Nicolas Schwendemann
nischwe.bsky.social
Nicolas Schwendemann
@nischwe.bsky.social
Managing Director ressourcenmangel Berlin / Former Campaign Manager / Fellow @joinpolitics_ / LSE-Alumnus / 🌻🇪🇺🕊

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The radical right *is* rising across much of Europe. But the narrative that young people are leading the charge is overblown.

Gen Z is turning away from mainstream parties, but often the beneficiaries are left-insurgents like England's Greens, France's LFI, or Germany's Linke.
The Greens are winning the support of around half of 18 to 24 year olds.

Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!

And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Union verliert ihren moralischen Kompass & merkt's nicht mal. Während Wadephul in Syrien von katastrophalen Zuständen berichtet & die Rückführungspläne der Regierung infrage stellt, widerspricht Mayer (CSU) & fordert Abschiebungen. Das ist aus dem Sessel heraus leicht gesagt!
@britta-hasselmann.de
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Important November Dates

2 Book Lovers Day
3 Sandwich Day
3 Cliché Day
5 Bonfire Night
6 Nachos Day
11 Origami Day
13 Kindness Day
14 Pickle Day
16 Party With A Bear
16 Fast Food Day
19 Toilet Day
26 Cake Day
30 Stay Home Day
November 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Bold Politics nennt der neue Vorsitzende der UK-Grünen @zackpolanski.bsky.social sein Angebot.

Ergebnis: Mitglieder in wenigen Monaten verdoppelt und jetzt bei 140.000.

Der Weg: Klare Haltung, klare Botschaften, gute Laune.
People aren't leaving the Labour Party.

The Labour Party have left them.

I spoke today with Sky News - live from Swindon.

youtu.be/hJ0EJTakhxU?...
Green Party leader reveals defection of three Labour councillors
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Bold Politics nennt der neue Vorsitzende der UK-Grünen @zackpolanski.bsky.social sein Angebot.

Ergebnis: Mitglieder in wenigen Monaten verdoppelt und jetzt bei 140.000.

Der Weg: Klare Haltung, klare Botschaften, gute Laune.
People aren't leaving the Labour Party.

The Labour Party have left them.

I spoke today with Sky News - live from Swindon.

youtu.be/hJ0EJTakhxU?...
Green Party leader reveals defection of three Labour councillors
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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For years, Google defined "political ads" so narrowly as to be almost useless. The least they could do was make ads clearly designed to persuade people of a political view maximally transparent and accountable. They never did. A complete failure on their part.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Google email shows it ruled Israel’s ads claiming ‘There is food in Gaza’ aren’t misleading
An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled they could remain online.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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In Moldova, in the week to the 25th Sept (the latest we have data for), the pro-EU PAS party and civil society organisations together bought nearly 50% of political advertising on Meta. The pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc bought just under 2% of the total.
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Die mediale Kampagne gegen Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf zeigt vor allem eines: Wie wenig alternative Medien tun müssen, um öffentlichkeitswirksam zu werden – und wie sehr sie sich dabei auf etablierte Medien verlassen können. Eine Chronologie:

kobuk.at/2025/07/med...
Mediale Kampagne gegen Juristin: Wie aus Diffamierung eine Debatte wird •
Der Fall Brosius-Gersdorf zeigt, wie wenig alternative Medien tun müssen, um öffentlichkeitswirksam zu werden und wie ihnen etablierte Medien dabei helfen.
kobuk.at
July 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Bitterer Verdacht: Meta könnte Putins sanktionierte russischen Staatssender als „Partner-Publisher“ an Werbeeinnahmen beteiligt haben.

Unsere europäische Regeln müssen endlich auch für BigTech gelten.
Meta: RT- und Sputnik-Seiten blieben trotz EU-Sanktionen „Partner“ von Facebook
Propaganda und Desinformation, dafür sind die russischen Staatssender bekannt, deshalb hat die EU sie mit Sanktionen belegt. Hat Meta sie dennoch an Werbeeinnahmen beteiligt?
www.sueddeutsche.de
July 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Venetians know something about oligarchy.
June 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Wir veröffentlichen den Maskenbericht (ohne Paywall 🤓) !
Seit Monaten hält das Gesundheitsministerium den sog. Sudhof-Bericht zu Jens Spahn und den Coronamasken-Bestellungen geheim.
Wir veröffentlichen, was keine Verschlusssache sein soll!
Hier geht's zum Bericht: fragdenstaat.de/dokumente/27...
Bericht der Sachverständigen Beraterin Dr. Margaretha Sudhof
"Maskenbericht" Januar 2025
fragdenstaat.de
June 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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AI Slop is now infiltrating all aesthetic manifestations of contemporary US fascism: «Regardless of the actual techniques used to produce it, the photograph displays numerous hallmarks of A.I. imagery: symmetrical composition, imprecise detail, blurring at the edges, and shallow depth of field.»
It’s President Trump Again, This Time in Full Frame
www.nytimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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We at the Tow Center have a major report out on AI in the newsroom - (absent any funding influence from the providers or users of the technology). ‘Journalism Zero’ is not too much of a stretch from the abstraction created by LLMs
summary from @niemanlab.org
www.niemanlab.org/2025/05/were...
“We’re the providers of information…but Google now wants to be the distributor”
A new 84-page report from Peter D. Brown and Klaudia Jaźwińska, researchers at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, sketches out the state of play between big tech platforms a...
www.niemanlab.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Washington Post "wins" for biggest drop in web visits among top 20 news sites— month-on-month and year-on-year.

Source: PressGazette using Similarweb data. pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...
May 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Was hätte Christof Schlingensief wohl dazu gesagt?
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Post-modern public diplomacy in the age of post-reality.
As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay.

According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.
May 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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„In style, substance and communication, Democrats have become an opt-in party in an opt-out country.“

Rob Flaherty @robflaherty.bsky.social, eh. White House Digital Director: Lesenswert für alle, die sich fragen, wie moderne Regierungskomminikation gelingen kann.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/o...
Opinion | I Worked for Harris and Biden. Here’s the Missing Link for Democrats.
Opt-out voters don’t buy what we’re selling — and even if they did, we’d have a hard time reaching them.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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This is an incredibly dangerous step: The President is going to personally direct the Attorney General to investigate (presumably criminally) the principal fundraising website for Democratic Party-affiliated candidates and organizations. Fundamentally antidemocratic. www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/p...
Trump to target Democratic fundraising powerhouse ActBlue with DOJ probe | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is slated to issue a memorandum on Thursday targeting ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform – taking aim at one of the key pillars of the financial infrastru...
www.cnn.com
April 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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"Earlier this month, Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the request of Turkish governmental authorities"

stockholmcf.org/bluesky-rest...
Bluesky restricts access to 72 accounts in Turkey amid government pressure - Stockholm Center for Freedom
Bluesky has restricted access to 72 accounts and one post in Turkey, marking a shift for the decentralized social media platform that had previously resisted government censorship, according to a repo...
stockholmcf.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Das ist ein Ergebnis des neuen @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social Reports, mit dem ich nicht gerechnet hatte.

Bei der politischen Information ist das Fernsehen immer noch Nummer 1 und das Internet liegt nur knapp vor dem Radio, und hält sich seit Jahren auf demselben Niveau, nimmt also nicht zu.
April 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Meine Lieblingssätze aus dem Koalitionsvertrag:

"Astronautische Weltraummissionen inspirieren die nächste Generation zu Höchstleistungen."

"Auch die Meere sehen wir als digitalen Chancenraum."

"Gesetze, Verordnungen und Regelungen, die nicht gemacht werden müssen, werden wir nicht machen."
April 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“The accounts are pumping out thousands of posts about the Canadian economy and alleged support within Canada for U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threat.”

thelogic.co/news/canada-...
A network of X accounts is targeting Canada ahead of the election - The Logic
The accounts are pumping out thousands of posts about the Canadian economy and alleged support within Canada for U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threat.
thelogic.co
April 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I think there are probably two things contributing to this rise in Facebook referral traffic:

1. Facebook' decision to no longer algorithmically censoring political news in the wake of Trump's election.

2. The current shitshow that is the Trump presidency, which is driving a huge increase of cons
Some news publishers see resurgence of Facebook referral traffic, but aren't sure what to make of it
After years of lamenting about the decimation of Facebook referral traffic, some publishers are seeing that traffic return this year.
digiday.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM