We are living in one of the stupidest times in history.

So, kurz noch einen Kaffee holen und dann Tag 2 der m:access-Konferenz online verfolgen: www.boerse-muenchen.de/maccess/term... @bayboerse

We’ve heard a lot of colossally stupid things from the Trump regime lately, but this is among the stupidest things I’ve heard from anyone, anywhere, ever.

20 years of pounding Afghanistan resulted in a shameful withdrawal and the return of the Taliban.
Two years of even more extreme pounding in Gaza brought a shaky cease-fire and Hamas returning to kill their opposition.
Don’t tell me this is the beginning of eternal peace.

Defama-Vorstand Matthias Schrade stellte heute das auf Nahversorger-Immobilien spezialisierte Unternehmen auf der m:access-Konferenz vor. Zum Aktien-Snapshot: 4investors.de/aktien/defam... #aktien #defama #4investors #maccess

Die ganze bisherige Präsidentschaft ist von Selbstbereicherung (u.a. Trump-Shitcoin) und korrupten Verhalten durchzogen, das ist keine "blurry line" sondern offensichtlich.

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

today's Miller Lite stat o' the day

97,000

the daily subscription base for the Washington Post, down from 250k 5 years ago, and the first time under 100k in over 5 decades

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"Fantastic Kingdom“
which will come out in June 2026,
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Netanyahu refuses to release Marwan Barghouti, the most popular Palestinian leader—and the one most likely to bring about a two-state solution. Hamas refuses to disarm. The two enemies are united in opposition to a two-state solution. That makes lasting peace unlikely. wapo.st/3W5yhAx

Aufnahme des Webb-Teleskops von einer Region in der Milchstraße, wo neue Sterne entstehen. Eigentlich verstellen die Gaswolken, in denen sich die Sterne formen, den Blick. Doch mit seinen Infrarot-Kameras durchdringt das Teleskop diese kosmischen Nebel. science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

Die 10 wichtigsten Punkte aus der öffentlichen Anhörung der Nachrichtendienste BND, BfV und MAD: 🧵

TAGESSCHAU: USA und China erheben neue Gebühren im Schiffsverkehr www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/w...
Dieser Konter Chinas wird wahrscheinlich eher verpuffen … es gibt keine Schiffe, die in den USA gebaut wurden/werden. Und unter US-Flagge fährt auch kaum ein Schiff.

könnte daran liegen, dass china kein freier markt ist. 🤫

Imagine the reaction of Republicans if Subianto had wanted to meet with Hunter Biden during the Biden administration.

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

In dem Kontext: Wann kommt eigentlich der im Koalitionsvertrag skizzierte Deutschlandfonds – mit €10 Mrd. staatlichem Anfangskapital, das durch private Gelder auf mindestens €100 Mrd. gehebelt werden soll?

Nicht mehr nur Naturkatastrophen im Blick: Neuer Vorsorge-Ratgeber für Krisen und Notfälle, geprägt auch von der sicherheitspolitischen Lage:

If you’re hearing news about a cancer break-through and wonder what’s hype and what’s not, here’s a good explainer of the actual findings in animal studies.

This is some elegant science that pulls together several lines of long-standing inquiry, and yes, it’s a BFD.

www.umass.edu/news/article...

To summarize. If Trump wanted to send Ukraine Tomahawks, he could right now. If Trump wanted to sanction Russia, he could right now. If Trump
wanted to seriously bolster Ukrainian air defense against Russia drones/missiles, he could right now. But he’s not, so he doesn’t want to.

The kind of stuff that reminds you why we shouldn't expect anything from Trump on Ukraine. He is an idiot

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

The great thing about being a Trumpist is that Speaker Johnson can make the most absurd, evidence-free, ideologically-extreme claims imaginable about the democratic opposition, and media outlets will note the aggressive nature of his claims ("slams") and amplify his lies in the headline.

Tech-investor Peter Thiel, best known for sponsoring J.D. Vance and co-founding Palantir, goes theology:

“Over the past month, Thiel has hosted a series of 4 lectures on the downtown waterfront of San Francisco philosophizing about who the antichrist could be and warning that Armageddon is coming.“