This is the trap of centralised social media platforms. You never own your digital space, and was given for free and they can take it anytime. Don’t be surprised, invest you energy on future-proof alt...

Janne Teller's "What If War Were Here?" powerfully explores the human experience of war, adapting narratives across regions to highlight universal themes of loss, displacement, and resilience in conflict. #JanneTeller #war #narratives #resilience

Welcome to The Urban Philosophers: a magazine and community that rejects the image of philosophy as confined to quiet libraries. Inspired by the public, engaged practices of ancient thinkers, we bring philosophy into the streets, markets, and everyday life. We take our cues from figures like: - Socrates, who questioned people in the Agorá and modeled the Socratic method of probing inquiry; he reminded us that “the unexamined life is not worth living.”

MedLead offers kidney transplants abroad for international patients, promising altruistic donors and rapid results. A report raises concerns over donor practices, high costs and the value of human life.

Cuba and the Cameraman is a 2017 documentary by Jon Alpert that unfolds over decades, revealing Cuba’s soul through the eyes of its people and one filmmaker’s enduring connection to them.

“If learning the truth is the scientist's goal, then he must make himself the enemy of all that he reads.”

Years ago, claiming that the world was run by transnational elites, bankers, technocratic powers, converging Big Tech interests, and a deep state bent on expanding absolute power would get you dismissed as a crank.

Most social media alternatives fail because they ask people to trade what they already have, followers, tools and habits, for only marginal gains. Until a new platform delivers a genuinely different way to create, discover or earn, switching will remain rational only for a committed few.

“Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.” - Herbert Hoover (31st U.S. President, 1929–1933)

Built for EU data protection and fewer fakes, yet identity checks and no Fediverse support could turn privacy into surveillance. Worth the trade? #digitaltrends #socialmedia #wsocial #privacy

UpScrolled risks becoming a niche, single-topic platform unless it opens to the wider fediverse.

We are currently witnessing an interesting phenomenon: a migration from TikTok to UpScrolled, an Australian social network founded by Issam Hijazi, a Palestinian-Australian app developer.

The Gaza Tribunal, convened in Berlin on 25 October 2025, centred on Germany's legal and moral responsibility in the context of war crimes committed in Gaza. The hybrid event, organised under the title "Gaza Tribunal – German Responsibility in the Light of International Law," took place at bUm Berlin and was hosted by the German Lawyers Association for International Law (DJfdV).

One of the organisers said that he and his colleagues had to scale back the vessels they planned for the flotilla due to pressure from security forces.

South African Ambassador to France Nkosinathi Emmanuel "Nathi" Mthethwa, 58, was found dead Tuesday outside the Hyatt Regency in west Paris, believed to have fallen from the 22nd floor after a secured...

Turkish ships came to the aid of the “Johnny M”, a vessel travelling with the Global Sumud Flotilla, following technical issues on the boat. Flotilla members were also seen distributing aid supposedly received from the Turkish Red Crescent onboard.⁠⁠Turkish support came as the humanitarian convoy is due to arrive at Gaza in the next three to four days after a weeks-long journey to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged enclave.

Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.

Recent killings have dazed the world and provoked condemnation. But little is said about the calibre of Palestinian journalism, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Berlin says it will halt shipments of military equipment that could be used in Gaza.