Katharine Ainger
@katainger.bsky.social
Writer, editor, researcher. Climate, ecology, disability politics, social justice. Side eyeing capitalism (see: all the above).
Within the limits of my disability spending max possible time snorkeling with octopus.
Within the limits of my disability spending max possible time snorkeling with octopus.
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« Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system. » & Canada?
Tech oligarchs who explicitly reject democracy are building and controlling the digital infrastructure for the administrative state. The concentration of power is unprecedented.
Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
« Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system. » & Canada?
Tech oligarchs who explicitly reject democracy are building and controlling the digital infrastructure for the administrative state. The concentration of power is unprecedented.
Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Tech oligarchs who explicitly reject democracy are building and controlling the digital infrastructure for the administrative state. The concentration of power is unprecedented.
Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social
www.authoritarian-stack.info
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This machine kills fascists.
October 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This machine kills fascists.
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Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
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All Eyes On Global Sumud Flotilla
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
All Eyes On Global Sumud Flotilla
1hr ago #GlobalSumudFlotilla via Telegram channel: “We’ve detected 20+ unidentified vessels on our radar, just 3 nautical miles ahead of our fleet.
This may signal a potential naval blockade… we will not be intimidated by threats, harassment, or efforts to protect Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza”
This may signal a potential naval blockade… we will not be intimidated by threats, harassment, or efforts to protect Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza”
October 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
1hr ago #GlobalSumudFlotilla via Telegram channel: “We’ve detected 20+ unidentified vessels on our radar, just 3 nautical miles ahead of our fleet.
This may signal a potential naval blockade… we will not be intimidated by threats, harassment, or efforts to protect Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza”
This may signal a potential naval blockade… we will not be intimidated by threats, harassment, or efforts to protect Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza”
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Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."
"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
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For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
Reposted by Katharine Ainger
In Spain 2 good stories this week:
1. Madrid's right-wing Ayuso saw 2 members of her gov indited for 'the protocols of death' whereby explicit written orders denied emergency services to public old age home residents with SARS2 in 2020. #7291 died with privately insured treated. Sleaze/eugenics,
1. Madrid's right-wing Ayuso saw 2 members of her gov indited for 'the protocols of death' whereby explicit written orders denied emergency services to public old age home residents with SARS2 in 2020. #7291 died with privately insured treated. Sleaze/eugenics,
May 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In Spain 2 good stories this week:
1. Madrid's right-wing Ayuso saw 2 members of her gov indited for 'the protocols of death' whereby explicit written orders denied emergency services to public old age home residents with SARS2 in 2020. #7291 died with privately insured treated. Sleaze/eugenics,
1. Madrid's right-wing Ayuso saw 2 members of her gov indited for 'the protocols of death' whereby explicit written orders denied emergency services to public old age home residents with SARS2 in 2020. #7291 died with privately insured treated. Sleaze/eugenics,
Frequently bought together:“Customers who liked ‘bananapants racism’ were also interested in ‘human trafficking’.”
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process
* US politics live – latest updates
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he’d like the agency to implement a system of trucks that rounds up immigrants for deportation in a system similar to how Amazon delivers packages around the US.
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” the acting Ice director, Todd Lyons, said. He said that he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings”. His comments were first reported by the Arizona Mirror. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Frequently bought together:“Customers who liked ‘bananapants racism’ were also interested in ‘human trafficking’.”
Add to this the concerted attack against green NGOs in the EU by conservative MEPs - fuelled by a fake news campaign - that chokes their funding and political space to operate.
If we silence #dissent and shut down the science then clearly all the #climate catastrophes just go away, right?
If we silence #dissent and shut down the science then clearly all the #climate catastrophes just go away, right?
March 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
When the AI prompt is “Create the literal nadir of all human culture in a 30 second video”.
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When the AI prompt is “Create the literal nadir of all human culture in a 30 second video”.
There’s an X whistleblower on Substack that purports to outline the ways Musk gamed the algorithm hard to win the US election. Says they’re now using the same tactics for the German election (this Sunday).
They were too scared to say no (visa is job dependent) but left breadcrumbs in the code.
They were too scared to say no (visa is job dependent) but left breadcrumbs in the code.
