Christoph
@clarityandchaos.bsky.social
Books, Bodensee, and beyond.
Writing about pop, poetry, politics, interested in science & culture.
Unreliable narrator. he/him
clarityandchaos.net
Writing about pop, poetry, politics, interested in science & culture.
Unreliable narrator. he/him
clarityandchaos.net
Anna Seghers' Transit is a classic novel about the foggy, unreal in-between of displacement - and I might be one of the few readers who would have preferred even less plot…
Waiting in Flux: On Bureaucracy, Escape, and Identity in Transit
In Anna Seghers' Transit, a narrator escapes a German camp, drifts through occupied France, and ends up in Marseille - taking on the identity of a writer who killed himself before the narrator could deliver a message to him. What stayed with me is the sense of an existential holding pattern: refugees suspended in time, nothing happening and yet everything in flux.
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November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Anna Seghers' Transit is a classic novel about the foggy, unreal in-between of displacement - and I might be one of the few readers who would have preferred even less plot…
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Ich glaube, das wird groß.
Heute um 17.30 Uhr in #Berlin: wir sind das #Stadtbild!
Für die offene demokratische Gesellschaft, gegen #Rassismus und Spaltung.
#Merz
Für die offene demokratische Gesellschaft, gegen #Rassismus und Spaltung.
#Merz
October 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ich glaube, das wird groß.
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Yael Tauman Kalai hat Grundlagen von Verschlüsselungsmethoden mitentwickelt. Sie zeigt, wie wir trotz KI und Quantencomputern mündig bleiben können.
MIT-Professorin: „In fünf Jahren werden verschlüsselte Nachrichten lesbar sein“
Yael Tauman Kalai hat Grundlagen von Verschlüsselungsmethoden mitentwickelt. Sie zeigt, wie wir trotz KI und Quantencomputern mündig bleiben können.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Yael Tauman Kalai hat Grundlagen von Verschlüsselungsmethoden mitentwickelt. Sie zeigt, wie wir trotz KI und Quantencomputern mündig bleiben können.
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Die klima- und umweltfeindliche Politik von #SchwarzRot wieder einmal perfekt auf den Punkt gebracht von @katjaberlin.bsky.social. 👏
September 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Die klima- und umweltfeindliche Politik von #SchwarzRot wieder einmal perfekt auf den Punkt gebracht von @katjaberlin.bsky.social. 👏
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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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September 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The Midnight Library: It’s entirely possible this book will do me more good than it gave me pleasure. #booksky
Triggering and Tender: Reading The Midnight Library
It’s entirely possible this book will do me more good than it gave me pleasure.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Midnight Library: It’s entirely possible this book will do me more good than it gave me pleasure. #booksky
In Power and Progress, 2024 Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson challenge the seductive myth that technological advancement automatically leads to shared prosperity - and make an argument for benefiting from "machine usefulness" instead of (mere) AI automation on the back of workers.
Rethinking Innovation: How Power and Progress Challenges the AI Productivity Myth
2024 Nobel Laureates in Economic Sciences Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson challenge the seductive myth that technological advancement naturally leads to shared prosperity
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September 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In Power and Progress, 2024 Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson challenge the seductive myth that technological advancement automatically leads to shared prosperity - and make an argument for benefiting from "machine usefulness" instead of (mere) AI automation on the back of workers.
Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is a breathless novel that's perhaps now even more chilling to read than in the fall of 2023, when I visited Dublin and picked up this copy. Everyday feels like one of our Western democracies is inching closer to closer to the Prophet Song's reality. #booksky
Prophet Song and our Democracies’ Event Horizon
Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is not just a dystopian novel – it’s a mirror held up to the fragility of Western democracies.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song is a breathless novel that's perhaps now even more chilling to read than in the fall of 2023, when I visited Dublin and picked up this copy. Everyday feels like one of our Western democracies is inching closer to closer to the Prophet Song's reality. #booksky
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Beginnt gerade die digitale Schreckensherrschaft, Herr Tirole? Interview mit Nobelpreisträger Jean Tirole über Palantir und die Gefahr, dass Europa zur "Kolonie" Amerikas wird: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt... #LINOecon
Überwachung durch Palantir: Beginnt gerade die digitale Schreckensherrschaft, Herr Tirole?
Wirtschaftsnobelpreisträger Jean Tirole warnt davor, was autoritäre Regierungen mithilfe von Überwachungssofware wie von Palantir anrichten können. Im Konflikt mit den USA fordert er Widerstand der EU...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Beginnt gerade die digitale Schreckensherrschaft, Herr Tirole? Interview mit Nobelpreisträger Jean Tirole über Palantir und die Gefahr, dass Europa zur "Kolonie" Amerikas wird: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt... #LINOecon
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Meeting Nobel Laureates – not in dreams, but in real life ✨
This week, CSH's Johannes Stangl and Jan Hurt are attending the 8th Lindau Nobel Meeting in Economic Sciences (#LINOecon). Highlights so far include a discussion with Nobel Laureate Steven Chu and Johannes speaking at the Welcome Session 🤯🙌
This week, CSH's Johannes Stangl and Jan Hurt are attending the 8th Lindau Nobel Meeting in Economic Sciences (#LINOecon). Highlights so far include a discussion with Nobel Laureate Steven Chu and Johannes speaking at the Welcome Session 🤯🙌
August 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Meeting Nobel Laureates – not in dreams, but in real life ✨
This week, CSH's Johannes Stangl and Jan Hurt are attending the 8th Lindau Nobel Meeting in Economic Sciences (#LINOecon). Highlights so far include a discussion with Nobel Laureate Steven Chu and Johannes speaking at the Welcome Session 🤯🙌
This week, CSH's Johannes Stangl and Jan Hurt are attending the 8th Lindau Nobel Meeting in Economic Sciences (#LINOecon). Highlights so far include a discussion with Nobel Laureate Steven Chu and Johannes speaking at the Welcome Session 🤯🙌
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das absurdeste an der ganzen colbert-sache ist, dass er im vergleich zu seth meyers und john oliver geradezu gemäßigt ist. und selbst das war zu viel. alles nur weil die paramount-besitzerin das ding an den sohn von larry ellison verkaufen will. alles opfern für noch mehr milliarden.
July 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
das absurdeste an der ganzen colbert-sache ist, dass er im vergleich zu seth meyers und john oliver geradezu gemäßigt ist. und selbst das war zu viel. alles nur weil die paramount-besitzerin das ding an den sohn von larry ellison verkaufen will. alles opfern für noch mehr milliarden.
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Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
To proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below.
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June 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Alright everyone, one last push.
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
If you or anyone you know is:
- LGBTQ+
- 13-24 years old
- In the US
Trevor Project is recruiting responses for their survey on LGBTQ+ mental health.
It has HUGE impacts on policy, please take it and share widely if you can :)
trvr.org/survey2025
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Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings
"Hoffentlich siehst du dir die Zeitungen nicht zu genau an, was für eine dumme und niederträchtige Welt das heute ist. Ich sehe sie mir nur noch Sonntags an, und schon das bringt mich um die Möglichkeit, mich wirklich auszuruhen."
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt, 24 April 1955
#Booksky
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt, 24 April 1955
#Booksky
April 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"Hoffentlich siehst du dir die Zeitungen nicht zu genau an, was für eine dumme und niederträchtige Welt das heute ist. Ich sehe sie mir nur noch Sonntags an, und schon das bringt mich um die Möglichkeit, mich wirklich auszuruhen."
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt, 24 April 1955
#Booksky
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt, 24 April 1955
#Booksky
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Von Geheimdienstlern bis zu Nobelpreisträgern: In Israels Elite wächst Widerstand gegen Netanjahu und den Krieg im Gazastreifen. Aber warum erst jetzt?
Proteste in Israel: Auch die Mossad-Leute sind gegen diesen Krieg
Von Geheimdienstlern bis zu Nobelpreisträgern: In Israels Elite wächst Widerstand gegen Netanjahu und den Krieg im Gazastreifen. Aber warum erst jetzt?
www.zeit.de
April 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Von Geheimdienstlern bis zu Nobelpreisträgern: In Israels Elite wächst Widerstand gegen Netanjahu und den Krieg im Gazastreifen. Aber warum erst jetzt?
"Bleib mir gut wie ich dir. Es sind lausige Zeiten."
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt am 12.4.1952
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt am 12.4.1952
April 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Bleib mir gut wie ich dir. Es sind lausige Zeiten."
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt am 12.4.1952
Heinrich Blűcher an Hannah Arendt am 12.4.1952
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Norbert Röttgen trifft sich laut eigener Aussage „seit Jahren“ mit Vertretern der Heritage Foundation - der Organisation, die den Angriff auf die US-Demokratie, der gerade läuft, federführend vorbereitet hat.
April 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Norbert Röttgen trifft sich laut eigener Aussage „seit Jahren“ mit Vertretern der Heritage Foundation - der Organisation, die den Angriff auf die US-Demokratie, der gerade läuft, federführend vorbereitet hat.
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the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
the basic problem facing american democracy is that one party has decided it wants a king and will hand over as much authority as is necessary to make that happen
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Heute ist wieder Space-Night-Science-Sonntag! Wir feiern zusammen mit @kainoeske.bsky.social den 35. Geburtstag des Hubble Weltraumteleskops. Für alle, die mitfeiern wollen: in ARD-alpha um 19 Uhr und jederzeit in der Mediathek.
April 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Heute ist wieder Space-Night-Science-Sonntag! Wir feiern zusammen mit @kainoeske.bsky.social den 35. Geburtstag des Hubble Weltraumteleskops. Für alle, die mitfeiern wollen: in ARD-alpha um 19 Uhr und jederzeit in der Mediathek.
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Masculinity in politics: trade policy edition
Lutnick: "European Union won't take chicken from America ... they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak."
April 3, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Masculinity in politics: trade policy edition
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EMERGENCY FEEL-BETTER KIT
1) stay on your meds
2) Barb and Starr go to Vista del Mar
3) get outside and walk around
4) do a backbend while screaming (I'm not joking this works)
5) keep screaming
6) keep screaming
7) I'm not sure where this list is going
8) brownies
9) keep screaming
10) i'm so tired
1) stay on your meds
2) Barb and Starr go to Vista del Mar
3) get outside and walk around
4) do a backbend while screaming (I'm not joking this works)
5) keep screaming
6) keep screaming
7) I'm not sure where this list is going
8) brownies
9) keep screaming
10) i'm so tired
April 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
EMERGENCY FEEL-BETTER KIT
1) stay on your meds
2) Barb and Starr go to Vista del Mar
3) get outside and walk around
4) do a backbend while screaming (I'm not joking this works)
5) keep screaming
6) keep screaming
7) I'm not sure where this list is going
8) brownies
9) keep screaming
10) i'm so tired
1) stay on your meds
2) Barb and Starr go to Vista del Mar
3) get outside and walk around
4) do a backbend while screaming (I'm not joking this works)
5) keep screaming
6) keep screaming
7) I'm not sure where this list is going
8) brownies
9) keep screaming
10) i'm so tired
Galina Rymbu’s Meine Vagina (Verlagshaus Berlin) is is tender and hard, impulsive and thoughtful, pulsating in a fascinating, experimental, anarcho-feminist way.
#booksky🖋️📚
#booksky🖋️📚
Poetry for the Future That Is History
Galina Rymbu’s Meine Vagina (Verlagshaus Berlin) is a powerful blend of personal and political poetry. Translated by Tillmann Severin and illustrated by Moana Vonstadl.
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March 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Galina Rymbu’s Meine Vagina (Verlagshaus Berlin) is is tender and hard, impulsive and thoughtful, pulsating in a fascinating, experimental, anarcho-feminist way.
#booksky🖋️📚
#booksky🖋️📚
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Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus tells us about the first time she went to New York and the special way her dad surprised her with tickets to one of her favorite Broadway musicals. buff.ly/gb4ViM2
March 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus tells us about the first time she went to New York and the special way her dad surprised her with tickets to one of her favorite Broadway musicals. buff.ly/gb4ViM2
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looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out