Frank Steinhofer
@franksteinhofer.com
🌱 For a climate change within the mind. Novelist and a contributing writer for international media such as Der Spiegel, SZ or the Architectural Review. Topics are mostly about environmental and social justice.
📍Mexico City
https://www.franksteinhofer.com
📍Mexico City
https://www.franksteinhofer.com
Should we cool data centres or poison humans, animals and livelihoods? Let's destroy the ecosystem with forever chemicals!
‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Should we cool data centres or poison humans, animals and livelihoods? Let's destroy the ecosystem with forever chemicals!
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth.
Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret.
One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:
Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret.
One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:
How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth.
Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret.
One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:
Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret.
One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
No joke - was just considering the fact that the Nazis are eight points clear in the German polls when, twice in ten minutes, two different white German men barged into my back as I was carrying two handfuls and a rucksack of groceries. Just a perfect illustration of the growing misanthropy here.
Sonntagsfrage pollytix zur Bundestagswahl • AfD 28 % | CDU/CSU 20 % | SPD 15 % | GRÜNE 13 % | DIE LINKE 11 % | FDP 5 % | BSW 4 % | Sonstige 4 %
➤ Übersicht: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
➤ pollytix: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/wei...
➤ Übersicht: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/
➤ pollytix: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/wei...
August 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
No joke - was just considering the fact that the Nazis are eight points clear in the German polls when, twice in ten minutes, two different white German men barged into my back as I was carrying two handfuls and a rucksack of groceries. Just a perfect illustration of the growing misanthropy here.
Black children should be able to swim safely. Germany's far-right party leader calls it "Apartheid." Whoever uses that word for a children's pool either doesn't know what Apartheid was – or knows exactly what they're doing. And yet this party is currently leading in the polls in parts of Germany.
Nach Drohungen - Volksbühne sagt Veranstaltung für Schwarze Kinder im "Volksbad" ab
Eine Veranstaltung im Pop-Up-Bad vor der Berliner Volksbühne, die am Freitag für Schwarze Kinder und Jugendliche gedacht war, wird abgesagt.
www.deutschlandfunk.de
August 14, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Black children should be able to swim safely. Germany's far-right party leader calls it "Apartheid." Whoever uses that word for a children's pool either doesn't know what Apartheid was – or knows exactly what they're doing. And yet this party is currently leading in the polls in parts of Germany.
Reconocer el cuerpo de tu hermana por las manos, a través de una pantalla. Llorar el terremoto de Venezuela desde Los Ángeles. No poder abrazar a tu mamá. Porque los papeles no te lo permiten ...
Reconocer cuerpos por videollamada: el duelo a distancia de la migración venezolana
Tras el terremoto en La Guaira, dos migrantes en Los Ángeles vivieron la pérdida de sus familias por videollamada. Sin permiso para salir de EE UU, lidian entre el dolor del exilio y la burocracia mig...
elpais.com
August 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Reconocer el cuerpo de tu hermana por las manos, a través de una pantalla. Llorar el terremoto de Venezuela desde Los Ángeles. No poder abrazar a tu mamá. Porque los papeles no te lo permiten ...
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
“We stand at the dawn of massive climate-change-induced displacement, with no substantive discussion about how to deal with it, & no interest in exploring our planetary responsibility for those whose homes will be devastated by desertification & flooding.”
—Joshua Craze
—Joshua Craze
What Comes After The Refugee Camp | NOEMA
As humanitarian funding collapses, the global system for dealing with refugees is coming apart at the seams.
www.noemamag.com
August 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
“We stand at the dawn of massive climate-change-induced displacement, with no substantive discussion about how to deal with it, & no interest in exploring our planetary responsibility for those whose homes will be devastated by desertification & flooding.”
—Joshua Craze
—Joshua Craze
»La gran paradoja de nuestro tiempo es que algunos países que durante siglos expandieron imperios, promovieron la esclavitud y las migraciones forzadas buscan criminalizar el acto más antiguo de la humanidad: ponerse en camino para vivir con dignidad.« – Clara Brugada, jefa de Gobierno de CDMX.
La ciudad como refugio
La gran paradoja de nuestro tiempo es que algunos países que durante siglos promovieron la esclavitud y las migraciones forzadas, buscan criminalizar el acto más antiguo de la humanidad: ponerse en ca...
elpais.com
July 31, 2026 at 12:17 PM
»La gran paradoja de nuestro tiempo es que algunos países que durante siglos expandieron imperios, promovieron la esclavitud y las migraciones forzadas buscan criminalizar el acto más antiguo de la humanidad: ponerse en camino para vivir con dignidad.« – Clara Brugada, jefa de Gobierno de CDMX.
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.
At one point she notes that AfD, the German political party that Musk supports, has "real neo-Nazis."
Musk literally just shrugs.
Musk literally just shrugs.
July 24, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The editor in chief of The Economist referring here to the AfD’s leader as a “perfectly thoughtful person“ instead of what she truly is - a driver and enabler of German fascism - is a huge part of the problem.
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
Herencias inusuales, viajes improbable, invenciones asombrosas y formas de volver a casa. Esta semana les traemos tres relatos peruanos. Regresamos en un par de meses con nuestra temporada 16. ¡Nos vemos!
Escucha el episodio aquí: radioambulante.org/audio/la-ciu...
Escucha el episodio aquí: radioambulante.org/audio/la-ciu...
July 21, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Herencias inusuales, viajes improbable, invenciones asombrosas y formas de volver a casa. Esta semana les traemos tres relatos peruanos. Regresamos en un par de meses con nuestra temporada 16. ¡Nos vemos!
Escucha el episodio aquí: radioambulante.org/audio/la-ciu...
Escucha el episodio aquí: radioambulante.org/audio/la-ciu...
Mit dabei: #Mamihlapinatapai aus der Sprache Yaghan. Es beschreibt den bedeutungsvollen Blick zwischen zwei Menschen, die beide etwas beginnen möchten, aber darauf warten, dass die andere Person den ersten Schritt macht.
Laut Jury: Das schönste Wort der Welt wurde gekürt und überrascht!
Wann ist ein Wort schön? Liegt es am Klang oder der Bedeutung? Die Sprachlern-App Babbel kürte jetzt das wohl schönste Wort der Welt
www.esquire.de
July 17, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Mit dabei: #Mamihlapinatapai aus der Sprache Yaghan. Es beschreibt den bedeutungsvollen Blick zwischen zwei Menschen, die beide etwas beginnen möchten, aber darauf warten, dass die andere Person den ersten Schritt macht.
Peru just passed a law requiring a university degree to be a recognized artist. Sara Flores learned her Shipibo-Konibo art from her community, not a classroom. This law doesn't protect artists. It protects elitist circles. And erases indigenous creativity. Again.
Sara Flores, the Peruvian Indigenous artist bringing Amazonian traditions into contemporary art
For the first time, Peru’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale will be occupied by someone from the Shipibo-Conibo community. In her studio in the jungle, she designs and paints ‘kené’ on fabric
english.elpais.com
July 6, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Peru just passed a law requiring a university degree to be a recognized artist. Sara Flores learned her Shipibo-Konibo art from her community, not a classroom. This law doesn't protect artists. It protects elitist circles. And erases indigenous creativity. Again.
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
This is what climate inequality looks like: the elites in climate suits while everyone else faces the heat. Soon they'll be designing Earth suits instead of protecting the Earth. Green capitalism's final business model. #Degrowth
www.rdworldonline.com/the-science-...
www.rdworldonline.com/the-science-...
The science behind the Prada-designed spacesuit for Artemis
Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment which will be worn during the Artemis IV mission.
www.rdworldonline.com
July 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This is what climate inequality looks like: the elites in climate suits while everyone else faces the heat. Soon they'll be designing Earth suits instead of protecting the Earth. Green capitalism's final business model. #Degrowth
www.rdworldonline.com/the-science-...
www.rdworldonline.com/the-science-...
This landmark decision has received little attention. For the first time, a European state, in this case Belgium, has been ordered to compensate victims of colonisation.
Métis case: Court of Cassation confirms Belgium’s accountability for colonial-era crimes against humanity
Joint Statement: African Futures Lab, Amnesty International, Pan African Lawyers Union and Reform Initiatives On 2 December 2024, the Brussels Court of
www.amnesty.org.au
June 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
This landmark decision has received little attention. For the first time, a European state, in this case Belgium, has been ordered to compensate victims of colonisation.
The meal is imaginary, the comfort is real: South Korea's youth browse fake delivery apps to window shop for the soul.
Gen Z turn to ‘dopamine sites' for quick comfort - The Korea Times
At 2 a.m., Kim, a 25-year-old office worker, opens a site designed to look like a food delivery app, though he has no plan to order. He chooses men...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
June 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The meal is imaginary, the comfort is real: South Korea's youth browse fake delivery apps to window shop for the soul.
Polenz zu Aussöhnung in Namibia: »Wir hatten den Verband vorbereitet, doch seit fünf Jahren können wir ihn nicht anlegen.« Der eine schlägt die Wunde, und bestimmt dann das Pflaster, den Zeitplan – und nennt es Heilung? Aussöhnung verordnet man nicht von der Seite, die einen Völkermord begangen hat.
(S+) Namibia und Gedenken an den Genozid: Warum die deutsche Aussöhnung seit Jahren nicht vorankommt
Die Verhandlungen zwischen Deutschland und Namibia treten auf der Stelle. Die Grünen fordern nun, die Bundesregierung müsse sich auch ohne einen Versöhnungsvertrag für den Genozid des Kaiserreichs ent...
www.spiegel.de
June 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Polenz zu Aussöhnung in Namibia: »Wir hatten den Verband vorbereitet, doch seit fünf Jahren können wir ihn nicht anlegen.« Der eine schlägt die Wunde, und bestimmt dann das Pflaster, den Zeitplan – und nennt es Heilung? Aussöhnung verordnet man nicht von der Seite, die einen Völkermord begangen hat.
An album no one wants to complete: in Jalisco, families of the disappeared have made Panini-style stickers of their missing loved ones in Mexico's jersey. The World Cup spotlight is on. 134,000+ are still gone. "The ball returns. When will they?"
El álbum que nadie quiere completar: los desaparecidos de Jalisco se convierten en cromos del mundial
A semanas del inicio de la Copa del Mundo, familias de personas desaparecidas comparten imágenes de sus seres queridos retratados como jugadores de la selección mexicana
elpais.com
May 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
An album no one wants to complete: in Jalisco, families of the disappeared have made Panini-style stickers of their missing loved ones in Mexico's jersey. The World Cup spotlight is on. 134,000+ are still gone. "The ball returns. When will they?"
'We have learned to live sick', a mother says.
How US overconsumption is using Mexico as a garbage sink. The harrowing result: over 1,000+ 'sacrifice zones' where cancer and miscarriages have been normalized.
How US overconsumption is using Mexico as a garbage sink. The harrowing result: over 1,000+ 'sacrifice zones' where cancer and miscarriages have been normalized.
US is ‘using Mexico as a garbage sink’ leading to ‘toxic crisis’, UN expert says
Marcos Orellana, a special rapporteur, found lax environmental standards and lack of oversight allowed pollution to accumulate
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
'We have learned to live sick', a mother says.
How US overconsumption is using Mexico as a garbage sink. The harrowing result: over 1,000+ 'sacrifice zones' where cancer and miscarriages have been normalized.
How US overconsumption is using Mexico as a garbage sink. The harrowing result: over 1,000+ 'sacrifice zones' where cancer and miscarriages have been normalized.
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
New — I wrote about how journalists proudly using AI to help them write their stories obscures the deeply human process that makes journalism a societal necessity, and one that feeds the soul of those who create it.
Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.
Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.
Refusing to accept big tech's AI-poisoned 'future of journalism'
Humans, however flawed, are
www.thehandbasket.co
April 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
New — I wrote about how journalists proudly using AI to help them write their stories obscures the deeply human process that makes journalism a societal necessity, and one that feeds the soul of those who create it.
Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.
Hope you’ll give it a read. I promise I wrote the whole thing.
The Pelicot case shone a spotlight on this: While the public attention moved elsewhere, this behavior did not disappear. In shocking group chats, @cnn.com reports now how men encourage one another to drug and assault their wives – and swap tips on getting away with it.
Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection
CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.
edition.cnn.com
March 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The Pelicot case shone a spotlight on this: While the public attention moved elsewhere, this behavior did not disappear. In shocking group chats, @cnn.com reports now how men encourage one another to drug and assault their wives – and swap tips on getting away with it.
Männer:
Das solltet ihr alle lesen: Collien Fernandes hat Christian Ulmen angezeigt, wirft ihm psychische und physische Gewalt vor, analog wie digital.
Starke Recherche von @julianeloeffler.bsky.social, @romanhoefner.bsky.social, @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social, @milatz.bsky.social & Lukas
Starke Recherche von @julianeloeffler.bsky.social, @romanhoefner.bsky.social, @maxhoppenstedt.bsky.social, @milatz.bsky.social & Lukas
(S+) Collien Fernandes zeigt Ex-Mann Christian Ulmen an: »Du hast mich virtuell vergewaltigt«
Schauspielerin Collien Fernandes kämpft gegen Online-Missbrauch: Sie sucht seit Jahren diejenigen, die Fake-Pornografie von ihr verschicken. Nun hat sie Anzeige gegen ihren Ex-Mann erstattet, den Mode...
www.spiegel.de
March 19, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Männer:
Memory loss with age? It's your gut, not your brain!
Memory loss is fuelled by gut microbes in ageing mice
If confirmed in people, the finding might lead to gut-targeted therapies that could reverse cognitive decline.
www.nature.com
March 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Memory loss with age? It's your gut, not your brain!
Every annoying person in your life adds 5.5 days to your biological age per year, a new study finds. Dealing with 'hasslers' shortens your life!
Now we have proof: dealing with difficult people really does age you
Researchers have found evidence of what many of us always suspected: ‘hasslers’ shorten your lifespan. And they know by exactly how long
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Every annoying person in your life adds 5.5 days to your biological age per year, a new study finds. Dealing with 'hasslers' shortens your life!
Reposted by Frank Steinhofer
The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds
Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The Guardian on our new study, which shows that global heating is significantly gathering speed. Our efforts to overcome our fossil fuel addiction should do the same.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Big Tech bedient sich "im Giftschwank der europäischen Geistesgeschichte". Für mich, eine sehr erhellende Analyse über den Rechtsruck von Digital-Oligarchen von @chrixcoenen.bsky.social
Der Rechtsruck der Big-Tech-Bosse
In der Ideologie der US-Tech-Bosse und in der aktuellen US-Politik macht der Politikwissenschaftler Christopher Coenen faschistische Tendenzen aus.
www.deutschlandfunknova.de
March 2, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Big Tech bedient sich "im Giftschwank der europäischen Geistesgeschichte". Für mich, eine sehr erhellende Analyse über den Rechtsruck von Digital-Oligarchen von @chrixcoenen.bsky.social
“Water is coming.” As a child, Yaghi ran off with buckets and grew up in a refugee community in Jordan. He says that the hardships he endured there inspired him. Today, he is inventing a system that draws water from the air. What an admirable story!
‘Reimagining matter’: Nobel laureate invents machine that harvests water from dry air
Omar Yaghi’s invention uses ambient thermal energy and can generate up to 1,000 litres of clean water every day
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
“Water is coming.” As a child, Yaghi ran off with buckets and grew up in a refugee community in Jordan. He says that the hardships he endured there inspired him. Today, he is inventing a system that draws water from the air. What an admirable story!