Mauri Kaipainen
@mkaipain.bsky.social
PhD, associate professor, musicologist, cognitive scientist, exploratory composer.
Supporter of equal rights, peace, renewable energy.
Refugee from the trumpified FB.
Cruising sailor, lover of all arts.
Supporter of equal rights, peace, renewable energy.
Refugee from the trumpified FB.
Cruising sailor, lover of all arts.
"Social media has become a political panopticon in which your posts are a conduit for your politics, and what you post can increasingly be used against you."
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
A new wave of digital tools has emerged to help citizens monitor Trump’s crackdown. But internet surveillance can also be used against you.
www.newyorker.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
"Social media has become a political panopticon in which your posts are a conduit for your politics, and what you post can increasingly be used against you."
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
A giant loss for constitutional law and order. www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
Trump hails 'win' as Supreme Court curbs judges' power to block his orders - live updates
The 6-3 decision is a major boost for the president and his agenda, which has been repeatedly blocked by lower courts.
www.bbc.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A giant loss for constitutional law and order. www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... End of America's scientific greatness
Nobody Expected the MAGA Inquisition
But it’s here, and will destroy American science
open.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... End of America's scientific greatness
www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/u... Brave! Shame on NYU!
NYU withholds diploma from student who denounced war in Gaza during graduation speech | CNN
New York University said it is withholding the diploma of a student who condemned “genocide” in Gaza while delivering a graduation speech Wednesday – a move the university called a violation of the st...
www.cnn.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/u... Brave! Shame on NYU!
en.apa.az/america/whit... How ridiculous! I wonder when the executive order criminalizing royal defamation will follow?
White House confirms military parade on Trump’s birthday in June
White House confirms military parade on Trump’s birthday in June
en.apa.az
May 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
en.apa.az/america/whit... How ridiculous! I wonder when the executive order criminalizing royal defamation will follow?
After 100 days, Trump has destroyed Trumpism | Sidney Blumenthal
After 100 days, Trump has destroyed Trumpism | Sidney Blumenthal
The president’s approach: tackle problems that don’t exist via policies that won’t work
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:28 AM
yle.fi/a/74-2015890... No eipä selvästi Venäjän asiaa ajava USA voikaan toimia puolueettomana rauhanvälittäjänä. Kaipa heitä katsellaan sen vuoksi etteivät katkaise apua kokonaan.
Rubio: Yhdysvallat vetäytyy välittäjän roolista, jos Ukrainan sodan lopettamisessa ei edistytä
Yhdysvaltain ulkoministeri haluaa Ukrainan sodan osapuolilta konkreettisia ehdotuksia konfliktin lopettamiseksi.
yle.fi
April 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
yle.fi/a/74-2015890... No eipä selvästi Venäjän asiaa ajava USA voikaan toimia puolueettomana rauhanvälittäjänä. Kaipa heitä katsellaan sen vuoksi etteivät katkaise apua kokonaan.
Hitler tried tariffs too. It did not end well. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Hitler’s Terrible Tariffs
By seeking to “liberate” Germans from a globalized world order, the Nazi government sent the national economy careening backwards.
www.theatlantic.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hitler tried tariffs too. It did not end well. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What!? Germany doing the Trump? How is this legal?
Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein
The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight, says Hanno Hauenstein, a Berlin-based journalist
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... What!? Germany doing the Trump? How is this legal?
The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide
March 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide
www.facebook.com/share/r/1991... The US nosediving into medieval darkness, trying to reduce the academia to preaching the holy truth of Trump MAGA. Forbidding books and going after professors.
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
www.facebook.com/share/r/1991... The US nosediving into medieval darkness, trying to reduce the academia to preaching the holy truth of Trump MAGA. Forbidding books and going after professors.
bsky.app/profile/the-... Freedom of expression?!
‘Chilling effect on free speech:’ Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media profiles
Trump wants green card applicants legally in US to hand over social media profiles
USCIS said the vetting of social media accounts is necessary for “the enhanced identity verification, vetting and national security screening.” Critics say it crushes free speech
www.independent.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
bsky.app/profile/the-... Freedom of expression?!
Soviet Union, China, Russia... amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
US denies French claims a space researcher was expelled over messages about Trump | CNN
Competing narratives have emerged between Washington and Paris over why a researcher was recently denied entry to the United States, in the latest example of an immigration refusal under the Trump adm...
amp.cnn.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Soviet Union, China, Russia... amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... He's the kingmaker who has opened all doors and windows to autocracy.
John Roberts made Trump’s authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy | Steven Greenhouse
The supreme court judge has emboldened and enabled Trump, but the president’s second term must surely have him worried
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... He's the kingmaker who has opened all doors and windows to autocracy.
yle.fi/a/74-2014801... Hetkinen, jokin tässä ei nyt tunnu hyvältä. Venäjä hyökkää ensin Eurooppaan. Sitten vanha liittolaisemme USA liittoutuu tuon vihollisen kanssa. Ja sitten vihollisemme liittolainen pudottaa pommeja Lapissa lopetettuaan ensin tiedustelutiedonkin jakamisen Euroopan kanssa.
Yhdysvaltalaiset B-52-koneet pudottivat harjoituksessa pommeja maahan Suomessa ensimmäistä kertaa
Harjoitus toteutettiin torstaina Lapissa Rovajärven ampuma-alueella. Puolustusvoimien mukaan toiminta vahvistaa Naton puolustusta ja pelotetta pohjoisessa.
yle.fi
March 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
yle.fi/a/74-2014801... Hetkinen, jokin tässä ei nyt tunnu hyvältä. Venäjä hyökkää ensin Eurooppaan. Sitten vanha liittolaisemme USA liittoutuu tuon vihollisen kanssa. Ja sitten vihollisemme liittolainen pudottaa pommeja Lapissa lopetettuaan ensin tiedustelutiedonkin jakamisen Euroopan kanssa.
bsky.app/profile/trum... Hardly satire, likely Teump's wet dream.
Irresponsible, stupid, ignorant, yes the creator of the video.
‘Trump Gaza’ AI video intended as political satire, says creator
#Trump
#Trump
March 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
bsky.app/profile/trum... Hardly satire, likely Teump's wet dream.