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I'm not here to prom- okay let's be real guys let me tell you about Squarespace
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Meine diesjährige Reise ins Baltikum geht dem Ende entgegen. Und es ist mir ein großes Bedürfnis zu sagen, was alle längst wissen sollten.

Russland bereitet sich auf einen Angriff gegen die NATO vor. Der Kreml schlägt alle diplomatischen Angebote aus. Dieses Russland ist unser Feind.
December 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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"We're going to have to learn to live with [radical right wing demagoguery with all its associated violence]" is:

- An abdication of responsibility.

- An abandonment of hope.

- A position only available to those who feel safe enough with an ongoing catastrophe to begin the work of normalizing it
"Much of what I would describe as Kirk's worst moments were now just standard fair MAGA Republicanism. And the leader of MAGA Republicanism is the President of the United States...we are going to have to live here with each other believing what we believe. Disagreeing in the ways we disagree."
September 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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That’s true for both Ukraine and Europe: there aren’t enough interceptors to sustain a missile defense-centric strategy.

Instead, they must shift to a deterrence posture in the missile domain that relies on the threat of imposing unacceptable costs rather than denial.

7/7
July 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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my birthright
July 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Almost a decade ago, Microsoft released a chatbot which it immediately shut down because it started mimicking, racist, sexist and anti-semitic behavior.
Now: Musk releases an AI, which he keeps revising until it adopts sexist, racist and anti-semitic behavior.
Grok is a full blown nazi now.
July 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Morning in Kyiv. No sleep. Air quality is extremely bad. City is covered in thick smoke.

This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.
July 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
June 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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In drei Tagen geht es los🤘
June 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🇩🇪 In Erfurt, Germany, unknown individuals set fire to Rheinmetall military logistics trucks, causing serious damage.

Footage of the arson was shared by Russian sources—leaving no doubt about who was behind it and who stands to benefit.
June 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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17 Tote, rund 280 Verletzte nach russischem Angriff auf einen Zug. Hier kaum noch eine Meldung wert.

Zucken wir nur noch mit den Achseln?

kyivindependent.com/russia-strik...
‘Dead and wounded everywhere’ — Russian attack on Dnipro kills at least 17, injures almost 280
Russia launched a deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on June 24, striking civilian infrastructure and a passenger train, local officials reported.
kyivindependent.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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„Für Frauen bleibt die Realität grausam: Täter fühlen sich nicht nur sicher. Sie sind es auch.“

taz.de/Festival-in-...
Festival in Frankreich: Männer riefen online dazu auf Frauen mit Spritzen zu stechen
Bei der Fête de la Musique wurden Frauen in Frankreich mit Spritzen gestochen. Männer riefen online dazu auf. Dass sich Täter sicher fühlen, hat System.
taz.de
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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June 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Eine russische Drohne fliegt im Juni 2025 in ein Wohnhaus in der ukrainischen Hauptstadt Kyjiw.

Im vierten Jahr seines Vernichtungskriegs kann Russland die Ukraine in einer Nacht mit mehr als 400 Drohnen und mehr als 30 Raketen angreifen.

Wie ist das möglich? Ein Thread. 1/5
June 17, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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#KeinVergessen
Weil er öffentlich für Menschrechte von Geflüchteten einstand, wurde Walter Lübcke heute vor 6 Jahren von einem Neonazi ermordet. Der Mörder des CDU-Regierungspräsidenten von Kassel war u.a. bei #AfD aktiv und fasste den Tatplan nach AfD- und Neonazi-Mobilisierungen in #Chemnitz 2018.
June 1, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Ein friedliebendes Russland und keine Aufrüstung wären trotzdem und natürlich ein besserer Zustand der Welt. Der Wohlfahrtsverlust entsteht durch ein kriegstreiberisches Russland, nicht durch Aufrüstung.
June 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
@jesawyer.bsky.social I did the thing
May 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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In some countries this position is known as a Political Officer.
So it seems Columbia gave the Trump administration everything they wanted and more, including a new "vice provost" who will review curriculum, hiring, and leadership.

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Und das - liebe Kolleg*innen - ist der Grund, warum wir unabhängig sein müssen von kommerziellen Plattformen Ja, auch Meta.
Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.
Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
www.politico.eu
March 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Weil sich häufig (auch in Zuschriften an den @sicherheitspod.de) Fragen dieser Art stellen...:

»Wie soll das militärisch geschwächte Russland mit der heißlaufenden Wirtschaft, das schon in der Ukraine nicht mehr vorankommt, denn die NATO gefährden?«

... ein Thread mit einer Antwort. 1/14
March 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Two excellent threads here (a very good rabbit hole).

I wrote about the ways in which the Trump administration is shooting itself in the foot after the first shocking week:

open.substack.com/pub/minnalan...
March 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Reminder that the current deputy spokesperson for the Department of Defense has tweeted literal Nazi-Slogans in the original German ("Ausländer raus" "Deutschland den Deutschen") in 2024 & spread antisemitic conspiracies, incl. one used by Neo-Nazis to justify the lynching of a Jewish man in 1915.
March 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM