Matthias

Raiffeisen ist für sein Scheitern in Russland selbst verantwortlich – und muss es auslöffeln Zum Geschäftemachen gehört die Einschätzung politischer Risiken dazu. Dass sich die RBI in Russland verkalkuliert hat, sollte heute nicht das Problem Österreichs oder der EU sein

Das Russland-Geschäft der Raiffeisen Bank International ist ein gutes Argument dafür, wieso es mehr geopolitische Bildung braucht: in Schulen wie in Management-Etagen. Anders als mit Unwissen, Arroganz und/oder Naivität kann ich mir dieses Investment nicht erklären.

I don’t claim to have the solution how to make conscription work (or ideally: to not to need conscription in the first place).
But I am not a politician. Just saying “not like this” is not a strategy.

(Video with LINKE MP who doesn’t know more than what she/they *don’t* want.)

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

Bluesky > Twitter. All day.

Commentary around paramilitarisation of ICE, CBP and other DHS agencies overestimates how far they can sustain operations against escalating resistance backed by regional and city level elites and underestimates how many in those units might end up in North America's next version of AUC or the Zetas

OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo.

30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade.

But you can believe our promises now

Wenn wir bei den „No Kings“ Protesten zigtausende Froschkostüme sehen, ist das ein gutes Zeichen - die Vereinnahmung von Symbolen als Ausdruck einer politischen Haltung kann unterschätzte Mobilisierungsdynamiken entwickeln (war mit Pepe the Frog bei den Rechten sehr effektiv).

So we're back to a deal with phases (despite the fact that the framework presented by Trump did not mention any). These deals always have a weak point, namely the transition between the first and second phase.

Dubai is a bug light for dumb guys. It's all fast cars and living at the mall with the cops to keep "those people" out. It's the fantasy of a twelve year old.

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

It’s been hard 24h for Georgians. Grave mistakes were made. Yesterday, Georgia lost a battle against Russian takeover - but the fight for freedom &democracy continues. If there’s one thing yst proved, it’s that resistance hasnt disappeared. They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds. 1/12

Balloons carrying smuggled cigarettes over Lithuania closed Vilnius Airport for hours Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday, forcing the shutdown of Vilnius Airport.

Es sind noch nicht mal Drohnen nötig...
"Up to 25 small hot-air balloons, some of them confirmed to be carrying smuggled cigarettes, entered Lithuanian airspace late Saturday and forced the shutdown of Vilnius Airport, delaying flights for hours, authorities said."

January 10, 2022: In high-stakes meeting, Russia tells U.S. it isn't planning to invade Ukraine

Die Republik Moldau wählt am 28.9. ein neues Parlament. Medien schreiben dazu gern, die Leute dort würden zwischen "pro-europäisch" und "pro-russisch" entscheiden, doch in Wahrheit sind die Wahlen und die Zeit danach ein geopolitischer Testfall. 🧵

Rüstungschef: Österreich "in vier von fünf Domänen" bereits in Russlands Ukrainekrieg involviert Die hybriden Attacken aus Moskau würden die Republik längst stark betreffen, sagt Bundesheer-Rüstungsdirektor Harald Vodosek. In die Drohnenabwehr investiere man verstärkt

In vier von fünf Bereichen sei Österreich bereits in Russlands Ukrainekrieg involviert, sagt Bundesheer-Rüstungsdirektor Vodosek.

Anders gesagt: Bei der hybriden Kriegsführung ist Wien längst stark im Moskauer Visier.

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After having miserably failed in North Korea, DEVGRU managed to successfully recover the “Trump piss tape” from Moscow.

We are so back!

The Second Amendment will now be known as The First Amendment. It will also be known as The Only Amendment.

Migrationsforscherin: "Jeder will Leistung von Migranten, aber keinen Muslim als Chef" Österreich wächst nur durch Zuwanderung. Bei der Integration spielen populistische Parolen oft eine größere Rolle als Fakten – zum Nachteil des Landes

Salopp gesagt unter Leistung verstehen die Rechten und Konservativen: Putz fleißig für uns, Bachwaren verkaufen geht auch, aber bitte keine Teilhabe an Politik und Öffentlichkeit

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242. As noted above, the Commission has received no evidence that Israel has acted in any way to prevent or punish genocide, including by failing to conduct any genuine investigations or prosecutions. 484 On the contrary, the Commission has found that Israeli authorities, both political and military, have often justified the Israeli security forces’ conduct and made statements of encouragement, leading to

the commission of further crimes. The duty to punish the commission of genocide arises when genocidal acts have been committed. Such duty requires Israel to effectively investigate and duly punish the acts that may amount to genocide. It is clear, from the pattern of conduct of the Israeli authorities, that crimes committed by soldiers were largely unpunished, evident through the authorities’ justification of the soldiers’ actions and further encouragement. Therefore, the Commission concludes that the State of Israel has failed to prevent and punish the commission of genocide, as required under article I of the Genocide Convention.

Newly published UN report on whether Israel is comitting genocide in Gaza or, even if not, do enough to prevent genocide, first and foremost by prosecuting genocidal language used in public fora. It seems quite likely that Israel will lose the Genocide case at the International Court of Justice BUT

Skyshield ist in erster Linie zur Abwehr von ballistischen Raketen und Marschflugkörpern gedacht, da halten sich die Preise eher die Waage.

Die Tram-WM ist die Dart-WM des Motorsports - Frederico Masti

As far as the Anglo consensus is concerned, Spain's assertive centre-left government has done everything wrong: Keynesian, redistributive, socially open, net-zero-friendly, multilateralist, Trump-sceptical.

Yet the governing PSOE just hit 33% in latest CIS poll, above even its 2023 election win.

With Ukraine's allies now chasing Russia's endless phantom "meetings" and "negotiations" rather than just scaling up support and applying blistering sanctions, Russia has used the time to massively increase attacks on civilians, now hitting constant records.

In 3 years, we had cases in which Ukrainian refugees were murdered by Russians, and the right wing media sphere was silent. But now that a Ukrainian refugee was murdered by a black guy with schizophrenia, they raise all hell. Pretty obvious what's going on here. And it isn't concern for Ukrainians.

Nördöstlich von Kyiw, hunderte Kilometer von der aktiven Frontlinie entfernt.

🇪🇺🇬🇧 The British IISS Institute has prepared infographics on Russian sabotage in Europe in 2018-2025.

Aktion scharf gegen Labubu-Shop in Wien

Politics today is less driven by ideological conviction and more by parties chasing votes based on a distorted picture of public opinion, one filtered through algorithms that amplify emotionally engaging content. This incentivises performance over substance and erodes democratic deliberation.

Gaza postwar plan envisions ‘voluntary’ relocation of entire population President Donald Trump and international partners are discussing plans to build a “Riviera of the Middle East” on the rubble of Gaza. One would establish U.S. control and pay Palestinians to leave.

“Called the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust, or GREAT Trust, the proposal was developed by some of the same Israelis who created and set in motion the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).”

Insane.

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