Josef Lentsch
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Not now, bird flu
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16 days ago
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POLITICO Europe
19 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: A poll by Ipsos of almost 10,000 voters in nine countries â seven in the EU, plus the UK and the US â found about half of voters are dissatisfied with the way democracy is working. Take a look at which countries are the least and most satisfied đ
politi.co/43vlkEl
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Whatâs needed: courageous reforms of democratic infrastructure, not playing for time.
www.politico.eu/article/fina...
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Final decision on fate of crumbling UK parliament delayed to 2030s
Itâs a fire-hazard thatâs prone to tumbling masonry â but fear of a public backlash is again delaying repairs to the world famous building.
https://www.politico.eu/article/final-decision-on-fate-of-crumbling-uk-parliament-delayed-to-2030s/
19 days ago
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Stanley Pignal
25 days ago
COP30 boss: "Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis" and praises China. Chinese renewables are great, but you have to be disconnected from reality to miss the wrenching change EU in particular has signed up to & China's CO2 trajectory.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Duncan Robinson
about 1 month ago
Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart
@owenwntr.bsky.social
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Europe Elects
about 1 month ago
Netherlands, 9:00 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll: Seat projection national parliament D66-RE: 27 (+18) PVV-PfE: 25 (-12) VVD-RE: 23 (-1) GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5) CDA-EPP: 19 (+14) JA21~ECR: 9 (+8) FvD-ESN: 6 (+3) BBB-EPP: 4 (-3) ... +/- vs. Last election result †europeelects.eu/netherlands
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Matt Steinglass
about 1 month ago
The final poll-of-polls in the Dutch election shows Geert Wilders's anti-Muslim PVV still sliding, and the progressive-liberal D66 party continuing its rise to a near-tie for 2nd. If momentum matters as much as it did in 2023, D66 is within range of first.
peilingwijzer.tomlouwerse.nl
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Europe Elects
about 1 month ago
Poland, OGB poll: KO-EPP|RE|G/EFA: 39% (+1) PiS-ECR: 28% (-2) Kon-ESN|PfE: 14% (-2) KKP-NI: 7% (+1) Lewica-S&D: 5% (+1) PL2050-RE: 3% (+1) Razem-LEFT: 2% PSL-EPP: 2% (-1) +/- vs. 15-22 October 2025 Fieldwork: 23-27 October 2025 Sample size: 1,000 †europeelects.eu/poland
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Europe Elects
about 1 month ago
Netherlands, Ipsos-I&O poll: D66-RE: 15% (+1) GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 15% PVV-PfE: 15% (-2) CDA-EPP: 13% VVD-RE: 11% (+1) JA21~ECR: 7% (-1) FvD-ESN: 4% BBB-EPP: 3% SP-LEFT: 3% PvdD-LEFT: 3% ... +/- vs. 23-24 October 2025 Fieldwork: 25-28 October 2025 Sample size: 2,505 †europeelects.eu/netherlands
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âYou said bot?â âYou botcha!â
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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AI bots wrote and reviewed all papers at this conference
Event will assess how reviews by models compare with those written by humans.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03363-3
about 2 months ago
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Worth a read. Still, overall Reckwitzâ argument is too defeatist - starting with the headline.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/o...
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Opinion | The West Is Lost
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/opinion/west-europe-america-lost.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
2 months ago
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Ivan Krastev once more on point
2 months ago
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Gotta give it to him, heâs the perfect bully. Insufferable and relentless.
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2 months ago
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Hab mal ein Seminar bei ihm gemacht. Entspannter weiser Gelehrter. RIP.
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2 months ago
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Join our
#PoliticalTech
review of the Moldovan election next Wed:
www.linkedin.com/posts/partis...
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2 months ago
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âSurviving our Catastrophesâ is a lucid and insightful account of the pandemic and other societal traumas. RIP.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
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Robert Jay Lifton, Psychiatrist Drawn to Humanityâs Horrors, Dies at 99
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/obituaries/robert-jay-lifton-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
3 months ago
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Leseempfehlung. Tolles GesprÀch.
www.falter.at/zeitung/2025...
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Begleiteter Suizid: âIch will in WĂŒrde sterbenâ, sagt Niki Glattauer
Der Lehrer, Journalist und Schriftsteller Niki Glattauer will am 4. September durch einen assistierten Suizid sterben â und zuvor noch einmal öffentlich mit zwei Journalisten darĂŒber reden. Ein GesprĂ€...
https://www.falter.at/zeitung/20250902/ich-will-in-wuerde-sterben-sagt-niki-glattauer
3 months ago
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Crass: youth is getting gloomier. (Gift article)
economist.com/science-and-...
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The middle-aged are no longer the most miserable
Youth used to be cheerful. No more
https://economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/08/27/the-middle-aged-are-no-longer-the-most-miserable?giftId=6f917fda-e02a-428d-80c4-e07126bac2f4
3 months ago
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Joseph de Weck
3 months ago
Mario Draghi hat am 22. August in Rimini eine Rede an Europas BĂŒrgerinnen und BĂŒrger gehalten, die alle lesen sollten. Besonders in Deutschland. Hier die Ăbersetzung mit einem einfĂŒhrenden Kurzkommentar von Lukas Paul Schmelter und mir.
legrandcontinent.eu/de/2025/08/2...
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Mario Draghi: Den Kurs unseres Kontinents Àndern - Der Grand Continent
Irgendwo zwischen Trump und Gaza-Tragödie: Ist Europa dazu verdammt, Zuschauer zu bleiben? Nein, sagt Mario Draghi. Er zieht eine schonungslose Bilanz. Und öffnet Perspektiven.
https://legrandcontinent.eu/de/2025/08/26/mario-draghi-den-kurs-unseres-kontinents-aendern/
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No. Next question
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/aug/26/can-ais-suffer-big-tech-and-users-grapple-with-one-of-most-unsettling-questions-of-our-times
3 months ago
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Jeremy Cliffe
3 months ago
Just got round to watching Mario Draghi's speech in Rimini in the original Italian. It is easily the most important speech on Europe so far this year and I hope someone (
@grandcontinent.bsky.social
?âŹ) publishes it in English and other EU languages soon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMME...
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Mario Draghiâs Full Speech: Europeâs Harsh Reality â Powerless on the Global Stage! -ITALIAN-
YouTube video by EU Debates | eudebates.tv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMMEtxEMIN0
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My brain is older than me
www.wired.com/story/the-pa...
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The Pandemic Appears to Have Accelerated Brain Aging, Even in People Who Never Got Covid
Stress, isolation, and uncertainty appear to have caused the brain to age quicker for those who lived through the crisis.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-pandemic-accelerated-brain-aging-even-in-people-who-never-got-covid/
4 months ago
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Once ze rockets go up, who cares where zey come down? Rest in Peace.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...
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Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/arts/music/tom-lehrer-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
4 months ago
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I endorse this message
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
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âI am elated each time I watchâ: why Rushmore is my feelgood movie
The next in our series of writers drawing attention to their most-watched comfort films is a reminder of Wes Andersonâs idiosyncratic 1998 comedy
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/21/rushmore-feelgood-movie
5 months ago
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Recommended read
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/s...
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Who Is Watching All These Podcasts?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/style/podcast-video-audience.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.i4oE.R2MBgleOvF2V
5 months ago
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Meanwhile in Germany
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Germanyâs 16 states locked in row over dates of school summer holidays
Two southern states cling to past ruling that children are needed for harvest and claim the latest, most favoured slot
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/16/germany-16-states-locked-in-row-over-dates-of-school-summer-holidays
5 months ago
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Luckily those days are behind us
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Dancing with Putin: how Austriaâs former foreign minister found a new home in Russia
The long read: Karin Kneissl made headlines around the world when she invited the Russian president to her wedding in 2018. Five years later, she moved to St Petersburg. The scandal revealed a dark tr...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/01/vladimir-putin-foreign-minister-karin-kneissl-russian-president-st-petersburg-vienna-moscow
5 months ago
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John Springford
5 months ago
The Constitution Society and Federal Trust asked me to do a survey of the evidence on the economics of Brexit, nine years on from the vote. Hopefully it's a helpful reference. Short answer: the consensus was right - a large hit to GDP, trade and investment.
consoc.org.uk/publications...
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The Economic Impact of Brexit, Nine Years On: Was the Consensus Right? - The Constitution Society
John Springford analyses the economic consequences of Brexit and compares this predictions made at the time of the Leave vote.
https://consoc.org.uk/publications/the-economic-impact-of-brexit/
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A step foward
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Assisted dying set to become law in England and Wales after bill passed by MPs
Terminally ill people with less than six months to live will have right to choose procedure after approval from doctors and panel
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/20/assisted-dying-law-england-and-wales-bill-passed
6 months ago
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One of the greatest of all time. Adieu.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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Celebrated pianist and writer Alfred Brendel dies aged 94
Widely regarded as the âmusiciansâ musicianâ Brendel was the first pianist to record all of Beethovenâs piano works during a much-garlanded career spanning 60 years
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/17/celebrated-pianist-and-writer-alfred-brendel-dies-aged-94
6 months ago
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#RIP
Brian Wilson, with one of the best live performances of one of the most beautiful songs
youtu.be/n8qZMFFDYa0?...
