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@eisaxt.mountaineering.monster

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Suburban #NAFO family guy. Think of Bluey's dad. Export Control Specialist, Fallschirmjäger & High Altitude Mountaineer. Sometimes I do 🇦🇺 - 🇩🇪 explainers. #MilSky

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · Oct 29

Welcome to the #Running 🏃‍♀️👟🎽 Feed!

Check the replies for the set-up & updates 👇Feedback is always welcome 🙏

... and always remember: Every run is a beer run 🍻

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 5h

Ob das die #fckafd kleiner macht? Ich meld' da mal Zweifel an.

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 7h

Israel's response to the 7th Oct and retaliation against #Gaza was one of the intended outcomes. Hamas wanted this to happen so Israel could be isolated internationally and to some degree it works:

People are starting to lose their humanity and they are differentiating between good & bad victims.

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 7h

What should they do? What's your proposal?

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 7h

Showing humanity means caring about all innocent victims.

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 8h

Wäre es nicht zu überlegen, welche Formen von Diskursräumen überhaupt als verfügbar gelten können – jene strukturierten, institutionell gerahmten Arenen oder eher die flüchtigen, digitalen Zwischenräume, in denen Bedeutung erst im Austausch entsteht?

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 8h

Na dann mal los.

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 8h

Könnte man nicht fragen, ob deine geäußerte Meinung tatsächlich Bestand hat, wenn ihr keine empirische Grundlage zugrunde liegt, oder ob sie sich vielmehr als reine Konstruktion subjektiver Überzeugung entpuppt?

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 8h

Wäre es nicht zu bedenken, dass genau dieses Verhalten, das du andernorts kritisierst oder analysierst, sich gerade hier in deinem eigenen Handeln manifestiert und damit den Diskurs unbewusst performativ bestätigt?

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 8h

Wäre es nicht denkbar, dass auch jene, die man gemeinhin als verrückt bezeichnet, in der Lage sind, sich selbst zum Publikum ihrer eigenen Inszenierung zu machen und damit den Akt der Darstellung unabhängig von äußerer Wahrnehmung vollziehen?

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 22h

Well the coalition gave the MAGA ideology a good crack but Aussie voters rejected it at the last election.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

They still have a long way to go to reach the maturity of e.g. the German Greens. Strategically addressing a wider voter base would be a first step. There's plenty of opportunity to do that.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

Absolutely not the same.

Back then there was still a chance for peace. It wasn't long after Oslo ('99) and Israelis and Palestinians were actively negotiating. Nobody could have predicted what happened 2 decades later and that this shared supply chain could become an issue.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

It was the Howard government in 2002 who signed up to the F-35 program.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

We don't need lawyers or diplomats to tap out. We can just do it. However we would need to be willing to wear the consequences which includes our F-35s becoming expensive paper weights.
I understand to some this seems to be a minor detail but it isn't for our national security.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

From a logistics point of view it is indeed just another shipment. You might find it unethical - which is fair enough - however neither the airline not the pilot probably knew what was in the cargo hold. If it's legal the global supply chain will move it.

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

I think we all agree that politicians losing their cosy consulting jobs is a sacrifice we're willing to make.

However there's a bit more to it.

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

Thai Airways (!) doesn't need to make a statement for transporting non-dangerous goods (in an IATA sense) from Australia to Bangkok. At no point was there any danger to the passengers, crew or aircraft. This shipment was transported well within international norms, standards and treaties.

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Ilya Lozovsky @ichbinilya.bsky.social · 2d

You've probably seen a lot of angry posts today about how "Angela Merkel blamed Poland and the Baltics for the Ukraine war" in a recent interview.

They're far off the mark — she did no such thing! 👇

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

Hey #Auspol

There's reason to believe the sale of ICE vehicles incl. non-plugin hybrids in Australia has peaked in 2023. The previous record sales year of 2017 has been outpaced by 23 and 24. However ICE sale has declined from 2023 to 2024.

#EV #climatechange

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

Americans don't care about advanced technology. The Ram 1500 will bring back the Hemi V8 for 2026 models after a brief discontinuation although the Hurricane 6-cyl produces significant more power and torque while having better fuel efficiency.

Make that make sense.

What, me worry? @hoytwalks.bsky.social · 2d

The thing that gets buried behind the ridiculous politics of EVs is that it’s vastly superior technology. Considerably less maintenance and better performance. Americans digging in their heels to defend antiquated combustible engines are just asking for U.S. to be left in the dust of innovation.

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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 1d

This is the best concise, English-language summary of the situation in France I've found so far.

@lemonde.fr has the details, I have a few thoughts. 🧵

In a nutshell: complicated and not good for Europe.

www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...

What's next for France? Six questions to understand the consequences of Lecornu's resignation

The resignation of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ushers in a new period of political instability, though the Constitution, the law and republican tradition provide for the country to continue to fu...

www.lemonde.fr

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

@robbieandrew.bsky.social posted dazu sehr interessante Daten. Auch wenn einzelne Länder an Technologie von gestern festhalten, ist der Trend insgesamt klar erkennbar.

Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 7d

98% in September.
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

Graph showing: Norwegian new passenger car sales by type: Monthly

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

Ließe sich nicht hinterfragen, ob die zuvor benannte Handlung tatsächlich nur eine formale Relevanz im strafrechtlichen Sinne besitzt, oder ob ihre Bewertung vielmehr von Interpretationen, Kontext und der Konstruktion rechtlicher Grenzen abhängt?

The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

Wäre es nicht zu erörtern, ob das bewusste Verweigern einer Bühne nicht selbst zu einer Form der Inszenierung wird, in der Macht, Aufmerksamkeit und moralische Distanz unauflöslich miteinander verstrickt sind?

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The Ice Axe 🧊🪓 @eisaxt.mountaineering.monster · 1d

Glaubst du, außerhalb dieses spezifischen Diskursraums tatsächlich eine Form von Interaktion erlebt zu haben, oder handelt es sich dabei um eine Projektion dialogischer Erwartungen, die sich nur innerhalb dieser Umgebung real manifestieren?