Home school your kids folks

As the d.s. government, and so-called elites are poisoning kids minds through DIE-versity programs, your kids are also being tracked and traced

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The War Was The Easy Bit. - by Aurelien


#Ukraine #war #imperialism

The story of how Eu will be fucked by the US, then by Russia, then fucked again, and again. And Ukraine will be a failed mafia state, too.

On the US side, it’s clear that Mr Trump has decided that the game is over, and that, whilst he’s still saying several different things in public, he’s not going to stand in the way of a Russian-imposed solution, which is in any case the only one there will be. Indeed, he will use the influence he has with other countries to push them in that direction. (No country can “negotiate” on behalf of others of course, so that idea was always nonsense.) On the Russian side Mr Putin has apparently decided that, in spite of the US sponsorship of Ukraine, and its supply of weapons, there is no point in continuing with a confrontational attitude, and that it is best to start work now towards a stable long-term relationship with Washington. This has the added effect of driving a wedge between the US and Europe: a point I return to. Assuming that analysis is correct, and I think it is, then that’s a decent, if modest, outcome for a couple of hours of talks, even if there are suggestions that other potential areas of agreement were not successful, which would hardly be surprising. But of course even such a modest outcome raises very significant questions of implementation both for the US and Russia, which we’ll get onto in a second, never mind for Ukraine and Europe.


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in reply to LisPi

The current conservative moral panic around Internet porn only leads to less speech and more authoritarianism. If parents are concerned about porn, they can block it in the house. Some might say, "Well the kids will get to it anyway."

"So what?!" .. Parents can instill values, maybe even a sense of guilt. But in the end, kid is going to have to make their own moral decisions eventually. If a parent looks at porn but wants it blocked, on the State level, because it's bad for kids: the parent is a damn hypocrite and is also unable to parent without State intervention. Everyone suffers as a result of the moral panic.

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@cjd @djsumdog I don't have kids.

I'm working off a mix of readings, comparison with my own experience (granted I have to extrapolate some because the Internet became meaningfully available fairly late here) and just how hostile familial relationships would've turned with some differences.

Frequently I hear of experiences online of others' childhoods that make me think it is no wonder just how common familial estrangement is, as I would also have cut contact as soon as possible with the treatment I hear of.

I had my own issues, but fortunately most of them were outside of the home environment (instead many of them in school environments using outdated practices known (at the time to anyone actually keeping up with research) to be harmful or ineffective).

All to say that I can't give concrete "do this thing" or "I do XYZ" recommendations or annecdotes, I can mostly say "don't do XYZ".

in reply to LisPi

I acknowledge that child abuse is a real thing that sometimes does happen. But I generally never tell another parent how to raise their children, and this is for the same reason I never tell a person how to invest their money.

If they take my advice and I turn out to be wrong, then it's their money that gets lost; or in the case of child-rearing, it's their bloodline that ends.

Most of the people that say there's a right and wrong way to raise a family wouldn't dare breath a word against Muslims or Orthodox Jews.

And what's more, these groups seem to have their houses in order much better than the average westerner who might have things to say about them.

The most opinionated investment advisor always seems to be the person with the worst finances of their own.

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GUERRINI César, docteur en droit, anarchiste italien réfugié à Genève.
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Apple Can't Figure Out AI Because There's Nothing To Figure Out | by Andrew Zuo - Freedium


#AI #Apple #bubble

But for the majority of things AI hasn't lived up to the hype. And, honestly, Apple has already achieved all the low-hanging fruit in AI. There's really only two main uses of AI: summarizing things and explaining things.


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Trump’s Ukraine endgame - UnHerd


#geopolitics #Ukraine #war

All is said in this article. Trump knows NATO has lost. EU will foot the humongous bill and collapse under its weight; Ukraine will be pillaged and a cesspool of corruption and crime, but that's too a EU problem; finally the US will make some agreements with Russia on the back of the EU. Russia wins, US wins, EU loses everything, and Ukraine disappears and dies.


Though this week’s White House meeting between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and a bunch of European leaders yielded no tangible outcomes, it nonetheless marked an important step towards peace in Ukraine. For the first time, the Ukrainian leader and his counterparts in Europe agreed to discuss the war on the basis of realities on the ground, rather than wishful thinking. Up until just a few months ago, Kyiv’s accession to Nato was regarded as non-negotiable by European diplomacy and Nato. Now, not only does that prospect appear to have been definitively set aside, but for the first time the discussion has shifted from Ukraine’s “territorial integrity” to potential “territorial concessions”.

Monday’s summit earned Trump praise even from usually critical mainstream outlets. “It was the best day Ukraine has had in a very long time… President Donald Trump offered tantalizing glimpses of how he could approach presidential greatness by saving Ukraine, securing Europe and genuinely deserving the Nobel Peace Prize,” CNN enthused. Yet the meeting would not have occurred had it not been for Trump’s summit with Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, just two days earlier — which instead drew near unanimous criticism from Ukraine supporters for “legitimizing” Putin. But this carefully staged “de-demonization” of Putin injected a much-needed dose of realism and pragmatism into the discussion.

The Alaska meeting formally reestablished direct dialogue between the world’s two largest military and nuclear powers. It marked the first face-to-face meeting between a US and Russian president since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, and the first such encounter on American soil in nearly two decades. It also marked a turning point in US-Russia relations which, since 2022, had reached levels of hostility not seen since the Cold War.

The symbolism was carefully staged: from the red-carpet reception and the ceremonial ride in the American presidential limousine to Trump’s informal reference to “Vladimir”. It was all intended to signal a new chapter in US-Russia relations. But for Moscow, it meant even more. The summit was a political victory. The sight of Trump hosting Putin exposed the failure of the Western strategy of “isolating Russia” and “crippling its economy”. Far from being marginalized, Russia has emerged stronger: it has deepened its strategic relationship with China, expanded its influence among Global South states, and weathered the sanctions regime that was supposed to destroy its economy. Simply by shaking Putin’s hand, Trump acknowledged that Russia remains a power to be reckoned with, not a pariah state.

More importantly, the summit amounted to an indirect acknowledgment that the West has effectively lost this war. Ukrainian forces cannot retake the territories annexed by Russia. On the contrary, Moscow continues to make incremental advances on the battlefield. This reality makes a negotiated settlement the only possible exit from the conflict — one that would necessarily involve territorial concessions: Crimea, plus the four annexed eastern and southern oblasts.

This perhaps explains why Trump quietly backtracked on the various threats he has leveraged at Russia over the past weeks. In July, he announced a 50-day deadline for Russia to halt the war or face “severe economic consequences”. Putin ignored it. Trump shortened the deadline to 12 days. Putin did not respond. Even on the eve of the Alaskan summit, Trump was still insisting on a ceasefire as a minimum outcome. Yet Putin had been clear: Russia has no interest in a ceasefire that would allow Ukraine to rearm and bolster its defenses with Western support.

Moreover, Moscow’s demands have always extended well beyond the question of territorial recognition, seeking a comprehensive settlement that addresses the “primary roots of the conflict”, as he repeated in Anchorage: that Ukraine will never join Nato, that the West will not transform it into a de facto military outpost on Russia’s border, and that a broader “balance of security in Europe” be restored. As even the hawkish New York Times recently acknowledged: “The Russian leader’s overarching goal is primarily to secure a peace deal that achieves his geopolitical aims — and not necessarily to conquer a certain amount of territory on the battlefield.”

In an effort to strong-arm Putin, Trump also threatened to impose secondary sanctions on purchasers of Russian oil — including China and India. Yet both countries swiftly dismissed the threat, making it clear such measures would be ineffective. Far from isolating Moscow, the sanctions would only have pushed Beijing and New Delhi even closer to Russia.

After Anchorage, Trump abandoned both of his original positions. He said that a peace deal was preferable to a ceasefire, and that secondary sanctions were off the table. For Putin, this was a major win. For the US, it was an implicit admission that Washington lacks the leverage to impose terms. In Trump’s words, it simply “doesn’t have the cards”. This was a blunt recognition of the diminished military and economic clout of the United States and the collective West.

”For the US, it was an implicit admission that Washington lacks the leverage to impose terms.”

A comprehensive peace deal, however, remains elusive. No terms were agreed in Alaska, largely because Europe — and Zelensky himself — remain opposed to any settlement on Russian terms. European leaders are so heavily invested in the narrative of “victory” that conceding even part of Russia’s demands would be suicidal. Having spent two years assuring their citizens that Ukraine was winning the war, they cannot suddenly pivot without facing public outrage — especially given the dramatic economic repercussion of the war on European economies.

But the deeper issue is structural: European leaders have come to rely on the specter of a permanent Russian threat to justify their ongoing erosion of democracy — from expanding online censorship to persecuting dissenting voices, and even canceling elections, all under the pretext of combating “Russian interference”. Zelensky, too, has reasons to resist peace. Ending the war would mean lifting martial law in Ukraine, exposing his government to pent-up discontent over corruption, repression and the catastrophic handling of the war. Indeed, a recent poll revealed that Ukrainians themselves increasingly favor negotiations over endless fighting. No wonder the Alaska summit triggered panic in European capitals as well as in Kyiv.

Perhaps this explains why Monday’s discussion carefully sidestepped the most sensitive question — territorial concessions — with Zelensky and the Europeans instead pressing for “Article 5-style” security guarantees for Ukraine, effectively treating Ukraine as a Nato member even if it is not formally one. While Russia has signaled general openness to the concept of Western security guarantees, the devil lies in the details. European leaders demanded legally binding US participation and backing — something neither Moscow nor Washington is likely to provide, given the risk of being drawn into direct confrontation with each other. Even less acceptable to Russia is any arrangement involving a Nato military presence in Ukraine, as floated by Britain and France. It seems European leaders have adopted a strategy of expressing openness to a settlement while ensuring, through their conditions, that no such agreement can realistically materialize.

More fundamentally, though, it’s unlikely that Trump himself is prepared to concede to Putin’s demand for a wholesale reconfiguration of the global security order — one that would reduce Nato’s role, end US supremacy, and acknowledge a multipolar world in which other powers can rise without Western interference. For all his rhetoric about ending “forever wars”, Trump continues to embrace a fundamentally supremacist vision of America’s role in the world — albeit a more pragmatic one than that of the liberal-imperialist establishment. His administration continues to support Nato rearmament and even the redeployment of US nuclear weapons along multiple fronts, from the UK to the Pacific. Trump’s policies toward China, Iran and the broader Middle East confirm that Washington still sees itself as an empire whose global dominance must be preserved at all costs — not only through economic pressure, but also through military confrontation when deemed necessary.

Within this framework, Russia remains a central challenge. As a pivotal ally of both China and Iran, it is embedded in the architecture of the emerging multipolar order that threatens US hegemony. For Washington, Moscow is not simply a regional actor but a key node in a broader strategic realignment.

Trump, however, appears willing — at least temporarily — to put the “Russia problem” on hold, focusing instead on the larger confrontation with China. But this indicates a shift in priorities rather than principles: the logic of American supremacy ensures that Russia will remain on the list of adversaries, even if the spotlight briefly shifts elsewhere.

In this sense, Trump would probably be content with a scenario in which the US extricates itself from the Ukrainian debacle while leaving Europe to shoulder the burden a while longer — possibly until conditions on the ground deteriorate so severely that a settlement on Russian terms becomes unavoidable. Indeed, JD Vance and Pete Hegseth said as much, arguing that the US will stop funding the war, but Europe can continue if it wishes — buying American weapons in the process. This “division of labor” would allow Washington to reallocate resources to the coming confrontation with China, while leaving Europeans stuck in an unwinnable war.

The Russians are well aware of all this. They likely harbor no illusions about the real objectives of the US imperial establishment. And they know full well that any deal struck with Trump could be overturned at any moment. However, Putin’s short-term goals align with Trump’s. one could say that Russia and the United States are strategic adversaries whose leaders nonetheless share a tactical interest in cooperation.

Seen in this light, one might postulate that the purpose of the Alaska summit was never to secure a final peace agreement. Both Trump and Putin doubtless understand that such a deal is currently impossible. Rather, the meeting was about allowing the US to step back from Ukraine without admitting defeat, while Russia continues to advance. For Washington, this creates political cover: Trump can claim he tried diplomacy, while offloading the burden of war onto Europe. For Moscow, the advantage lies in Ukraine’s gradual weakening as US logistical support fades. Indeed, in order to encourage an American exit, Russia might even agree to a temporary ceasefire and possibly also to vague US “security guarantees” — with Russia and the US presenting these as significant concessions and victories, respectively — though such a truce is unlikely to hold.

The most likely outcome will be a temporary thaw in US-Russia relations, though the broader geopolitical struggle will go on. And the real losers will be Ukraine and Europe. Ukrainians will continue dying in a war they cannot win, while Europeans will continue to foot the bill. Eventually, they too will be forced to accept a deal on Russian terms — but only after further suffering. Even then, Europe will remain trapped in a hostile and militarized relationship with Russia, with the potential for renewed conflict at any time. At best, the Alaska summit and its aftermath signals a temporary relaxation in an ongoing confrontation between the West and the emerging multipolar order. At worst, it ensures that Europe and Ukraine continue to pay the price for a war that the US has already chosen to leave behind.

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My message to the youngsters receiving their exam results today? Please remember that more school and then university is not your only option. It will no doubt get rammed down your throat, but spending three years studying some bullshit degree at a nonsense university will not serve you well. It may seem appealing now, but for many - it is simply not the way.

The alternative? Learn a trade. Plumbing, electrics, engineering, construction, carpentry. So much more...

