Kolumne: Die Klimakrise eskaliert - aber in Deutschland ist sie, was das Interesse der Bevölkerung angeht, in 2 Jahren abgestürzt, während Migrationsängste explodierten. Das hat nichts mit Fakten zu tun, sondern mit medial verzerrter Realitätswahrnehmung. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Kolumne: Extremwetterkatastrophen - Die Welt schlafwandelt in die Katastrophe

Diese Woche erschien ein Artikel renommierter Fachleute, die rund um den Globus arbeiten. Die Botschaft: Wir rasen ungebremst in die Klima-Apokalypse. »Milton« und »Helene« illustrierten das erneut. U...

Well at least some major newspaper is saying it. It's positively gaslighting, how much some news reports (looking at you, NYT) differ from what Trump is actually saying.

seems like a big story that the former president's ex-chairman of the joint chief's of staff thinks he's a fascist www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Trump’s top general calls ex-president ‘fascist to the core’

General Mark Milley expressed his concerns about Trump to author Bob Woodward in March 2023

I feel like this deserve more press and attention?

KBkenburnside.bsky.socialOct 9, 2024 9:48pm

He *asked for nuclear options* twice during his Presidency. No, seriously. He did. The CHIEF OF STAFF had to OFF-THE-BOOKS call his Chinese counterpart to reassure him that he would NOT FOLLOW AN ORDER TO NUKE CHINA. And you think there's no difference. I have reason to doubt your judgement.

Milley acted to prevent Trump from misusing nuclear weapons, war with China, book says

The book also revealed a previously unreported call between then-Vice President Mike Pence and former Vice President Dan Quayle.

Politico is owned by Axel Springer, the people behind Germany's most popular tabloid, so treat everything coming out of there accordingly.

In news that will surprise no one, Twitter/X’s value has fallen by 79% since Elon Musk bought it, according to new estimates from Fidelity. A true business genius.

Fidelity has cut its estimate of X's value by 79% since Musk's purchase | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's X is now worth less than a quarter of its $44 billion purchase price, according to a new estimate from investor Fidelity.  The asset Elon Musk's X is now valued at less than a quarter of i...

Following US's lead, and against Germany's efforts to stop it, the EU is preparing to increase tariffs on Chinese electric cars. This will of course make it harder for EU residents to buy cheap EVs, which will then reinforce the message that EVs are too expensive for the average person.

VQvolkerquaschning.bsky.socialOct 4, 2024 10:52am

Für eine erfolgreiche Energiewende und funktionierenden #Klimaschutz müssen #eAutos schnell billiger und Verbrenner teurer werden. Satt dafür die Weichen zu stellen, verteuert die EU über #Strafzölle die Elektromobilität. Eine ganz schlechte Entscheidung. www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/w...

EU-Länder machen Weg frei für Zusatzzölle auf E-Autos aus China

Trotz eines Neins aus Deutschland kann die EU-Kommission Zusatzzölle auf Elektroautos aus China erheben. Um die Pläne zu stoppen, wäre eine Mehrheit der 27 Mitgliedstaaten nötig gewesen. Die Abgaben s...

Abortion bounties, book bans, forcing families with trans kids to flee their homes: Republicans are building a model of govt that forces people to live and act how conservatives want, enforced by the fear that anyone can be an informant. A Snitch State (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Rise of the Right-Wing Tattletale

In Texas and elsewhere, new laws and policies have encouraged neighbors to report neighbors to the government.

Ich habe eine ganze Kolumne geschrieben, die sich durch dieses eine Meme ersetzen lässt.

In Germany we don't say "Tax the rich", we say "Es braucht mehr Respekt für Besserverdienende" and I think that's genau das gottverdammte Problem 💸