Freilauf
@freilauf.bsky.social
Interests: the sky (night/day), stuff that flies, transportation, space, photography, geoscience, making software. Loves cycling and hiking.🌻Fuck Russia, Trump and Musk. Was somebody else on Twitter. New start on BSKY.
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If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
If I'm doing the math correctly, Musk's big pay packet yesterday could have made each of these now-dead people millionaires instead.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
He is among the sickest men the world has ever produced.
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YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.
To hack Americans. 1/
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Aus dem WAS BITTE??
November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Aus dem WAS BITTE??
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
New escalation in Trump's war against a liveable planet.
This is mob rule:
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
November 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
New escalation in Trump's war against a liveable planet.
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NEW: Paragon spyware hit a key Italian campaign manager / political strategist.
Super concerning case & a reminder that Italy has a growing pile of unexplained infections with Paragon's Graphite spyware.
Super concerning case & a reminder that Italy has a growing pile of unexplained infections with Paragon's Graphite spyware.
NEW: The Paragon spyware scandal in Italy widens again.
A political consultant who works with left-wing politicians, who are part of the opposition party Partito Democratico, has now come out as the latest target.
"It is time to ask a very simple question: Why? Why me?" Francesco Nicodemos said.
A political consultant who works with left-wing politicians, who are part of the opposition party Partito Democratico, has now come out as the latest target.
"It is time to ask a very simple question: Why? Why me?" Francesco Nicodemos said.
Italian political consultant says he was targeted with Paragon spyware | TechCrunch
WhatsApp notified the consultant, who works for left-wing politicians, that his phone was targeted with spyware made by Paragon.
techcrunch.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NEW: Paragon spyware hit a key Italian campaign manager / political strategist.
Super concerning case & a reminder that Italy has a growing pile of unexplained infections with Paragon's Graphite spyware.
Super concerning case & a reminder that Italy has a growing pile of unexplained infections with Paragon's Graphite spyware.
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A visual metaphor for the moment.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A visual metaphor for the moment.
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Will unsere Regierung denn Klimaschutzmassnahmen umsetzen? Wir haben unseren Zweifel
Zur bevorstehenden Entscheidung des Bundestags über das #CCS Gesetz kommentiert @vgraichen.bsky.social: "Das ist der Ausstieg aus der #Energiewende durch die Hintertür. Deutschland setzt damit seine intern. Klimaverpflichtungen aufs Spiel u. sendet ein fatales Signal an Städte, Länder ... 👇
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Will unsere Regierung denn Klimaschutzmassnahmen umsetzen? Wir haben unseren Zweifel
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Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
Reposting to correct an error: trump admin is quietly gutting 13 buildings and about 100 laboratories at Goddard campus that has been instrumental to Hubble and James Webb telescope missions. Staff say they’ve be locked and told to move equipment. Anything left behind will be thrown away.
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear
(CNN) — Alarm is growing among federal workers at NASA’s iconic Goddard Space Flight Center’s main campus in Greenbelt, Maryland — the nerve center for groundbreaking missions like the Hubble
www.wkow.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Trump just continually shooting our country in the face. This unwarranted (and likely illegal) destruction of Goddard is madness. It jeopardizes the next several decades of space exploration.
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Angelina Jolie visited Kherson and met with local children💛💙
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Angelina Jolie visited Kherson and met with local children💛💙
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Dass es die EU Umwelt(!)minister selbst sind, die wider besseren Wissens und gegen die eigene Zuständigkeit die Klimaziele gegen die Wand klatschen, sagt eigentlich alles darüber, wie episch falsch die Debatte läuft in Europa. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
EU-Staaten einigen sich auf abgeschwächtes Klimaziel für 2040
Mehr Spielraum beim CO2-Ausstoß und ein späterer Start des Emissionshandels für Verkehr und Gebäude: Die EU-Umweltminister haben sich zu einem neuen Klimaziel für 2040 durchgerungen, das von Zugeständ...
www.tagesschau.de
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dass es die EU Umwelt(!)minister selbst sind, die wider besseren Wissens und gegen die eigene Zuständigkeit die Klimaziele gegen die Wand klatschen, sagt eigentlich alles darüber, wie episch falsch die Debatte läuft in Europa. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...
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Das Wadephul innerhalb der CDU nun stärker unter Druck gerät als es Spahn je wird, sagt alles über den moralischen und geistigen Zustand dieser Partei (und leider auch des Landes) aus.
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Das Wadephul innerhalb der CDU nun stärker unter Druck gerät als es Spahn je wird, sagt alles über den moralischen und geistigen Zustand dieser Partei (und leider auch des Landes) aus.
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Auf die Knie, Europa!
USA und Katar drohen der EU: Gas-Versorgung könnte gestoppt werden
Die USA und Katar drohen der EU mit einem Lieferstopp von LNG, wenn sie ihre Nachhaltigkeitsvorschriften nicht anpasst. Das zeigt, wie schnell eine neue Energiekrise eintreten könnte.
www.t-online.de
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Auf die Knie, Europa!
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Whatever you're doing, STOP!! Take a moment to look at this stunning new vista sent back from Mars by the rover Curiosity. Here's your future Martian Yosemite... Images: Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/Additional processing S Atkinson
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Whatever you're doing, STOP!! Take a moment to look at this stunning new vista sent back from Mars by the rover Curiosity. Here's your future Martian Yosemite... Images: Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/LANL/Additional processing S Atkinson
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"Babis hat angekündigt, das von Tschechien geleitete und vom europäischen Ausland finanzierte Programm zur Lieferung von Munition an Kyjiw zu beenden. Zudem will er jegliche Hilfe für die Ukraine aus dem tschechischen Haushalt streichen."
Tschechien: EU-kritischer Koalitionsvertrag unterschrieben – DW – 03.11.2025
"Null Toleranz" bei Migration, keine Einführung des Euro: Das Koalitionsprogramm des neuen Rechtsbündnisses in Tschechien um Milliardär und Ex-Regierungschef Babis steht.
www.dw.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Babis hat angekündigt, das von Tschechien geleitete und vom europäischen Ausland finanzierte Programm zur Lieferung von Munition an Kyjiw zu beenden. Zudem will er jegliche Hilfe für die Ukraine aus dem tschechischen Haushalt streichen."
I found this very interesting.
November 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I found this very interesting.
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Bei dieser Stadtbilddebatte kommt interessanterweise die Bekleidung nur am Rande vor – erinnert sich niemand mehr an die heftigen Hoodie-Debatten in den USA? Als dieses Kleidungsstück Gangster-kodiert war?
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Bei dieser Stadtbilddebatte kommt interessanterweise die Bekleidung nur am Rande vor – erinnert sich niemand mehr an die heftigen Hoodie-Debatten in den USA? Als dieses Kleidungsstück Gangster-kodiert war?
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This app is bad news.
"An ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien," said the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee.
ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent | Common Dreams
ICE is using facial recognition tech on US citizens without their consent, according to DHS documents obtained by 404 Media. Despite such software's unreliability, agents may ignore a citizen's birth…
www.commondreams.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This app is bad news.
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it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
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🧵 This piece captures a core problem of the hollow democratic state: politics has become performance, optimised for visibility, not understanding.
Farage is winning because politics has been reduced to clickbait.
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
It’s a shallow spectacle that favours clowns and con-artists.
As @jemmaforte.bsky.social says here - politics has been “repackaged into junk food.”
But there are ways for the left to fight back 👇🏻
The political entertainment industry
📝 A guest essay...
writesbright.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🧵 This piece captures a core problem of the hollow democratic state: politics has become performance, optimised for visibility, not understanding.
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If the President is denying he pardoned him, how do we know he was pardoned?
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If the President is denying he pardoned him, how do we know he was pardoned?
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2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
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That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
2nd Nov. 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the ongoing human presence off-world.
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
That is, humans have continuously occupied the ISS for exactly 25 years today.
So if you're <= 24 years old, you've never lived in a world where humans were *only* terrestrial-based.
Image by HEO (from above!)
🔭🧪
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Um was ich die Contrarian Meinungsunternehmer etwas beneide, ist, dass sie am Ende immer gewinnen, egal ob bei Corona, Vakzine, Russland, Aufrüstung, Meinungsfreiheit, Klima, etc. Sie betreiben keine saubere analytische Arbeit, sondern warten ab, bis sich ein
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Um was ich die Contrarian Meinungsunternehmer etwas beneide, ist, dass sie am Ende immer gewinnen, egal ob bei Corona, Vakzine, Russland, Aufrüstung, Meinungsfreiheit, Klima, etc. Sie betreiben keine saubere analytische Arbeit, sondern warten ab, bis sich ein