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@zoonpolitikon.bsky.social

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Trainer of humanitarian analysts. Into world politics (IR PhD). Social science groupie. Runs a lot, cycles not enough. Board game enthusiast. Rabbit hole aficionado. Owned by two cats. Posts mainly in English & Snark, sometimes in German and French. 🖖🏽

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · Nov 18

Welcome new followers! You can expect from me an eclectic mix of politics, global affairs, science (social and the other kind) and obscure pop culture references. If I have any real specific expertise it is in international trade and humanitarian analysis. For everything else, check my bio.

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 2h

Headache? CO₂ 🤦

Matt the Starting Over Guy @theinfinitedadness.bsky.social · 3h

New wellness grift just dropped

Twitter post from a grifter: CO2 healed or improved all of these, even homosexuality. ® 4
Anxiety? CO2
Alcoholism? C02
Allergy? CO2
Anorexia? CO2
Asthma or shortness of breath? C02
Compulsion? CO2
Constipation? CO2
Concentration difficulties? C02
Cephalagia? co2
Cardiac disturbance? CO2
Depression? CO2

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 3h

Being held responsible is the price you pay when you control all three branches of the US government.

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Wait? Could hit whom hard?

Politico @politico.com · 4h

The shutdown cliff that could hit Dems hard: SNAP, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.

The shutdown cliff that could hit Democrats hard

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed more than 40 million people, will start to run out of funds Nov. 1.

www.politico.com

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Andy Kostrub @andrewkostrub.bsky.social · 15h

Updating my LEGO White House

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 1d

I get the point of the law. However, enforcing it for a bit of coffee while cars and trucks _constantly_ deposit carcinogenic and other pollutants on the roads to be washed down into those drains is clearly ridiculous.

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Richard Arugula @monkchips.com · 3d

This is a tremendous piece of work. Very satisfying neal.fun/space-elevat...

Space Elevator

Take a trip to space!

neal.fun

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 3d

Vermutlich die Kommentare zu Trumps Rede in Davos www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

Meinung: Die Lage am Morgen: Trump vs Habeck - Duell der Giganten

Der Grünenchef ist fassungslos über den US-Präsidenten. Hans-Georg Maaßen sichert die Demokratie. Und Angela Merkel steht heute ein Horrortermin bevor. Das ist die Lage am Mittwoch.

www.spiegel.de

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 3d

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 13d

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13d

Huh. Gonna be an awkward day for Secretary of State-National Security Advisor-Acting Archivist Marco Rubio.

www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...

Part of a letter sent by a bunch of GOP members of Congress in favor of granting Maria Corina Machado the Nobel Peace Prize, which she won today.

The last three paragraphs, before Rick Scott and Marco Rubio's signature, reads:

The Maduro regime's abuses and assaults on the civil society and legitimate
political activity of Venezuelan citizens have caused millions to flee to other countries,
while millions more have had no choice but to remain in the prison Maduro has
imposed on them. The peace of the region has been greatly disturbed by Maduro’s
welcoming of some of the world’s worst actors, including terrorists and dictators who
support him.
It is our firm belief that María Corina Machado’s courageous and selfless
leadership, and unyielding dedication to the pursuit of peace and democratic ideals,
make her a most deserving candidate for this prestigious award. Her efforts not only
highlight the urgent need for international solidarity in the face of aggressive and
expansive authoritarianism but also serve as a reminder of the power of individual
bravery in the quest for justice.

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 14d

_nicht_ lange zu halten. Arrrgh.

ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 14d

Und selbst wenn man das ignoriert: Friedensnobelpreis für eine unklare Rolle beim Aushandeln eines Waffenstillstandes (=! Friedensabkommen) der gerade beginnt (und beruhend auf bisherigen Erfahrungen, eine grosse Wahrscheinlichkeit hat, lange zu halten). Die Verdummung schreitet ungestoppt voran.

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 14d

Man stellt sich auch die Frage, ob sich dort irgendjemand länger als 10 Minuten mit internationaler Politik oder Diplomatie beschäftigt hat. Twitter als Ersatz für Expertise?

ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 15d

Horses are jackasses?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 16d

"I fucking told you!"

(wäre fantastisch 😁)

A picture of Thomas Pynchon how he appears in "The Simpsons": He is wearing a gray sweater over a purple shirt and looks down to his left. There is a paper bag over his head with a big question mark drawn on it and two holes for his eyes.

ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 17d

There is probably causality. Just in the wrong direction.

haunted dog @zandywithaz.bsky.social · 17d

It’s nice people like Bari Weiss are failing upward. Why is it that the people who most deserve Imposter Syndrome never have it?

ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 19d

„Sorry, I have to call this in“
*switches radio to Channel No 5*

ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 20d

The 30 Years War in 3 minutes.

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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 20d

just going to point out that this would in fact be an incredibly bad idea

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻🚫👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 21d

Zohran Mamdani: “If Netanyahu comes to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next year while I am mayor, I will move to honor the ICC arrest warrant issued in The Hague against him — just as I would against Putin."

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 21d

I would add: "fine dining", "French" _and_ "good food" can exist separately.

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 22d

"If you think that change can only happen in the long term, there is nothing an individual can do in the short term to change things for the better more immediately". I don't remember when this came up but I would assume that is about the theme of fatalism.

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Dan Nexon @dhnexon.bsky.social · 22d

Trumpland is full of idiots who believe that economic & military capabilities fall from coconut trees. They're ignorant & arrogant people who obsess over branding & aesthetics. They think they're about hard power & machtpolitik, but they're actually doing the dumbest possible version of soft power.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22d

this guy has no idea what the american military is (the most sophisticated logistics operation ever assembled in human history)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d

Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 24d

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

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ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 24d

Not the most important issue here but "1000 years of communism" is to history what "bringing down prices for medications by 1500%" is to math.

How can be someone so incurious and uninformed and yet make pronouncements with so much confidence.

ali @zoonpolitikon.bsky.social · 24d

Sometimes direct democracy delivers. Not always, but sometimes it really does. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-de...

Zurich voters ban noisy leaf blowers

Zurich voters ban petrol-powered leaf blowers.

www.swissinfo.ch

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