Johannes Schmitthenner

Post See new posts Conversation Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h From US admin official background briefing recording listening to, seriously question if US negotiators understood what Iranians were proposing. One official keeps saying acronym for “IAEA” wrong. They seem astonished Iran would not agree to the US supplying them nuclear fuel Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h They took as suspicious proposals that Iran saw as concessionary. Laura Rozen @lrozen · 2h Explains why Oman FM tried to come to DC to explain what US negotiators may not have fully understood Laura Rozen @lrozen Am not saying what Iran proposed would have been enough, I dont know, but it seems US negotiators did not have the expert guidance to understand it correctly

On top of all the reporting that this war of aggression was planned well in advance, it seems that the reporting also indicates that the US political leadership are quite literally too stupid to understand basic diplomacy. I mean literally not smart enough.

Vorbildlich, wie er Schützenhilfe leistet

vibes

Scary

Grüne: Die Altersvorsorgegelder für die Spekulation erschließen

Viral Child Soldiers on TikTok: The ‘Disney Stars’ of Sudan’s Civil War - bellingcat To stay up to date on our latest investigations, join Bellingcat’s WhatsApp channel here. Child soldiers linked to Sudan’s warring factions have gained viral fame on TikTok, with their videos attracti...

A Bellingcat investigation reveals child soldiers in Sudan’s civil war have become viral figures on TikTok. Videos attracting millions of views show the children with senior military officials, celebrating battlefield victories and delivering violent threats. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/02...

Ich schau mal

🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪🇵🇱 Simply incredible journalism by @shaunwalker7.bsky.social and The Guardian crew, complete with some jaw-dropping findings.

Die Freiheit, die sie meinen.

Rechtsextreme Jugendkultur: "Es gibt Tage, da höre ich mehrmals pro Stunde das N-Wort" Gymnasiasten, die Hitler feiern oder Waffen bauen. Lehrer, die nicht mehr weiterwissen. An Schulen überall in Deutschland kippt gerade etwas – ins Rechtsextreme.

It's real, it's dangerous, it's embarrassing (Geschenk-Link).
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A photo of the book The Global Casino on a bookshop's shelf..

On my way to Amsterdam to speak about The Global Casino at De Balie this evening... and at the University of Amsterdam tomorrow..

I watched two 16-year olds get abducted, I have not been able to get any organization to try to help them, I think about them every day, I read stuff like this and I want to puke

Ich weiß Ihr glaubt das alle nicht aber darum gehts tatsächlich bei Marx

Zäsur als Ordnungsbegriff der Moderne

Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"

Am 4.2. stelle ich im Rahmen der ZFK Public Talks @uni-konstanz.de mein Buch “Kybernetik und Kritik. Eine Theorie digitaler Regierungskunst” vor (@suhrkamp.de). Es gibt einen Live-Stream, schaltet Euch gern dazu – ab 17.30 Uhr, ich freue mich auf den Abend: www.uni-konstanz.de/forschen/for...

Don't give in to conspiracism. This leads down a dark path.

A more grounded analysis would be to note that perhaps, just maybe, the economic system at play selects for success along lines of relative psychopathy.

"Epstein ist verantwortlich für microtransactions" ist halt bullshit, und er ist auch nicht der Auslöser der trans panic. Was nicht heißt, dass er und seine Kumpels das nicht genutzt haben.

Can someone point out to me when and where the university was ever really a sustained ‘site of critical engagement?’ I would love this to be true (I’m just not sure it is).

Rafah Crossing in Gaza Reopens, Another Step for Fragile Cease-Fire Israel and Egypt had disagreed for months about how to resume operations at the Rafah border crossing, which has been closed for nearly a year.

Breaking News: The sole border crossing between Gaza and Egypt reopened after nearly a year, a step forward for the Israel-Hamas cease-fire.

Rückschlag der Gewalt Repression und Gewalt durch die US-Migrationspolizei ICE wird oft als »imperialer Bumerang« erklärt: eine Wiederkehr der Gewalt aus den Kolonien ins imperiale Zentrum.

Ich hab mir ein paar Überlegungen zum „imperialen Bumerang“ gemacht:

The US Ambassador to Israel and close friend of Joe Biden, Jack Lew, personally blocked the distribution of a cable written by USAID which accurately described the situation in northern Gaza

Based on the fact that Canada has wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, 600, 700, and 800 Jets, one of the greatest, most technologically advanced airplanes ever made, we are hereby decertifying their Bombardier Global Expresses, and all Aircraft made in Canada, until such time as Gulfstream, a Great American Company, is fully certified, as it should have been many years ago. Further, Canada is effectively prohibiting the sale of Gulfstream products in Canada through this very same certification process. If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50% Tariff on any and all Aircraft sold into the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Yesterday, I returned to snowy Kiel to receive the award for the best political science master’s thesis. The thesis examines how cuts to local train services affected political alienation following German railway privatization in 1994. Big thanks to @swegmann.bsky.social & @chwmartin.bsky.social!

Buchcover von »Das Prinzip Verzweigung« von Cédric Durand und Razmig Keucheyan. Daneben steht der Untertitel des Buches – Über ökologische Planung in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft – und ein Button mit Text: Coming Soon.

Geht bald in Druck: unser neuer Analysen-Band »Das Prinzip Verzweigung« von Cédric Durand (Universität Genf) + Razmig Keucheyan (Universität Bordeaux), übersetzt aus dem Frz. Das Wirtschaftsmagazin Alternatives Economiques urteilte: »Bis heute eines der besten Bücher zur ökologischen Planung« /1

holy f*ck

*MICROSOFT: 45% OF COMMERCIAL RPO DRIVEN BY OPENAI COMMITMENTS

“Some 250,000 people were still in el-Fasher when the city fell. Of that number, at least 60,000 people remain unaccounted for, according to the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab, which uses satellite imagery to assess conflict dynamics in Sudan.”

✍️ @matnashed.bsky.social

Indeed cool to have more countries and the interactivity, but the original with longer historic time series (more than 100 years, 1900-2023) for India, China and the US is also absolutely brilliant, and makes it even clearer how countries do not follow old trajectories
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Global Energy Transition Ternary Chart 1971–2040 Interactive ternary diagram visualizing energy mix shifts across 20 countries, showing fossil fuel, biomass, and electricity trends from 1971 to 2040 with projections.

This is very cool - showing how countries might be transitioning from the primordial soup of bioenergy to the sunlit uplands of electricity via the trough of fossil. A simplification, of course, but what a visual!

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