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nicola @ripple-riddle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Charting the uncharted: The (un)intended consequences of oil sanctions and dark shipping cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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Charting the uncharted: The (un)intended consequences of oil sanctions and dark shipping
Despite formal restrictions, untracked oil continues to reach global markets, calling into question the true effectiveness of oil sanctions. This column presents a novel ship clustering model to detec...
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 28/09/2026
The tech world is too busy dreaming up imaginary doomsday scenarios to focus on a very real one that flared up between nuclear powers. theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...
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Via col Vento @viacolventoblog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Se riusciamo a contemplare l’estinzione umana a causa dell’ #ia, possiamo contemplare anche l’estinzione di massa causata dalla #crisiclimatica. E forse potremmo anche decidere di fare qualcosa al riguardo. @billmckibben.bsky.social viacolvento.blog/2026/09/23/t...
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Tienimi la birra (calda)
È la settimana delle crisi esistenziali! Grazie a tutti voi, mi trovo a New York per la “Settimana del Clima” annuale, che si sovrappone all’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite…
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Dave Maass 🔦 @maassive.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
These are the tech and surveillance companies that are sponsoring next month’s International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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Dirk Walbrühl @perspectivedirk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Schwarz und Blau. Dann wäre Deutschland bald saniert." Müller-Boykott endlich? www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...
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Deutscher "Milchbaron" über AfD-Sieg: "Glücksfall"
Theo Müller freut sich über den AfD-Sieg in Sachsen-Anhalt und sieht ein Signal an das ganze Land. Außerdem solle Deutschland die Unterstützung der Ukraine einstellen, fordert er.
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Johanna Wild @johannawild.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Does your employer offer a training budget you haven't used yet this year? We at Bellingcat are starting our workshop season with a fresh list of webinars. Topics include advanced satellite imagery techniques, tracking organised crime and many more. Full workshop list: www.bellingcat.com/workshops/
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Workshops Archive - bellingcat
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nicola @ripple-riddle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ich kann dir sehr den Newsletter von @ricogrimm.de empfehlen! Darin zeigt er dir jeden Dienstag, mit welcher Technik wir die Klimakrise lösen:https://www.cleantech.ing/
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 04/09/2026
It happened again... this time OpenAI's rogue agents cyber-attacked (well, spammed) a dormant German wiki and used it to share the answers to a benchmark they were training against simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/4/r...
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OpenAI’s rogue agents were caught communicating via public wikis
Here we go again... Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board by Sydney Von Arx, Cormac Slade Byrd, Spencer Kitts, and Thomas Larsen describes the latest accidental cyberattack by …
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 01/09/2026
Just noticed the ChatGPT desktop app (previously named Codex) bundles a full copy of the LibreOffice open source office suite, tucked away in a hidden folder in the ~/.cache directory
I was poking around in my ~/.cache/ folder using OmniDiskSweeper when I spotted something interesting. The OpenAI Codex desktop app (since rebranded to just ChatGPT) has 1.7GB of stuff in there in a folder called codex-primary-runtime, including a full Python installation, a full Node.js installation, and native binaries for Poppler, git, and the LibreOffice open source office suite (which forked from OpenOffice.org in 2010):

Screenshot of a macOS disk usage app window in column view, titled "/Users/simon/.cache - 442.1 GB". First column: 356.8 GB huggingface, 82.5 GB uv, 1.7 GB codex-runtimes (selected), 609.0 MB datasette-sqlite, 298.8 MB rod. Second column: 1.7 GB codex-primary-runtime (selected). Third column: 1.7 GB dependencies (selected), 6.3 MB plugins, 4.1 kB runtime.json. Fourth column: 771.0 MB native (selected), 446.4 MB node, 440.6 MB python, 28.7 kB bin. Fifth column: 429.7 MB libreoffice-headless (selected), 187.9 MB poppler, 148.1 MB git, 4.7 MB libheif, 679.9 kB jxrlib.

The ~/.cache/codex-runtimes/codex-primary-runtime/plugins/openai-primary-runtime/plugins/documents folder includes skills which tell Codex how to find and use those binaries.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
> @techcrunch.com @mapquest.com techcrunch.com/2026/08/31/m...
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
"They called me an infiltrator, a 'water terrorist'" Prof Kaveh Madani talks to @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social on winning the Stockholm water prize, working to pull the world back from the brink of water bankruptcy, & arrest by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. share.google/hUGlqfbWkHKH...
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‘They called me a water terrorist’: exiled Iranian scientist wins global prize
Prof Kaveh Madani, winner of the Stockholm water prize, was accused of sabotage with his environmental work
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Chris Kennedy: ‘MALTHUS ENIGMA’ @malthus-enigma.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Here are some bookstores selling Malthus Enigma: www.middletonwells.com/shop-now-for...
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Malthus Enigma
Malthus Enigma: Technology, Science and Policy for a Fragile Earth by Christopher Kennedy. Shop now on Amazon, Waterstones, Indigo, Better World Books.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 27/08/2026
🎓 MIT tells universities to stop relying on AI detectors Its new report says detectors misread non-native English speakers and neurodivergent students. 🔗 aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/#31-a... #AI #HigherEducation #CriticalAI 🧪
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James Hansen @drjamesehansen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The El Nino is off the charts. Can people see the real issue and accept the implications? We may be getting closer. See the Bigger Problem – mailchi.mp/caa/super-du... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/super-dupe...
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Der Postillon 📯 @der-postillon.com · 21/08/2026
Welt empört, dass Ben Gvir ausspricht, was Israels Armee seit drei Jahren macht www.der-postillon.com/2026/08/ben-...
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Welt empört, dass Ben Gvir ausspricht, was Israels Armee seit drei Jahren macht
Jerusalem (dpo) - Kann der Mann denn nichts für sich behalten? Weltweit wächst die Kritik am israelischen Sicherheitsminister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Ihm wir
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der Freitag @freitag.de · 17/07/2026
Die Rechenzentren sind doppelt so groß wie Manhattan und lassen Wasserrechnungen explodieren. Doch eine berühmte Umweltschützerin legt die wahren Ausmaße des KI-Booms offen. Und stellt eine Frage, die viele Kommunen nicht beantworten können (F+)
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„Warum werden KI-Zentren heimlich gebaut?“: Erin Brockovich fand geheime Anlagen
Die Rechenzentren sind doppelt so groß wie Manhattan und lassen Wasserrechnungen explodieren. Doch eine berühmte Umweltschützerin legt die wahren Ausmaße des KI-Booms offen. Und stellt eine Frage,…
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Daniel Drepper @danieldrepper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It very much fits that Axel Springer — the owner of Politico, Business Insider, The Daily Telegraph, Bild etc — is giving its signature award to Peter Thiel this year. Sam Altman got it last year. Musk wrote an Op-Ed for Springer. Springer’s CEO told his employees to pray for Trump... 😵‍💫
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Controversial US billionaire Peter Thiel receives Axel Springer Award
Controversial US billionaire Peter Thiel is to receive the Axel Springer Award in recognition of his role in driving innovation and transforming markets, the German media group announced on Friday. Th...
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 24/06/2026
Die rechten Klimaleugner sind die einzigen, die Wetterkarten fälschen, diesmal mit KI: Diese Lüge soll das Vertrauen in den ÖR und in die Fakten zum menschengemachten Klimawandel senken. Ohne den könnten es jetzt bis zu 4 Grad kälter sein. www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
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Dreist! AfD-Fans teilen mit KI gefälschte Wetterkarten
Die rechten Klimaleugner sind die einzigen, die Wetterkarten fälschen, diesmal mit KI. Diese Lüge soll das Vertrauen in den ÖR und in die Fakten zum menschengemachten Klimwandel senken. Sie wollen nic...
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nicola @ripple-riddle.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I don't actually think Lee Raymond--the world's most important climate denier--is burning in hell But thanks to him, an awful lot of people are going to burn open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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On the flow of money, and of time
Earth's most important climate denier dies at 87
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Via col Vento @viacolventoblog.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Fu Raymond a svolgere un ruolo di primo piano, poiché la #Exxon contribuì a formare il primo dei fronti di occultamento. Divenne in molti modi il portavoce dell’anti-scienza. E anche quando lasciò definitivamente la Exxon nel 2005, continuò a causare danni. di @billmckibben.bsky.social
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Sul flusso del denaro e del tempo
È morto a 87 anni il più importante negazionista del cambiamento climatico al mondo Ecco come il giornale della città natale di Lee Raymond, l’Houston Chronicle, lo ha ricordato ieri mattina.…
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 04/06/2026
How many acts of war must occur before the mainstream media accepts there is no ceasefire between the U.S., Israel, and Iran? interc.pt/4vszBNA
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Gereon Asmuth @gereonas.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Die Kolleg:innen der @zeit.de kommen diese Woche mit einer Titelseite, die @taz.de Niveau hat. Respekt.
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Paolo Della Ventura @pdellaventura.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Ma tranquilli, a maggio ha fatto freddo e piove..
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 16/05/2026
Low-carbon sources grew so much that coal power in China actually fell slightly. This data comes from Ember’s latest global electricity review — you can explore more of this data on our site: ourworldindata.org/search?datas...
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nicola @ripple-riddle.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Palestinians forced to demolish own homes to make way for Israeli theme park
Residents of al-Bustan district told to make way for Kings Garden, with knocking down own houses cheaper option
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Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The Most Downloaded Apps By European Country In 2024 Which is your favourite? What is Temu? brilliantmaps.com/most-down...
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 08/05/2026
personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.
Editors’ Note: May 1, 2026
This article was updated after The Times learned that a remark attributed to Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, was in fact an A.I.-generated summary of his views about Canadian politics that A.I. rendered as a quotation. The reporter should have checked the accuracy of what the A.I. tool returned.  The article now accurately quotes from a speech delivered by Mr. Poilievre in April. He said, “My personal opinion is that when a member of Parliament goes back on the word they made to their constituents and switches parties, constituents should be able to petition to throw them out and have a byelection. That would put the people back in charge of our democracy rather than having dirty backroom Liberal deals by Mark Carney determine our destiny.” He did not refer to politicians who changed allegiances as turncoats in that speech.
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der Freitag @freitag.de · 08/05/2026
Bislang Unvorstellbares ist geschehen: Mohammed bin Salman hat der US-Armee die Überflugrechte entzogen und vorerst eine Nutzung ihrer Militärbasen auf seinem Territorium verhindert. Die gleiche Entscheidung traf das Emirat Kuwait (F+)
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Überflugrechte entzogen: Saudi-Arabien lässt Donald Trump auflaufen
Bislang Unvorstellbares ist geschehen: Mohammed bin Salman hat der US-Armee die Überflugrechte entzogen und vorerst eine Nutzung ihrer Militärbasen auf seinem Territorium verhindert. Die gleiche…
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
There's an italian saying: "a pensare male si fa peccato, ma spesso si indovina," which roughly translates to: "to think badly would be to sin, but very often one gets it right." Perfect example. It's amazing how quickly Ring admitted this. And it's great to have evidence.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/04/2026
BREAKING: In a 7-3 vote, a Florida House committee passed Gov. Ron DeSantis’ aggressive gerrymander, which could secure Republicans four more seats in Congress ahead of the 2026 midterms. GOP leaders have signaled both chambers will give final approval to the plan Wednesday.
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Florida lawmakers advance GOP gerrymander without public input
DeSantis pushed Florida Republicans to pass the new map despite a voter-approved ban in the state constitution that prohibits partisan gerrymandering.
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Josep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Since March, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed and injured hundreds of medics and first responders.
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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
🎏 New Report 🎏 How major players in the seafood sector are prolonging damage to ecosystems via advocating against biodiversity policies 🪸Showing how the advocacy of the 30 largest companies is often at odds with their top line commitments & threatens ecosystems 👇 influencemap.org/report/Ocean...
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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
🚨📣New report from InfluenceMap 🌐 Big Tech’s Battle for the Future of Emissions Accounting🌐 How the world’s largest technology companies are using sponsored research to advance their preferred emissions accounting metrics👇 Read the full report: influencemap.org/report/Techn...
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I still remember when lin manuel miranda was out there trying to make ticket scalping a felony instead of taking the obvious and correct policy position: ticketmaster go to jail one thousand years www.theverge.com/policy/91268...
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Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly, jury rules
The DOJ settled, but more than 30 states kept litigating against Ticketmaster anyway.
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nicola @ripple-riddle.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 09/04/2026
Pressed for a more accurate count of U.S. personnel killed or injured during Operation Epic Fury, the Office of the Secretary of War provided a new tally that still undercounts American dead or wounded. interc.pt/4ccHdf0
A photo of an Army team moving a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., overlaid with the headline, "We Called Out the Pentagon for Undercounting U.S. Casualties in Iran. They Keep Doing It."
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NPR @npr.org · 07/04/2026
Bill Phillips was an outsider to economics, but he used a machine and a chart to change the way we think about the government's role in a capitalist economy. n.pr/41eWFST
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How Bill Phillips used flowing water to model the economy
Bill Phillips was an outsider to economics, but he used a machine and a chart to change the way we think about the government's role in a capitalist economy.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/04/2026
With widespread internet blackouts in Iran and new restrictions on certain satellite imagery of the region at the request of the US government, Bellingcat is launching a tool to help estimate the damage in Iran and the wider Gulf region. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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When Satellite Imagery Goes Dark: New Tool Shows Damage in Iran and the Gulf - bellingcat
Bellingcat is introducing an updated damage assessment tool — called the Iran Conflict Damage Proxy Map — focused on destruction in Iran and the Gulf .
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 03/04/2026
On this week's Stage Talk @foeke.bsky.social spoke about uncovering wildlife traffickers selling protected animals… on Facebook. Not the dark web. Not hidden forums. In plain sight—using coded language to avoid detection. Learn how by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat': rss.com/podcasts/bel...
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"Tracking The Traffickers" with Foeke Postma | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
This week we spoke with Foeke Postma of Bellingcat about the online trade of rare and protected species. He found traffickers not operating on the dark web, nor hidden forums but in plain sight- on so...
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My resignation letter
screenshot of a resignation letter expressing sadness at leaving NASA
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 15/03/2026
Eine neue Kantinenpächterin wollte eine schöne Eröffnungsfeier in der Dortmunder Agentur für Arbeit auf eigene Kosten veranstalten – nachdem die Hetzseite NIUS jedoch Lügen über ein steuerbezahltes Luxusbuffet zu Ramadan verbreitete, erhält sie Morddrohungen. www.volksverpetzer.de/faktencheck/...
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Ramadan-Luxusbuffet erfunden: NIUS blamiert sich mit Fake-Story!
Eine neue Kantinenpächterin wollte eine schöne Eröffnungsfeier in der Dortmunder Agentur für Arbeit auf eigene Kosten veranstalten – nachdem die Hetzseite NIUS jedoch Lügen über ein steuerbezahltes Lu...
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Katrin Rönicke @diekadda.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Paul Krugman: „the people who took us to war with Iran had and have no idea what they’re doing — that they’re adolescents who think they’re playing video games“ I really think we are like ants to them open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
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The Billionaires’ War
The ultrawealthy put Trump in power but other people will pay the price
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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 14/03/2026
US-Regulierungsbehörde droht Sendern mit Lizenzentzug, wenn sie Trump widersprechen (oder so):
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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 14/03/2026
Wenn man diese Videos ansieht, muss man unwillkürlich an sehr dunkle Zeiten der Geschichte in anderen Ländern denken.
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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 13/03/2026
So nämlich.
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Thomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 13/03/2026
Hegseth concluded his opening remarks with an appeal to divine providence, asking Americans to remain “on bended knee” in prayer for US troops and saying he served “God, the troops, the country, the constitution and the president of the United States." Kommt Deutschen bekannt vor.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
In case you for some reason need a bit of good news this week, India--largest country on earth--seems to be taking a decisive turn toward solar energy open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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We interrupt the madness for a note from the rational world
And an encouraging one, at that!
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