@christawirth.bsky.social
Historian in Europe: Cold War, Migration, Anthropology, Gender, Empire, Global History, USA, Philippines, Europe. This is my personal account.
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Mit Kulturzeit @3sat.bluesky.com.de habe ich über Philosoph:innen reden dürfen, die die Tech Industrie beeinflussen — und warum das, was das Valley Denken nennt, zutiefst kompatibel ist mit Faschismus urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
"Control. Alt. Delete"
Wie Ayn Rand, René Girard und Curtis Yarvin zu Vordenkern des digitalen Autoritarismus in den USA wurden.
urldefense.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Mit Kulturzeit @3sat.bluesky.com.de habe ich über Philosoph:innen reden dürfen, die die Tech Industrie beeinflussen — und warum das, was das Valley Denken nennt, zutiefst kompatibel ist mit Faschismus urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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I wrote about ICE’s execution of Renee Nicole Good. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE agents have killed – again. The Trump administration blames the victim | Moira Donegan
An agent shot a woman in Minneapolis, causing vast and needless grief. Our country is diseased – but that is not the only truth
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I wrote about ICE’s execution of Renee Nicole Good. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Lesenswerter Text zu Crans-Montana und dem Wallis: “Die hochalpine Umgebung und ihre Überhöhung machen die Walliser erhaben. Sie deuten ihr Leben am Berg als höchste spirituelle Erfüllung der zivilisierten Welt. Kritik von aussen vereint sie.”
Tragödie von Crans-Montana: Der Schmerz und die Schuld des Wallis
Kein anderer Kanton der Schweiz erlebt derart viele Katastrophen wie das Wallis. Doch in kollektiver Trauer hat Einsicht wenig Platz. Das hat mit dem Grössenwahn der Bergler zu tun.
www.nzz.ch
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Lesenswerter Text zu Crans-Montana und dem Wallis: “Die hochalpine Umgebung und ihre Überhöhung machen die Walliser erhaben. Sie deuten ihr Leben am Berg als höchste spirituelle Erfüllung der zivilisierten Welt. Kritik von aussen vereint sie.”
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
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surreal times
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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"When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York," writes @mollycrabapple.bsky.social.
They tried to smear him as an antisemite – but Mayor Zohran Mamdani walks in a rich Jewish tradition | Molly Crabapple
When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him as an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
"When I look at Mamdani, I don’t see some radical departure. I see him an heir to the Yiddish socialism that helped build New York," writes @mollycrabapple.bsky.social.
Ushering in the end of neoliberalism. Mamdani: „To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this: No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives.“
Zohran Mamdani: “I Will Govern as a Democratic Socialist”
In his inauguration speech yesterday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani assured the people of New York City that the era of small expectations from city government is over. We reprint his address here in full.
jacobin.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Ushering in the end of neoliberalism. Mamdani: „To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this: No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers’ lives.“
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Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Immigrant-hating Stephen Miller talks about Americans being "first to harness the atom." But the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was conducted by a team led by Italian immigrant Enrico Fermi, who didn't become a U.S. citizen until a year and a half later.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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🏆 Good news - the submission window has been extended to 6th January for multiple BAAS Awards including...
* School Essay Award
* Undergraduate & Postgraduate Essay Awards
* Teaching Development Awards
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* School Essay Award
* Undergraduate & Postgraduate Essay Awards
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Awards - British Association for American Studies
Each year, BAAS offers a growing list of awards, prizes, teaching assistantships, and research assistance awards. In recent years, we have added new essay awards for students of colour at school,…
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December 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🏆 Good news - the submission window has been extended to 6th January for multiple BAAS Awards including...
* School Essay Award
* Undergraduate & Postgraduate Essay Awards
* Teaching Development Awards
Learn more & make your submission here:
* School Essay Award
* Undergraduate & Postgraduate Essay Awards
* Teaching Development Awards
Learn more & make your submission here:
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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Wrote this last year to highlight Martha Jones’ scholarship on the origins of birthright citizenship: Black abolitionists understood their citizenship - along w indigenous Americans - would be forever conditional and possibly revoked en masse w/o a constitutional guarantee www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship is an attempt to undo the Civil War
The 14th Amendment is rooted in the struggle for abolition.
www.ms.now
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Wrote this last year to highlight Martha Jones’ scholarship on the origins of birthright citizenship: Black abolitionists understood their citizenship - along w indigenous Americans - would be forever conditional and possibly revoked en masse w/o a constitutional guarantee www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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"This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity."
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...
America has identified its greatest enemy: Western Europe
Trump's new National Security Strategy: what if groypers cosplayed George Kennan?
www.programmablemutter.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity."
University austerity politics across European academic sector, such as Great Britain, Norway, and here Germany. The future of young people lies in the military, unfortunately. What consequences will this have for Europe as a democratic project?
(S+) Sparmaßnahmen an Hochschulen: Welche Studiengänge und Fächer bedroht sind
Viele Bundesländer müssen derzeit sparen, auch in der Bildung. Es droht das Aus für Studiengänge, Studienplätze und ganze Forschungsfelder. Was das für Studierende bedeutet.
www.spiegel.de
December 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
University austerity politics across European academic sector, such as Great Britain, Norway, and here Germany. The future of young people lies in the military, unfortunately. What consequences will this have for Europe as a democratic project?
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“The Baltic Sea region is facing an increasing range of threats, including suspected hybrid attacks from drones, alleged sabotage of underwater infrastructure and a steady flow of ageing oil tankers in the form of shadow fleet ships carrying crude oil from Russia.”
Swedish navy encountering Russian submarines ‘almost weekly’ – and more could be on the way
Moscow ‘continuously reinforcing’ its presence in the region, says Swedish chief of operations Capt Marko Petkovic
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“The Baltic Sea region is facing an increasing range of threats, including suspected hybrid attacks from drones, alleged sabotage of underwater infrastructure and a steady flow of ageing oil tankers in the form of shadow fleet ships carrying crude oil from Russia.”
Jetzt steht es schwarz auf weiss: Die USA sind einem demokratischen Europa feindlich gesinnt.
US-Sicherheitsdoktrin: Die Anti-Europa-Doktrin
Die neue Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie der USA ist ein weiterer brutaler Weckruf. Und eine Kampfansage an die demokratische Mitte in Europa.
www.zeit.de
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Jetzt steht es schwarz auf weiss: Die USA sind einem demokratischen Europa feindlich gesinnt.
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A reader comments "So the elimination of 30 million girls is now a sad story about how men are lonely?"
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A reader comments "So the elimination of 30 million girls is now a sad story about how men are lonely?"
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Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
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The US govt is screaming—in words, actions, and now a strategic document—that America has switched sides in the world, preferring authoritarians and a transnational white nationalism over liberal democracy.
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
‘Civilisational erasure’: US strategy document appears to echo far-right conspiracy theories about Europe
Official text, signed by Donald Trump, outlines plan to ‘cultivate resistance’ in EU nations to their ‘current trajectory’
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The US govt is screaming—in words, actions, and now a strategic document—that America has switched sides in the world, preferring authoritarians and a transnational white nationalism over liberal democracy.
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
Like Russia, a US foreign policy goal is to undermine the EU.
Will Europe finally listen?
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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Holy moly, do people still think the U.S. is an ally of Europe? It is now an officially stated foreign policy goal to undermine the EU and centrist European governments that don't ideologically align with MAGA.
Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Holy moly, do people still think the U.S. is an ally of Europe? It is now an officially stated foreign policy goal to undermine the EU and centrist European governments that don't ideologically align with MAGA.
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Nauseatingly brilliant piece by @moiradonegan.bsky.social
"Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Nauseatingly brilliant piece by @moiradonegan.bsky.social
"Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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„A sad fiasco“, my book on colonial concentration camps, has been released in paperback today. If you want to know what characterized these deadly institutions; whether colonial powers copied this technique from each other; and whether they are connected to later Nazi camps, consider taking a look.
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
„A sad fiasco“, my book on colonial concentration camps, has been released in paperback today. If you want to know what characterized these deadly institutions; whether colonial powers copied this technique from each other; and whether they are connected to later Nazi camps, consider taking a look.
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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