Marcel Krueger
@marcelkrueger.bsky.social
Run out the boat, my broken comrades. Books & essays on memory and place, especially about Ireland, Germany, Poland. Walter Benjamin Ultra, has friends everywhere. I live in Berlin.
Editor of @elsewherejournal.bsky.social
https://www.marcelkrueger.eu/
Editor of @elsewherejournal.bsky.social
https://www.marcelkrueger.eu/
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Marcel Krueger
@marcelkrueger.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Allow me to (re)introduce myself. I’m a German-Irish writer and translator, disciple of Drndić, Sebald and Benjamin. I write about memory, nostalgia and identity by way of my German-Polish family history full of spies, forced labour, and lost homes. I'm adding some essays and books of mine below.
The memorial of Elise and Otto Hampel, a working-class couple from Berlin-Wedding who distributed anti-Hitler postcards they had written throughout Berlin and were killed by the Nazis in 1943. Hans Fallada made them the main protagonists in his novel “Alone in Berlin”. Postcards can be resistance.
February 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM
The memorial of Elise and Otto Hampel, a working-class couple from Berlin-Wedding who distributed anti-Hitler postcards they had written throughout Berlin and were killed by the Nazis in 1943. Hans Fallada made them the main protagonists in his novel “Alone in Berlin”. Postcards can be resistance.
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This is the speech of Rubio’s that matters. If he’s willing to openly endorse, in the name of “US national interests”, a kleptocratic Putinversteher who seeks to rupture EU unity from the inside, it tells you everything you need to know about what those interests are.
February 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
This is the speech of Rubio’s that matters. If he’s willing to openly endorse, in the name of “US national interests”, a kleptocratic Putinversteher who seeks to rupture EU unity from the inside, it tells you everything you need to know about what those interests are.
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Appeasement funktioniert weder mit ausländischen, noch mit inländischen Gegnern der offenen Gesellschaft. Die Union will Wohlhabende weiter entlasten, Soziale Sicherungen weiter abbauen und Bedürftige noch härter angehen, da ihr Kerngesellschaftsideal männlich, gut situiert und rechtskonservativ ist
February 16, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Appeasement funktioniert weder mit ausländischen, noch mit inländischen Gegnern der offenen Gesellschaft. Die Union will Wohlhabende weiter entlasten, Soziale Sicherungen weiter abbauen und Bedürftige noch härter angehen, da ihr Kerngesellschaftsideal männlich, gut situiert und rechtskonservativ ist
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Absolutely right. Like Chris, I resent the framing that European governments are learning this from the US. It’s totally routine for hundreds of black African people to drown in the Mediterranean when trying to reach Europe. The EU, and its homegrown structural racism, enabled that all by itself.
Rather obviously so. European governments are closer to the Trumpists in practice than people would like to think.
EU’s deportations plan risks ICE-style enforcement, rights groups warn
Crackdown on undocumented people could lead to home raids, surveillance and racial profiling, 75 organisations say
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Absolutely right. Like Chris, I resent the framing that European governments are learning this from the US. It’s totally routine for hundreds of black African people to drown in the Mediterranean when trying to reach Europe. The EU, and its homegrown structural racism, enabled that all by itself.
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I think this is part of my generation's confusion about AI.
We were raised on a culture that warned about these dangers repeatedly -- from WarGames to the Terminator films to the Matrix, and countless other dystopian futures in between -- and now those cautionary tales are being celebrated.
We were raised on a culture that warned about these dangers repeatedly -- from WarGames to the Terminator films to the Matrix, and countless other dystopian futures in between -- and now those cautionary tales are being celebrated.
Imagine when The Terminator came out if you told someone that in 40 years the world’s richest weirdo would fill the sky with a communications net, embrace AI, and now promise to build an army of robots, and nobody seems inclined to stop him.
February 15, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I think this is part of my generation's confusion about AI.
We were raised on a culture that warned about these dangers repeatedly -- from WarGames to the Terminator films to the Matrix, and countless other dystopian futures in between -- and now those cautionary tales are being celebrated.
We were raised on a culture that warned about these dangers repeatedly -- from WarGames to the Terminator films to the Matrix, and countless other dystopian futures in between -- and now those cautionary tales are being celebrated.
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Ukrainian blogger Yaroslav, known online as Savage Sage, showed Marinka, Donetsk region, before and after the Russian invasion.
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
February 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Ukrainian blogger Yaroslav, known online as Savage Sage, showed Marinka, Donetsk region, before and after the Russian invasion.
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
Summter See, Brandenburg, February 2026.
February 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Summter See, Brandenburg, February 2026.
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Ich bin nicht beruhigt nach Rubios Rede in München. Ich bin sehr beunruhigt, dass man im Saal laut Ischinger zunächst erleichtert seufzte, um schließlich dann stehend zu applaudieren.
Nichts ist besser nach München.
Nichts ist besser nach München.
February 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Ich bin nicht beruhigt nach Rubios Rede in München. Ich bin sehr beunruhigt, dass man im Saal laut Ischinger zunächst erleichtert seufzte, um schließlich dann stehend zu applaudieren.
Nichts ist besser nach München.
Nichts ist besser nach München.
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How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 AM
How many times, in how many contexts, in how many ways am I going to have to say that this is what "AI" does— what it fundamentally *is*— before it sinks in? That all Bullshit engines do is statistically correlate training data & inputs via their weights to produce outputs you are likely to accept…
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Prozess gegen Deutschland
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Prozess gegen Deutschland
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Alt, marode, trotzdem da,
Unterführung-Antifa!
Unterführung-Antifa!
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Alt, marode, trotzdem da,
Unterführung-Antifa!
Unterführung-Antifa!
The refugee identity card of my grandfather Willi, issued by the city of Solingen in 1948. He had spent the previous years as POW in France and was unable to return to his home in Pomerania, which had become part of Poland. He settled in Solingen instead where he met my grandmother, also a refugee.
February 13, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The refugee identity card of my grandfather Willi, issued by the city of Solingen in 1948. He had spent the previous years as POW in France and was unable to return to his home in Pomerania, which had become part of Poland. He settled in Solingen instead where he met my grandmother, also a refugee.
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Keine Worte mehr übrig für die Public Intellectuals, die 2026 immer noch auf "mit Rechten reden" setzen. Ist es Naivität, die Sehnsucht nach öffentlicher Aufmerksamkeit oder schlicht Selbstüberschätzung?
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Keine Worte mehr übrig für die Public Intellectuals, die 2026 immer noch auf "mit Rechten reden" setzen. Ist es Naivität, die Sehnsucht nach öffentlicher Aufmerksamkeit oder schlicht Selbstüberschätzung?
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Almost all people in power are writing dangerously unhinged and ridiculous fictions.
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
The 'Moon economy' is about to boom. Deutsche Bank thinks this one space stock will benefit
This stock is a play on lunar infrastructure and connectivity, the firm said.
cnb.cx
February 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Almost all people in power are writing dangerously unhinged and ridiculous fictions.
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The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:12 AM
The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.
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Yes, we have received your AI drafted pitches and yes we can tell they are AI and no we won’t be replying to those, you are wasting your time friendo
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Yes, we have received your AI drafted pitches and yes we can tell they are AI and no we won’t be replying to those, you are wasting your time friendo
In slow distaste
I fold my towel with what grace I can, Not young, and not renewable, but man.
I fold my towel with what grace I can, Not young, and not renewable, but man.
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 AM
In slow distaste
I fold my towel with what grace I can, Not young, and not renewable, but man.
I fold my towel with what grace I can, Not young, and not renewable, but man.
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Dobrindt verabschiedet sich von der Willkommenskultur für Ukrainer.
Freitag berichteten wir bei @correctiv.org, dass das BMI Ukrainern keine Integrationskurse vom BAMF mehr gewähren will.
Heute hat das BAMF dies per Rundschreiben an Träger bestätigt.
Freitag berichteten wir bei @correctiv.org, dass das BMI Ukrainern keine Integrationskurse vom BAMF mehr gewähren will.
Heute hat das BAMF dies per Rundschreiben an Träger bestätigt.
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Dobrindt verabschiedet sich von der Willkommenskultur für Ukrainer.
Freitag berichteten wir bei @correctiv.org, dass das BMI Ukrainern keine Integrationskurse vom BAMF mehr gewähren will.
Heute hat das BAMF dies per Rundschreiben an Träger bestätigt.
Freitag berichteten wir bei @correctiv.org, dass das BMI Ukrainern keine Integrationskurse vom BAMF mehr gewähren will.
Heute hat das BAMF dies per Rundschreiben an Träger bestätigt.
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Must read. We all know the cognitive damage and other harms done to users of genAI, but here is behind the scenes reporting on the psychological costs and trauma to workers from vulnerable communities in places like India who are paid pennies to do AI “training” data annotation.
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Must read. We all know the cognitive damage and other harms done to users of genAI, but here is behind the scenes reporting on the psychological costs and trauma to workers from vulnerable communities in places like India who are paid pennies to do AI “training” data annotation.
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„Es ist auch die Frage, wie wir uns als Gesellschaft dazu positionieren wollen. Ist uns das etwas wert? Da schließe ich explizit auch staatliche Förderungen, Subventionen nicht aus, die es über den Buchpreis und über die feste Ladenbindung schon indirekt gibt.“
www.ndr.de/kultur/buchl...
www.ndr.de/kultur/buchl...
Krise im Buchhandel: "Die Lesefähigkeit, die Lesekompetenz und die Leselust schwinden"
Laut Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels ging die Zahl der Buchläden zwischen 2018 und 2023 um zwölf Prozent zurück. Im Interview spricht der Vorsteher des Börsenvereins Sebastian Guggolz über die ...
www.ndr.de
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
„Es ist auch die Frage, wie wir uns als Gesellschaft dazu positionieren wollen. Ist uns das etwas wert? Da schließe ich explizit auch staatliche Förderungen, Subventionen nicht aus, die es über den Buchpreis und über die feste Ladenbindung schon indirekt gibt.“
www.ndr.de/kultur/buchl...
www.ndr.de/kultur/buchl...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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This diagram is in Polish, but fairly easy to understand.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
February 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This diagram is in Polish, but fairly easy to understand.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
The upper section is U.S. assistance for Ukraine during the Biden and Trump admin
The lower is russian drone and missile attacks during the same time frame
Tell me more about how Trump's negotiations are working.
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Update: Wir haben schon über 30 000 Euro. Wer kann noch spenden? Für die Menschen in Kyjiw. Sehr gute Aktion von @vitsche.bsky.social und @bravery-ev.bsky.social!
Ich unterstütze die Kampagne „300 Warm Help Boxes“.
Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.
Für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Belastung-
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vitsche.org/donate/
Nach schweren russischen Angriffen auf die zivile Energieinfrastruktur leiden viele Menschen in Kyjiw unter Stromausfällen und extremen Temperaturen.
Für ältere Menschen sind Kälte und Dunkelheit nicht nur eine Belastung-
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vitsche.org/donate/
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Update: Wir haben schon über 30 000 Euro. Wer kann noch spenden? Für die Menschen in Kyjiw. Sehr gute Aktion von @vitsche.bsky.social und @bravery-ev.bsky.social!
Opens the apps for five minutes.
February 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Opens the apps for five minutes.