Zohran Mamdani - aktueller Bürgermeister-Kandidat für New York mit guten Chancen und der hat interessante politische Vorstellungen!

Trump, seine Reps, alle radikale Christen und hier die Springer-Presse (im vorauseilenden Gehorsam) bekommen seit gestern kollektiv Schnappatmung, wenn der Name Mamdani fällt und weil seine Chancen immer weiter steigen 😅

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Trump lässt im Moment untersuchen, ob der Mamdani ausgewiesen werden kann. Denn der sei nicht nur Muslim, sondern radikal-kommunistisch mit seiner Vorstellung von Politik!

#USA #NewYork #Mamdani

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Wenn so einer zeigt, dass eine als "sozialistisch" gelabelte Politik für die meisten Bewohner der Stadt richtig tolle Auswirkungen hat, dann könnten die Leute ja (hoffentlich) ins Grübeln kommen.
Vielleicht sind sie dann nicht mehr bereit Leute zu wählen, die ihnen erzählen, dass Ausländer ihr Problem sind, während sie gleichzeitig Reiche immer reicher machen und alle anderen immer weniger haben.

“We are witnessing a true reversal of ocean circulation in the Southern Hemisphere, something we’ve never seen before. While the world is debating the potential collapse of the AMOC, we’re seeing that the SMOC has reversed. This could have unprecedented global climate impacts.” shorturl.at/dEMcv

#ClimateChange #GlobalHeating #ClimateCatastrophe #DoSomething #GlobalWarming

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Ein auf Gaza spezialisierter, französischer Historiker verbringt im Dezember 2024 einen Monat in in Gaza und schreibt darüber ein Buch. Schon der Artikel darüber ist sehr lesenswert.

»'Now I Understand Why #Israel Is Denying Journalists Access to the Appalling Scene in #Gaza'.
One of the only historians studying the Gaza Strip, Jean-Pierre Filiu, spent a month in the killing fields there, and documented everything«
haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-0… (Paywall)

archive.is/Y6iDg

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Der Horror der in Gaza passiert ist ein Ausblick auf alle künftigen Kriege, die überall auf der Welt mit maximaler Brutalität geführt werden.

Diese Kriege werden so nun möglich sein, weil man das was in Gaza passiert nicht gestoppt hat, weil man für den Horror noch Waffen geliefert hat, weil man für das was unerträgliches Leid ist noch beschönigende Worte gefunden hat, das internationale Recht ignoriert und mit Füßen getreten hat, nichts dagegen tat, obwohl es jederzeit möglich war und ist.

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An entire village in Dorset is facing eviction – proof that private money holds all the power in rural England


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«Λίβε Παλαιστίνα»: Η δεύτερη ζωή ενός τραγουδιού | Πολιτισμός

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(Vidéo) Abécédaire Frustration – « E comme ÉCOLOGIE » (avec Clément Sénéchal)


Rédaction

youtu.be/7gNEDORJ10Y

Dans cet épisode de notre abécédaire politique, on reçoit Clément Sénéchal (Ex-Greenpeace, auteur et militant) pour démonter l’écologie bourgeoise : celle qui culpabilise les individus pendant que les gros pollueurs trinquent tranquillement. On parle écologie populaire, conflits de classes et stratégies politiques pour éviter de foncer droit dans le mur en trottinette électrique.

Le livre de Clément Sénéchal : placedeslibraires.fr/livre/978…

Créé et animé par Rob Grams
Réalisé et monté par Farton Bink

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same thing applies, a little bit of elbow grease racism towards whites and "honorary aryan" east asians and indians would have prevented this

the first rule of building alligator fueled concentration camps is making it very clear who's gonna get fed to the alligators, otherwise you're just spreading terror in a way that hurts your interests

in reply to whiteline

they are just too stupid or uncaring to do this basic thing, which is very concerning when it comes to their future use of violence and oppression

ICE is just trumps goon army now, transformed by flooding it with money and dubious recruits and led by loyalists, they're currently in the phase where they drag off women and children to establish precedent that they can do whatever they want

that's "rational", but for example being completely reckless and starting a low-level civil war by escalating it to dragging off blue state leadership people under dubious treason charges isn't

in reply to nemesis

the southern border is basically 100% closed now. as much as i disagree with some other stuff trump is doing, they have done a great job on the border and also overall i think ice enforcement has done as good a job as they can with their resources, and it looks like they're actually getting ready to ramp up to the level necessary to deport millions of people.

there is huge potential for abuse when building up a massive standing army of this sort but that's the situation we've been put in. we can't allow this country to turn into france or england and be overrun by infinity 3rd world rapists and narco gangs and haitian voodoo cat eaters

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i'm not sure about that. in the past most may have been visa overstays but considering the numbers that came through the border during the biden admin i don't think that's true anymore- but yes we have a lot of visa overstays. it makes no difference. they all have to go home.

so far we've seen 1 case of harrassment of a european tourist. one. how about another example?

in reply to woodland creature

I was referring to this case (newsweek.com/ice-tourist-immig…) but if you want a personal example, I'm afraid of bringing my british wife to even visit my family in the US at this point, despite her being a white british person married to a US citizen who *isnt even trying to immigrate*. that isnt a sensible enforcement of immigration laws
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law enforcement get on a power trip. it attracts a certain personality type. granted i havne't been through customs in a long time so i'll take your word for it, but regardless illegals have to go and for the most part what i've seen in the ice enforcement they have done a good job and been professional in spite of all the hostility the're facing. customs working at the airport may be another story

i vibe coded an app with gemini and it was a huge pain in the ass to get it to work as a browser extension, but i have the rough draft of something that will run LLM classification locally in your browser whenever you look at negative news headlines and suggest places for you to donate to fix the issue. no more of this bullshit sharing for awareness. with this extension you will get prodded to actually help make a change in the world if you read an upsetting news headline

and GUESS WHAT I'M NAMING IT

PRAXIS

## Fraud, Theft, and Corruption Related to Ukraine War Aid and Weapons

### Major Cases of Fraud and Embezzlement

- **$40 Million Weapons Procurement Fraud (2022–2024)**
- Ukrainian defense officials and employees of the arms supplier Lviv Arsenal conspired to embezzle nearly $40 million intended for the purchase of 100,000 mortar shells. The shells were never delivered, and the funds were diverted to accounts in Ukraine and the Balkans. Five individuals were charged, and one was apprehended while attempting to flee the country. The misappropriated funds have been confiscated and are to be returned to Ukraine’s defense budget[1][2][3][4].

- **$17.7 Million Military Procurement Scam**
- Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) accused five people, including a former defense ministry official and company owners, of embezzling $17.7 million between August and December 2022. The funds were meant for military procurement at the start of the Russian invasion. Some of the money was allegedly used to buy real estate in Croatia[5].

- **Embezzlement by 30 Officials**
- Law enforcement uncovered a scheme involving 30 officials who embezzled $3.3 million allocated for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The funds were misused for inflated contracts for fuel, electricity, natural gas, furniture, and construction. Some suspects also acquired land and assets through these schemes[6].

- **Large-Scale Defense Industry Fraud**
- A former executive of Ukraine’s state defense conglomerate, Ukroboronprom, allegedly transferred over $46 million from state-owned enterprises to foreign accounts, disguised as payments for “agent services.” The funds were used to acquire luxury assets in France, including a villa and vineyards. French authorities have seized these assets, and extradition is being sought[7][8].

### Weapons Theft and Black Market Activity

- **Arms Trafficking and Black Market Seizures**
- Ukrainian law enforcement has conducted widespread raids, seizing large quantities of weapons and ammunition from criminal networks. In Lviv (August 2024), police dismantled a trafficking ring, seizing 72 pistols, 20 assault rifles, 29 grenades, and nearly 49,000 rounds of ammunition. In Kyiv (September 2024), authorities seized 132 rounds of grenade launcher ammunition and other weapons. Some seizures involved active military personnel selling high-grade weapons, including anti-aircraft guns and US-made machine guns[9][10][11].

- **Historical and Ongoing Diversion**
- Ukraine has a long history of arms trafficking, with parliamentary investigations estimating $32 billion in military assets lost to theft and illicit sales between 1992 and 1998. While oversight has improved, the war has created new opportunities for black market activity, especially with trophy weapons and surplus arms[9][12].

