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The EU's prosecutor said Tuesday it has launched a formal investigation into a defunct far-right group, which included Marine Le Pen's National Rally, over the alleged misuse of European Parliament funds. According to the reports by a consortium of European media, the bulk of the allegedly misused funds benefited companies belonging to a former advisor to Le Pen and his wife. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
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Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025
"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'
"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York.
"But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine.
"They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
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#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine
"It’s really important for a kid to be left alone"- When #TaikaWaititi made his feelings clear about the role of tech in children's lives
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" 'Exactly, now they’ve all got iPads and it’s done for them! I think it’s really important for a kid to be left alone and left to figure it out for themselves how to pass the time. As a kid, I spent so much time bored and coming up with ideas of how to do things, so I’d write stories or I’d draw pictures or invent worlds through drawing or just in my head, just thinking about things. I think that a lot of my creativity has really come from being bored.' " [SO TRUE!!!]
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Taika Waititi has built an impressive career as a filmmaker and actor, working across various genres. He has earned major awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA, and a Grammy.Sourav Chakraborty (Sportskeeda)
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Hi, I'm Owen, he/him, a 40-something queer geek on the autism spectrum based near London, GB (for now). I work in civic tech during the day and Queering Wikipedia during my spare time, plus watching lots of film and TV and reading lots of queer books. I'm polyamorous, married to a bi woman, live with 2 cats & I have a boyfriend who lives too damn far away.
Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has raised €600M for his new startup, which is developing AI TECH FOR WAR.
Ek still owns 9% of Spotify, but has 37% voting control.
His net worth went from $2.5B to $10B in the last two years alone,
-- on the back of paying musicians a pittance in royalties.
The potential confirmation of President Donald Trump's personal criminal defense attorney to the federal bench is a bridge too far for MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace, who unleashed on both Trump and Republicans on Tuesday.Carl Gibson (Alternet.org)
House Judiciary Committee Democrats are demanding that the Department of Justice stop protecting Donald Trump and release the Epstein information.Jason Easley (PoliticusUSA)
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Fuck July😒
More like jew-ly ammirite
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So this meat tastes good, but I called $$$$$ to see how their meat was treated before the animal was killed packaged and sent here. An extremely contradictory and dodgy phone call. First I was told the meat was "natural," so that sounds ok, the lady told me the animals were treated respectably, and they weren't given pesticides.
Do these bluecry douchebags have nothing better to do than harrass a butcher shop?
If your a fucking vegan don't go to the butcher shop!
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I started learning about nutrition (against my will) when my mother got me into a college course while in 7th grade.
Over the years I learned 'everything.' Something didn't make sense.
Why were English sailors suffering from scurvy? Eskimos weren't. How could Eskimos have healthy lives with so much fat in their diet?
In the 1970's nutrition science was taken over by the high carb crowd.
Health effects are obvious.
Eat meat. Eat fish.
Chemistry is not nutrition
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صحفي فلسطيني من مخيم جباليا، مراسل قناة الجزيرة في مدينة غزة وشمالها. A Palestinian journalist from Jabalia refugee camp, Al Jazeera Channelnews reporterTelegram
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The US supreme court has cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to resume plans for mass firings of federal workers that critics warn couldUnited Kingdom
Oberstes Gericht billigt Trumps Massenentlassungen bei US-Behörden
Der Supreme Court hat den Weg für groß angelegte Entlassungen bei US-Behörden frei gemacht: Das Oberste Gericht kippte die Entscheidung einer Vorinstanz. Der Personalabbau der Trump-Regierung kann weitergehen - zumindest vorerst.
Today is 30 days that the US military has occupied Los Angeles.
The fiscal hawks never for a moment think of the absurd amount of money being spent to terrorize civilians, children, harass families—all to satisfy the ego of an aspiring fascist. This is not freedom. This is tyranny. And unsurprisingly the NRA is nowhere to be found because they were never actually about anti-tyranny, they were always about pro white supremacy.
Second Amendment fanatics were never about defense against tyranny, it was always about creating a tyranny.
A tyranny just like Putin's.
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The Russian spy just cut a deal with the feds. Could her cooperation reveal the source of the $30 million the N.R.A. gave Trump?Tina Nguyen (Vanity Fair)
In a quiet English garden, a remarkable rescue unfolded that brought together compassion, quick thinking, and a bit of clever improvisation. A concerned homeowner noticed faint squeaks coming from a storm drain on her property.tempodeconhecer.blogs.sapo.pt
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An Israeli drone strikes a tent sheltering displaced people near a swing where children were playing, resulting in the martyrdom of women, children, and a man with a disability.. Details with colleague Anas Al-Sharif
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As a follow up to Israel attacking Iran, the Islamic republic regime (ruling Iran) is being horrific to Afghan refugees/immigrants. Afghans are becoming scapegoats and blamed for spying for Israel. The most vulnerable people get most fucked over - always.
And people thought war was going to help.
#iran #afghan #humanRights #israel
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Urgent | Occupation aircraft target a residential block belonging to the Jouda family in the Beach camp west of Gaza City, resulting in martyrs and missing persons, most of whom are women and children.
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“In a sane world, the Israeli government’s slaughter of nearly 80 helpless Palestinians in a single day using American weapons would be major news and members of Congress would treat Benjamin Netanyahu like Hannibal Lecter. Instead, Israel’s daily killing machine is largely ignored while Netanyahu, a wanted war criminal, walks freely on Capitol Hill.”
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“The Israeli government is trying to slaughter as many Palestinians as it can as ceasefire discussions progress, and then place those remaining in modern-day concentration camps for reeducation and deportation. The Trump administration must stop enabling this madness.”
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Faith-based camps like those hit by Texas floods are rite of passage for many. They're now grieving
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A new Israeli massacre is unfolding now after Israeli occupation forces targeted a densely populated residential area in the Beach Camp west of Gaza City, resulting in the martyrdom of at least 10 people and the injury of more than 30 others with varying wounds, while rescue teams are still searching for missing individuals under the rubble.
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"Breaking | Israeli warplanes have targeted a residential block belonging to the Jouda family in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, resulting in casualties and missing persons, most of whom are women and children"
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Attached: 1 image Europe’s raw material shortages threaten EV decarbonisation goals [Advocacy Lab Content] https://www.euractiv.Mastodon
Trump administration moves decisively to block China from 'weaponizing' American farmland
The USDA released a plan to counter foreign threats to American farmland. It will ban Chinese nationals from obtaining U.S. agricultural land.
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My pal Mike Lux provides some solutions, not just the usual kvetching about the atrocities that we all know and kvetch about.
"After passage of Trump’s bill, our side has to do 3 big things
..tell story about bill, not just recite facts. Voters need to understand the kinds of good ppl who are being fucked over by this legis..need to hear those stories, from cred people, over & over"
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After the passage of Trump’s Big Stinking Pile of Ugly Bill, our side has to do three big thingsMike Lux (Soul of the Party)
Join a sisterhood working to change the world together. Make meaningful connections, organize in your community, and have fun along the way.Red Wine and Blue
a solution my friend & I engage in for our mental health - when we notice “glimmers“ of humanity and or hope we share them with one another. I thought it may translate well to the folks who make this their social habitat. This is what she sent earlier:
So outside my back door there are inmates from the OC Dept of corrections clearing brush behind the hall owned by the fire dept. One guard has a weed whacker and is working right along side of them. Glimmer!
#Glimmer
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Teach your children well.
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#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten #SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide
#palestina #StopAIPAC #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism
@specktator_ @foufoutos @mrsimoto ρε δείτε εδώ ένα ακόμα έπος της ελληνικής ναυσιπλοΐας και πείτε ότι τα quotes είναι κακά. pixelfed.automat.click/p/faab6…
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For quick reference, we've created a handy guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket (PDF download).ssd.eff.org
In the last three days, two ships, the Greek ship "Tutor" and Ukrainian ship "Verbena," are at risk of sinking due to Yemeni Armed Forces operations targeting them in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
"Tutor" was, for the first time, directly hit by a naval drone that barreled into the engine room. Its crew abandoned ship two days later. "Verbena," on the other hand, was targeted with missiles, and its crew abandoned the ship today two days after it was targeted. These operations came in response to the ships' companies violating the Yemeni ban on ports of occupied #Palestine.
#yemen #Solidarity #houthi #houti
Another greek ownership vessel sunk because of fueling #IsraelTerroristState. Ignoring a #genocide has a cost.
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The one chick, "What a cruise without club music, a drink package and black people showin' out?"
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No more #telegram forever. I don't recommend it for anyone, cops and security companies are using it daily to fabricate, incriminate and discriminate everyday users. Whatsapp was just the tip of the iceberg recently.
#classwar #acab #humanrights #socialmedia #socialnetworks #whatsapp
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Ισραηλινός στρατιώτης που πήρε μέρος στην γενοκτονία έβαλε φωτιά στον εαυτό του και οι τελευταίες του λέξεις ήταν «μπορώ να μυρίσω τα πτώματα, βλέπω πτώματα όλη την ώρα».
Θα ήταν μεγαλύτερης αξίας πράξη να παραμείνει ζωντανός, να το υπομείνει σαν ανάμνηση και τιμωρία και από εδώ και πέρα να αντιτίθεται με κάθε μέσο σε αυτή την κτηνωδία.
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A 24-year-old Israeli soldier living in occupied Safad, called Daniel Edri, set himself on fire yesterday. His burned body was found inside his car in a forestEditing Team (Quds News Network)
Harris English without his caddie who is waiting on visa approval over past drug conviction
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In 1966, Huey Newton & Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party and wrote a 10-point manifesto of what the group stood for and wkottke.org
No one should be surprised that the resulting chatbot would readily slur Jews — it's just reflecting X's atmosphere back at us.
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ICE is attacking immigrants for now, but their goal is to subjugate all of us. Fighting for our neighbors today is a way of fighting for ourselves tomorrow.
Map the infrastructure that ICE depends on. Publicize their vulnerabilities. Popularize simple, reproducible ways to impose consequences every time that ICE inflicts harm on a community. Don't just react to their attacks—choose the time and place of confrontations. Take the initiative.
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"If we know, and do nothing, we are worse than the murderers hired in our name.
"If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own—which it is—and render impassable with our bodies the corridor to the gas chamber. For, if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night."
-James Baldwin, writing to Angela Davis while she was in captivity, November 19, 1970
Seven Steps to Stop ICE 1) Form resistance groups. Form tight-knit groups to play roles in the resistance. You and your friends may already form the core of such a group. You could focus on commu...CrimethInc.
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The Zionist Interior Minister, Moshe Arbel, has banned anti-Zionist Rabbi Yisroel [Dovid] Weiss from entering occupied Palestine just hours after a meeting between the rabbi and Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi. During the meeting, Rabbi Weiss conveyed a message of solidarity with the people of Iran in light of recent Israeli military aggression against the country. He also expressed the stance of the Jewish opposition to Zionism and its crimes.This move by the Israeli government reflects its growing intolerance toward dissenting voices, particularly those who publicly criticize its policies or engage with nations considered adversaries.
In response to the ban imposed upon him, Rabbi Weiss issued a powerful statement:
“Advocating for peace should not be a crime. However, in the Zionist entity, it clearly is—because Zionism thrives on war and conflict. Its very existence goes against the will of God. It depends on occupation, murder, and crimes.”
He continued, “I do not expect permission from the Zionists to enter Palestine. Thieves do not get to decide who enters stolen property. I have never visited the Zionist entity, nor do I plan to visit occupied Palestine as long as it remains under Zionist control.”
He added: “In the past, I visited Gaza for humanitarian reasons, entering through Rafah. I am prepared to visit a liberated Palestine in the future—with permission from its legitimate Palestinian government.”
Source: @NetureiKarta on x/twitter
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Anyone been to Prague?
Tips or recommendations?
Watch this guy on Prague and also how not to get ripped off there
> @owenblacker blocked @verita84
All because you said tranny nigger? So he reports you to, umm, you.
And then when he finds out that didn't get you cancelled, he blocks you?
Snowflake needs a safe space.
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Not sure if this is a hot take or not but the current discourse surrounding #JeffreyEpstein and the #EpsteinFiles is a massive distraction. As was the stuff with #PDiddy.
This stuff doesn't affect us, and even if it did, there's nothing we can do about it.
I would not be shocked if these stories are dominating public discourse because something else is happening.
@nihilvtoh yeah man defending pedophilia is the best I love it so much
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The public school system truly failed you if you don’t understand my original post
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【全裸】ビーチでSEXした20代＆50代のカップルを摘発 @沖縄
・海岸で全裸になり性行為をしたとして24歳の男性を現行犯逮捕
→相手である県外の50代男性も書類送検
・現場の海岸では数年前から「おっさんが青姦している」と近隣住民が度々通報
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Chinese man charged in Texas with stealing COVID-19 research from US colleges
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Army will end most of its ceremonial horse programs and adopt out the animals
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Cousins says on Netflix's 'Quarterback' he played through arm injury to keep Falcons' starting job
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8 July 1934 | Czech Jewish boy, Štěpán Jäger, was born in Prague.
He was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 4 October 1944. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
Entirely within the state of Arizona, the park encompasses 278 miles (447 km) of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands.www.nps.gov
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Microsoft says it has further improved its Edge browser’s responsiveness by continuing to migrate its user interface to WebUI 2.0.Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)
Howard Lutnik didn't go to work on 911. He was a chief exec at Cantor Fitzgerald at the time.
He's now the US commerce sec, a role previously filled in the first Trump presidency by Wilbur Ross, Director of Rothschild, LTD during the 1990 Trump bankruptcy bailout.
Lutnik, lower portion of the meme, is attending Rabbi Schneerson's annual ceremony.
Lutnik bought the house that Epstein used to use on East 71st Street (owned by Wexner). Wexner bought the mansion next door and moved Epstein there.
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in reply to Owen Blacker • • •>and Queering Wikipedia during my spare time
>I use my spare time to set homosexuality-inducing landmines on Wikipedia because I know children will come across them and end up a failed faggot like myself
>I'm polyamorous, married to a bi woman
>I get fucked around on by a dyke bitch with a nosering that ironically is a symbol of control for cattle who convinced me her happiness was based around my total inadequacy as a partner and I've developed a perverse sense of joy around how I get fucked around on, having convinced ourselves that we both are "free"
>& I have a boyfriend who lives too damn far away.
>Dopamine processing is my entire life and I suck cocks and am gay and am a faggot and am also a homosexual who likes dicks I am mentally ill
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in reply to Owen Blacker • • •>i'm polyamorous
No you're a faggot who shares his wife with other dudes. Stop being a faggot. If you're gonna be poly, be a polygamist but oh wait you can't because you're too busy sucking dicks with your ass to look at women
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