Raffael Hoffmann
@raffaelhoffmann.bsky.social
Weltbürger/Global Citizen
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Lose thoughts from today:
Every well-designed bike lane, every frequent bus route and every pedestrian plaza represents a small erosion of the power of the automobile.
Power never surrenders willingly.
Especially not patriarchal dominance.
Let´s discuss!
medium.com/@backoffice_...
Every well-designed bike lane, every frequent bus route and every pedestrian plaza represents a small erosion of the power of the automobile.
Power never surrenders willingly.
Especially not patriarchal dominance.
Let´s discuss!
medium.com/@backoffice_...
From Fossil Patriarchy to Electric Technofascism: Why Automotive Violence Won’t End with EVs.
How the car-centric system perpetuates patriarchal violence — and why the electric transition threatens to make it worse.
medium.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Lose thoughts from today:
Every well-designed bike lane, every frequent bus route and every pedestrian plaza represents a small erosion of the power of the automobile.
Power never surrenders willingly.
Especially not patriarchal dominance.
Let´s discuss!
medium.com/@backoffice_...
Every well-designed bike lane, every frequent bus route and every pedestrian plaza represents a small erosion of the power of the automobile.
Power never surrenders willingly.
Especially not patriarchal dominance.
Let´s discuss!
medium.com/@backoffice_...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about the tech used by police and authorities to spy on you while you’re going about your everyday life, like cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is a tool we’ve created that we hope empowers everyone to help search out CSS. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular
Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators
www.eff.org
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about the tech used by police and authorities to spy on you while you’re going about your everyday life, like cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is a tool we’ve created that we hope empowers everyone to help search out CSS. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
January 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.
"I don't make things up." says the cop who made things up. The combination of shoddy police work combined with excessive surveillance is terrifying.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
After police used Flock cameras to accuse a Denver woman of theft, she had to prove her own innocence
Chrisanna Elser spent days collecting evidence, from apps on her phone to dashcam footage in her vehicle, to prove her whereabouts
coloradosun.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I don't make things up." says the cop who made things up. The combination of shoddy police work combined with excessive surveillance is terrifying.
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
coloradosun.com/2025/10/28/f...
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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How many more warning do American elites and masses need?
September 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How many more warning do American elites and masses need?
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I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
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Der Großteil der Finanzierung der gesichert rechtsextremen AfD: Steuergelder.
Der Großteil der medialen Reichweite der gesichert rechtsextremen AfD: Von uns bezahlten Öffentlich-Rechtlichen.
Unabhängig davon, ob man dieser Partei verbieten muss oder nicht: Warum müssen wir sie denn finanzieren?!
Der Großteil der medialen Reichweite der gesichert rechtsextremen AfD: Von uns bezahlten Öffentlich-Rechtlichen.
Unabhängig davon, ob man dieser Partei verbieten muss oder nicht: Warum müssen wir sie denn finanzieren?!
May 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Der Großteil der Finanzierung der gesichert rechtsextremen AfD: Steuergelder.
Der Großteil der medialen Reichweite der gesichert rechtsextremen AfD: Von uns bezahlten Öffentlich-Rechtlichen.
Unabhängig davon, ob man dieser Partei verbieten muss oder nicht: Warum müssen wir sie denn finanzieren?!
Der Großteil der medialen Reichweite der gesichert rechtsextremen AfD: Von uns bezahlten Öffentlich-Rechtlichen.
Unabhängig davon, ob man dieser Partei verbieten muss oder nicht: Warum müssen wir sie denn finanzieren?!
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Heute vor 80 Jahren hat das NS-Regime kapituliert. Nach einem Weltkrieg mit 60 Mio Toten und dem Menschheitsverbrechen Shoa.
Warum nach den Erfahrungen des 19. und 20. Jh noch irgendwer glauben kann, Nationalismus, Rassismus und Extremismus wären eine super Idee, wird mir immer unbegreiflich sein.
Warum nach den Erfahrungen des 19. und 20. Jh noch irgendwer glauben kann, Nationalismus, Rassismus und Extremismus wären eine super Idee, wird mir immer unbegreiflich sein.
May 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Heute vor 80 Jahren hat das NS-Regime kapituliert. Nach einem Weltkrieg mit 60 Mio Toten und dem Menschheitsverbrechen Shoa.
Warum nach den Erfahrungen des 19. und 20. Jh noch irgendwer glauben kann, Nationalismus, Rassismus und Extremismus wären eine super Idee, wird mir immer unbegreiflich sein.
Warum nach den Erfahrungen des 19. und 20. Jh noch irgendwer glauben kann, Nationalismus, Rassismus und Extremismus wären eine super Idee, wird mir immer unbegreiflich sein.
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Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.
April 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Today, I received a termination for my National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, which employed a post-doc and many undergraduate research assistants.
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A reply guy was like, 'donors can just unrestrict the funds' and I mentioned there was a whole literature on donor intent, which he blocked me after citing.
In the interest of not losing that thread, in case you're interested: bsky.app/profile/kjep...
In the interest of not losing that thread, in case you're interested: bsky.app/profile/kjep...
April 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A reply guy was like, 'donors can just unrestrict the funds' and I mentioned there was a whole literature on donor intent, which he blocked me after citing.
In the interest of not losing that thread, in case you're interested: bsky.app/profile/kjep...
In the interest of not losing that thread, in case you're interested: bsky.app/profile/kjep...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I had been reluctant to amplify the theory that Trump's "reciprocal tariff rate" for a given country was based on the dumb calculation: (bilateral trade deficit) divided by (imports from that country)
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I had been reluctant to amplify the theory that Trump's "reciprocal tariff rate" for a given country was based on the dumb calculation: (bilateral trade deficit) divided by (imports from that country)
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
But now USTR has confirmed it. Brief 🧵
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Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.
March 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reminder that IMLS supports Libby and Interlibrary Loan, so if you like things like rural borrowers having the same access as city residents and immunocompromised people being able to still use their library despite ableds demanding libraries open without masks…time to push back.
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The horror show continues at NIH
I am hearing (reliably) that RIFs have started with entire institute Communication branches being terminated since their jobs not longer exist (reduction in force).
But that is not all...
I am hearing (reliably) that RIFs have started with entire institute Communication branches being terminated since their jobs not longer exist (reduction in force).
But that is not all...
a red warning light is lit up in front of a building
ALT: a red warning light is lit up in front of a building
media.tenor.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The horror show continues at NIH
I am hearing (reliably) that RIFs have started with entire institute Communication branches being terminated since their jobs not longer exist (reduction in force).
But that is not all...
I am hearing (reliably) that RIFs have started with entire institute Communication branches being terminated since their jobs not longer exist (reduction in force).
But that is not all...
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Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
March 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.