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The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (From "Good Timin: Live At Knebworth")
YouTube video by Mercury Studios
https://youtu.be/n8qZMFFDYa0?si=3EKON90ZuIrudE9i
6 months ago
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Great essay, with many valuable insights
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
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Opinion | My Journey Deep in the Heart of Trump Country
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/opinion/trump-supporters-kentucky.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.bi5q.CCAPDCVU1R_H&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
6 months ago
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Eliot Higgins
6 months ago
If we don't equip people to verify information themselves, we leave them at the mercy of those who weaponise doubt. This is the new civic skill set. Critical thinking isnât an academic ideal anymore. Itâs the new infrastructure of democracy
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Science!
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers âoverwhelmedâ
Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/05/breakthrough-in-search-for-hiv-cure-leaves-researchers-overwhelmed
6 months ago
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Wilde Geschichte in der Zeit
www.zeit.de/zeit-verbrec...
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Rechtsmedizin: Das Tal
In der Tiroler Bergidylle kommen Menschen auf mysteriöse Weise ums Leben. Was die Toten eint: Am Ende liegen sie auf dem Seziertisch desselben Mannes.
https://www.zeit.de/zeit-verbrechen/2025/32/rechtsmedizin-walter-rabl-tirol-fehler-morde
6 months ago
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Euractiv first to call
#Poland
6 months ago
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There is a lot to criticize about the academic publishing industry, but this is mad
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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RFK Jr wants to ban scientists from publishing in top journals
Trumpâs Health and Human Services secretary claims world-renowned medical journals are âcorruptâ
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-government-ban-scientists-publishing-journals-b2759373.html
6 months ago
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Bring it on!
www.wired.com/story/3d-is-...
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3D Is Back. This Time, You Can Ditch the Glasses
A new era of 3D display technology is upon us, moving far beyond anything weâve seen in the past.
https://www.wired.com/story/3d-is-back/
6 months ago
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What a story by
@bernstein.bsky.social
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/m...
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My Father Prosecuted Historyâs Crimes. Then He Died in One.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/magazine/lockerbie-bombing-justice-father.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KU8.MF1s.fcrdejIUFUWw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
6 months ago
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TIL:
#Ostmulle
www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin...
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Social-Media-Trend: Im Reich der Ostmulle
Sie nennen sich Ostmullen und stellen auf TikTok ihre Tattoos, ihre Dekolletés und ihre Weltanschauung aus. Damit machen junge Frauen rechtsextreme Ideologie zu Pop.
https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2025/21/social-media-trend-frauen-ostmullen-populismus-aufmerksamkeit
6 months ago
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Roland Smith
6 months ago
Then.... now.
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Paleontologist Answers Extinction Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bshwXGqwA68
6 months ago
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This Time Tomorrow Podcast
6 months ago
New episode! Omri and Benni talk to
@lentsch.bsky.social
about political entrepreneurship in Austria. Listen for tips & tricks and how to go from idea to action to parliament.
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17. Innovating democracyâAustriaâs battle with the far-right - GUEST: Josef Lentsch
This Time Tomorrow · Episode
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4uH0p8GajLaWYz9s0EfkY0?si=yaWKPnf_RsO_guSlT7ymJg
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Szabolcs Panyi
7 months ago
đFor Hungary watchers: Viktor OrbĂĄnâs approval is tanking, and his partyâs popularity is sliding. Speculationâs growing he wonât run in 2026. Instead, ambitious minister JĂĄnos LĂĄzĂĄrâonce sidelined, now resurgingâcould step in. LĂĄzĂĄr already boosted his comms team and holds rallies nationwide.
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Ăsterreichische Bundesregierung grade so
7 months ago
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Der Reis ist heiĂ.
7 months ago
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Mitglied #257 bei
@jetzt.at
- alles Gute
@elisalexhenckel.bsky.social
und Team!
7 months ago
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
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Baby Is Healed With Worldâs First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/health/gene-editing-personalized-rare-disorders.html
7 months ago
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âItâs easy to understand why it was mis-catalogued when it was sold ⊠Everyone in 1945 was a bit tired.â much love for British understatement
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Harvardâs unofficial copy of Magna Carta is actually an original, experts say
Document issued by Edward I in 1300 was bought by law school library for just $27 in 1946
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/15/harvards-unofficial-copy-of-magna-carta-is-actually-an-original-experts-say
7 months ago
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