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Deutschland schrammt mit ca. 13.000 Stimmen haarscharf am politischen SuperGAU der parlamentarischen Sperrminorität von Rechts- und Linksextremen vorbei. Gut, dass das Land aus der Mitte regierbar bleibt, aber auch kein Grund, die Champgagnerkorken knallen zu lassen. Knappe Kiste. Zu knapp.

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As expected... This is what you say when you expect to be deploying the military domestically or trying to engage in illegal activities abroad. Can't have annoying lawyers telling commanders that orders they've received or actions they're undertaking are illegal

submitted 8 hours ago • 2 comments

This is the way

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Morgen haben wir die Chance, unser Land besser aufzustellen. Jetzt braucht es den Willen dafür, für diese Verbesserungen auch Verantwortung zu übernehmen. Ich verspreche: Dafür will und werde ich mit aller Kraft arbeiten. Dafür bitte ich Euch um Eure Stimme für die Grünen. youtu.be/8Ih9G26tQqs

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Utter cowardice

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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

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The National Science Foundation fired all its experts. The National Science Foundation. Fired. All of its. Experts. And they weren't even told to! The leadership worked toward the Fuhrer and went beyond the cuts demanded of them in anticipation of many, many more firings—up to half its staff.

submitted 3 days ago • 51 comments

They could try "I don't have the authority to mass fire these workers without cause and neither do you"

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Here's video of Steve Bannon doing a Sieg Heil today at CPAC. It is what it is and it's what Bannon intended. Don't let yourself be gaslit.

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taps mic ahem … Hello. Europe? Anybody home?

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

I've been wondering and it looks like United States Institute of Peace is now in the line of fire.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Well, no vote in the German election for me. Ballot arrived yesterday evening (yes, I requested it in time) and now it would cost me $140 to get it there in time. I don't have that type of money. Sucks.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Expel US consular staff.

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Does anyone on here have more information on this?

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Repeat after me: No. Longer. A. Reliable. Ally.

submitted 4 days ago • 141 comments

I don't even know how to describe this other than fascist propaganda x.com/elonmusk/sta...

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

Trump must be removed from office as soon as possible. There's no scenario where this can go on for 4 years

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Over 700 people in political science have signed this letter - our Constitution is being violated and the rule of law is in serious danger. drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

I wholeheartedly agree. I really wish I was teaching. I WANT to teach. If you are in Southern California and your department needs someone to teach international relations/studies/history, please let me know 🙏

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At what point should we get the money out of the bank? I'm not joking

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

submitted 6 days ago • 2402 comments

Very frustrating to see green at only 12 percent...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The proper time for law enforcement that swore oaths to the Constitution to carry him & his brown shirts out in chains from any federal building they're in was two weeks ago. The second best time is now. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

I just did this. It took 5 minutes. If you want protection against DOGE fucking with your data, do this now.

submitted 6 days ago • 78 comments

Everything on this list is a) needed in its own right, and b) helping to project American soft power and values around the world. That helps us do the other things we want to do, like avoid wars, trade with other countries, and derive the benefits of a working international order. Great job, DOGE.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 293 comments

What a contemptible little shit. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

submitted 9 days ago • 12 comments

This is awesome

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A NATO Heads of State meeting needs to be called immediately.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

I know it's late/off-cycle, but are there any dedicated #HistIR postdoc programs? US, EU, anywhere...

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(1/8) Just published in @the-peio.bsky.social by @tommccraehunter.bsky.social and @stefwalter.bsky.social : We introduces IOParlspeech, a dataset of over 600,000 statements on 75 IOs in parliamentary debates (six countries: AT, CAN, DE, UK, USA, NZL) between 1990 and 2018. doi.org/10.1007/s115...

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Why tf is everyone a "czar" now?? Have I missed something?

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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

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Lol, lmao even. This is just so dumb.

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It could mean that the world financial system melts down when investors realize that Elon Musk may selectively default on US debt. Just saying.

submitted 14 days ago • 429 comments

what a fucking week.

submitted 16 days ago • 77 comments

Will nicht eure anderen Folgen herunterreden, aber was public service value angeht sind die @sicherheitspod.de Wahlprogramm Folgen unschlagbar!

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Does anyone know what the equivalent of Ethnic Studies would be in 🇩🇪/🇪🇺? Is there something like that or is Ethnic Studies unique to the US context? I can see that there is a bunch of social and cultural anthropology and ethnology departments/study programs, but not sure if that's even comparable

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Heck yeah! More of this please!

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Big part of the problem of German politics at the moment - per this analysis of the manifestos, the overlap of parties is: CDU-SPD: 42% CDU-Greens: 37% SPD-Greens-FDP (old ctraffic light coalition): 32% ... CDU-AfD: 61%

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"We need to start laying down the foundation of a new international legal system that finds virtue in justice rather than power. Cynicism is something we cannot afford." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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I remember getting put on "sh*tlib" lists on this site and mass attacked for considering that it could get worse than Biden.

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This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

submitted 19 days ago • 77 comments

Does anyone know what the equivalent of Ethnic Studies would be in 🇩🇪/🇪🇺? Is there something like that or is Ethnic Studies unique to the US context? I can see that there is a bunch of social and cultural anthropology and ethnology departments/study programs, but not sure if that's even comparable

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Ich ärgere mich ja bisweilen über die Behäbigkeit von Koalitionsregierungen, aber wenn ich mir die CDU unter Merz angucke, dann bin ich relativ erleichtert, dass wir hier kein US-Modell haben.

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