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@dasdrehmoment.bsky.social
philosopher, jurist, artist; quite worried, not yet desperate
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/3 That process will make it easier for this to happen again. So: what to do? Someone who promoted and both-sidesed Nazis in 1946 would face economic and social annihilation outside of extremists circles. How can we inflict that annihilation on the vapid media of now?
January 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
/3 That process will make it easier for this to happen again. So: what to do? Someone who promoted and both-sidesed Nazis in 1946 would face economic and social annihilation outside of extremists circles. How can we inflict that annihilation on the vapid media of now?
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In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
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Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
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"Since then, social media has been overrun with Cassandras: Let me tell you how bad it is. Worse than you thought. What’s coming next is so much worse than that. The despair is genuine, but like anything on social media, it can also become a pose. And more than that, it is paralyzing".
Hell no, it's not over
We still have rights. Time to use them.
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
"Since then, social media has been overrun with Cassandras: Let me tell you how bad it is. Worse than you thought. What’s coming next is so much worse than that. The despair is genuine, but like anything on social media, it can also become a pose. And more than that, it is paralyzing".
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🚨🚨 Wir rufen Regierungen und Politiker*innen aller Fraktionen auf, jeden ihnen möglichen Kanal zu nutzen, um die iranischen Behörden von Gewaltanwendung gegenüber Demonstrierenden abzuhalten. Jeder noch so informelle Kanal ist gut und wichtig.
January 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
🚨🚨 Wir rufen Regierungen und Politiker*innen aller Fraktionen auf, jeden ihnen möglichen Kanal zu nutzen, um die iranischen Behörden von Gewaltanwendung gegenüber Demonstrierenden abzuhalten. Jeder noch so informelle Kanal ist gut und wichtig.
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Wenn man sagte, dass Charlie Kirk es nicht verdient hatte, ermordet zu werden, auch wenn er ein Rassist & Sexist war, sind die Faschisten ausgerastet
& gingen auf Hexenjagd.
Die gleichen Leute erklären jetzt, dass eine Unschuldige von ICE ermordet wurde, sei völlig okay & sollte straffrei sein.
& gingen auf Hexenjagd.
Die gleichen Leute erklären jetzt, dass eine Unschuldige von ICE ermordet wurde, sei völlig okay & sollte straffrei sein.
January 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Wenn man sagte, dass Charlie Kirk es nicht verdient hatte, ermordet zu werden, auch wenn er ein Rassist & Sexist war, sind die Faschisten ausgerastet
& gingen auf Hexenjagd.
Die gleichen Leute erklären jetzt, dass eine Unschuldige von ICE ermordet wurde, sei völlig okay & sollte straffrei sein.
& gingen auf Hexenjagd.
Die gleichen Leute erklären jetzt, dass eine Unschuldige von ICE ermordet wurde, sei völlig okay & sollte straffrei sein.
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Wenn ich ab & zu triviale Dinge poste heißt das übrigens nicht, dass mir die Gesamtlage nicht große Sorgen macht. Ich glaube nur, wenn wir aufhören, uns an den kleinen Dingen zu erfreuen, wenn unser Humor verstummt, dann haben sie endgültig gewonnen.
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Wenn ich ab & zu triviale Dinge poste heißt das übrigens nicht, dass mir die Gesamtlage nicht große Sorgen macht. Ich glaube nur, wenn wir aufhören, uns an den kleinen Dingen zu erfreuen, wenn unser Humor verstummt, dann haben sie endgültig gewonnen.
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🚨🚨 Amnesty International und Human Rights Watch können bestätigen, dass es im Rahmen der laufenden Iran-Proteste mind. 28 Tote gegeben hat, Demonstrierende und Unbeteiligte, darunter auch Kinder.
Das Iran-Team arbeitet derzeit unter Hochdruck, um zu dokumentieren. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Das Iran-Team arbeitet derzeit unter Hochdruck, um zu dokumentieren. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Deaths and injuries rise amid Iran’s renewed cycle of protest bloodshed
The crackdown has resulted in the killing of at least 28 protesters and bystanders
www.amnesty.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:31 PM
🚨🚨 Amnesty International und Human Rights Watch können bestätigen, dass es im Rahmen der laufenden Iran-Proteste mind. 28 Tote gegeben hat, Demonstrierende und Unbeteiligte, darunter auch Kinder.
Das Iran-Team arbeitet derzeit unter Hochdruck, um zu dokumentieren. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Das Iran-Team arbeitet derzeit unter Hochdruck, um zu dokumentieren. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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There is no amount of 'Being Right on the Internet' that is worth that future. There is no amount of domestic political clarity that is worth that future.
Touch the stove if you must. Please do not use the gas stove to blow up the house with me still in it.
You do not want that future. /end
Touch the stove if you must. Please do not use the gas stove to blow up the house with me still in it.
You do not want that future. /end
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
There is no amount of 'Being Right on the Internet' that is worth that future. There is no amount of domestic political clarity that is worth that future.
Touch the stove if you must. Please do not use the gas stove to blow up the house with me still in it.
You do not want that future. /end
Touch the stove if you must. Please do not use the gas stove to blow up the house with me still in it.
