Tobias Hof

Tobias Hof

@tobiashof.bsky.social

Historian | 19th to 21st century | terrorism | fascism | humanitarianism | Associate Professor University of Toronto | PD at LMU Munich | coffee | sports | outdoors | Opinion my own

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Wer schleimt noch bei #Trump in der trügerischen Hoffnung, auf ihn wäre Verlass? #Audi Chef Döllner: Ja!

DER SPIEGEL@spiegel.de

Audi-Chef Gernot Döllner kündigt an Trumps Seite ein neues Werk im Swing State Georgia an. Der US-Präsident feiert einen Erfolg seiner rabiaten Zollpolitik. Dem Manager bringt es zu Hause Querelen mit seinen Arbeitnehmern ein.

Audi Chief Executive Gernot Doellner: "If the American president invites you, you accept the invitation. That is what respect for the office and for the country in which we invest demands." What bullshit when Trump’s tariffs cost Audi 1.2 billion EUR in 2025

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The German car industry has a long history of embracing right-wing authoritarian regimes, from Hitler to Orbán to Trump.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

If you’re thinking of buying an Audi, don’t forget that an Audi executive appeared at a Trump rally this weekend to try to boost an American dictatorship. Make your car-buying decision accordingly.

What an utter disgrace …

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

If you’re thinking of buying an Audi, don’t forget that an Audi executive appeared at a Trump rally this weekend to try to boost an American dictatorship. Make your car-buying decision accordingly.

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Das AfD-alle-Härte-der-Staatsgewalt-gegen-”Andere”-einsetzen-Phantasien anschlussfähig an konservative Ordnung-muss-sein-Affekte sind, war mir klar, aber das die CDU hier grad in so einer Geschwindigkeit in offen autoritäre (Staats)gewaltgelüste entgleitet ist schockierend.

Annika Brockschmidt@ardenthistorian.bsky.social

Die Junge Union Berlin-Mitte fordert auf Insta den Einsatz der Bundeswehr (!) gegen Schülerproteste (!) (unterlegt von den Klängen der Nationalhymne), die Demonstrationen müssten „unterbunden“ werden

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Despite the Trump administration's best efforts, Alberta votes not to break up Canada

AFP News Agency@en.afp.com

Canada's province of Alberta has rejected a plan to hold a binding independence referendum, results show, a setback for separatists backed by allies of US President Donald Trump u.afp.com/SCah

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Full update from our team. We STILL do not have admin access to the account.

Ezra Levin ❌👑@ezralevin.bsky.social

Update: without explanation, and after being suspended for more than an hour during peak mobilization time, Zuckerberg's Instagram restored the No Kings account but we still lack admin access. More to come. Rest assured we will not stop organizing against this regime and its collaborators.

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It’s cool, and not incredibly demoralizing, that the last ~25 years (? more?) have been an increasingly flagrant demonstration that The Rules, as we were brought up to understand them, just do not apply to a lot of people

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The President of the U.S. lies on a daily basis, but you cannot call the U.S. a spreader of “disinformation”? Cowardly behavior of EUropean countries and Canada, which again shows that their campaigns against “disinformation” are deeply flawed.

theguardian.comEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ requestLithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website

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“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” ~President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. Image: Universal History Archive/Getty Images.

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Unsere Texte zu Sachsen-Anhalt und dem düsteren Tag für die Demokratie findet ihr im ePaper oder hier: taz.d/!t5009582/

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Am Donnerstag startet der neue Tankrabatt – gleichzeitig wird verkündet, dass das Deutschlandticket teurer wird. Das ist das Gegenteil von Verkehrswende. taz.de/!6217681

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Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "The ideological clowns are out. The patriotic cowboys are in, with testosterone testing on top."

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Ich habe den Eindruck, die rechtsradikale Regierungsbildung mit Unterstützung des BSW in Sachsen-Anhalt gerät gerade etwas zu sehr in den Hintergrund.

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The “horseshoe” arguments from the mainstream right (and sometimes mainstream left too) are not just empirically wrong, they are playing into the hands of the far right and strengthening the sense of a crisis of democracy.

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Passend dazu dieses freundliche Post Skriptum meiner Drittmittelstelle 🙃

Anna Neumaier@annaneumaier.bsky.social

Alter. 21627 Einreichungen auf ein Fellowship-Programm. Wer soll das alles begutachten? 😶‍🌫️ Wer jetzt nicht für mehr Grundförderung und weniger Drittmittel argumentiert, der ist doch nicht gescheit.

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Replying to @thereallorenzmeyer.bsky.social

Das Verrückte: Im Video sagt eure Reporterin, die USA hätten sich nicht durchsetzen können. Euer hinzugezogener Experte sagt, es ändere sich nichts Grundlegendes. Ihr zerlegt also 19 Minuten lang Trumps Inszenierung und liefert sie auf dem Vorschaubild frei Haus. Warum?

Anyone surprised? :)

The Local Denmark@thelocaldenmark.bsky.social

Danish commentators on Saturday cast a deal announced by US President Donald Trump to give Washington control over Greenland's security as a diplomatic win for Copenhagen.

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Konrad Jarausch passed earlier this month. He was an extraordinary scholar of mod. Germany. I was on many diss. committees with him, and I greatly respected his intellect and his keen insight into helping students progress. UNC is lesser without him. obits.endswellfuneralhome.com/konrad-jarau...

obits.endswellfuneralhome.comKonrad Hugo Jarausch Obituary Sep 1, 2026 - EndswellView Konrad Hugo Jarausch's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

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The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.comNetanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensifyIsraeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists