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The Department of German Studies at the University of Washington :: Coast Salish Lands (Seattle) https://german.washington.edu/

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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base donโ€™t even know thatโ€™s what it stands for.

11.10.2025 23:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21618    ๐Ÿ” 6505    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 454    ๐Ÿ“Œ 373

PUDDING MIT GABEL!?
German Club will try out the German trend that has spread around the world! Join us this Wednesday (October 15) at 5:30pm in DENNY 359, eat pudding with a fork.
Yes, it's simply absurd. ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด
german.washington.edu/calendar

15.10.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Auf wiedersehen, Thomas Mรผller, Germanyโ€™s dreammaker who found goals in space | Jonathan Wilson Bayern Munich legend defined not only a position but an entire way of thinking about the game

Thomas Mรผller, Raumdeuter: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

16.06.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Would you have fought the Nazis?
Nowโ€™s your chance.

14.06.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NO KINGS Index, WA ยท No Kings **In America, we donโ€™t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...

โ€œNO KINGS Index, WAโ€ - www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

14.06.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Would you've fought the Nazis? This is your chance.

#June14th_NO_KINGS_DAY #June14 #ObamaDay2025 #BarackObama #Obama #NoKings

14.06.2025 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?

Maura Finkelstein is one of many scholars discovering that the traditional protections of academic freedom are no longer holding.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/m...

07.06.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

05.06.2025 20:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35421    ๐Ÿ” 8164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 619    ๐Ÿ“Œ 256
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planet schule: War Thomas Mann auf dem Zauberberg? - hier anschauen Tuberkulose und Lungenheilanstalt in Davos, hoch im Gebirge โ€’ das klingt nicht sehr unterhaltsam. Ist es aber. Angeregt von einem Kuraufenthalt seiner Frau, schreibt Thomas Mann einen groรŸen, amรผsante...

www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...

02.06.2025 06:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Wim Wenders: The Keys to Freedom
YouTube video by germanyinusa (German Embassy USA) Wim Wenders: The Keys to Freedom

youtu.be/JTyfWMLx6rs?...

19.05.2025 05:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Germany hits back at Marco Rubio after he panned labeling of AfD as โ€˜extremistโ€™ Far-right German party was labeled a โ€˜confirmed rightwing extremist groupโ€™ by countryโ€™s domestic intelligence service

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

04.05.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump official threatens Harvard foreign student admissions as more universities rally in support Kristi Noem demands universityโ€™s records on foreign studentsโ€™ โ€˜illegalโ€™ activities while president threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

18.04.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crosswalks hacked to mock Bezosโ€™ voice in Seattle South Lake Union pedestrians were surprised by a strange voice when they were waiting to cross Denny Way and Fairview Avenue on Wednesday morning.

Seattle crosswalk signals hacked to imitate Jeff Bezos' voice

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

17.04.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On today of all days, with Princeton now in the Trump administration's crosshairs, I taught my undergraduates about standpoint epistemology, strong objectivity, and communities of knowledge.

On how our unique perspectives as individuals don't threaten the scientific project. They strengthen it.

02.04.2025 00:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 415    ๐Ÿ” 83    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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'Hands Off' rally at Seattle Center targets Trump, Musk Join the Hands Off rally on April 5 at Seattle Center, addressing rising anti-Tesla and anti-Musk protests in the community.

mynorthwest.com/local/hands-...

03.04.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#TeslaTakeDown
Would you have fought the Nazis?
Nowโ€™s your chance.

30.03.2025 04:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve got a fever. And the only prescription isโ€ฆmore freakin lawyers resigning from weak-ass law firms

29.03.2025 02:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4227    ๐Ÿ” 673    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
Graphic showing the Tesla stock line tanking and text reading
#TeslaTakedown global day of action March 29
277 tesla locations in the us
500+ around the world
turn out in numbers to fight elon musk's illegal coup
find or start an action at teslatakedown.com

Graphic showing the Tesla stock line tanking and text reading #TeslaTakedown global day of action March 29 277 tesla locations in the us 500+ around the world turn out in numbers to fight elon musk's illegal coup find or start an action at teslatakedown.com

LFG! #teslatakedown GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION March 29

Every showroom in America
500+ around the world
Let's send these techno-fascists, broligarchs and old fashioned Nazis a message loud and clear. NO WAY
Plan an action or find one near you: teslatakedown.com

20.03.2025 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2964    ๐Ÿ” 1402    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 270    ๐Ÿ“Œ 237
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Art Spiegelman Is โ€œLearning How to Do This Comics Thing Againโ€ On the occasion of a new documentary, the artist talks with Hyperallergic about the legacy of Maus, comics techniques, Gaza, collaboration, and more.

โ€œI would say I built one skyscraper in my life, which is Maus, and then buildings of other heights, and a lot of bungalows that I like a lot.โ€ โ€“Art Spiegleman

24.03.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Experte รผber linken Populismus: โ€Das ist die richtige Strategie gegen Trumpโ€ Warum kann Trump einfach durchregieren, wรคhrend die Demokraten wie gelรคhmt wirken? Der USA-Experte Stefan Liebich erklรคrt, warum jetzt ein linker Populismus der Schlรผssel zur politischen Wende werden ...

Warum kann Trump durchregieren + die Demokraten sind wie gelรคhmt? Der Leiter des Nordamerika-Bรผros der Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Stefan Liebich @brooklynliebich.bsky.social erklรคrt, warum jetzt linker Populismus die politische Wende bringen kann Interview @t-online.de www.t-online.de/nachrichten/...

24.03.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Caspar David Friedrich: A Solitary Wanderer Finding His Way in the Fog (Gift Article) The first major U.S. exhibition of Germanyโ€™s great Romantic painter is a historic showcase. Itโ€™s also a blueprint for how to think, and how to feel, in a changing environment.

Caspar David Friedrich: A Solitary Wanderer Finding His Way in the Fog.

The first major U.S. exhibition of Germanyโ€™s great Romantic painter is a historic showcase. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/a...

24.03.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This your brain on German (written on perfect egg).
Below: Learn German

This your brain on German (written on perfect egg). Below: Learn German

11.03.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Introduction A free online humanities course about how to learn and work and thrive in an AI world.

MODERN-DAY ORACLES
or BULLSHIT MACHINES? thebullshitmachines.com
@carlbergstrom.com

08.03.2025 07:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Polycrisis.org Multiple global crises are worsening one another to produce what many policymakers, scholars, and commentators call a โ€œpolycrisisโ€. This website is a hub that helps this emerging community better unde...

From clusterfuck to polycrisis: polycrisis.org

07.03.2025 02:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What is this era of calamity weโ€™re in? Some say โ€˜polycrisisโ€™ captures it The term โ€˜polycrisisโ€™ has gained traction as we face one disaster after another. Itโ€™s overwhelming โ€“ but diagnosing the catastrophe is the first step to addressing it

From Clusterfuck to Polycrisis: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.03.2025 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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TESLA โ€“ THE SWASTICAR goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

26.02.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Germanyโ€™s Far-Right Comeback (Gift Article) Germanyโ€™s attempts to โ€œremember awayโ€ its Nazi past has instead paved the way for an extremist resurgence.

The Far Right Is Rising in the Land of โ€˜Never Againโ€™
Featuring Jan Bรถhmermann www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...

20.02.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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