You do not want that future. /end
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I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake
January 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I feel like letting every president of my lifetime get away with Unlimited War Crimes was a serious mistake
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My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
My friends in Austria sent this and I can't stop watching...wait for the end. 🤗💜
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I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
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Ich verurteile den bewaffneten Angriff der USA auf Venezuela. Dieser Angriff stellt eine schwere Verletzung des Gewaltverbots der UNO-Charta dar. Es ist eine Frage unserer Glaubwürdigkeit, dies auch klar zu benennen. Wir müssen die Flagge der internationalen Rechtsstaatlichkeit hochhalten.
January 3, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Ich verurteile den bewaffneten Angriff der USA auf Venezuela. Dieser Angriff stellt eine schwere Verletzung des Gewaltverbots der UNO-Charta dar. Es ist eine Frage unserer Glaubwürdigkeit, dies auch klar zu benennen. Wir müssen die Flagge der internationalen Rechtsstaatlichkeit hochhalten.
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Ridiculous. We’re a US vassal.
Under all circumstances, the principles of international law and the UN Charter must be respected. We call for restraint.
The safety of EU citizens in the country is our top priority. (2/2)
The safety of EU citizens in the country is our top priority. (2/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Ridiculous. We’re a US vassal.
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What should the peace talks with russia actually be negotiating about? I'll start: the size of the DMZ inside russia.
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What should the peace talks with russia actually be negotiating about? I'll start: the size of the DMZ inside russia.
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Ok, ten donkeys then.
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ok, ten donkeys then.
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When I heard Ross Douthat talk about how Trump’s first term radicalised him against the left - after all, why else would Trump have happened if it wasn’t the left’s fault? - something broke in me. And it’s going to stay broken.
January 2, 2026 at 7:55 PM
When I heard Ross Douthat talk about how Trump’s first term radicalised him against the left - after all, why else would Trump have happened if it wasn’t the left’s fault? - something broke in me. And it’s going to stay broken.
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Our perceptions of security are out of alignment with the reality of our adversaries.
We have failed to imagine what we may lose — and what we can gain.
This will define the coming time of darkness — unless we reverse course.
My latest:
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
We have failed to imagine what we may lose — and what we can gain.
This will define the coming time of darkness — unless we reverse course.
My latest:
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
2025, the atomization of reality, and the failure of imagination… (part 1)
The free world is thinking small. Our adversaries are not.
www.greatpower.us
December 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Our perceptions of security are out of alignment with the reality of our adversaries.
We have failed to imagine what we may lose — and what we can gain.
This will define the coming time of darkness — unless we reverse course.
My latest:
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
We have failed to imagine what we may lose — and what we can gain.
This will define the coming time of darkness — unless we reverse course.
My latest:
www.greatpower.us/p/2025-the-a...
This is the text to make a little sense of it all.
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is the text to make a little sense of it all.
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the thing is, “differing political views” used to be about what percentage to tax high earners and not whether brown people are humans
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
the thing is, “differing political views” used to be about what percentage to tax high earners and not whether brown people are humans
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all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
all meaning has collapsed in our post-literate society and i wrote a bunch of useless, useless words about it. read it if you, like me, are one of a diminishing minority who still reads www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
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This Kat Rosenfield tweet got deservedly dragged over at twitter. Easy to forget, maybe, when you write for the FP, but spinning up saleable anti-anti-Trump false equivalencies about downstream second-order effects on social trust takes a lighter touch. No, don't just HACK at it.
!["as with the Resistance shenigans and political purity testing that rose to dominance in our media and arts institutions circa 2019, the people engaged in this behavior seem not to have thought through its downstream effects on social trust even the tiniest bit"
[In retweet response to an announcement of lots of artists cancelling at the Kennedy center]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:b7nwyonilwymqnwhomv6yfvy/bafkreia2aiziaw3druzfo3yphvf2xh6rxsk6e5cozcp6po7tpx7fqpa6lm@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This Kat Rosenfield tweet got deservedly dragged over at twitter. Easy to forget, maybe, when you write for the FP, but spinning up saleable anti-anti-Trump false equivalencies about downstream second-order effects on social trust takes a lighter touch. No, don't just HACK at it.
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AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt — Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt"
December 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt — Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt"
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2026 jährt sich das Wendejahr 1986 zum 40. Mal: ein Blick zurück und ein paar Ideen, was wir heute daraus lerne könnten:
www.falter.at/zeitung/2025...
www.falter.at/zeitung/2025...
Waldheim, Haider, Tschernobyl, …: Warum das Jahr 1986 Österreich bis heute prägt
Ein Bundespräsident und seine Nazi-Vergangenheit. Ein Putsch in der FPÖ. Ein Super-GAU in der Ukraine. Die Grünen im Parlament. Was vor 40 Jahren passierte, hat Nachwirkungen bis in die Gegenwart – un...
www.falter.at
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
2026 jährt sich das Wendejahr 1986 zum 40. Mal: ein Blick zurück und ein paar Ideen, was wir heute daraus lerne könnten:
www.falter.at/zeitung/2025...
www.falter.at/zeitung/2025...