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Programming FBPE Proportional Representation Berlin

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Because they expect you to be like them -
Better to be Tribal (and Wrong), than to have no Tribe.

Oh... rhetorical question; my bad.

09.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bleak answer but -
What did it take for the German people to wake up in the 1940's?

09.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We'll always have RFC 821.

08.03.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Norwegian Government comes out swinging on enshittification
Norwegian Government comes out swinging on enshittification YouTube video by Louis Rossmann

youtu.be/ii-D9LaitUw

07.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

All languages should be case sensitive.

04.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't help thinking BVG have missed a trick by not decorating Güntzelstraße as a DDR Geisterbahnhof...

04.03.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hypernormalisation | Full Documentary | Adam Curtis Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

World events putting me in the mood for Hypernormilisation

Source: YouTube share.google/FW1KPghGcQFo...

01.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I think the words you were looking for were "Congratulations to the winning candidate on their victory, we will obviously reflect on the result and what we can do to increase our support in the future"

27.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

There’ll be no peace in Europe with Russia until Russia has fundamentally changed.

Such a Russia will, among other things, abandon resource & territorial theft & the brutalisation of people.

Fundamental change won’t happen with Putin’s clique in power.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

23.02.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Because of the inconsiderate timing of US Supreme Court striking down Trump’s tariff policy, nobody is going to be interested in my piece on Palantir and public procurement law at the FT.

20.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 330 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 0

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

19.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 24949 πŸ” 5169 πŸ’¬ 449 πŸ“Œ 147
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@kevlin.bsky.social

19.02.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Original feature? Or a recent addition / conversion?

12.02.2026 06:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can we get some Wikileaks or Anonymous to release the full, un-redacted Epstein-Trump files? Or better yet, anyone credible with a shred of decency?

11.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 1225 πŸ” 284 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 15

Hanlon's Razor only states "... adequately explained by stupidity."

And stupidity is waaay inadequate for a lot of the stuff going on.

11.02.2026 16:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I still wonder about Theresa May - an avowed remainer - going full will'o'thepeople ...
Maybe there's kompromat on her too.

11.02.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was in Canada recently. Without exception, all the Canadians I spoke to stand squarely with Carney. They’re genuinely proud of him because he doesn’t suck up to Trump and he’s seen as being on their side, acting in their best interests.
Now that’s what I call leadership.

10.02.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

How to destroy a people, nation and culture:-
Encourage them to do things they will later regret for generations.

10.02.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Age verification?
I loaded a computer operating system from paper tape.

10.02.2026 08:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seriously, there are people on here who think a numerical reduction in immigration will reduce Farage’s appeal.

Immigration *never* caused the harms Farage ascribed to it. It was all a xenophobic lie. The actual numbers never mattered.

08.02.2026 22:12 πŸ‘ 270 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 3

ethics professor here, can confirm

08.02.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 4078 πŸ” 708 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 3

Plenty of used Dell WD19 around.

07.02.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We have ignored this danger for way too long.
We've fostered "wealth is good; wealthier is better"... without an upper bound.

And Wealth=Power. So what happens when certain individuals are more powerful than most - or all - states?

We're finding out.

07.02.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Patrick Wintour β€’ @patrickwintour
X.com
Striking that it is from outside government in the shape of Gordon Brown that a plan is laid out to end the systematic abuse of power revealed by Mandelson scandal.
Much of it derived from Transparency
International and Brown's own report A New
Britain.
(Emphasis) Current anti-corruption Tsar Margaret Hodge (emphasis) upgraded to independent parliament appointed anti corruption commission with power to seize assets; controls on political lobbying including 91 peers currently paid to give political advice; existing Ethics and Integrity Commission to be given statutory powers to investigate bank accounts and initiate investigations; public select committee hearings to vet appointment of senior diplomats; end to MPs second jobs (with professional training exceptions) & controls on ministerial private external communications.
Brown says Starmer could introduce a comprehensive bill within 3 months.

Patrick Wintour β€’ @patrickwintour X.com Striking that it is from outside government in the shape of Gordon Brown that a plan is laid out to end the systematic abuse of power revealed by Mandelson scandal. Much of it derived from Transparency International and Brown's own report A New Britain. (Emphasis) Current anti-corruption Tsar Margaret Hodge (emphasis) upgraded to independent parliament appointed anti corruption commission with power to seize assets; controls on political lobbying including 91 peers currently paid to give political advice; existing Ethics and Integrity Commission to be given statutory powers to investigate bank accounts and initiate investigations; public select committee hearings to vet appointment of senior diplomats; end to MPs second jobs (with professional training exceptions) & controls on ministerial private external communications. Brown says Starmer could introduce a comprehensive bill within 3 months.

😘 πŸ‘Œ

07.02.2026 10:05 πŸ‘ 335 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 13

I know you're in the UK (nice interview on Behind the Lines)

I'm just boggling at... To whom would you want to send such a cable! 😬

06.02.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are more interesting, general questions you can always ask people -
"How open to changing your mind are you, in the light of new evidence?" and
"When was the last time you changed your opinion?"

06.02.2026 18:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait...
US plug format, but price offered in GBP?

06.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Denial.
They know, UNFAVORABLE, but cannot admit it.

06.02.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Every American needs to watch this:

05.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 20576 πŸ” 10318 πŸ’¬ 585 πŸ“Œ 987

Quacking Treason

Public profiles of Jeffrey Epstein going back 20+ years present a near perfect description of a massive, hostile foreign intelligence operation directed at the USA and NATO and other allies.

Why was this so widely ignored? What was Mandelson’s involvement? What next?

A 🧡 /1.

05.02.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 101 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 14