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piglet42.bsky.social
I'm interested in politics, media, climate change, energy policy, science. USA, Germany, Switzerland, Europe in general, more USA. Ich schreibe auf Deutsch and in English. I'm in the fediverse: https://troet.cafe/@piglet
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The white rural reckoning www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-whit...

submitted 20 days ago • 45 comments

Praktisch, wie schon bei den Fünfjährigen das „harmlose“ Virus zu einer festgestellten Abnahme der verbleibenden gesunden Lebensjahre geführt hat. Wobei, praktisch ist vermutlich das falsche Wort. Schrecklich, eher. Aber egal, ist ja eh alles nur Semantik jetzt. 🤷🏼‍♂️🍿

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

große Zielverfehlung Verkehrssektor. "Das ist besonders problematisch, weil wir nicht nur nationale Zielverpflichtungen haben, sondern auch im Rahmen der europäischen Klimaziele bestimmte Verpflichtungen haben. Die werden damit auch bis 2030 nicht eingehalten." Autoindustrie braucht Leitplanken!

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention - Must Read! "While in detention, he said he encountered people with significant criminal records ... But he also said there were many people there for no apparent reason.... " #Trumpfascism www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

I was going to summarize the article but there's too much. Nearly every aspect of rural life is being hindered by Trump's policies. Schools, farmers, coal, tourism, broadband and so on. Everything is more expensive, less safe, no longer active, understaffed and underfunded.

submitted 20 days ago • 72 comments

Faulheit? Würden wir nicht den Bürger*innen, sondern eher einer Regierung vorwerfen, die auf populistische Phrasen anstatt echter Lösungen setzt. Ob Lohnarbeit, Carearbeit oder Ehrenamt – die Deutschen leisten viel. Sie brauchen eine Politik, die sie unterstützt. @ricardalang.bsky.social 📢

submitted 21 days ago • 68 comments

Trumps Zollkrieg, Putins Bedrohung Osteuropas, der eskalierende Konflikt zwischen den USA und China: Die Weltlage ist in kurzer Zeit sehr beängstigend geworden. Was muss die Schweiz tun? Ein Podiumsgespräch mit @stefwalter.bsky.social, @cedricwermuth.bsky.social und @corinagredig.bsky.social.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

This tweet from an Afrikaner is not just antisemitic, it is in line with a white nationalist/neo-Nazi theology/ideology called British Israelism that sees white Anglos as the true "chosen people" & considers today's Jews to be imposters who deserve destruction. The screenshot is from a 1992 article.

submitted 20 days ago • 26 comments

In a normal government (responsive to a normal democratic feedback loop), the Trump FAA rolling disaster would have already resulted in multiple high-level resignations. www.denverpost.com/2025/05/15/d...

submitted 20 days ago • 218 comments

Extrem wichtig: Im Faschismus muss die Immoralität und Gesetzlosigkeit des Regimes weithin sichtbar zelebriert werden, um die Menschen einzuschüchtern. Das funktioniert aber nur, wenn sie sich tatsächlich einschüchtern lassen und es keinen Pushback gibt.

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JUST POSTED: Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel. Fate of project is now up in the air. nyti.ms/3YLwORG

submitted 21 days ago • 216 comments

🚨 Day 60: 238 men remain forcibly disappeared in El Salvador’s CECOT prison. U.S. Reps toured the prison, heard their desperate cries,“Freedom! Help! Kidnapped!” & walked past w/o helping. Visit freeandry.org to learn how you can still help. #FreeAndry #BringThemBack youtube.com/shorts/20o79...

submitted 21 days ago • 13 comments

Nice going, 53% of white women. You played yourselves.

submitted 21 days ago • 7 comments

Update: the account that had this conversation, @cheeseofthewest, has been nuked

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

🧵Notice who's in Saudi Arabia w Trump right now This isn't a diplomatic mission nor a mission to better America It's a mission to enrich those who had a front row seat at Trump's inaugural Namely the heads of some of the biggest US tech companies It's an AI mission & why Musk stole all our data

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

"The government does not meaningfully contest the merits of the ABA's First Amendment retaliation claim." DOJ argued the case should be in the Court of Federal Claims. But, "the ABA's retaliation claim springs from the First Amendment to the Constitution, not the relevant grant agreements."

