Christopher Lauer™

Witness the fitness / Former Member of the Berlin House of Representatives / Master in History of Science and Technology / Studying Law at HU Berlin

[DER SPIEGEL @derspiegel]

Er wurde durch seine Rolle als Navigator auf dem Raumschiff Enterprise bekannt. Nun ist Schauspieler Walter Koenig im Alter von 90 Jahren gestorben. Link in X-Bio.

[Nicole Diekmann @nicolediekmann]

Der Streit zwischen dem so genannten Plagiatsjäger Stefan Weber und dem so genannten Journalisten Alexander Wallasch entlarvt bestens, was für Luftpumpen hier glorifiziert werden. Und: Wer warum gern von anderen behauptet, gesteuert zu werden. Gefällig zu sein. Pure Projektion.

[Jim Boyle @JimGBoyle]

It should never be forgotten that Ken Paxton was a leader in the coup to nullify the election of Joe Biden. He filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court to challenge the 2020 election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin even though he was the AG for Texas. His suit was quickly tossed by the Court. On January 7th Paxton claimed the insurrection of the previous day was the work of antifa. This lie was quickly disproven.

On the 7th 46 state attorneys general disavowed the violence of the 6th in a letter to the Acting Attorney General of the U.S. A few days later three more AGs sent their own letter in condemning the violent insurrection. Only Ken Paxton failed to sign either letter.

[DER SPIEGEL @derspiegel]

Der Auftritt des Audi-Chefs bei Donald Trump sorgt für Entsetzen. Serbien feiert den Wahlsieg der Studenten. Und der frei werdende Posten in Schloss Bellevue könnte mal wieder an einen Mann gehen. Das ist die Lage am Montagabend. Link in X-Bio.

[Christian Bangel @christianbangel]

Was soll denn bitte das „migrantische Milieu“ sein? Fast jeder dritte Deutsche hat einen Migrationshintergrund. Dieses Obskurantisieren darf wirklich langsam mal aufhören.

[Brandy Zadrozny @BrandyZadrozny]

Quelle surprise. After a stunning election victory for President Luiz In��cio Lula da Silva in Brazil, U.S. right-wingers are falling back on an old favorite: baseless claims that the contest was rigged.

https://t.co/PGOXFFQ92I

[China Xinhua News @XHNews]

Chinese cars are gaining popularity across Europe, offering competitive specifications at attractive prices. https://t.co/3Y8bT6aRuU

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Elon Musk has spent more money on American elections in the last two years than George Soros has in his entire life.

[Fleur Anderson MP @PutneyFleur]

As of today, Oxford Street is finally traffic-free. I can’t wait to go and see it!

This is what ambition and action for London look like - reimagining our public spaces to be better for Londoners, visitors and businesses.

Well done @SadiqKhan.

[Turner Novak 🍌🧢 @TurnerNovak]

Someone made a site that tracks what people are talking about at public city council meetings across the US.

The only thing discussed more than data centers?

Pickleball courts.

[MBDA Deutschland @MBDADeutschland]

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[Christopher Lauer™ @Schmidtlepp]

@MikeIsaac What would be really interesting is if they acknowledged that one of the main problems AI has is that it is just not very compatible with capitalism.

[Claudius Seidl @Claudiusseidl]

wie kommt es, dass die Serben, die Ungarn, die Polen ihre Autokraten zum Teufel jagen - während wir und die Franzosen, die coolen Westler also, uns in andere Richtung bewegen?

[Polling USA @USA_Polling]

And with 36% in

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

Noem lied, dogs died

[Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) @magyarpeterMP]

Over the past few days, I have held talks with the leaders of several Balkan countries, and today an important election is taking place in Serbia. It reminded me of how, as a child, I often went with my parents to the Serbian Restaurant, which has since closed down.
Fortunately, you can still find great ćevapi in plenty of places, whether Sarajevo-style or Serbian-style.

[Franz-Stefan Gady @HoansSolo]

'Today, after nearly five years of war, and 22 months of the second Trump administration, the mental map guiding Russian strategy has changed. First, Russia now sees Europe, instead of the United States, as its principal geopolitical adversary, a shift that has driven Russia’s defense establishment to call for an approach known as “castling” to deal with the main threats. Related to this, Moscow now attributes new strategic agency to Europe itself because of the dramatic military modernization taking place in many European countries and the growing interest among some European leaders in developing or extending their own nuclear deterrent. A third shift concerns Russia’s theory of deterrence: Moscow’s traditional understanding of nuclear coercion is giving way to new thinking about nonnuclear strategic deterrence using advanced conventional weapons systems aimed at Europe.

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One of the most notable trends in Russian strategic thought over the past year has been the emergence of the idea of “castling.” A term borrowed from chess, castling in geopolitics describes the repositioning of forces and resources to optimize a state’s strategic posture. Moscow’s defense experts have used the concept to describe a strategy for dealing with a new reality: for the first time since World War II, they have argued, Europe, rather than the United States, has become Russia’s principal geopolitical adversary. According to this view, European countries are now the principal source of Ukraine’s military capacity, political resolve, and strategic resilience; it is Europe and not the United States that has made Ukraine its proxy and is encouraging Kyiv to pursue Moscow’s strategic defeat.

As a consequence, Moscow must direct coercive pressure at Europe—its elites, its decision-making centers, and its critical infrastructure. By doing so, Russia can instill into Europe’s calculus what theorists in Moscow call a “deterring fear”: a European reluctance to antagonize Russia through further support to Ukraine. Such action, they argue, can also rebuild Russian credible deterrence for long-term competition with the West, which is now centered on Europe.

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Drawing on this experience, Russian military theoreticians center NNSD on using massive, deep, precision strikes against the adversary’s critical military, political, and economic infrastructure. The strategy, they suggest, should be aimed not only at Ukraine but also at its European supporters. Although the exact contours of NNSD are still emerging, the concept appears to be more escalatory than the hybrid warfare and deniable asymmetric campaigns that Russia is currently pursuing in Europe.'

[Aaron Fritschner @Fritschner]

Washington Post: woman in attack ad boosting Zach Nunn in #IA02 by claiming his Democratic challenger “endangers kids” herself pleaded guilty to endangering kids
https://t.co/7eGQSHC5eN

[Christopher Lauer™ @Schmidtlepp]

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[Janelle Dumalaon @janelledumalaon]

“What’s up with all the gold? He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory!” (He also said that in an earlier speech in Ohio today).