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English version of the documentary about power abuse in the Max Planck Society can be found here. 144.000 views already, more than 800 comments. Share it to make colleagues aware of what happens in German academia & the MPG! #IchBinHanna #PowerAbuse

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments

#Köln Carnaval 2025

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Difficult to put it any better: m.youtube.com/watch?v=KIRA...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Hopelessness is manufactured.

submitted 10 days ago • 3 comments

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submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

Best seller in Canada 🤭🤗

submitted 11 days ago • 11 comments

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submitted 14 days ago • 11 comments

“The United States has your back” - this cartoon by The Economist clearly symbolizes the events that have unfolded around us this evening But we are not sad, because we have seen how many countries have supported us and will continue to do so. Everything will be fine!

submitted 17 days ago • 5 comments

How has everything gone so wrong in the last few decades? David Graeber gives us a clue as to what has happened!

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

"Here is Europe. We have happily paid three times as much to Ukraine as the USA. We are not asking for anything in return and we are not extorting the Ukrainians while they are fighting for their lives. Because we are not assholes." - Rasmus Jarlov, Chairman of Denmark's Defence Committee.

submitted 22 days ago • 22 comments

A few thoughts on Universal Basic Income.

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

Join our first Discord #artcrime office hours on 19/02 at 5pm UK! Link: discord.gg/kNCJtNhrHw Thanks to @sauterne.bsky.social for accepting our invitation to join us. You can listen to the Stage Talk with Lynda on the topic here: rss.com/podcasts/bel...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

"CEOs and financial consultants that are actually making other people’s lives worse were paid millions, while people fulfilling obviously useful functions like taking care of the sick, teaching children or picking vegetables were the least rewarded."

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

„Fast alle meldeten sie sich zu Wort nach den denkwürdigen Abstimmungen mit einer in Teilen als gesichert rechtsextrem geltenden Partei im Deutschen Bundestag“, nur nicht die Wissenschaft — so Wormer in diesem lesenswerten Beitrag. Wissenschaft, Du musst ENDLICH lauter werden! #LauteWissenschaft

submitted 32 days ago • 18 comments

NIEUWS | VN-rapporteur Francisca Albanese is verbolgen dat Nederland, waar het Internationaal Gerechtshof is gevestigd, haar uitnodiging in de Tweede Kamer introk onder druk van BBB, PVV en VVD: “Dit land zou het voorbeeld moeten zijn waar je voelt dat internationaal recht ertoe doet.”

submitted 33 days ago • 18 comments

"Europe doesn't have to "ask" for a seat at the table in any Ukraine peace negotiations. The Baltic is the single biggest exit point for Russian oil. Europe can do all kinds of things to seriously impair Russia's access to global oil markets. 👇

submitted 33 days ago • 7 comments

Studie: Politiker*innen rechter Parteien verbreiten mehr #Misinformation als andere.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Die Schweizer*innen haben abgestimmt: Wollen sie, dass die 🇨🇭 in Zukunft innerhalb der planetaren Grenzen wirtschaftet - also nur so viele Ressourcen verbraucht & Schadstoffe freisetzt, dass die natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen erhalten bleiben? 🌍 Antwort: Nein. Naja, wenigstens mal eine klare Aussage.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments