guys if you go rogue that many times, it's a feature, not a bug 1012622
Reposted by PAugustJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The two most revealing questions one can ask about American politics and foreign policy today are: 1. How would we describe this if it were happening in a country of the Global South? 2. How would we describe this if the person doing it were Russian? 312844
Reposted by PAugustRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153108942683
Reposted by PAugustDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 24/08/2026If you read a post like this and feel scared, or numb. That’s ok! Totally understandable. But have courage! Decide who you’ll be in this moment. Then turn your attention to the people or ideas blocking the phaseout of fossil fuels, and use your strengths to fight them and create a new world. 💚 39337
Reposted by PAugustDr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Ne banalisons donc pas les étés que nous vivons désormais. Ce n’est pas parce qu’un extrême se répète qu’il devient normal pour le vivant. 7/7 122233
Reposted by PAugustAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You cannot appeal to rigorous academic standards and argue for the inclusion of racist pseudoscience, the most fallacious, damaging, and discredited idea of the past 500 years. You might as well teach doctors to recognize the four humors. 312379565
Reposted by PAugusttaz @taz.de · 19/08/2026Der Brand im Hohen Venn zerstört vermutlich dauerhaft eine einzigartige Moorlandschaft. Aber die deutschen Medien berichten über Rauchgeruch in Köln.taz.deGroßbrand im Hohen Venn: Gigantische ökologische TragödieDer Brand im Hohen Venn zerstört vermutlich dauerhaft eine einzigartige Moorlandschaft. Aber die deutschen Medien berichten über Rauchgeruch in Köln. 27983341
Reposted by PAugustSimon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 11/08/2026German car manufacturing was the envy of the world. This is a list of the 20 best selling electric cars. Count the number of German models on the list. HT @cleantechnica 73612
Reposted by PAugustCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The Spanish government of Pedro Sanchez is the biggest threat to the European mainstream: a left-wing government that implements left-wing policies that work, including on immigration. They show that “the narrative” is false and humane immigration is possible. This is why they all jump on Cueta. 125086
Reposted by PAugustEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/20267. The film centers Odysseus's guilt over his war crimes, but never shows us the POV of his victims, and instead glorifies the perpetrator for feeling bad about himself. I found this unsatisfying ethically and worse, imaginatively, because Damon's character is given only one mood (Troubled). 432853241
Reposted by PAugustThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/07/2026A classicist’s verdict on Nolan’s Odyssey: a soulful hero flatters our times as women and nuance pushed overboardtheguardian.comA classicist’s verdict on Nolan’s Odyssey: a soulful hero flatters our times as women and nuance pushed overboardMatt Damon’s sensitive and repentant Odysseus might come as a surprise to Homer, likewise some significant omissions concerning the poem’s female characters 44612
PAugust @paugust.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This captures something I have been struggling to articulate in a brilliantly succinct way: yes, the roots of modernity, such as slave trade and colonialism, are very painful, but they have led us to a "créolisation" on a global scale for so many people. This complexity is beautiful. 110
Reposted by PAugustDr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Nous ne sommes pas les seuls à subir le changement climatique : les écosystèmes, dont nous sommes responsables de l'altération, sont encore plus durement touchés. En seulement sept ans, la vitesse de dépérissement des arbres a augmenté de 80 %. 4/4 625065
Reposted by PAugustBelgian Red Devils @belreddevils.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Overturn this! 😎 923152798
PAugust @paugust.bsky.social · 26/06/2026tageblatt.luEditorial | Herr Generaldirektor der „Police grand-ducale“, Ihre Behörde hat ein Kommunikationsproblem!Kritik an Polizeikommunikation: Mangelnde Pressefreiheit, fehlende Transparenz und Verbesserungsvorschläge für offene, demokratische Informationspolitik und bessere Bürgerkommunikation. 000
