Golwar
@golwar.bsky.social
Not a goblin and not too revolutionary.
Fair warning: I tweet in German & English. Covering a strangely diverse selection of topics.
(He/him)
Fair warning: I tweet in German & English. Covering a strangely diverse selection of topics.
(He/him)
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Ich vermute dies könnte das allererste Transferfenster überhaupt sein, bei dem ich überhaupt nichts aus dem #VfB Umfeld vernommen habe von wegen Handlungsbedarf auf irgendwelchen Positionen oder bei bestimmten Spielern.
February 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Ich vermute dies könnte das allererste Transferfenster überhaupt sein, bei dem ich überhaupt nichts aus dem #VfB Umfeld vernommen habe von wegen Handlungsbedarf auf irgendwelchen Positionen oder bei bestimmten Spielern.
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Für solch erlösende Momente lohnt es sich schon fast die 90 Minuten zuvor am torlosen Zustand zu verzweifeln. #VfBSCF
Aber nur fast. Und gefährliche Gegenangriffe danach gehören verboten.
Aber nur fast. Und gefährliche Gegenangriffe danach gehören verboten.
February 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Für solch erlösende Momente lohnt es sich schon fast die 90 Minuten zuvor am torlosen Zustand zu verzweifeln. #VfBSCF
Aber nur fast. Und gefährliche Gegenangriffe danach gehören verboten.
Aber nur fast. Und gefährliche Gegenangriffe danach gehören verboten.
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Wie überaus traurig. Rita Süssmuth war eine der ganz Großen.
Ich weiß, dass ich Rita Süssmuth ganz persönlich enorm viel verdanke. Ich werde ihr das nie vergessen. Sie ist in so vielem ein Vorbild.
Möge sie in Frieden ruhen. 🖤
Ich weiß, dass ich Rita Süssmuth ganz persönlich enorm viel verdanke. Ich werde ihr das nie vergessen. Sie ist in so vielem ein Vorbild.
Möge sie in Frieden ruhen. 🖤
February 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Wie überaus traurig. Rita Süssmuth war eine der ganz Großen.
Ich weiß, dass ich Rita Süssmuth ganz persönlich enorm viel verdanke. Ich werde ihr das nie vergessen. Sie ist in so vielem ein Vorbild.
Möge sie in Frieden ruhen. 🖤
Ich weiß, dass ich Rita Süssmuth ganz persönlich enorm viel verdanke. Ich werde ihr das nie vergessen. Sie ist in so vielem ein Vorbild.
Möge sie in Frieden ruhen. 🖤
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"Perhaps most dispiriting for many Europeans was realising the French had been right all along."
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
Europe’s five stages of grief for the transatlantic alliance
From denial to bargaining to acceptance that the world has changed
www.economist.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:10 AM
"Perhaps most dispiriting for many Europeans was realising the French had been right all along."
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
www.economist.com/europe/2026/...
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Was bedeutet es für Nationalisten, wenn ihr bester Freund sich als Imperialist entpuppt?
www.zeit.de/2026/05/nati...
www.zeit.de/2026/05/nati...
January 31, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Was bedeutet es für Nationalisten, wenn ihr bester Freund sich als Imperialist entpuppt?
www.zeit.de/2026/05/nati...
www.zeit.de/2026/05/nati...
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⚠️ “The Pentagon is at odds with artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic over safeguards that would prevent the government from deploying its technology to target weapons autonomously and conduct U.S. domestic surveillance.”
Exclusive: Pentagon clashes with Anthropic over military AI use, sources say
The Pentagon is at odds with artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic over safeguards that would prevent the government from deploying its technology to target weapons autonomously and conduct U.S....
www.reuters.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 AM
⚠️ “The Pentagon is at odds with artificial-intelligence developer Anthropic over safeguards that would prevent the government from deploying its technology to target weapons autonomously and conduct U.S. domestic surveillance.”
Absehbar dass die Rangers uns nicht Porto aus dem Weg räumen werden. Ich denke da kann man eher die Hoffnung auf Panathinaikos gegen AS Rom setzen, mit 11 gegen 10. #VfB
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Absehbar dass die Rangers uns nicht Porto aus dem Weg räumen werden. Ich denke da kann man eher die Hoffnung auf Panathinaikos gegen AS Rom setzen, mit 11 gegen 10. #VfB
Rechnerisch wohl unmöglich aber irgendwie rechne ich damit dass Fenerbahce und Feyenoord unsere zwei möglichen Gegner für die Zwischenrunde sein werden. #VfB
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rechnerisch wohl unmöglich aber irgendwie rechne ich damit dass Fenerbahce und Feyenoord unsere zwei möglichen Gegner für die Zwischenrunde sein werden. #VfB
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
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UPDATE: TIKTOK IS COOKED. Our videos went from tens of thousands to 0.
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
January 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
UPDATE: TIKTOK IS COOKED. Our videos went from tens of thousands to 0.
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
(seemingly a direct result of Trump & Bibi’s friends taking over)
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,Donald Trump’s most profound break with American democracy, evident in his words and actions alike, is his view that the state’s relationship with its citizens is defined not by ideals or rules but rather by expressions of power, at the personal direction of the president.‘
C. Homans
NYT
(1/2)
C. Homans
NYT
(1/2)
January 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
,Donald Trump’s most profound break with American democracy, evident in his words and actions alike, is his view that the state’s relationship with its citizens is defined not by ideals or rules but rather by expressions of power, at the personal direction of the president.‘
C. Homans
NYT
(1/2)
C. Homans
NYT
(1/2)
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This. I'm a Europeanist historian, so I know a lot more about that, but this is one thing the Europeans got from us (after Europeans brought it here in the first place with the slave trade and native genocide). The common denominator is white supremacy.
Some people say not to call them Nazis because there are antecedents in our own history, while others are over-reliant on outside examples. But it's important to acknowledge the mingling of our own trends and history with global fascist legacies and movements because that's our reality.
January 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
This. I'm a Europeanist historian, so I know a lot more about that, but this is one thing the Europeans got from us (after Europeans brought it here in the first place with the slave trade and native genocide). The common denominator is white supremacy.
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Small example of how far-right populists in Europe will ... how can I put this?, struggle to co-operate.
cf also AfD views on France asking the #ECB to help with French debt costs.
cf also AfD views on France asking the #ECB to help with French debt costs.
A senior figure from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has called for Poland to pay his country €1.3bn as reparations for its “complicity” in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
His demand has been met with anger in Poland, with one government minister calling it “outrageous”.
His demand has been met with anger in Poland, with one government minister calling it “outrageous”.
Senior AfD figure demands Poland pay Germany reparations for Nord Stream sabotage
notesfrompoland.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Small example of how far-right populists in Europe will ... how can I put this?, struggle to co-operate.
cf also AfD views on France asking the #ECB to help with French debt costs.
cf also AfD views on France asking the #ECB to help with French debt costs.
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Vances Announce They Are Expecting Another Child To Be Abducted In Minneapolis
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Vances Announce They Are Expecting Another Child To Be Abducted In Minneapolis