Johannes Riecke
@johannes52.bsky.social
Science and politics
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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Are all government accounts on X just troll accounts now?
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
March 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are all government accounts on X just troll accounts now?
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
This is from the official House Foreign Affairs Committee—the same committee responsible for foreign aid, global HIV/AIDS policy, security assistance, and national security. This is how they choose to represent themselves.
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Trump: the streets will run like rivers with the blood of my enemies. Their heads on spikes will adorn Congress and every federal building and court.
Chief Justice Roberts: Actually the GSA is in charge of federal court decorations in consultation with the judicial counsel
Chief Justice Roberts: Actually the GSA is in charge of federal court decorations in consultation with the judicial counsel
March 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump: the streets will run like rivers with the blood of my enemies. Their heads on spikes will adorn Congress and every federal building and court.
Chief Justice Roberts: Actually the GSA is in charge of federal court decorations in consultation with the judicial counsel
Chief Justice Roberts: Actually the GSA is in charge of federal court decorations in consultation with the judicial counsel
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Again, this is not the behavior of someone who thinks the opposition party will ever be in power again.
March 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Again, this is not the behavior of someone who thinks the opposition party will ever be in power again.
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Here's the only thing you need to know about Charlie Kirk and his gang. Ever.
March 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Here's the only thing you need to know about Charlie Kirk and his gang. Ever.
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I didn't realize that there was a fortune cookie company which promoted fascism.
February 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I didn't realize that there was a fortune cookie company which promoted fascism.
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Ist Faschismus plötzlich schick?
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
New York Times hofiert neofaschistischen Blogger Curtis Yarvin
Die New York Times widmet dem neofaschistischen Blogger Curtis Yarvin ein Hochglanz-Interview. Statt seine Einlassungen zu analysieren, lässt sie sie sich vorbeten.
www.faz.net
February 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Ist Faschismus plötzlich schick?
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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You may want to google the word "Machtergreifung", and then start using it.
February 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You may want to google the word "Machtergreifung", and then start using it.
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Supreme Court rules 6-3 that “Just Following Daddy’s Orders” is a valid defense.
February 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that “Just Following Daddy’s Orders” is a valid defense.
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In the 20th century, they were known as "concentration camps." Now, they are simply called "housing."
Doesn't that sound so much more humane? Voila, problem solved!
Doesn't that sound so much more humane? Voila, problem solved!
January 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In the 20th century, they were known as "concentration camps." Now, they are simply called "housing."
Doesn't that sound so much more humane? Voila, problem solved!
Doesn't that sound so much more humane? Voila, problem solved!
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Yeegods things are bad
Message to the whole #FBI workforce from Acting Director Brian Driscoll:
February 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yeegods things are bad
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In a world with too many Scott Jennings, be @crampell.bsky.social. Today's hero.
Jennings: This salute trutherism is outrageous.
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
Rampell: Do it right now on TV! If you think it’s a normal way to greet people, do it right now on TV. Why won’t you?!
January 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In a world with too many Scott Jennings, be @crampell.bsky.social. Today's hero.
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect
Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.
www.kcur.org
January 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
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Merry Christmas.
Cartoon by the wonderful Liz Climo
Cartoon by the wonderful Liz Climo
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Merry Christmas.
Cartoon by the wonderful Liz Climo
Cartoon by the wonderful Liz Climo
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Guy in charge of Medicare und Trump 2.0: the crank who spread Covid misinformation, junk „medicine“ and has claimed on TV that he has tasted his own piss (I’m not making that one up, it’s real).
November 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM
Guy in charge of Medicare und Trump 2.0: the crank who spread Covid misinformation, junk „medicine“ and has claimed on TV that he has tasted his own piss (I’m not making that one up, it’s real).
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If they were really concerned with the safety of public restrooms, they might want to look into banning Republican congressmen from using airport toilets. Just saying.
November 19, 2024 at 4:36 PM
If they were really concerned with the safety of public restrooms, they might want to look into banning Republican congressmen from using airport toilets. Just saying.
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making the new guy do drugs to make sure he isn't a cop
November 17, 2024 at 4:35 PM
making the new guy do drugs to make sure he isn't a cop