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Very happy to have spoken to @michaeldweiss.bsky.social about the problems, shall we say, of having Russians write our foreign policy. The details are being confirmed now by major outlets. Get the analysis here.
snyder.substack.com/p/oligarchs-...
Oligarchs and Diplomats (video with Michael Weiss)
Thinking Live episode 2
snyder.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Als der Bundeskanzler am Ende seines Wahlkampfs gegen Demonstrant*innen, die gegen seine Zusammenarbeit mit der rechtsextremen AfD protestierten, kritisierte, in dem er ihnen bescheinigte, nicht mehr alle Tassen im Schrank zu haben, wurde dies von vielen entschuldigt, es sei nunmal Wahlkampf. 1/7
Proteste gegen AfD-Jugend: Friedrich Merz kritisiert Auseinandersetzungen bei Protesten in Gießen
Bundeskanzler Merz und Bundesinnenminister Dobrindt haben die Auseinandersetzungen bei Protesten gegen die AfD-Jugend in Gießen kritisiert. Dobrindt sprach von "Chaoten".
www.zeit.de
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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New Magic Numbers are live now! We try to find best homes for each of the Avatar: The Last Airbender card. Which color pair in draft will house them most favourably?

Join me on twitch!

twitch.tv/sierkovitz
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Limited Level-Ups #228: 4 Decks You Should Know about Before Your Next Avatar Draft is here!

This week, I deep dive on 4 decks I've found the most success with in Avatar Draft!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu3g...

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The 4 Decks You Should Know about Before Your Next Avatar Draft | Limited Level-Ups #228
YouTube video by Limited Level-Ups
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November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Some common sense to remember in a trying time.
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:

1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.

2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.

3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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New Magic Numbers are live on YT and Spotify (give me follows, or whatever those are called, there to get the updates automatically.

We are diving into early data for Avatar and there is a lot to explore there: Best colors, strongest cards and what makes each color pair tick.

youtu.be/K50WFq3fgKk
Magic Numbers #168: Early 17Lands Draft data for Avatar: the Last Airbender
YouTube video by Sierkovitz
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November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The Avatar: The Last Airbender State of the Format Address is here!

Been a really fun format so far, some of the best limited mechanics we’ve had in a while imo! Links below ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
macspaunday.substack.com/p/he-got-thi...
“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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SPECIAL: We got this conversation up as fast as possible because Tim Snyder's analysis of the Trump administration's agenda and methods is so important. Also: Why No Kings matters, and what’s at stake in Ukraine. This is, if I may say so, a must-watch.

youtu.be/qq-V_k3HPLY?...
Timothy Snyder on the Trump Administration at Home, and What’s at Stake in Ukraine
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
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October 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
How to Negotiate with Russia
Account for history, law, and above all Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Beyond that, it shows unprecedented and spectacular spinelessness to obfuscate the murder by a foreign power of a journalist who worked in your country, in your capital, for a newspaper associated with news about your government. (2/2)
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Heute ist Tag der Kinderrechte.

Jedes Kind hat ein Recht darauf in Frieden und Sicherheit und in Liebe und Geborgenheit aufzuwachsen.

Wären wir Gesellschaften, die Kinder und ihre Bedürfnisse in den Mittelpunkt stellen, wir würden ganz anders leben.
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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“Wir verabschieden uns von den Brandmauern” - was "DIE FAMILIENUNTERNEHMER" (die sogenannten) tun, welche perfide Rolle sie im öffentlichen Diskurs spielen und wer überhaupt hinter diesem etwas irreführenden Namen steckt - Thread 👇
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Wer Steuergerechtigkeit und Demokratie stärken will, muss unsere Finanzbehörden endlich richtig ausstatten! ⚖️

👉 Deshalb fordern wir:
Mehr Personal und Unterstützung vom Bund, für eine starke Finanzverwaltung und echte #Steuergerechtigkeit 💪
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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"Ich glaube, dass es die grundfalsche Antwort auf eine richtige Frage ist. (...) Eine, der man nicht ausweichen kann. (...)

Was macht man, wenn jene mächtig werden, (...) die Grenzen überschreiten, von denen man dachte, niemand könne sie ungestraft überschreiten?"
Angriffe auf die Brandmauer
Sie werden mehr und drängender. Was ist da los?
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November 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Kolumne: Gegen Physik hilft es nicht, wenn man sich in beide Ohren Finger steckt und laut »Technologieoffenheit!« brüllt. Wenn "bürgerliche Parteien" nicht aufhhören, ständig Nebelkerzen zu schwenken (Kernfusion, E-Fuels, Wasserstoff-PKW...), wird das nichts mit dem Wachstum.
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Die @lagedernation.org hat sich (neben vielen anderen Themen) ausführlich mit dem Haushalt und dem Sondervermögen beschäftigt – und die komplizierte Angelegenheit wie üblich sehr gut erklärt. (Und ein paar kurze Einschätzungen durfte ich auch beisteuern.) lagedernation.org/podcast/ldn4...
LdN454 Mal wieder eine Klimaschutzkonferenz, Warum bremst Deutschland beim Klimaschutz? Aufstand gegen Bürgergeld-Reform, Sondervermögen Infrastruktur verpufft, Musterungspflicht statt Wehrpflicht, Au...
lagedernation.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Dammbruch im EU-Parlament: Erstmals beschließt eine Mehrheit aus Konservativen und Rechtsextremen - also auch CDU, CSU und AfD eine Gesetzesposition. Damit werden u.a. Kinderarbeit und Menschenrechtsverletzungen in Lieferketten gefördert. Vollkommen verheerend. Schämt euch, CDU und CSU.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Und wenn wir Gruppen pauschal von Behandlung ausschließen, weil es zu teuer ist sie weiterleben zu lassen, dann sind wir bei Eugenik u Sozialdarwinismus.

Dann reißt die Decke der Zivilisation. So darf ein Gesundheitssystem in e Demokratie nie funktionieren. Es widerspricht dem hippokratischen Eid.
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Das ist übrigens Eugenik.

Wenn du einmal beginnst zu selektieren, wem du hilfst und wem nicht, dann gehst du einen Weg, der nicht aufzuhalten ist.

Streeck ist Mediziner und weiß das natürlich. Das macht es so perfide. Vor allem, weil er zwei rhetorische Tricks verwendet:
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM