Don’t wear swimming goggles to a riot or demo. You might think they might help with tear gas, and they will. But they may make blunt force trauma more damaging.

Ihr habt wahrgenommen, welchen Unterschied zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement in den letzten Tagen bei der Frage der Chatkontrolle gemacht hat? Gut. Lasst euch nicht einreden, Engagement nütze nichts.

Bit niche I think, but apparently this parking spot is reserved for female rock climbers.

Heute vor 19 Jahren, am 7. Oktober 2006, dem Geburtstag von Wladimir Putin, wurde Anna Politkowskaja vor ihrer Wohnung in Moskau erschossen. Bis heute ist nicht aufgeklärt, wer den Auftrag zu ihrer Ermordung gab.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Diese Petition gegen die #Chatkontrolle hat bereits über 200.000 Unterschriften - und es werden von Stunde zu Stunde mehr! ❤️👾

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

The march is considered to have an impact on a par with the fall of the Bastille in terms of the French Revolution. 2/2

#OnThisDay, 5 Oct 1789, thousands of women instigate and lead the March on Versailles. They - along with revolutionaries who join them - besiege the Palace to demand cheap bread. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #FrenchHistory #RevolutionaryWomen 🗃️ 1/2

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram. Community action works. Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

Edwyn Collins at the Royal Festival Hall last night. It was a totally joyous show. He and his band were on fine form, the setlist was perfect, and the special guests were really special (THREAD)

"First of all you gotta do your job. You're not running for president of the US, you're running for mayor of NYC, a city with significant problems. But sometimes as the leader of a great city you do have the right to reflect the views of the people in your city on important issues facing the country

Das klingt sehr sehr gut und die @nataschastrobl.bsky.social ist auch dabei, das höre ich mir jetzt an! www.deutschlandfunk.de/oesterreich-...

🇯🇵 Conservative Sanae Takaichi has hailed a "new era" after winning the leadership of Japan's ruling party, putting her on course to become the country's first woman prime minister. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sm57

#Portland is amazing — their merry band of knitters have answered the #Trump siege by lining the streets in soft defiance, juxtaposing his “war zone” narrative with a celebration of color. So punk rock

Ich hab heute den Film „Ein Tag ohne Frauen“ über den großen Streik der Frauen der Island 1975 für immer verändert hat, gesehen. Ich kann ihn nur allen empfehlen. Inspirierend, rührend, witzig. Geht ins Kino solange er noch läuft. Wir brauchen gerade jetzt solche Filme. youtu.be/6E6LH96aND4?...

Ausnahme: Oktober 21 bis Jänner 22. Da hatte Wien stärkere Einschränkungen und niedrigere Inzidenzen. 2/2L

This song is ludicrously great youtu.be/n3vHAEPAEMQ?...

I am just so fucking proud of her.

these absolute fuckin freaks

Hallelujah! ~ Big love especially to my Anglican / Episcopalian peeps.

You, your family, your friends, in the Caribbean can help fill in the map. A few more receivers on Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire would help identify the aircraft flying within hundreds of km of them, in line of sight. Same for Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, or Barbados! map.adsbexchange.com/mlat-map/

Happy 70th birthday to the wonderful Phil Oakey. Here are the Human League performing Being Boiled on Granada TV in 1978 youtu.be/hENt5xGR8Ng

I am reminded tonight how important it is for women to be inspired by other brave, pioneering women as I watch dozens and dozens of women post gift links to Jane Goodall obituaries and articles Keep it up, ladies.

"We cannot love God whom we cannot see while despising his creatures, nor can we call ourselves disciples of Jesus Christ without participating in his outlook on creation and his care for all that is fragile and wounded," Leo said.

"Someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion,’ but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life," Pope Leo added. "Someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,’ I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”

Bei allen schlechten Nachrichten, immer daran denken, dass in einem tief autokratischen Land, in dem die Menschen alle möglichen Formen von Gewalt erleiden, weil sie für ihre Rechte einstehen, seit 11 Monaten niemand daran denkt, von der Idee einer freien, demokratischen Zukunft abzurücken. #Serbien

Schwarzkopf in action.

Ukrainian military specialists have been deployed to Denmark to boost the country’s drone defenses.

Gute Freunde tauschen Bücher. Dass Markus Reisner und damit ein Soldat beim Vienna Humanities Festival spricht, hätte ich mir vor einigen Jahren nicht gedacht. Die Zeiten und damit die Sozialwissenschaften ändern sich.

"That was not a question, it was a statement" said the famous physicist Paul Dirac after a long silence, in a lecture, when a student said to him, "I don't understand that equation". That was a hundred years ago and not enough has changed since then in our 'welcoming' culture in science..

"Es ist oft und viel vom Kapitalismus die Rede. Zu wenig aber davon, wie sich der Kapitalismus verändert hat. Er ist nämlich weder in seinem Handeln noch in seinen Zielen konstant und es ist ein großer Irrtum, das von ihm anzunehmen." @danielwisser.bsky.social

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

Honestly, I have listened to Tim Miller's ( youtu.be/iUAGkuq48zY?... ) and found EK's stance on the Shutdown at least something & consistent & more than others would do. -- But @barrydeutsch.bsky.social here hits a nerve in me.

Joëlsa 🇳🇱 "Mi kre bh" #kizomba 2025 www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHFi...

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

I know what it means to be shot in the head, to have doctors say survival is unlikely, and to fight for every step of recovery. Hearing that 12-year-old Sophia is healing is a miracle. I’m praying for her recovery and for the strength of her family 💜

Die #NonnenvonGoldenstein #5: Christina Wirtenberger ist die Frau im Hintergrund, mit der alles begann — und sie hat einiges zu erzählen. Etwa über die Pflege im Altersheim, in dem die Schwestern lt. Ordensoberem Markus Grasl so gut ausgehoben waren. dunkelkammer.simplecast.com/episodes/232...

Excellent analysis from @alanderminna.bsky.social - Europe needs to calibrate its pushback on 🇷🇺 aggression with clear understanding that Rusamerica wont be part of our defence 👇 "That does not mean it should not be done, just that it may not be the de-escalation silver bullet it is presented as."

Why can't we ask the richest man in the world to pay the added costs for all the stupid stuff he did while claiming to save taxpayers $$? edition.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

This morning, during some chaos, this zipped by on one of my feeds. Maybe it was here? Hard to overstate how much this made my day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver-...

"Want terwijl je jezelf als ambitieuze immigrant soms voor de kop slaat omdat je een detail over het hoofd hebt gezien, blijken er buiten jou veel grotere machten aan het werk die je überhaupt niet willen zien slagen." www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Finds auch wunderbar, wie wochenlang diskutiert wurde wer neuer BahnCHEF wird und dann wirds ne Frau. Aber neee, bloß nicht inklusiv sprechen.

@casmudde.bsky.social Zeer bedankt voor uw thread over de rellen van extreem-rechts in Den Haag. Voor mij enorm waardevolle en leerijke crossover van expertise (voetbal supporters versus extreem-rechts). Sterkte met wat zo alles in de VS nu op u afkomt (ik begrijp "patience wears thin" al te goed).

16. Let this be a wake up call for the opportunists and “populism whisperers” — you don’t control the far right, they control you. You don’t moderate them, they radicalize you. You don’t weaken them, you strengthen them! Alerta, Alerta, Antifascista! No Paseran! #TheEnd

14. It also once again confirms that the real threat to Dutch democracy comes from the far right, both in parliament and in the streets. To be fair, AIVD and police know this. It is far-right politicians and their enablers who deny this.

De oudste foto van het Nederlandse vrouwenvoetbal werd in 1906 in Zwolle gemaakt sportgeschiedenis.nl/sporten/voet...