Johannes Mengel
@mengeljo.bsky.social
Strategic communications professional based in Leipzig, Germany.
»Fast schon skurril mutet es an, wenn als Beleg für die Schwäche der EU ihre 'Gespaltenheit' angeführt wird. […] gespalten im Vergleich zu wem? In den USA fürchten sie sich seit Längerem vor einem zweiten Bürgerkrieg.« Lesenswert in der »Zeit« zur Stärke Europas www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
Europäische Außenpolitik: Europa hat seine Angst verloren
Am Ende einer verrückten Woche steht die EU verblüfft da: Sie kann richtig mächtig sein. Und hat sogar die Chance auf ein ganz neues globales Bündnis.
www.zeit.de
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
»Fast schon skurril mutet es an, wenn als Beleg für die Schwäche der EU ihre 'Gespaltenheit' angeführt wird. […] gespalten im Vergleich zu wem? In den USA fürchten sie sich seit Längerem vor einem zweiten Bürgerkrieg.« Lesenswert in der »Zeit« zur Stärke Europas www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...
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💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
💯 Every. Fucking. Word.
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I love my profession deeply, but some of them are not covering themselves in glory these days. If a mob boss draws a sharp blade languidly across your palm and says it would be a real shame for you to lose your pinky, your headline isn't "Godfather rules out hacking off finger to settle debt."
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I love my profession deeply, but some of them are not covering themselves in glory these days. If a mob boss draws a sharp blade languidly across your palm and says it would be a real shame for you to lose your pinky, your headline isn't "Godfather rules out hacking off finger to settle debt."
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If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:16 PM
If you're only reading headlines and see "Trump Says He Won't Use Force" it will give you a misimpression of both how bellicose this speech is and how dug in he is on Greenland.
"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. […] You cannot live with in the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination."
Wow that Mark Carney speech. A must listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
Wow that Mark Carney speech. A must listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
Davos LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 AM
"We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition. […] You cannot live with in the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination."
Wow that Mark Carney speech. A must listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
Wow that Mark Carney speech. A must listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE98...
Personally, I’m ready for some patriotic wine drinking in support of French winemakers
BREAKING Trump threatens 200% tariffs on French wine and Champagne over France's intentions to decline invitation to join his Board of Peace
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Personally, I’m ready for some patriotic wine drinking in support of French winemakers
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“imagine a rearming, nationalist France facing a rearmed, nationalist Germany. The two nations might find common ground against mounting threats from the US and Russia, but they also have a complex history, having fought three major wars against each other”
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 PM
“imagine a rearming, nationalist France facing a rearmed, nationalist Germany. The two nations might find common ground against mounting threats from the US and Russia, but they also have a complex history, having fought three major wars against each other”
Deprimierend. Und was für ein armseliges Regime, das den allerletzten Hauch von Legimität verspielt hat und sich dennoch weigert, Platz zu machen. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
„Sie haben mit Maschinengewehren in die Menge geschossen“
Was Augenzeugen und Ärzte erzählen, lässt den Schluss zu: Die Revolutionsgarden in Iran gehen mit unvorstellbarer Brutalität vor.
www.sueddeutsche.de
January 18, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Deprimierend. Und was für ein armseliges Regime, das den allerletzten Hauch von Legimität verspielt hat und sich dennoch weigert, Platz zu machen. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
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honestly humiliating for everyone involved, even people who had to read the story
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM
honestly humiliating for everyone involved, even people who had to read the story
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Nobel Please Prize
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Nobel Please Prize
"They understand the psychology of the people in Europe who desperately want the U.S. to be what it was. They want the U.S. to be pro-Ukraine, anti-Russia: to support them. The Trump administration throws them crumbs."
This podcast with Phillips P. O'Brien & Paul Krugman is essential listening.
This podcast with Phillips P. O'Brien & Paul Krugman is essential listening.
Phillips O'Brien on Venezuela and More
And why America wins battles but loses wars
substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"They understand the psychology of the people in Europe who desperately want the U.S. to be what it was. They want the U.S. to be pro-Ukraine, anti-Russia: to support them. The Trump administration throws them crumbs."
This podcast with Phillips P. O'Brien & Paul Krugman is essential listening.
This podcast with Phillips P. O'Brien & Paul Krugman is essential listening.
Wo ist der Sinn für politische Ästhetik geblieben? Interview mit Historiker Ulrich Rauff.
»Es beginnt damit, dass alte Häuser abgerissen & an deren Stelle protzige, weiße Häuser hingestellt werden, die sich als Bauhaus ausgeben, damit aber nichts mehr zu tun haben.«
www.zeit.de/kultur/2026-...
»Es beginnt damit, dass alte Häuser abgerissen & an deren Stelle protzige, weiße Häuser hingestellt werden, die sich als Bauhaus ausgeben, damit aber nichts mehr zu tun haben.«
www.zeit.de/kultur/2026-...
Politische Ästhetik : "Geschmack ist die Fähigkeit, nicht das zu tun, was alle tun"
Für politische Ästhetik interessieren sich heute vor allem Rechtsextreme, dem demokratischen Spektrum scheint sie egal. Ein Fehler, sagt der Historiker Ulrich Raulff.
www.zeit.de
January 15, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Wo ist der Sinn für politische Ästhetik geblieben? Interview mit Historiker Ulrich Rauff.
»Es beginnt damit, dass alte Häuser abgerissen & an deren Stelle protzige, weiße Häuser hingestellt werden, die sich als Bauhaus ausgeben, damit aber nichts mehr zu tun haben.«
www.zeit.de/kultur/2026-...
»Es beginnt damit, dass alte Häuser abgerissen & an deren Stelle protzige, weiße Häuser hingestellt werden, die sich als Bauhaus ausgeben, damit aber nichts mehr zu tun haben.«
www.zeit.de/kultur/2026-...
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The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to producing liquid biofuels such as bioethanol & biodiesel. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
January 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to producing liquid biofuels such as bioethanol & biodiesel. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
Putting solar panels on the land used for biofuels, e.g., would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks worldwide to go electric.
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Bei X müsste es wie in der Gastronomie sein: Wenn die Ratten durchs Gulasch laufen und die Gäste reihenweise umkippen, gibt's kein höfliches Anschreiben mit Bitte um Stellungnahme binnen zwei Wochen. Dann wird erstmal dichtgemacht und danach kann man darüber reden, ob und wie es weitergeht.
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Bei X müsste es wie in der Gastronomie sein: Wenn die Ratten durchs Gulasch laufen und die Gäste reihenweise umkippen, gibt's kein höfliches Anschreiben mit Bitte um Stellungnahme binnen zwei Wochen. Dann wird erstmal dichtgemacht und danach kann man darüber reden, ob und wie es weitergeht.
Bin immer noch etwas fassungslos über diese Form der Berichterstattung.
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Bin immer noch etwas fassungslos über diese Form der Berichterstattung.
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I cannot say in public what I think of this attitude. Nuclear armed powers have lost wars. They *must* lose wars of aggression and imperial conquest; otherwise it means the death of #nuclear non- #proliferation and nukes for all.
Which we have to assume is going to happen now.
Which we have to assume is going to happen now.
No political will.
"But who really believes that Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable, a complete illusion.
It’s not even desirable for them to lose and for instability to take hold in a country that possesses nuclear weapons."
- Prime minister of Belgium
"But who really believes that Russia will lose in Ukraine? It’s a fable, a complete illusion.
It’s not even desirable for them to lose and for instability to take hold in a country that possesses nuclear weapons."
- Prime minister of Belgium
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I cannot say in public what I think of this attitude. Nuclear armed powers have lost wars. They *must* lose wars of aggression and imperial conquest; otherwise it means the death of #nuclear non- #proliferation and nukes for all.
Which we have to assume is going to happen now.
Which we have to assume is going to happen now.
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The price for Russian oil has reached another low since the start of the full scale war. It is now at 40 USD per barrel. This was reported by Bloomberg.
The Russian budget was calculated for a price of around 70 USD per barrel.
The Russian budget was calculated for a price of around 70 USD per barrel.
December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The price for Russian oil has reached another low since the start of the full scale war. It is now at 40 USD per barrel. This was reported by Bloomberg.
The Russian budget was calculated for a price of around 70 USD per barrel.
The Russian budget was calculated for a price of around 70 USD per barrel.
Gestern endlich mal Linux (Fedora) auf meinem MacBook Pro installiert und gleich an fragwürdigen Designentscheidungen verzweifelt: Wer sagt mir, ob ich Drittanbieter-Software nun zugelassen habe oder nicht?
December 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Gestern endlich mal Linux (Fedora) auf meinem MacBook Pro installiert und gleich an fragwürdigen Designentscheidungen verzweifelt: Wer sagt mir, ob ich Drittanbieter-Software nun zugelassen habe oder nicht?
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If only the pros outweighed the cons.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
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the funniest part about that meme tho is that if you are familiar with first half of 20th century history you know that two pictures are just same person at different times of day
a funny thing about the current wave of fascism is how cosmopolitan it is
the country's biggest neo-Nazi is named Fuentes and a man named Abdul Rahman Al-Malik has the exact same repressed psychosexual neuroses as any white /pol/ poster
the country's biggest neo-Nazi is named Fuentes and a man named Abdul Rahman Al-Malik has the exact same repressed psychosexual neuroses as any white /pol/ poster
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
the funniest part about that meme tho is that if you are familiar with first half of 20th century history you know that two pictures are just same person at different times of day
Sorge um die Demokratie kann doch nicht bedeuten, berechtigte Kritik nicht mehr zu äußern.
Ganz im Gegenteil, wir müssen die Erwartung aufrechterhalten, dass es auch besser geht.
Ganz im Gegenteil, wir müssen die Erwartung aufrechterhalten, dass es auch besser geht.
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sorge um die Demokratie kann doch nicht bedeuten, berechtigte Kritik nicht mehr zu äußern.
Ganz im Gegenteil, wir müssen die Erwartung aufrechterhalten, dass es auch besser geht.
Ganz im Gegenteil, wir müssen die Erwartung aufrechterhalten, dass es auch besser geht.
Now let‘s feed it to livestock to make meat cheaper
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Now let‘s feed it to livestock to make meat cheaper