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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · 15d

arrived last night in athens around 11, two full days after i left bologna sunday morning. in total, the travel here took 3 days, including the train ride to italy. my guess is that if you don't mind sleeping on trains and have a good connection, you can probably cut it down to 48 hours.

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · 16d

not as dead as i expected after a night on an air mattress in a random corner on a ferry deck. despite the stress of lack of information where and when the next train/bus/boat leaves, quite zen and wishing I didn‘t have to finish my presentation but read or stare out of the window instead.

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · 16d

more than 24 hours later, in patras. only one change in mode of transport away from athens. the ferry was late, meaning that the 2 hours budgeted in to get from the port to the bus terminal weren’t enough. nice 30 min walk still. (local bus was delayed and i didn‘t want to gamble on it coming still)

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · 17d

navigating a port as a foot passenger is very confusing and despite having 6 hours between my train arriving and the ship leaving i was pretty stressed and happy i made it to the right terminal. still enough time for 1-2 macchiatos, reading a bit, staring into the distance in the mid-day heat haze

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · 17d

this morning i took the train from bologna to ancona, where I am currently waiting for the ferry to patras. To bologna (where i spent a week since it was sort of on the way) it was 11 hours by train, 13 after factoring in german train delays.

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · 17d

experiencing space, mobility, and geographical distance in interesting ways while travelling to the EAEPE conference in Greece. one way by train and ferry, one way by plane (and train). comparing pure travel time and cost alone is crazy, the experience probably even more

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · 24d

uhh du hast einen platz bekommen, nice!!

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Berit Glanz @beritmiriam.bsky.social · 25d

"Die Veränderung der Welt durch Internetkultur betrifft mittlerweile nicht mehr nur Einzelersonen, die einfach mal Gras anfassen sollten. Internetkultur ist keine Nische mehr, die man wahlweise ignorieren oder als obskuren Quatsch verlachen kann..."

Brainrot Morde oder wie man einen Abgrund überwindet

In den USA ist am 10.

beritmiriam.substack.com

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Sep 8

the mid-transition concept has been living rent-free in my brain

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 8

"We build on the concept developed by Grubert and Hastings-Simon of the mid-transition, which we interpret as a volatile, unstable, and potentially chaotic period where we have the fossil-based energy system persists even as low-carbon technologies rise"

www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/o...

Oil and Politics in the Mid-Transition | The Polycrisis

Adam Tooze, Amy Jaffe, Alex Turnbull, William Oman, and Morgan Bazilian on the geopolitics of a transitioning global energy system.

www.phenomenalworld.org

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Jonas Waack @jonaswaack.bsky.social · Sep 3

Rüstung verdrängt Klima - nicht nur in der Debatte und beim Geld, sondern vielleicht auch bald beim Buhlen um Fachkräfte. Ich hab mir angeschaut, wo die Aufrüstung dem Klimaschutz entgegensteht, und in einigen Berufen wird es knapp.

taz.de/Kampf-um-Fac...

Kampf um Fachkräfte: Waffen oder Windräder?

Wer Panzer baut, kann kein Windrad bauen. Zwischen der Rüstungsindustrie und Solar- und Windkraftunternehmen droht ein großes Gezerre um Fachkräfte.

taz.de

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Aug 22

i may or may not document the experience of going to a conference in athens and not flying for at least one way of the journey. in some way taking a plane for the way back feels even more crazy because you see the difference of the different modes of transportation even more.

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Aug 7

"have you considered that interest rate costs of the borrowing needed to buy this train have been higher for the EU than they might have been for germany?“ i am fun company on holidays

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Aug 7

Further reading on where the money for the Prerow Bimmelbahn comes from: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Schrödinger’s off-balance-sheet fiscal agency: the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the limits to incremental fiscal integration in Europe

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), introduced as the EU’s main macro-financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is an off-balance-sheet fiscal agency (OBFA) that has been hailed as Europ...

www.tandfonline.com

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Aug 7

Amazing how the RRF is everywhere - while we looked at the "money in“ side of NextGenerationEU in our paper, the "money out“ pops up in unexpected places. Schrödinger’s off-balance sheet fiscal agency meets whimsical tram in the baltic sea town where i spent summers as a kid…

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Margarete Stokowski @margaowski.bsky.social · Aug 6

kritik der labubukritik www.spiegel.de/kultur/labub...

(S+) Meinung: Kritik an Labubus: Nicht Plüschtiere sind das Problem, sondern Privatjets

Labubus, kleine Plüschmonster, haben einen Hype ausgelöst – und als Reaktion darauf eine Flut konsumkritischer Texte. Komisch, dass das nur passiert, wenn es um Dinge geht, die vor allem von Frauen ge...

www.spiegel.de

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Aug 3

Why do we listen to Odd Lots?
“Capitalists will lie to you,but they don’t lie to themselves"
Its Charismatic Megafauna in “Cambrian explosion” that blew open “neoliberal hegemony” of economic discourse over the past decade
Congrats Joe & Tracy! @tracyalloway.bsky.social
nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · Jul 24

Ha-Joon Chang on the neglect of climate and the environment in today's economics degree @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/9aab...

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Jul 21

EPOG over and out. A wild ride, could not have asked for better company on this journey of stress-loaded coffee breaks, jokes about everything from norwegian politics to rats, mental health walks, beach trips, and a final voyage to venice 🥹

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Steffen Murau @steffenmurau.bsky.social · Jun 17

Very happy to see that the article @moritzecon.bsky.social and I have written on Germany's "fiscal ecosystem" has just been published online and in print in Surplus Magazine

www.surplusmagazin.de/staat-schatt...

Das fiskalische Ökosystem

Schattenhaushalte sind keine Ausnahme, sondern seit Jahrzehnten fester Bestandteil der Staatsfinanzen. Sie spiegeln die deutsche Geschichte.

www.surplusmagazin.de

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Jordi Schröder Bosch @jordischroeder.bsky.social · Jun 13

Tired: Capital Markets Union
Wired: Railways Union

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Jun 5

my friend played this, built only renewables and his result was "your city is in DANGER, your MONEY is very low!"

Josephine Moulds @josephinemoulds.bsky.social · Jun 5

I didn't think I could still be shocked by fossil fuel companies' lobbying tactics but this story, first revealed by Malene Emilie Rustad at the Norwegian publication E24, is amazing.

www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

Oil giant funds computer game that promotes fossil fuels to…

An online game used in UK schools portrays oil, gas and coal as part of a green transition.

www.thebureauinvestigates.com

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Jun 1

I think I'll wait until after the defense to send it to people, but will do!

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · Jun 1

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Friederike Reimer @rikereimer.bsky.social · May 31

ohh these football fans are not so *peaceful*?? guess what isn't either (inflation)

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