Stefan Brenner
@stefanbrenner.net
PhD research fellow at Oslo Metropolitan University. Media & journalism studies. Research on journalism and verification methods in war & conflict. Also safety of journalists, mis-/disinformation, deepfakes, and conspiracy theories.
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Stefan Brenner
@stefanbrenner.net
· May 7
In der aktuellen Folge diskutieren wir über Geographie und Geopolitik - und da helfen Karten! 🌏
Hier eine Übersicht der Orte, über die wir sprechen: 🧵 (auch auf der Website)
sicherheitspod.de/2025/05/06/f...
Hier eine Übersicht der Orte, über die wir sprechen: 🧵 (auch auf der Website)
sicherheitspod.de/2025/05/06/f...
Folge #95 Die Macht der Geographie | Der Theorieteil: Warum Kriege und kein Weltfrieden? - Sicherheitspod
“Sicherheitshalber” ist der Podcast zur sicherheitspolitischen Lage in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt. In Folge 95 diskutieren Thomas Wiegold, Ulrike Franke, Frank Sauer und Carlo Masala zuerst über...
sicherheitspod.de
Ein Blick auf die Arktis ist sicherheitspolitisch extrem wichtig. Nicht nur Grönland sondern auch die Spannungen um das Sonderrechtsgebiet Svalbard (Spitzbergen-Archipel) werden sehr wahrscheinlich weiter steigen — das darf kein blinder Fleck sein.
Der Sicherheitspod greift das wichtige Thema auf.🫶👇
Der Sicherheitspod greift das wichtige Thema auf.🫶👇
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Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
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Mob boss stuff
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Mob boss stuff
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Why there will be no midterm elections. This is worth a listen. Robert Kagan saw where Trump was heading years ago. And he sees it now. 👇 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW | VIDEO
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan
YouTube video by The Nerve
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Why there will be no midterm elections. This is worth a listen. Robert Kagan saw where Trump was heading years ago. And he sees it now. 👇 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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We’ve annotated this satellite imagery from January 20th to show the proximity of where the journalists using a drone were killed to the displacement camps and the nearest IDF outposts in Gaza. The Yellow Line is where Israeli troops withdrew to following the US-brokered deal with Hamas.
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
We’ve annotated this satellite imagery from January 20th to show the proximity of where the journalists using a drone were killed to the displacement camps and the nearest IDF outposts in Gaza. The Yellow Line is where Israeli troops withdrew to following the US-brokered deal with Hamas.
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We will need to talk about US presence in Europe. And it would be good if we Europeans drove the discussion and didn’t wait for the other shoe to drop.
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
US to cut roughly 200 NATO positions, sources say
The move could intensify concerns in Europe about Washington's commitment to the alliance.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM
We will need to talk about US presence in Europe. And it would be good if we Europeans drove the discussion and didn’t wait for the other shoe to drop.
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
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Mark Carney's Davos Speech is unmissable in a time of “rupture”
The Canadian PM’s Davos speech is unmissable in a time of “rupture”.
I've been thinking about it all night.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Mark Carney's Davos Speech is unmissable in a time of “rupture”
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Russland nimmt den Menschen in der Ukraine Licht und Wärme. Die Folge für alle, die hier leben: es ist dunkel und kalt. Auf der Arbeit, draußen, zu Hause. Ich habe versucht, das in einem kurzen Video für euch festzuhalten.
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Russland nimmt den Menschen in der Ukraine Licht und Wärme. Die Folge für alle, die hier leben: es ist dunkel und kalt. Auf der Arbeit, draußen, zu Hause. Ich habe versucht, das in einem kurzen Video für euch festzuhalten.
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„Dieser Winter ist der schlimmste“, sagen uns viele Menschen in Kyjiw. Die Kombination aus brutalen russischen Angriffen und bitterer Kälte ist kaum auszuhalten. Weil Russland ukrainische Energieanlagen kaputt schießt, haben viele keine Wärme, kein Licht und kein Wasser.
January 20, 2026 at 10:57 PM
„Dieser Winter ist der schlimmste“, sagen uns viele Menschen in Kyjiw. Die Kombination aus brutalen russischen Angriffen und bitterer Kälte ist kaum auszuhalten. Weil Russland ukrainische Energieanlagen kaputt schießt, haben viele keine Wärme, kein Licht und kein Wasser.
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Bei Waffengutachter und Journalist Lars Winkelsdorf gab es eine Hausdurchsuchung – wegen einer Waffe, die es nicht gibt und nach einem taz-Artikel:
Neues "Pimmelgate" in Hamburg? – Durchsuchung bei Investigativjournalist
Fragwürdige Hausdurchsuchung wegen Waffenbesitzes in Hamburg. Offenbar wurde bei dem Journalisten Lars Winkelsdorf eine Waffe gesucht, die es nicht gibt.
www.t-online.de
January 20, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Bei Waffengutachter und Journalist Lars Winkelsdorf gab es eine Hausdurchsuchung – wegen einer Waffe, die es nicht gibt und nach einem taz-Artikel:
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We've received reports of an email scam impersonating Bellingcat staff. This imposter account appears to be focused on Iran. Bellingcat staff will only contact you from an official @bellingcat.com email address. If you receive a suspicious email from “our team,” please email [email protected]
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 AM
We've received reports of an email scam impersonating Bellingcat staff. This imposter account appears to be focused on Iran. Bellingcat staff will only contact you from an official @bellingcat.com email address. If you receive a suspicious email from “our team,” please email [email protected]
Shameless advertising for an important book coming out in March.👇
1. If only someone had written a book explaining Arctic security and climate change, the energy transition, critical minerals, the decline of American power and the rise of China. A book that identified the real Arctic threat (it ain't Greenland).
Oh wait, they have!👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
Oh wait, they have!👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive it: The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change
The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change
uk.bookshop.org
January 20, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Shameless advertising for an important book coming out in March.👇
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1. If only someone had written a book explaining Arctic security and climate change, the energy transition, critical minerals, the decline of American power and the rise of China. A book that identified the real Arctic threat (it ain't Greenland).
Oh wait, they have!👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
Oh wait, they have!👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
Elemental: The New Geography of Climate Change and How We Survive it: The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change
The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change
uk.bookshop.org
January 19, 2026 at 5:59 PM
1. If only someone had written a book explaining Arctic security and climate change, the energy transition, critical minerals, the decline of American power and the rise of China. A book that identified the real Arctic threat (it ain't Greenland).
Oh wait, they have!👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
Oh wait, they have!👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
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Top Trump Official Says FBI Won’t Investigate Killing by ICE Agent
DOJ targets now include victim Renée Good’s widow, Gov. Walz, and Mayor Frey—but not shooter Jonathan Ross.
DOJ targets now include victim Renée Good’s widow, Gov. Walz, and Mayor Frey—but not shooter Jonathan Ross.
Top Trump official says FBI won't investigate killing by ICE agent
DOJ targets now include victim Renée Good's widow, Gov. Walz, and Mayor Frey—but not shooter Jonathan Ross.
www.motherjones.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Top Trump Official Says FBI Won’t Investigate Killing by ICE Agent
DOJ targets now include victim Renée Good’s widow, Gov. Walz, and Mayor Frey—but not shooter Jonathan Ross.
DOJ targets now include victim Renée Good’s widow, Gov. Walz, and Mayor Frey—but not shooter Jonathan Ross.
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🪧 Journalists covering protests: Do you need safety advice or emergency assistance?
🔴 Contact us at [email protected].
🔴 Read more about safely covering protests 👇
cpj.org/resources-fo...
🔴 Contact us at [email protected].
🔴 Read more about safely covering protests 👇
cpj.org/resources-fo...
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🪧 Journalists covering protests: Do you need safety advice or emergency assistance?
🔴 Contact us at [email protected].
🔴 Read more about safely covering protests 👇
cpj.org/resources-fo...
🔴 Contact us at [email protected].
🔴 Read more about safely covering protests 👇
cpj.org/resources-fo...
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German foreign minister Wadephul (CDU) living in what I can only describe as delulu land: “There is absolutely no doubt that the United States of America is fully committed to the alliance, to NATO, and also to the defense of Europe. No one in Washington has ever questioned that."
January 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
German foreign minister Wadephul (CDU) living in what I can only describe as delulu land: “There is absolutely no doubt that the United States of America is fully committed to the alliance, to NATO, and also to the defense of Europe. No one in Washington has ever questioned that."
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Wir dachten seit Jahren: Fake Videos werden irgendwann unser Gefühl dafür zerstören, was wahr ist. Heute sehen wir: Wir brauchen dafür keine Fake Videos. Die Fakten kann man auch ignorieren, wenn das Videomaterial völlig unstrittig ist. Über den Zerfall der gemeinsamen Wirklichkeit:
Lügen mit Videos: Das Problem ist nicht KI
Eine Frau wird vor laufenden Kameras erschossen. Und trotzdem könnte die Uneinigkeit darüber, was passiert ist, kaum größer sein. Auch ohne KI-Videos werden Fakten abgeschafft.
futurezone.at
January 18, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Wir dachten seit Jahren: Fake Videos werden irgendwann unser Gefühl dafür zerstören, was wahr ist. Heute sehen wir: Wir brauchen dafür keine Fake Videos. Die Fakten kann man auch ignorieren, wenn das Videomaterial völlig unstrittig ist. Über den Zerfall der gemeinsamen Wirklichkeit:
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It’s unusually cold in Kyiv and Russia has wrecked Ukraine’s energy supply. The situation is seriously dire.
@lapatina.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org have set up a fundraiser for portable batteries for Kyiv. Please consider this if you can.
@lapatina.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org have set up a fundraiser for portable batteries for Kyiv. Please consider this if you can.
I'm in Kyiv. The energy crisis here is an emergency
Join my fundraiser to buy batteries and warm clothes for kids
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
It’s unusually cold in Kyiv and Russia has wrecked Ukraine’s energy supply. The situation is seriously dire.
@lapatina.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org have set up a fundraiser for portable batteries for Kyiv. Please consider this if you can.
@lapatina.bsky.social and @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org have set up a fundraiser for portable batteries for Kyiv. Please consider this if you can.
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In nächster Zeit wird eine der Widerstandsempfehlungen gegen Faschismus von @timothysnyder.bsky.social so zentral wie selten: Niemals, niemals vorauseilender Gehorsam!
Jens Spahn, chairman of the CDU/CSU in German parliament on a possible US invasion of Greenland: “When you look at Greenland's location on the globe, the questions raised by the US are understandable.”
Utter madness.
Utter madness.
Das hat Jens Spahn gerade erst gestern, am Freitag, in der SZ gesagt. Diese Servilität, dieses Sich-in-den-Staub-Werfen der Union vor einem skrupellosen Potentaten ist einfach nur entsetzlich.
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
In nächster Zeit wird eine der Widerstandsempfehlungen gegen Faschismus von @timothysnyder.bsky.social so zentral wie selten: Niemals, niemals vorauseilender Gehorsam!
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Spahn is good friends with Richard Grenell, he attended the last Republican national convention and said that there were many commonalities between the GOP and CDU, but differences in style and rhetoric.
January 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Spahn is good friends with Richard Grenell, he attended the last Republican national convention and said that there were many commonalities between the GOP and CDU, but differences in style and rhetoric.
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In dieser Woche war ich im Deutschlandfunk-Medienmagazin „mediasres“ zu Gast. Wir haben über die Strategie Russlands gesprochen, bewusst Unwahrheiten zu verbreiten, um Zweifel an den Fakten zu säen. Hört gerne rein. Warme Grüße aus dem bitterkalten Kyjiw!
Ukraine-Krieg: Russlands Behauptungen "oft nicht klar eingeordnet"
Ukraine-Krieg: Russlands Behauptungen "oft nicht klar eingeordnet".
www.deutschlandfunk.de
January 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM
In dieser Woche war ich im Deutschlandfunk-Medienmagazin „mediasres“ zu Gast. Wir haben über die Strategie Russlands gesprochen, bewusst Unwahrheiten zu verbreiten, um Zweifel an den Fakten zu säen. Hört gerne rein. Warme Grüße aus dem bitterkalten Kyjiw!
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Even the strongest investigative reporting needs sharp editing. At #AIJC2025, editors shared how refining pitches and fact-checking can turn complex stories into impactful journalism. 🔍✍️
Read more:
Read more:
gijn.org
From the Pitch Stage to the Write Up, the Line Edit to Publication: How Editors Can Help Investigative Stories
twp.ai
January 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Even the strongest investigative reporting needs sharp editing. At #AIJC2025, editors shared how refining pitches and fact-checking can turn complex stories into impactful journalism. 🔍✍️
Read more:
Read more:
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Es gibt auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks nichts mehr zu gewinnen und auf unserer Seite alles zu verlieren.
January 17, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Es gibt auf der anderen Seite des Atlantiks nichts mehr zu gewinnen und auf unserer Seite alles zu verlieren.
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If all those European politicians who utter their outrage about Trump's threats on X would stop using X, this would be one step forward.
January 17, 2026 at 9:39 PM
If all those European politicians who utter their outrage about Trump's threats on X would stop using X, this would be one step forward.