Political Theory and Intellectual History. Politics of Architecture and Iconography. Some Public Affairs Commentary.
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Texts mostly in LRB, Guardian, Foreign Policy, Architectural Review.
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Today, @frankpasquale.bsky.social contrasts Magnifica Humanitas, a vision of AI in service of peace and human flourishing, with an American administration governing AI by memes, chaos, and willful self-destruction.
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...und "Revolution und Kirche" bleibt eines der wichtigsten, immer noch enorm lesenswerten Bücher zum Thema Christdemokratie...
Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas offers a vision of AI guided by peace, dignity, and moral renewal. It stands in stark contrast to an American administration governing by meme, chaos…
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A truly beautiful—and powerful—retrospective by @andycraig.bsky.social in @theunpopulist.net on the intellectual giant we just lost: the historian Gordon Wood.
The Trump administration is engaged in a war on science, especially social science. But they still want a patina of scientific credibility to justify their actions.
So how do they get to the claim that work requirements will reduce poverty: three big omissions: substack.com/@donmoynihan...
To hold $135 at a generous 30x multiple, SpaceX needs ~$60B of annual net income. Last year it lost $4.9B. So it needs $65B in profit, somehow building out of thin air the profits of Bank of America ($30B) + Exxon ($25B) + Netflix ($11B). For reference, Tesla is a mere $4B.
What an opportunity!
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Jan-Werner Mueller
Maybe “investors” still got what they truly wanted…
Berny Belvedere
Mondiali, due nuove opere di protesta di Laika a Zurigo dove c'è la sede Fifa
Die gläserne Kuppel auf dem Reichstag: Symbol gelebter Transparenz oder politische Inszenierung? 🏛️
Warum die Kuppel von Norman Foster entworfen wurde und welche politische Idee hinter dem Bau steht, ordnet der Princeton-Professor @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social im FluxFM-Interview ein.
Don Moynihan
Max Kennerly
Entrenched corruption under former Hungarian leader Viktor Orban likely cost Hungary about 60 trillion forint ($194 billion) over the past 16 years, according to the head of the country’s anti-graft a...
Trauer um Hans Maier, der kurz vor seinem 95. Geburtstag gestorben ist. Als Politikwissenschaftler, langjähriger bayer. Kultusminister & Präsident des ZdK ist er stets ein unabhängiger Geist geblieben. Seine Autobiografie mit Schilderungen der alten Universität bleibt lesenswert.
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Trump e Infantino reggono la 'death cup' e un tifoso messicano arrestato dall'Ice (ANSA)
Wie prägt Demokratie unsere Städte? Der Politikwissenschaftler Jan-Werner Müller erklärt im Gespräch mit FluxFM-Redakteur Marius Legowski, warum Straßen, Plätze und Gebäude politische Räume sind – und...
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Striking graphic in this latest Reuters piece, which finds that while President Trump and his family have profited by at least $2.3 billion since he retook the presidency, their more than a million investors have suffered $2.3 billion in net losses.
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70+ years of US conservatives attacking liberals for destroying the West, the longest-running "every accusation is a confession" ev-uh!
Andreas Busch
Molly White
Paul Rosenberg
Only one in 10 Europeans now see US as an ally, survey suggests www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
I never thought our relationship with Europeans would get this bad. And it happened so fast after the Bloviator-in-chief's second term.
I don't expect to see a return to "normalcy" in my life time.
Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack
