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Markus Arnold
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»There is no document of culture which is not at the same time a document of barbarism«
Walter Benjamin

Professor für politische Theorie

Wien | Linz | Europa

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Markus Arnold @mkarnold.bsky.social · Apr 2
„We need mediators, not cheerleaders“! Important reminder how to start a peace process ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Lessons of the Troubles for peace in Israel/Palestine
UK politicians’ ambivalence over a ceasefire shows how little they learned from the Troubles
www.opendemocracy.net
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hunglinger.bsky.social
Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede zum 9. November halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Der jüdische Philosoph ist schockiert 👉
taz.de/Streit-um-Ge...
Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert.
taz.de
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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hplehofer.bsky.social
"Soweit die vorliegende Grundrechtsbeschwerde einer sachbezogenen Erledigung zugänglich ist" .. der OGH musste vor dem Eingehen in die Sache wieder einmal ziemlich viele offenbar KI-halluzinierte Entscheidungen aus dem Weg räumen. ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Ju...
Auszug aus OGH, 3.11.2025, 12Os124/25i: Voranzustellen ist, dass die Beschwerde in auffälliger Häufung Entscheidungen des Obersten Gerichtshofs mit falschen Prüfzeichen zitiert („13 Os 15/17w“; „12 Os 87/13k“; „15 Os 140/08k“; „14 Os 67/11t“; „15 Os 14/09z“; „13 Os 27/08f“; „13 Os 143/09b“; „15 Os 51/10z“). Darüber hinaus weisen die herangezogenen Entscheidungen auch weitgehend nicht den vorgeblichen Inhalt auf (so etwa die mit folgenden Behauptungen versehenen Zitate: 13 Os 15/17f zu „Kuriertätern“; 13 Os 99/15f zu „Alias Namen“ von Telefonaten; 13 Os 81/07x zu einem sogenannten „Verschleifungsverbot“; 14 Os 11/09p zum „umfassenden Geständnis“ und zur „präventiven Wirkung der Ersthaftierung“). Damit unterschreitet der vorliegende Rechtsbehelf das einem Höchstgericht angemessene Argumentationsniveau (vgl RIS-Justiz RS0106464 ; Kier in WK 2 GRBG § 3 Rz 15) in augenfälliger Weise. [6]       Soweit die vorliegende Grundrechtsbeschwerde einer sachbezogenen Erledigung zugänglich ist, sei ihr Folgendes erwidert:
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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samanthabrennan.bsky.social
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent

Phew

www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Supreme Court declines to revisit landmark same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Monday declined an opportunity to overturn its landmark precedent recognizing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, tossing aside an appeal that had roiled LGBTQ advocates ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
mkarnold.bsky.social
What’s Up With the Terror Indictment Against Alleged Antifa Members?

The Justice Department’s tacked-on charges are just for show. The larger plan is not - it's alarming!
What’s Up With the Terror Indictment Against Alleged Antifa Members?
The Justice Department’s tacked-on charges are just for show. The larger plan is not.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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techpolicypress.bsky.social
The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
buff.ly/IIjZo2a
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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docgaby.bsky.social
"Gestern Abend schrieb ich: „Es wird wieder eine spannende Woche mit vielen wichtigen Gerichtsverfahren. ... denken Sie daran, dass ich ...für Sie da bin, um die Dinge zu organisieren und verständlich zu machen.“ Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass es so schnell gehen würde, aber jetzt ist es soweit."
joycewhitevance.bsky.social Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3h
Last night I wrote, “It’s going to be another blockbuster, high-stakes legal week. If you feel a bit overwhelmed...remember that I’ll be here for you all week to try and keep things organized and understandable.” I didn’t expect it to be this soon, but here we are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Overnight News
Apparently, Sunday night is the new big news night.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Last night I wrote, “It’s going to be another blockbuster, high-stakes legal week. If you feel a bit overwhelmed...remember that I’ll be here for you all week to try and keep things organized and understandable.” I didn’t expect it to be this soon, but here we are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Overnight News
Apparently, Sunday night is the new big news night.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
mkarnold.bsky.social
Adam Tooze analysis of Zohran Mamdani’s victory and the promise to revive social democracy in America
Chartbook 415 Zohran Mamdani, New York City and the promise to revive social democracy in America.
The election of Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York City was a political shock well captured by the tweet of the night:
adamtooze.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
mkarnold.bsky.social
"Israeli soldiers describe a free-for-all in Gaza and a breakdown in norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the whim of individual officers"

“If you want to shoot without restraint, you can,” Daniel, the commander of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank unit, says
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
mkarnold.bsky.social
Netherlands presses on with plan to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements.

Move follows rising Israeli violence against Palestinians
Netherlands presses on with plan to ban imports from illegal Israeli settlements
Move follows rising Israeli violence against Palestinians and freeze on broader sanctions last month
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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reporter-ohne-grenzen.de
Im #Westjordanland wurden mehrere Menschen, darunter zehn Journalist*innen, von rund 50 israelischen Siedlern mit Steinen und Stöcken verprügelt. Dabei wurde auch die Journalistin Raneen Sawafta und ihr Kollege stark verletzt – und das, obwohl sie klar als Pressevertreter erkennbar waren.
Westjordanland: Israelische Siedler überfallen Palästinenser und Journalisten bei Olivenernte
Aufnahmen zeigen, wie radikale Siedler mit Steinen und Stöcken in einem Olivenhain auf mehrere Menschen einprügeln, darunter auch Pressevertreter. Besonders während der Erntesaison nimmt die Gewalt in...
www.spiegel.de
November 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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kenanmalik.bsky.social
I had not realised the roots of “I Say a Little Prayer for You” in the Vietnam War: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Soul Music - I Say a Little Prayer for You - BBC Sounds
Stories about the Burt Bacharach classic.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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deckofcarterhist.bsky.social
"I, then say your name..."

Jesus Christ.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Just a little more gold and it will be perfect
Trump in the Oval Office of the White House with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The walls are decorated with tacky gold bullshit https://flic.kr/p/2rE6s9j
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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skaltenb.bsky.social
Es ist schlicht sagenhaft.
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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ralphjanik.com
veeery interesting tables (from Mazower's The Dark Continent) showing how minorities in European countries disappeared during the 20th century and how they were about to become more ethnically heterogenous again over time
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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elkeschwarz.bsky.social
This is precisely it: lack of consent is central. That is why regulation is seen as such a hindrance. Regulation embodies the requirement that others, affected by the technology, should be taken into account, if not, give consent.
neilturkewitz.bsky.social Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 1d
🙏🏼 Far too many seem to believe that AI represents our future (whether we want it or not), & fail to come to grips with the fact that AI is only capable of recycling the past…& almost completely on artifacts of the past gathered & used without consent. Lack of consent is central to the enterprise.
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
mkarnold.bsky.social
lesenswerter 🧵 ⤵️
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Died (alas!) on this day in 1677, in Amsterdam, Aert van der Neer. Painter of the cold cold days (& sometimes nights) of Dutch winters.
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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rheinze.myatproto.social
Goldstein: You mention October 7. You’re a major figure in the field of postcolonial studies, an area that’s loomed large and been controversial the past few years. A consistent criticism of the field is that it perpetuates simplistic binaries — oppressor/oppressed, colonizer/colonized — especially when applied to Israel and Palestine. Mamdani: There’s something in that critique. But it fails to understand the strength of the postcolonial field, which is that the claim to independence should not be taken at its word. A lot of the colonial legacy survived formal colonialism. And a lot of the field is about the institutional and the ideological carriers of that survival. Earlier writers who focused on decolonization looked at how control of the economy did not really change with political independence. Then came a different group who wrote about political institutions and how the modes of governance didn’t change. They remained as they had been designed during the colonial period. And these scholars became interested in the university. The university claimed to be a global institution, a universal institution, an institution that stood for excellence. The first big debate which emerged in the African university after independence was a debate at the University of Dar es Salaam about excellence counterposed to relevance. Relevance is not universal in its claims. It’s particular, place specific, time specific. The single-minded pursuit of excellence can give rise to a World Bank/IMF-type cookie-cutter logic. Relevance gives rise to debates about the nature of the society you’re living in, its historicity. To return to postcolonialism, the critique was right insofar as it maintained that the more it became binary, the more postcolonialism “degenerated” into formulaic thinking. The middle ground got blurred.
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
mkarnold.bsky.social
Israel turns the violence up and down at will, maintaining full dominion over Gaza and the West Bank, then calls each pause a generous ‘ceasefire’

Ahmad Ibsais: Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | The Guardian
Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | Ahmad Ibsais
Israel turns the violence up and down at will, maintaining full dominion over Gaza and the West Bank, then calls each pause a generous ‘ceasefire’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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bundespraesident.at
Heute, am Gedenktag der Novemberpogrome von 1938, halten wir inne. Wir erinnern uns an eine Nacht, in der die Menschlichkeit in Flammen stand. Synagogen brannten, Menschen wurden gejagt, geschlagen, verschleppt. Nachbarn, Freunde. 1️⃣
Vor dem Mahnmal für die österreichischen jüdischen Opfer der Schoah am Wiener Judenplatz steht ein Gedenkkranz des Bundespräsidenten
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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patrickwpunkt.bsky.social
Die SZ hat jetzt wohl ein KI-Tool auf ihrer Seite, um die eigenen Artikel zusammenfassen zu lassen und ich frage mich, warum das nicht die Autor*innen im Teaser selbst machen?
Header der SZ-Seite mit dem drop-down Fenster "KI Zusammenfassung" Von der Redaktion überprüft Dieser Text wurde mit der Unterstützung einer generativen künstlichen Intelligenz erstellt. Lesen Sie mehr über unseren Umgang mit KI.
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
mkarnold.bsky.social
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – blocking urgent climate action

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM