Vinzenz Hediger
@vinzenzhediger.bsky.social
Film scholar @ Goethe Uni Frankfurt. Research: http://konfigurationen-des-films.de http://ceditraa.net https://age-c.eu/ Incoming director of the Cinémathèque Suisse
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Decasia 2025: Breathing new life into Nigeria’s cinematic memory
THE third edition of Decasia, a heritage film festival jointly organised by the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) and its international partners, concluded on a high note in Lagos. Held from July 27 …
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“In essence, the 2025 festival reaffirmed the central role of cultural memory in shaping Nigeria’s creative future.” @daadworldwide.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @goetheinstitut-mtl.bsky.social
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Very excited to share that my book, ARCHIVING THE PAST, will be released from University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social in January 2026! Many thanks to Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social, Raina Polivka, and their team at UCP for making this possible.
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www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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May 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Very excited to share that my book, ARCHIVING THE PAST, will be released from University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social in January 2026! Many thanks to Shelley Stamp @shelleystamp.bsky.social, Raina Polivka, and their team at UCP for making this possible.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
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Donald #Trump denkt in chauvinistischen Großmachtkategorien – und genau so geht er an „Friedensverhandlungen“ über #Russlands Krieg gegen die #Ukraine heran. Er hat seit Beginn des Jahres das diplomatische Gleichgewicht zwischen den Kriegsparteien massiv zugunsten Russlands verschoben
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Donald #Trump denkt in chauvinistischen Großmachtkategorien – und genau so geht er an „Friedensverhandlungen“ über #Russlands Krieg gegen die #Ukraine heran. Er hat seit Beginn des Jahres das diplomatische Gleichgewicht zwischen den Kriegsparteien massiv zugunsten Russlands verschoben
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Advance copies of this beaut arrived today! Congrats to author @aurspiers.bsky.social!! Can’t wait for you all to read it.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
Archiving the Past by Aurore Spiers - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Advance copies of this beaut arrived today! Congrats to author @aurspiers.bsky.social!! Can’t wait for you all to read it.
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
www.ucpress.edu/books/archiv...
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Die weniger irreführende Überschrift wäre eigentlich: Deutsche Milliardäre reichen lieber dem Faschismus die Hand, als ein bisschen mehr Steuern zu bezahlen.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
Umgang mit rechts: Verband der Familienunternehmer gibt offenbar Brandmauer zur AfD auf
Der Lobbyverband »Die Familienunternehmer« hat einen AfD-Vertreter eingeladen – und will die in großen Teilen rechtsextreme Partei nun politisch stellen. Ein »Kontaktverbot« sei damit aufgehoben, beri...
www.spiegel.de
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Die weniger irreführende Überschrift wäre eigentlich: Deutsche Milliardäre reichen lieber dem Faschismus die Hand, als ein bisschen mehr Steuern zu bezahlen.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
Also, Springer Nature's address is in the tax haven of Cham, Zug, Switzerland. 42 other companies are registered in that same building:
search.ch/tel/cham/gew...
Even so, there is space available for rent:
www.homegate.ch/mieten/30029...
Academic publishing is also a large-scale tax evasion scheme.
search.ch/tel/cham/gew...
Even so, there is space available for rent:
www.homegate.ch/mieten/30029...
Academic publishing is also a large-scale tax evasion scheme.
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Also, Springer Nature's address is in the tax haven of Cham, Zug, Switzerland. 42 other companies are registered in that same building:
search.ch/tel/cham/gew...
Even so, there is space available for rent:
www.homegate.ch/mieten/30029...
Academic publishing is also a large-scale tax evasion scheme.
search.ch/tel/cham/gew...
Even so, there is space available for rent:
www.homegate.ch/mieten/30029...
Academic publishing is also a large-scale tax evasion scheme.
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At least we now know which American IR scholars and foreign policy commentators to cold call the next time anyone needs to sell some Trump steaks
November 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
At least we now know which American IR scholars and foreign policy commentators to cold call the next time anyone needs to sell some Trump steaks
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Donalds #Trumps Handlanger haben sich von #Putins Handlangern einen pro-russischen Kapitulationsplan für die #Ukraine diktieren lassen. Der „#Friedensplan“ behauptet im ersten Punkt, die #Souveränität der Ukraine zu sichern, um sie dann in 27 Punkten zu vergewaltigen.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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NATO's expansion and American imperialism made him do it
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
NATO's expansion and American imperialism made him do it
Las Vegas, Switzerland
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Las Vegas, Switzerland
Sehen wir es positiv: Die Amerikaner haben die verachtungswürdigste Person, die sie finden konnten, zum Präsidenten gewählt. Die Deutschen sind zufrieden damit, einfach nur den Menschen mit dem geringsten politischen Talent zum Kanzler zu haben. Auch peinlich, aber immer noch besser als Variante 1.
