Thomas Hübner

The thing that tyrants are most afraid of - that people laugh at them...

Marco Rubio: "The world is safer and more stable today than it was 24 hours ago".

A quote from yesterday. It hasn't aged very well.

Trump is probably the only one who is surprised by this attack.

Karl Kraus

Sofia, when she was still tiny

Sofia, a year ago (the day after I brought her home)

A year ago, I picked this deserted tiny calico kitten up from a road in Montenegro. Her name is Sofia! ❤️ - I'm a cat dad of two now, because a few months later, a second rescue cat (Iliria) followed.

"Die Bösen werden geschlachtet, die Welt wird gut."

Is the world a safer place now after the bombing of the nuclear facilities in Iran by the US?

I guess you know the answer to that question.

1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.

‘History says, Don’t hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme.’

Seamus Heaney was born on this day in 1939.

Tear gas attack at Hamburg's Miniatur Wunderland injures 46 – DW – 04/13/2025 More than 1,000 visitors to the Miniatur Wunderland tourist attraction, which is home to what is believed to be the world's largest model railway, had to be evacuated. It was unclear who was behind th...

Obviously another one of the daily attacks in Ruzzia's hybrid war in Germany.

Another war crime by the man that is so admired by Trump and many in his administration.

Tsagkarada, Pelion

A short break from the madness of this world.

Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president

The penguins will be very sad, but that'll teach them!😂

Free speech is of course still existing in the US - as long as it is not to voice a critical opinion against Trump and his ilk. In that case, you may lose your job, get blacklisted, get arrested, made disappeared and put in a torture prison in a foreign country maybe for life without due process.

The average tariff on US goods exported to the EU is about 1%, and not 39%. Trump is lying, as usual. And no tariffs on Russia, which doesn't come as a surprise. Why would he raise tariffs on his closest ally?

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Europe's goal must be to cut off US companies from this market as soon as possible and to become self-sufficient. That will take some time, but it has to be done. Actions and words of the Trump gang made it very clear that the US is hostile to Europe.

Fun Fact: The Atlantic, the magazine and publisher that uncovered the Signal group chat scandal, is owned by a billionaire - Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Steve Jobs.

Contrary to Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos & Co., she didn't kiss the ring of the dictator and is committed to uphold democracy.

Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scient...

Reasonable to ask if we are now oppressing the Russian opposition at Putin’s behest.
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And these are the people that are supposed to keep the US and their citizens safe. The level of incompetence is mindboggling.

I hope there is a special place in hell for those doing this to the children, and for their enablers in Russia and the White House.

Just received an email from Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), informing me that my inheritance fund (10.8 million USD) payment is approved and that I will receive the money now.

I had no idea of this inheritance, but send the money anyway! 🤣

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That's nothing new. Especially the Obama administration was hugely increasing the number of drone killings of alleged terrorists. So what governments of some countries do nowadays is to just kill everyone within a certain radius of the target and call such a result "excellent". Just think about it!

I'll be sharing some books from my shelves here in the future - your reactions and feedback are welcome.

I'll be sharing some books from my shelves here in the future - your reactions and feedback are welcome.

I'll be sharing some books from my shelves here in the future - your reactions and feedback are welcome.