Was haben wir 2025 über Politik in Österreich gelernt? Ein 🧵 mit 10 Publikationen aus dem abgelaufenen Jahr ...

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up. I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

Again,

„Tech-Monarchy"-Edgelord Mencius Moldbug zu Gast bei der Frau, die dafür bekannt ist, im Amt von einem Eisbergsalat überlebt zu werden. Eventuell waren Podcast einfach ein Fehler.

my demands are simple, mr. bond

I *know* I shouldn’t share the NYPost but I got served this BUTT PHRENOLOGY article !!!! And people should know that we have entered the era of BUTT PHRENOLOGY !!!!

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

🧵Have you ever heard of LLM-authored books being used as part of an disinformation operation? Well now you have! #AI #Disinformation open.substack.com/pub/marcowen...

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—" You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

This piece is a great illustration of how the long-term effect of Trump’s destruction of US institutions won’t be felt in a dramatic market collapse, but rather in permanently worse economic conditions, and lower prosperity. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... So long, American exceptionalism

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Evergreen:

“Like Prime, but with human beings.”

Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice

Liebe die Hartlauer Verschwörung. ♥️

recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times

Man sollte nicht vergessen, dass es Fotos zu dieser Story gab. Fantastisch. www.mlive.com/environment/...

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

You do everything in your power to get every relevant voice in a story. But as one of my former colleagues told a local official who thought his silence would kill a piece: “I’d like to have you. But the story is being written with or without you.”

Zum Jahresabschluss würde mich ja interessieren, wie es dem „top banker" geht, der das hier Mitte Jänner zur FT gesagt hat.

Paul and Tate getting their brains turned to mashed potatoes the moment they stepped in the ring with somebody in the same weight class who isn't afraid to punch back feels like God flashing a big red warning sign to our country.

Wien, Dezember 2025

Oh my god I was right

the epstein files as rick owens fall/winter 2024

Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances: “I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.” (Published October w/ @newyorker.com)

auf Bluesky alle 37 Jahre alt und heute ihren letzten Arbeitstag im Jahr

Krone-Journalist Erich Vogl hat gestern vor Gericht erzählt, wie die ÖVP versucht habe, Pilnacek-Storys abzudrehen. Tlw unter Beteiligung höchster Kaliber. Man muss aber auch sagen, dass es – zumindest bei den genannten Beispielen – offenbar nicht so viel gebracht hat. www.zeit.de/gesellschaft...

Leute. Bitte. bissl über 50 brauch ich noch. So ein Fleisch-Abo für 6 Ausgaben um 40 Euro, das kostet euch nicht die Welt, und mich würds echt hart freuen. Gebt euch einen Ruck. Bitte.

Der Jobtitel, auf den ich seit langem hinarbeite

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

Eine Firma hat dem WSJ Newsroom für drei Wochen einen „AI-powered" Snack-Automaten zur Verfügung gestellt, mit dem man auch im Slack kommunizieren konnte. Die Journalisten haben die Maschine ua dazu bekommen, einen lebenden Fisch u eine Playstation 5 zu kaufen. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

Peter Pilz' Pilnacek-Buch wird eingezogen, Zack Media muss den klagenden Polizisten insgesamt 57k Schadenersatz zahlen. Das Urteil ist nicht rechtskräftig, der Verlag hat Berufung eingelegt. kurier.at/politik/inla...

Stay safe out there y'all

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

"Crystal Meth Clippy" is 🔥

Das war viele Monate Arbeit: 462 Personen beziehen eine sogenannte „Alte Politikerpension“. Erstmals liegt dem ORF eine Liste der Namen aller Empfängerinnen und Empfänger vor. 29 Personen beziehen zwei Politikerpensionen. orf.at/stories/3414...

When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.

Looks like Elon is now following the EU laws

WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.

NEW: One of the most significant accomplishments of the Trump Admin: Decimating the US's humanitarian aid. We went to S. Sudan to see the effects. Rubio says no one has died from the cuts. Spoiler: That's not true. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy: www.propublica.org/article/usai...

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified