In April 2016, I broke the story of Trump and Putin, using Russian open sources. Afterwards, I heard vague intimations that something was awry in the FBI in New York, specifically counter-intelligence and cyber. We now have a suggestion as to why. 0/20

When somebody poisons a conversation with stolen, contrary rhetoric, saying reparations or affirmative action are "racist," banning abortion is "feminism," terfing is "protecting women," or that scabs "are workers," a good way to handle it is to tell them to fuck off.

Cool: in Wien wächst bereits jedes zweite Kind zweisprachig auf.

Saddened by the passing of Austrian film producer and director Kurt Mayer (1951 – 2023). Kurt was a prolific artist, and entrusted @filmmuseumwien with his precious collection of nitrate film. A fine man, a big loss. filmmuseum.at/aktuelles/news…

Dear international colleagues in #communication #media #cultural #memory #language #film studies, in #history and #arts, please raise your voice against the unimaginable atrocities committed in Southern Israel, these #racist #sexist #antisemitic acts of extreme violence. 👩🏼‍🏫🧑🏻‍🏫👨🏾‍🏫👩‍🏫

Folgt Tobias E. Hartmann 🎗️🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈✡️🎦 , nicht nur in Sachen #digitalvisualhistory und #digihum sondern eben gerade jetzt, wo der Mord an Jüd*innen und Israelis prekäre Allianzen in sozialen Medien und digtalen Öffentlichkeiten findet.

Ich danke Beatrice Frasl für diesen Text, der mir aus der Seele spricht. wienerzeitung.at/a/beatrice-fra…

„Nothing is more patronizing and even Orientalist than the romanticization of Hamas’s butchers, whom many Arabs despise“ Kluger Artikel S Sebag Montefiore über Geschichte, Zombie-Geschichte und das Decolonization Narrative. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous Inhumane Toxic and Historically False. And it rejects totally indeed makes impossible the two states of Israel & Palestine that is the only way this is important but do read whole article b4 you condemn it. archive.ph/2023.10.28-061…

Großartiger Text von Beatrice Frasl Danke allen, die in diesem Wahnsinn unentwegt historische und intellektuelle Aufklärung betreiben, während Quatsch-Postings und memes geteilt werden, die einen nur mehr kotzen lassen. #gaza #israel #hamas #Antisemitismus wienerzeitung.at/a/beatrice-fra…

In der Langversion der gestrigen #zib2 weigert sich der Pal. Botschafter Abdel Shafi die Hamas zu verurteilen, er leugnet Hamas-Verbrechen, bestreitet das Babys geköpft wurden. Doron Rabinovici war wunderbar. Dem Antisemiten Shafi sollte hingegen keine Bühne mehr geboten werden.

A year ago Fruitmarket I saw Mark Cousins multi-screen installation work about Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, “Like a Huge Scotland". If his feature doc is as moving and sublime we're in for something very special.

Herrlich. So unfähig musst mal sein.

The government wants to stop funding the Haaretz newspaper. The government is exploiting this existential war to destroy Israeli democracy. Please strengthen the Israeli civil society against all its enemies: Subscribe and read Haaretz!

Esteemed and valued friends, colleagues, chance encounters. It’s time to leave this ship — too much hate, too many bots and bad actors. It was a privilege to get to meet you all. See you in real life or on Insta (stupid but less toxic). Yours Michael .Michael Loebenstein