Ich hab die letzten Tage keine Nachrichten gelesen, daher jetzt ein "the fucked-up news of the past few days, as told by a slightly hungover, aging communist fag"-🧵
1. "Dt. Klimabilanz: Immerhin dem Wald geht's besser"🤦♂️
Wie ein Arzt, der sagt: "Sie haben Darmkrebs, aber ihr Schnupfen ist besser!"
https://taz.de/Deutsche-Klimabilanz/!6162459/
2. "Trump has expressed surprise that US allies in the Gulf have been targeted by Iran."
That headline made me snort with laughter, but there's also something serious in it: the Iranian regime sucks hard, but they did their prep-work for this catastrophe, and now have AGENCY.
Let's remember that.
https://dailypost.ng/2026/03/15/war-i-have-been-surprised-trump-opens-up-on-irans-strategy/
President of the United States of America Donald Trump has expressed surprise that US allies in the Gulf have been targeted by Iran. Trump described this as the 'biggest surprise of the whole thing.' Trump told NBC News that he is "surprised" that Iran has chosen to hit US allies in the Gulf in the
3. "US oil groups in line for $63bn windfall from Gulf war disruption".
That's the sort of thing that makes capitalism so amazingly resilient & powerful: no matter what happens, no matter how many thousands die, SOMEONE's gonna make a buck out of it.
Credit, where credit is due - literally.
https://www.ft.com/content/37d49e35-8d0e-4ea6-9db8-74183101f204
4. Endlich geht's mit dem #Klimaschutz - also dem strukturellen Umbau der dt. Wirtschaft hin zu einer nichtfossilen, nichtwachsenden Kreislaufökonomie - so richtig los!
"Klimawandel in den Alpen: Die Bereitschaft zum Nichtduschen wächst"
5. You can count on my beloved @FinancialTimes to tell you precisely where the Guillotine should fall:
"How to live the superyacht dream in the Seychelles: The 77-metre Aqua Lares once belonged to the boss of Google but a new owner is making it (slightly) more accessible."
https://www.ft.com/content/3c7a5f74-2346-4ce0-8e82-0cde26cc0d43
6. Unpopular opinion: Habermas' late work was mostly a repentant ex-lefty telling the German bourgeois mainstream how to feel good about itself, without going through all that "transformation/revolution"-stuff.
Also: his theory of communication is wrong.
Still, rest in peace. It's been a long road.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/jurgen-habermas-german-philosopher-and-sociologist-dies-aged-96
7. "Sie ruiniert Klima & Wirtschaft"!
Die grüne Mitte hat 1 neuen Beelzebub: Katharina Reiche. Die Arbeit, die bisher "die Lobbies" schaffen mussten (für alles Pöse verantwortlich zu sein, das in D passiert), macht jetzt ein Mensch!
Sie ist die perfekte Projektionsfigur, weiß das, & nutzt es aus! Fällt doch nicht ganz so einfach darauf rein.
https://taz.de/Energiepolitik-von-Katherina-Reiche/!6157093/
8. Fascism is the continuation of neoliberalism by other means:
"Trump administration to be paid $10bn for brokering TikTok deal"
As "democratic" means of concentrating wealth in the hands of the super-rich fail, other, more creative ways to take everything yourself have to be found...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/14/tiktok-trump-administration-10bn
9. & while we're all staring at the price of petrol & heating, the Israeli settler-fascist terror regime continues to commit war crimes, & we don't care:
"Israel killed 12 medical workers in a strike on a medical centre in south Lebanon. 31 healthcare staff have been killed over the past 12 days."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/14/lebanon-israeli-rockets-kill-healthcare-workers
10. Bullies and assholes always expect someone else to clean up their shit. Believe me, I come from a class of bullies and assholes.
"Trump urges China, UK and Japan to send warships to open Strait of Hormuz."
"I broke it, now you fix it!"
https://www.ft.com/content/4dd2173b-b283-41e4-8dee-4f04919dea68
Tadzio Mueller
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