Johannes Högl
@johoegl.bsky.social
EUrope and beyond - mostly global affairs, some diplomacy, climate, technology, cycling and almost always humans.
Exploring Oslo after Stockholm, Brussels, Damascus, Mexico City, Granada, LA
and again and again: Vienna 🌍
Exploring Oslo after Stockholm, Brussels, Damascus, Mexico City, Granada, LA
and again and again: Vienna 🌍
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The US is one thing, but look at Russia - where Putin is hard at work to reduce both life expectancy and life quality. Expect Russia to plummet further. Dictatorship comes at a cost.
Dear European country, by how much can you expect to live longer or shorter than your friends in the US? This map has the answer. Source: buff.ly/riBqOig
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The US is one thing, but look at Russia - where Putin is hard at work to reduce both life expectancy and life quality. Expect Russia to plummet further. Dictatorship comes at a cost.
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Zusammen mit Alexander Kauschanski sprach ich mit der 🇷🇺 Historikerin Irina Scherbakowa über ihre Emigration, das Berliner Exil und warum ihr Land nur eine Zukunft hat, wenn 🇷🇺 irgendwann bereit, Verantwortung für seine Taten zu übernehmen www.zeit.de/2025/47/irin...
Irina Scherbakowa: "Ich weiß, was der Krieg mit den Siegern macht"
Jahrzehntelang kämpfte Irina Scherbakowa für ein freies Russland. Im Berliner Exil erzählt sie, warum sich ihr Land nur retten kann, wenn es sich seiner Schuld stellt.
www.zeit.de
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Zusammen mit Alexander Kauschanski sprach ich mit der 🇷🇺 Historikerin Irina Scherbakowa über ihre Emigration, das Berliner Exil und warum ihr Land nur eine Zukunft hat, wenn 🇷🇺 irgendwann bereit, Verantwortung für seine Taten zu übernehmen www.zeit.de/2025/47/irin...
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Despite negative press reporting the energy transition is well underway. In the UK, we see strong demand for electric vehicles and solar panels. And the more people learn that these technologies can offer them tangible benefits the more others will adopt them too.
November 8, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Despite negative press reporting the energy transition is well underway. In the UK, we see strong demand for electric vehicles and solar panels. And the more people learn that these technologies can offer them tangible benefits the more others will adopt them too.
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This year Pakistan became the world’s second-largest importer of solar panels. It has become a laboratory for the green-energy transition in the global south
How China sparked a rooftop solar revolution in Pakistan
It is a test case for the green transition in the Global South
econ.st
November 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This year Pakistan became the world’s second-largest importer of solar panels. It has become a laboratory for the green-energy transition in the global south
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Praktisch alle Kraftwerke, die mühsam repariert und wieder aufgebaut wurden, mit einem Drohnensturm in einer Nacht zerstört. Der kommende Winter wird die Hölle - und genau das ist es, was Putin will: die Hölle für die Ukraine.
⚡️Ukraine's state-owned energy company says all of its power plants are down after Russia's 'largest-ever attack.'
The recent Russian attack destroyed all restored capacity, leaving the plants generating no power, the state-owned energy company Centrenergo said on Nov. 8.
The recent Russian attack destroyed all restored capacity, leaving the plants generating no power, the state-owned energy company Centrenergo said on Nov. 8.
Ukraine's state-owned energy company says all of its power plants are down after Russia's 'largest-ever attack'
The recent Russian attack destroyed all restored capacity, leaving the plants generating no power, the state-owned energy company Centrenergo said on Nov. 8.
kyivindependent.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Praktisch alle Kraftwerke, die mühsam repariert und wieder aufgebaut wurden, mit einem Drohnensturm in einer Nacht zerstört. Der kommende Winter wird die Hölle - und genau das ist es, was Putin will: die Hölle für die Ukraine.
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“I think as a thought experiment, great,” said one urban planning expert who works in Saudi Arabia. “But don’t build thought experiments.”
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
“I think as a thought experiment, great,” said one urban planning expert who works in Saudi Arabia. “But don’t build thought experiments.”
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ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
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Watch to the end
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Watch to the end
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🚨 Wir schreiben den 1. Marie Neurath Preis für Datenvisualisierung aus!
Alle Infos hier: wien.arbeiterkammer.at/neurath
Prämiert werden 3 Visualisierungen mit Fokus auf Verteilungsfragen.
Wir freuen uns auf viele Einreichungen!
Alle Infos hier: wien.arbeiterkammer.at/neurath
Prämiert werden 3 Visualisierungen mit Fokus auf Verteilungsfragen.
Wir freuen uns auf viele Einreichungen!
Marie Neurath Preis für Datenvisualisierung
Die AK Wien schreibt 2025 erstmals den Marie Neurath Preis für Datenvisualisierung aus.
wien.arbeiterkammer.at
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🚨 Wir schreiben den 1. Marie Neurath Preis für Datenvisualisierung aus!
Alle Infos hier: wien.arbeiterkammer.at/neurath
Prämiert werden 3 Visualisierungen mit Fokus auf Verteilungsfragen.
Wir freuen uns auf viele Einreichungen!
Alle Infos hier: wien.arbeiterkammer.at/neurath
Prämiert werden 3 Visualisierungen mit Fokus auf Verteilungsfragen.
Wir freuen uns auf viele Einreichungen!
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"The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters."
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"The United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus to help enable a security pact that Washington is brokering between Syria and Israel, six sources familiar with the matter told Reuters."
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"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it" | My commentary on Bill Gates' flawed new climate missive for @thebulletin.org: thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
Tusen takk @carlomasala1.bsky.social for the thrilling and instructive presentation of „When Russia Wins“ in Oslo and your call to defend democracies against hybrid warfare
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November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Tusen takk @carlomasala1.bsky.social for the thrilling and instructive presentation of „When Russia Wins“ in Oslo and your call to defend democracies against hybrid warfare
aschehoug.no/hvis-russlan...
aschehoug.no/hvis-russlan...
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The US, Japan, Australia and Canada have begun a rapid evacuation of their embassies in Mali following a fuel blockade and attacks by the Salafi Jihadist group JNIM.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The US, Japan, Australia and Canada have begun a rapid evacuation of their embassies in Mali following a fuel blockade and attacks by the Salafi Jihadist group JNIM.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
Diplomats are warning that the country’s crisis could trigger a wider Sahel collapse.
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Picard management tip: The truth is that sometimes you just won't know the right thing to do. You still have to try.
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Picard management tip: The truth is that sometimes you just won't know the right thing to do. You still have to try.
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Weils dazupasst: Ich habe drüben anlässlich eines "ach wie schön waren die 1980er"-KI-Nostalgievideos gerade die Zahlen zur Kindersterblichkeit recherchiert.
Regulierung ist grundsätzlich eine Erfolgsgeschichte.
Regulierung ist grundsätzlich eine Erfolgsgeschichte.
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Weils dazupasst: Ich habe drüben anlässlich eines "ach wie schön waren die 1980er"-KI-Nostalgievideos gerade die Zahlen zur Kindersterblichkeit recherchiert.
Regulierung ist grundsätzlich eine Erfolgsgeschichte.
Regulierung ist grundsätzlich eine Erfolgsgeschichte.
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If cemeteries create a community of both the living and the dead, what happens when the living get displaced?
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
If cemeteries create a community of both the living and the dead, what happens when the living get displaced?
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
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"The world is collectively engaged in a live experiment, with few controls and almost no regulation; the best-case and the worst-case scenarios all seem to end with our planet being forever transformed." www.wired.com/ai-issue/ #AI #KI #Maschinenraum via @wired.com
AI of a Thousand Faces
What happens now that AI is everywhere and in everything? WIRED can’t tell the future, but we can try to make sense of it. Behold: 17 readings from the furthest reaches of the AI age.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"The world is collectively engaged in a live experiment, with few controls and almost no regulation; the best-case and the worst-case scenarios all seem to end with our planet being forever transformed." www.wired.com/ai-issue/ #AI #KI #Maschinenraum via @wired.com
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"Sweden and Ukraine on Oct. 22 signed a letter of intent for a future contract on the purchase of up to 150 modern Gripen E fighter jets to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. The announcement was made during Zelensky's visit to Sweden"
@kyivindependent.com
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@kyivindependent.com
kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arr...
Up to 150 Gripens — Ukraine, Sweden move toward long-term deal on Swedish jets
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Zelensky are meeting in the city of Linkoping, home to the defense company Saab, which produces Gripen fighter jets and other arms.
kyivindependent.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Sweden and Ukraine on Oct. 22 signed a letter of intent for a future contract on the purchase of up to 150 modern Gripen E fighter jets to bolster the Ukrainian Air Force. The announcement was made during Zelensky's visit to Sweden"
@kyivindependent.com
kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arr...
@kyivindependent.com
kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arr...
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A sign of the times.
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A sign of the times.
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Katapult Magazine is using a simple cartographic trick to make is easier for other nations to understand what the loss of land Ukraine had to suffer so far would mean for them. Lesson: Always benchmark your data, people!
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Katapult Magazine is using a simple cartographic trick to make is easier for other nations to understand what the loss of land Ukraine had to suffer so far would mean for them. Lesson: Always benchmark your data, people!
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Is @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu the last man in the EU fighting for the Green Deal? @davidcarretta.bsky.social takes a deep dive into his desperate struggle to save Europe's climate policy for today's episode of Morning Post Europe.
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Costa’s Mission Impossible: Saving Europe’s Climate Goals
Good morning!
open.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Is @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu the last man in the EU fighting for the Green Deal? @davidcarretta.bsky.social takes a deep dive into his desperate struggle to save Europe's climate policy for today's episode of Morning Post Europe.
You can sign up here⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/europemo...
You can sign up here⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/europemo...
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"Germany is no longer among the ten most innovative countries in the world. China has displaced it."
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
October 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"Germany is no longer among the ten most innovative countries in the world. China has displaced it."
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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🤦♂️😈 "Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power & hastening Armageddon,saying: “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.”" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🤦♂️😈 "Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power & hastening Armageddon,saying: “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.”" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö is releasing a special edition of Orwell’s 1984. The book cannot be read, on account of having two spines. The “double bind” is a protest against censorship across the world: malmo.se/boundbookspr...
October 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Dawit Isaak Library in Malmö is releasing a special edition of Orwell’s 1984. The book cannot be read, on account of having two spines. The “double bind” is a protest against censorship across the world: malmo.se/boundbookspr...
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The share of Norway's passenger car fleet that is full-electric has now passed 30%.
www.tilnull.no/energi/kjore...
www.tilnull.no/energi/kjore...
October 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The share of Norway's passenger car fleet that is full-electric has now passed 30%.
www.tilnull.no/energi/kjore...
www.tilnull.no/energi/kjore...
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Tim Berners-Lee: Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Technology | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee
My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tim Berners-Lee: Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Technology | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...