@elandrion.bsky.social
I am a compulsive lurker on all kinds of social media
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viel mehr noch liegen verletzt in privatgebäuden und werden dort sterben. überfüllte zellen, drohende hinrichtungen über die zeit. wir sprechen hier über 50-100.000 tote..
Time Magazine reports that 30,000 people were killed on the streets of Iran just between January 8 and 9.
More than 30,000 may have been killed in Iran protests, officials say — report
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www.timesofisrael.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:09 AM
viel mehr noch liegen verletzt in privatgebäuden und werden dort sterben. überfüllte zellen, drohende hinrichtungen über die zeit. wir sprechen hier über 50-100.000 tote..
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I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.
Pathetic.
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Fascinating theory of international sovereignty Stephen, but I think I've heard it before and the Great Khan was more charismatic in his delivery.
January 17, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Fascinating theory of international sovereignty Stephen, but I think I've heard it before and the Great Khan was more charismatic in his delivery.
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Kann nur als Deutscher Wähler sprechen:
-> ich lese das, was Deutsche Politiker in Verantwortung von sich geben und gebe auf. Bedingungslos. 🤦♂️
Die Leistung welche Merz, Hardt und Laschet in letzter Zeit von sich gegeben haben unterfliegt locker jeden noch so fein justierten intellektuellen Radar.
-> ich lese das, was Deutsche Politiker in Verantwortung von sich geben und gebe auf. Bedingungslos. 🤦♂️
Die Leistung welche Merz, Hardt und Laschet in letzter Zeit von sich gegeben haben unterfliegt locker jeden noch so fein justierten intellektuellen Radar.
eure meinung ist gefragt.. stellt euch vor ihr seid immimogul trump und wollt ‚ein land übernehmen‘. dann kommt deutschland und will als ultima ratio nicht an der WM teilnehmen.
1. wartet ihr bis nach der wm?
2. ist euch das egal und ihr schnappt zu?
3. gebt ihr eure pläne auf?
1. wartet ihr bis nach der wm?
2. ist euch das egal und ihr schnappt zu?
3. gebt ihr eure pläne auf?
January 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Kann nur als Deutscher Wähler sprechen:
-> ich lese das, was Deutsche Politiker in Verantwortung von sich geben und gebe auf. Bedingungslos. 🤦♂️
Die Leistung welche Merz, Hardt und Laschet in letzter Zeit von sich gegeben haben unterfliegt locker jeden noch so fein justierten intellektuellen Radar.
-> ich lese das, was Deutsche Politiker in Verantwortung von sich geben und gebe auf. Bedingungslos. 🤦♂️
Die Leistung welche Merz, Hardt und Laschet in letzter Zeit von sich gegeben haben unterfliegt locker jeden noch so fein justierten intellektuellen Radar.
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IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption
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mfw someone asks me about my opinion on current US politics
January 10, 2026 at 11:30 AM
mfw someone asks me about my opinion on current US politics
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Trump administration announces US decline to regional power status
January 5, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Trump administration announces US decline to regional power status
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It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
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Setting aside the obvious here, the reason Russia supplies low cost energy to neighbours is to prevent the emergence of alternatives and to create dependencies they can later exploit.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Setting aside the obvious here, the reason Russia supplies low cost energy to neighbours is to prevent the emergence of alternatives and to create dependencies they can later exploit.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
It's harder to push back on the demands of a country that can switch off your factories and winter heating.
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No one has ever been able to adequately explain what Putin is meant to have thought NATO expansion would threaten him with, apart from limiting his expansionist ambitions.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
No one has ever been able to adequately explain what Putin is meant to have thought NATO expansion would threaten him with, apart from limiting his expansionist ambitions.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
"He was worried they'd invade Russia."
No he wasn't.
He just wasn't.
That's not a thing anyone thought might happen.
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this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
December 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade
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spät, aber doch: die alljährliche Grenzen-Weihnachtsfolge vom
@moserat.bsky.social und meiner Wenigkeit.
Dieses Mal haben wir uns Großösterreich, Gabun/Äquatorialguinea, Nicaragua/Costa Rica sowie den Südsudan und Uganda angesehen.
Es ist also für jeden was dabei (überall, wo's Podcasts gibt).
@moserat.bsky.social und meiner Wenigkeit.
Dieses Mal haben wir uns Großösterreich, Gabun/Äquatorialguinea, Nicaragua/Costa Rica sowie den Südsudan und Uganda angesehen.
Es ist also für jeden was dabei (überall, wo's Podcasts gibt).
Weihnachsfolge 2025: von Lateinamerika nach Großösterreich
Tradition verpflichtet: Auch dieses Jahr geht es um Grenzen aller Art, ob in Afrika, Lateinamerika oder mitten in Europa. Manche schöner, manche weniger, manche heiß umfehdet, andere nicht so wichtig....
janikmoser.podigee.io
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
spät, aber doch: die alljährliche Grenzen-Weihnachtsfolge vom
@moserat.bsky.social und meiner Wenigkeit.