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

BREAKING: DC Circuit holds that DOGE must turn over records to CREW. The court rejected DOJ's request for an order stopping a district court's order that DOGE turn over records under FOIA. (Panel: Henderson (GHWB), Wilkins (Obama), Childs (Biden).) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 21 days ago • 10 comments

BREAKING: Federal judge orders the release of Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri from immigration detention in Texas. Judge Patricia Giles said feds presented no evidence to support claimed foreign policy grounds or to show he is a Hamas supporter. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

submitted 21 days ago • 18 comments

TRUMP POLL SHOCKER: IF 2024 ELECTION WERE HELD AGAIN TODAY HE'D LOSE TO KAMALA BY FIVE. Trump not just underwater but drowning: Net -16 approval Net -34 econ decisions Dems +6 for next year's House races GET THE ALL-NEW THURSDAY COUNTDOWN PODCAST HERE: tinyurl.com/zb828akj

submitted 21 days ago • 38 comments

Irgendwie kaum zu glauben, dass ein Chatbot solchen Output ausspuckt.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

It is too horribly perfect that Musk's Grok is spewing racist inanities while fueled by huge methane generators that are menacing the health of Memphis's Black communities.

submitted 21 days ago • 13 comments

NEWS: Advocates packed packed the court room with less than 3 hours notice & the judge granted Amica Center's motion to stay the deportation of the two lead members in their lawsuit www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

submitted 21 days ago • 4 comments

WOW. The Trump admin said they will review social media and deny immigration benefits to people saying antisemitic claims. They're even trying to deport people with green cards on alleged claims of antisemitism. Anyway, here's a tweet from an Afrikaner they flew here on Monday.

submitted 21 days ago • 321 comments

RFK seems to have lied to Congress a lot

submitted 21 days ago • 188 comments

Der ÖRR arbeitet unter Hochdruck dran, dass sich das ändert...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

We continue to disengage from the world, with the exception of Middle Eastern countries personally enriching Trump and his family. China is happy to step into the vacuum.

submitted 21 days ago • 125 comments

A former FBI special agent is currently out on $100,000 bond after being arrested for attempting to expose what he described as a covert Russian intelligence campaign to gain influence over leading American tech figures—namely Elon Musk and Peter Thiel. kyivinsider.com/fbi-agent-go...

submitted 21 days ago • 77 comments

US Juden und Jüdinnen lehnen Trump's fake Anti-Antisemitismus mit grosser Mehrheit ab. Das interessiert die Israel-Apologeten nicht. Sie betreiben weiter den strategischen Schulterschluss mit Faschisten, um jede Diskussion über israelische Kriegsverbrechen zu unterbinden.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Genau dieses Leistungs-Gerede ist leistungsfeindlich. Weil es nämlich einen großen Teil der Leistungen ausblendet. Abseits bezahlter Arbeitszeit wird nicht bloß herumgelegen und gefaulenzt. Da werden auch Kinder erzogen, Kranke gepflegt, Kultur geschaffen, Ideen entwickelt. (Thread)

submitted 22 days ago • 194 comments

Korrupt durch und durch @jensspahn Wann kommt endlich #spahnUntersuchungsausschuss Gelder veruntreut/dubiose Finanzierung von Villa in Steglitz, ➡️ Aufklärung bitte!

submitted 61 days ago • 9 comments

'Fremde raus' Jetzt haben sie den Salat...🤷 #afdverbot

submitted 21 days ago • 45 comments

Novartis und Roche erzielen höchste Profitmargen. Aber das reicht ihnen nicht: In Basel haben sie die Politik inklusive SP in der Tasche. Gewinnen sie am Sonntag an der Urne, bekommen sie weitere Steuerprivilegien. Der Leitartikel von @wozbeck.bsky.social (1/3) www.woz.ch/2520/phar...

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

I also discuss the bizarre and disturbing association between the Starmer government and former special advisers to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. I vaguely remember being told something about "Change". But this continuity is beyond our worst nightmares. Not just Tory policies, but actual Tories.

submitted 21 days ago • 37 comments

BIG NEWS: I’m very honoured to announce that I’ve been collaborating with the City of Paris under Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership to create a unique exhibition opening this summer at Paris City Hall on BOLD URBAN TRANSFORMATION, profiling cities around the world. Stay tuned for details!

submitted 21 days ago • 74 comments