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other thing to note- Palestine, or really any protests. What happened to that woman in the US yesterday will absolutely be the blueprint here.
January 8, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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COALITION WARSHIP ARCHER - No -- well, not quite. The Moralintern never *intends* to violate another nation's sovereignty. That would be a serious violation of international law...
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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I’m telling you, the rise of authoritarianism is directly connected to efforts to keep the fossil-fuel system going. It’s right there for everyone with eyes to see.
The Indian government contends that foreign funds were intended to promote the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty, which it claims "could could expose India to legal challenges... and severely compromise the nation’s energy security and economic development".

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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Indian Climate Activist Investigated for Receiving Foreign Funds
Indian authorities are investigating a prominent climate activist for allegedly using foreign funds to further an anti-fossil fuel agenda.
www.bloomberg.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Huge day for sensibles to declare that actually international law does not apply if they think a guy has bad vibes on here for some reason.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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"All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.

This is a fact.

No one will ever be able to refute it."

- Lenin
The Washington Post editorial board comes out in favor of the Venezuela attack/operation to capture Maduro
January 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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This is NOT what America is about. America is about *opens history book*

uh oh

*Frantically starts flipping though pages*

uh oh. oh no. no no no. uh oh

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?

Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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The official positon of the EU on invading a sovereign state is that it is very bad when Putin does it but fine, maybe even good, when Trump does it.
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.

The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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The US has launched an unprovoked and illegal attack on Venezuela.

This is a brazen attempt to secure control over Venezuelan natural resources.

It is an act of war that puts the lives of millions of people at risk, and should be condemned by anyone who believes in sovereignty & international law.
January 3, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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you can just do what you want to a head of state now? that's interesting
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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Probably not an exaggeration to say that the US government was emboldened to do this by the fact there was no significant domestic or international establishment opposition to all the boat murders in the Caribbean and Pacific in the last few months
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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January 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.

But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Greta Thunberg has been arrested on terrorism charges for speaking out in support of the Palestine Action hunger strikers.

FUCK this British government.

https://news.sky.com/story/greta-thunberg-arrested-at-a-protest-supporting-palestine-action-hunger-strikers-13486842
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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the catchiest sex-ed BOP you will ever hear
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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December 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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1/12 Consciousness and attention in honeybees

This study provides evidence of consciousness-like states in bees, revealing strong and fascinating parallels with vertebrate awareness. I will try to explain it in a few "tweets".

(paper) www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
by @catherinemacri.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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For trans people who see this and feel their heart rate rise: it's good. Click through. It's positive, short and direct.
December 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Why We're Boycotting Xbox:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...
The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.

Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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But "nobody tells us what to write", say the journalists who remain.

Well no. You can just see who still has a job and who gets a promotion, and who doesn't get their contracts renewed.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Anyone know what this flag people are putting up all over the UK is
December 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM