Daniel Weissmann
@danweiss.bsky.social
polcomms guy, post-doc researcher
also researching the politicisation and misuse of antisemitism scholarship primarily in context of German Memory Culture.
Safety Through Solidarity!
Join a Union and leave this earth better than you found it.
also researching the politicisation and misuse of antisemitism scholarship primarily in context of German Memory Culture.
Safety Through Solidarity!
Join a Union and leave this earth better than you found it.
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Germany has been one of the worst Western countries for whitewashing Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now it wants to do it with AI.
Germany Is Using AI to Erase Pro-Palestinian Speech
Germany has been one of the worst Western countries for whitewashing Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now it wants to do it with AI.
jacobin.com
I wrote a piece for Jacobin about the misuse of antisemitism scholarship for authoritarian projects and the role German antisemitism scholarship plays in the dehumanisation of Palestinians and the justification of the genocide in Gaza.
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Wouldn't it be great if people could vote FOR something and not always AGAINST someone?
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
Greens aren’t going to win the next election. It’s either Labour or Reform Ltd. If you vote against Labour then you’re voting for fascism. Your move.
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Wouldn't it be great if people could vote FOR something and not always AGAINST someone?
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
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Man kann ja gerne mal im US Holocaust Memorial Museum Archiv nachschauen wie viele Nazi Reden und Propaganda Material es dort gibt die mit der identischen Logik und gleichem Narrativ argumentieren wie dieser Clown hier.
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Man kann ja gerne mal im US Holocaust Memorial Museum Archiv nachschauen wie viele Nazi Reden und Propaganda Material es dort gibt die mit der identischen Logik und gleichem Narrativ argumentieren wie dieser Clown hier.
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Surely the only reason Morgan McSweeney is still in post is that Keir Starmer has no idea how to govern without him
February 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Surely the only reason Morgan McSweeney is still in post is that Keir Starmer has no idea how to govern without him
Die einzige politische Kraft in Deutschland, die in der Lage ist diesen Widerstand gegen Rechts zu organisieren und über einen langen Zeitraum Leute auf die Straße bekommt wird von der liberalen Mitte als Hamas-Anhänger und Antisemiten diffamiert.
Kampf um die Demokratie: Was laut einer Analyse gegen eine autoritäre Regierung hilft
Was wäre, wenn die AfD tatsächlich an die Macht käme? Eine Analyse, die dem SPIEGEL vorliegt, gibt Tipps, wie sich die Zivilgesellschaft darauf vorbereiten und dann verhalten sollte.
www.spiegel.de
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Die einzige politische Kraft in Deutschland, die in der Lage ist diesen Widerstand gegen Rechts zu organisieren und über einen langen Zeitraum Leute auf die Straße bekommt wird von der liberalen Mitte als Hamas-Anhänger und Antisemiten diffamiert.
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I think this is primarily a result of the dominance of eternalism among antisemitism scholars which sees evidence of antisemitism everywhere and most prominently in utterances against Israel's policies and in Palestinian symbols. It is anything but a serious academic endeavour.
It should inspire serious reflection among liberals and institutionally liberal institutions in the US that this woman was (is still?) considered a standard-bearer on the issue of what constitutes bigotry.
February 4, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I think this is primarily a result of the dominance of eternalism among antisemitism scholars which sees evidence of antisemitism everywhere and most prominently in utterances against Israel's policies and in Palestinian symbols. It is anything but a serious academic endeavour.
Wouldn't it be great if people could vote FOR something and not always AGAINST someone?
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
Greens aren’t going to win the next election. It’s either Labour or Reform Ltd. If you vote against Labour then you’re voting for fascism. Your move.
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Wouldn't it be great if people could vote FOR something and not always AGAINST someone?
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
Fear is a electoral demobilising agent. Hope and vision is a mobilising agent. Have a think around that.
billionaires, globalisation, and neoliberalism.
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
billionaires, globalisation, and neoliberalism.
Starmer never met a rake he didn't step on. Must be a fetish.
Kemi Badenoch: "Does he have the same full confidence in Morgan McSweeney that he had in Peter Mandelson?"
Keir Starmer: "Morgan McSweeney is an essential part of my team. He helped me change the Labour party and win an election" #PMQs
Keir Starmer: "Morgan McSweeney is an essential part of my team. He helped me change the Labour party and win an election" #PMQs
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Starmer never met a rake he didn't step on. Must be a fetish.
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Find you a newspaper that loves reporting as much as The New York Times loves lionizing fascist propagandists and terrorists.
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Find you a newspaper that loves reporting as much as The New York Times loves lionizing fascist propagandists and terrorists.
Of course the dumbest take on Chomsky's relationship with Epstein comes from Bastani.
February 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Of course the dumbest take on Chomsky's relationship with Epstein comes from Bastani.
BINGO!!!
Eternalism is the twin sister of singularity
February 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
BINGO!!!
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I guess the only sensible thing to do is to declare juries terrorists. Ah, wait.
Among the defendants was Samuel Corner, whose altercation with a police officer was widely used to justify the proscription of Palestine Action. The fact that the jury, who heard the full story, didn’t convict him of a crime leaves the case for proscription in tatters.
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I guess the only sensible thing to do is to declare juries terrorists. Ah, wait.
Very good example here from The Nexus Project how you can do both, not downplay the Epstein allegations with baseless accusations of antisemitism while also pointing to actual antisemitism that needs fighting against!
THREAD 🧵:
The Epstein files are real. The antisemitism they're fueling is also real.
And right now, the second part is getting almost no attention.
The Epstein files are real. The antisemitism they're fueling is also real.
And right now, the second part is getting almost no attention.
February 4, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Very good example here from The Nexus Project how you can do both, not downplay the Epstein allegations with baseless accusations of antisemitism while also pointing to actual antisemitism that needs fighting against!
Establishing ICE as a Sturmabteilung for the Trump administration was always part of the plan. Immigration was always going to work as a Trojan horse where Democrats wouldn't push back on so ICE could be normalised as a permanent presence in towns and cities.
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Establishing ICE as a Sturmabteilung for the Trump administration was always part of the plan. Immigration was always going to work as a Trojan horse where Democrats wouldn't push back on so ICE could be normalised as a permanent presence in towns and cities.
Call me crazy but the reaction to the WaPo firing a third of its staff without reason shouldn't be 'why is the billionaire not spending more of his pocket money on a national newspaper'.
February 4, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Call me crazy but the reaction to the WaPo firing a third of its staff without reason shouldn't be 'why is the billionaire not spending more of his pocket money on a national newspaper'.
Saying you were honoured for having worked for a media corporation as a reaction to having been fired for no reason is a form of Stockholm Syndrome.
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Saying you were honoured for having worked for a media corporation as a reaction to having been fired for no reason is a form of Stockholm Syndrome.
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In deutschen Supermärkten und auf Fachmessen werden Weine aus israelischen Siedlungen als „israelisch“ vermarktet. Das normalisiert Besatzung & Apartheid in palästinensischen Gebieten. Die Ergebnisse meiner monatelangen Recherche sind jetzt online @fr-zeitung.bsky.social
www.fr.de/politik/rewe...
www.fr.de/politik/rewe...
Rewe nimmt nach FR-Recherche Wein aus dem Sortiment
Weine aus israelischen Siedlungen werden in deutschen Supermärkten,
Online-Shops und auf Fachmessen als „israelisch“ vermarktet –
und normalisieren so die illegale Besatzung der palästinensischen Ge...
www.fr.de
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
In deutschen Supermärkten und auf Fachmessen werden Weine aus israelischen Siedlungen als „israelisch“ vermarktet. Das normalisiert Besatzung & Apartheid in palästinensischen Gebieten. Die Ergebnisse meiner monatelangen Recherche sind jetzt online @fr-zeitung.bsky.social
www.fr.de/politik/rewe...
www.fr.de/politik/rewe...
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Unter den deutschen Staatsräson-Wächtern ist man froh, dass der Totenkopf auf der Maske ist und nicht am Mantelkragen, sonst würden Leute ja unbequeme Vergleiche ziehen...
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Unter den deutschen Staatsräson-Wächtern ist man froh, dass der Totenkopf auf der Maske ist und nicht am Mantelkragen, sonst würden Leute ja unbequeme Vergleiche ziehen...
That's capitalism baby!
Wir sind in einer Dystopie, in der der reichste Mann der Welt die Hungerhilfe für die Ärmsten kürzt und damit Hunderttausende Kinder tötet und der drittreichste eines der einst wichtigsten Medien quasi dichtmacht – kurz nachdem er einen Propagandafilm für die Frau des Möchtegern-Königs bezahlt hat.
February 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
That's capitalism baby!
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Das lustigste und zugleich traurigste an dir ist, dass du in identischer Weise wie die Propagandagrößen der NSDAP damals argumentierst und gleich wie damals denkst auch du, dass du zu den Guten gehörst obwohl für jeden normalen Menschen ersichtlich ist was für einen Dreck du laberst.
a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies
ALT: a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Das lustigste und zugleich traurigste an dir ist, dass du in identischer Weise wie die Propagandagrößen der NSDAP damals argumentierst und gleich wie damals denkst auch du, dass du zu den Guten gehörst obwohl für jeden normalen Menschen ersichtlich ist was für einen Dreck du laberst.
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I only just came across this - it’s really important research and relevant to the controversy over the surveillance threat posed by AI.
I wrote a piece for Jacobin about the misuse of antisemitism scholarship for authoritarian projects and the role German antisemitism scholarship plays in the dehumanisation of Palestinians and the justification of the genocide in Gaza.
Germany has been one of the worst Western countries for whitewashing Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now it wants to do it with AI.
February 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I only just came across this - it’s really important research and relevant to the controversy over the surveillance threat posed by AI.
Man kann ja gerne mal im US Holocaust Memorial Museum Archiv nachschauen wie viele Nazi Reden und Propaganda Material es dort gibt die mit der identischen Logik und gleichem Narrativ argumentieren wie dieser Clown hier.
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Man kann ja gerne mal im US Holocaust Memorial Museum Archiv nachschauen wie viele Nazi Reden und Propaganda Material es dort gibt die mit der identischen Logik und gleichem Narrativ argumentieren wie dieser Clown hier.
Muss ich als Schwabe leider zustimmen!
Aus Tübingen ist ehrlich gesagt noch nie was gutes gekommen wenn ihr mich fragt.
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Muss ich als Schwabe leider zustimmen!
