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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 3h

What part of this is a "negotiation"? What exactly did the Israeli government concede? Hamas is expected to give up their weapons. Good. But will Israel end apartheid and occupation? Become a real democracy? Cause if they don't, what has really changed apart from the number of civilians dead?

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 3h

Like, I'm sorry, am I just supposed to forget years of war crimes, forced starvation, bombing hospitals, shooting kids waiting for food? How am I supposed to trust the men who planned to ethnically cleanse Gaza for tourism with the rebuilding project? Am I crazy? What the hell is the tone right now?

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 3h

First of all: I couldn't be happier that it seems like Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people will slow down - for now. But I don't like the vibe coming from the media right now. Am I supposed to thank Netanyahu for deciding that a few tens of thousands of dead Palestinians are enough for now?

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 1d

Was just perusing older files and came across some that me and @coffeeandkismet.bsky.social sent each other back when we were living and working in different countries. Gave me a chuckle. British weather truly is something else.

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely fuck this man.

News article with the headline: Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, hasn’t signed other trans protections

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 4d

I just realized that from the top of "Sundered Towers" you can see Solitude, Whiterun, and even the College of Winterhold, all in one 90 fov shot. #Skyrim

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 4d

No one will remember this project in two months, but the investors will already have poured more money into this bubble by then, thanks to your involuntary ad campaign. Yes, unions should stand strong against this abomination. But clarify that it's not because it can compete but because it's wrong.

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 4d

Sad to see Hollywood falling for the AI hype trap and sounding the alarm over losing roles to a "model" that, in the ad material, looks objectively awful, with warping pupils, melting teeth and wandering hairlines. Guys, you're reacting exactly as that company wanted you to.

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 5d

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 6d

For the grift, yes. But they know it won't last, because they know their regime is a fart in the wind.

Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 7d

@linguisticdiscovery.com

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 14d

When you arrive, nervously look around the room and lock eyes with this guy.

CNN headline: "Hegseth orders hundreds of senior military officers to Virginia for highly unusual meeting"

photo of Ernst Röhm, NSDAP officer who, at the behest of Hitler, was murdered among other top nazi officials to oust internal opposition.

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 14d

Not saying delaying a train filled with hundreds of cars isn't unheard of, but this attempt at framing leftism as inherently opposed to the entire train network is so hilariously at odds with reality, it makes me wonder what RAF PTSD the judge in question was going through when they wrote this.

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 14d

Tagesschau claims train sabotage may be down to leftist extremists who, according to the constitutional court, consider Deutsche Bahn the "largest logistics company of the capitalist profit-based economy". Right. Leftists famously hate state-owned public transport. Is this the RAF-scare 70s?

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 17d

That's a chandelier and a half!

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👻👻👻boonoteat👻👻👻 @donoteat.bsky.social · 17d

thank you PREDIENT TRMUP for allocating $10 billion to the FBI to finally find, locate, and neutralize the President and CEO of Antifa

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 17d

One of my students said in class today that they use AI all the time to improve their emails and acted like everyone did that. Frankly, I would prefer an honest, misanthropic email over a glossy, vapid sheen of AI that makes it sound like everything else.

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 17d

And no, I'm not talking about the fact it's rushed because of time and budget constraints, it was just way less funny and - ironically - lacking in the humanity department. Just way too dark and inconsequential.

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 17d

@coffeeandkismet.bsky.social and I just finished the series Upload. First three seasons were great, I for one thought it was, at times, almost up there with the best piece of television out there - The Good Place, but then season 4 rolled around and it crapped the bed. What the hell happened?

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 19d

If a bigot ever gives you the "you can't say anything any more" spiel, just tell em there's a simple trick to have all of your most heinous rhetoric be forgiven and forgotten in the eyes of the state and media.

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👻👻👻boonoteat👻👻👻 @donoteat.bsky.social · 19d

almost more insulting than when the AI steps in on and over your web search to give you the wrong answer is when the AI steps in and uses twenty gigawatt-hours and increases the entropy of the universe more than any single person could hope to all to tell you "i don't know"

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 20d

Maries neuer Science-Fantasy-Roman "Seelengrube" ist draußen! Es geht um Cyberpunk, Monster, Halbgötter und eine Protagonistin, die sich ihren Weg durch die hyperkapitalistische Welt des Stadtplaneten Arges bahnt.

Marie Meier @coffeeandkismet.bsky.social · 20d

»Seelengrube« feiert heut Release. Es ist Science Fantasy, »Arcane« trifft »Star Wars«, regennass-romantisch. Seit 2022 lebt die Geschichte mietfrei in meinem Kopf. Jetzt ist sie bereit für fremde Hände − vielleicht eure, wenn ihr Spaß am Genre habt. 💜✨

#GermanBookSky

Im Hintergrund sind Teile einer futuristischen Stadt zu sehen. Alles ist in Blaugrüntönen gehalten. Im Vordergrund ist das Buch "Seelengrube" von Marie Meier abgebildet. Darüber steht "Release", links unten "E-Book & Print". Kleine Strichpfade deuten an, dass das Bild mehrere Teile hat.

Im Hintergrund sind Teile einer futuristischen Stadt zu sehen. Alles ist in Blaugrüntönen gehalten. In dem großen Mond im Zentrum steht ein Klappentext:
»Zum ersten Mal war ihr Problem nicht, dass sie zu wenig wusste. Das war in den einunddreißig Jahren davor der Fall gewesen. Sie war hier, weil sie zu viel wusste.«

Jule wurde mit dem Ruf geboren — der kosmischen Gabe, Materie mit dem Willen zu formen. Doch trotz ihrer langjährigen Ausbildung an der Zitadelle von Arges gelingt es ihr nicht, etwas aus ihrem Talent zu machen. Als Beschwörerin taugt Jule nicht viel, und so stellt sie sich auf eine schnöde Beamtenkarriere und gemütliche Pizzaabende ein. Ein Auftrag der Zitadelle bringt ihre Pläne allerdings durcheinander: Jule wird von intergalaktischen Rebellen entführt und landet mit einem schnippischen Monster im Kerker. Statt sie zu fressen, verbündet es sich mit Jule und macht ihr ein verlockendes Angebot. Bald schon ist Jule die argesische Geheimpolizei auf den Fersen, und die Götter selbst verwickeln sie in ein tödliches Spiel aus Intrigen, Lust und geheimnisvollen Mächten.

Im Hintergrund sind Teile einer futuristischen Stadt zu sehen. Alles ist in Blaugrüntönen gehalten. In dem großen Mond im Zentrum steht Text:
Lektorat: Carsten Moll
Korrektorat: Ida Nadine Eisele
Buchsatz/Layout: Marie Meier
Cover: Johanna Lehmert
Innenillustrationen: Johanna Lehmert
Illustration (Arges): Lunariztic

"Jetzt überall erhältlich"
Darunter ist mehrfach das Cover von "Seelengrube" von Marie Meier abgebildet, im Print, auf einem E-Book-Reader und in Form des Soundtracks. Daneben steht: "Mit eigenem Soundtrack auf Spotify"

Das Bild zeigt diverse Bildausschnitte des Seelengrube-Covers: Ein großes (dämonisch anmutendes) Drachenwesen, eine futuristische Stadt, ein stilisierter Drachenkopf mit einer 1 und einen Genre-Donut (mit Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Action/Abenteuer). Dazu die Themen: Science & Magic, Ungleiche Verbündete, Rebellion, Großstadtplanet, Neuanfang, Dekadenz & Dunkelheit, geheime Identitäten.

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Jan Skudlarek @janskudlarek.bsky.social · 21d

In the span of three days, Disney won five Emmys for Andor (a show about resisting fascism) and then suspended Jimmy Kimmel (for resisting fascism).

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Malte Wendt @crocodilegambit.bsky.social · 22d

Hate speech, apparently.

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tante @tante.cc · 23d

In Germany there's a saying:

If 9 people sit down with a fascist without protest and fight there's 10 fascists sitting at the table.

Something liberals like @ezraklein.bsky.social should really take to heart.

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