Heute in den USA (links). Vor 100 Jahren in Deutschland (rechts).

Epstein scandal provoking one resignation after another — in Europe.

I was a White House ethics lawyer. I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules. I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.

The problem with capitalism is that sooner or later you run out of other peoples natural resources

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

We got Palantir's user guide for ELITE, the tool they made for ICE: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...

Kennt eh schon jede*r.

Amid all the great American traditions this admin is bringing back—the mining & drilling, the camps & coups, the whole milk, measles & McCarthy, Mad Men era gender roles and, ofc, the plastic straw—one of its more overlooked achievements might just be the revitalization of the protest folk song. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Ursprünglicher Beitrag: mas.to/@gabrielesve...

Gestern @brucespringsteen.net Heute BillyBragg Man kann viel gegen ICE sagen. Aber für die Musik tun sie was

Der ugandische Geheimdienst sucht den Oppositionellen Bobi Wine. Der ist untergetaucht. Daraufhin misshandeln Soldaten seine Ehefrau. Neuigkeiten aus Uganda: interessant, was sich beim Wunschpartner der EU für ausgelagerte Asylverfahren so ereignet. Rechtsstaatliche Standards auf höchstem Niveau!

Ursprünglicher Beitrag: mastodon.social/@fribbledom/...

Hätte nie geglaubt daß ich unseren Finanzminister @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social und Chuck D ("Fight the power") in einem Satz sehe

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Weil Jeff Bezos ein Unterstützer von Donald Trump ist, stoppt Neil Young den Verkauf seiner Musik über Amazon. Wer auf Grönland wohnt, bekommt den kompletten Katalog des Musikers hingegen künftig umsonst.

Hours after Alex Pretti was executed, Apple's Tim Cook went to the WH for the debut of the Melania 'documentary' His taste and his timing disgust me. I won't pretend I'm giving up the laptop I'm writing this on, but I'm not buying more of their stuff anytime soon. spyglass.org/tim-cook-cap...

Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.

Gehaltsgerechtigkeit.

Absolutely shameful to throw your employee under the bus when they’re murdered, but that’s what happens when you’re in the dumbest cult of personality in the history of the world

Didn’t even pay attention to the “how to not give up on running advice” from ChatGPT’s commercial. I’m so glad we tied up 4 H100 GPUs for 30 seconds to give the answer of “run with friends” and “keep a tracker of your runs”. We live in the future everybody! youtu.be/cjveRUfE7dc?...

Das gilt auch für seine Unterstützer in Europa.

The BlueSky account of the openfoamworkshop.org is now open. What is also open: registration for this years workshop #ofw21 which will take place in Guimaraes, Portugal June 30 to July 3rd 2026

It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.

Exercise commanders had to ask 🇫🇮 reservists, the most formidable Arctic warriors, who were playing the role of invaders in the war games, to go easy on the Americans. “The Finns had to be told to stop beating the Americans as it was embarrassing and demoralising for them,” a mil source said.” 3/

Heute vor 150 Jahren wurde der sel. Rupert Mayer SJ (1876-1945) geboren, der dem NS-Regime in München öffentlich die Stirn bot, mehrfach interniert war und kurz nach Kriegsende entkräftet verstarb: „Ich werde Ihnen ganz klar sagen, dass ein deutscher Katholik niemals Nationalsozialist sein kann.“

A special emissary of the Netherlands presents Donald Trump with an award #TrumpAwards

I first thought this thread is a sequel to the movie Speed

ach du meine Güte: ich habe diesen thread beim ersten Mal als Schilderung eines (Alb)Traums gelesen. Turns out: this was RL. 😱🚌

Europa sollte geschlossen die Fußball-WM 2026 boykottieren. Lasst uns doch in Europa stattdessen ein fröhliches völkerverbindendes Fußballturnier austragen. Die Zeit der FIFA sollte vorbei sein. Gründen wir stattdessen eine kleine, gemeinschaftlich organisierte Non-Profit-Fußballvereinigung.

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🚨🚨Check this out👇👇A French judge states that Trump sent people from the US Embassy to try to intimidate her during Le Pen’s trial for embezzlement. She says he’s done this to other judges around the world. What do you think he’s doing to judges in the US. This is madness‼️

Herbert Kickl lehnt seit Jahren praktisch alle Einladungen ins #ZiB2-Studio ab, aber wenn es nach dem FPÖ-Generalsekretär geht, soll man das offenbar nicht erwähnen:

Honestly boycotting the World Cup would be the most effective and probably the least disruptive of all of the options available to Europe. I’m not sure how you can send teams and fans to contribute to a spectacle designed entirely to celebrate a guy trying to invade your territory.

That is basically the premise of the movie "Brazil"

Auch mit Thurn und Taxes hat man schon Kontakt aufgenommen

The only U.S. heavy icebreaker turns 50. That's an interesting landmark given recent U.S. criticism of other countries for not taking Arctic security seriously.

mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent

1/ Donald Trump's aggressive tactics over Greenland are causing consternation among his far-right allies in Europe. With European publics overwhelmingly against surrendering Greenland, leading European far-rightists have come out in opposition to Trump's plans. ⬇️

1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️

Die ÖVP überweist lieber morgen Milliarden an Strafzahlungen ins Ausland, als heute Klimaschutzmaßnahmen zu setzen. Man sollte diese Milliarden dann bei der ÖVP einklagen. Das ist Untreue.

8% of workers perceive their job as socially useless, while another 17% are doubtful about the usefulness of their job. Source: Dur and Van Lent (2019). (And no, these are not all government bureaucrats. In fact, there are three times as many BS-jobs in the private sector as in the public sector.)

??? Apparently Venezuela oil revenues will go into “offshore accounts” outside of the US Treasury, PBS reports.

Die AfD geilt sich ein wenig zu sehr an der alten (Nazi-)Großraumtheorie auf für meinen Geschmack... (via @polenz.bsky.social)

To paraphrase Samuel Johnson ("Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."): National security is the last refuge of the autocrat

There we go. That there’s a headline.

So the US taxpayer will spend billions of dollars to make the Venezuelan regime even more repressive so that it can protect American oil companies who won’t actually do anything except themselves receive billions more dollars of taxpayer subsidies. MAGA