Andrew Price

Blaues Plakat + buntes Gegenplakat: dein Auto würde uns wählen ... Es hat ja auch kein Hirn

Wunderbare Gegenplakatierungen, eben zugesandt bekommen:

Too many who should know better are backing this war. It wouldn't be happening if a) Trump were a remotely serious president who knew the risks of embarking on something whose aims he still can't specify, and b) Netanyahu wasn't embracing regional chaos as his get out of jail free card.

I don’t care about Netflix’s board, I don’t care if Susan Rice is on it or not, but I care a great deal about corrupt political intervention in the market.

By and large, business leaders fear refusing corruption but don’t fear consequences of going along with it.

Long-term we have to change that.

Greenwashing: Studie entlarvt KI-Klimaversprechen als irreführend KI verschlingt enorme Mengen Energie, dennoch präsentieren die Tech-Konzerne sie als Klima-Retter. Eine neue Studie widerlegt dies.

Künstliche Intelligenz verschlingt enorme Mengen an Energie und Rechenleistung. Dennoch präsentieren die großen Tech-Konzerne KI zunehmend als Klima-Retter. Eine neue Studie zeigt, dass es für die meisten dieser Versprechen kaum belastbare Belege gibt.

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya refugee dumped by CBP, dies in cold "They just left him."

They killed him.

It takes a lot to infuriate me and break my heart only because you have to be able to tolerate a lot when covering Trump and fascism and try your best to stay centered and hopeful.

This story I can't let go.

They chose to let him just die.

www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...

Open Letter of Scholars in Support of UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese

"Rather than taking every possible measure to hold the Israeli government accountable, you have weaponized false allegations of antisemitism to delegitimize a United Nations official who is seeking to uphold international law."

voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/open-lett...

Reminds one of China's wolf warrior diplomacy

Luther’s translation says the same - “an heimlichen Orten”.

As part of its ongoing anti-Ukrainian policies, the US demanded the removal of the mention of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty from the U.N. resolution "Support for Lasting Peace in Ukraine." The General Assembly rejected the US proposal and the resolution was adopted by 107y vs12no

A lot of smart people I trust don't believe in AGI

"LLMs do not and can not understand consequence, which is a fundamental requirement for experiential consciousness.

in other words, your pet dog or cat at home has more experiential consciousness than an LLM"

France blocks US ambassador’s access to ministers after he fails to show for meeting Charles Kushner, father of president’s son-in-law Jared, had been summoned to explain US comments relating to death of far-right activist

He spent 14 months in prison then pardoned by Trump. Three years later he expressed his gratitude by donating $1m to Trump’s Make America Great Again Inc Super Pac.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

One can only hope so, but she had a reputation for incompetence when she was still a member of the German government under Angela Merkel.

EPP resisted today's decision to delay the vote. If they (Metsola) had their way EP would have ratified immediately after Council told them to on 22 Jan.

At what point is EPP going to openly say why they are so intent on surrendering to Trump over and over even when Europe has the cards to resist?

Tuta. Gründe:

- Server in Hannover, nicht in den USA
- Unterstützt nicht Trump (wie der Proton-CEO)

It’s a Wonderful Life bank run scene.

“You're thinking of the $175 billion in tariff money all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in the White House ballroom, the renaming of the Department of Defense, the $10 billion transfer to the Board of Peace, and a hundred other unauthorized actions.”

Ho hum… the usual neoliberal garbage from the Economist.

Francis Poulenc with Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears in Cannes

The best way of ensuring that Trump, Miller and the rest do not kick off a violent confrontation between executive and legislative branch is through such an overwhelming repudiation of the GOP at the mid-terms that backing MAGA within state institutions starts looking like a road to nowhere

Europe 2026. Donald Trump has been in power for a year. The continent is under threat. Its people have split into a (proverbial) archipelago of six main islands: Euro-hawks, Euro-doves, Atlanticists, Renegades, Nationalists, Trumpists. Which island do you belong to?

ecfr.eu/publication/... @ecfr.eu

‘An insult to our name’: AfD urged to stop using Simson mopeds at events Descendants of Jewish brothers forced to sell company to Nazis say appropriation by German far right is ‘repulsive’

‘An insult to our name’: AfD is being urged to stop using Simson mopeds at events. Descendants of the Jewish brothers forced to sell their company to the Nazis call appropriation by the German far right ‘repulsive’. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f... via @theguardian.com @kateconnolly.bsky.social

FWIW, after 2+ decades in 🇬🇧 diplomacy my settled view is that BBCWS is *the* (not *a*) vital element of British soft power and the continued attacks on its funding are nothing short of barbaric and self defeating.

Spain's roadmap against global disinformation: "The law of the jungle or the law of democracy" Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares points out from the Munich Security Conference that "sovereignty means being free from trade coercion, from the threat of the use of force, and also achiev...

"The owner of a small restaurant is responsible if their food poisons customers; social media tycoons should be held responsible if their algorithms poison our society."

- Pedro Sánchez

agendapublica.es/noticia/2069...

The odds of a UK F-35 ever firing a missile at a Russian jet are exceedingly low. Russia is mired in Ukraine, terrible at warfare, and not in any position to fight NATO.

The odds of the UK having to fight for the hearts and minds of people all over the world against Russian propoganda are 100%.

It’s from the German “Eulen nach Athen tragen”

I love how half of Trump’s communications are all about what a shithole every large American city is and half is about how if you don’t love America, you’re a terrorist.

European Independence – The Political Imperative of 2026 Version 2 – January 5, 2026

Danke, volle Zustimmung!

Das verkennen viele: unsere Gegenwärtige Abhängigkeit der USA bei Verteidigung und Digitalem wird ausgenutzt, um die Autoritäre Agenda voranzutreiben.

Trump, Maga, Thiel haben kein Interesse an einem starken Europa, das sie kritisiert.

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There’s something so comforting about an elected Republican crying online about gerrymandering

Take care; looking forward to your contributions again soon.

Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening

It's fascinating that medics are making the effort to switch to anaesthetics with less greenhouse effect while people are driving alone in SUVs