Gwen Jones
@gwenyth.bsky.social
Archival researcher, editor. Favourite pasttime: learning languages. Part-time collector of martial arts maxims: be like the fan on the wall
gwenjones.de
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CALL FOR CHAPTERS!
Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...
Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...
February 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
CALL FOR CHAPTERS!
Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...
Me and @grahammacklin.bsky.social are putting together an edited collection looking at the use of pseudoscientific ideas by extremist movements. If you are interested, please send us your abstracts at this link: forms.gle/mAUtpDGNEj9i...
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Welsh Iranian artist, Roshi Nasehi, speaks to fellow musicians about the dangers of allowing the protest movement to be hijacked by hard left anti-imperialist ideologues and outlines how practical help can be offered
The Writing’s on the Wall for the Betrayal of Iran
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The Writing’s on the Wall for the Betrayal of Iran
buff.ly/bL70kF6
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Welsh Iranian artist, Roshi Nasehi, speaks to fellow musicians about the dangers of allowing the protest movement to be hijacked by hard left anti-imperialist ideologues and outlines how practical help can be offered
The Writing’s on the Wall for the Betrayal of Iran
buff.ly/bL70kF6
The Writing’s on the Wall for the Betrayal of Iran
buff.ly/bL70kF6
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'Covent Garden' (from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
February 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
'Covent Garden' (from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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Mein Nachbar wünschte mir 2023 „einen friedlichen Himmel.“ 2026 wünscht mir ein Taxifahrer „Wärme und Licht.“
Der Krieg hat die Menschen in der Ukraine gelehrt, ihre Worte mit Bedacht zu wählen.
Der Krieg hat die Menschen in der Ukraine gelehrt, ihre Worte mit Bedacht zu wählen.
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Mein Nachbar wünschte mir 2023 „einen friedlichen Himmel.“ 2026 wünscht mir ein Taxifahrer „Wärme und Licht.“
Der Krieg hat die Menschen in der Ukraine gelehrt, ihre Worte mit Bedacht zu wählen.
Der Krieg hat die Menschen in der Ukraine gelehrt, ihre Worte mit Bedacht zu wählen.
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Every Ukrainian is now an involuntary sound engineer, acutely sensitive to ambient noise, mentally calculating threats from high-pitched buzz or faint whistle.
In interviews with over 40 Ukrainians I’ve attempted to understand the psychological toll of drone sounds w/ @newlinesmag.bsky.social
In interviews with over 40 Ukrainians I’ve attempted to understand the psychological toll of drone sounds w/ @newlinesmag.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Every Ukrainian is now an involuntary sound engineer, acutely sensitive to ambient noise, mentally calculating threats from high-pitched buzz or faint whistle.
In interviews with over 40 Ukrainians I’ve attempted to understand the psychological toll of drone sounds w/ @newlinesmag.bsky.social
In interviews with over 40 Ukrainians I’ve attempted to understand the psychological toll of drone sounds w/ @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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Also ich nehme gerne Handkes Literaturnobelpreis.
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Also ich nehme gerne Handkes Literaturnobelpreis.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Awaiting news from #Iran, you might want to delve into Persian poetry.. Before the latest mass protests began, #TheGlobalJigsaw looked into how the leaders of Iran, Tajikistan & Afghanistan are leaning on poetry in politics
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbor...
audio: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbor...
audio: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Why Persian speaking leaders turn to verse - The Global Jigsaw podcast - BBC World Service
YouTube video by BBC World Service
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January 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Awaiting news from #Iran, you might want to delve into Persian poetry.. Before the latest mass protests began, #TheGlobalJigsaw looked into how the leaders of Iran, Tajikistan & Afghanistan are leaning on poetry in politics
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbor...
audio: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbor...
audio: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...
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Am 10. Januar 1927 wurde der Film Metropolis im Ufa-Palast am Zoo uraufgeführt.
"In Metropolis schien das gelähmte Kollektivbewusstsein mit ungewöhnlicher Klarheit im Schlaf zu reden."
Siegfried Kracauer, Von Caligari zu Hitler, 1947. 🧵
"In Metropolis schien das gelähmte Kollektivbewusstsein mit ungewöhnlicher Klarheit im Schlaf zu reden."
Siegfried Kracauer, Von Caligari zu Hitler, 1947. 🧵
January 10, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Am 10. Januar 1927 wurde der Film Metropolis im Ufa-Palast am Zoo uraufgeführt.
"In Metropolis schien das gelähmte Kollektivbewusstsein mit ungewöhnlicher Klarheit im Schlaf zu reden."
Siegfried Kracauer, Von Caligari zu Hitler, 1947. 🧵
"In Metropolis schien das gelähmte Kollektivbewusstsein mit ungewöhnlicher Klarheit im Schlaf zu reden."
Siegfried Kracauer, Von Caligari zu Hitler, 1947. 🧵
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“Write it down on real paper with a real pencil, with real intent, and watch it get real. Spelling is a Spell."
— Erykah Badu
— Erykah Badu
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
“Write it down on real paper with a real pencil, with real intent, and watch it get real. Spelling is a Spell."
— Erykah Badu
— Erykah Badu
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Wenn dein „linker Protest“ so aussieht wie ein russischer Kriegsakt, solltest du vielleicht noch einmal ganz tief in dich gehen
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Wenn dein „linker Protest“ so aussieht wie ein russischer Kriegsakt, solltest du vielleicht noch einmal ganz tief in dich gehen
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Stromness this afternoon. The sun sets as another snow shower arrives.
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Stromness this afternoon. The sun sets as another snow shower arrives.
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From the Library of Congress Geography & Map Division: The first full moon of the new year calls for a look at the beautiful lunar maps created long before satellite images became available. 🌕✨⬇️
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2020/03/going-to-the-moon-early-cartography-of-the-lunar-surface/?loclr=blsky
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2020/03/going-to-the-moon-early-cartography-of-the-lunar-surface/?loclr=blsky
January 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
From the Library of Congress Geography & Map Division: The first full moon of the new year calls for a look at the beautiful lunar maps created long before satellite images became available. 🌕✨⬇️
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2020/03/going-to-the-moon-early-cartography-of-the-lunar-surface/?loclr=blsky
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2020/03/going-to-the-moon-early-cartography-of-the-lunar-surface/?loclr=blsky
Everybody read Victor Klemperer again
'framing' isn't enough to explain what is happening in mass media; the cost of ceding a vocabulary to anti-democratic forces is far higher than is commonly reckoned
January 2, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Everybody read Victor Klemperer again
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putin’s notion that we are a great powerful civilization but also we are constantly helplessly victimized by the west -- it’s the same combination of entitlement plus victimhood that you find in the US far-right. No wonder they like him
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
putin’s notion that we are a great powerful civilization but also we are constantly helplessly victimized by the west -- it’s the same combination of entitlement plus victimhood that you find in the US far-right. No wonder they like him
Who is writing or asking questions about the new locus of American diplomacy & deal making i.e. a private Miami club? It always strikes me that an entire shift has taken place from DC, including new location, personnel & security arrangements, and I just don't see it thematised. Just wondering.
December 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Who is writing or asking questions about the new locus of American diplomacy & deal making i.e. a private Miami club? It always strikes me that an entire shift has taken place from DC, including new location, personnel & security arrangements, and I just don't see it thematised. Just wondering.
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You may have heard about his sociology, but did you know about his talent at graphic design? publicdomainreview.org/collection/w...
W. E. B. Du Bois’ Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life (1900)
Visually dazzling set of hand-drawn charts created by Du Bois, condensing an enormous amount of data on African-American life into aesthetically daring and easily digestible visualisations.
publicdomainreview.org
December 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You may have heard about his sociology, but did you know about his talent at graphic design? publicdomainreview.org/collection/w...
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Just the usual welsh singing, festive undead horse
December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Just the usual welsh singing, festive undead horse
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A decade of chemical and biological disinformation, mapped buff.ly/qcTCI5N
A decade of chemical and biological disinformation, mapped
A new tool allows us to visualize how disinformation campaigns originating in places like the halls of the Russian Ministry of Defence can end up circulating on Fox News or in international…
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December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A decade of chemical and biological disinformation, mapped buff.ly/qcTCI5N
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Today @time.com named the "Architects of AI" as 2025's "Person of the Year." Just hours later, it announced its new Global AI Literacy partnership with OpenAI.
Yes: Time's Man of the Year award is now sponcon.
I knew it was a ghost brand, but this seems a new low.
time.com/7340010/time...
Yes: Time's Man of the Year award is now sponcon.
I knew it was a ghost brand, but this seems a new low.
time.com/7340010/time...
TIME and OpenAI Partner to Advance Global AI Literacy
TIME and OpenAI announced a partnership to increase people’s understanding of how to use AI effectively and responsibly in daily life.
time.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Today @time.com named the "Architects of AI" as 2025's "Person of the Year." Just hours later, it announced its new Global AI Literacy partnership with OpenAI.
Yes: Time's Man of the Year award is now sponcon.
I knew it was a ghost brand, but this seems a new low.
time.com/7340010/time...
Yes: Time's Man of the Year award is now sponcon.
I knew it was a ghost brand, but this seems a new low.
time.com/7340010/time...
attention tankies!
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
Warum Karl Marx die Ukraine verteidigt hätte: „Er forderte, dass der Westen seine Armeen schicken soll, um die Russen aufzuhalten“
Sozialwissenschaftler Timm Graßmann sagt: Marx hat nicht nur den Kapitalismus kritisiert, sondern auch vor Russlands imperialen Absichten gewarnt. Daraus, meint er, könne die heutige Linke nur lernen....
www.tagesspiegel.de
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
attention tankies!
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...
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The Hybrid War Tracking project took a mega-leap forward!
1. Live BETA --> hwt.lv/admin/events
2. Front End/Backend of database
3 Processing of data. 1142 records now.
4. A Brief History of the project.
5. Status of the project.
6. OSINT: Please join us.
fundrazr.com/stories/aMohpa
1. Live BETA --> hwt.lv/admin/events
2. Front End/Backend of database
3 Processing of data. 1142 records now.
4. A Brief History of the project.
5. Status of the project.
6. OSINT: Please join us.
fundrazr.com/stories/aMohpa
Amara Graps posted a story update on Hybrid War Tracker: Exposing Russia’s Under-reported Ops in 🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱
Dear Hybrid War Tracker Supporters, 1. Live Beta with some screen shots 2. Front End and Backend of the database 3 Processing of the Data 4. A Brief History of the Hybrid War Tracking project. 5. Stat...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Hybrid War Tracking project took a mega-leap forward!
1. Live BETA --> hwt.lv/admin/events
2. Front End/Backend of database
3 Processing of data. 1142 records now.
4. A Brief History of the project.
5. Status of the project.
6. OSINT: Please join us.
fundrazr.com/stories/aMohpa
1. Live BETA --> hwt.lv/admin/events
2. Front End/Backend of database
3 Processing of data. 1142 records now.
4. A Brief History of the project.
5. Status of the project.
6. OSINT: Please join us.
fundrazr.com/stories/aMohpa