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Markus
@markus-quandt.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy
Tooting in German and English.
'Quantitative' social scientist (one of those people who work with surveys), working on social and political attitudes, and […]

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#russia Putin’s aide Ushakov on a meeting between President Zelenskyy and Putin:

> Our president have said several times that if Zelenskyy is actually ready for a meeting, then we invite him to Moscow. And we will definitely provide for his security and the necessary work conditions.

In […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
January 28, 2026 at 1:28 PM
#adipositas bei Kindern - Elternschulung wirkt NICHT, Zuckersteuer und sichere Schulwege schon.
-> Poliitk hat sich um Strukturen zu kümmern, nicht um individualisierte Belehrung! […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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Dr. Gladys West,
the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology,
has died. She passed away Saturday, surrounded by her loving family. She was 95.
Born into poverty on a Virginia farm during the Jim Crow era, West grew up in a segregated South where […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
January 20, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Today I mourn the passing of #rojava from the #middleeast landscape as Damascus & the Syrian military take control of NE #syria. I understand the need for national unity in the liberated state, with the overthrow of the Assad regime; but the Kurdish autonomous area of Syria, what the locals […]
Original post on connectop.us
connectop.us
January 19, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Höhere Preise für #lng #gas wären auch noch eine Drohkulisse für #trump zu #Grönland

Das hatten wir schon einmal bei #putin

Also auch raus aus Gas so schnell wie möglich.
January 17, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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And here’s a long post from #russia “Chadaev” military channel explaining recent changes in #ukraine defense tactics that are closely associated with the above practice of Russian misreporting:

> The enemy is becoming increasingly successful at playing ‘second fiddle’ — that is, a situation in […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
January 16, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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Oh wow. Trump got a hand-me-down Nobel Peace Prize! Did you know:

It would not be the first time a Nobel laureate has given his or her medal away: in 1943 Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun gave his medal to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
January 16, 2026 at 2:19 AM
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[depol]

Erwartbar: nachdem das Anti-Migrationsgelaber nicht mehr so richtig zu ziehen scheint, geht's jetzt auf die Armutsbetroffenen. "Bürgerarbeit" - als Gegenleistung für Grundsicherung. Wäre zu schön, wenn da journalistisch mal dazu gesagt würde, dass Menschen ja Bürgergeld bzw. dann […]
Original post on norden.social
norden.social
January 16, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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»Wenn ihm niemand Widerstand leistet, könnte ein globaler Populismus nach Art des Trumpismus eine ganze Generation lang dominieren.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2026...
Die Aufgabe der Demokraten
Scheinbar unaufhaltsam treibt Donald Trump den autoritären Umbau der USA voran. Die demokratischen Kräfte haben bisher keine wirksame Gegenstrategie gefunden. Um die amerikanische Demokratie zu…
www.blaetter.de
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Kein Tracking, kein Profiling, keine Monetarisierung

Das Punkt MC03 Smartphone
echter #Datenschutz & #Privatsphäre inkl. #Threema #Messenger

Gebaut in DE mit der Sicherheit aus der CH - in ca. 2 Wochen lieferbar

www.punkt.ch/de/products/...

#GoEuropean #UnPlugBigTech #UnplugTrump #AphyOS #DiDay
Punkt. MC03 Premium Secure Smartphone + 1 Jahr AphyOS-Abonnement (Europa-Version)
Leben Sie Ihr Leben bewusst, mit dem in Europa entworfenen und hergestellten Telefon, das Ihnen echte Kontrolle und Freiheit gibt. Derzeit für Vorbestellungen in Europa verfügbar
www.punkt.ch
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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I'd seen some of these rebuttal studies, and now The Guardian is reporting on how supposed reports of high microplastics levels in human tissues are being critiqued for their methodology.

In basic terms, scientists try to measure polyethylene (and other plastics) by vaporising the tissue with […]
Original post on scicomm.xyz
scicomm.xyz
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
#glatteis findet wie erwartet im Rheinland dann trotz DWD-Warnung doch nicht wirklich statt. Und die Straßen sind eh geräumt und gestreut. Die Radwege nicht, ging trotzdem, Schneematsch wird schnell zu Brei. Wo ist es wirklich glatt ist: die Bahnsteige der Stadtbahn! Die wurden erkennbar nicht […]
Original post on mastodon.green
mastodon.green
January 12, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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Right-wing anti-environmental propaganda has many politicians fooled into thinking the public don't support climate action.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/05/mps-underestimate-support-green-policies-study
#climatechange #climateaction […]

[Original post on scicomm.xyz]
January 6, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Financial Times is not holding back […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Man darf jedes Jahr nur soviel Zeit für das Reden über ein Problem aufwenden, wie es seiner Wichtigkeit entspricht.

Wir hätten demnach die ersten 6 Stunden über Sozialbetrug reden können.

Den Rest des Jahres geht es dann um Steuerhinterziehung.

So sind die Verhältnisse.

Sagt das der Politik!
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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Zu passenden Tools zu #diday und #unplugtrump:
Ich habe einige Wochen die Software-Tastatur FUTO für Android benutzt und getestet. Die Funktionen und Benutzerfreundlichkeit sind gut und: "Your keyboard shouldn't connect to the internet."
https://keyboard.futo.org
FUTO Keyboard
FUTO Keyboard is a modern, privacy-focused keyboard that runs fully offline. Enjoy swipe typing, autocorrect, predictive text, and more—no internet connection required.
keyboard.futo.org
January 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@BrentToderian/115815010323522825

Ich habe mich damals gefragt, als Musk den Tunnel unter Las Vegas bauen ließ: warum macht er das?

Jetzt hat er zugegeben: es ging allein um Verhinderung eines funktionierendem ÖPNV.

"Elon Musk gab gegenüber seinem Biographen zu […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 31, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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In the context of cloud computing and data storage dependency on US providers someone asked me on LinkedIn the following question (we also touched the, ahem, Trumps attitude to written laws):

> what’s the risk for global companies that regularly offshore data operations to employees in […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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And lo, the #LemonPig of 2025 did pass its penny to the #LemonPig of 2026 for it had been a hard year, and sucking up the badness had taken its toll.
December 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I think the primary benefit of yesterday’s #russia fake about “attack on Putin’s residence” was to **demonstrate that any security guarantees where “Ukraine’s attack on Russia” would be a voiding trigger are essentially void from the start.**

Russia can stage such “attack” at any point and any […]
Original post on agora.echelon.pl
agora.echelon.pl
December 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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How did the #russia Ministry of Defence’s narrative on the ‘raid on Putin’s residence’ change? On 29 December at 04:44 BST, the Ministry of Defence published a routine report on the shooting down of a total of 89 drones over various Russian regions, 18 of […]

[Original post on agora.echelon.pl]
December 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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One of the World’s last ancient temperate rainforests is being clearcut.

Journalist David Mounsey reports, “Most of these 500–1,000-year-old-plus trees they are cutting down will be ground into pulp for Asian corporations or made into pellets to be burned in so-called ‘renewable’ energy power […]
Original post on union.place
union.place
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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"Mit der Petition wird gefordert, dass keine eigenen Register zur Erfassung von trans* und nichtbinären Personen geführt werden dürfen. Die Rechte auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung, Gleichbehandlung und Schutz vor Diskriminierung müssen uneingeschränkt gelten. Jegliche Pläne zur Erfassung von […]
Original post on hessen.social
hessen.social
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM