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Deutschland sagt sich ab

Mit anderen Worten: “Was Kunstfreiheit ist, bestimmen wir.”

Purer Rechtspopulismus.

Congratulations, Germany, your right-wing populist government made international news again.

So! Und nur so bekämpft man den vollkommen offenen Rechtspopulismus von Weimer: offen Haltung zeigen und sich solidarisieren mit den Leuten, die Weimer schädigen will.

The one 🧵 you absolutely have to read today!

if it wasn't a world-destroying atrocity it would be kind of funny how much time and money and energy is being put into convincing everyone to love AI and still the general consensus is like "meh"

"Wir werden () zu einer Diskussion () über Kunst- und Meinungsfreiheit und die Bedeutung staatlich finanzierter Kunstpreise einladen."

Klingt inzwischen auch fast nach einer Drohung.

565 Euro für eine getragene Hose: Die AS Rom sexualisiert die eigenen Fußballerinnen Die Versteigerung der Hosen offenbart tief sitzenden Sexismus im Profifußball. Die AS Rom lässt zu, dass ihre Spielerinnen auf Körper reduziert werden statt auf sportliche Qualität – ein fatales Signa...

AS Roma sells match-worn SHORTS of its women’s team. Sexualizing your own players. Gross!

Ein Politiker sexualisiert Schulmädchen und die Republik greift die Frau an, die das öffentlich gemacht hat. Und ihr tut so, als würde euch Epstein schockieren. Das ist genau das Klima, das sowas überhaupt über Jahre hinweg ermöglicht hat.

Cool timing, or not, while Times Guild
members are currently bargaining over AI: newsguild.org/inside-ai-ne...

Andrew O’Hagan · Stay Classy: Mummy’s Favourite The late queen can be held responsible for much, but nobody could accuse her of seeming to enjoy her role. For the...

Nobody has ever been so lyrically yet thoroughly excoriated as in this piece. And yet, few people have ever deserved such a complete dismantling as the Prince formerly known as Andrew

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Grammarly declined my request to interview CEO Shishir Mehrotra today. But it told me that in response to criticisms, it will allow experts to opt out of the feature by emailing expertoptout@superhuman.com. The company gave me this statement over email: We’ve heard the feedback about this tool and appreciate the engagement from those who have taken the time to raise thoughtful questions about the functionality and the experts surfaced. We agree that the product experience can be improved for both users and experts. The agent was designed to help users discover influential perspectives and scholarship that add value to their work. We want the people behind those perspectives to have greater control over whether their name is used, while providing new ways for influential voices to reach new audiences. Our goal is to improve Expert Review to deliver this outcome.

NEWS: Grammarly tells me it will let "experts" like me opt out of having their names used against their will and for no compensation as part of its "expert review" feature www.platformer.news/grammarly-ex...

A eulogy for my dog, Sherlock (2011-2026). (this is a grief-post, written more for myself than for my readers)

I did not know @davekarpf.bsky.social's dog, Sherlock. But I am glad I read his eulogy for it. It is a beautiful piece, and it will resonate with everyone who has ever had a pet - and everyone who has loved.

davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/a-eulogy-f...

Corona-Maskenkäufe: Verfahren gegen Jens Spahn eingestellt Unionsfraktionschef Jens Spahn stand wegen Maskenkäufen in der Corona-Pandemie unter Verdacht. Die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Berlin hat das Verfahren gegen den CDU-Politiker eingestellt. Es gebe keine...

Bei all der berechtigten Aufregung um Landtagswahl, Epstein und Iran sollte das hier nicht untergehen.

Wir haben es geschafft, die Faschos so derart zu selbstverständlichen, dass so ein krasses Ergebnis wie gerade in Ba-Wü nicht mehr als ein Schulterzucken hervorruft und die absolut großartige Analyse: „Aber immerhin sind sie nicht so stark wie bei der Bundestagswahl“. Irre.

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

“Tehran is burning. And smoke has filled the streets. It’s impossible to drive out of the city right now and even with the windows closed, heavy smoke is making its way inside."

Read every word.

TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 1d • Joined May '23 Birth of a Nation is a misunderstood film, IMO, depiction is not endorsement, and DW Griffith's contributions to cinematography shouldn't be overshadowed by the fact that some people decided to interpret his film as supporting controversial political agendas. O1 cartoon dog gf @jazzpomegranate.c... • 1d • Joined Jul '23 @ Bard @2 Cleric have you seen it? 0312 17 •~... TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Wait, I just found some clips online. That's... look, I'll take Griffith at his word that he wasn't trying to seem borderline-fanatically bigoted, but really man; this could have used a second draft. 03

■ TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Oh, fuck. 0 4 91104日日. TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Yes, I can see why people thought he was promoting intolerance here. • 1 TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 3h • Joined May '23 Was it just impossible to find mixed-race extras back then? All of these half-breed northern soldiers are played by white actors in makeup!

目 TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsk... • 2h • Joined May '23 Huh. The film's treatment of Lincoln is surprisingly sympathetic. I think I can see what Griffith was going for, but some of the choices he made really detract from the more nuanced ideas he wanted to put across (why do the black characters speak like that?) 031 04 TheCybersmith @thecybersmith.bsky.social • Joined May '23 THAT'S NOT A TRIAL! THAT@S JUST MURDER WITH EXTRA STEPS! 3:07 PM • Mar 8, 2026

friends, I have brought you a gift

“International Women’s Day” ending up on the only 23 hour day of the year.

If you're seeing this, please note that the Greens in this German state are practically indistinguishable from the conservatives and have little in common with the Green Party that's currently surging in the UK (or that used to exist in Germany some time ago).

Ok Leute das ist echt nicht der Take über die Ba-Wü Grünen und das wisst Ihr auch selber. Özdemir ist so integriert, dass er Kritiker auf der Königstrasse anblafft mit „Halt ma die Fresse wir sind hier in Deutschland“

There also is a movie (which I didn't know existed, will have to watch tonight)

Black Rain Black Rain is a novel by Japanese author Masuji Ibuse. …

Different context, different circumstances: Black Rain, the novel by Masuji Ibuse. It really is a gutting read. If you've never read it, check it out!

i am asking yet again how it is legal for a company to send me a letter saying "sorry somebody stole all your personal information from us and now they have all of your personal information. sucks to be you! bye!" and then they receive no consequences and it happens again a week later

Bin jetzt wirklich gespannt, welche von den diversen rechten Parteiein in BaWü gewinnt, damit dann am Ende nichts besser wird.

Liebe Männer, verstecken wir uns nicht hinter dem Satz „Not all men“.

Stärken wir stattdessen unseren Kolleginnen den Rücken. Holen wir Frauen auf die Podien und in die Gremien dieser Welt. Und tragen wir auch im Alltag unseren Teil mit. (vdb)

#Frauentag2026

I'm out of words here

Fun fact: on this day every year, Christian Marclay’s The Clock is one hour shorter.

Kolumne Wieduwilt ntv: "Ich würde den Angriff auf Iran ja gern loben"

Deutscher Kolumnenjournalismus in a nutshell

Mediocrity As a Political Problem Why it is dangerous for Germany to turn its back on the future

“Germany is so structurally conservative, so fear-driven, so arrogant that, partly because of its size in Europe, it has long been immune to the pressure generated by changes in the world.”