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Thomas Winderl

@thomaswinderl.bsky.social
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Atheist, liberal and left leaning. Science and data. Formerly United Nations. Loves books as thinking machines. International Politics and International Development. History, Natural Sciences. Singing, guitar & Backgammon. Austrian in Spain.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Von gestern - geschrieben am Morgen des Wahltags, und nach dem Ergebnis leider eher von noch größerer Dringlichkeit: Warnungen aus dem Kampf gegen den Trumpismus. Entscheidend: Wenn Extremisten an die Macht kommen, braucht es eine sofortige, kollektive demokratische Mobilisierung auf allen Ebenen.
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ThomasLangpaul @thomasl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
JD Vance sagt er würde das Ende der Welt in Kauf nehmen. Crazy!
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Last night, Russia attacked a European capital with over 40 ballistic missiles. That leads nowhere in European news headlines this morning. Russian terror, murder and destruction are simply taken in stride as a normal story.
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Raimund Löw @raimundloew.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Die Legalisierung von 100Tausenden undokumentierten Migranten in Spanien ist ein Riesenschritt in die richtige Richtung
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Rabl @prabl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
No unconditional surrender www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
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Trump Demanded Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender.’ He Got a Surprise Instead.
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 13/06/2026
There is something terribly wrong about an economy that produces its first trillionaire, but cannot provide health care for its people. Or one in which the richest handful of families have the combined wealth of almost forty percent of the rest of the country.
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Jan-Werner Mueller @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Globalist institution as the last refuge of a scoundrel.
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gerhard_mangott @gmangott.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Freue mich über den Preis, den ich gestern bekommen habe:
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Die Tagespresse @dietagespresse.com · 26/05/2026
Braco heilt Peter Thiel!
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Fun fact: Eindeutig gewonnen haben die USA einen Krieg im Nahen Osten zuletzt vor 35 Jahren bei der Befreiung Kuwaits von irakischer Besetzung. Der Krieg endete am 28. Februar (Trump wählte dieses Datum für den Angriff auf Iran). Iran blieb neutral und profitierte vom US-Sieg über Saddam Hussein.
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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 26/05/2026
Cc @wien.gv.at
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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 21/05/2026
Klimawahn: Wie eine globale Sekte uns in den Abgrund treibt Gut gemeint ist das Gegenteil von gut: Wie Menschenrechte uns schaden EUdSSR: Wie Brüssel zu einer Diktatur wurde. Geheimplan NATO: Wie ein kleiner Zirkel die Neutralität abschafft. Ein Aussteiger packt aus (speziell für Österreich)
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
As analysts grow worried that Ru might be preparing a pretext to attack the Baltics, I see many countering, even mocking such warnings w claims that russia is too weak/overstretched to attack anyone else beside Ukraine. This complacency missunderstands the logic/goal of such an attack— it’s not to…
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
For those who are all of a sudden shocked at Trump’s corruption this week, please stop. Corruption has infused this administration its entire time. There has been purchase pardons, payoffs by foreign governments, shady crypto deals, insider trading on markets, etc.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 18/05/2026
Nobody can remain neutral in the conflict between Russia and Europe, I told the Austrians... orf.at/av/video/onD...
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ORF.at Video/Audio
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Martin Thür @martinthuer.at · 25/04/2026
10 von 10. Würde kaufen.
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Rabl @prabl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Israel is "running out of friends" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
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Opinion | How Israel Lost Its Way and How Trump Can Save Lebanon
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Franz-Stefan Gady @hoanssolo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Agreed.
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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 21/04/2026
"This is what Trump does, it's what he's done his whole life: He's bullshitting his way through everything. But now he's doing it with a war and it's not working." Nice segment from Seth Meyers (with an appearance by our own @markhertling.bsky.social around 09:40). www.youtube.com/watch?v=23xU...
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Seth Catches up on 3 Weeks of Insane News; Trump Tells Iran "No More Mr. Nice Guy": A Closer Look
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
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Thomas Winderl @thomaswinderl.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Ein Wort der Vernunft (und des Optimismus). Dringend gebraucht & schlüssig.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Stop praising Orbán for not attempting a coup. He only stepped down because Magyar's win was too massive to steal. He rigged the constitution, captured the institutions, and used state media to his advantage. He did everything he could to destroy democracy, and he failed
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Daniel Goldman: The commander-in-chief was excluded from commanding a military operation because he was acting so crazy. 

Think about that. 

Trump is not well. We need the 25th amendment before something really bad happens on US soil.
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Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Es ist alarmierend, was ZARA gerade schrieb: Das Bundeskanzleramt hat vollständig & mitten im laufenden Jahr die Förderung der Beratungsstelle #GegenHassimNetz gestrichen - das ist österreichweit die wichtigste Anlaufstelle für Betroffene digitaler Gewalt Es ist wichtig, dass die Förderung bleibt!
Instagram-Post: „Zara steht vor dem Aus“
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gerhard_mangott @gmangott.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Die NYT zitiert Geheimdienstquellen, wonach "Iran still has about 40 percent of its arsenal of attack drones and upward of 60 percent of its missile launchers". Aber Hauptsache Trump hat den Krieg schon 42 mal gewonnen.
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Every word! @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit
The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
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Carlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Schrödingers Strait
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François Heisbourg @fheisbourg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Looks like Trump is pulling out all stops to secure a face-saving quickie deal with Iran. My forecast: a substandard remake of the JCPOA, little or nothing on ballistics, Hormuz in an Iran-Oman condominium with toll for services rendered (like Bosporus or Siberia channel) and no regime change.
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Christoph Proessl @christophproessl.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
BBC streicht 2000 Stellen. Was für ein dunkler Tag!
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BBC to cut almost one in 10 staff in £500m savings
The BBC's interim director general says the cuts will require "some big and some difficult choices".
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Florian Klenk 👨🏻‍💻 @klenkflorian.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Vanceplaining.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/04/2026
This is why Russia is still fighting, why the war continues and why people are dying: Because Trump and Vance encouraged Putin to believe he could win
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Guy Venables @guyvenables.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Rechtsextreme Tech-Milliardäre kaufen Plattformen und stellen die Algorithmen darauf ein, ihre Propaganda zu verbreiten und Gegenstimmen auszusortieren – behalten aber dennoch die Hoheit über den "free speech"-Diskurs, während die liberale Seite in sich geht und die Sünde des "Wokeismus" geißelt.
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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13/04/2026
"Bringing Hungary back into the fold of electoral democracies would require replacing the Fidesz loyalists who are constitutional court judges and heads of key public institutions, such as the prosecutor general and the chair of the media authority" @casmudde.bsky.social and @gabrielagreilinger.com
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Even if Victor Orbán is ousted on Sunday, Hungary’s return to liberal democracy is not guaranteed | Gabriela Greilinger and Cas Mudde
Challenger Péter Magyar is no progressive – and after 16 years of creeping authoritarianism, the PM has embedded Fidesz in the Hungarian state, say Gabriela Greilinger and Cas Mudde of the University ...
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Nikolaus Kowall @nikowall.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Viktor Orbán hat mit der illiberalen Demokratie drei Dinge kombiniert: Den herkömmlichen europäischen Rechtspopulismus (Migration, EU), den Kulturkampf der US-Rechten (Gender, Eliten), post-sowjetische Machttechnik à la Kreml (Gewaltenteilung, Medienkontrolle). 1/3
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Brian Schmidt @briancschmidt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
hot take: moderne Medienlandschaft hin oder her, wer diese politischen Kilometer nicht leisten kann oder will, braucht (in einem Land der Größenordnung 🇭🇺/🇦🇹) einen Wechsel von einem so dominierenden System gar nicht zu versuchen.
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ThomasLangpaul @thomasl.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Die USA sperren ab Montag 10 Uhr die Straße von Hormuz. Deren Öffnung bis gerade eben das wichtigste Ziel des Krieges gegen den Iran war. Läuft…
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Péter Magyar victory speech: "Hungary wants to be a European country again. We want to return to Europe." The crowd immediately chants "Russians, go home" in response.
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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For sure. Kudos to the Hungarian electorate for delivering such overwhelming defeat. Also a sign that autocratization wasn’t so complete that denial or repression could have been a feasible strategy. Orban did not have a Lukashenka strategy at his disposal.
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Jessica Berlin @berlinbridge.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
JD Vance, please do keep campaigning for right wing European populists👌
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Florian Klenk 👨🏻‍💻 @klenkflorian.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Bitte lieber ORF geh live. Das ist ein historischer Moment.
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Markus T. 🇪🇺 ♥️ 📎 @bettercallmarkus.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Éljen Magyarország!* 🫶🇭🇺 *Hoch lebe Ungarn!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Given the huge early turnout in Hungary odds seem very high that Magyar wil defeat Orbán very decisively; the question in that case would be whether Orbán goes with the Ukrainian electoral interference lie he has been preparing and whether foreign actors support him.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I have zero doubt that Donald Trump would love to cancel the elections or nullify a result he doesn’t like - and rule as a dictator. But I strongly disagree with the suggestion that Trump and his regime are currently executing a coherent scheme to get us to that end result.
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Zoltan Miklosi @zmiklosi.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Truly insane turnout. Something unimaginable has to happen in the afternoon for overall turnout not to break the record. 80% is now imaginable. Perhaps people were not lying when 80+% told pollsters they are certain to vote, yet we dismissed those numbers as unrealistic.
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ZackZack @redaktionzack.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
"Wer wissen will, wie Kickl oder Kurz regieren würden, muss sich nur von Trump bis Orbán ihre Vorbilder ansehen." @peterpilz.bsky.social am Sonntag
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Orbán, Trump, Putin, Erdogan, Netanjahu: das bösartige Quintett - zackzack.at
Wer wissen will, wie Kickl oder Kurz regieren würden, muss sich nur von Trump bis Orbán ihre Vorbilder ansehen.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.
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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 11/04/2026
remember when Trump said no more nation building?
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My Administration stands ready to use the full Economic Might of the United States to strengthen Hungary's Economy, as we have done for our Great Allies in the past, if Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian People ever need it. We are excited to invest in the future Prosperity that will be generated by Orbán's continued Leadership! President DONALD
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Extraordinary to see the UK PM putting Trump and Putin together like this, and referring to 'Trump' not 'President Trump'. A lot has changed in the last few weeks - this would have been unimaginable six months ago - and I don't see how it changes back. www.politico.eu/article/star...
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Starmer likens Trump to Putin as he laments soaring energy costs
British PM says bills are going up ‘because of the actions of Putin or Trump across the world.’
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 09/04/2026
only 12% of europeans polled across six countries see the united states as a close ally. 36% see it as a threat.
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