Jan Frohn

thanks! :)

I also had the pleasure to present my work at the @hetecon.bsky.social‬ conference in london, where I met many bright minds and leftist hearts. but the glorious final of these eventful 2 years was the EPOG conference in venice, where it felt like all the struggle paid off. cheers to the community!

some personal news: I completed my master and I guess I can call myself an "economist" now (albeit reluctantly). my thesis is a historical case study on the foreign debt problems of socialist states in eastern europe. big thanks to my supervisors and everyone else who supported me on that journey!

Das Ende des Kalten Krieges war ein Triumph gebrochener Versprechen Der Historiker Fritz Bartel bricht mit dem gängigen Narrativ über das Ende des Kalten Krieges: Der Kapitalismus triumphierte, weil er sein Wohlstandsversprechen an die Bevölkerung brechen konnte – der Sozialismus zerbrach daran.

Der Historiker Fritz Bartel bricht mit dem gängigen Narrativ über das Ende des Kalten Krieges: Der Kapitalismus triumphierte, weil er sein Wohlstandsversprechen an die Bevölkerung brechen konnte – der Sozialismus zerbrach daran.

Paula Thiede kämpfte für Frauen- und Arbeiterrechte Paula Thiede revolutionierte den gewerkschaftlichen Kampf für bessere Löhne und Vereinbarkeit von Sorge- und Lohnarbeit.

Paula Thiede revolutionierte den gewerkschaftlichen Kampf für bessere Löhne und Vereinbarkeit von Sorge- und Lohnarbeit.

michel houellebecq behauptet aus paris weggezogen zu sein, weil ihm die fahrräder zu viel wurden

Kleine Randnotiz: #Lindner hat in seinem Wahlkreis weniger Erststimmen erhalten als die FDP Zweitstimmen.

Lindner: 4,9 Prozent
FDP: 5,6 Prozent

www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/bund...

wait the dadaists predicted it a century ago?

I'm still utterly fascinated by gillian rose's point that marx never went hegelian but essentially stopped at the "fichtean station between kant and hegel"

#podcasts

this country is unreal

Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.

this is getting stranger than fiction www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the muskrats & broligarchs

Donald Trump imposes sanctions on ICC officials in new executive order President claims International Criminal Court ‘undermines the critical national security’ of US and allies such as Israel

people that prosecute war criminals now get the sactions and not the war criminals... www.ft.com/content/59a0...

the muskrats & broligarchs

leute die jetzt noch auf den wahl-o-mat angewiesen sind für ihre wahlentscheidung sind mir genauso mysteriös wie die paar tausend undecided voters in pennsylvania

hegel was an ecofeminist change my mind

I had to gasp audibly at the cinema when I overheard someone is using chatgpt to “explain” the david lynch ending

A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...

a 25 y/o has write access to the government payment system that in totality amounts to more than a fifth of the US economy www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous Until Further Notice: Comprehensive coverage of the Trump-Musk Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025

alarming piece by @nathantankus.bsky.social on musk's payment system coup www.crisesnotes.com/elon-musk-wa...

sorry marxologists but you win the title for the most idealist science

kleiner reminder, dass es nicht der erste von der afd explizit mitgetragene antrag war

nach der logik hätte hitler damals verhindert werden können, wenn die anderen parteien noch mehr die "judenfrage" adressiert hätten. HOLOCAUST – sonst machen es die falschen.

konservative tagesschau-kommentare, zentralrat der juden und wagenknecht sind sich einig: wenn konservative gemeinsame sache mit faschisten machen, sind nicht die konservativen oder faschos schuld, sondern die progressiven kräfte, die ihnen "das feld überlassen"

A Conscious Conspiracy - Interview w/ Vince Garton (The following is a discussion between myself and software engineer Vince Garton, author of the forthcoming Aeons Without History, to be published by Urbanomic some time in the near future.) L. Luria...

eclectic interview on china and the end of history www.cco-uk.com/a-conscious-...

„I have initiated a policy debate in Germany based on your ideas. I said ‚mehr Musk wagen’. Please, Elon, please talk to me. I can explain you zee FDP. Please Elon, please.“ 🙏

Cowards

www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/p...

Klarna seeks to offload US ‘pay in 4’ loans Talks with banks about portfolio sale come ahead of highly anticipated New York IPO

offloading risky loans via securitisation to free up capital in order to make more risky loans - that sounds familiar... www.ft.com/content/9c83...