Reposted by PAugustAnne Rabe @annerabe.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Heute vor 73 Jahren wurde der Aufstand gegen die Normerhöhungen in der DDR von sowjetischen Panzern. niedergeschlagen. Dies war vermutlich der Höhepunkt des stalinistischen Besatzungsterrors in den Anfangsjahren der DDR und hat die Gesellschaft tief traumatisiert. Dies war eine der Ursachen 1/9 12509212
Reposted by PAugustDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Death by Shakespeare Causes of 74 deaths in Shakespeare's plays #ShakespeareDay 40690237
Reposted by PAugustIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026All the worst cunts in the world - from journalism to politics, the Kermlin to the White House - are suffering tonight. 1013784460
Reposted by PAugustHassnae @hassnae.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The unbearable lightness of being. 'Not commenting', om vervolgens te commenten dat hij de oranje fascist steunt. Wat een schande voor de mensheid. 67622
Reposted by PAugustJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Distraction, digression, inaction and dead ends are pathways to intellectual breakthrough, not obstacles to it. This is often left out of the observation, which Klein cites, that the process is an essential part of the outcome. The process includes inefficiencies that expand our concept of "work." 2333
Reposted by PAugustAlberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment 7133741234
Reposted by PAugustMax Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 19/03/2026The war in Iran is giving me pre-Covid shut down vibes. It's like February 2020. Life is proceeding fairly normally, we're joking about using hand sanitizer. Everyone assumes this will just be a blip. It's really just a few pandemic-nerds that are freaking out because they know what's coming. 18450142
Reposted by PAugustFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social 211437505
PAugust @paugust.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Not sure this is great thinking on Zelensky’s side. It’s quite obvious that US security guarantees are not worth the paper they are written on. 000
PAugust @paugust.bsky.social · 27/01/2026All Respekt fir d'Martine Deprez, déi sech, wéi et ausgesäit, géint di geballte Muecht vun der Lëtzbuerger Bourgeoisie gestallt huet, am Interessi vun de Patienten! www.tageblatt.lu/Nachrichten/...tageblatt.luAffäre um Orthopäden Philippe Wilmes | „Ondeontologescht Verhalen ass net akzeptabel“Vorwürfe gegen Orthopäden Philippe Wilmes: Suspendierung wegen fragwürdiger Knieoperationen, politische Spannungen und Debatten über medizinische Praxis in Luxemburg. 000
PAugust @paugust.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Op wien wellen Wilmes a Prum, mat enger massiver Kampagn an de Medien RTL a Wort, wou Formfroen solle skandaliséiert ginn, Drock man? Just op d'Ministesch oder och op Patienten vum Dr Wilmes, déi emmerhin am Tageblatt zu Wuert kommen? Ech froen mech, ob dat net kontraproduktiv wärt sinn. 000
Reposted by PAugustKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here. 7453938211241
Reposted by PAugustSébastien Fontenelle @vivelefeu.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Personne ne regarde ailleurs - mais tout le monde comprend que les négateurs du génocide palestinien qui prétendent soutenir le soulèvement du peuple iranien sont de sordides tartufes. 13431101
Reposted by PAugustBenoît Majerus @majben.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Why the comic "Histoire du Luxembourg 963-2025" reveals a triple failure #histlux www.forum.lu/article/gesc...forum.luGeschicht vu Lëtzebuerg 963-2025 – forumJérôme Bloch est un piètre historien, mais un bon commercial. Début octobre 2025, sa société 360Crossmedia Editions a lancé une bande dessinée (BD) intitulée Geschicht vu Lëtzebuerg 963-2025, en luxem... 094
PAugust @paugust.bsky.social · 01/01/2026There was a world after Auschwitz, there is now a world after Gaza and @brunomacaes.bsky.social sets out to describe its horrors.brunomacaes.substack.comGaza: The ReckoningThe debate on whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide is now closed, and has been closed for a while. 153
Reposted by PAugustGabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵 251168602
Reposted by PAugustLuke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social · 30/11/2025This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started 32532481218
Reposted by PAugustMax Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 22/11/2025I don’t think the Rutte “daddy strategy” worked 912023
