Das Letzte, das wir brauchen, ist die 159. Debatte über die Bebauung des #Tempelhofer Feldes. Es gibt genügend Flächen (siehe Step Wohnen) sowie umnutzbaren leerstehenden Büroraum. @dielinkeberlin.bsky.social steht jedenfalls zum #Volksentscheid. @thf100.de www.entwicklungsstadt.de/tempelhofer-...

this same dynamic also applies to a lot of the media coverage - “surely I, as a Serious Politics Person, would not be involved in covering a complete lunatic as a normal politician, so I must invent ever more elaborate reasons why he isn’t a lunatic”

I don't want to hear a word about respect for law and order when the "race riots" start.

The logic is clear and consistent.

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Damn, I want to repost every part of this 🧵

Alors qu'il doit présenter le 17 mai son documentaire au Festival de Cannes, le réalisateur palestinien Mohammed Alshareef attend toujours son visa. Les autorités rechignent à lui en accorder un, malgré un dossier solide et de nombreux soutiens.

The EU flag is flying at Hungary’s parliament again after Péter Magyar was sworn in as prime minister — the first time it’s been displayed there since Viktor Orbán had it removed in 2014.

My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!

Rubio: "You've got friends who have been shot in the head because they're out protesting, and it's heartbreaking to him to see these people are abused in this way and have no measures to take against their own government as a result of it. This is a vicious regime."

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Ich stehe nicht auf verwurschtete Vergleiche, aber hier ist was dran.

Die AfD lädt einen rechtsextremen Influencer, der wegen Volksverhetzung im Gefängnis saß, zu einem Bürgerdialog ein, wo er mit weißer Sturmhaube über dem Gesicht eine Rede hält. Währenddessen wollen Leute mir immer noch erzählen, die AfD sei gar nicht rechtsextrem, sondern eine bürgerliche Partei.

I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

Morgen ist Saisonstart für Feldmusik! Jeden ersten Sonntag der Sommermonate! Ab 15 Uhr am Haus 104 auf dem Tempelhofer Feld, Eintritt frei! Mit Livebands und Beiträgen von @dwenteignen.bsky.social, @nolympiaberlin.bsky.social, @emmauswald.bsky.social, @verkehrsentscheid.bsky.social und vielen mehr!

1951 Nash Rambler Station Wagon www.tumblr.com/themidcentur...

I was like TLDR and then I started to skip it and holy crap is this the perfect summary of @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s concept of enshittification in the Information Age

If you let this Berlin government out of your sight even for a minute, they will throw the Berliners' park to the "investors". Fortunately, the grass roots are vigilant!

Fast täglich erscheinen neue Merz-Absturz-Artikel in der BILD sowie den zugehörigen Springer-Kanälen. Parallel wird Spahn gehyped und Kubicki die Plattform gegeben. Die Zeichen der Zeit: Die (Minderheits-) Regierung mit der AfD. Nach den Landtagswahlen im September dann der Showdown.

Luckily mine's good until 2034.

One of the largest pesticide manufacturers in the WORLD has spent millions lobbying for passage of a pesticide liability shield & legal immunity from the impacts of glyphosate. It must be defeated.

Soy angeleno, no de nacimiento, sino del alma.

Tankrabatt. Aber das verdammte BVG-Einzelticket, um etwa vom Schlesischen Tor zum Hermannplatz zu fahren (und *nicht* zurück) KOSTET 4 (in Worten: VIER) verdammte Euro, ja?!

He WHAT?!

A group of Ecuadorian fishermen survived a US drone strike, were detained at gunpoint, phones wiped, ship blown up, disappeared to El Salvador, then released without charge. “They knew we were fishermen. Even the Salvadorian authorities said things had been handled very badly.”

new toon! www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

What really happened in Hungary?

Still speaking the English I was born with …

Instant fandom gonna get you

Antisemitism is structurally necessary for Elon Musk's politics, because he wants to brand himself as the insurgent populist fighting the elite, but as the world's wealthiest person, he needs a definition of "elite" that is not strictly rooted in wealth or corporate ownership.

Politico: past tense.

well in los angeles, people carry their passports with them. i don't go there without mine, and i'm 3rd gen californian/angelino. and my friends and i don't go out at night anymore.

Between oil futures, prediction markets, and the new “joint venture” with Iran, someone needs to find out exactly how much money the Trump family might be making off of this war while American soldiers take casualties.

In March, renewables produced more than a third of US electricity for the first time ever, even overtaking gas generation! Wind and solar combined reached over a quarter (26%) for the first time.

It's moments like the one we are in when I have to say: liberals were right. We were always right. Yet we will never get credit for being right, because being right is not valued in America. HRC was right. They called her a bitch.

Heute, am 4. April kenterte ein Holzboot und der Notruf wurde gemeldet. Menschen befanden sich im Wasser und waren unmittelbar vom Ertrinken bedroht. Als wir mit unserem Flugzeug #Seabird2 eintreffen, sind zwei Handelsschiffe vor Ort: die IEVOLI GREY und die SAAVEDRA TIDE.

Spot on from @doctorow.pluralistic.net - European leaders need to stop trying to "build a relationship" with the orange buffoon - that planet *does not exist*. There is no quid pro quo with this loser - only screwing-over. Factor THAT into your analysis, EU, UK, Canada, Japan.

Can you imagine how many people approved it before publishing? Shameful.

Die Klima- und Sozialpolitik der 🇩🇪 Bundesregierung ist der reinste Fiebertraum. Litauen verbilligt Bahntickets, Merz verbilligt Flugtickets und die bis zu 300 Mio. €, die uns das jährlich kosten wird, werden natürlich beim Deutschlandticket eingespart. Der absolute Wahnsinn, der hier abgeht!

This bite echoes the point made by Neil Postman in the 1980s that television, no matter how fictional, is now to many people *more real* than reality. (Eco too had at least one essay back then on "real" in US culture …) If only that were just academics' imaginative theories!

Podcast with Philipp Felsch on "Habermas and Us"

Ca. 500 Leute demonstrieren gerade für die Rettung des Wals. Also ungefähr 500 mehr als für die Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Good clean fun. xkcd.com/3227/

Meeresbiologen: Der Wal muss angeschoben werden. AfD: Abgeschoben werden muss er. CDU: Der Wal soll erstmal Leistung zeigen. Lars Klingbeil: Was Merz sagt. Wolfram Weimer: Der Wal ist ein Symbol aktivistischer Umweltbewegungen, das darf nicht gefördert werden. Kai Wegner: Egal, ich muss zum Tennis.

There is no significant voter fraud in the United States. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Wonderful news that The Nights are Quiet in Tehran has been shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize! It's an illuminating read about Iran. Warmest congratulations to Shida Bazyar, Ruth Martin @dances-with-voles.bsky.social and #ScribePublications. peakreads.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/t...