Arved Gintenreiter
@arvedgintenreiter.com
journalist, photographer, audio-visual storyteller
Violence, injustice, inequality and altering the planet's climate are not inevitable but our choice.
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online exhibitions at https://arvedgintenreiter.com, freewheeling posts on bluesky
Violence, injustice, inequality and altering the planet's climate are not inevitable but our choice.
he/they
online exhibitions at https://arvedgintenreiter.com, freewheeling posts on bluesky
Cool if you have the power, uncool when the power balance shifts away. What Trump achieved is that even the most optimistic creature on Earth has now understood how blatantly the US is abusing its power - and that this power has to be taken away from the US. Not today or tomorrow, but gradually.
"Amid this chaos there has been one consistent target for Trump’s contempt: the constraints imposed by international law... In its place Trump pursues “sheer coercive power” – or what has been described as mobster diplomacy, in which shakedowns, blackmail and deal-making are the agents of change."
Into the void: how Trump killed international law
The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Cool if you have the power, uncool when the power balance shifts away. What Trump achieved is that even the most optimistic creature on Earth has now understood how blatantly the US is abusing its power - and that this power has to be taken away from the US. Not today or tomorrow, but gradually.
I am genuinely surprised by the VinFast EV Revolution in Vietnam. Wake up, Europe. Only losers are gas guzzling.
December 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I am genuinely surprised by the VinFast EV Revolution in Vietnam. Wake up, Europe. Only losers are gas guzzling.
Reposted by Arved Gintenreiter
The US is wrong to try to impose its worldview on Europe – but it has been able to do so because European leaders don’t have a strategy of their own.
Europe must reject Trump’s nonsense accusations of ‘civilizational erasure’ – but it urgently needs a strategy of its own
The US is wrong to try to impose its worldview on Europe – but it has been able to do so because European leaders don’t have a strategy of their own.
tcnv.link
December 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The US is wrong to try to impose its worldview on Europe – but it has been able to do so because European leaders don’t have a strategy of their own.
Soon governmental decrees will have to be written on buffalo leather and read out loud in downtown by a troubadour on a horse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Soon governmental decrees will have to be written on buffalo leather and read out loud in downtown by a troubadour on a horse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
FIFA can be disgusting and corrupt because fans don't care.
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
FIFA can be disgusting and corrupt because fans don't care.
Somebody very very likely committed a war crime. The question is who. Don't expect a lower level desision maker to voluntarily take the blame if the order came from above. Developing...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
Hegseth Ordered a Lethal Attack but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Somebody very very likely committed a war crime. The question is who. Don't expect a lower level desision maker to voluntarily take the blame if the order came from above. Developing...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/u...
How come that in China's world of multipolarity the core interests of their neighbors don't count, just the own? Sounds a lot like unipolar superpower aspirations.
China takes spat with Japan over Taiwan to UN, vows to defend itself - www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China takes spat with Japan over Taiwan to UN, vows to defend itself - www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
How come that in China's world of multipolarity the core interests of their neighbors don't count, just the own? Sounds a lot like unipolar superpower aspirations.
China takes spat with Japan over Taiwan to UN, vows to defend itself - www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China takes spat with Japan over Taiwan to UN, vows to defend itself - www.reuters.com/world/china/...
The problem is that politicians emphasizing with the population will always lose against those who don't feel for people hurting. It's the logic of the game. Only when voters across the board start to honor soft and back peddling for the greater good, democrats will stand a chance again.
Democrats were ready to make a deal to end the shutdown after things hit a breaking point on Sunday, says our senior congressional editor Mike DeBonis.
He gives the play-by-play of the deal to our Dasha Burns in this week’s episode of #theconversation — out Friday at midnight: pod.link/1111319839
He gives the play-by-play of the deal to our Dasha Burns in this week’s episode of #theconversation — out Friday at midnight: pod.link/1111319839
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The problem is that politicians emphasizing with the population will always lose against those who don't feel for people hurting. It's the logic of the game. Only when voters across the board start to honor soft and back peddling for the greater good, democrats will stand a chance again.
The BBC-Trump debate is wrongfully conflating
1. Bias. Every media outlet should be biased towards basic human rights and dignity. I would EXPECT such bias.
2. Standards. Reporting must be honest, without twisting facts, upholding the journalistic standards we all champion.
Both can be true.
1. Bias. Every media outlet should be biased towards basic human rights and dignity. I would EXPECT such bias.
2. Standards. Reporting must be honest, without twisting facts, upholding the journalistic standards we all champion.
Both can be true.
November 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The BBC-Trump debate is wrongfully conflating
1. Bias. Every media outlet should be biased towards basic human rights and dignity. I would EXPECT such bias.
2. Standards. Reporting must be honest, without twisting facts, upholding the journalistic standards we all champion.
Both can be true.
1. Bias. Every media outlet should be biased towards basic human rights and dignity. I would EXPECT such bias.
2. Standards. Reporting must be honest, without twisting facts, upholding the journalistic standards we all champion.
Both can be true.
Old men should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
Old people should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
People should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
You and I should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
#angryCyclist
Old people should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
People should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
You and I should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
#angryCyclist
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Old men should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
Old people should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
People should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
You and I should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
#angryCyclist
Old people should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
People should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
You and I should not be allowed to drive a weapon.
#angryCyclist
In general, the appeal of democracies would improve with stronger incentives for political representatives to do the right thing for society - or feel the consequences. The danger of being expelled from elected office has to be immediate, constant. As it is for any other job if we fail to perform.
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
In general, the appeal of democracies would improve with stronger incentives for political representatives to do the right thing for society - or feel the consequences. The danger of being expelled from elected office has to be immediate, constant. As it is for any other job if we fail to perform.
Interesting concept to sanction Russian oil and gas but to then grant exemptions to the countries using it. Maybe it's not about Russia in the end, but about creating a new weapon for friend-foe submission control?
November 9, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Interesting concept to sanction Russian oil and gas but to then grant exemptions to the countries using it. Maybe it's not about Russia in the end, but about creating a new weapon for friend-foe submission control?
That's the main point: he had a modern, forward looking vision and is charismatic, fun and genuine enough to make people believe that he really means it. Old style politics are dead, like it or not. Adapt.
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
That's the main point: he had a modern, forward looking vision and is charismatic, fun and genuine enough to make people believe that he really means it. Old style politics are dead, like it or not. Adapt.
The Dutch election shows that democracy is not dead, and nationalist populism is not inevitable. If liberal centrist parties promote a strong progressive agenda instead of trying to out-populize the right, their appeal can be surprisingly strong. With a positive vision the pendulum might swing back.
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Dutch election shows that democracy is not dead, and nationalist populism is not inevitable. If liberal centrist parties promote a strong progressive agenda instead of trying to out-populize the right, their appeal can be surprisingly strong. With a positive vision the pendulum might swing back.
Since common sense will not solve car addiction, my last hope is insane chaos on the roads. I am cherishing clogged, blocked roads and frustrated drivers while zipping past them on the bicycle. And I stopped behaving car friendly; traffic jams can start for "no reason". Frustration is our friend.
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Since common sense will not solve car addiction, my last hope is insane chaos on the roads. I am cherishing clogged, blocked roads and frustrated drivers while zipping past them on the bicycle. And I stopped behaving car friendly; traffic jams can start for "no reason". Frustration is our friend.
BBC Inquiry's take on whether the UN Security Council is still relevant in face of it's obvious failures in past and recent history. Adds some perspective to 300 character limited rants (including mine).
open.spotify.com/episode/0u5s...
open.spotify.com/episode/0u5s...
Is the UN Security Council still relevant?
open.spotify.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
BBC Inquiry's take on whether the UN Security Council is still relevant in face of it's obvious failures in past and recent history. Adds some perspective to 300 character limited rants (including mine).
open.spotify.com/episode/0u5s...
open.spotify.com/episode/0u5s...
Fair assessment, I would say. Unfortunately.
“The multilateral institutions that were created to try to prevent these things from happening have stopped working. Today, the UN Security Council and the UN no longer function,” Mr Lula said.
www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...
“The multilateral institutions that were created to try to prevent these things from happening have stopped working. Today, the UN Security Council and the UN no longer function,” Mr Lula said.
www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...
UN has ‘stopped working’: Brazil’s Lula
Mr Trump and Mr Lula have begun to patch up their differences after months of bad blood. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fair assessment, I would say. Unfortunately.
“The multilateral institutions that were created to try to prevent these things from happening have stopped working. Today, the UN Security Council and the UN no longer function,” Mr Lula said.
www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...
“The multilateral institutions that were created to try to prevent these things from happening have stopped working. Today, the UN Security Council and the UN no longer function,” Mr Lula said.
www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia...
There will be a day when even the last person will understand that sealing off borders is a mission set for failure. All this wasted money could pay for positive incentives, for helping new arrivals and shaping societies from within, instead of trying to keep others out.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
France backing away from pledge to intercept migrant boats, sources tell BBC
The commitment has been hit by delays, with political turmoil in France partly to blame.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
There will be a day when even the last person will understand that sealing off borders is a mission set for failure. All this wasted money could pay for positive incentives, for helping new arrivals and shaping societies from within, instead of trying to keep others out.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Or have a larger duvet beyond fighting size. Or find a partner you actually want to be close with in the night. Glad a journalist has used their time and resources to solve this. #diggingDeep
Just because you and your partner share a bed, doesn’t mean you also need to share a blanket. "We didn’t know it at the time, but we had adopted the Scandinavian sleeping method." nyti.ms/4qbOIsC
October 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Or have a larger duvet beyond fighting size. Or find a partner you actually want to be close with in the night. Glad a journalist has used their time and resources to solve this. #diggingDeep
I am not an expert in this, not even an amateur, to be fair. But my fear would be that with this new stupidipedia other AI models scraping the internet will be infected with abhorrent views. At best it would lead to relativism "other sources are sceptical", at worst to a shifting bias.
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
tcnv.link
October 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I am not an expert in this, not even an amateur, to be fair. But my fear would be that with this new stupidipedia other AI models scraping the internet will be infected with abhorrent views. At best it would lead to relativism "other sources are sceptical", at worst to a shifting bias.
Imho, not worth wasting any resources on reporting this stuff. It's not even an angle to the story. Zero value. We know about his narcissism for a decade (and more) already. If we are sliming down newsrooms and reporters, at least focus on what really matters: substance.
US President Donald Trump lashed out at Time magazine, calling a cover photo that accompanied a feature on his Middle East peace deal “the Worst of All Time.”
Why no hair and an ‘extremely small’ crown? Trump slams Time cover
The magazine calls Middle East peace deal Trump’s “Triumph” — but the president is concerned about an unflattering photo.
ow.ly
October 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Imho, not worth wasting any resources on reporting this stuff. It's not even an angle to the story. Zero value. We know about his narcissism for a decade (and more) already. If we are sliming down newsrooms and reporters, at least focus on what really matters: substance.
Nice to see some optimists remaining out there. Democracy is exactly as resilient as you, me, we are willing to not allow hostile takeovers.
There is reason for optimism abt the future of global democracy
Everyone has a role to play
@jondkatz.bsky.social & I explain why in our NEW @brookings.edu 👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/glo...
Everyone has a role to play
@jondkatz.bsky.social & I explain why in our NEW @brookings.edu 👇-TN
www.brookings.edu/articles/glo...
Global democracy is more resilient than you may think | Brookings
Despite global backsliding, recent research shows that democracy remains resilient. Learn how pro-democracy movements are shaping its future.
www.brookings.edu
October 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Nice to see some optimists remaining out there. Democracy is exactly as resilient as you, me, we are willing to not allow hostile takeovers.
In the old days it would have been a rattling Cinquecento, now it's a silent Leapmotor EV with zero pipe emissions posing in small alleys of the Mediterranean. #cultureWars
October 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In the old days it would have been a rattling Cinquecento, now it's a silent Leapmotor EV with zero pipe emissions posing in small alleys of the Mediterranean. #cultureWars
With all these EU-"sceptics" coming to power, the EU should maybe ease the exit process. Feel free to leave. More than size, the club is stronger when everybody pulls in the same direction and none work against it. Call their bluff and let them battle it out with their mostly pro EU population.
October 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
With all these EU-"sceptics" coming to power, the EU should maybe ease the exit process. Feel free to leave. More than size, the club is stronger when everybody pulls in the same direction and none work against it. Call their bluff and let them battle it out with their mostly pro EU population.