Micaela
@micaelisa.bsky.social
stilte, schoonheid, olive, natuur, schilderen, filmen, verhalen, muziek, beeldende kunst, geluk, biodiversiteit, bloei, no war
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"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."
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Health and freedom
We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most
basic.
www.thelancet.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"We are free as bodies, or not at all. And so health care is a right, one of the most basic... Dying senselessly is no act of freedom. And too many people in the USA do die senselessly because we have the wrong idea of freedom."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
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May 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Best read as a reasoned call to action, not a question. And we will need vivid terms for where we are going — oligarchy and fascism — as well as what we are seeking — freedom and equality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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Today on the pod… Timothy Snyder, a leading historian of authoritarianism, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, joins me to discuss the threats to American democracy, echoes of 1930s fascism, and what still gives him hope. open.spotify.com/episode/3stU...
How to Fight Fascism in America — with Timothy Snyder
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway · Episode
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May 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Today on the pod… Timothy Snyder, a leading historian of authoritarianism, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, joins me to discuss the threats to American democracy, echoes of 1930s fascism, and what still gives him hope. open.spotify.com/episode/3stU...
www.google.com/gasearch?q=b... mooi interview, mooi onderwerp Aanrader! @buitenhof.bsky.social
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May 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
www.google.com/gasearch?q=b... mooi interview, mooi onderwerp Aanrader! @buitenhof.bsky.social
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Russische mensenrechtenactivisten tot vredesonderhandelaars: ‘Deal Trump creëert gevaarlijk precedent’
Russische mensenrechtenactivisten tot vredesonderhandelaars: ‘Deal Trump creëert gevaarlijk precedent’
www.volkskrant.nl
April 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Russische mensenrechtenactivisten tot vredesonderhandelaars: ‘Deal Trump creëert gevaarlijk precedent’
Russische mensenrechtenactivisten tot vredesonderhandelaars: ‘Deal Trump creëert gevaarlijk precedent’ #mensenrechten @volkskrant
April 29, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Russische mensenrechtenactivisten tot vredesonderhandelaars: ‘Deal Trump creëert gevaarlijk precedent’ #mensenrechten @volkskrant
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"deal" is a magic word, part of the Trumpian spell, but vacuous. Challenge to reporters: write the news, especially regarding Ukraine, without using it.
April 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"deal" is a magic word, part of the Trumpian spell, but vacuous. Challenge to reporters: write the news, especially regarding Ukraine, without using it.
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Not a bad time to read Edith Sheffer’s "Asperger’s Children."
First RFK Jr says that people on the autism spectrum are useless eaters. And then he announces that the government is going to make a list of them, a “registry.”
April 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Not a bad time to read Edith Sheffer’s "Asperger’s Children."
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Very good recommendations here of Ukrainian literature in English.
UNITED24 Media spotlights powerful new books by Ukrainian authors, now available in English.
Look out for these literary gems at your local bookstore!
(1/8)
Look out for these literary gems at your local bookstore!
(1/8)
April 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Very good recommendations here of Ukrainian literature in English.
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Dit zou viraal moeten gaan. Het is werkelijk verschrikkelijk en om gillend gek van te worden. PFAS-water ging gewoon jarenlang het afvoerputje in. Letterlijk; direct gif lozen in het riool. Alles. Mag. Kapot. Mensen, dieren, milieu. Ik ben het zo kotsbeu. En verder hoera voor Zembla.
Nieuws | Helmondse fabriek loosde zeker 15 jaar lang PFAS rechtstreeks op het riool met medeweten van DuPont (nu Chemours). Medewerkers hebben ‘extreem hoge’ concentraties in hun bloed. Dat blijkt uit interne documenten en onderzoek van Zembla. Lees meer:
Helmondse fabriek loosde jarenlang PFAS op riool met medeweten DuPont - Zembla - BNNVARA
Een fabriek in Helmond die teflonpoeder verwerkte voor chemieconcern DuPont (nu Chemours) heeft zeker 15 jaar lang afvalwater met zeer hoge concentraties PFAS rechtstreeks op het riool geloosd. Dat ge...
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April 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Dit zou viraal moeten gaan. Het is werkelijk verschrikkelijk en om gillend gek van te worden. PFAS-water ging gewoon jarenlang het afvoerputje in. Letterlijk; direct gif lozen in het riool. Alles. Mag. Kapot. Mensen, dieren, milieu. Ik ben het zo kotsbeu. En verder hoera voor Zembla.
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ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
April 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
ICE has detained Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist from Russia working on major advancements in cancer detection, since mid-February.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
If deported, she could face arrest over her opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Another reminder that xenophobia hurts all of us.
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NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
April 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
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Russia's daily strikes on peaceful Ukrainian cities are pure terror.
These strikes have no military objectives whatsoever.
Killing children on a playground is a war crime and terrorism on the part of Russia; it cannot be seen in any other way.
Putin is an international criminal and a terrorist⤵️
These strikes have no military objectives whatsoever.
Killing children on a playground is a war crime and terrorism on the part of Russia; it cannot be seen in any other way.
Putin is an international criminal and a terrorist⤵️
April 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's daily strikes on peaceful Ukrainian cities are pure terror.
These strikes have no military objectives whatsoever.
Killing children on a playground is a war crime and terrorism on the part of Russia; it cannot be seen in any other way.
Putin is an international criminal and a terrorist⤵️
These strikes have no military objectives whatsoever.
Killing children on a playground is a war crime and terrorism on the part of Russia; it cannot be seen in any other way.
Putin is an international criminal and a terrorist⤵️
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The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
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What message is this supposed to send other than one of succour to Russia? Fine if you want European allies to take more of the burden- they get it and are willing to respond. This just reinforces the (quite reasonable) view that the admin doesn’t care what happens to Ukraine.
The April 11 meeting will mark the first time the coalition will gather without America’s secretary of defense participating.
In first, Hegseth to skip multinational meeting on Ukraine support
The April 11 meeting will mark the first time the coalition will gather without America’s secretary of defense participating.
www.defensenews.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What message is this supposed to send other than one of succour to Russia? Fine if you want European allies to take more of the burden- they get it and are willing to respond. This just reinforces the (quite reasonable) view that the admin doesn’t care what happens to Ukraine.
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Lesson 13: "Practice corporeal politics... Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
***There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th.***
Find yours here: handsoff2025.com
***There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th.***
Find yours here: handsoff2025.com
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Lesson 13: "Practice corporeal politics... Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
***There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th.***
Find yours here: handsoff2025.com
***There will be chances to practice corporeal politics all over the USA on April 5th.***
Find yours here: handsoff2025.com
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I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”
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Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized US President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’ reut.rs/4iRDMfK
Costa Rican former President Oscar Arias says US revoked his visa
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said on Tuesday that the U.S. had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized U.S. President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like "a Roman emperor."
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April 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias said that the US had revoked his visa to enter the country, weeks after he criticized US President Donald Trump on social media saying he was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’ reut.rs/4iRDMfK
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💯 "Russia is striking at the positions of all those who want the war to end. We expect a serious reaction," — Zelensky.
❗️"A ceasefire could already be in place if there was real pressure on Russia," he said.
❗️"A ceasefire could already be in place if there was real pressure on Russia," he said.
March 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
💯 "Russia is striking at the positions of all those who want the war to end. We expect a serious reaction," — Zelensky.
❗️"A ceasefire could already be in place if there was real pressure on Russia," he said.
❗️"A ceasefire could already be in place if there was real pressure on Russia," he said.