Delf Rothe

@delfrothe.bsky.social

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

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...

a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand

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

Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack

The 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...

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

A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

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/

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...

Nach Anschlag auf Stromkabel in Berlin: Stochern im Brandnebel

Nach dem Anschlag aufs Berliner Stromnetz spricht Berlins Bürgermeister von Linksterrorismus. Doch das Bekennerschreiben wirft Fragen auf.

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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

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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…

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With Fiona Schrading, I will host the standing section "IR in the Anthropocene" at the upcoming @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC in Lisbon, 1-4 Sept. This year we will focus on "Stuckness in the Anthropocene and Landscapes of Destruction". We are looking forward to your contributions! Deadline 19. Feb

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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 · 8mo ago

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

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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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.

Week After Week, The US is Dismantling Knowledge Infrastructure | TechPolicy.Press

Without reliable statistics, research funding, or accessible data, information asymmetries will surely increase, writes Amelia Acker.

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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...

End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled

Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance

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