Christian Dimmer

Assoc. Prof. Urban Studies｜Waseda Uni｜transition design｜public spaces／spheres｜urban practices／theories｜place {un}making／becoming｜@publicspacelab @JapanUrbanism

[Christian Dimmer @Remmid]

I’m temporarily back on Twitter to retweet pro-democracy and pro–rule of law content, helping to elevate it amid an onslaught of Trump’s totalitarian disinformation and misinformation. I’m not here to support Elon Musk in any way—other than, unavoidably, feeding his algorithms.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

A man who kills civilians, every day, is a "humanitarian" ? Who kidnaps children? Who authorizes soldiers to use torture and rape?

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

us special envoy steve witkoff to president putin: “you talk so much about my president, president trump, being a humanitarian. you are a humanitarian also, sir, and i salute that.”

truly hard to watch.

[Mr Global @MrGlobal2025]

Putin Wants A Say In Who You Vote For

https://t.co/pReHZA8Gvb

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

“We are heading into dictatorship, if we are not already there,” Robert Kagan warns. America is in “much deeper trouble” than European leaders understand. (2026)

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Very valuable and very sober analysis
"The plot against Ukraine (and Europe): We are now part of the axis of evil."
By David R. Lurie
https://t.co/m2f7Cx5SNg

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

This story sure broke down
https://t.co/Vv2RySypAP

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear, and Twitter becomes much friendlier. Isn’t that interesting? So much of our politics is driven by the internet, and so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it?

[Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson]

It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel.

If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

When we started responding to Russia’s operation against our data centers, and when our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations.

Because there were fewer bots. And it’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from – if they disappeared when Yandex went offline. This proves, again and again, that Europe is not the source of the problems. Europe is not the one making everything more difficult.

Most importantly, we need people in America, every morning, when the day in Europe is already moving toward evening, to really see what is happening. To see the truth.

From a speech at the Warsaw Security Forum. (3/3)

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

"The amount of fuel Russia could export is too small, the impact on pricing too slight, the narrative too late to shape electoral outcomes: This looks, instead, like something very different: an abrupt, Hail Mary attempt to force Ukraine to surrender"

https://t.co/RTM7cn42yj

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

This is so insanely corrupt, I can’t even believe it.

More than half the donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom just won over $50 billion in new federal contracts in six months.

And here’s the part that should make your blood boil.

Sixteen of these 27 donors were facing federal enforcement actions, antitrust reviews, labor cases, securities charges. Many of those cases have been quietly dropped or scaled back since Trump took office. You write a check, your legal problems disappear. That’s not a coincidence.

The White House won’t even release the full donor list. They’re hiding it on purpose, because daylight is the one thing pay-to-play can’t survive. A federal judge already ruled ballroom construction has to stop until Congress authorizes it.

Government is supposed to serve the people, not auction itself off to the highest bidder. When access goes to whoever pays the most, working families always end up paying the price.

We either end the corruption, or the corruption will end us.

https://t.co/4MGFzSseFl

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

I'd never seen this -- MAD Magazine, 1991. Really good.

[Christian Dimmer @Remmid]

Honoured to be speaking at @TEDxWasedaU — exploring what #Tokyo's dense, mixed-use neighbourhoods and their #machikoba micro-factories can teach us about balancing work and life, and building cities as incubators of tolerance and cooperation.

[TEDxWasedaU @TEDxWasedaU]

2026 TEDxWasedaU Main Event: Steady In Motion - Speaker Reveal ⚖️

Prof. Christian Dimmer

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

"We don't take an oath to a king, or queen, or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator ...we take an oath to the Constitution ... and we're willing to die to protect it".

- Mark Milley (2023)

[Not Your Average Liberal @NotAvgLiberal]

“We don’t take an oath to a King”….

“We don't take an oath to a wannabe dictator”

“We take an oath to the Constitution.…and we're willing to die to protect it"

- General Mark Milley

[Patrick Gaspard @patrickgaspard]

Bizarre. There are no more rules and we’re truly broken. The Vice President of the U.S. openly campaigning in Hungary for the most corrupt hand puppet of Putin. Extraordinary.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

William Barr in 2024: I think [the Biden] administration is a disaster for the country

Q: Is [the Biden WH] worse than subverting the peaceful transfer of power?

Barr: Did [Trump] succeed?

*Barr served as Trump’s attorney general from 2019 to 2020.

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

“I think we are one big step into dictatorship already.” Conservative historian Robert Kagan tells me he’s deeply concerned that Trump plans to disrupt upcoming elections.

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

A list of countries that currently have mail-in voting:

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Zimbabwe

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Pam Bondi, "There is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"

Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath. There is ample evidence in the Epstein files"

Pam Bondi, "Don't you ever accuse me of a crime"

Ted Lieu, "You just lied under oath, and this is on video tape"

Ted Lieu then reads an extract from the Epstein files about a girl who says she was raped by Trump and Epstein and had her head blown off, with officer saying it couldn't have been a suicide

Ted Lieu, "You have not held a single man accountable"

"Shame on you"

"if you had any decency, you would resign after this hearing concludes"