The New Yorker
Is Russian Meddling as Dangerous as We Think?
5 min · · The spectre of foreign manipulation looms over the coming election. But in focussing on the tactics of the aggressors we overlook our weaknesses as victims. · Shared by 44, including Jochen Burkhard, Mark Little, Brian Stelter, Matt Taibbi, Anne Applebaum
The New Republic
What If Democrats Just Promised to Make Things Work Again?
5 min · · The party rejected calls this year for a massive reordering of society. Here’s a different kind of revolutionary idea. · Shared by 52, including David Weigel, Jochen Burkhard, Matthias Lampe, Brooks Rainwater, sircharlsxavier, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky
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Open Source: Konzept für Depot zum Code-Austausch in der Verwaltung steht
2 min · · Ein breites Bündnis hat einen Umsetzungsplan für ein "Open Source Code Repository" nach dem Vorbild von GitHub für die öffentliche Hand erstellt. · Shared by 14, including Jochen Burkhard, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dirk Spannaus
The Guardian
How philanthropy benefits the super-rich
16+ min · · The long read: There are more philanthropists than ever before. Each year they give tens of billions to charitable causes. So how come inequality keeps rising? · Shared by 426, including Philanthropy News Digest, Jane, luis antónio santos, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum #cis, Claudia Sommer, Gabriele, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Jochen Burkhard, Stephan Woodtli
Matt Taibbi
The Trump Era Sucks and Needs to Be Over
11+ min · · The race is tightening. Is America sure it's ready to give up its addiction to crazy? · Shared by 24, including Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Justin Tiehen, Jochen Burkhard
The New Yorker
The Day Malcolm X Was Killed
5 min · · At the height of his powers, the Black Nationalist leader was assassinated, and the government botched the investigation of his murder. · Shared by 142, including S. Mitra Kalita, Jochen Burkhard
The Washington Post
At Homeland Security, I saw firsthand how dangerous Trump is for America
3 min · · Four more years of this are unthinkable. · Shared by 73, including Jonathan Eisen, Dave Kellogg, Xeorge Xonway, Jochen Burkhard, Barbra Streisand, Hugh Howey
The Atlantic
Kamala Harris and the Veep in the Age of Veep
10 min · · Her candidacy meets a culture that, too often, still doesn’t know what to make of women who seek to lead. · Shared by 53, including Jochen Burkhard, Megan Garber, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Melissa Silverstein
Foreign Policy
In the New Cold War, Deindustrialization Means Disarmament
13+ min · · Chinese security threats offer the chance to rethink a failing U.S. economy. · Shared by 57, including Tim, Bilal Zuberi, Keith Rabois, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Jochen Burkhard, Ben Thompson
Foreign Affairs
To Protect and to Serve
12+ min · · Amid a national reckoning over the brutalization of communities of color by the U.S. criminal justice system, law enforcement reform advocates have begun to look overseas for policing models that… · Shared by 65, including Jochen Burkhard, worms cited, Howard Getson
The Atlantic
A KGB Man to the End
8 min · · The origins of Putin’s worldview—and the rise of Russia’s new ruling class · Shared by 147, including Anne Applebaum, Jochen Burkhard, Mwaniki Gachoki, Felix M
The New Yorker
How to Confront a Racist National History
5 min · · Susan Neiman, a philosopher who studies Germany’s confrontation with its Nazi past, examines how the United States can remember slavery and segregation. · Shared by 218, including Christian Surchi, LoriBeth, Jochen Burkhard, Felix M
Matt Taibbi
The Left is Now the Right
11+ min · · We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window. Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing · Shared by 38, including Christina Hoff Sommers, Michael Shermer, Sebastien Meunier, Rick Powell, Jochen Burkhard
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Edit Policy 11: PimEyes & Gesichtserkennung in Europa
2 min · · Gesichtserkennung ist eine massive Gefahr für die Grundrechte, aber eine Debatte über ihren Einsatz gibt es in Deutschland und Europa nicht. Anders in den USA. · Shared by 22, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nico Lumma, Jochen Burkhard
The Atlantic
Stop Firing the Innocent
8 min · · America needs a reckoning over racism. Punishing people who did not do anything wrong harms that important cause. · Shared by 168, including Christina Hoff Sommers, Helen Lewis, John Koetsier, Fred Destin, Jochen Burkhard, Niall Ferguson, Making Sense Podcast, Steven Pinker, Matthias Lampe, Matt Goodwin, Prof Sophie Scott CBE, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Neil Hart 💙
The Atlantic
America’s Uniquely Humiliating Moment
18+ min · · The world is used to loathing America, admiring America, and fearing America (sometimes all at once). But pitying America? That one is new. · Shared by 151, including TonyParisi.eth, Tom Connor, Jochen Burkhard, Christian Surchi, Amy Webb 🤷🏻♀️, Gerd Leonhard, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer