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Mareike Jenner

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She/her. Lieber Linker Spinner als Rechter Spinner. Author: American TV Detective Dramas, Netflix and the Re-Invention of Television (ed 1 & 2), Action TV Reboots and Visibility Politics

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I still find her oddly fascinating. More in the sense of 'what does the world look like to you?' or 'what is your psychosis called?' or 'what drugs are you on?' than anything else. I'd watch the doc that answers those questions, preferably with cartoon animals to guide us through her world.

07.03.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We all know that this is ridiculous, but I just can’t make another kidney bean pun.

06.03.2026 18:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At random intervals, I think of the time in the 80s, when Pierce Brosnan went ballistic at his Irish fan club for using a shot of him with Stefanie Zimbalist on the cover of their magazine.

06.03.2026 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Elected Democrat Thrilled He Doesn't Have To Do Anything

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Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

05.03.2026 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

I'm not saying don't use a VPN if you understand your use case or enjoy some of the side benefits. Go for it. I'm just kind of annoyed by the way they are marketed right now as some kind of magic bullet that hides everything you do and protects you from the bad guys.

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04.03.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 585    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 1

I don't know who needs to know this... but...

A VPN is not a privacy application. It doesn't hide your location data, specifically. It doesn't encrypt your data, specifically. All it does is route your traffic through a single server somewhere else.

Let me explain. Or don't, this is the internet.

04.03.2026 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2681    πŸ” 420    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 24

Good thing they're trying to make this about Iranian women's freedom.

05.03.2026 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Friedrich Merz sat right next to him...

04.03.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If copyright will be abolished under Starmer, at least brig back piratebay.

03.03.2026 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone remember that we used to wonder if Trump is a billionaire?

03.03.2026 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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God, Six Feet Under is so fucking perfect.

02.03.2026 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

02.03.2026 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7697    πŸ” 1432    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 62

Does that make film piracy legal? Fight back by bringing back piratebay!

02.03.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm old enough to remember Mark Zuckerberg telling us that the future will be all about connection and how connection will change how the world works and if you don’t connect with people, you will be left behind. I admit that he was right, but I also think those 'left behind' are better off.

02.03.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oops.

02.03.2026 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is reality - not words - actions. Only judge Trump by his actions- what comes out of his mouth is non stop garbage.

01.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I think part of it is also Putin's plan of destabilising Europe with refugees. It's an easy way to divide societies and the EU. Syria was nothing.

02.03.2026 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably the most sinister thing about Bush's lies is that they were pervasive enough that they now form the narrative framing for Trump, who couldn't be bothered. Something, something, women's rights, something, something, nuclear weapons. Who cares? It goes BOOM.

02.03.2026 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t realise this was about Iranian women's rights (they probably shouldn't have bombed that girls school, then). I think they're mixing up whatever the narrative is for this with Afghanistan.

01.03.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know that this feels like 2002-3 and in many ways it is, but Bush spent months making his case, sending Powell to lie to the UN and building his stupid "coalition of the willing" after they turned him down. Trump never even bothered to lie. This is how stupid this is.

01.03.2026 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IDK but if the West want less Refugees they should stop making them. 😳

01.03.2026 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

They made a case? I thought the whole point of not asking congress was that you don't have to make one.

01.03.2026 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

28.02.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10275    πŸ” 2806    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 136

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

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the same night that the US decided to slaughter dozens of Iranian schoolgirls in an unprovoked regime change war, Sam Altman announced a deal with the US military to let them use OpenAI products to kill people

28.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Forgot Catherine O'Hara is in Six Feet Under.

28.02.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

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