Die Stasi war schlimm. Was jetzt passieren soll, stellt die Stasi voll in den Schatten. Tut was dagegen, so wie die Ossis damals. www.campact.de/datenschutz/...

The conflict between right of artistic expression and the right to privacy in public places appears to have been settled on appeal, at least in France, and the right of artisitic expression supersedes the right of an individual to not be photographed: genarobardy.com/blog/droit-a...

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Thou shalt not buy oil from the foreigners you’re bombing and then claim to be “America First.”

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Still loving my latest creation and enjoying the spring sunshine while starting to write the pattern for this shawl. #knitting

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam. It would take away the rights of working people to make their voices heard at the ballot box. The Senate must reject this bill.

Thought on gen AI: we now have AI to replace humans by pretending to be them, writing and talking to other humans, then we have AI to 'humanise' the AI output, and finally we have AI to figure out that it was AI all along. Do we have no other urgent issues? Take care of the humans in your life. 🩵

My latest shawl/throw, hot off the needle (and blocking mat). #knitting www.ravelry.com/projects/Jou...

"While the U.S. has no permanent national repository yet, Canada, Sweden & Finland are taking innovative, consent-based approaches to create a final repository for their spent fuel inventories..." In short, NOBODY has a solution yet. www.nuclearinnovationalliance.org/sites/defaul...

So European Commission President UvdL advocates for 'low emission' (but high-radiation) nuclear energy to secure energy supply especially in times of geopolitical tension. Genius! Why not build your enemies' nukes in your own country? They just need to hit them conventionally then!

“per seat licensing sucks if seats are hit by job losses” I had this thought for a few years but never managed to put it quite so succinctly. Thank you, Georg Zoeller aka the Attention Economist. www.linkedin.com/posts/georgz...

Dozens of wannabe EU translators who were forced last year to resit a grueling entry exam because of a technical blunder say they have now been incorrectly disqualified.

I like to watch Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway's Pivot podcast. That's where Scott first came up with the idea, at least that I know, and I am very glad to see it is gaining traction. www.resistandunsubscribe.com

There is always a tweet.

To the US women ice hockey team: I take my hat off to your win and to the way you dealt with the Trump administration trying to use you to improve their ratings (which are the LOWEST in history, you've never seen anything like it). To the US men's ice hockey team: What were you thinking??????????

How can US ice-hockey players parading a deceased teammate's jersey be a 'beautiful gesture' and a Ukrainian skeleton rider wearing a helmet with uncommented pictures of dead teammates a 'political statement'? Did the politicisation of the helmet happen in the heads of the IOC who disqualified him?

Very powerful thread.

So happy that First Felon pleaser Infantilino may be excluded from the IOC for being and wearing a First Felon supporting hat at the Board of Peace meeting.

"The Supreme Court has been swayed by foreign interests." (Trump on tariffs decision) 🤔

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share. *one voice altered to disguise identity

„Die Zitrone ist ziemlich ausgequetscht“ – Merz lehnt höheren Spitzensteuersatz ab Derweil die pralle Zitrone:

My hometown Halberstadt has its very own Olympic Champion now! Bravo, Georg Fleischhauer of the two-man bob team with Johannes Lochner! So proud. #MiCo2026

I hope Jeff Bezos thinks the money he sunk on the leaden duck that is the Melania documentary (our French/American friends call it 'Rich housewives') was worth it, given how he single-handedly sinks an institution of respected journalism to please... whom?

“OpenAI just announced that ChatGPT receives 1 million prompts per week for local news and acknowledged that journalism is foundational infrastructure for AI systems.” Smart move culling WaPo journalists, Bezos.

I cancelled my WaPo subscription. You're welcome, Bezos.

If the UK Parliament goes on to investigate the Peter Mandelson connection through Global Counsel with the UK government contract going in direct award to Palantir, could the result change the UK government's view of AI in general or even topple the UK government? www.theregister.com/2026/01/28/m...

There is only one Boss, and his name is not Trump. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

Mark Rutte’s encouragement to NATO allies talking about less US involvement to ‘dream on’ is decidedly unhelpful, especially given that his ‘daddy’ had quite clearly told him and the European allies to take care of their own defence. 👎

"Recent events have brought Trump’s governing style into sharper focus. Fascist best describes it, and reluctance to use the term has now become perverse." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Glad to read this morning that Greg Bovino is not only leaving Minnesota but has been kicked out of his post altogether: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Cowardly street execution of an ICU nurse and protester by masked and heavily armed ICE agents in the former 'beacon of democracy', the once-upon-a-time 'land of the free and the home of the brave'. 🤬

Dear Apple: after the tone-deaf participation of Tim Cooke at Melania Trump's documentary launch while Ales Pretti, an ICU nurse, was executed in Minneapolis, I pledge to change my two MacBook Pros, one iPad, one iMac and two iPhones for non-American products as quickly as I can afford to.

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We have a new category in mental health: the mentally insane. Thank you, DJT. #POTUS #pressbriefing

Slashed pharma prices by up to "400%". Again. As I said: madman's ramblings. #POTUS #pressbrief

OMG! Trump's one-year-in-office press conference is the ramblings of a madman!!!

@lequipedusoir.bsky.social How about the disallowed goal for Senegal only three minutes before the penalty for another fake foul?

"Greenland is critical not only to our national security, but to the national security of the entire world.” A Yale law graduate said this. I thank him for giving me one moment of hilarity during this most worrying start to any year of my time on Earth.

In-depth take by @scottlucas.bsky.social with the @ceoretort.com on the kidnapping of Maduro and US plans to 'run' the country, establishing interesting links between global reactions to this to other ongoing geopolitical issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLo7...

While Trump accuses the EU of censorship (X), new rules for visa-waiver country tourists include handing over mobile phone numbers and social media activity for the last 5 years and emails used for the last 10 years. eu.usatoday.com/story/travel...

You’re almost correct. Not the pandemic, but the virus itself. It causes 🧠 (and other organ) damage. theconversation.com/mounting-res...

It may sound stupid but to those who want their writing to be attributed to them and not AI, use pen and paper. Assuming that if you just wanted to copy AI slop, you wouldn't bother to sit down and copy it in long-hand. 🤭

This girl behind me on the train snorts noisily the whole time. Clearly hasn’t been taught basic manners. Nobody else does it but nobody else complains. Is it acceptable to do this now?

'Neither democracy nor republic is mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, a document that nevertheless expresses clearly that governments should be established “deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”' www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/demo...

For an interesting recent take on Elon Musk's Twitter takeover and the weird South African executive orders by #FirstFellon (like offering asylum to white rich South Africans), here a French documentary (you might need a VPN): www.france.tv/france-5/la-...

Robert Badinter's entrance into the Pantheon tonight. Advocate for the abolition of the death penalty who succeeded in getting it officially abolished. I like how the French came up with a way to 'canonise' their most deserving citizens in a secular way.

Ich mag gar nicht daran denken, was passiert, wenn meine Eltern Hilfe brauchen. Bitte hier unterzeichnen: weact.campact.de/petitions/er...

I'm stumped at migrants being 'forced to volunteer in their communities', as I heard it put today on the radio, to qualify for indefinite leave to remain under Labour plans. Does anyone else cringe at the clash of mutually exclusive concepts being expressed here? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

How does Rachel Reeves' idea to get young people into a job, even if they have to be forced to accept one, square with the ILO centenary declaration on securing 'full, productive and freely chosen employment'? UK is a signatory. ILO: www.ilo.org/sites/defaul... Labour: www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...