Sebastian Borger
@sebastianborger.bsky.social
London Correspondent for Der Tagesspiegel, Der Standard and others // “…und die nettesten, weil die natürlichsten, sind die Bayern.” Melusine Gräfin Ghiberti
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I prefer the old group of billionaires who thought they'd use their money to combat risks to mankind. Bezos strictly limits his long-term thinking to building a clock. Otherwise he buys pointless space flights at enormous costs to the environment and destroys our information environment.
A giant clock to keep time for the next ten millennia is moving towards completion in a western US desert cavern.
It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.
www.ft.com/content/22c0...
It's meant to promote long-term thinking in an age of short termism. The project, backed by Jeff Bezos, has been a suitably drawn out and enigmatic affair.
www.ft.com/content/22c0...
The Clock of the Long Now is a 10,000-year-long timepiece backed by Jeff Bezos
Deep inside a Texas mountain, a vast mechanical clock tries to make humanity measure time on the scale of civilisation itself
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I prefer the old group of billionaires who thought they'd use their money to combat risks to mankind. Bezos strictly limits his long-term thinking to building a clock. Otherwise he buys pointless space flights at enormous costs to the environment and destroys our information environment.
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Fine Gael’s ‘new generation’ who quit: ‘Many TDs don’t see it as a career any more’
Fine Gael’s ‘new generation’ who quit: ‘Many TDs don’t see it as a career any more’
The party’s brightest stars of the 2000s walked away from politics by the age of 51
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Fine Gael’s ‘new generation’ who quit: ‘Many TDs don’t see it as a career any more’
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Arsenal showed why they're top of the Premier League tonight. Bayern showed why being top of the Bundesliga doesn't quite mean what some think it does.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Arsenal showed why they're top of the Premier League tonight. Bayern showed why being top of the Bundesliga doesn't quite mean what some think it does.
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Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Champions League wrap: Arsenal claim statement win over Bayern Munich
Champions League wrap: Arsenal claim statement win over Bayern Munich
Paris St Germain prove too strong for Tottenham despite Randal Kolo Muani double
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Champions League wrap: Arsenal claim statement win over Bayern Munich
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It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
It is good to see cross-party challenge to overt racism in British political and media discourse: Labour MP Sarah Owen, who chairs the women & equalities select committee, challenges the racist claim from GB News contributor Lucy White that Deputy Speaker Nus Ghani should be barred from parliament
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The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
Nearly a decade after the referendum and five years after the UK’s exit from the EU, the economic and political price is all too clear
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Irish Times view on the UK budget: the long shadow of Brexit
Sylvia M.? Wird der Nachname nicht genannt, oder bin ich bloß der einzige, der ihn nicht kennt?
Es gibt eine neue und weibliche DSN-Leitung! - 11 nicht geeignete MitbewerberInnen und wahrscheinlich haben noch welche ihre Bewerbung zurück gezogen - Ergebnis nicht unerwartet - Sylvia M. war nicht zu schlagen!
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sylvia M.? Wird der Nachname nicht genannt, oder bin ich bloß der einzige, der ihn nicht kennt?
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The only thing Neuer should be complaining about is his moustache
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The only thing Neuer should be complaining about is his moustache
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Incredible through ball. Incredible cross. Incredible talent make it 1-1. What a goal from Bayern.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Incredible through ball. Incredible cross. Incredible talent make it 1-1. What a goal from Bayern.
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Another contemporary accused the Reform leader of being a “complete liar” in an interview on Tuesday afternoon. Andy Field, a GP who was two years below Farage at Dulwich, said he had directly witnessed racial abuse from the Reform leader.
www.thetimes.com/article/94cb...
www.thetimes.com/article/94cb...
Nigel Farage’s abuse was persistent, not banter, claims ex-schoolmate
Peter Ettedgui says he was targeted at Dulwich College. The Reform UK leader denies he racially abused anybody
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Another contemporary accused the Reform leader of being a “complete liar” in an interview on Tuesday afternoon. Andy Field, a GP who was two years below Farage at Dulwich, said he had directly witnessed racial abuse from the Reform leader.
www.thetimes.com/article/94cb...
www.thetimes.com/article/94cb...
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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“This ain’t gonna look good on our report, Leroy.”
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“This ain’t gonna look good on our report, Leroy.”
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🎶🎶 "On the trail of the lonesome pine..." 🎶🎶 🤗
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
🎶🎶 "On the trail of the lonesome pine..." 🎶🎶 🤗
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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As a new water crisis hits Sicily Governor says "people will not have to go without water" to people who are so used to going without water they just shrug their shoulders. This is the level of political discourse on infrastructure in in Sicily and has been for the 40 years I have lived here.
Crisi idrica, Schifani: «I cittadini non rimarranno senz'acqua». Sì al fondo di rotazione per i debiti verso Siciliacque
Il presidente della Regione interviene sull'emergenza che sta attanagliando le province di Trapani e Agrigento. Via libera nella legge di stabilità all'anticipo di 20 milioni per Aica
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November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As a new water crisis hits Sicily Governor says "people will not have to go without water" to people who are so used to going without water they just shrug their shoulders. This is the level of political discourse on infrastructure in in Sicily and has been for the 40 years I have lived here.
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New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
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“I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way", said Nigel Farage. "As the victim of his verbal abuse, I can assure you that I do recall it all vividly", writes Peter Ettedgui of "the emotional impact – degrading, humiliating" of antisemitic abuse
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“I would never do it in a hurtful or insulting way", said Nigel Farage. "As the victim of his verbal abuse, I can assure you that I do recall it all vividly", writes Peter Ettedgui of "the emotional impact – degrading, humiliating" of antisemitic abuse
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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So this is Steven Witkoff coaching Putin‘s advisor Ushakov about how to please Trump
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
So this is Steven Witkoff coaching Putin‘s advisor Ushakov about how to please Trump
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This landing in Italy will be stuff that you should watch with 🍿
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This landing in Italy will be stuff that you should watch with 🍿
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Die New York Times war auf Kur in Bad Tatzmannsdorf und fand es super www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
In Austria, Government Health Care Can Look a Bit Like a Spa
A few weeks of hikes and saunas in wine country? Sometimes, that’s literally just what the doctor ordered
www.derstandard.at
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Die New York Times war auf Kur in Bad Tatzmannsdorf und fand es super www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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📉London has recorded the lowest number of murders in 2025 since monthly records began!
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
📉London has recorded the lowest number of murders in 2025 since monthly records began!
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.
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BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre
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Sicherheit steht über jedem innenpolitischen Streit. Dem Bundeskanzler fällt in Europa eine Schlüsselrolle zu und für diese brauchen er und seine Bundesregierung im Interesse von Frieden und Sicherheit volle Unterstützung.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Norbert Röttgen: "Das ist jetzt die zweite Zeitenwende"
Norbert Röttgen ist einer der wichtigsten Transatlantiker in der CDU. Der 28-Punkte-Plan der USA erschüttert ihn. Deutschland müsse seine Außenpolitik nun neu ausrichten.
www.zeit.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sicherheit steht über jedem innenpolitischen Streit. Dem Bundeskanzler fällt in Europa eine Schlüsselrolle zu und für diese brauchen er und seine Bundesregierung im Interesse von Frieden und Sicherheit volle Unterstützung.
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...