This is the way to learn a real skill that will serve you for your entire life.

AI will never install pipes, fix a boiler, wire a kitchen. But you can. And that’s a skill that will stay with you forever - opening up so many opportunities that a degree in gender studies can never provide. Not forgetting, avoiding the ludicrous mountain of debt that will likely never get repaid - adding a graduate tax to every monthly salary. Is that what you want? What’s the point? To get drunk at university for a few years? It will end, quickly, and then you’re stuffed.

This is for boys and girls. Learning a trade may be seen as a male route, but an increasing number of young women are making the same choice. It is a wise one.

Through my companies, we’ve developed hundreds of apprentices. I take such huge delight in seeing young men and women learn a trade, develop as people and build a rewarding career. As a country, this is what we need to encourage - or we will simply run out of these skills. It is already happening...

So, to anyone feeling the pressure today - don’t let yourself be pushed into a path that doesn’t suit you. University is right for some, yes, but for many, the smarter choice is to pick up a trade, learn on the job, earn while you learn.

Apprenticeships. Consider it.

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The peace delusion - Thomas Fazi


#geopolitics #Ukraine #war

Yet a comprehensive political settlement to the Ukraine war continues to remain elusive. Not only because Europe and Zelensky remain opposed to any deal on Russian terms — the only possibile terms, given that Russia is winning the war — for reasons that I explain in the article. But more fundamentally because achieving lasting peace is about much more than just recognising Russia’s control over Crimea and the four annexed oblasts; it’s about addressing the “primary roots of the conflict”, as Putin repeated in Anchorage: that Ukraine will never join NATO, that the West will not transform it into a de facto military outpost on Russia’s border and that a broader “balance of security in Europe” be restored. This effectively amounts to a wholesale reconfiguration of the global security order — one that would reduce NATO’s role, end US supremacy and acknowledge a multipolar world in which other powers can rise without Western interference.


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From Led By Donkeys
20/08/2025; email

*We're going to trial*

Dear friends,
Two of the founders of Led By Donkeys were in court today, having been charged after hanging this huge banner opposite the Labour Party HQ in London. We pleaded not guilty to disobeying a police order. The judge set a trial date in January.

Whatever happens then, it’s clear to anyone with a conscience that protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza is not terrorism.
We’ll keep you posted …
LBDx

#LedByDonkeys #Gaza

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THE RELENTLESS COLLUSION AGAINST COLD FUSION
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@ChrisHolladay
Dude.

Have you not noticed the enormous list of euphemisms people have been using in videos for several years now? That's because TikTok squelches anything that uses certain words.

Also the thing's Chinese, so good luck bringing up, oh, say, Tiananmen Square etc.

ALL of the big platforms squelch anything they don't like. All of them.

Horrific aftermath of Israeli attack on Gaza City
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[ Republication ] Benoît Paré :"Les nationalistes ukrainiens interdisent toute concession à Zelensky"


#géopolitique #guerre #Ukraine

Officier de réserve de l’armée de terre, ancien analyste au ministère de la défense, Benoît Paré a une très longue expérience des missions internationales en zone de conflit, plus particulièrement au sein de l’Organisation pour la sécurité et la coopération en Europe (OSCE), pour le compte de laquelle il a participé au monitoring du cessez-le-feu dans le Donbass de 2014 à mars 2022. Il consigne ce qu’il a vu ces huit années durant dans un livre dont nous vous conseillons fortement la lecture.


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in reply to Nikov ☭ 🇵🇸 🇱🇧 🇾🇪

@disisdeguey Les apoyan por pena, porque muchos no apoyan a la resistencia (principalmente Hamás, pero también otros grupos como el FPLP...). Y otra base política indiscutible es que se debe apoyar a la resistencia armada, porque es la única que lucha directamente contra el ocupante Israelí. No apoyarlo lleva a apoyos tibios a Palestina. Apoyos que luego se materializan en falsas "soluciones " como la de los "dos estados". "Soluciones" que apoyan partidos asquerosos como EH Bildu.

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👁‍🗨 Netanyahu déclare la guerre au monde, entraînant Israël & la communauté juive mondiale vers l'abîme


#géopolitique #sionisme #guerre #génocide

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From Southall Black Sisters:

'Vital conversations about violence against women and girls are being hijacked by an anti-migrant agenda.

Spreading an inaccurate picture of VAWG in the UK allows the people - overwhelmingly men, from all walks of life - who harm women and girls to hide behind racial stereotypes & scapegoating.

The government has pledged to halve VAWG.

But it cannot be done while lies about its causes are endorsed by those in positions of power'.

#Violence #Gender

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