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'Palestinian Christians have lived harmoniously in Taybeh, but are now besieged by violent Jewish settlers who’ve established an outpost on the 4,500-year-old town’s agricultural land.' #USA #Israel #Netanyahu #JewishHitler #warcriminal #Zionazis #Jewishterrorists #psychopaths #hasbara #OccupiedWestBank #Gaza #Palestine #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #warcrimes #Trump helleniscope.com/2025/06/28/la…

Last Christian Town In West Bank Attacked and Besieged By Israeli Settlers - Helleniscope

EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis).  If you need the best practical example of why the “Judeo-Christians” and the Zionists in America and Israel have absolutely no votes, except two (U.S.
Helleniscope

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Israeli journalist Amnon Levy on Channel 13:
"Yesterday, 100 Palestinians were killed in Gaza.

x.com/EyeonPalestine/status/19…

#Gaza #Palestine #Syria #iran #lebanon #Genocide #geopolitics
@palestine @lebanon @yemen @irannachrichten
#SettlerColonialism
#AntiImperialism #tiktok #cdnpoli
#antiPalestinianracism #canada #usa #yemen
@blackmastodon
#palestina #StopAIPAC #freePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraelTerroristState #StopGenocide #IDFTerrorists #DismantleZionism

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Absolut respektlos!

Friedrich Merz begründet das Nein zur Regenbogenfahne auf dem Bundestag ernsthaft damit, dass der Bundestag kein Zirkuszelt sei.

Die Regenbogenfahne ist ein Zeichen für queere Rechte und Solidarität. Gerade in Zeiten, in denen Hass zunimmt, ist das wichtig. 🏳️‍🌈

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Νέες καταδίκες της Ελλάδας στο ΕΔΔΑ για επαναλαμβανόμενες παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων 39 ασυνόδευτων παιδιών thepressproject.gr/nees-katadi…

Νέες καταδίκες της Ελλάδας στο ΕΔΔΑ για επαναλαμβανόμενες παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων 39 ασυνόδευτων παιδιών - The Press Project - Ειδήσεις, Αναλύσεις, Ραδιόφωνο, Τηλεόραση

Την Πέμπτη 19-6-2025 το Ευρωπαϊκό Δικαστήριο Δικαιωμάτων του Ανθρώπου δημοσίευσε δύο νέες Αποφάσεις που αφορούν 39 ασυνόδευτα παιδιά καταδικάζοντας την Ελλάδα για επαναλαμβανόμενες παραβιάσεις εις βάρος τους. Με τις δύο…
Θάνος Καμήλαλης (ThePressProject.gr)

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#AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As #artificialintelligence continue to proliferate, pushback against tech and its negative impacts grows stronger
"Potential threat of bosses attempting to replace human #workers with AI agents is just one of many compounding reasons people are critical of #generativeAI. Add that to the error-ridden outputs, the environmental damage, the potential mental health impacts for users, and the concerns about copyright"
wired.com/story/generative-ai-…
archive.ph/zjbmB

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Huawei releases an open weight model trained on Huawei Ascend GPUs

Link: arxiv.org/abs/2505.21411
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…


Pangu Pro MoE: Mixture of Grouped Experts for Efficient Sparsity

The surgence of Mixture of Experts (MoE) in Large Language Models promises a small price of execution cost for a much larger model parameter count and learning capacity, because only a small fraction of parameters are activated for each input token.
arXiv.org

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Sri Lanka spreads Cuba’s denunciation against US memorandum plenglish.com/news/2025/07/01/…

Sri Lanka spreads Cuba’s denunciation against US memorandum - Prensa Latina

Colombo, 1 Jul (Latin Press) The Sri Lankan daily Colombo Times today disclosed Cuba’s denunciation of the memorandum signed by President Donald Trump to reinforce the aggressive US policy against the Caribbean country.
Ana Luisa Brown (Prensa Latina)

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Réponse à Jean-Luc Mélenchon - La Sociale


#politique

Pour info c'est moi qui ai écrit à Denis pour lui signaler ce passage.

Dans un court passage d’une très longue interview, Jean-Luc Mélenchon me cite comme un « maître à penser » qui lui a fait comprendre des choses et, bien que je sois censé l’attaquer et le « traîner dans la boue », il tient à me dire qu’il me garde son estime, si toutefois je regarde cette vidéo.


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Réponse à Jean-Luc Mélenchon – La Sociale

Dans un court passage d'une très longue interview, Jean-Luc Mélenchon me cite comme un « maître à penser » qui lui a fait comprendre des choses et, bien que je sois censé l'attaquer et le « traîner dans…
La Sociale

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Look at the article head and sub-head and then look forward to their predicted 4.5 million tonnes of lifetime carbon dioxide emissions produced locally in Kildare.

“It will have an on-site gas-fired power plant to provide the other 50 per cent of its electricity needs”

#ClimateEmergency #MastoDaoine

[paywall]irishtimes.com/business/2025/0…


Kildare data centre will not take power from grid

Herbata plans to use 50% renewables at Naas complex
Barry O'Halloran (The Irish Times)

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The Polish President says that Ukraine’s accession to the EU cannot be seriously discussed at this time en.news-front.su/2025/07/01/th…

The Polish President says that Ukraine's accession to the EU cannot be seriously discussed at this time

In an interview with the Polsat TV channel, Polish President Karol Nawrocki said that Ukraine had not fulfilled the conditions for a serious discussion of the country’s accession to the European Union.
newsmaker newsmaker (English News front)

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In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration #Remigration #Bevölkerungsaustausch

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In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration #Remigration #Bevölkerungsaustausch

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Neulich im Deutschkurs:

„Der #Mietende forderte vom Vermietenden nach der Mieterhöhung das #Mietende.“


🧑‍🏫 Lehrkraft (völlig ernst):
„Also, wer kann mir diesen Satz erklären?“

🧕👨‍🔧👩‍💻 Teilnehmende (mit Rauch überm Kopf):
„Ähm ... Alle Wörter sehen gleich aus?! 😵‍💫“

Wer #gendert ist ein #Nazi
#Gendern #Bevormundung #Diktatur #SelberDenken #SelbstDenken #Sprache #Sprachverhunzung

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Erinnert ihr euch noch an die #Gewalt und #Belästigungen 2003?


Oder bei den anderen #Höllensommern vor 2015? Ich auch nicht. #Mysteriös.

In einer funktionierenden Gesellschaft passen sich die Gäste dem Gastgeber an.
In Deutschland passt sich die Gesellschaft den Gästen an und verzichtet auf seine Kultur.
#Islamismus #Gruppenvergewaltigungen #Messermorde #Brandmauertote #Islam #Brandmaueropfer #Massenvergewaltigungen
#Islam #Moslem #Islamisten #Migration #Remigration #Bevölkerungsaustausch

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JK Rowling gloats at virtue-signalling paedophile who slated her for her transgender views - as he is jailed for 24 years for raping 'vulnerable' boy, 12

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JK Rowling gloats at virtue-signalling paedophile who slated her for her transgender views - as he is jailed for 24 years for raping 'vulnerable' boy, 12

Ireland, 42, who co-founded Pride in Surrey in 2018, raped the youngster after luring him to the flat he shared with co-defendant David Sutton and ply...
Tom Cotterill (Daily Mail)

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Russia and Mali Forge Strategic Axis as Bamako Eyes BRICS Membership journal-neo.su/2025/07/01/russ…

Russia and Mali Forge Strategic Axis as Bamako Eyes BRICS Membership

In a clear signal of deepening bilateral ties and shifting global alignments, the Russian Federation signed a series of cooperation agreements with Mali,
Фил Батлер (New Eastern Outlook)
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Rich

The public also needs to temper expectations and realize that AI chatbots are still massively flawed and cannot be relied upon. An attorney recently discovered this the hard way, when he had ChatGPT do his legal research. None of the case law ChatGPT cited was real
In 2022, Facebook pulled its science-focused chatbot Galactica after a mere three days, as it generated wholly fabricated results

