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Rotkäppchen socialist 📡 Berlin
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This is cute! Pleased there’s been at least 2 political good news stories in this terrible year and that @feratkocak.dielinkebt.de is my representative!

Wise words for pride month during a genocide, from @jadsalfiti.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

so nice to wake up to some good news for once 🥹

digital asbestos

Broadcast Kneecap from Glastonbury, but voiced by an actor

Actually I think Sir Keir Starmer should oversee and indeed personally choose every act that plays Glastonbury. This will be a flawless way to run both a democracy and a music festival.

You, a naïve child: War is man's greatest horror Me, an erudite IR graduate: War is where the good guys defeat the bad guys

Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney

Whenever I’m in the UK people proudly tell me they never carry cash anymore which is A: a weird thing to be proud of and B: just not true, I always end up needing actual money for something

Every German politician...

Not only is parking in Berlin incredibly cheap, the permits don’t even cover the cost of the admin so owning a car is effectively subsidised.

‘A Marxist class analysis was almost the worst one to apply to a post-revolutionary society. Because what happens in a revolution following a major war? There's been an upheaval. Everybody's not where they were.’ Sheila Fitzpatrick on Soviet archives, on the podcast: www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

very cool how the instagram account "no context real housewives of ny" is better at covering palestinian issues than like 98% of mainstream english language media

Woke pope definitely one of those you’ll miss it when it’s gone things

Mark Zuckerberg’s new house has strong “we won a five year planning battle with Alderley Edge council for permission to demolish the bungalow that used to stand here” vibes.

To save you the bother this “colossal squid” is in fact a “baby” and is 30cm long www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers. AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege

they tried to replace me with ChatGPT so i listened to some Hot Chip about it ahahah www.ienjoymusic.net/hot-chip-hua...

Hyper fast fashion has changed perceptions of clothing so much that there are IGers reviewing Kate Moss' 00s Topshop like it's quality archive vintage.

This is the height of interior design sophistication in Germany

Hossam Shabat, a 23 year old journalist who documented the genocide of his people left a final message. shared by his team.

In a targeted attack on his car, Israel has killed Al-Jazeera's Hossam Shabat, who was only 23 years old and was one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza. There are no words.

Neukölln now has its first hipster funeral home

‘The threat that this is “only the beginning” is broadcast loud and clear, together with the desire for “total victory”, which they appear happy to equate with the annihilation of Gaza’s population.’ Selma Dabbagh on Israel’s renewed strikes on Gaza: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Feeling sick with dread about Gaza

‘Turnout on Sunday was 82.5 per cent, the highest since reunification. The CDU and its Bavarian sister party, the CSU, finished first with 29 per cent. It’s enough to make Merz chancellor, but a poor showing by the goliath of postwar German democracy.’ Ruairí Casey: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/fe...