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matschnetzer.bsky.social
Eine kleine Anekdote zur Erbschaftssteuer!

Die inhaltlichen Argumente für die Besteuerung von Erbschaften sind hinlänglich bekannt: www.awblog.at/Wirtschaft/N...

Deshalb habe ich jüngst in den Vorarlberger Nachrichten (VN) erneut dafür plädiert. Dann ging‘s los 👇👇
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
To deal with the stubborn myth that Medieval people drank beer/ale because all water was polluted, I put some information together in an article.

You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2026/02/02/d...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/drinking-w...
Drinking water in the Middle Ages
The idea that medieval people drank ale or beer in stead of water because the water sources in Medieval Europe were usually polluted is a stubborn myth.In reality Medieval people had relatively eas…
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February 1, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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florianaigner.at
Deine Augen können Farben wahrnehmen, die du noch nie gesehen hast. Die erstaunliche Geschichte von Claude Monet.
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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felixbohr.bsky.social
Dr. Albrecht Tietze, Arzt, Internist am Krankenhaus Westend in Berlin. Am 1. April 1933 schmeißt die Klinikleitung seine jüdischen Kollegen aus dem Haus. Tietze zeigt Zivilcourage, solidarisiert sich mit den geschassten Kollegen – und verlässt die Klinik gemeinsam mit ihnen. 1/2
February 1, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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steurer.bsky.social
Die Ideologie des Neoliberalismus (freier Markt!) stellt sich mächtig vor Realität bzw Evidenz. Konkret: Die Klimakatastrophe einzudämmen erfordert staatliche Eingriffe in den Markt. Das geht sich für neoliberale Ideologen im Kopf nicht aus. Ergo Verleugnung.
February 1, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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chorherr.bsky.social
das ist in der Tat die zentrale sichrheitspolitische Frage, die wir als Österreicher/innen beantworten müssen (die Wehrdienstverlängerung ist im Vergleich dazu wirklich sekundär)
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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toivoa.bsky.social
Genau so muss der Trump-Werbefilm angekündigt werden, danke @fr-zeitung.bsky.social
FR vom 29.1.26, Rubrik: Neu im Kino Melania Der wahre Gruselfilm in dieser 1 Woche verfolgt „dokumenta-risch" die letzten 20 Tage vor Trumps Amtseinführung als Hochglanz-Hofberichterstat-tung mit Fokus auf der Ehe-frau. Ein devotes Oligarchen-Geschenk von Jeff-Bezos Ama-zon-MGM-Studios. (Regie: Brett Ratner, USA 2026)
January 31, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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orfnewsbot.bsky.social
China hat zwischen 2000 und 2024 über 150 Milliarden Euro an Krediten an afrikanische Länder vergeben. 2024 sanken die Investitionen deutlich. Kenia plant, die Zusammenarbeit mit China auszubauen, während sich Chinas Investitionsstrategie verändert.
China ändert Investitionsstrategie
China war über Jahre der größte Investor in Afrika. Mittlerweile fuhr die Volksrepublik ihre Kredite aber merklich zurück – hin zu gezielten Investments in einer Handvoll Ländern wie Kenia, das am Freitag eine neue Partnerschaft mit Peking ankündigte. Von Großprojekten wie früher hat sich China verabschiedet, aber deshalb nicht das Interesse an Afrika verloren. Nur die Strategie hat sich geändert.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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uk.theconversation.com
The Aztec empire succumbed to its own imperial arrogance, alienating neighbours who ultimately helped bring about its downfall.
The Aztec empire’s collapse shows why ruling through coercion and force fails
The Aztec empire succumbed to its own imperial arrogance, alienating neighbours who ultimately helped bring about its downfall.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
I don't often share my own emotions here.I mostly stick to facts&reason. But I'm actually a very emotional person.

The situation in #Kyiv with freezing people in cold homes that are left without electricity,heating &water during the cold winter after deliberate Russian attacks is simply terrible⤵️
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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helge.at
Über 40% der im Dezember in China verkauften Schwer-LKW waren batteriebetriebene Elektro-LKW ohne Verbrennermotor. Nur 31% waren konventionelle Diesel-LKW.
robbieandrew.bsky.social Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 6d
📢Big surge in new-energy heavy truck sales in China in December to meet policy targets and rushing to get ahead of policy changes.
In December, only 31.2% of heavy trucks were diesel, and for the full year 46.4%.
Graph showing: China domestic sales of heavy trucks (Source: https://robbieandrew.github.io/china/)
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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jwmueller-pu.bsky.social
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”

Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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florianaigner.at
Ein Schusswechsel ist, wenn 2 Seiten aufeinander schießen. Das war nicht der Fall. Nicht einmal Trumps Agenten haben das behauptet. Sorry, aber solche Fehler dürfen Medienprofis nicht passieren. Europa hat keinen Grund, sich in den US-Autoritarismus mitziehen zu lassen. Das hier ist Medienversagen.
Screenshot der Tagesschau-Webseite. Überschrift: "Kerstin Klein, ARD Washington, zum erneuten tödlichen Schusswechsel in Minneapolis"
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
As I explained in my earlier thread, we need to understand our current information and epistemic (how we create knowledge) environment has changed dramatically over the last decade, and we need to respond to those changes.
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Populist, conspiratorial, & authoritarian stacks perform very well in the new information environment. They deliver speed, certainty, & identity coherence where traditional democratic institutions deliver delay, complexity, & opacity, assuming they're performing in a substantial way to being with.
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
In the old system, institutions had temporal buffers, which meant they could verify before public judgment cohered. In the new system, those buffers have collapsed. Meaning now stabilises for the public in hours, long before institutional processes can finish.
January 23, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
What broke this was not ideology, it was an inversion of the information environment. The old system was defined by information scarcity and attention abundance, and it was slow, top-down, and gatekept.
January 23, 2026 at 9:20 AM
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ardenthistorian.bsky.social
Es ist kein Journalismus, die Lügen einer Behörde zu stenografieren, deren Agenten erneut einen Menschen getötet haben.
bobbybaerchen.bsky.social Waveybobson (95,7% links) @bobbybaerchen.bsky.social · 8d
Oh halt, die Videos liegen vor und wurden gesichtet?! Und in dem einen offenbart sich tatsächlich ein anderes Geschehen als von der Täterbehörde behauptet?

WIESO WIRD DAS DANN NICHT HERVORGEHOBEN SONDERN EINFACH NEBENEINANDERGRSTELLT

(Es gibt übrigens mindestens drei Videos)
Es kursieren mindestens zwei Videos aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln von den Momenten der Schüsse. Sie lassen sich am Ort des Geschehens in Minneapolis lokalisieren. Auch die Behörden bezogen sich mehrfach auf mindestens ein Video. In einem Video ist von der gegenüberliegenden Straßenseite aus zu sehen, wie mehrere Beamte einen Mann niederringen und auf ihn einschlagen. Während mehrere Beamte noch nah an ihm dran sind, ist ein erster Schuss zu hören, Der Mann fällt ausgestreckt auf den Boden und bleibt dort regungslos liegen. Kurz danach fallen mehrere weitere Schüsse.
January 25, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process.

This is one that stands out:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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statuscoupnews.bsky.social
🚨“You’re gonna have to kill me!" Minneapolis protester SCREAMS as swarm of Border Patrol agents pin him to the ground.

"I have done nothing at all! I am a United States citizen! You're gonna kill me! That's what you want! You want to kill me on this street!" LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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brucedlittle.bsky.social
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."

Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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nothoodlum.bsky.social
‘Patriot’ Front went to DC and people blasted clown music at them.
January 24, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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ehunterchristie.bsky.social
Agree. America is in deep trouble. Led by extremists and lunatics. It's not just Trump. There's a markedly unhealthy and dangerous spirit on the loose. It is evident in both foreign and domestic policy.
We are entering genuinely dangerous times.
aphclarkson.bsky.social Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 8d
A US President's cognitive collapse would be less worrying if the most powerful figures around him were not delusional cranks who now see an opportunity to turn racial imperialist memes into violent reality
January 24, 2026 at 4:48 PM