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sehen wir es positiv: Die Amerikaner haben die verachtungswürdigste Person, die sie finden konnten, zum Präsidenten gewählt. Die Deutschen sind zufrieden damit, einfach nur den Menschen mit dem geringsten politischen Talent zum Kanzler zu haben. Auch peinlich, aber immer noch besser als Variante 1.
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«KI ist kein Fenster in die Vergangenheit, sondern rekombiniert bloß die Bilder, die wir uns bereits von der Vergangenheit gemacht haben – und die sind häufig voller Lücken, Fehler und Verzerrungen.» Mit Lena Dillenburg von «SPIEGEL Geschichte» durfte ich über pseudohistorischen #AISlop reden
(S+) KI-generierte Filme mit historischen Persönlichkeiten: Stalin klaut Pommes bei McDonald’s
Seit OpenAI die Video-KI Sora 2 veröffentlicht hat, fluten Clips mit »historischen« Figuren in absurden Situationen TikTok, Instagram und YouTube. Medienforscher Roland Meyer erklärt, warum das gefähr...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
«KI ist kein Fenster in die Vergangenheit, sondern rekombiniert bloß die Bilder, die wir uns bereits von der Vergangenheit gemacht haben – und die sind häufig voller Lücken, Fehler und Verzerrungen.» Mit Lena Dillenburg von «SPIEGEL Geschichte» durfte ich über pseudohistorischen #AISlop reden
That’s about it
... their high human capital wing (their political staff, legal workers, industry elites), such as it is, seems to crucially rely on recruiting from bitter losers who have adopted hateful yet pathetic self serving delusions to cover for their failure to achieve success in an expanded meritocracy...
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
That’s about it
Nein. Nächste Frage, liebe FAZ.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Nein. Nächste Frage, liebe FAZ.
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
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zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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I know this sentiment has been expressed before, but there's nothing like reading the emails of the ultra rich to make you understand why they think they need a chatbot to do their writing.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I know this sentiment has been expressed before, but there's nothing like reading the emails of the ultra rich to make you understand why they think they need a chatbot to do their writing.
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in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
A celebrated guest at the @dfg.de research training group www.konfigurationen-des-films.de at @goetheuni.bsky.social Frankfurt earlier this year
You ever heard of Julie Dash? Some of you undoubtedly have,but quite a few I'd imagine not.
Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States.
In 1991.
There's a book as well.
Julie Dash turns 73 years old today
Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States.
In 1991.
There's a book as well.
Julie Dash turns 73 years old today
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
A celebrated guest at the @dfg.de research training group www.konfigurationen-des-films.de at @goetheuni.bsky.social Frankfurt earlier this year
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The New York Times saw Claudine Gay as someone to hold accountable and Jeffrey Epstein as a source to nurture and protect.
What a disgusting newspaper.
What a disgusting newspaper.
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The New York Times saw Claudine Gay as someone to hold accountable and Jeffrey Epstein as a source to nurture and protect.
What a disgusting newspaper.
What a disgusting newspaper.
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@gregsargent.bsky.social is right. DC CW is wrong - again:
The “nativist backlash” is mostly hype: There’s been no serious cultural shift toward wanting far fewer immigrants in the country, and if anything the culture has broadly recoiled against this, now that Trump is actually attempting it.
The “nativist backlash” is mostly hype: There’s been no serious cultural shift toward wanting far fewer immigrants in the country, and if anything the culture has broadly recoiled against this, now that Trump is actually attempting it.
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@gregsargent.bsky.social is right. DC CW is wrong - again:
The “nativist backlash” is mostly hype: There’s been no serious cultural shift toward wanting far fewer immigrants in the country, and if anything the culture has broadly recoiled against this, now that Trump is actually attempting it.
The “nativist backlash” is mostly hype: There’s been no serious cultural shift toward wanting far fewer immigrants in the country, and if anything the culture has broadly recoiled against this, now that Trump is actually attempting it.
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So the US recently forced the Dutch to remove a memorial to America's own Black soldiers that died liberating the Netherlands from the nazis? On brand.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So the US recently forced the Dutch to remove a memorial to America's own Black soldiers that died liberating the Netherlands from the nazis? On brand.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
In an age of global migration the metropolis is the heartland.
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In an age of global migration the metropolis is the heartland.
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This obit of Watson is *amazing*.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This obit of Watson is *amazing*.