Deborah Kalte
@kalte.ch
Political scientist with experience in political consumerism and conducting surveys | proud owner of a PhD
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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We are back to a world of "spheres of influence" with authoritarian regimes pushing their hegemonic and imperial agendas through military and economic power. Left with a European Union too weak to play power politics and too morally bankrupt to still speak for a rules-based international order.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
We are back to a world of "spheres of influence" with authoritarian regimes pushing their hegemonic and imperial agendas through military and economic power. Left with a European Union too weak to play power politics and too morally bankrupt to still speak for a rules-based international order.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
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Hier kann man gut sehen, worum es gerade wirklich geht: Mit dem Argument des Bürokratieabbaus werden die Unternehmen von immer mehr Pflichten zum Schutz von Mensch und Umwelt befreit. Jahrzehntelang mühsam erkämpfte Rechte und Regeln werden im Handstreich abgeschafft. Und kein Widerstand, nirgends.
Bürokratieabbau - EU-Kommission will Glyphosat und andere Pestizide unbegrenzt zulassen
Die EU-Kommission hat vorgeschlagen, viele Pflanzenschutzmittel und Unkrautvernichter künftig unbefristet zuzulassen.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
December 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Hier kann man gut sehen, worum es gerade wirklich geht: Mit dem Argument des Bürokratieabbaus werden die Unternehmen von immer mehr Pflichten zum Schutz von Mensch und Umwelt befreit. Jahrzehntelang mühsam erkämpfte Rechte und Regeln werden im Handstreich abgeschafft. Und kein Widerstand, nirgends.
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Satellite images reveal the Martabe gold mine in northern Sumatra has begun expanding toward key habitat used by the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. Campaigners say the mine's expansion could push the ape to extinction. My latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Satellite images reveal the Martabe gold mine in northern Sumatra has begun expanding toward key habitat used by the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. Campaigners say the mine's expansion could push the ape to extinction. My latest for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
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University of Zurich’s hallowed halls radiate with a beautiful light.🕯
The light of goodness, learning & right.🙌
#TaiwanCanHelp🇹🇼 illuminate paths of digital hope & #FreeTheFuture — together!
Take my Right Livelihood laureate lecture.🙏
▶️ sayit.archive.tw/2025-12-04-r...
#LLAP🖖
The light of goodness, learning & right.🙌
#TaiwanCanHelp🇹🇼 illuminate paths of digital hope & #FreeTheFuture — together!
Take my Right Livelihood laureate lecture.🙏
▶️ sayit.archive.tw/2025-12-04-r...
#LLAP🖖
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
University of Zurich’s hallowed halls radiate with a beautiful light.🕯
The light of goodness, learning & right.🙌
#TaiwanCanHelp🇹🇼 illuminate paths of digital hope & #FreeTheFuture — together!
Take my Right Livelihood laureate lecture.🙏
▶️ sayit.archive.tw/2025-12-04-r...
#LLAP🖖
The light of goodness, learning & right.🙌
#TaiwanCanHelp🇹🇼 illuminate paths of digital hope & #FreeTheFuture — together!
Take my Right Livelihood laureate lecture.🙏
▶️ sayit.archive.tw/2025-12-04-r...
#LLAP🖖
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‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
Evidence that the whales and other marine animals are particularly vulnerable to sound is driving calls for quieter vessels
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic
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Die Löhne stagnieren trotz steigender Produktivität: Wo geht das Geld hin?
Für sachdienliche Hinweise wäre die stimmberechtigte Bevölkerung sehr dankbar.
Quelle: @workzeitung.ch
Für sachdienliche Hinweise wäre die stimmberechtigte Bevölkerung sehr dankbar.
Quelle: @workzeitung.ch
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Die Löhne stagnieren trotz steigender Produktivität: Wo geht das Geld hin?
Für sachdienliche Hinweise wäre die stimmberechtigte Bevölkerung sehr dankbar.
Quelle: @workzeitung.ch
Für sachdienliche Hinweise wäre die stimmberechtigte Bevölkerung sehr dankbar.
Quelle: @workzeitung.ch
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"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
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Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Love to bike to work through the middle of the vehicular manslaughter arms race
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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Die Demokraten haben gerade kapituliert. Obwohl Trump so unbeliebt ist wie nie und der Druck aufgrund der Feiertage und des Flugverkehrs enorm steigt haben sie den Shutdown beendet und … nichts… rausgeholt. Genügend von ihnen haben einfach so für lau mit den Republikanern mitgestimmt.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Die Demokraten haben gerade kapituliert. Obwohl Trump so unbeliebt ist wie nie und der Druck aufgrund der Feiertage und des Flugverkehrs enorm steigt haben sie den Shutdown beendet und … nichts… rausgeholt. Genügend von ihnen haben einfach so für lau mit den Republikanern mitgestimmt.
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„Meine Freunde, die Welt verändert sich“, sagte Zohran Mamdani zu seinen Unterstützern vor der Bürgermeisterwahl in New York.
Er trifft den Nerv: Die Menschen wählen echte Alternativen statt bloßer Kontinuität. Mamdani steht für Hoffnung – Hoffnung darauf, das Leben wieder bezahlbar zu machen.
Er trifft den Nerv: Die Menschen wählen echte Alternativen statt bloßer Kontinuität. Mamdani steht für Hoffnung – Hoffnung darauf, das Leben wieder bezahlbar zu machen.
November 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
„Meine Freunde, die Welt verändert sich“, sagte Zohran Mamdani zu seinen Unterstützern vor der Bürgermeisterwahl in New York.
Er trifft den Nerv: Die Menschen wählen echte Alternativen statt bloßer Kontinuität. Mamdani steht für Hoffnung – Hoffnung darauf, das Leben wieder bezahlbar zu machen.
Er trifft den Nerv: Die Menschen wählen echte Alternativen statt bloßer Kontinuität. Mamdani steht für Hoffnung – Hoffnung darauf, das Leben wieder bezahlbar zu machen.
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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"Glaciers all over Switzerland have lost a quarter of their volume since 2015. Over 1,000 small glaciers have already disappeared."
#Switzerland 🇨🇭
#ClimateEmergency
#Switzerland 🇨🇭
#ClimateEmergency
And Swiss glaciers continue to melt
www.geo.uzh.ch
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Glaciers all over Switzerland have lost a quarter of their volume since 2015. Over 1,000 small glaciers have already disappeared."
#Switzerland 🇨🇭
#ClimateEmergency
#Switzerland 🇨🇭
#ClimateEmergency
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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Vizier Pepy-Ankh wanted to have his cake and eat it!
Specifically, a delicious-sounding creamy honey-sesame stuffed pancake, preserved by ingenious vacuum-inducing cookware for 4000 years since the reign of Pepi II.
Discovered at Meir, Egypt, in 1913, it's officially the world's oldest cake. 1/
Specifically, a delicious-sounding creamy honey-sesame stuffed pancake, preserved by ingenious vacuum-inducing cookware for 4000 years since the reign of Pepi II.
Discovered at Meir, Egypt, in 1913, it's officially the world's oldest cake. 1/
October 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Vizier Pepy-Ankh wanted to have his cake and eat it!
Specifically, a delicious-sounding creamy honey-sesame stuffed pancake, preserved by ingenious vacuum-inducing cookware for 4000 years since the reign of Pepi II.
Discovered at Meir, Egypt, in 1913, it's officially the world's oldest cake. 1/
Specifically, a delicious-sounding creamy honey-sesame stuffed pancake, preserved by ingenious vacuum-inducing cookware for 4000 years since the reign of Pepi II.
Discovered at Meir, Egypt, in 1913, it's officially the world's oldest cake. 1/
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Ancient elephant migration routes are being blocked off – can anything stop the rising death toll?
Ancient elephant migration routes are being blocked off – can anything stop the rising death toll?
Human-wildlife conflict has now overtaken poaching as a cause of fatalities – and is deadly for people too. Some villages are finding new ways to live alongside them
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ancient elephant migration routes are being blocked off – can anything stop the rising death toll?