- **International Oversight and Monitoring**
- Western partners and Ukrainian authorities have implemented strict tracking and oversight mechanisms for military aid. While there is no verified evidence of US- or EU-provided weapons being trafficked outside Ukraine, the risk of diversion remains a concern, and ongoing investigations continue[13][12][14].

### Summary Table: Key Cases

| Case/Type | Amount Involved | Description/Outcome |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Lviv Arsenal Shell Procurement Fraud | $40 million | Embezzled for undelivered shells; funds confiscated[1][2][3] |
| Military Procurement Scam (NABU) | $17.7 million | Embezzled by officials and suppliers; real estate bought abroad[5]|
| 30 Officials Embezzlement | $3.3 million | Inflated contracts for military needs; assets seized[6] |
| Ukroboronprom Executive Fraud | $46 million | Funds laundered into French assets; assets seized[7][8] |
| Lviv Arms Trafficking Ring | N/A (weapons seized) | 72 pistols, 20 rifles, 29 grenades, 49,000 rounds seized[10] |

### Additional Notes

- **Weapons black market activity** is mostly contained within Ukraine, with no verified large-scale trafficking of Western-supplied arms into the EU, but the risk persists[12][14].
- **Anti-corruption efforts** are ongoing, with dozens of investigations, suspensions, and asset seizures reported in 2023–2025[13][2][3].
- **Oversight by international partners** (US, EU) has not found widespread diversion of aid, but isolated cases of fraud and theft have been prosecuted[13][15].

These cases highlight the ongoing challenges of fraud, theft, and corruption in the context of the Ukraine war, as well as the active efforts by Ukrainian and international authorities to detect, investigate, and recover misused funds and stolen materiel.

[1] npr.org/2024/01/28/1227447442/…
[2] cnn.com/2024/01/28/europe/ukra…
[3] kyivindependent.com/defense-mi…
[4] bbc.com/news/world-europe-6812…
[5] occrp.org/en/news/ukraines-ant…
[6] kyivindependent.com/30-officia…
[7] defence-industry.eu/ukraines-a…
[8] youtube.com/watch?v=YDAmfdsWpq…
[9] magyarnemzet.hu/english/2025/0…
[10] globalinitiative.net/analysis/…
[11] sofmag.com/ukraine-launches-wi…
[12] reliefweb.int/report/ukraine/s…
[13] politifact.com/factchecks/2025…
[14] jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.313…
[15] voanews.com/a/pentagon-inspect…
[16] iz.ru/en/1812877/2024-12-24/us…
[17] hir.harvard.edu/facts-or-false…
[18] aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/28/u…
[19] ti-defence.org/ukraine-militar…
[20] pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories…
[21] thehill.com/opinion/internatio…
[22] reuters.com/world/europe/ukrai…
[23] over-haul.com/ukraine-weapons-…
[24] nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/e…
[25] disb.dc.gov/page/beware-ukrain…
[26] cnn.com/2023/07/20/politics/pe…
[27] kyivindependent.com/deputy-pri…
[28] euractiv.com/section/politics/…
[29] united24media.com/opinion/amer…
[30] voanews.com/a/ukraine-says-it-…
[31] kyivindependent.com/as-ukraine…
[32] newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/fa…
[33] reuters.com/world/europe/ukrai…
[34] acfe.com/fraud-magazine/all-is…
[35] globalinitiative.net/wp-conten…

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Narcissistic minds often craft elaborate justifications to shield their actions from criticism, blurring the lines between right and wrong. Here, personal ethics become a vital compass — an inner guide rooted in honesty, integrity, and empathy.

By cultivating our own ethical standards, we resist the temptation to rationalize harmful behaviors—whether in others or ourselves. This clarity helps those affected by narcissistic abuse stand firm, and encourages narcissistic individuals to confront the truth with humility and growth.

Remember: Strong personal ethics empower us to see beyond manipulation and embrace genuine connection. 💙 #NPD #PersonalEthics #MentalHealth #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery

Proton joins suit against Apple for predatory practices that harm developers and consumers
proton.me/blog/apple-lawsuit

I find this interesting:
"Proton itself has also been victim of Apple’s censorship. In 2020, Apple threatened to take Proton VPN out of the App Store unless we removed language from our App Store description that said the app could be used to “unblock censored websites.”

#Proton #ProtonVPN #ProtonMail #ProtonPass #ProtonCalendar #ProtonDrive #ProtonWallet #privacy #private #privacyFocused #Apple #AppleTV #AppleMusic #AppleWatch #AppleTablet #ApplePhone #iPhone #iPad #iPod #censhorship #walledgarden #walled_garden #ProtonAG #AppStore

Création de l’Encyclopédie alévie contre les politiques de manipulation et d’assimilation
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/0…

"ALLEMAGNE – La diaspora kurde-alévie d’Allemagne a créé l’Encyclopédie alévie pour lutter contre les politiques de manipulation et d’assimilation de l’État turc concernant la mémoire et la vérité historique de l’alévisme*. L’Académie de la ville de Riza, ouverte à

ROJAVA. La Turquie assèche l’Euphrate
kurdistan-au-feminin.fr/2025/0…

"SYRIE / ROJAVA – Dans sa guerre de l’eau ciblant les Kurdes et les États voisins syrien et irakien, la Turquie a asséché les fleuves mythiques l’Euphrate et le Tigre qui prennent source au Kurdistan du Nord sous l’occupation turque. Avec la baisse du niveau de l’Euphrate, un risque majeur de sécheresse se fait sentir […]
L’article ROJAVA. La Turquie assèche l’Euphrate est

Übersetztes Interview mit Peter Gelderloos zu seinem Buch:

Strategien für eine ökologische Revolution von unten

"Intelligente Problemlösungen kommen also von Menschen, die sich vor Ort auskennen, die mit ihrem Gebiet vertraut sind und wissen, welche Ressourcen ihnen zur Verfügung stehen. Und sie sind ebenso global, sie kommen einfach aus dem Territorium, sie kommen von unten, und nicht aus Vorstandsetagen oder Konferenzräumen, wo sie nicht auf das Territorium schauen, sondern auf Karten. Und sie schauen vor allem auf ihre eigenen Interessen, die Kontrolle zu behalten. Denn ihre Fähigkeit, irgendetwas als Reaktion auf das Problem zu tun, beruht in der Tat auf unserer Unbeweglichkeit, unserer Abhängigkeit und unserer erzwungenen Passivität."

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Interview on The Final Straw, with anarchist author and activist, Peter Gelderloos about his latest book:

The Solution are already here -
Strategies for an ecological revolution from below

"So intelligent solutions to problems come from people who know their territory on the ground, who know what resources are available to them. And they're equally global, they just come from the territory, they come from below, and not from boardrooms or conference rooms where they're not looking at territory, they're looking at maps. And they look first and foremost at their own interests in maintaining control. Because their ability to do anything in response to the problem is really based on our immobility, our dependence, and our enforced passivity."

Via @thefinalstrawradio @PeterGelderloos thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org…

#activism #anarchism #antireport #capitalism #colonialism

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Strategien für eine ökologische Revolution von unten

"Es sind nicht die Streitkräfte, es sind die Nachbarn, es sind ganz normale Menschen, die sich spontan nach der Logik der gegenseitigen Hilfe organisieren. Das ist es, was am meisten Leben rettet, das haben wir immer und immer wieder gesehen.

Und natürlich sind wir darauf konditioniert, uns darauf zu verlassen, dass die Regierung die Dinge für uns löst, oder, Sie wissen schon, große Konzerne, Techniker wie Elon Musk oder wer auch immer. Und das liegt zum großen Teil daran, dass wir in eine Situation der Abhängigkeit, Passivität und Unbeweglichkeit gezwungen sind.

Das ist normalerweise eine sehr deprimierende Situation, und es ist eine noch deprimierendere Situation, wenn wir sehen, wie die Welt um uns herum stirbt. Und so ist es völlig kohärent und im Einklang mit dieser erzwungenen Abhängigkeit und erzwungenen Unbeweglichkeit, entweder einfach wegzuschauen oder die Finger zu kreuzen und zu hoffen und zu beten, dass irgendeine große gottähnliche Figur daherkommt und das Problem für uns löst...."

