David T

Diane Arbus and the American Freak Show Diane Arbus Konstellationen at the Gropius Bau (October 2025 - January 2026)

A new essay on Diane Arbus from The Berlin Dead Letter Drop.

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The Return to Kunsthaus Tacheles The long, strange, journey from cultural anarchy to luxury real estate.

The latest from The Berlin Dead Letter Drop

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My Stasi File The Decoding of Case File XV 5666/88

The latest essay on my Substack.

Karl Marx Stadt.

All the Vermeers in the World I was 26 and had just moved to New York City.

The latest essay on my Substack

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Hard Delete: The easy and fun way to exterminate the technologies that exploit you Meta is a cultural enigma.

New on my Substack

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Russia is not just a nation, it’s a Defenestration Nation.

You can literally hear the civilized world pulling itself away from the USSA.

Most of us would not move to take a job in a lawless fascism.

I was censored on Instagram for searching for #democracy. I deleted at once and forever all Meta profiles and apps. My grandfather‘s generation killed fascists. The least I can do is not use their evil software.

WAPO still exists? That’s mind-boggling.

If I thought the Trump voter actually ate fresh fruits and vegetables, I might feel some pangs of Schadenfreude.

Our loathsome political culture has made Adorno seem like an optimist.

Perhaps we might call them „health opportunities.“

If you want an answer to the question, ask a German from 1938.

If one really needs to go to North America, go to Canada or Mexico.

My first question is: People still read the Washington Post?

Melvins in Berlin

Wow, there is still science coming out of the U.S.?

Mission Accomplished

Vermeer in Braunschweig.

The country of my birth has become a fascist shit-hole. Glad I left.

I just unfollowed Wired for this embarrassing Amazon promotion. And I’ve read Wired since the mid-90‘s.

The earlier Hitlergruß suggests to me that no apology is forthcoming.

What Would Lenin Do (WWLD)?

We should not be buying from Amazon AT ALL. Would it not be better to direct this attention to smaller merchants?

If the end goal is to take the U.S. off the global stage for the next 50+ years…then, yeah it makes total sense.

When that happens they can blame Satan.

That anyone travels to the U.S. for leisure is nothing short of astounding.

Now if only these brave and scientifically-minded people can do the same thing with whooping cough and polio.