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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quand il s'agit d'éliminer la concurrence, ce cadre sans emploi ne chôme pas. Le film signé Costa Gavras et porté par José Garcia, vous attend ci-dessous 🍿
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Le couperet - Regarder le film complet | ARTE
Un ingénieur au chômage élimine ses concurrents pour retrouver du travail... Critique acerbe de l’ultralibéralisme, un thriller social à l'humour féroce signé Costa-Gavras, avec un José Garcia terriblement glacial.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’
Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti
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Martin Auer (Prof.) @martinauer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Falls sich noch jemand fragt, warum "die denn noch immer nichts begriffen haben?" Da gibts nix zu begreifen. Wenn wir die abgewählt haben, kriegen sie alle Konsulentenposten bei Exxon. Welcher Bundeskanzler war das noch, der dann zu Gazprom gegangen ist? Ah, nicht direkt? Na geh!
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Rotorbabe Recordings @rotorbabe25.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Smut Clyde, X-Ray Haruspex @smutclyde.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
There's trouble at t'papermill! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Seb @swerten.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
70 Fußballfelder Ackerland, Millionen Liter Kühlwasser und ein enormer Stromverbrauch – das Google-Rechenzentrum in Kronstorf betrifft die Region nachhaltig. Es braucht jetzt mehr Bürger_innenbeteiligung und eine transparente Gesamtprüfung. Unterschreibe dafür hier: mein.aufstehn.at/petitions/st...
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Jetzt unterzeichnen: GOOGLE Kronstorf. Wir fordern eine transparente Gesamtprüfung aller Risiken!
Der Bau des Google Rechenzentrums in Krontsdorf braucht mehr Transparenz und Kontrolle. Denn die Folgen für Wasser, Stromversorgung und Böden sind noch nicht ausreichend geklärt.
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Sholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A tool used to rephrase plagiarised text changed "final solution" to "mass killing of an ethnic group" in a chemistry paper. Now retracted thanks to a PubPeer user who spotted this. pubpeer.com/publications...
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/08/2026
If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future. The @theguardian.com just published an amazing piece about my book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy." Coming August 18! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Might be helpful to read today's column in conjunction with this one, from January, as they point to the same root cause: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Bicerin @bicerin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
From a war & peace perspective alone, since the end of WW2, the US has attacked way more countries than China and even Russia combined. As Robert Kagan in the Atlantic says, the US is a rogue superpower (though he adds “now” - I wouldn’t). www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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America Is Now a Rogue Superpower
Washington’s conduct in the Iran war is accelerating global chaos and deepening America’s dangerous isolation.
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Seb @swerten.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Capitalism, gotta love it.. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The reality of modern work and of the opportunities available.
"Unless you get very lucky, your choices are largely limited to two options. You can get a basically bullshit job, which will pay the rent but leaves you wracked with the guilty feeling that you are being forced, against your will, to be a fraud and a parasite. Or, you can get a helpful, useful job taking care of people, making, moving or maintaining things that people want or need - but then, likely you'll be paid so little you won't be able to take care of your own family."

— David Graeber
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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Point of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for funding
With so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Germany is conducting a nationwide experiment on whether austerity and neoliberal reforms really fuel the rise of the extreme right. So far it’s confirming the state of the literature. A new poll has the AfD at 28 percent, a comfortable 6 percent ahead. Chart via @patrickkaczmarczyk.bsky.social
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Genuinely terrifying. And remarkably similar to how the Nazis began their criminalisation of dissent and their dehumanisation of any who resisted. It's happening. In the US. Right now. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Three speeches on a single day signaled a dying American democracy | Robert Shpiner
Stephen Miller warned of a leftwing ‘cancer’ threatening civilization. As a critical care doctor, I have a response to his diagnosis
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The greatest global threat to both peace and a habitable planet is the government of the USA. It has been so for a long time, but Trump has nixed the deniability. We should stop treating it as an ally that has mysteriously gone astray and start treating it as a hazard to be avoided and contained.
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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Chaque année, des dizaines d’enfants sont tués en Cisjordanie par des tirs de l’armée et de la police israéliennes. Les enquêtes promises n’aboutissent presque jamais. Un ancien sniper israélien brise le silence sur les mécanismes d’une impunité qui perdure. ⬇️ www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...
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Cisjordanie : une enfance criblée de balles - ARTE Reportage - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Plongée au cœur de la Cisjordanie, un territoire palestinien où une réalité brutale s'impose : celle d'enfants tués par dizaines chaque année, sous les balles de l'armée et de la police israéliennes.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’
CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Harsh reality under neoliberalism.
"Some of the least intelligent & most obnoxious people in our society are treated as its paragons of virtue while the most decent and caring people are not only made to do all the essential work but made to feel that they are of no account and that their lives and their feelings don't matter. This is a system of incredible violence that we live under."

— David Graeber
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Scientists4Future Österreich @s4fat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Eine halbe Million Reiche und #Superreiche verursachen jährlich #Klimaschäden von fast 1 Billion USD, hauptsächlich durch #Vermögen (Investitionen in klimaschädliche Produktionen). Um ihre #Klimaschuld zu begleichen, müssten sie jährlich mit ca. 1 % ihres Vermögens besteuert werden. #Reichensteuer
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Eine halbe Million von Reichen und Superreichen verursacht jährlich Klimaschäden von 1 Billion US-Dollar - Celsius - der Blog von Scientists for Future Österreich
Ein neuer Report, der von Greenpeace Africa in Auftrag gegeben wurde, zeigt die immensen „Klimaschulden“ der Reichen, Superreichen und Super-Superreichen auf. Als „Klimaschuld“ bezeichnet der Report d...
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Courrier international @courrierinter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Bien qu’ils ne fassent pas partie de la Cour pénale internationale, les États-Unis ont lancé cette semaine une attaque en règle contre l’institution, sise à La ...
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Les Pays-Bas ont “l’obligation morale” de défendre la Cour pénale internationale contre Trump
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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Very Bad Strip. « The Full Monty » de Peter Cattaneo, avec Robert Carlyle, Diane Lane, Tom Wilkinson, ce soir sur nos antennes en deuxième partie de soirée 📺
Photo extraite du film sur laquelle on voit un groupe d'hommes debout, bras droit levé, en train de répéter une chorégraphie.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"In fact, most of the economic innovations of the last few decades years make more sense politically than economically. For example, eliminating guaranteed life employment for precarious contracts doesn’t really create a more effective workforce, but it is extraordinarily effective in destroying unions and otherwise depoliticizing labor. 
The same can be said of endlessly increasing working hours. No one has much time for political activity if they’re working 60-hour weeks."
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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Depuis 40 ans, les géants de l'alimentation déploient des trésors d'ingéniosité (et de cynisme) pour accroître les ventes de leurs produits au mépris de notre santé ⤵️
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Tous accros : le piège des aliments ultratransformés - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE
Si vous ne pouvez pas vous arrêter de manger, c'est leur faute. Ces quarante dernières années, les géants de l'alimentation ont déployé des trésors d'ingéniosité (et de cynisme) pour accroître les ven...
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
David Graeber wrote Revolt Of the Caring Class. There exists the economy of people who take care of us. People who help us when we need help. But these classes of people are often not appreciated and mostly underpaid. davidgraeber.org/articles/the...
"Not only does the market assessment of the value of 
different forms of work not correspond to popular 
conceptions of what they actually contribute to society, 
but there seems to be an inverse relation: with few 
exceptions, the principle seems to be, the more one’s 
work is seen as socially useful, the more it is recognized 
as helping others, the less one is likely to be paid for it.

For instance, the US has been experiencing an acute 
shortage of trained nurses, and a glut of law school 
graduates. Yet the relative salaries of nurses and 
corporate lawyers remains unchanged. Clearly the real 
reasons for the price of labor, as with the price of most 
things actually, have little to do with market forces, and 
much to do with various forms of institutional power."

  - David Graeber
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Seb @swerten.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This quote pretty much nails it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
So when governments say "but the ultrarich might leave the country", we should respond, "mission accomplished then." Get them and their ill-gotten gains out of our politics and out of our hair. And hopefully, with global measures, out of everyone's.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This point needs to be made over and again: The main purpose of wealth taxes should not be to raise revenue. That's a small and secondary benefit. The main purpose should be to *reduce the fortunes of the ultrarich*. Why? Because those fortunes present a massive threat to democracy and public life.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Max Czollek @maxczollek.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Guter Überblick über Skandale und Schweinereien, die ohne das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz nicht ans Licht gekommen wären: Maskenaffäre, Fördermittelskandal Berlin, Lobbyismus im Wirtschaftsministerium uvm. Die Transparenzpflicht muss Teil dieser Demokratie bleiben! www.zeit.de/digital/inte...
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Informationsfreiheitsgesetz: Diese Skandale wären wohl nie ans Licht gekommen
Das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz hat geholfen, etliche Vorgänge öffentlich zu machen, die manche Politiker lieber unter Verschluss gehalten hätten. Zum Beispiel diese.
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ARTE @artefr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Un thriller dans les règles de lard. « Le boucher » de Claude Chabrol, avec Jean Yanne et Stéphane Audran, ce soir sur nos antennes et jusqu'au 4 août 2026 sur arte.tv 📺
Photo extraite du film sur laquelle on voit le visage de Jean Yanne derrière une vitre, dans le reflet on distingue Stéphane Audran qui le regarde.
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Bald sind es 250.000 Unterschriften!! 💪🫶 Wer noch nicht unterschrieben hat, kann das weiterhin tun, um Informationsfreiheit in D zu retten & damit unsere Demokratie zu schützen. Und Ihr könnt noch mehr tun: Mails schreiben an SPD-MdB. 📧 Lasst uns da weiter dranbleiben! #Informationsfreiheitsgesetz
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Seb @swerten.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Ohne das Informationsfreiheitsgesetz wären illegale Maskendeals nie ans Licht gekommen. Genau dieses Recht wollen CDU, CSU und SPD jetzt faktisch abschaffen. Das dürfen wir nicht zulassen. Jetzt unterschreiben: 👇 #IFG weact.campact.de/petitions/sp...
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SPD, stoppt den Frontalangriff auf die Informationsfreiheit!
Wir alle haben das Recht auf staatliche Informationen. Seit 2006 müssen Behörden auf Antrag nach dem Informationsfreiheitsgesetz (IFG) Dokumente herausgeben – seien es Verträge, interne Weisungen oder...
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Happy 10 years of Brexit 💃💃💃
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2026
Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
📺 #IchBinHanna & ich sind mal wieder im Fernsehen, also: erstmal in der Mediathek. Wenn Ihr meine Takes zum dysfunktionalen Wissenschaftssystem hören wollt oder einfach dabei zusehen, wie ich lustige Grimassen ziehe & mit 1 creepy Roboter interagiere: Ab Minute 31:29! KI-Kritik ist auch mit dabei.
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Betrug in der Wissenschaft
Wissenschaft gilt als beste Erkenntnismethode der Welt – doch sie ist nicht unfehlbar. Immer wieder erschüttern Betrugsfälle die Forschungslandschaft. Ob manipulierte Daten, gestohlene Ergebnisse oder...
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Mario Sixtus @sixtus.net · 31/05/2026
So genannte Forschungsministerin der drittgrößten Wirtschaftsnation der Welt sagt, es sei kein Problem, wenn Student*innen gleichzeitig für ihren Lebensunterhalt arbeiten müssten. Im Grunde nichts Neues: Konservative empfinden es traditionell als falsch, dass Kinder von Nichtwohlhabenden studieren.
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Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wissenschaft @nnwiss.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Wir haben den jüngsten Entwurf zum WissZeitVG kommentiert. Viel ist uns nicht eingefallen, denn nichts hier ist neu. Zur Erinnerung: im Mai 2024 (!) schrieben wir zum damaligen Entwurf: "Die Probleme liegen längst auf dem Tisch, die Lösungen ebenfalls. ... was fehlt, ist nur ein wenig Mut auf (2)
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
5 Jahre #IchBinHanna. Alle sind sich inzwischen einig, dass sich grundlegend was ändern muss. Zig konstruktive Vorschläge. Und dann das: Der neue Referentenentwurf fürs #WissZeitVG ist 1 Witz. Und zwar 1 ganz schlechter. Meine Einordnung ⬇️ #IchBinHanna @drkeichhorn.bsky.social @kubon.bsky.social
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026
Immigration make Britain brilliant
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