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Yemeni Armed Forces strike Ben Gurion Airport with hypersonic missile in retaliatory operation en.abna24.com/news/1703966/Yem…

Yemeni Armed Forces strike Ben Gurion Airport with hypersonic missile in retaliatory operation

The Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out a missile strike targeting Ben Gurion Airport using a hypersonic ballistic missile, according to a statement issued Tuesday night.
ABNA English

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New report out now: New Technologies, Old Injustice 🚨

Across Europe, authorities are using so-called ‘predictive’ technologies to profile and criminalise marginalised communities.

Our latest report brings together research from Belgium, France, Germany and Spain to show how AI, data-driven and algorithmic systems are embedding racism and discrimination deeper into policing and legal systems.

📄 Read the full report:
statewatch.org/news/2025/june/…

@TechnopoliceBXL
@LaQuadrature
@algorithmwatch

Cover of the Statewatch report “New Technologies, Old Injustice” set against a red-toned photo of a crowd, with white brackets overlaid on some faces, mimicking facial recognition targets.

Statewatch | Police racism and criminalisation across Europe increasingly fuelled by digital 'prediction' and profiling systems

London, 30 June 2025 – The civil liberties organisation Statewatch has published a report that reveals how police and criminal legal system authorities across Europe are using data-based, algorithmic and AI systems to ‘predict’ where crimes may occur…
www.statewatch.org

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Iran presidential decree officially suspends cooperation with IAEA

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issues a decree suspending cooperation with the IAEA as tensions reach the threshold following the Israeli war on Iran.

en.mdn.tv/8YO9

#Politics


Iran presidential decree officially suspends cooperation with IAEA

Al Mayadeen English (Iran presidential decree officially suspends cooperation with IAEA)

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#εξαρχεια #μετρό

Όταν το έργο παίζεται στα εκατοστά, όταν το έργο σχεδιάστηκε με γνώμονα την καταστροφή της πλατείας και όχι το κοινό όφελος και τη γνώμη των ανθρώπων της περιοχής, όταν οι μελέτες δεν έλαβαν καν υπόψη τους την υπάρχουσα νομοθεσία, τότε το έργο πράγματι βρίσκεται στον αέρα.

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Number of Palestinian journalist martyrs has risen to 228 dailyyemen.net/2025/07/01/numb…

Number of Palestinian journalist martyrs has risen to 228

The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced that the number of Palestinian journalist martyrs has risen to 228 since the beginning of the genocide committed by the Zionist enemy against the Gaza Strip, after the death of journalist Ismai
DAILY YEMEN

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Man sollte - wie in einem Kommentar korrekt angemerkt - übrigens daran erinnern: Es gibt da draußen Abertausende von klugen Bauern, die merken, was gerade passiert. Die immer wieder für #Klimaschutz demonstrieren, die sich mit Leib und Seele ihrem anstrengendem Job verschrieben haben, die gesunde Lebensmittel für uns produzieren und die einen schweren Kampf gegen industrielle Großbetriebe und Nahrungsmittelkonzerne fechten.

Die interessieren aber weder Bauernverband, noch Union, noch Medien.

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Containerized Asphalt Mixing Plant Advantage

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Very nice report on the fire at North Hyde substation which took down Heathrow in March.

tl;dr:

* Fire was caused by moisture ingress in a high voltage bushing which was detected in 2018 but got lost in the system.
* North Hyde is an ageing substation which didn't have adequate protection against spread of fire
* Heathrow didn't think that a loss of grid feed was a plausible risk, so they assumed 10-12 hours was a reasonable recovery time from that.

neso.energy/document/363891/do…

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Israeli occupation forces escalated on Tuesday their aggression in the occupied West Bank and al-Quds through extensive demolition operations that targeted Palestinian-owned homes, commercial shops, and educational institutions, amid repeated settler attacks on agricultural land.

In the town of al-Auja, north of Areeha, Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian-owned commercial store, followed by the demolition of a house.

english.almayadeen.net/news/po…

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News


IOF intensify demolitions across West Bank amid settler violence

Israeli occupation forces escalate demolitions across the West Bank and al-Quds, targeting homes, schools, and farmland, as settlers torch olive groves.
Al Mayadeen English (IOF intensify demolitions across West Bank amid settler violence)

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Illegal Israeli settlers have established a new outpost northwest of Jericho in the eastern West Bank, the fifth in the same area, according to a Palestinian rights group.

Illegal settlers erected tents, brought in excavation and leveling equipment, and began fencing off the site in the Muarrajat area in recent days, the Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights said in a statement.

aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/illeg…

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News


Illegal Israeli settlers establish new outpost near Jericho in West Bank

Illegal settlers erected tents, brought in excavation and leveling equipment, and began fencing off site in Muarrajat area, rights group says - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr

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UN expert Francesca Albanese has named over 60 companies, including major technology firms, confirming their involvement in “the transformation of Israel’s economy of occupation to an economy of genocide,” calling on corporations to cut ties with Israel and for executives to be held accountable.

Thehuman rights lawyer compiled the report based on over 200 submissions from states, human rights defenders, companies, and academics.

qudsnen.co/lucrative-un-expert…

🕎 🇵🇸 ☮️
#Gaza #Palestine
#Press #News


“Lucrative”: UN Expert Names over 60 Companies Profiting from Israeli Settlements and Gaza Genocide

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- UN expert Francesca Albanese has named over 60 companies, including major technology firms, confirming their involvement in “the transformation of Israel's econ
Editing Team (Quds News Network)

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I'm no expert, but some UK-oriented suggestions for things to do in response to ongoing genocide and famine in Palestine:

- Change your bank account, there's a UK list of complicit and non-complicit banks here: ethicalconsumer.org/money-fina… - e.g. it seems Barclays, HSBC, JP Morgan, Lloyds, NatWest, and Santander are using your money to finance the military and settlements
- E-mail your MP map.org.uk/campaigns/stop-uks-…
- Donate, I'm not sure what's best but maybe to a mutual aid organisation like the Sameer project chuffed.org/project/113222-ten… or Dahnoun chuffed.org/project/115245-dah…
- Boycott e.g. Google, Amazon, Booking.com, Airbnb, Expedia, Teva, Chevron, Intel, Dell, Siemens, HP, Microsoft, Carrefour, AXA, Reebok, Disney+, Sodastream, Re/max bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-B…


Guide to BDS Boycott & Pressure Corporate Priority Targeting

Ending the complicity of states, corporations, and institutions in Israel’s ongoing, live-streamed genocide against 2.
BDS Movement

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Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp, 07/02/25 -- Trump: US and Israeli Officials Discussed Gaza, Pentagon Halts Some Shipments to Ukraine, and More youtube.com/watch?v=S84ZGyqic4…

Trump: US and Israeli Officials Discussed Gaza, Pentagon Halts Some Shipments to Ukraine, and More

Contact the White House: https://whitehouse.gov/contact/Support the show: Antiwar.com/donatePhone bank for Defend the Guard: https://defendtheguard.us/phoneb...
YouTube

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“On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri approved the proposed purchase of all of the assets of 23andMe by TTAM Research Institute (“TTAM”) … TTAM is a nonprofit medical research organization founded by Anne Wojcicki (Co-Founder and former CEO of 23andMe).”

– 23andMe bankruptcy notice

Well this all sounds above board…

#DNA #data #23AndMe #genetics #BigTech #peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism #bankruptcy #failingUpwards

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highly principled invertebrate

Eugenics & US records

Sensitive content

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Sheldon Richman: The US Empire’s 72-Year War on Iran original.antiwar.com/srichman/…

The US Empire's 72-Year War on Iran - Antiwar.com

The likely temporary Israel-Iran ceasefire notwithstanding, if you need proof of how despicable Donald Trump is, consider this: When asked last week if he would ask Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to stop bombing Iran, which had already said it woul…
Antiwar.com

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William D. Hartung and Tom Engelhardt: The Military-Industrial Complex Is Riding High original.antiwar.com/william-d…

The Military-Industrial Complex Is Riding High - Antiwar.com

Originally published at TomDispatch. The Senate is on the verge of passing the distinctly misnamed “big beautiful bill.” It is, in fact, one of the ugliest pieces of legislation to come out of Congress in living memory.
Antiwar.com

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After long presenting heatwaves as fun episodes, with pictures of young people in fountains and swimming pools, European media are now realizing it's not funny anymore.
French TV talked about the worst day instead of the warmest day, and Le Parisien had "Torture" as headline. nos.nl/l/2573263

Zweten in Frankrijk, Spanje en Italië, Franse krant noemt hittegolf 'marteling'

In zuidelijk Europa worden temperaturen van 40 graden en meer bereikt. Onze correspondenten doen verslag.
NOS Nieuws
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Osteopenia Powers ,

You've raised an important point. It's fast and cheap for a news outlet to send a photographer out for a picture of people cooling off by swimming. But the real story of a Climate Crisis caused heat wave is people dying, not swimming. It would be improper if not illegal to show images of seniors who died in their homes of heat stroke.
So, very seriously, what would be the proper image? An ambulance pulling into the emergency area?

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German chancellor Merz casually dismisses Germany's (already insufficient) #climate targets. In an hour-long talkshow interview, he was asked to complete some sentences:

Host: "That the current heat wave is a sign of climate change ..."
Merz: "... is partially true, but surely not exclusively."

Host: "That [economics minister] Katharina Reiche questions the 2045 climate target ...'
Merz: "... has something to do with a realistic view of what we can actually achieve."

#StateOfAffairs

In a studio setting tinged in shades of purple, host Sandra Maischberger sits on an opulent modern chair across from chancellor Friedrich Merz. Both are wearing a dark suit. He had receding hair and glasses, she sports a wavy semi-short hair cut.
in reply to Wolfgang Lucht

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Nanook

 — (Shoreline, WA, USA)
@Wolfgang Lucht Yea Germans are freezing to death in the winter already, let's do even more of the same. Good plan, MORONS. A by-the-way, each year approximately 5 million people die from cold, that's about 8.5% of all deaths, and 500,000 from heat, about .5% of all deaths, so seems even from human health standard, some global heating would be beneficial.

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There's a common sleight of hand in the political class' views of the NHS;

They (willingly) confuse growing levels of dissatisfaction with the NHS as growing support for privatised health care, but while people are now sometimes more willing to go private this is a strategy of desperation not a willing political conversion.

What voters actually want is for the NHS to work properly, fairly & efficiently.... and that can only be achieved with a renewed commitment to full funding!

#NHS #health

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Recent study found (unsuprisingly) that protected bike paths increase cycling 1.8 times more than painted bike lanes.
nature.com/articles/s44284-025…

#bike #NatCities #cycling #research


The link between low-stress bicycle facilities and bicycle commuting - Nature Cities

Bicycling offers a range of benefits for urban commuters, but the facilities that best facilitate bicycle lane use are still unclear.
Nature

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Ron Paul: As Gaza Starves… US Green-Lights More US Weapons to Israel antiwar.com/blog/2025/07/01/ro…

Ron Paul: As Gaza Starves... US Green-Lights More US Weapons to Israel - Antiwar.com Blog

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Just as news comes out that IDF commanders ordered Israeli soldiers to shoot unarmed Palestinians lining up for food, the US announced that it has approved $500 million in new weapons to Israel – just the kinds of …
Antiwar.com Blog

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"The Digital Democracy Deception"
by Courtenay Turner
Part 1 July 2nd
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In an era where digital technologies increasingly shape democratic participation, a constellation of initiatives promises to revolutionize governance through artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies. At the center of this movement sits the AI World Society (AIWS), a Boston Global Forum initiative that advocates for “digital democracy” and “ethical AI governance. ”Beneath the progressive rhetoric of empowerment and transparency lies a more troubling reality: the concentration of power among tech elites and the potential erosion of genuine citizen agency.

This analysis examines the growing influence of AIWS and related digital democracy projects, revealing how buzzwords like “democratization”, “decentralization” and “empowerment” may mask concerning limitations that threaten personal sovereignty and cognitive liberty.
TLDR:
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The Bottom Line: What's marketed as "digital democracy" is actually a sophisticated power grab by tech elites, transforming genuine civic participation into managed participation theater while threatening cognitive liberty itself.

The Elite Capture Machine
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The AI World Society (AIWS), led by former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and Vietnamese entrepreneur Nguyen Anh Tuan, exemplifies how "digital democracy" initiatives concentrate power among academic and political elites. Their latest venture—blockchain-certified "Esteemed Digital Assets"—literally tokenizes political legacies, creating artificial scarcity around historical narratives while an elite board of MIT and Harvard affiliates controls the curation.

Even more concerning is their "Music for Humanity" initiative, which uses "AI-amplified music" for what can only be described as emotional engineering—bearing striking similarities to the HeartMath Global Coherence Initiative's attempts at technologically-mediated consciousness manipulation.

Taiwan's "Success Story" Exposed
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Taiwan's vTaiwan platform, celebrated globally as a digital democracy triumph, reveals the fundamental flaws in these systems when examined closely. The brutal reality: only 0.04% of Taiwan's population actually engaged with the platform, and legislators admitted they don't take it seriously because the government isn't required to adopt recommendations.

This isn't democratization—it's participation theater that serves educated, urban elites while excluding rural, elderly, and less tech-savvy citizens. The platform "hasn't been used for any major decisions since 2018," proving that ultimate power remains concentrated in traditional institutions.

Blockchain Voting: The Constitutional Trojan Horse
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MIT cybersecurity experts have issued devastating warnings against blockchain voting, demonstrating these systems create "undetectable, nation-scale election failures". Real-world pilots validate these concerns: West Virginia's blockchain voting was hacked within 72 hours, while Nevada's system allowed undetectable vote alterations.

Yet "Third Way" movements like Andrew Yang's Forward Party continue promoting blockchain voting as democratic innovation. This represents a deceptive advance toward technocratic governance that would replace constitutional accountability with unaccountable algorithms.

The Cognitive Liberty Threat
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The convergence of AI, neuroscience, and ubiquitous computing creates unprecedented opportunities for surveillance and mental manipulation. AIWS's combination of AI-generated content, blockchain-certified narratives, and "AI-amplified music" represents a sophisticated approach to shaping public consciousness.

Chile recognized this threat by becoming the first country to enshrine neurorights in its constitution in 2021, prohibiting non-consensual neural data extraction and the buying/selling of brain data. Colorado followed with America's first neural data protection law in 2024.

The Academic Warning
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Research consistently reveals that "the field of e-democracy has generally failed to live up to its own reformist rhetoric". A UC Berkeley study found that college graduates are 1.5 times more likely to blog, twice as likely to post content, and three times more likely to comment online compared to high school graduates. Less than 10% of the U.S. population participates in online content creation, making digital platforms "more of a playground for the affluent than a digital democracy."

The Pattern Revealed
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The evolution from 2012's grassroots g0v movement to 2025's AIWS ecosystem reveals a clear trajectory: genuine civic tech innovations have been captured and transformed into elite-controlled systems that maintain the rhetoric of empowerment while concentrating decision-making power.

The Choice Before Us
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These aren't innovations—they're digital feudalism disguised as democracy. The infrastructure being built would permanently replace "We the People" with "We the Algorithms," creating what critics call a "velvet-gloved architecture of control" where every click, vote, and potentially even brainwave feeds systems designed to shape behavior in ways both unseen and unaccountable.

The time for vigilance is now. Citizens must reject blockchain voting, expose elite networks funding these initiatives, and demand genuine cognitive liberty protections before this digital cage masquerading as liberation becomes inescapable.

The future of human agency hangs in the balance—and the tech elites are betting you won't notice until it's too late.

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