Delf Rothe

Delf Rothe

@delfrothe.bsky.social

Senior researcher @IFSHHamburg | Critical security and resilience, climate change and the Anthropocene, technology and surveillance. Views my own

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Mariam Salehi
@mariamsalehi.bsky.social

Our forum on ”The Politics of Repair in a Broken World“ is out in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social! With @delfrothe.bsky.social, @tasniemanwar.bsky.social, @debbielisle.bsky.social, Nathaniel O‘Grady and Matthew Gravlin. @europeanisa.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.comThe Politics of Repair in a Broken WorldMuch of the world is currently bearing witness to major transformations to the liberal-modern geopolitical order that has defined it for some time. Amid this crisis, an array of new political orien...

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

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KetAnthropic JoshAI
@ketanjoshi.co

I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up

yahoo.comElon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attackThe use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

How is AI-based video surveillance deployed in Hamburg's public spaces? This group explored the public perception of AI-assisted CCTV cameras through document analysis and a mini-survey conducted at Hansaplatz and Hachmannplatz in Hamburg.

Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

What happens when the decision to grant or deny asylum is delegated to an algorithm? Group 5 produced a podcast episode that follows an imagined migrant arriving at the EU's external border – and uses that narrative to unpack the real and growing role of AI in European border and migration control.

Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

The ecological cost of AI is often invisible. Group 2 developed an innovative methodology for "interviewing AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Grok, and DeepSeek about their own environmental impact and turned the results into a homepage.

Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

What makes a public space feel secure – or insecure? And who, or what, produces that feeling? Drawing on Actor-Network-Theory and ethnographic field visits, a third group produced a digital map of security infrastructure at important public spaces in Hamburg.

Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

Who owns AI? Project 1 mapped the global power structures behind large AI systems – tracing the relations between public administrations in Hamburg, big tech companies, and data workers across the globe.

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James Ball
@jamesrball.com

Trump just openly stating his intention to commit genocide at this point: "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."

Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

Ok the world may be going down, but at least the visual politics classes are flourishing (where they are still allowed to be taught)

Nicolai von Ondarza@nvondarza.bsky.social

Good diplomatic reasons for Europeans to try to appeal for calm and work it out behind the scenes with the US. But just this morning Trump posted pictures of him putting the flag on Greenland, and presenting his conquests of Greenland and Canada to European leaders.

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Roland Meyer
@bildoperationen.bsky.social

The fight against fascism is also a fight for a shared sense of reality. We see demagogues twisting the facts and blatantly lying, while legacy media are keen to present every story as a matter of conflicting interpretations. With social media drowning in #AIslop, this is only going to get worse 1/

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Lit Hub
@literaryhub.bsky.social

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

lithub.comRenee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

I feel that this is not yet being given the attention it should be

Asha Rangappa@asharangappa.bsky.social

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

whitehouse.govWithdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United StatesMEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

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Konrad Litschko
@litschko.bsky.social

Berlins Bürgermeister Wegner spricht nach dem Brandanschlag aufs Stromnetz von Linksterrorismus. Aber das Bekennerschreiben wirft Fragen auf. Hinweise auf Russland sehen Behörden bisher nicht. Aktivist @tadziomueller.bsky.social fordert innerlinke Debatte über Sabotage. taz.de/Nach-Anschla...

taz.deNach Anschlag auf Stromkabel in Berlin: Stochern im BrandnebelNach dem Anschlag aufs Berliner Stromnetz spricht Berlins Bürgermeister von Linksterrorismus. Doch das Bekennerschreiben wirft Fragen auf.

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das nd
@nd-aktuell.de

Die Sparkasse und die GLS-Bank kündigen der Roten Hilfe alle Konten. Als Grund vermutet die linke Solidaritätsorganisation Druck aus den USA. Auf deren »Terrorliste« steht nun auch eine angebliche »Antifa Ost«. buff.ly/BevhORC

nd-aktuell.de»Die Zeiten werden härter«Die Sparkasse und die GLS-Bank kündigen der Roten Hilfe alle Konten. Als Grund vermutet die linke Solidaritätsorganisation Druck aus den USA. Auf deren »Terrorliste« steht nun auch eine angebliche…
Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

📆 One week left to apply for our PhD position on extreme climate adaptation in the field of defense and security All information below 👇

Delf Rothe@delfrothe.bsky.social

❓How is climate adaptation becoming a security practice – and what does that tell us about the future of governance? 🚨 @ifshhamburg.bsky.social is seeking a PhD researcher on extreme adaptation in the field of security and defence. www.ifsh.de/institut/ste...

lnkd.in#climateresearch | Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)🚨 Job alert - Are you looking for an excellent job opportunity in #ClimateResearch? 👇 👇 IFSH is seeking a PhD-Researcher (m/f/d) for the research project 'Extreme Adaptation to Climate Change' in th...

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Roland Meyer
@bildoperationen.bsky.social

Es ging nie um die Hochschulen, nie um Wissenschaft, nie um die Freiheit von Forschung und Lehre. Es ging immer schon darum, mit rechtem Kulturkampf Stimmung zu machen, die immer gleichen reaktionären Diskursmuster endlos zu recyclen, mit den immer gleichen Anekdoten Clicks zu generieren

Johannes Franzen@johannesfranzen.bsky.social

8000 Artikel über zu viel "Wokeness" an den deutschen Unis; vornehmes Schweigen dazu, dass diese Unis gerade im Rahmen einer harten Austeritätspolitik abgewickelt werden.

Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social

🏡 in Hamburg (flexible working hours, up to 60% from home possible) 🛫 start 1 February 2026 ⏳ part-time (65%) and temporary position (42 months) ⏰ application deadline 24 December 2025 If this speaks to your research interests, I’m happy to talk.

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IPS Netherlands
@ipsnetherlands.bsky.social

Call for Papers: Dutch IPS Series Are you a PhD or early postdoc in (or associated with) the Netherlands engaging with themes in IPS? Then please send us your abstracts by 15 December 2025 to present your work, receive in-depth feedback, and become part of our supportive community!

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Justin Hendrix
@justinhendrix.bsky.social

The Trump administration’s systematic targeting of US knowledge infrastructure spans the entire production chain, from soup to nuts. Without reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.

techpolicy.pressWeek After Week, The US is Dismantling Knowledge Infrastructure | TechPolicy.PressWithout reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.

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Alison Killing
@alisonkilling.bsky.social

NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

ig.ft.comEnd of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelledMohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance

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Stephen Frost
@sfrost.bsky.social

New study from Melbourne finds reducing residential speed limits from 50km/h to 30 km/h on local roads would protect cyclists from danger, make riding less stressful and get more people cycling while not causing traffic delays for cars.

theguardian.comSwitching 50km/h speed limits to 30km/h would protect cyclists while barely affecting commutes, research findsOne expert says a cyclist hit by a car travelling 50km/h has about a one-in-ten chance of surviving, while at 30km/h it was a nine-in-ten chance

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Dr. Aaron Thierry
@thierryaaron.bsky.social

“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.

cnbc.comWhy insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurableGünther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.