@mariakau.bsky.social
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It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It is clear that with this ceasefire Western governments and media want us all to let bygones be bygones.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
Never. Israel committed a genocide, we all witnessed the most obscene violence it is possible to imagine, and we need to see the perpetrators locked up in The Hague.
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What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.
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Een demonstratie beëindigen vanwege "antifa" is een hele gevaarlijke escalatie en ongrondwettelijke stap van de politie.
Waarom is dit geen voorpaginanieuws @nieuws.nos.nl @nrc.nl @volkskrant.nl?
Waarom is dit geen voorpaginanieuws @nieuws.nos.nl @nrc.nl @volkskrant.nl?
UPDATE: De politie bevestigt dat het woord ‘antifa’ inderdaad door een agent ter plekke is gebruikt. De agent riep met deze aanduiding de groep tegendemonstranten op te vertrekken, aldus een woordvoerder van de politie. ‘De sfeer op de plek van de demonstratie was erg grimmig.’
Tegendemonstrant over optreden bij anti-abortusprotest: 'In de ogen van de politiek en de politie ben ik een terrorist' - Vox magazine
OPINIE - Universitair docent Marieke van Houte was verbijsterd toen de politie vorige week donderdag een tegendemonstratie op de campus labelde als ‘antifa’ en de tegendemonstranten insloot. Zeker in ...
www.voxweb.nl
September 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Een demonstratie beëindigen vanwege "antifa" is een hele gevaarlijke escalatie en ongrondwettelijke stap van de politie.
Waarom is dit geen voorpaginanieuws @nieuws.nos.nl @nrc.nl @volkskrant.nl?
Waarom is dit geen voorpaginanieuws @nieuws.nos.nl @nrc.nl @volkskrant.nl?
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This.
Is.
Brilliant.
Is.
Brilliant.
October 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This.
Is.
Brilliant.
Is.
Brilliant.
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And Let's Stop The Lie! We do not need more production via large scale agrobusiness and industrial farming to stop hunger. It's the opposite. We need a power shift in food systems to avoid people going hungry. The Lie, drives policy choices that lead to more pesticides, fossil fuels, more hunger.
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And Let's Stop The Lie! We do not need more production via large scale agrobusiness and industrial farming to stop hunger. It's the opposite. We need a power shift in food systems to avoid people going hungry. The Lie, drives policy choices that lead to more pesticides, fossil fuels, more hunger.
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To those who say that capitalism is democratic because consumers "vote with their dollars", this is not true and I explain why here: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-capita...
Why capitalism is fundamentally undemocratic
The antidote is economic democracy.
jasonhickel.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
To those who say that capitalism is democratic because consumers "vote with their dollars", this is not true and I explain why here: jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-capita...
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“Oil & gas giants shift nearly a 3rd of their profits to tax havens, draining billions from developing countries, money needed for climate adaptation, health, & education. They must be taxed where profits are made, not where they’re hidden. A #UNTaxConvention can make that real.”
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Oil & gas giants shift nearly a 3rd of their profits to tax havens, draining billions from developing countries, money needed for climate adaptation, health, & education. They must be taxed where profits are made, not where they’re hidden. A #UNTaxConvention can make that real.”
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vampires
First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...
California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use
Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.
www.latimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
vampires
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A Texas A&M professor was fired after a lesson on gender identity went viral, and now the university’s president has resigned.
It’s a clash over classroom speech that feels eerily familiar — echoing McCarthy-era battles over who decides what is ok to teach.
It’s a clash over classroom speech that feels eerily familiar — echoing McCarthy-era battles over who decides what is ok to teach.
McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity
The McCarthy era in the 1950s was another politically contentious time that raised questions about how politics influences what gets taught in the classroom.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A Texas A&M professor was fired after a lesson on gender identity went viral, and now the university’s president has resigned.
It’s a clash over classroom speech that feels eerily familiar — echoing McCarthy-era battles over who decides what is ok to teach.
It’s a clash over classroom speech that feels eerily familiar — echoing McCarthy-era battles over who decides what is ok to teach.
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The most burning reason why VDL should resign is that she has unleashed an irresponsible & antidemocratic deregulation wave (resulting in unprecedented levels of corporate capture) & violated promises she made to the EP that it was only 'simplification'.
ℹ️ corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/c...
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ℹ️ corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/c...
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A crash course on the EU’s deregulation wave | Corporate Europe Observatory
The European Commission’s deregulation wave means attacks on labour rights, climate policies, nature protection, public health, and more. We explain the basic scheme behind this wave of destruction – ...
corporateeurope.org
July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The most burning reason why VDL should resign is that she has unleashed an irresponsible & antidemocratic deregulation wave (resulting in unprecedented levels of corporate capture) & violated promises she made to the EP that it was only 'simplification'.
ℹ️ corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/c...
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ℹ️ corporateeurope.org/en/2025/07/c...
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Beneath all the propaganda, all the nice words about human rights and equality and international law, this is it. This is the material manifestation of Western values.
May 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Beneath all the propaganda, all the nice words about human rights and equality and international law, this is it. This is the material manifestation of Western values.
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Many people claim there is a natural connection between capitalism and democracy. Sometimes the two concepts are virtually fused together. I always find this odd because I value democracy, but there is nothing democratic about capitalism... jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-capita...
Why capitalism is fundamentally undemocratic
The antidote is economic democracy.
jasonhickel.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Many people claim there is a natural connection between capitalism and democracy. Sometimes the two concepts are virtually fused together. I always find this odd because I value democracy, but there is nothing democratic about capitalism... jasonhickel.substack.com/p/why-capita...
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Great essay on resisting "armageddon academics"/"schooling for extinction" and the importance of teaching the past to free the future.
"It’s not just that schools are impacted by end times fascist policy; teaching young people to accept the end of the world is a prerequisite to bringing it about."
"It’s not just that schools are impacted by end times fascist policy; teaching young people to accept the end of the world is a prerequisite to bringing it about."
🌱 My new piece for @truthout.bsky.social is on combating the rise of “end times schooling.”
It’s inspired by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s framing of “end times fascism.”
Social justice unionism & teaching truth are our best defense—join the struggle!
truthout.org/articles/eli...
It’s inspired by @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social’s framing of “end times fascism.”
Social justice unionism & teaching truth are our best defense—join the struggle!
truthout.org/articles/eli...
Elites Want to Turn Schools Into Factories of Hopelessness. We Can’t Let Them.
“End times schooling” risks turning schools into graveyards for hope — but they can also be greenhouses for resistance.
truthout.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Great essay on resisting "armageddon academics"/"schooling for extinction" and the importance of teaching the past to free the future.
"It’s not just that schools are impacted by end times fascist policy; teaching young people to accept the end of the world is a prerequisite to bringing it about."
"It’s not just that schools are impacted by end times fascist policy; teaching young people to accept the end of the world is a prerequisite to bringing it about."
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Pope Leo XIV said that too many wounds are caused by "fear of the other and by an economic model" that marginalizes the poorest.
Papst Leo XIV. sagte, dass zu viele Wunden durch „Angst vor dem Anderen und durch ein Wirtschaftsmodell verursacht“ würden, das die Ärmsten an den Rand dränge.
Laut SZ erklärte Friedrich Merz dazu, er fühle sich nicht angesprochen, weil er ja Vertreter einer Sozialen Marktwirtschaft sei.
Ok. Cool.
Laut SZ erklärte Friedrich Merz dazu, er fühle sich nicht angesprochen, weil er ja Vertreter einer Sozialen Marktwirtschaft sei.
Ok. Cool.
May 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Pope Leo XIV said that too many wounds are caused by "fear of the other and by an economic model" that marginalizes the poorest.
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Oft gehört, trotzdem falsch: Der Mythos der „sozialen Hängematte“ in 🇩🇪.
Denn: Gerade einmal 4% der Empfänger*innen beziehen zu Unrecht #Grundsicherung oder #Arbeitslosengeld.
Viele Vorurteile in der Sozialpolitik halten einer wissenschaftlichen Prüfung nicht stand:
www.boeckler.de/de/magazin-m...
Denn: Gerade einmal 4% der Empfänger*innen beziehen zu Unrecht #Grundsicherung oder #Arbeitslosengeld.
Viele Vorurteile in der Sozialpolitik halten einer wissenschaftlichen Prüfung nicht stand:
www.boeckler.de/de/magazin-m...
April 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Oft gehört, trotzdem falsch: Der Mythos der „sozialen Hängematte“ in 🇩🇪.
Denn: Gerade einmal 4% der Empfänger*innen beziehen zu Unrecht #Grundsicherung oder #Arbeitslosengeld.
Viele Vorurteile in der Sozialpolitik halten einer wissenschaftlichen Prüfung nicht stand:
www.boeckler.de/de/magazin-m...
Denn: Gerade einmal 4% der Empfänger*innen beziehen zu Unrecht #Grundsicherung oder #Arbeitslosengeld.
Viele Vorurteile in der Sozialpolitik halten einer wissenschaftlichen Prüfung nicht stand:
www.boeckler.de/de/magazin-m...
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Increased bills for higher earners could fund UK energy upgrade, Ofgem says
Increased bills for higher earners could fund UK energy upgrade, Ofgem says
Regulator to consult industry on how to recover network costs via standing charge in a ‘more progressive’ way that helps those on lower incomes
Wealthier households could be made to shoulder higher costs for running and upgrading the UK’s network of energy cables and pipes to help low-income bill payers under new plans to be considered this summer.
The proposals could mean that high-income households will pay more via the standing charge on their energy bills, while those who are not in work or are on low pay are charged a discounted rate. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Increased bills for higher earners could fund UK energy upgrade, Ofgem says
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Trump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab
Trump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab
Ethical doubts over role of campaign backers and investors with financial ties to president worth hundreds of millions
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab
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Nearly every major American social media platform is controlled by just one or two men.
And Supreme Court decisions on corporate constitutional rights give those founders unprecedented power to shape society. buff.ly/TAwBoMy #CitizensUnited #HobbyLobby #TikTokBan
And Supreme Court decisions on corporate constitutional rights give those founders unprecedented power to shape society. buff.ly/TAwBoMy #CitizensUnited #HobbyLobby #TikTokBan
April 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Nearly every major American social media platform is controlled by just one or two men.
And Supreme Court decisions on corporate constitutional rights give those founders unprecedented power to shape society. buff.ly/TAwBoMy #CitizensUnited #HobbyLobby #TikTokBan
And Supreme Court decisions on corporate constitutional rights give those founders unprecedented power to shape society. buff.ly/TAwBoMy #CitizensUnited #HobbyLobby #TikTokBan
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Männer besitzen immernoch einen Großteil des Geldes und damit der Macht 🤑
Dabei könnte die Lösung so einfach sein: Eine Milliardärssteuer würde hauptsächlich Männer betreffen, aber sie würde Investitionen ermöglichen, von denen alle, aber vor allem Frauen, profitieren. 🤝
www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/pu...
Dabei könnte die Lösung so einfach sein: Eine Milliardärssteuer würde hauptsächlich Männer betreffen, aber sie würde Investitionen ermöglichen, von denen alle, aber vor allem Frauen, profitieren. 🤝
www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/pu...
Männer, Milliarden, Macht: Wie die fehlende Besteuerung von Vermögen Geschlechterungleichheit zementiert
Weltweit und auch in Deutschland besitzen Frauen deutlich weniger Vermögen als Männer. Im Bereich der Milliardenvermögen ist der sogenannte Gender Wealth Gap besonders ausgeprägt. Für eine geschlechte...
www.oxfam.de
March 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Männer besitzen immernoch einen Großteil des Geldes und damit der Macht 🤑
Dabei könnte die Lösung so einfach sein: Eine Milliardärssteuer würde hauptsächlich Männer betreffen, aber sie würde Investitionen ermöglichen, von denen alle, aber vor allem Frauen, profitieren. 🤝
www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/pu...
Dabei könnte die Lösung so einfach sein: Eine Milliardärssteuer würde hauptsächlich Männer betreffen, aber sie würde Investitionen ermöglichen, von denen alle, aber vor allem Frauen, profitieren. 🤝
www.oxfam.de/ueber-uns/pu...
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Der Koalitionsvertrag in 2 Worten: Mehr Steuer, keine Gerechtigkeit.
Steuern waren zentral in den Verhandlungen, Reformen für mehr Gerechtigkeit fehlen. Absicht oder Mut zur Lücke in der Hoffnung, dass z. B. EU (Digitalsteuer) oder das BVerfG (Erbschaftsteuer) nachhelfen? (1/2)
Steuern waren zentral in den Verhandlungen, Reformen für mehr Gerechtigkeit fehlen. Absicht oder Mut zur Lücke in der Hoffnung, dass z. B. EU (Digitalsteuer) oder das BVerfG (Erbschaftsteuer) nachhelfen? (1/2)
April 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Der Koalitionsvertrag in 2 Worten: Mehr Steuer, keine Gerechtigkeit.
Steuern waren zentral in den Verhandlungen, Reformen für mehr Gerechtigkeit fehlen. Absicht oder Mut zur Lücke in der Hoffnung, dass z. B. EU (Digitalsteuer) oder das BVerfG (Erbschaftsteuer) nachhelfen? (1/2)
Steuern waren zentral in den Verhandlungen, Reformen für mehr Gerechtigkeit fehlen. Absicht oder Mut zur Lücke in der Hoffnung, dass z. B. EU (Digitalsteuer) oder das BVerfG (Erbschaftsteuer) nachhelfen? (1/2)
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Just an FYI, my suggestions would be:
Vivaldi or Ecosia (if you're used to Google Chrome or Brave)
- or -
Waterfox (If you're used to Mozilla Firefox)
Vivaldi or Ecosia (if you're used to Google Chrome or Brave)
- or -
Waterfox (If you're used to Mozilla Firefox)
Just sorted out a list of web browsers. I think there are still more as well and this doesn't even include KDE/International effort builds.
30 web browsers so far and 10 are American.
I do need to look at finishing more of these and providing the "data sheet" (spreadsheet list).
30 web browsers so far and 10 are American.
I do need to look at finishing more of these and providing the "data sheet" (spreadsheet list).
April 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Just an FYI, my suggestions would be:
Vivaldi or Ecosia (if you're used to Google Chrome or Brave)
- or -
Waterfox (If you're used to Mozilla Firefox)
Vivaldi or Ecosia (if you're used to Google Chrome or Brave)
- or -
Waterfox (If you're used to Mozilla Firefox)
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Wozu faschistische Politik führt: Weil etliche Menschen aus Florida abgeschoben worden sind, werden jetzt die Regeln für Kinderarbeit gelockert, damit 14-Jährige ausgebeutet werden können. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
Governor Ron DeSantis leads push to loosen child labor laws as immigration crackdown leads to workforce shortage
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wozu faschistische Politik führt: Weil etliche Menschen aus Florida abgeschoben worden sind, werden jetzt die Regeln für Kinderarbeit gelockert, damit 14-Jährige ausgebeutet werden können. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Diffamieren, kriminalisieren & finanziell schwächen – auf EU-Ebene setzen Unions- &rechtspopulistische Abgeordnete ihre Attacke gegen die Zivilgesellschaft fort. Wir stellen uns mit mehr als 570 Organisationen dagegen. Diese antidemokratische Kampagne muss enden! www.lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/u...
April 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Diffamieren, kriminalisieren & finanziell schwächen – auf EU-Ebene setzen Unions- &rechtspopulistische Abgeordnete ihre Attacke gegen die Zivilgesellschaft fort. Wir stellen uns mit mehr als 570 Organisationen dagegen. Diese antidemokratische Kampagne muss enden! www.lobbycontrol.de/wp-content/u...