Kolja Hiebl
@khiebl.bsky.social
B.Sc. business Informatics, B.A. Polsci, Currently doing my masters degree @Leuphana, I also have a Dog
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Um Härte zu zeigen, bricht die deutsche Regierung ihr Versprechen, die schutzbedürftigen Afghanen aufzunehmen und liefert sie den Taliban aus. So viel Grausamkeit für bisschen Symbolpolitik. Es ist nicht zu fassen
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Aufnahmeprogramme: Bundesinnenministerium will 640 Afghanen Aufnahme verweigern
Deutschland hatte Hunderten Menschen in Afghanistan eine Aufnahme zugesagt. Für 640 Betroffene soll dieses Versprechen laut Bundesinnenministerium nun nicht mehr gelten.
www.zeit.de
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Um Härte zu zeigen, bricht die deutsche Regierung ihr Versprechen, die schutzbedürftigen Afghanen aufzunehmen und liefert sie den Taliban aus. So viel Grausamkeit für bisschen Symbolpolitik. Es ist nicht zu fassen
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.
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Today's crazy world, data point #473: My mom helps out in a food pantry in rural Germany. And they now got contacted by American soldiers and civil servants from a nearby US-army base, because people have not received salaries for months because of the government shutdown...
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Today's crazy world, data point #473: My mom helps out in a food pantry in rural Germany. And they now got contacted by American soldiers and civil servants from a nearby US-army base, because people have not received salaries for months because of the government shutdown...
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Wekler: "Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?"
Trump: "I don't know."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump: "I don't know."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
www.nbcnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wekler: "Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?"
Trump: "I don't know."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump: "I don't know."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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„Both France and Germany are currently working to keep the Union together: they see each other now as natural partners. But only Germany has a Plan B - Russia.“ - well, this part of Prisoners of Geography didn‘t age well…
March 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
„Both France and Germany are currently working to keep the Union together: they see each other now as natural partners. But only Germany has a Plan B - Russia.“ - well, this part of Prisoners of Geography didn‘t age well…
Only 14 pages in Tim Marshall‘s „Prisoners of Geography“ and it is already perfect for a geography noob like me: „The CSTO suffers from not having a name you can boil down to one word“ -> already erased from my Gen Z, 15 seconds attention span TikTok brain.
March 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Only 14 pages in Tim Marshall‘s „Prisoners of Geography“ and it is already perfect for a geography noob like me: „The CSTO suffers from not having a name you can boil down to one word“ -> already erased from my Gen Z, 15 seconds attention span TikTok brain.
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Ein schwer erträglicher Artikel über den immensen Verlust an Menschenleben und das große Leid, das das Ende von USAID für den globalen Süden bedeuten würde.
Nichts — wirklich gar nichts —, was Trump und Musk tun, ist grausamer und katastrophaler als das.
Nichts — wirklich gar nichts —, was Trump und Musk tun, ist grausamer und katastrophaler als das.
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Ein schwer erträglicher Artikel über den immensen Verlust an Menschenleben und das große Leid, das das Ende von USAID für den globalen Süden bedeuten würde.
Nichts — wirklich gar nichts —, was Trump und Musk tun, ist grausamer und katastrophaler als das.
Nichts — wirklich gar nichts —, was Trump und Musk tun, ist grausamer und katastrophaler als das.
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We are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com
with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com
with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
Overview
National Elections Database
www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
We are very happy to publish the "National Elections Database," including the results of 1,023 presidential and 2,962 parliamentary elections conducted worldwide since 1946!
www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com
with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
www.nationalelectionsdatabase.com
with Benjamin Marx and Vincent Rollet
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»The political scientist Kenneth Waltz famously argued that when it came to the spread of nuclear weapons, “more may be better”—because all international rivalries would be durably stabilized by the prospect of mutually assured destruction. The world may be about to test his hypothesis.«
Get Ready for the Next Nuclear Age
How Trump might drive proliferation.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
»The political scientist Kenneth Waltz famously argued that when it came to the spread of nuclear weapons, “more may be better”—because all international rivalries would be durably stabilized by the prospect of mutually assured destruction. The world may be about to test his hypothesis.«
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Trump administration has identified words to be banned on government websites or at least be wary of using. Among them: women, race, injustice, climate science, pollution, victim, historically. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Trump administration has identified words to be banned on government websites or at least be wary of using. Among them: women, race, injustice, climate science, pollution, victim, historically. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Current reading since last Friday, still struggling to find a research question though, open to suggestions.
March 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Current reading since last Friday, still struggling to find a research question though, open to suggestions.
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🇺🇸🤔 The White House is giving potential job candidates litmus tests in interviews to make sure they are sufficiently loyal to Trump and his second-term agenda, - Bloomberg
March 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🇺🇸🤔 The White House is giving potential job candidates litmus tests in interviews to make sure they are sufficiently loyal to Trump and his second-term agenda, - Bloomberg
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Gebt den Sondierungen noch zwei Wochen und Markus Söder baut uns allen kiffend ne Wärmepumpe ein.
March 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gebt den Sondierungen noch zwei Wochen und Markus Söder baut uns allen kiffend ne Wärmepumpe ein.
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I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
February 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I celebrate the 80% of Germans who did not vote for the far right. Do not make 19.6% of German voters into "the" German people (again).
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
"The" German people don't exist! The German population is diverse and divided, but voted overwhelmingly for liberal democratic parties.
#BTW25 #GermanElection
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November 20, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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Inspired by @dtoshkov.bsky.social and the upcoming conference abstract season, types of EPSA papers
November 20, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Inspired by @dtoshkov.bsky.social and the upcoming conference abstract season, types of EPSA papers