Markus Arnold
@mkarnold.bsky.social
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»There is no document of culture which is not at the same time a document of barbarism« Walter Benjamin Professor of political theory / philosophy (Account: dt, engl) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Markus-Arnold-2
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gawhary.bsky.social
Ein Marsch des Elends und Hoffnung“. Ich wurde vom Ö1-Mittagsjournal über die Rückkehr der Palästinenser in ihre Häuser gefragt, über deren Versorgung und über die Freilassung palästinensischer Häftlinge.

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El-Gawhary (ORF): "Marsch des Elends und der Hoffnung"
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helen121.bsky.social
Seeing a return to protest songs arising from the grass roots - this is lovely, and pertinent. Give it a listen on a Sunday afternoon. With the words. #MonRovia

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Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot (Official Music Video)
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mkarnold.bsky.social
Ein großer Teil der Häuser im Gazastreifen ist zerstört. Die Analyse von Satellitenbildern zeigt, dass fast drei Viertel der Gebäude in Gaza Stadt Ruinen sind. Dennoch kehren Zehntausende Menschen mit der am Freitag in Kraft getretenen Waffenruhe dorthin zurück

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Waffenruhe hält: Rückkehr in Ruinen von Gaza-Stadt
Ein großer Teil der Häuser im Gazastreifen ist durch den fast zwei Jahre andauernden Krieg zerstört. Besonders betroffen ist die Stadt Gaza im Norden. Basierend auf der Analyse von Satellitenbildern g...
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guido-kuehn.bsky.social
Die Bundesregierung plant, aus dem Sondervermögen einzig die Sanierung sowie den weiteren Ausbau von Straßen zu finanzieren – nicht jedoch ÖPNV/Schiene. Dahinter steckt die alte, längst widerlegte Vorstellung, dass mehr Straßen automatisch mehr Mobilität für alle bedeuten. In Wahrheit verstärkt
Illustration eines LKW-Schwerlastspezialtransportes, bei dem ein Regio-Zug von einem LKW auf einem Spezialanhänger straßentauglich gezogen wird. Textzeile: Das Verkehrskonzept von Union und SPD
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cwebbonline.com
Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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schmidtocean.bsky.social
In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.
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tobiaslambert.bsky.social
Tja, und jetzt ratet mal, wem Machado ihren Friedensnobelpreis widmet? Richtig: Jemandem, der vor Venezuela gerade eine militärische Drohkulisse aufbaut und Boote versenkt.
mrfox.bsky.social
oh my GOD she dedicated it to him
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martineauseb.bsky.social
"The two countries cooperate not only on arms exports but also in training and counter-terrorism."

"According to the government, German and Israeli soldiers take part in each other’s ‘high-value training’ at command and military academies as well as universities." #Israel #Germany
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shourahashemi.bsky.social
Die Solidarität, die im deutschsprachigen Kultur- und Medienbetrieb über 2 Jahre hinweg weitgehend gefehlt hat.

Es reicht eben nicht, im stillen Kämmerlein „eh dagegen“ gewesen zu sein.
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junoryleejournalism.com
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
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tlecaque.bsky.social
The problem is we think the Nazis were competent so we don't recognize murderous half-mad conspiracy dumbfuck as the fundamental building block of fascist regimes.
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justinbaragona.bsky.social
Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.
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atrupar.com
Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."
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ourworldindata.org
Declining child mortality, fast and slow
The image depicts a line chart illustrating child mortality rates, specifically the estimated percentage of newborns who do not survive past the age of five. The chart has two distinct lines: one representing Sweden in blue and the other representing South Korea in red. 

Starting in the early 1800s, the blue line for Sweden shows a gradual decline in the child mortality rate, fluctuating around 35% at the beginning and continuing to decrease steadily over the years, reaching nearly 0% by 2023. 

In contrast, the red line for South Korea begins more steeply in the mid-20th century, experiencing a rapid decline after 1950, ultimately approaching a very low percentage by 2023. 

The sources for the data are listed at the bottom as Gapminder (2015) and the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025). The entire chart is labeled as CC BY for Creative Commons licensing.
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Wichtig:
"Die Frau habe den Holocaust 'als negative historische Referenz' verwendet, was eine Billigung oder Leugnung ausschließe, so das LG."
lto-de.bsky.social
Weil eine Demonstrantin die Angriffe auf Zivilisten in Gaza mit dem Holocaust in Verbindung brachte, verurteilte sie das Amtsgericht zu einer Geldstrafe. Das Landgericht sieht das nun anders: Die Äußerung sei keine Holocaust-Relativierung. Bericht v. @mkolter.bsky.social:
Holocaust-Aussage: LG Berlin spricht Gaza-Aktivistin frei
Eine Gaza-Aktivistin wurde für die Frage 'Haben wir aus dem Holocaust nichts gelernt?' in Berlin verurteilt. Ihre Berufung dagegen hatte nun Erfolg.
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smittermeier.bsky.social
I think I need to revive my American Presidency seminar solely to show John Oliver‘s piece on Presidential Libraries in which he makes a joke about Reagan fucking horses in hell

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Presidential Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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