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Great article from @jdportes.bsky.social. Immigration policy being asked to do to much. Time to recognise:

- migration is a structural feature of a modern, open economy

- costs/benefits of migration depend on other policy choices: housing, public services, regulation, integration ...

After the Earthquakes • EQUATOR The fundamental problem of the present is complicity

Ο φασισμός απορρίφτηκε από τους Ευρωπαίους μόνο όταν εξαπέλυσε εναντίον τους τη βία που εκείνοι άσκησαν στους «κατώτερους» λαούς Ασίας & Αφρικής». Έτσι και σήμερα: οι Ευρωπαίοι αναστατώνονται, παραλύουν, που ο Τραμπ τους φέρεται σαν να ήταν «άλλοι». www.equator.org/articles/aft...

A green revolution is taking place on the streets of Havana, by necessity. Faced with a severe fuel crisis, taxi drivers are ditching their cars and whisking passengers around on e-tricycles.

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

#WolffBites: We welcome the growing global recognition that basic social needs - like saving the planet from ecological disaster - require challenging capitalism by advocating for the democratization of enterprises.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Glückwunsch! 💗🦋💅🏿

Clocks Around the World: How Other Languages Tell Time When we start learning a language, we soon find ourselves practicing how to ask for the time.

Clocks Around the World: How Other Languages Tell Time

The U.N. human rights office publicly defended Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese after at least four European governments attacked her and called for her resignation over comments she never made. Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Albanese “did not characterize any state as an enemy of humanity. I invite you all to go see her remarks.” Hurtado added the office is “very worried” about escalating “personal attacks, threats and misinformation” targeting U.N. officials and independent experts, warning such campaigns distract from “serious human rights issues.” She then pointed to ongoing Israeli ceasefire violations in Gaza, the daily killing of Palestinians, and Israel’s failure to meet its obligations as an occupying power in the West Bank while undermining a two-state solution: “This is what we should be talking about.” @FranceskAlbs | @UNHumanRights

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs I am glad to see the UN human rights system defending my mandate.

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing @adequatehousing UN rightly defends Francesca Albanese, my colleague, from attacks by some European States for a statement that she didn’t make. This shameful behavior must stop. Surely these States are better than this.

The UN human rights office publicly defended Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese after at least 4 European gov'ts attacked her & called for her resignation over comments she never made.

Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, said Albanese “did not...

This is becoming funnier with every day. What cowards!

Palestine Action wins High Court challenge against government ban It remains in place for now to allow further legal argument and the government to consider an appeal.

Everyone with the tiniest ounce of understanding knew this. Everyone at Labour knew this, but the genocidal bastards did it anyway. It was a complete unjustifiable authoritarian attack and we've known that from day one.

Yvette Cooper must go.

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Author Arundhati Roy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's Gaza Remarks, Pulls Out of Berlinale 2026 The Indian author, film maker and peace activist responds to a recent attempt by jury membres at the festival to deflect from the violence inflicted by Israel on the Gaza strip.

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Since the 1970s, the Earth — fueled by greenhouse gas emissions — has been warming at a fairly steady rate.

But 2023, 2024 and 2025 were far warmer than previous trends. A Post analysis shows the warming rate over the past decade increased by 42 percent. https://wapo.st/4qA1kZM

Berlinale opens with Zelenskyy address The Berlinale film festival kicked off with a video address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before a screening of the romantic comedy "She Came to Me."

Let’s not be political.
www.dw.com/en/berlinale...

German minister says she clapped Israeli film-maker, not his Palestinian colleague, at Berlinale Call for Green politician to resign amid row over politically charged closing ceremony at film festival

„Actually I was applauding only the Israeli half.“ 😉 #ClaudiaRoth

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...

"We have to stay out of politics". Wim Wender besinnt sich auf alte deutsche Tugenden. Bewährt seit fast 100 Jahren.
Gustav Gründgens und Herbert von Karajan lassen grüßen.
Scheinriesen, alle drei!

David gegen Goliath: Überwachungskonzern Palantir verklagt die „Republik“ Der Großkonzern Palantir geht presserechtlich gegen das Schweizer Magazin

Der Konzern #Palantir geht gegen das Schweizer Magazin „Republik“ vor. Das hatte in Recherchen nachgezeichnet, warum die Systeme des Unternehmens problematisch für Staaten und deren Souveränität sind. Das Magazin will sich von der Klage nicht einschüchtern lassen.

netzpolitik.org/2026/david-g...

Berliner Luft – die große Selbsttäuschung Niemand zieht wegen der Luft nach Berlin. Dennoch lässt sich die schmutzige Luft der Stadt nicht auf die Verantwortung des Individuums abwälzen.

Niemand zieht wegen der Luft nach Berlin. Dennoch lässt sich die schmutzige Luft der Stadt nicht auf die Verantwortung des Individuums abwälzen.

Nachruf auf Cees Nooteboom: Der europäische Tramp Cees Nooteboom liebte das Reisen und schrieb darüber sowie über seine Kriegserfahrungen. Nun ist der niederländische Schriftsteller im Alter von 92 Jahren verstorben.

Nachruf auf Cees Nooteboom: Der europäische Tramp taz.de/Nachruf-auf-...

Der scheinbar „kremlfreundliche Propagandist“ und Korrespondent beim “Verschwörungsblog”NachDenkSeiten hat in Bundespressekonferenzen immer wieder gute Fragen gestellt — solche Fragen, an die die Journos der taz nicht einmal gedacht haben.

Israeli excavators break ground at the construction site of new housing units in the Israeli settlement of Givat Zeev, near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on February 9, 2026.

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israel's plans to tighten control over the occupied West Bank, paving the way for further settlement expansion, are a step towards consolidating illegal annexation, the UN rights chief said Wednesday.
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Was ist “for free” ausser der Sonne?

Why is everyone terrified to say anything about Israel out loud?

“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you,” Neil DeGrasse Tyson once said. This week’s word — spacetime — is one example.
https://www.snexplores.org/article/scientists-say-spacetime-definition-pronunciation

Honoured to be a part of this

Wes Streeting privately said Israel committing war crimes, backed sanctions on 'rogue state' The British health secretary privately admitted last year that the Israeli government 'talks the language of ethnic cleansing'

In now publicly available text correspondence between the British health secretary Wes Streeting and former British ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, Streeting admitted that Israel was committing war crimes, conspiring to ethnically cleanse Gaza, and that the UK should sanction the government.

We recall how the press frequently referred to "the (so-called) terrorist organization of Hamas," alongside reports on “Putin's unprecedented and unwarranted war in Ukraine”. You should write in the headline that information was reportedly relayed to “the Mossad agent”, Jeffrey Epstein.

To a Mossad agent, it should write.

🇬🇧 Ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have passed potentially confidential reports to Jeffrey Epstein while a UK trade envoy, according to US government files on the late US sex offender released last month.
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Screenshot from Tumblr User hatingongodot: “In 1404, King Taejong fell from his horse during a hunting expedition. Embarrassed, looking to his left and right, he commanded, “Do not let the historian find out about this.” To his disappointment, the historian accompanying the hunting party included these words in the annals, in addition to a description of the king’s fall.“ LMFAOOOOOO rip to that guy User Shitacademicswrite: i thought maybe this was fake, but there’s even a citation! Taejong Sillok Book 7. 5th year of King Taejong’s Reign (1404), February 8.

Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!

This oldest known image of an owl is in one of the caves one can "go into" on the archaeology-homepage of the French ministery of culture.

I found that out while trying to fact-check a text and lost myself in several caves. It's pretty basic but it does give an impression:

Bringt nichts…