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I created this imperfect and, of course, incomplete infographic that shows which channels authoritarian regimes like Russia, China, and others use for interference campaigns, disinformation, and subversion ⬇️

Überraschend: hat etwa Trump seine Forderung nach dem Friedensnobelpreis aufgegeben?

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

Woke up today to a radio report of Trump claiming ownership for Neuschwanstein because he believes he is the rightful successor to King Ludwig II. Then I realized it‘s April 1. Then I realized it’s not the most crazy thing I’ve heard in the past weeks and also more of a minor issue in comparison.

Die Autoren von „How fascism works“ und „On tyranny“ gehen jeweils aus den USA nach Kanada und das erklärt einem recht viel über Tyrannei und Faschismus.

Canadian burn

The Central Electoral Bureau of Romania has disqualified pro-Russian candidate Călin Georgescu from the elections, citing his anti-democratic stance, following complaints, as reported by Bloomberg. Violent unrest erupted in the capital, with Georgescu’s supporters clashing with police forces.

Ein ganz normaler Sonntag unter NATO Verbündeten

Und so wird es jetzt überall in Europa...

After the AfD's surge on Sunday, far right parties are the most voted-for of any grouping in Europe, for the first time in history: www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

Spannende Debatte zwischen @thorstenbenner pro europäische Abschreckung und @Ralf_Stegner dagegen. Nicht überraschend. Stegner zweifelt den Wert nuklearer Abschreckung prinzipiell an. www.zeit.de/2025/09/nukl...

So much of the US coverage of the German elections is cast in a "sky is falling" AfD rising apocalypse frame. I get it. The AfD is going to 2x its vote and get around 20%. But another way to look at this is that the AfD blew it. The conditions couldn't be better for the AfD to surge and yet. 1/ 🧵

Der neue US-Energieminister Chris Wright hat in seiner Antrittsrede scharfe Kritik an der deutschen Energiewende geäußert. Doch die entscheidenden Zahlen, mit denen er argumentiert hat, sind frei erfunden. Ein Faktencheck im Climate.Table von @table.media (€): table.media/climate/anal...

Europa hat nur eine Chance - es sollte sie nutzen www.handelsblatt.com/meinung/kolu...

Die aktuelle Erwärmung der Arktis ist extrem. Eisausdehnung auf Rekordminimum und unglaublich hohe Temperaturen. Rund 20 Grad wärmer als normal! Über der gesamten Fläche nördlich von 80 Grad. 😳 Quelle: DMI

Not voting for Kamala to save Gaza. What a brilliant move.

Daily dose of Reddit political humor

Stolen from someone who stole it from someone who ...

LOL who did this

Neue Namensidee

Trump didn’t mention Greenland in his inauguration speech. He will focus on annexing Panama and Mars (?) first, I guess 🙈

Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/

In case you are wondering why the outgoing 🇩🇪 coalition tried to screw the young on pensions — and why the next will be worse. (Voters by age group 2025 vs 2021)

12 day into 2025 and there is already a news headline this wild. Please someone get me back to the normal universe. I don’t like this alternative dimension we are in.

Zusammengefasst: evtl manövrierunfähiger Tanker, der vermutlich Teil der russischen Schattenflotte ist, treibt auf Rügen zu.

The correlation between distance from Moscow and military aid to Ukraine / #defence spending is quite strong. This and more in my latest for @economist.com on divisions within Europe. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Post-apocalypse show pausing for the apocalypse

Ukrainian refugees in Canaada right now.

Auch zum viel diskutierten Thema Strom-Improte finden sich in der Jahresbilanz von @agoraew.bsky.social viele spannende Zahlen. Hier zunächst nochmal eine Einordnung der Größenverhältnisse der importierten Energiemengen: (1/x)

Didn’t expect Greenland to be the first test of EU solidarity during Trump 2 but there you go.

An die Wut-Fraktion von "wir haben Strom importiert!!!!11"

Immer wieder erstaunlich, wie gut sich die schwankende Produktion von deutschen Wind- und Solarkraftwerken im Jahresverlauf ausgleicht. (Quelle: Energy-charts.info)

Die Kohlendioxidemissionen der deutschen Stromerzeugung lagen 2024 nach ersten Hochrechnungen bei 152 Millionen Tonnen, 11,1 Prozent niedriger als 2023 und 58% niedriger als zu Beginn der Datenerhebung 1990. energy-charts.info/charts/co2_e...

»Twitter is 40% social network, 40% interest graph, and 20% cultural phenomenon. So I'll place Twitter's decline somewhere in between Digg and MySpace. We may only be partway through a multi-year process, but if Twitter loses its super-connectors, I think things will quickly accelerate.«

Gastbeiträge gibt's auch in anderen Zeitungen.

The Russian shadow fleet tanker seized for damaging the Estlink-2 cable in the Baltic Sea had spy equipment for tracking NATO ships and aircrafts installed on it. The hi-tech equipment on board was abnormal for a merchant ship and consumed more power from the ship’s generator, leading to blackouts

Finnish border guard arrested cable saboteur suspect EAGLE S and ordered them into Finland. This happened in international waters. Precisely the thing every expert said was impossible with Yi Peng 3 =)

On Musk's X, my posts about my project, Disinfo Resilience Network (focused on countering foreign interference by authoritarian regimes), were not only constantly decreased in visibility but also attacked by numerous scam profiles. www.gofundme.com/f/building-r...

In 48 Stunden. 70 ballistische Raketen auf die Energieinfrastruktur der 🇺🇦 abgefeuert, eine 🇦🇿 Zivilmaschine beschossen und so umgeleitet, dass sie im Kaspischen Meer abstürzen sollte sowie mehrere Unterseekabel zwischen 🇫🇮, 🇪🇪 und 🇩🇪 beschädigt. Russische Festtagsgrüße

Taken from Reddit. On point, hilarious and terrifying.

🚨 EstLink-2 undersea electricity cable connecting Finland and Estonia sabotaged by Russia on Christmas Day. Oil tanker Eagle S suspected of dragging its anchor over the cable after departing Russian waters in the Gulf of Finland earlier in the day.

Investigators believe cutting undersea cables in Baltic Sea was indeed Russian-Chinese co-production — but possibly without knowledge let alone contribution of Chinese officials. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

The lesson for Russia in Syria: things look very stable—until they don’t.

The brutal Bashar Assad dictatorship fell in Syria in just 11 days. It was sudden and unexpected, after a 24-year reign starting in 2000. His father Hafez Assad ruled the nation from 1971 to 2000. Given this development, Putin cannot be feeling comfortable about his own fate.

Syrian rebels in Damascus walking around Assad's presidential palace. An outcome that would have seemed impossible 10 days ago. Dictators fall quickly and unexpectedly.