Stefan Brenner
@stefanbrenner.net
PhD research fellow at Oslo Metropolitan University. Media & journalism studies. Research on journalism and verification methods in war & conflict. Also safety of journalists, mis-/disinformation, deepfakes, and conspiracy theories.
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Stefan Brenner
@stefanbrenner.net
· Jul 14
(Aller-)Spätestens jetzt ist es an der Zeit @ardenthistorian.bsky.social zu folgen, ihre Bücher zu lesen und ihre Podcasts zu abonnieren.
Nur Wenige im deutschsprachigen Raum haben ihren Durchblick wenn es um Trump und Christlichen Nationalismus in den USA geht.
Nur Wenige im deutschsprachigen Raum haben ihren Durchblick wenn es um Trump und Christlichen Nationalismus in den USA geht.
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Ein guter Tag dafür, sich noch einmal an "Sagen, was ist" zu erinnern. Und die falsche Zurückhaltung und vermeintliche Neutralität abzulegen, wo Videos längst die Wahrheit zeigen.
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Ein guter Tag dafür, sich noch einmal an "Sagen, was ist" zu erinnern. Und die falsche Zurückhaltung und vermeintliche Neutralität abzulegen, wo Videos längst die Wahrheit zeigen.
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Vielleicht sollten sich deutsche Nachrichtenmedien die kursierenden Videos aus #Minneapolis, die verschiedene Blickwinkel zeigen, erst einmal anschauen, bevor sie die Lügen des US-Heimatschutzministeriums als ganz normale Aussage wiedergeben.
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Vielleicht sollten sich deutsche Nachrichtenmedien die kursierenden Videos aus #Minneapolis, die verschiedene Blickwinkel zeigen, erst einmal anschauen, bevor sie die Lügen des US-Heimatschutzministeriums als ganz normale Aussage wiedergeben.
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The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 PM
The term “law enforcement” should not be used by media, except perhaps in quotations. It has sadly become an Orwellian term that is used to magically sanctify violence. Language matters. Be specific. Describe individuals with names and ranks. Say exactly what they did. Don’t repeat fascist hocum.
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Es ist kein Journalismus, die Lügen einer Behörde zu stenografieren, deren Agenten erneut einen Menschen getötet haben.
Oh halt, die Videos liegen vor und wurden gesichtet?! Und in dem einen offenbart sich tatsächlich ein anderes Geschehen als von der Täterbehörde behauptet?
WIESO WIRD DAS DANN NICHT HERVORGEHOBEN SONDERN EINFACH NEBENEINANDERGRSTELLT
(Es gibt übrigens mindestens drei Videos)
WIESO WIRD DAS DANN NICHT HERVORGEHOBEN SONDERN EINFACH NEBENEINANDERGRSTELLT
(Es gibt übrigens mindestens drei Videos)
January 25, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Es ist kein Journalismus, die Lügen einer Behörde zu stenografieren, deren Agenten erneut einen Menschen getötet haben.
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
January 24, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
www.reddit.com/r/fivethirty...
Step by step analysis by bellingcat.👇
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Step by step analysis by bellingcat.👇
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“After the shooting, bystanders gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards” and telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: “Boo hoo.” Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car.”
Man shot during Minneapolis immigration crackdown dies, hospital record shows
A 51-year-old man who was shot Saturday by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record shows.
www.latimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:40 PM
“After the shooting, bystanders gathered and screamed profanities at federal officers, calling them “cowards” and telling them to go home. One officer responded mockingly as he walked away, telling them: “Boo hoo.” Agents elsewhere shoved a yelling protester into a car.”
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Dieser Guide ist für Medien gedacht, ist aber insgesamt für den Umgang mit Gewaltszenen sehr hilfreich und hilft vielleicht auch denen unter euch, die darüber schreiben werden.
gcjt.org/resources/ha...
gcjt.org/resources/ha...
Handling Traumatic Imagery: Developing a Standard Operating Procedure
gcjt.org
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Dieser Guide ist für Medien gedacht, ist aber insgesamt für den Umgang mit Gewaltszenen sehr hilfreich und hilft vielleicht auch denen unter euch, die darüber schreiben werden.
gcjt.org/resources/ha...
gcjt.org/resources/ha...
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Aus aktuellem Anlass der Hinweis: Ihr könnt auf Bluesky abstellen, dass Videos automatisch abgespielt werden.
Dafür geht ihr auf „Inhalte und Medien“ und stellt den Schalter unten im rechten Bild aus.
Dafür geht ihr auf „Inhalte und Medien“ und stellt den Schalter unten im rechten Bild aus.
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Aus aktuellem Anlass der Hinweis: Ihr könnt auf Bluesky abstellen, dass Videos automatisch abgespielt werden.
Dafür geht ihr auf „Inhalte und Medien“ und stellt den Schalter unten im rechten Bild aus.
Dafür geht ihr auf „Inhalte und Medien“ und stellt den Schalter unten im rechten Bild aus.
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Das neue Video aus Minneapolis zeigt eine Hinrichtung. Eine Zusammenfassung des Videos: Mehrere Agenten schlagen auf einen Mann ein, ringen ihn zu Boden, einer schlägt ihn mit seiner Pistole. Der 1. Schuss fällt, der Mann sackt zu Boden. mehrere Schüsse werden auf den leblosen Körper abgegeben.
January 24, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Das neue Video aus Minneapolis zeigt eine Hinrichtung. Eine Zusammenfassung des Videos: Mehrere Agenten schlagen auf einen Mann ein, ringen ihn zu Boden, einer schlägt ihn mit seiner Pistole. Der 1. Schuss fällt, der Mann sackt zu Boden. mehrere Schüsse werden auf den leblosen Körper abgegeben.
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A project to extract copper for renewable technologies triggers controversies with environmentalists and indigenous Sámi people in northernmost Norway. #Repparfjord #Mining #IndigenousRights #Renewables #NatureAndYouth
Eco-activists block entrance to Europe’s northernmost copper mine project
The activists demand that the permission to dump tailings into the Repparfjord should be withdrawn because of its negative impact on the marine life and coastal indigenous Sami culture.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A project to extract copper for renewable technologies triggers controversies with environmentalists and indigenous Sámi people in northernmost Norway. #Repparfjord #Mining #IndigenousRights #Renewables #NatureAndYouth
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2026 US National Defense Strategy is out. Let's see:
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
media.defense.gov
January 24, 2026 at 1:44 AM
2026 US National Defense Strategy is out. Let's see:
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
»Previous administrations squandered our military advantages ... to uphold cloud-castle abstractions like the rules-based international order.«
Yeah, it's what I thought.
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⚡️Update: 1 killed, 4 injured in Kyiv as Russia launches mass attack following peace talks.
One person was killed and four others were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass attack on the capital overnight Jan. 24, officials said.
One person was killed and four others were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass attack on the capital overnight Jan. 24, officials said.
4 injured in Kyiv as Russia launches mass attack following peace talks
Four people were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass drone and missile attack on the capital on Jan. 24.
kyivindependent.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 AM
⚡️Update: 1 killed, 4 injured in Kyiv as Russia launches mass attack following peace talks.
One person was killed and four others were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass attack on the capital overnight Jan. 24, officials said.
One person was killed and four others were injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass attack on the capital overnight Jan. 24, officials said.
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Hmm, on the one hand we Europeans supposedly can’t protect Greenland from a swarm of Russian ships… yet according to the new U.S. Defense Strategy, Russia is merely a manageable threat to Eastern Europe—one the Europeans can deal with on their own, almost effortlessly. 🤷♀️
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Hmm, on the one hand we Europeans supposedly can’t protect Greenland from a swarm of Russian ships… yet according to the new U.S. Defense Strategy, Russia is merely a manageable threat to Eastern Europe—one the Europeans can deal with on their own, almost effortlessly. 🤷♀️
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Hunting down and abducting children in broad daylight. This isn’t a question of “training”. There is no reforming this.
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hunting down and abducting children in broad daylight. This isn’t a question of “training”. There is no reforming this.
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Experts warn of threat to democracy by ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Experts warn of threat to democracy by ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers warn
Political leaders could soon launch swarms of human-imitating AI agents to reshape public opinion in a way that threatens to undermine democracy, a high profile group of experts in AI and online misinformation has warned.
The Nobel peace prize-winning free-speech activist, Maria Ressa, and leading AI and social science researchers from Berkeley, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and Yale are among a global consortium flagging the new “disruptive threat” posed by hard-to-detect, malicious “AI swarms” infesting social media and messaging channels. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Experts warn of threat to democracy by ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
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We have a new paper in Science today on how malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy.
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 PM
We have a new paper in Science today on how malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy.
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
AI systems can already coordinate autonomously, infiltrate communities, and fabricate social consensus.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Led by @kunstjonas.bsky.social & @daniel-thilo.bsky.social!
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Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
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Mob boss stuff
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Mob boss stuff
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Why there will be no midterm elections. This is worth a listen. Robert Kagan saw where Trump was heading years ago. And he sees it now. 👇 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW | VIDEO
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
‘Europeans need to understand that it’s over’: historian Robert Kagan talks to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about Trump’s coming ‘dictatorship’, the end of the western alliance - and why Keir Starmer needs to change course, fast
Prefer to read? 🔗⬇️
youtu.be/0goGamFRtO0
Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan
YouTube video by The Nerve
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Why there will be no midterm elections. This is worth a listen. Robert Kagan saw where Trump was heading years ago. And he sees it now. 👇 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
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We’ve annotated this satellite imagery from January 20th to show the proximity of where the journalists using a drone were killed to the displacement camps and the nearest IDF outposts in Gaza. The Yellow Line is where Israeli troops withdrew to following the US-brokered deal with Hamas.
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
We’ve annotated this satellite imagery from January 20th to show the proximity of where the journalists using a drone were killed to the displacement camps and the nearest IDF outposts in Gaza. The Yellow Line is where Israeli troops withdrew to following the US-brokered deal with Hamas.
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We will need to talk about US presence in Europe. And it would be good if we Europeans drove the discussion and didn’t wait for the other shoe to drop.
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
US to cut roughly 200 NATO positions, sources say
The move could intensify concerns in Europe about Washington's commitment to the alliance.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM
We will need to talk about US presence in Europe. And it would be good if we Europeans drove the discussion and didn’t wait for the other shoe to drop.
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
www.reuters.com/world/us-cut...
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Mark Carney's Davos Speech is unmissable in a time of “rupture”
The Canadian PM’s Davos speech is unmissable in a time of “rupture”.
I've been thinking about it all night.
www.motherjones.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Mark Carney's Davos Speech is unmissable in a time of “rupture”