@alilewis1
Retired professor with interests in German culture, literature & politics, especially East Germany, the Stasi, Cold War & intelligence. Obsessed with textile art. Author, A State of Secrecy: Stasi Informants and the Culture of Surveillance (Potomac 21)
⚡️Ukraine denies Russian occupation of Klynove in Donetsk Oblast.
"The informational 'victories' that the Russian Defense Ministry announces daily on paper have nothing to do with the real situation on the front lines," Ukraine's 11th Army Corps said.
“Europe is losing confidence, sinking into fatalism and justifying its passivity with the soothing thought that it has no real choice, as its cards are weak. Besides, in the long run, things will work out. Just wait for the U.S. midterms.”
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
I'm confused 😕. This extremely reliable source states the Ukrainian front line in Pokrovsk has not collapsed.
And yet, 2 German newspapers say it has. Are they just repeating Russian propaganda or is there something we in Australia don't know yet ... 🤔
So I get an email apology from Microsoft offering me a downgrade to my plan--previously denied when they upped their fees. So I click on the link to cancel current plan and find that no cheaper plan is available. So now I have no word, no office... grrrr. 900 ppl are ahead of me in chat 🙄 😒
Ha ha - Putina in action
Thank you very much, Excellency, for welcoming @karen-leeder.bsky.social, #KaiUwePeter, #MadeleineBrook and me on the occasion of the intensification of the partnership between #ModernLanguages #German @ox.ac.uk and @dlamarbach.bsky.social!
At least the penguins are wearing suits
There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm
AfD reading German literature through an Orwellian doublethink lens, led by a bookstore owner - book clubs, reviews, and a book fair:
It appears even Canada is looking elsewhere.
Canada is paying a lot of attention to the Swedish JAS 39 Gripen Fighter Jet because it is more versatile and better suited for a Canadian Northern Climate.
Maintenance costs are cheaper than the F-16, F-18, and the F-35.
Repeat after me: „Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung“
Is our Aussie Prime Minister Albo a fan of our 2025 Eurovision entry Milkshake Man? Seems so! www.aussievision.net/post/austral...
Eurovision and Basel here we come. 🥰🤪🤩
www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-a...
RIP Marianne Faithfull, here introduced by Brian Epstein.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
When you can't let the cat go out because he might invade Poland
When men rage, they blow and shoot things up and start wars.
When women rage, we create.
We knit, do embroidery and cross stitch. We create new things ... while we figure out how to fix the broken things.
Behold rage project #1
Oh, die Aufmachung gefällt mir. Die Analyse zum "Friedenswahlkampf" aus der nächsten @zeit.de, unsere Titelgeschichte, kurz vor Redaktionsschluss. Und damit gute Nacht!
Someone needs to do a PhD on election communication styles. I'm not sure what to make of the German Greens candidate's attempt at a Youtube clip--I never made it to the end.
I kept comparing it to the Harris clips. Hmmm
youtube.com/watch?v=Mw-a...
Katherine Copsey MP taking a selfie on the beach in Newcastle, in front of people standing next to kayaks, wearing life vests with slogans like "No more coal"
A crowd of people standing on a grassy area with a blue sky above. At the front, a flag with the Rising Tide wave motif reads "No new coal"
A person stands in calf-deep water, wearing a blue outfit, holding a sign that reads "This is why we can't have nice things: the Australian Gov't gave 14.5 Billion $ of OUR tax dollars to Fossil Fuel Companies in 2023-24 alone! - The Australia Institute Report"
A flotilla of people in kayaks float on a gorgeous deep blue bay, with a light blue sky above
At the phenomenal #PeoplesBlockade of the world's largest coal port in Newcastle today with @risingtideaus.bsky.social
The energy and determination of the crowds here is amazing. Thousands have gathered to demand a safer climate future with #NoMoreCoal and #NoMoreGas
Today Rising Tide triumphed in the Supreme Court of NSW with the judge dismissing the NSW Government's overreach attempt to curb our rights to protest on the water and the beaches of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port!
Discussion and debate over East German history is in a new phase in the past couple of years, instrumentalized for various purposes. A useful thread here by @historyned.bsky.social on the label of dictatorship. #GDR #DDR #CulturalMemory
Orion's audition for the circus is coming up .... he takes his training seriously. #catsonbluesky
Didn't Merkel repeat this myth in her memoirs? The ones just about to be released next week?
Note to self--order for the University library and READ!!
Good!
German defence minister announces that next week he‘s convening a meeting with his colleagues from the UK, France, Italy, and Poland.
Ausschnitt aus dem Artikel
Martin Schulze Wessel analysiert die Russlandpolitik der deutschen Regierungen und schreibt, dass falsche Bewusstsein a la Mützenich, Steinmeier, Schröder, Scholz zu überwinden sei weitaus schwieriger zu überwinden als ein neues Sondervermögen für die Bundeswehr zu beschließen (FAZ 18.11.24)
This is going to put new pressure on Scholz to allow Taurus deliveries.
I'm interested in reading the full article on X's changes to the algorithm. Author Mark Andrejevic, is a colleague at Monash University, who writes good stuff.
Thank you Cheryl!! This is fascinating stuff. It's a great way of researching how we got here.
