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nilsalot.bsky.social
German, leftist, queer, social studies guy, lover of nuance, geography nerd. Privately an amateur cartographer & TTRPG enthusiast. He/they. Posts in English & auf Deutsch.
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They’re really trying to destroy everything with no plan what comes next. newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/republi...

his brain is just flashcards of seo keywords

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

Volkswagen is now selling 4x as many EVs in Europe as Tesla is. Tesla is fifth in a sector it used to dominate

Im politischen Kontext der 1990er waren die "linken Spinner" die Grünen und did PDS/Linke während die SPD noch als "ernstzunehmender" Rivale/Partner galt. Merz lebt eben in ein ewiges 1999.

I think Shapiro is completely wrong here. Europe is not “necessary” only if aim is to cut & run at all costs. If the aim is to build & use leverage towards a good deal, then you do in fact need the bloc which is providing 60% of aid to Ukraine & which would provide key part of future guarantees.

Vor drei Monaten sind wir bei verfestigten 3% in den Wahlumfragen gestartet und haben bewiesen, ein Wahlkampf mit fröhlichem Herzen 💕 hilft allen. Danke an alle, die mitgetan haben und unglaublich viel bewegt haben. Danke Heidi und Jan und nun heißt es ❌❌

Anti-migrant hate is flourishing in Germany’s ‘time of the cowards’ | Musa Okwonga

I love Claudia!!! Mexico is a beautiful country with great culture — much better than this maga shithole King Musk-Trump is creating.

If you live in Wisconsin, you need to get involved with Susan Crawford's campaign now. Far-right activists have been talking about this race since November. If you live out of state, consider phone banking for crawford or throwing dough to her campaign or grassroots groups organizing for her.

Coming around to the view that a certain kind of narcissist simply needs Musk to be a genius rather than a fraud, because they want to believe there’s a hereditary Brahmin class of accomplished, beautiful minds—and that they’re a part of that class.

Hey, der Peter Müller, der als Verfassungsrichter den Berliner Mietendeckel gekippt hat?

This is the first time I spoke publicly about my experience getting harassed for the rumors about being a self-insert on Spider-Man 2. It’s becoming increasingly more dangerous to be a marginalized game dev. This affects all of us, so give this article a read ❤️

Our new investigation in @wired.com shows the danger of Google's huge RTB security problem We easily obtained Google RTB segment data about US national security personnel from a databroker -- despite posing as a foreign company that fetes Russian troops our fake website www.wired.com/story/google...

Not only that, but we need an uncompromised Postal Service to have unbiased elections

Im vergangenen Monat verharmlosten Merz und andere Trump noch als „Chance“ für Europa. Jetzt liefert er uns an Putin aus www.volksverpetzer.de/analyse/boes... via @volksverpetzer.de @ardenthistorian.bsky.social

Things are getting a little uncomfy for GOP members

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Scholz macht sich schon mal bereit für Koalitionsgespräche...

Wo war das Klima im Wahlkampf? Es war die ganze Zeit da. Nur hat der Wahlkampf weitgehend im Märchenwald stattgefunden, und nicht in der Wirklichkeit. Wie selbstgerecht und unverantwortlich das ist, erklärt sich von selbst.

The stuff they're doing is deeply unpopular and they're rapidly heading in that direction. Stop treating them like they're untouchable. We can fight back.

As if buying the presidency, shredding the Constitution & dismantling the federal government wasn’t enough, Elon Musk is now trying to oust progressive majority on Wisconsin Supreme Court. Plans for MAGA oligarchy extend well beyond Washington www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🧵On Monday, EU will hold Association Council with Israel, the highest political platform for bilateral relations. It takes place at a critical moment in Gaza ceasefire - with Netanyahu suspected of planning to derail it - and Israeli escalation in West Bank. Can EU exert any influence?

Enough with the rationalizations and excuses: the Nazi salute is not a troll, and it is not an accident. The neo-Nazi movement is alive and well, and some of the most powerful people in our country have now actively embraced it.

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

Da bestätigen Wirtschaftsinstitute, der Linken ein solide finanziertes Programm und die CdU hat die noch nicht als marxistische Vereinigungen diffamiert. Schon bemerkenswert

Black ppl are working class poc are working class immigrants are working class disabled ppl are working class trans ppl are working class the notion that working class ppl are bigoted straight white guys is, ironically, a bigoted middle class myth farage, robinson, et al are middle class goons

Merz zentrale Behauptung, er würde 1,7 Mio Menschen - mir nichts dir nichts - das Bürgergeld streichen, ist blanker Hohn, verfassungsrechtlich erstmal ein Ding der Unmöglichkeit. Aber SPD & Grüne machen Männchen vor der CDU und kündigen sich diesbezüglich verhandlungsbereit an. Während seit Jahren

🤘🚀Es geht voran! Neueste YouGov Prognosen sehen Bodo Ramelow mit 32% der Erststimmen +7% vor dem AfD-Kandidaten (25%). Jetzt keine Atempause, antifaschistische Geschichte wird gemacht! Am 23.02. mit beiden Stimmen links wählen.

I am so sick of this shit. It’s a Sieg Heil. It’s a Nazi salute. Anyone who sees it knows. It’s ridiculous that legal departments presumably won’t let media call it what it is. Bannon made “a provocative gesture that resembled the salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally”? Fuck off.

Did the @nytimes.com really quote the mf-ing communications director of the Houston YOUNG REPUBLICANS as if he were just some random young Black person who likes Trump? Cause it sure looks like it.

i just typed in yellow jacket (local bar) to the parish (local venue) in on google, because i wanted to know how far apart those two places are, and instead google decided that was an aphorism and gave me an entirely fake definition of it i actually felt secondhand embarrassment for the computer

There won’t be another election in the US. Who didn’t believe that a week ago, should do it now.

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.

Four days ago, J. D. Vance stated in Munich that prosecutions for political speech with controversial rhetoric is "Soviet". It's transparent that the 47 + Musk administration keeps using free speech as a fig leaf to defend their hatred, while still shouting over or even silencing critics.

Wer CDU wählt, bekommt ja nicht nur Merz als Kanzler, es gibt dann auch Ministerposten für Spahn, Linnemann, Klöckner, Dobrindt und Bär.

You would be hard-pressed to name a single member of Congress who—in a naked thirst for gaining and holding power—has done more damage to the country than Mitch McConnell. Good riddance.

BREAKING The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm the nomination of Kash Patel to serve as Director of the FBI. Patel’s term will be 10 years. The vote was 51-49, with Senators Murkowski and Collins being the only Republicans to vote against him.

Kash Patel's "enemies list" includes Republicans. He's the new head of the FBI thanks to Republicans who voted to confirm him. Destroying yourself to own the libs. Good luck.

Patel uses two simple tricks when discussing the role of law enforcement: explicit double standards & the labeling of those whom he opposes as un-American and thus worthy of oppression. Dark days are still ahead.

Ukraine's European backers must decide, collectively & quickly, what they are willing & able to do with no US backing, in Ukraine & for themselves. Relatedly, they should ask who, in & outside the region, they can work with. With luck, US engagement will continue. But trusting luck isn't a strategy.

BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian. This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.

NOTICE THE COMMON THREAD?: Elections keep going Deep State, we have to find a workaround; the constitution is being gamed by "legacy media"/Deep State, so we need to give "power of the purse" to Elon. The solution is always the same. Elon needs to be in charge of it.

Horrific.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

Another reminder for those who still seem to have not understood: Chat programs do not “look up” information and then repeat it. They write plausible language in answer to a prompt based on their data set. References will use real people, journals & words from titles, but will not truly exist.

Major news! A court in Montana has just declared SB458, a bill that "defines sex" in a way that ends the legal recognition of transgender people in Montana, as facially unconstitutional. This is the first time a bill defining sex has been ruled on! Huge win for trans people in MT!

Listen I know shit sucks but PLEASE find the things that make you happy and keep doing them. It is not frivolous. It is how you survive.