Malte Zander
@madcynic.com
Co-author - Cynic - Realist - Fatalist - Freelance sports journo - Works with Open Data - #1fcmagdeburg - #scmagdeburg
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When I was writing my book To Die With Such Men, following an Int'l Legion unit in Ukraine, I once thought I could end with a reference to this story from the Kherson offensive. I don't expect to hear a reaction like this for a long, long time. But I hope Minna is right in her strong piece below.
December 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
When I was writing my book To Die With Such Men, following an Int'l Legion unit in Ukraine, I once thought I could end with a reference to this story from the Kherson offensive. I don't expect to hear a reaction like this for a long, long time. But I hope Minna is right in her strong piece below.
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»Matwijtschuk nannte russische Kriegsverbrechen in Tschetschenien, Moldau, Georgien, Mali, Libyen und Syrien, die nie bestraft worden seien. Moskau habe gelernt, dass es alles dürfe.«
Ukraine-Krieg - Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Oleksandra Matwijtschuk fordert Deutschland auf, Russlandpolitik aufzuarbeiten
Die ukrainische Friedensnobelpreisträgerin Oleksandra Matwijtschuk hat Deutschland dazu aufgerufen, Fehler im Umgang mit Russland stärker aufzuarbeiten.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 7, 2025 at 8:35 AM
»Matwijtschuk nannte russische Kriegsverbrechen in Tschetschenien, Moldau, Georgien, Mali, Libyen und Syrien, die nie bestraft worden seien. Moskau habe gelernt, dass es alles dürfe.«
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The UK will no longer be a place that offers safety and shelter to those in need, just like in the 1930s.
#fascistUK
#fascistUK
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The UK will no longer be a place that offers safety and shelter to those in need, just like in the 1930s.
#fascistUK
#fascistUK
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Just had an ai generated looping video of ww1/2 soldiers horribly sexually assaulting female prisoners play itself at me when I tried to read an online recipe, in case anyone wants to know how the ole tech revolution is going.
December 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just had an ai generated looping video of ww1/2 soldiers horribly sexually assaulting female prisoners play itself at me when I tried to read an online recipe, in case anyone wants to know how the ole tech revolution is going.
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Rick goes thru the potential specifics of the deal which are byzantine and designed to avoid paying taxes and we should also be talking about how bad these deals are for us as a citizenry when corps do massive deals that allow them to enrich a handful of already rich people at the cost to **us**
December 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Rick goes thru the potential specifics of the deal which are byzantine and designed to avoid paying taxes and we should also be talking about how bad these deals are for us as a citizenry when corps do massive deals that allow them to enrich a handful of already rich people at the cost to **us**
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I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
December 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think Transactual put it best (in reference to the girl guides) and now Labour too:
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
"There is no problem being solved here, only harm being done."
All to appease the right, who hate them anyway - shame on them.
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BREAKING: Michel Friedman fordert ein Verbot der rechtsextremen AfD. Und er spricht über die Notwendigkeit der völligen Abschottung vom Faschismus: Weil die Demokratie durch jede Berührung mit ihm stirbt!
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
BREAKING: Michel Friedman fordert ein Verbot der rechtsextremen AfD. Und er spricht über die Notwendigkeit der völligen Abschottung vom Faschismus: Weil die Demokratie durch jede Berührung mit ihm stirbt!
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The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Roberts Six have thoroughly politicized the Court and turned it into a reliable arm of the RNC.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
Democrats should have no reservations about calling them out for it, demanding resignations from these bought-off hacks and running on a promise to enact sweeping reforms.
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„Kurz gesagt, Europa wird signalisiert, dass die alte Sicherheitsvereinbarung ausgedient hat und es sich auf Interventionen in Bezug auf seine Selbstverwaltung (die EU) und die zugrunde liegenden Prinzipien (seine Demokratie) vorbereiten sollte.“
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Weiterer Thread zum verstörenden MAGA Dokument
1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
„Kurz gesagt, Europa wird signalisiert, dass die alte Sicherheitsvereinbarung ausgedient hat und es sich auf Interventionen in Bezug auf seine Selbstverwaltung (die EU) und die zugrunde liegenden Prinzipien (seine Demokratie) vorbereiten sollte.“
Weiterer Thread zum verstörenden MAGA Dokument
Weiterer Thread zum verstörenden MAGA Dokument
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Heute vor 14 Jahren ist der begnadete Fußballer Sócrates gestorben, von dem meine Lieblingsäußerung aus diesem Sport stammt.
December 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Heute vor 14 Jahren ist der begnadete Fußballer Sócrates gestorben, von dem meine Lieblingsäußerung aus diesem Sport stammt.
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The US “peace” plan not only had Ukraine giving up land—including some Russia hasn’t been able to take—it also demanded a weakened Ukraine that can’t decide its own foreign relations and isn’t allowed real outside support, leaving it vulnerable for whenever Russia regroups.
Who would accept that.
Who would accept that.
Trump and Witkoff Try to Get Russia a Win
The joint U.S.-Russia proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine war, taken point-by-point
www.arcdigital.media
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The US “peace” plan not only had Ukraine giving up land—including some Russia hasn’t been able to take—it also demanded a weakened Ukraine that can’t decide its own foreign relations and isn’t allowed real outside support, leaving it vulnerable for whenever Russia regroups.
Who would accept that.
Who would accept that.
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Gießens Oberbürgermeister hat es schön gesagt: "Gießen hat nicht gebrannt, sondern geleuchtet – durch die vielen Augen derer, die auf die Straßen gegangen sind und fröhlich und friedlich ihre Unterstützung unserer Demokratie gefeiert und ihrer Sorge vor einem Rechtsruck Ausdruck verliehen haben."
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Gießens Oberbürgermeister hat es schön gesagt: "Gießen hat nicht gebrannt, sondern geleuchtet – durch die vielen Augen derer, die auf die Straßen gegangen sind und fröhlich und friedlich ihre Unterstützung unserer Demokratie gefeiert und ihrer Sorge vor einem Rechtsruck Ausdruck verliehen haben."
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Gonna be vague with this one on purpose but I had a recently uncomfortable personal incident with someone who is not a bad person or even a CEO but **very much** of an executive mentality and… now that interaction makes a LOT of sense when contextualized with this 😔
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Gonna be vague with this one on purpose but I had a recently uncomfortable personal incident with someone who is not a bad person or even a CEO but **very much** of an executive mentality and… now that interaction makes a LOT of sense when contextualized with this 😔
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Mit der Einordnung breitester Proteste gegen die AfD als Kampf zwischen ganz links und ganz rechts, zeigt Merz wieder einmal: Er ist ein kurzsichtiger und instinktloser Spalter, der lieber das Spiel der AfD spielt als mit Zusammenhalt die Zerstörung der Demokratie zu verhindern.
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Mit der Einordnung breitester Proteste gegen die AfD als Kampf zwischen ganz links und ganz rechts, zeigt Merz wieder einmal: Er ist ein kurzsichtiger und instinktloser Spalter, der lieber das Spiel der AfD spielt als mit Zusammenhalt die Zerstörung der Demokratie zu verhindern.
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The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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Putin will nicht "etwas Land" sondern die Existenz der Ukraine beenden. Man muss endlich aus der Illusion heraus, man müsste nur die Ukraine zur Abgabe von etwas Land drängen und dann gäbe es Frieden. Damit die Ukraine überhaupt verhandeln kann, braucht sie Sicherheitsgarantien.
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Putin will nicht "etwas Land" sondern die Existenz der Ukraine beenden. Man muss endlich aus der Illusion heraus, man müsste nur die Ukraine zur Abgabe von etwas Land drängen und dann gäbe es Frieden. Damit die Ukraine überhaupt verhandeln kann, braucht sie Sicherheitsgarantien.
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ich könnte jeden Tag ins Kissen schreien. Wo bleibt das verkackte Verbotsverfahren?
In Gießen hat sich die »Junge Alternative« neu gegründet – aber nicht neu erfunden. Die radikalsten Redner der neuen »Generation Deutschland« bekamen die besten Ergebnisse. Mein Eindruck von heute aus #Gießen
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
(S+) Neue AfD-Jugend: Applaus fürs Völkische
In Gießen hat sich die »Junge Alternative« neu gegründet – aber nicht neu erfunden. Die radikalsten Redner der neuen »Generation Deutschland« bekamen die besten Ergebnisse.
www.spiegel.de
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ich könnte jeden Tag ins Kissen schreien. Wo bleibt das verkackte Verbotsverfahren?
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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Darf man einen Bundeskanzler eigentlich zurechtweisen?
Egal, ich mache einfach.
Sind Sie des Wahnsinns fette Beute?
"Kampf zwischen rechts und links" am Arsch.
Da gründet sich die Nachfolge der Hitlerjugend und die Demonstranten macht die Arbeit der Regierung, die das hätte verhindern müssen.
Egal, ich mache einfach.
Sind Sie des Wahnsinns fette Beute?
"Kampf zwischen rechts und links" am Arsch.
Da gründet sich die Nachfolge der Hitlerjugend und die Demonstranten macht die Arbeit der Regierung, die das hätte verhindern müssen.
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Darf man einen Bundeskanzler eigentlich zurechtweisen?
Egal, ich mache einfach.
Sind Sie des Wahnsinns fette Beute?
"Kampf zwischen rechts und links" am Arsch.
Da gründet sich die Nachfolge der Hitlerjugend und die Demonstranten macht die Arbeit der Regierung, die das hätte verhindern müssen.
Egal, ich mache einfach.
Sind Sie des Wahnsinns fette Beute?
"Kampf zwischen rechts und links" am Arsch.
Da gründet sich die Nachfolge der Hitlerjugend und die Demonstranten macht die Arbeit der Regierung, die das hätte verhindern müssen.
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This shit has been escalating for over a decade. I've probably posted about it 50x: Nazi runes (and actual neo-Nazis) at CPAC, sieg heils, campaigning with Hitler's car, and, just the other week, we saw that the head of ICE literally cosplays as a Nazi SS officer. There's too much to even remember.
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This shit has been escalating for over a decade. I've probably posted about it 50x: Nazi runes (and actual neo-Nazis) at CPAC, sieg heils, campaigning with Hitler's car, and, just the other week, we saw that the head of ICE literally cosplays as a Nazi SS officer. There's too much to even remember.
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The historian’s curse:
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The historian’s curse:
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
May your research be relevant to contemporary events
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.