Das Buch sowie das Interview von @PeterGelderloos und @thefinalstrawradio können gar nicht oft genug empfohlen werden.
Hier die deutsche Übersetzung:
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Bestellen unter:
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Heating Up:
An Interview with Peter Gelderloos on #ClimateChange and the Fight to Change Everything

"This summer brought yet another record heat wave, as climate change fueled disasters hit countries around the world, leaving human communities devastated by flooding, wildfires, and storms. While this “new normal” has brought climate change to the forefront of popular consciousness, we’ve also seen the far-Right spinning new conspiracies and the neoliberal center pushing the same tired consumerist lifestyle changes as false solutions.

In this context, we sat down with long-time anarchist author and organizer Peter Gelderloos, to talk about the present moment, the path ahead for autonomous movements, and the harsh realities in front of us."
via @igd_news @PeterGelderloos
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Über den Klimawandel und den Kampf, alles zu ändern!

Heating Up
"Dieser Sommer brachte eine weitere Rekordhitzewelle, während durch den #Klimawandel verursachte Katastrophen Länder auf der ganzen Welt heimsuchten und Menschen durch Überschwemmungen, Waldbrände und Stürme in Not gerieten.

Während diese “neue Normalität” den Klimawandel in den Vordergrund des öffentlichen Bewusstseins gerückt hat, haben wir auch gesehen, wie die extreme Rechte neue Verschwörungen gesponnen hat und die neoliberale Mitte die gleichen müden konsumorientierten Lebensstiländerungen als falsche Lösungen propagiert hat….."

Deutsche Übersetzung des Interviews von @igd_news und @PeterGelderloos

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#Klimakrise #Protest #Klima #Kapitalismus #Antireport

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so viel ist in den 2 Jahren seitdem passiert! Die lokalen Nazis haben mir das Leben zur Hölle gemacht, aber ich mache weiter. Außerdem wissen wir seitdem, wem wir vertrauen können, darunter CrimethInc, Final Straw und noblogs.org – aber ich kann niemandem vertrauen, dessen Server 6 Wochen lang vom FBI festgehalten wurde, nachdem er für „Roots“ zugänglich war und dessen vollständige Datenbank mit Benutzerdaten offen lag – Sie wissen, wer das ist.

Muy Interesante:
«Una nave espacial con ADN y restos humanos cae al océano por un fallo en la reentrada.
El accidente de la cápsula Nyx, que transportaba restos humanos y cannabis, abre un debate sobre el futuro de los vuelos espaciales comerciales y los nuevos usos simbólicos del espacio.»

Enviar cosas inútiles en un viaje al espacio debería clasificado como crimen ecológico o crimen contra la supervivencia del planeta. Si lo del turismo ya es una imbecilidad, mandar las cenizas de tu perro al espacio...

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Beyond raw horsepower, 7-Zip quietly tightens its handling of several legacy formats. Support for ZIP, CcPIO, and FAT archives has been refined, smoothing edge-case extractions that previously required third-party tools.


Over the years there was a few .zip archives that 7z could not handle for whatever reason. For these cases I had to use another application, but don't know the reason. And my bad to not keeping copies of these files for future testing.

Notre histoire démontre une évidence qui s'impose à tous.
Les censeurs, les procureurs de la pensée, le tribunal politique et tous les petits "capos" et autres despotes autoritaires, s'habillent toujours de vertu pour châtier les esprits libres.
Le CRIF, à l'instar de toutes les officines communautaires ( #LICRA, #LDH, #MRAP, #DILCRAH, etc...) est un instrument de pouvoir qui a pour objectif de faire condamner toute opinion contraire à son idéologie.
Dans un pays libre, démocratique, sain d'esprit, ouvert aux débats et à la contradiction... Une telle entité nuisible à l'intérêt national aurait dû être écrasée et dissoute par le pouvoir #politique.
Or ici, tout démontre aujourd'hui, que les politiques français se soumettent (pour ne pas dire s'agenouillent) devant cette structure qui ne représente NULLEMENT les intérêts français.

On évoque à juste titre les sujets stratégiques de sortie de l'UE, de l'OTAN, de l'Alliance... Néanmoins, au niveau national, la probité et l'indépendance politique des prochains dirigeants seront corroborés et actés par ceux qui oseront mettre un terme définitif à la censure institutionnelle orchestrée (en collusion frauduleuse avec le pouvoir judiciaire) par la sphère communautaire illégitime et gravement préjudiciable à l'esprit français.
La liberté d'opinion naît dans la contestation.
La liberté d'expression s'exerce dans la confrontation.
"L'esprit français" ne doit pas mourir.
Il doit rejaillir, renaitre de ses cendres.
Gérard Boyadjian


#crif #arfi #france #macronie #israel #israël

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Netanyahu’s willing executioners: how ordinary Israelis became mass murderers
#zionism #zionazis #IsraelTerroristState #IsraelWarCrimes #warcrimes #Nakba #Gaza #Gazagenocide #Palestine #PalestineWillBeFree
mondoweiss.net/2024/07/netanya…
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Never again means never again. Whatever mainstream media say, there are people who survived holocaust and are still here to say it again. youtube.com/watch?v=Posmzxqx4H…
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In #Gaza 'never again' happened again as the powerful looked on
newarab.com/opinion/gaza-never…
#complicity #USA #genocide #imperialism #colonialism #israel #palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #Eu

#music #rock and roll rockabilly
Tom Reeves - Primitive Love. ( 50s )
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"Defeath the fascist snake" (EN: English)

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#anarchism #stickers #archive

#music #for pleasure
"All I Want Is My Baby" Bobby jameson and Mick Jagger 1964
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A doctor and his 3 children are some of the latest on the list of US/UK/Israeli slaughter. Attacks on healthcare workers and infrastructure is one of their many lists of #warcrimes

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#Gaza #Genocide #EthnicCleansing

War der israelische Angriff auf Iran Selbstverteidigung oder ein Bruch des Völkerrechts? @ulrichthoden.bsky.social von @dielinkebt.de hat den Wissenschaftlichen Dienst des Bundestages gefragt. Die Antwort steht im Widerspruch zu den Aussagen der Bundesregierung. www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran...

Israel-Iran-Konflikt: Bundesta...

“The modern-day system of colonialism and sharecropping being constructed by the new East India Company that is Silicon Valley isn’t uncouth or stupid enough to put people in physical shackles. It doesn’t want to own your body, it is content with owning your simulation. And yet, as we have already seen, the more data they have about you – the higher the fidelity of your simulation – the closer they are to owning you.

If this doesn’t sound like democracy, it is because it is not. Surveillance Capitalism isn’t compatible with democracy.

The system we live in today can best be described as a corporatocracy; a feudalism of corporations.

Ours is a neo-colonial age of multinational monopolies.

A digital imperialism, if you will.”

– Me, The Nature of the Self in the Digital Age, 2016

ar.al/notes/the-nature-of-the-…

#BigTech #SiliconValley #colonialism #technology #feudalism #imperialism #corporatocracy #capitalism j12t.social/@j12t/114798595701…

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The Republicans are proudly calling it “#AlligatorAlcatraz.” Let’s call it what it is.

“‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is a #concentrationcamp,” Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night, a history of concentration camps, said on Tuesday.

#ICE #Gestapo

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More than 20 arrested for holding “i support palestjne action” placards; meanwhile lovely Rod Liddle writing in the lovely Spectator:

“ A small yield nuclear weapon, such as the American W89, dropped on Glastonbury in late June would immediately remove from our country almost everybody who is hugely annoying.”

But this is fine, this is normal; no consequences. #Gaza #PalestineAction #UKPolitics #RightWingShits

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@bluevelvet321 They are probably waiting for Europe to realize that continuing to be a puppet of the US leads to its complete destruction.
And probably from within.
But they expect it from Europe as independent countries.
Not from EU.
It's 2 different stories.
The EU has long since passed the point of no return in its self-destruction.

There is some smurf cart racing game that I am legally able to try for free for a limited time

Some of the parts of some of the levels looked interesting so I wanted to steer towards them to explore them

But they kept on changing what direction I go to prevent that

I realized if you just hold down the button that makes the cart go forward in at least some levels

Then they will automatically let you go through the whole entire level just holding down one button

This feature ruined it for me

The shadowy figures behind US-Israeli aid operation in Gaza | The National

As usual ⁦‪David Pratt ‬⁩ is absolute on fire in this investigative piece. Shadowy indeed.

thenational.scot/news/world/25…