Dieses Mal haben wir uns Großösterreich, Gabun/Äquatorialguinea, Nicaragua/Costa Rica sowie den Südsudan und Uganda angesehen.
Es ist also für jeden was dabei (überall, wo's Podcasts gibt).
@moserat.bsky.social und meiner Wenigkeit.
Dieses Mal haben wir uns Großösterreich, Gabun/Äquatorialguinea, Nicaragua/Costa Rica sowie den Südsudan und Uganda angesehen.
Es ist also für jeden was dabei (überall, wo's Podcasts gibt).
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The willingness of so many to discuss Trump's diplomacy as if it is a strategic successor to the linear tradition of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan rather than the violently incompetent chaos bomb it is in reality will forever baffle me
December 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The willingness of so many to discuss Trump's diplomacy as if it is a strategic successor to the linear tradition of Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Reagan rather than the violently incompetent chaos bomb it is in reality will forever baffle me
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An incredibly shallow piece that doesn't even begin to engage with the real questions: what would the European position be for such talks and how do you get Putin to start caring what we say?
Endless substance-free recycling of 'diplomacy is necessary' has been the bane of our policy towards Russia
Endless substance-free recycling of 'diplomacy is necessary' has been the bane of our policy towards Russia
Macron is right: Europe should talk to Putin
This will no doubt inspire fury in some quarters, at the v thought of talking to Putin, but if Europe doesn't, then it is handing all the initiative to Trump. My take for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social blog
spectator.com/article/macr...
This will no doubt inspire fury in some quarters, at the v thought of talking to Putin, but if Europe doesn't, then it is handing all the initiative to Trump. My take for the @thespectator1828.bsky.social blog
spectator.com/article/macr...
Macron is right: Europe should talk to Putin
There is a quietly emerging sentiment in Europe that simply shunning Putin as a bad man is simply not working.
spectator.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
An incredibly shallow piece that doesn't even begin to engage with the real questions: what would the European position be for such talks and how do you get Putin to start caring what we say?
Endless substance-free recycling of 'diplomacy is necessary' has been the bane of our policy towards Russia
Endless substance-free recycling of 'diplomacy is necessary' has been the bane of our policy towards Russia
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Der Fall Elon Musk zeigt einmal mehr, wie fatal es ist, Reichtum als Zeichen für besondere Genialität & Kompetenz zu interpretieren. Die Gründe für Reichtum können vielfältig sein. Reichtum ist zudem weder ein Indikator für moralische Integrität, noch Ersatz für demokratische Legitimation.
December 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Der Fall Elon Musk zeigt einmal mehr, wie fatal es ist, Reichtum als Zeichen für besondere Genialität & Kompetenz zu interpretieren. Die Gründe für Reichtum können vielfältig sein. Reichtum ist zudem weder ein Indikator für moralische Integrität, noch Ersatz für demokratische Legitimation.
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these people are lecturing Europe about free speech. Every accusation is a confession.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
these people are lecturing Europe about free speech. Every accusation is a confession.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...
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I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
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It is really quite striking that Witkoff sounds 100% like the German advocates of Nord Stream and business deals with the Kremlin as a bridge to peace and stability.
With the only difference that those doing the deals are now supposed to be Americans not Germans.
With the only difference that those doing the deals are now supposed to be Americans not Germans.
November 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It is really quite striking that Witkoff sounds 100% like the German advocates of Nord Stream and business deals with the Kremlin as a bridge to peace and stability.
With the only difference that those doing the deals are now supposed to be Americans not Germans.
With the only difference that those doing the deals are now supposed to be Americans not Germans.
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This is one of the biggest issues Austria is facing, and literally everyone is doing a deer-in-the-headlights over it here. The whole entrepreneurial framework in Austria is built around being able to be lazy about everything and simply be Germany’s friendly main supplier.
It's why "woe is VW/BMW/Siemens/Bosch" etc pieces about the problems with German industry are misleading. The big German firms long ago became EU-wide corporations. They'll adapt and do fine.
It's much of the traditional vast network of German supply firms that is screwed.
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It's much of the traditional vast network of German supply firms that is screwed.
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There are many dynamics to Germany's industrial woes, but one of the most important is how big German manufacturing corporations ascended to become truly Europe-wide operations at the expense of their traditional German suppliers, who are often no longer competitive with rivals in other EU states
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is one of the biggest issues Austria is facing, and literally everyone is doing a deer-in-the-headlights over it here. The whole entrepreneurial framework in Austria is built around being able to be lazy about everything and simply be Germany’s friendly main supplier.
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale