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While immigration was a central topic in the recent German elections, it's interesting to note that asylum applications in the country actually fell by almost 30% last year www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft...

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I don't mean to freak anyone out, but I recently learnt that measles literally erases your entire immune system memory. Get those boosters if you are in an at-risk area 😬 www.bbc.com/future/artic...

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Never, ever forget that the richest man in the world did this

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How the Andrew Tate controversy ties together Trumpism and toxic masculinity

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This brittle refusal to reform Germany's moronic debt brake law doesn't even make electoral sense, given that over half of the public supports upending it.

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Something to understand about the nazi salute nonsense is that back during Reconstruction there was a cottage industry of Klan denial, where Democratic papers would pretend the KKK didn't exist or point to their stupid rituals as evidence they were a Republican delusion or otherwise harmless

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@bradleyonishi.bsky.social Hey! I would love to interview you for an article I am working on. What's the best email address to reach you on?

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Meanwhile, Sahra Wagenknecht is reportedly considering challenging the election result after her newly formed left-nationalist (has anyone actually agreed on how best to describe it?) party BSW failed to clear the 5% threshold www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

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75% of AfD voters and 60% of Die Linke voters agreed with the statement "I'm very worried that prises will rise so high that I won't be able to pay my bills anymore"

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This map is really something

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Germany exit polls takeaways: the AfD is reported to be upset at not quite reaching 20%, Die Linke has exceeded even the most optimistic polls, and we could well have seven parties in the Bundestag

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Two nights ago, half an hour after writing a thread about the rise of the German far-right, I walked a group of four Nazis on my way home. Protect your energy on here as best you can, because to some people this is just sport, a videogame played from their smartphones, while to us it’s real life.

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Interesting to see that high turnout is already being reported for the German elections. Given that 1 in 5 voters were still undecided a few days ago, we could see some surprises.

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One aspect of Germany's shift-to-the-right that has flown under the radar is how the Bundestag is moving backwards on gender representation blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

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Really interesting piece on the AfD's use of AI to create nostalgic images depicting a Germany that never actually existed. I've long been fascinated by how "trad" Insta accounts share so many adverts from the 50s – literally admitting the vision of the past they advocate for is just a fantasy

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As the AfD makes a last-ditch attempt to woo voters, the anti-immigration party is targeting members of Germany's largest ethnic minority: the Turkish community. TikTok has become a key battleground for this divide-and-rule tactic. Me for @hyphenonline.com hyphenonline.com/2025/02/19/g...

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Today also happens to be the five-year anniversary of the racist terror attack in Hanau. The families of those killed are still waiting for answers on the many official failures that made the mass shooting possible. www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...

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I spoke to Ibrahim Arslan, whose family were victim to one of Germany's most notorious racist attacks in the early 1990s, about the documentary detailing his story that just premiered at the Berlinale film festival and the many lessons we are still failing to learn about far-right terror in Germany

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"He saw something in the snowflakes which other men failed to see, not because they could not see, but because they had not the patience and the understanding to look.” A sentence that seems to reach out much further than snowflakes, particularly now, beautiful feature:

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Insanity! Free University Berlin (FU) cancels lecture by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, after critique from "pro-Israel" actors.

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Freelancers - if you are ever worried you are annoying an editor by pitching them too often, just remember this happened:

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Some good analysis here on the upcoming German elections: "The centre-left in western democracies... is often seen as protecting the status quo rather than challenging it. The German centre-left is missing a forward-looking narrative on what the future may hold." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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The way generational wealth skews our economy is massively under-analysed, however I cannot think of a more awkward story to try report. Rather NY Mag than me. nymag.com/intelligence...

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A side note to the DOGE team and their identifiable info being available everywhere…they haven’t thought through even the most basic threat model for online security. And clearly Elon Musk, Susie Wiles etc had not prepared them for this inevitability either . These are not ‘skilled operatives’

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As anti-immigration rhetoric rises in Germany, so does the anxiety among refugees already struggling with trauma. @jessicabateman.bsky.social speaks to people running the mental health clinics facing cuts and those who need their services. 📷Getty Images hyphenonline.com/2025/01/28/r...

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Honestly think my quality of life would improve around 10% if I never had to use LinkedIn again

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"Jeff Jarvis, the former head of journalism at City University of New York, proposes we rethink journalism from being purely about communicating facts, and more as a social service that responds to people’s frustrations and sense of abandonment." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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This is a v interesting thread

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Notorious new age "guru" James Arthur Ray passed away last week. In 2009, three people died in a sweat lodge ceremony he hosted. This statement is from an org set up by his victims' families to campaign for better regulation in the self-help industry. www.seeksafely.org/2025/01/04/s...

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For @wired.com I took a look at why Europe's dreams of leading the world on electric vehicles are crumbling. Thanks @natashabernal.bsky.social for the assignment! www.wired.com/story/europe...

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Just listened to this while doing my groceries shop and hard agree - what a brilliant solution to one of today's most pressing problems. I think the majority of adults would benefit from taking part in this!

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Love this piece about rural Maine residents teaming up to push out a neo-Nazi group. At a time when the rise of anti-democratic forces can feel unstoppable - or almost inevitable - it's important to remember how communities can fight back. magazine.atavist.com/the-crash-of...

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In Germany, bans on purchasing fireworks are temporarily lifted over NYE so everyone goes full-on The Purge-style crazy in the streets with them. I would love to read some theories on the psychology behind this annual chaos, because it is truly bizarre to witness.

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A peaceful Tempelhofer Feld on Christmas Day. Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas ✨

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One of the popular misconceptions I see about social media-driven smear campaigns is that individual posters are getting paid. Typically, no. What people don’t get is that platforms like YouTube are paying them for views via the ad industry, and on other platforms the clout alone is payment enough.

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Now that many commentators are publishing their Blake Lively Mea Culpas, indie mag Polyester deserves a shout-out for recognising a possible manufactured smear campaign all the way back in August open.spotify.com/episode/6Gt8...

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