Vor ein paar Tagen kam eine Person mit einem Bibliotheksexemplar zu einer Lesung und stand lange in der Schlange, um es von mir signieren und stempeln zu lassen - für das Kollektiv! Das fand ich extrem schön und solidarisch!

This is part of why they so often end up in positions of power over vulnerable ppl (teacher, priest, scout master, director, parent): bc Eurowestern culture rewards their performance of usefulness & authority over quieter, more genuine forms of care & knowledge.

In fact, this is grooming, too: rapists and abusers need both adulation AND defenders, so they make themselves useful & even indispensable. They are calculatedly & indiscriminately charming as cover, knowing no-one will listen to the marginalised / less powerful ppl they abuse.

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"? Well, it happens they were doing exactly that. www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

Die Denkerin und „Kunst am Bau“ Kuratorin Elfriede Müller ist letzte Woche verstorben. Mehrfach trat sie bei uns in @hellepanke.bsky.social auf. Zu letzt am 100. Todestag von Lenin im Jahr 2024 im Baiz. Ihr Vortrag zum Werk von Lenin ist hier auf Video anzugucken: m.youtube.com/watch?v=175w...

Seit einigen Monaten häufen sich bei uns Anfragen von Betroffenen, die von Rechten medial attackiert werden - Outings, Falschbehauptungen, etc. Was kann man dann tun, wie dagegen wehren? Das haben wir in einem Leitfaden zusammengefasst. www.prigge-recht.de/medienrecht-...

Für Deutschlandfunk Kultur habe ich "Das gute Benehmen" von Molly Keane (Kjona Verlag) rezensiert, ein irischer Roman aus dem Jahr 1981, der erstmals übersetzt wurde - mit einer sehr kuriosen Ich-Erzählerin. Aber hört selbst:

Ein Sidequest beim Arbeiten an meinem Text zu Misogynie & Sexismus als zentraler Transmissionsriemen von Macht & Netzwerkkleber in sogenannten liberalen Gesellschaften ist as Sammeln von Belege für meine These Hauptaufgabe des Feuilleton-Diskurses sei es, dumme Kerle bekannt zu machen. Exhibit A.

Was International Zebra Day on Saturday. We're a bit busy, so here's a mosaic of a zebra. That's us done. 👍 #MosaicMonday

Bitte sehr vorsichtig auftreten bei der Suche! 🐭

The stuff in the files is important to analyse, but also...

Ganz spannender Abgleich, wer von den Unterzeichner*innen des "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" jetzt in den Epstein-Files auftaucht:

it is not some large conspiracy that the media follows their narrative, it is just that these people own the media, these people are the government, these people are the media, these people are in power in every institution

"[Renée] Good lebte offen in einer gleichgeschlechtlichen Ehe und verkörperte damit genau jene Form weiblicher Autonomie, die Gilead als Bedrohung markiert: ein Leben, das emotional, familiär und existenziell nicht um einen Mann organisiert ist."

I'm gonna say, I do not think this is all a big conspiracy plot by specifically epstein, it is much more systemic than that: all the rich and powerful naturally assume positions that consolidate their power, that marginalize the marginalized more, that ensure existing hierarchies remain as they are.

"just as you outlined" "this will create an immediate internet wave" 2016 The guy is evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers.

Losung & Lehrtext für heute: Die Israeliten schrien zu dem HERRN, und der HERR erweckte ihnen einen Retter, der sie errettete. Richter 3,9 Werft euer Vertrauen nicht weg, welches eine große Belohnung hat. Hebräer 10,35

Wir gedenken heute des Jesuiten Alfred Delp (1907-1945), der im „Kreisauer Kreis“ gegen das NS-Regime kämpfte, nach dem Attentat vom 20. Juli in Haft kam und schließlich vor 81 Jahren in Plötzensee hingerichtet wurde: „Laßt uns dem Leben trauen, weil […] Gott es mit uns lebt.“

GOOD PEOPLE OUTNUMBER THEM. GOOD PEOPLE CAN OVERPOWER THEM. GOOD PEOPLE CAN STOP THEM. IT IS POSSIBLE. LOVE CAN WIN.

IT REALLY WAS JUST ALL CONNECTED THIS WHOLE FUCKING TIME, A MAJORITY OF THE CURRENT EVIL WE ARE EXPERIENCING WAS JUST ACTIVELY CAUSED AND ORCHESTRATED BY A SMALL GROUP OF RICH ASSHOLES. MAYBE HUMANITY ISNT INHERENTLY EVIL, BUT RATHER THAT THE FEW EVIL PEOPLE FORCED THEIR WAY INTO POWER.

Ja.

Happy #NationalHedgehogDay 🥺 This little Egyptian faience model of a hedgehog is from a tomb at Abydos, and was made around 1,500–1,300 BCE. Hedgehogs had a favourable reputation in ancient Egypt, and were often seen as a symbol of rebirth and renewal of life.

the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability

don't mind me, just finding lots of bread crumbs showing Epstein and the League of Pederasts were a driving force in pushing transphobic hate. This email was sent in October 2014, at the start of the current anti trans political campaign and astroturphing.

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1785

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long the sale will last. www.amazon.com/Bedfellow-Je... bookshop.org/p/books/bedf...

Der Wunsch, Bierdeckelfritz & der Weinkönigin den Mund mit Seife auszuwaschen, wenn sie sich am Andenken Rita Süssmuth vergreifen.

Daily bunny no.3217 watches the flock come home

Northern Flicker Reflection ##ilovebirding #birding #birds #FDT #Colorado #bird_photography 🪶

"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics

Liam Ramos gets to meet the pilot and visit the cockpit on his flight home from the Texas ICE camp This little boy has become an inadvertent symbol of resistance A reminder of why we fight What ICE did to this child was wrong. May the kindness he receives today help heal the damage.

Hi there!

A peacock opening its tail in slow motion.

An excerpt from Sophie Gilbert’s review of the new Melania movie: "Melania shows off her custom-made inauguration gown, stark white with black ribbons overlaying it, a dress that now looks unavoidably like the redacted Epstein files."

oh my god she's Rorschach

Ich würde es ja ganz gut finden, wenn wir uns mal genauer anschauen würden, wer in Deutschland wie und wann mit Edge und John Brockman kooperiert hat, angesichts der Verbindungen von Brockman und Epstein.

Ich muss kurz darauf hinweisen, wie absolut fantastisch die italienische Pianistin Beatrice Rana die Bach-Cembalokonzerte spielt. Diese Musik gehört meiner Meinung nach sowieso schon zum Besten, was überhaupt je komponiert wurde – und es gibt unendlich viele Aufnahmen. 1/3

Dank der Forschung von Heike Krösche, inzwischen @uniinnsbruck.social.uibk.ac.at.ap.brid.gy, wissen wir, wie unsere Zeitung (auch im Vergleich mit anderen) zum Nürnberger Prozess stand, der #OTD vor 80 Jahren begann. Und diese Haltung war durchaus bemerkenswert. #Tagesspiegel80 @tagesspiegel.de

Apfelbobbes.

Most of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them

There's a rot -- a eugenicist, transhumanist, techno-optimist, new-atheist rot -- in elite institutions that connects Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Silicon Valley, CBS, Palantir, and ICE. It sweeps in Epstein, Bannon, Thiel, JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Joe Rogan, and all these other IDW / NeoRX creeps.

Again huge congrats to everyone who normalized these people, who wants to fund them or (lol) train them better. Look upon your works you goddamn freaks.

Spring flowers created by Muriel Lewis c.1968 in the art therapy studio at Netherne Hospital where she was compelled to live. Her large body of surviving work depicts her life within & outwith hospital, often evoking an uneasy atmosphere troubling under the surface of tranquil, pretty scenes

Civil litigator here with years of experience of business people’s emails to each other in disclosed evidence for disputes. As a general rule: the senior the business person, the less effort they put into emails, and the more effort expected from those reading them. Effectively a mark of rank.

Sichtachsen-Dinge.

After Epstein sent an image, which cannot be seen in the record, Lajčák replies: "Why don't you invite me for these games? I would take the 'MI' girl". "Who wouldn't," Epstein texts back. "You can have them both, I am not possessive. And their sisters."

Nicholas Christakis is yet another person who's talked about the dangers of trans rights for the youth who just happens to be in cahoots with a transnational child abuse ring

Jeffrey Epstein, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Marc Andreessen share an enduring fascination with eugenics, race science, and transhumanism and there is an entire generation of public intellectuals who benefited and continue to benefit from their patronage. Pinker, Huberman, Attia, Weinstein, etc.

Jetzt frei für alle: Mein sehr ausführliches Gespräch mit @joerglau.bsky.social über die Welt in Aufruhr. foreigntimes.de/2026/01/19/p...