Falk Steiner
@fsteiner.bsky.social
Journalist. Freelance. Berlin.
Bylines: DLF | Stern | c't | Spiegel | heise | others
German/English.
http://steiner.berlin
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Bylines: DLF | Stern | c't | Spiegel | heise | others
German/English.
http://steiner.berlin
Newsletter (DE/2x/w): https://steady.page/de/guten-morgen-berlin/ (€)
Threema: C66VWYCB
Signal: gutenmorgen.86
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Falk Steiner
@fsteiner.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Da einige neue Follower hinzugekommen sind, kurze Runde Erwartungsmanagement:
Ich arbeite als freier Journalist in Berlin, manchmal Brüssel.
Es gibt Menschen, die meinen, ich würde mich mit Digitalthemen, Sicherheitspolitik, EU, Handel / Wirtschaft / Regulatorik & Migration passabel auskennen.
Ich arbeite als freier Journalist in Berlin, manchmal Brüssel.
Es gibt Menschen, die meinen, ich würde mich mit Digitalthemen, Sicherheitspolitik, EU, Handel / Wirtschaft / Regulatorik & Migration passabel auskennen.
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Der Protonenflux auf der Sonne liegt normalerweise bei 0,2. Nach einem Ausbruch gestern ist er auf inzwischen 1350 gestiegen. Auf der Warnskala der US-Weltraumbehörde NOAA sind wir schon bei 3 von 5 Stufen. Das bedeutet hohe Strahlenbelastung in hoch fliegenden Flugzeugen auf Transpolarstrecken.
GOES Proton Flux | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
www.swpc.noaa.gov
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Der Protonenflux auf der Sonne liegt normalerweise bei 0,2. Nach einem Ausbruch gestern ist er auf inzwischen 1350 gestiegen. Auf der Warnskala der US-Weltraumbehörde NOAA sind wir schon bei 3 von 5 Stufen. Das bedeutet hohe Strahlenbelastung in hoch fliegenden Flugzeugen auf Transpolarstrecken.
Interesting thought.
To defend Greenland and itself from Trump, the EU and its leaders must stop its deregulation packages.
EU omnibus packages serve US and not European interests.
It’s a self defeating conduct - I wrote today in the @financialtimes.com
EU omnibus packages serve US and not European interests.
It’s a self defeating conduct - I wrote today in the @financialtimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Interesting thought.
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Das Magnetometer Kiel meldet K9, das ist der Maximalwert für einen geomagnetischen Sturm.
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Das Magnetometer Kiel meldet K9, das ist der Maximalwert für einen geomagnetischen Sturm.
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Berlin, look up at the sky right now
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Berlin, look up at the sky right now
What do you think will he ask the Pope to give him in exchange? Easter eggs?
News: "In a rare direct rebuke to a U.S. president, three American cardinals urged the Trump administration to step back from foreign policy strategies and goals that threaten world peace." www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
Cardinals urge Trump to step back from threats on Greenland and Venezuela
In a rare direct rebuke to a U.S. president, three American cardinals urged the Trump administration to step back from foreign policy strategies and goals that threaten world peace.
www.americamagazine.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
What do you think will he ask the Pope to give him in exchange? Easter eggs?
1956 has called.
💥Viktor Orbán’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó says Hungary is BLOCKING a joint EU statement on Greenland.
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
January 19, 2026 at 6:44 PM
1956 has called.
January 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Diese Reportage habe ich kürzlich geschaut. Sie war faszinierend aktuell, abgesehen von ein paar Kleinigkeiten.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upwh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upwh...
Der Aufstieg des Andy B. vom Bodensee in den Computerhimmel (1987)
YouTube video by Retro Channel
www.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Diese Reportage habe ich kürzlich geschaut. Sie war faszinierend aktuell, abgesehen von ein paar Kleinigkeiten.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upwh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upwh...
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The only U.S. heavy icebreaker turns 50. That's an interesting landmark given recent U.S. criticism of other countries for not taking Arctic security seriously.
USCGC Polar Star, the U.S. Coast Guard’s only heavy icebreaker, turns 50. All U.S. military icebreakers are part of the Coast Guard; the Navy does not operate any vessels of this type.
militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...
militarnyi.com/en/news/u-s-...
U.S. Coast Guard’s Only Heavy Icebreaker Marks 50 Years in Service - Militarnyi
Polar Star can navigate ice up to 6 feet thick at 3 knots. Using a continuous ramming process, drive, strike, retreat, and strike again, it can penetrate ice up to 21 feet thick.
militarnyi.com
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The only U.S. heavy icebreaker turns 50. That's an interesting landmark given recent U.S. criticism of other countries for not taking Arctic security seriously.
FI/FR/NL/NO/SE/UK/DE/DK #greenland statement, full text:
»As members of NATO, we are committed to strengthening Arctic security as a shared transatlantic interest. The pre-coordinated Danish exercise „Arctic Endurance“ conducted with Allies, responds to this necessity. It poses no threat to anyone.
»As members of NATO, we are committed to strengthening Arctic security as a shared transatlantic interest. The pre-coordinated Danish exercise „Arctic Endurance“ conducted with Allies, responds to this necessity. It poses no threat to anyone.
January 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
FI/FR/NL/NO/SE/UK/DE/DK #greenland statement, full text:
»As members of NATO, we are committed to strengthening Arctic security as a shared transatlantic interest. The pre-coordinated Danish exercise „Arctic Endurance“ conducted with Allies, responds to this necessity. It poses no threat to anyone.
»As members of NATO, we are committed to strengthening Arctic security as a shared transatlantic interest. The pre-coordinated Danish exercise „Arctic Endurance“ conducted with Allies, responds to this necessity. It poses no threat to anyone.
Anyone knowing the Turkish position on Greenland, being a NATO member, EU candidate and always on it's own trajectory?
January 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Anyone knowing the Turkish position on Greenland, being a NATO member, EU candidate and always on it's own trajectory?
If there would only be a truly European approach to the EU, one could be tempted to find it a good one.
With 27 kingdoms and some leaders behaving like emperors amongst kings, the EU remains weak in itself
I would have expected the events of the past years to become a booster for a better union.
With 27 kingdoms and some leaders behaving like emperors amongst kings, the EU remains weak in itself
I would have expected the events of the past years to become a booster for a better union.
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 AM
If there would only be a truly European approach to the EU, one could be tempted to find it a good one.
With 27 kingdoms and some leaders behaving like emperors amongst kings, the EU remains weak in itself
I would have expected the events of the past years to become a booster for a better union.
With 27 kingdoms and some leaders behaving like emperors amongst kings, the EU remains weak in itself
I would have expected the events of the past years to become a booster for a better union.
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The financial industry is a major road block for climate change mitigation. Our research shows the beneficiaries of sticking with fossil capital: the super rich.
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Very interesting new @balancedeconomy.bsky.social report setting out the links between concentration of ownership in the financial sector and climate damage.
Here's one killer graph: over half of fossil fuel profits to the top 1% in the US.
static1.squarespace.com/static/65c9d...
Here's one killer graph: over half of fossil fuel profits to the top 1% in the US.
static1.squarespace.com/static/65c9d...
January 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The financial industry is a major road block for climate change mitigation. Our research shows the beneficiaries of sticking with fossil capital: the super rich.
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Great to see our chart republished by the Balanced Economy Project!
Link to full paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
»Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty.«
Okay, that 'coordinated' thing has caught my attention.
Okay, that 'coordinated' thing has caught my attention.
January 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
»Europe will remain united, coordinated, and committed to upholding its sovereignty.«
Okay, that 'coordinated' thing has caught my attention.
Okay, that 'coordinated' thing has caught my attention.
Putting tariffs on individual EU countries. Good luck with that, Donald.
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Putting tariffs on individual EU countries. Good luck with that, Donald.
This season of Borgen has a really weird script.
January 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM
This season of Borgen has a really weird script.
Der Gipfel der Unverforenheit allerdings war, als er ihnen vorwarf, dass Menschen ohne dauerhafte Aufenthaltserlaubnis nicht arbeiten - was die Union immer verhindert hat. Weil sonst Integration droht.
Diese andauernde Beschimpfung der arbeitenden Bevölkerung, alle zu faul, müssen mehr arbeiten, doofe Arbeitszeitgesetze, doofer Krankenstand, die simulieren doch.
Ich weiß ja nicht, Herr Bundeskanzler.
Ich weiß ja nicht, Herr Bundeskanzler.
January 17, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Der Gipfel der Unverforenheit allerdings war, als er ihnen vorwarf, dass Menschen ohne dauerhafte Aufenthaltserlaubnis nicht arbeiten - was die Union immer verhindert hat. Weil sonst Integration droht.
Maybe we should all accept that the US will incorporate a few more states soon -- and this happening quickly could be in our own interest.
Think about Canada being 5 states, Greenland, Iceland i1 respectively thats maybe the most effective way of changing electoral college majorities.
Just sayin.
Think about Canada being 5 states, Greenland, Iceland i1 respectively thats maybe the most effective way of changing electoral college majorities.
Just sayin.
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Maybe we should all accept that the US will incorporate a few more states soon -- and this happening quickly could be in our own interest.
Think about Canada being 5 states, Greenland, Iceland i1 respectively thats maybe the most effective way of changing electoral college majorities.
Just sayin.
Think about Canada being 5 states, Greenland, Iceland i1 respectively thats maybe the most effective way of changing electoral college majorities.
Just sayin.
This gets boring after the first year.
Trump: "I may put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland because we need Greenland for national security"
January 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This gets boring after the first year.
Don't share many takes on Machado now.
No clue whether Machado was a good choice for the Nobel prize, honestly. But it seems she would exchange a lot for a better future for her country.
In deal maker logics, the medal could be a very low price for what she wants and maybe even cares about.
No clue whether Machado was a good choice for the Nobel prize, honestly. But it seems she would exchange a lot for a better future for her country.
In deal maker logics, the medal could be a very low price for what she wants and maybe even cares about.
January 16, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Don't share many takes on Machado now.
No clue whether Machado was a good choice for the Nobel prize, honestly. But it seems she would exchange a lot for a better future for her country.
In deal maker logics, the medal could be a very low price for what she wants and maybe even cares about.
No clue whether Machado was a good choice for the Nobel prize, honestly. But it seems she would exchange a lot for a better future for her country.
In deal maker logics, the medal could be a very low price for what she wants and maybe even cares about.
It's definitely true that your friends and partners are telling a story about yourself. #hungary #orban
Rightwing leaders endorse Viktor Orbán in Hungarian election campaign video
Rightwing leaders endorse Viktor Orbán in Hungarian election campaign video
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and France’s Marine Le Pen among figures showing support for Hungary’s prime minister
Rightwing leaders from around the world have come together to endorse Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, hinting at the symbolism that the country’s elections hold for global far-right movements even as the populist leader lags in the polls.
A campaign video published online by Orbán this week includes endorsements from nearly a dozen leaders including Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini, France’s Marine Le Pen and Germany’s Alice Weidel. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:39 AM
There are so many things to fix in so many countries, as this story shows. But some prefer to be destructive...
January 15, 2026 at 6:37 PM
There are so many things to fix in so many countries, as this story shows. But some prefer to be destructive...