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference
The confessions of a concerned bird.
theconcernedbird.substack.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
There’s an X whistleblower on Substack that purports to outline the ways Musk gamed the algorithm hard to win the US election. Says they’re now using the same tactics for the German election (this Sunday).
They were too scared to say no (visa is job dependent) but left breadcrumbs in the code.
They were too scared to say no (visa is job dependent) but left breadcrumbs in the code.
Seems like a good a time as any to repost this German comedy sketch 'Playing the nazi card'... #nazis www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
Nazikeule im Dritten Reich | Browser Ballett
YouTube video by Browser Ballett
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Seems like a good a time as any to repost this German comedy sketch 'Playing the nazi card'... #nazis www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
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The world must NOT remain silent as Turkey, a NATO power, attacks democratic self-determination & women's freedom in north-east Syria.
"...the Rojava revolution is one of the planet's most significant current experiments in building a post-capitalist society."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/roja...
"...the Rojava revolution is one of the planet's most significant current experiments in building a post-capitalist society."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/roja...
Rojava Under Attack: Why We Must Stand with Syria's Democratic North-East | Common Dreams
In Syria, Turkey is escalating the very “terrorism” it pretends to be fighting. Erdoğan and his jihadist SNA proxies are artificially prolonging an atrocious war for their own political agendas, aimin...
www.commondreams.org
December 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The world must NOT remain silent as Turkey, a NATO power, attacks democratic self-determination & women's freedom in north-east Syria.
"...the Rojava revolution is one of the planet's most significant current experiments in building a post-capitalist society."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/roja...
"...the Rojava revolution is one of the planet's most significant current experiments in building a post-capitalist society."
www.commondreams.org/opinion/roja...
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A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
December 8, 2024 at 2:51 AM
A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
The disasters are generalised, but specific solidarity to all #LongCovid and #MECFS folks. The possible appointment of Jay Bhattacharya to head the NIH are a blow to hopes that public science research might seriously tackle these conditions. Read more here from @walkerbragman.bsky.social
Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s (Likely) NIH Pick
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a loud voice from the fringes.
www.importantcontext.news
November 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM
The disasters are generalised, but specific solidarity to all #LongCovid and #MECFS folks. The possible appointment of Jay Bhattacharya to head the NIH are a blow to hopes that public science research might seriously tackle these conditions. Read more here from @walkerbragman.bsky.social
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What this means is that the bird flu virus (H5N1} has*potentially* found a mutation that brings it closer to infecting humans more easily.
The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/
November 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM
What this means is that the bird flu virus (H5N1} has*potentially* found a mutation that brings it closer to infecting humans more easily.
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Bold move to appoint infectious disease as US Health Secretary.
"We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years," - RFK
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years," - RFK
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 15, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Bold move to appoint infectious disease as US Health Secretary.
"We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years," - RFK
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years," - RFK
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Just want to recommend the 'Quiet Posters' feed where I have discovered many a hidden gem. bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 14, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Just want to recommend the 'Quiet Posters' feed where I have discovered many a hidden gem. bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Another fantastic starter pack of disabled and chronically ill writers!
I would love to see a growing community of disability writers and artists here - this seems like an awesome start:
go.bsky.app/EFKNgPt
I would love to see a growing community of disability writers and artists here - this seems like an awesome start:
go.bsky.app/EFKNgPt
November 11, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Another fantastic starter pack of disabled and chronically ill writers!
I would love to see a growing community of disability writers and artists here - this seems like an awesome start:
go.bsky.app/EFKNgPt
I would love to see a growing community of disability writers and artists here - this seems like an awesome start:
go.bsky.app/EFKNgPt
The devastation of the storm in Spain is what you get when climate change meets an incompetent regional government full of climate denial. A year's rain fell in a single day. There are 95 dead and counting. After 24 hrs there are 1200 people STILL trapped in their cars on highways. 1/
October 30, 2024 at 10:07 PM
The devastation of the storm in Spain is what you get when climate change meets an incompetent regional government full of climate denial. A year's rain fell in a single day. There are 95 dead and counting. After 24 hrs there are 1200 people STILL trapped in their cars on highways. 1/
