Franziska Meinhardt

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

The state of the world is depressing, but we will not give up. Instead, we should find a way to connect more, across cultures and countries around the world, because there is more that we have in common than divides us.

Read that again: here in Minnesota, a U.S. citizen was arrested, restrained, and disappeared for hours, not for interfering, not for resisting, but for asking a question.

If they can arrest Sue Tincher for standing on a public sidewalk, they can arrest anyone.

Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...

ICE cut off her wedding ring.

Sue Tincher is a 55-year-old American citizen: a grandmother, 5’4’, and white. Just in case you thought you’d be safe.

She walked to her neighbor’s house after getting alerts that ICE was nearby. She stood across the street and asked an officer if they were ICE.

You are right - and this far-right uprising in the US and Europe is actually a class fight pretending to be about the interests of "common people". But actually they are just using the people for their goals in accumulating wealth and power, and demolishing liberal democracies.

The American Worker Is all of us

I feel this in my bones…

THE AMERICAN WORKER IS ALL OF US. Black, white, Latino, Asian, Native, immigrant, union or not. Not the “working class” stereotype.

We built this country. We keep it running. Stop dividing. Start recognizing.

I have a lot to say
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...

Graphique du Monde présentant la part de la répartition de la richesse en France depuis 1914, date de la création d'un impôt progressif sur le revenu. Les 1% les plus riches détenaient 54,8% du patrimoine en 1914, cette part a fortement baissé au XXe siècle et était inférieure à 20% en 1984. Elle remonte depuis pour atteindre 27,4% en 2023.

Alors que les impôts progressifs avaient permis de réduire fortement les inégalités au cours du XXe siècle, on assiste depuis 1984 à un retour en force des inégalités au profit des 1% les plus riches.

Mais certains refusent toujours de faire payer leur juste part d'impôts...

Gewalt gegen Frauen und Kinder ist eines der größten Gesundheitsrisiken

Einer neuen Analyse zufolge ist die weltweite gesundheitliche Belastung durch Gewalt und ihre mentalen und körperlichen Folgen höher als gedacht.

Miami: US-Metropole in Florida wird nach 28 Jahren wieder demokratisch regiert Die Republikaner müssen die nächste Wahlschlappe hinnehmen – ausgerechnet in Donald Trumps Wahlheimat Florida. Dort hatte sich der US-Präsident persönlich mit einer Empfehlung für das Rathaus von Miami eingemischt. Geholfen hat es nicht.

Miami: US-Metropole in Florida wird nach 28 Jahren wieder demokratisch regiert: Die Republikaner müssen die nächste Wahlschlappe hinnehmen – ausgerechnet in Donald Trumps Wahlheimat Florida. Dort hatte sich der US-Präsident persönlich mit einer Empfehlung für das Rathaus von Miami eingemischt.…

The Vikingship Museum in Roskilde is an amazing place not only for people who love traditional boats and ships, it is also very much alive not only with scientific research (experimental archaeology), but many activities around ancient ships and boats.

#vikingship #visitdenmark #visitfjordlandet

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

The Guardian on our study published today:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There was no need for Trump to pretend to be friends with Putin - but here we are: No step further to peace or ceasefire in Ukraine, but a weakened US president who is completely out of his depth, and a Russian dictator who realised the extent of his influence by flattering Trump on American soil.

Kudos to South Park again for showing the inner beauty of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem so accurately. #Southpark #kristinoem

If you think a golden ballroom is more important than childhood cancer research… I have nothing left to say to you. Please unfollow me.

#pediatriccancer #cancermom

Die Bombe, die noch lange weitertötet Nach dem Atombombenabwurf auf Japan am 6. August 1945 versuchten die USA, die Öffentlichkeit vom „gerechten Einsatz“ der Bombe zu überzeugen. Erst der Journalist John Hersey gab den Opfern eine Stimme

Mein Beitrag zum 80. Jahrestag des Atombombenabwurfs auf Hiroshima. #Hiroshima #hiroshimanagasaki

www.idowa.de/leben/die-bo...

Matt Stone and Trey Parker-creators of South Park-just got a $1.5 billion streaming deal from Paramount

This is their season premiere

The best part?

Satire is not actionable under defamation caselaw

But Trump will probably try to interfere with the merger between Paramount and Skydance instead

Learn how to resist, shown by pigeons

What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Means CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.

One of the signature features of life under the Trump regime is a constant sandstorm of casual lies and destabilizing ambiguity. With the end of Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” the public will lose one of its last pipelines to the truth.

Theda Skocpol's warning here: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...

YouTube video by NASA Goddard An Ocean in Motion: NASA's Mesmerizing View of Earth's Underwater Highways

How the oceans move water around the globe - beautiful and fascinating visualisation. #oceans #NASA #underwatercurrents
youtu.be/R5-s6O8qyvE?...

Something we ought to consider 🌊🦈🪸 (from streetartutopia.com)

Visiting Gráinne Mhaol's birthplace Clare Island in Co. Mayo, Ireland #GrainneMhaol #clareisland #wildatlanticway #failteireland

A baby surrounded by medical devices is being held up by someone with gloved hands. A headline reads: "Baby Is Healed With World's First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment." Photo courtesy of Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania.

Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy

Das in der Partei "vorherrschende ethnisch-abstammungsmäßige Volksverständnis" sei nicht mit der freiheitlichen demokratischen Grundordnung vereinbar": https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000268070/deutscher-verfassungsschutz-stuft-afd-bundespartei-als-gesichert-rechtsextremistisch-ein

This is a perfect nickname.

I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.

Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.

Letting Kids Die Isn’t ‘Freedom’—It’s Homicide If you let your child suffer—and possibly die—from a preventable disease because you decided to cosplay as a contrarian “free thinker” on Facebook, you shouldn’t just be charged with neglect; you shou...

open.substack.com/pub/voxferox...

April 1, 2025 Today Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) made history.

April 1, 2025

Krebs verstehen: Wie Kälte vor Nebenwirkungen schützt Ob Kältehandschuhe oder Eiswürfel helfen, Chemotherapie-Nebenwirkungen wie Nervenschäden und Haarausfall zu lindern, erklärt Marisa Kurz in »Krebs verstehen«

Kühlhandschuhe, Kühlkappen, Eiswürfel – kann Kälte die Nebenwirkungen einer Chemotherapie wie #Haarausfall oder Nervenschäden lindern? Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Tipps von Ärztin @marisakurz.bsky.social in »Krebs verstehen«.