Helen Faller

#memoir divorce & Silk Road dumplings decolonizing #postsoviet 1 tweet at a time. at home in Berlin #tatarstan #food #music #travel #binder #writer #amquerying

[Cihan Çelik @Celik_Chn]

Kanzler: „Wir finden uns mit den exorbitanten Krankheitsständen nicht ab.“

Meine Reaktion: Endlich! Mehr Gesundheitsprävention, Infektionsschutz und Ursachenforschung?

Merz weiter: „Wir schaffen die telefonische AU ab und führen die AU-Pflicht ab dem ersten Tag ein.“

Ich: 😑

[Middle Eastern Affairs @OpsHQs]

The Israeli ambassador protested the publication of this clip on social media platforms and asked some companies to delete it entirely. Let's make it go viral around the world

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

@sengarypeters , vote S.1241. Trump said Ukrainians “have to be able to defend themselves.” This bill delivers just that—no U.S. troops, just American strength. Peace through strength isn’t a slogan—it’s a commitment. #AmericaFirst

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

I am writing these words to you from inside Gaza City, and I say this with complete honesty: the situation has become extremely dangerous, perhaps worse than ever before.

Temperatures continue to rise, and the tents have turned into real ovens. More than 170,000 tents across Gaza City are sheltering thousands of families in conditions that are impossible to describe. Inside these tents, temperatures exceed 50°C (122°F). There is no electricity, no fans, no air conditioning, and none of the basic necessities needed to survive.

The tents are packed tightly together, with almost no space between them. Many families are forced to leave their tents and sit in the streets because remaining inside has become unbearable.

Water is desperately scarce, and the extreme heat is making thirst even more severe. And this is only the beginning of summer. Every day, I see the effects of the intense heat on children’s bodies heat rashes, exhaustion, and suffering while insects emerging from the ground make life even harder.

The coming days could be even more devastating if these conditions continue. The tents are no longer places of shelter; they have become another source of danger.

Please don’t let these families be forgotten. Speak about them. Write about them. Share their stories with others. Keep their voices alive and let the world know what is happening. Behind every tent is a family struggling to survive.

They need to be seen, they need to be heard, and they need your solidarity.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

The German consensus is still thinking of World War II as “our war against Russia.” One in five people in Ukraine and one in four people in Belarus were killed in 1941-1945. The historical debt of Nazi Germany is far greater to the peoples of Belarus and Ukraine.
But somehow a strong current in German political thought holds that Germany must atone by accommodating Russia.

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

Slava slava slava

[Anders Åslund @anders_aslund]

A lot has changed in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Let's sum it up:
1. Europe has replaced the US in finances & arms deliveries. Ukraine's financial situation is better than Russia's. Ukraine has better arms than Russia.
2. Ukraine has got rid of harmful US military advice & restrictions.
3. Ukraine is now shooting more drones than Russia & it has bombed both Moscow & St. Petersburg. The Russian elite is finally feeling the war.
4. Ukraine is gradually cutting off the supply lies to Crimea & many Russians leave Crimea.
5. Ukraine has managed to cause a petroleum shortage in large parts of Russia, which Russians feel.
6. While territory is no longer key, Ukraine has gained territory the last few months.
7. Many more public manifestations of opposition in Russian videos.
8. Europe is more united behind Ukraine than ever after Orban's demise.
Conclusions:
Ukraine is winning, but slowly.
The Ukrainians know what they are doing.
Maintain full European support & keep Trump out!

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

I love this Kazakh supermarket worker for her patience in the face of such rudeness. I don't live in Kazakhstan and I can understand her. What's wrong with the aggressive, entitled Russian woman, who's lived there her whole damned life?

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

A Russian woman demanded to be served in Russian...in Kazakhstan. "Answer properly," she told the sales person.

Later, information appeared that the Russian woman was fined. She might also be fined more for posting the Kazakh lady online without her consent.

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

@Gerashchenko_en I love that Kazakh woman for her patience and peaceful attitude in the face of that all-too-familiar entitled aggression.

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

Rettet das Cassiopeia – Räumung stoppen, Kulturstandort RAW-Gelände erhalten https://t.co/e1luQad8hJ via @ChangeGER

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

This is unbelievable and yet also terribly, horribly believable. AI should be eradicated.

[Jen Horsburgh @jenatlionra]

I just wanted to update my resume. Instead, I accidentally proved how a multi-billion-dollar AI tool hallucinates a glass ceiling for women.

I changed a single variable: My name.

Here is what happened when "Jennifer" became "Jeff."

[Hudson Golino @GolinoHudson]

Outrageous: today Springer Nature (@SpringerNature) sent me an invite to be a guest editor for a new journal (Discover Psychology)... So far, so good. As the guest editor I would need to carry out all the editorial work for a new volume of the journal. So far, so good. I asked about the compensation for the work, and... Well... You know... It's an unpaid work. I would gain "recognition from my field".

Guess what?

In 2025, Springer Nature reported a total revenue of €1.926 billion, representing an underlying growth of 6.2%. The company's adjusted operating profit (AOP) reached €543.6 million. This strong financial performance was primarily driven by their Research division and continued growth in full open access.

Now, again, they keep trying to profit off our free labor.

This must stop.

[Cihan Çelik @Celik_Chn]

Muss diese würdelose Kriecherei wirklich unbedingt sein? Es tut mir als deutscher Bürger weh.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

The best response I’ve seen to AI anything has been, “why should i bother reading something that nobody could be bothered to write”

[Florïs 🇪🇺 @r_evolutie]

A Pole, a Russian and a Ukrainian in the hospital.
The babies are mixed up for them.
The Ukrainian shouts "Slava Ukraini."
One child rises, the Ukrainian takes him and leaves.
The Pole takes the other baby and goes to the door.
Russian: Do you care which one?
Pole: I know it's mine.
Russian: how?
Pole: Because when the Ukrainian shouted, mine smiled, and yours shit himself....

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

@entity279 @theodorebeers fifty plus percent of our earnings? whitie, please.

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

@HistoryBoomer Lovely vignette. Write more, if you don't already.

[Helen Faller @helenmfaller]

@AKurkov is a genius, as are you @BorisDralyuk. Look forward to reading.

[Boris Dralyuk @BorisDralyuk]

Don’t take it from @AKurkov and me, take it from @NewYorker:

“Kolechko is a kind of anti-Poirot … In Kurkov's hands, his efforts offer both serious meditations and page-turning diversion.”

@maclehosepress @HarperViaBooks

[Gilly @profesh_baby]

Hi hello, stop using AI

[ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸 @ImBreckWorsham]

According to a new report released today by the Miami New Times, Trump threw and funded underage sex parties at his Palm Beach golf course.

The president was made aware of the pending publication 2 days ago.

Maybe now you understand why we struck Iran last night.

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

An event is planned to be hosted in London proudly promoting the sale of land on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.

This is obscene. I've called on @MayorofLondon and @YvetteCooperMP to stop the event and for this govt to take real action on illegal settlements.