Hello Americans,

Today Meta has deactivated the Instagram accounts of the "No Kings" protests on the very day they are happening in the US. You can avoid Meta's fascist-defending shenanigans by following one of the main No Kings organisers on here instead:

➡️ @indivisibleteam

This is a textbook example of why it's a bad idea to rely on billionaire-owned centralised social media.

(Thank you to @tchambers 🙏)

#NoKings #Meta #USA

@jayalane

Exactly. If you rely on infrastructure owned by billionaires, they can squash you if you protest.

@workingclasshistory Really wish there were more episodes on the Spanish Civil War!

@DemocracyMattersALot

And so it begins on Bluesky as well.

@douginamug @TrueNorthSpice Huh I always wondered how it works and I was not prepared for this. 🤯

Just think about it: Musk and Trump restricted Starlink in Ukraine, preventing our Shahed interceptor drones from operating at the required speed. And at that very moment, russia is launching massive attacks on Ukraine, destroying our energy infrastructure and kіІІіng civilians.

What a coalition - Trump, Musk, and Putin🤬

I try to suppress my contempt for the "news" organizations that fell for Musk's "flying car" con. But I fail. Almost everything that is wrong with journalism is embedded in that coverage of nothing real.

Dice Andrea De Domenico, a capo dell’Ufficio per il coordinamento degli affari umanitari delle Nazioni Unite in Ucraina: «Attaccare strutture essenziali per la popolazione civile nelle maggiori città del Paese e nelle condizioni meteo prevalenti nei prossimi mesi significa mettere consapevolmente in movimento forzato milioni di persone. Spingerle cioè ad andarsene altrove. È evidente».

https://altreconomia.it/la-guerra-in-ucraina-e-a-un-cambio-di-passo-terrificante-una-voce-dal-campo-per-la-pace/

#Ucraina #Russia

A fast radio burst that traveled across 10 billion light years reached Earth in 2024, doubling the distance record for these unexplained and energetic signals from space.
https://www.404media.co/scientists-detect-record-breaking-radio-signal-from-the-ancient-universe/

@FediFollows @indivisibleteam @tchambers Expropriate, trial, hang.

There are over 3,000 No Kings events across the US today! Tag us in your footage and RSVP now to learn what’s next for No Kings: bit.ly/whatsnext1021. #NoKings ❌👑

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(van Rewind Human)

"HET IS GEEN POLARISATIE. HET IS DE RADICALISERING VAN POLITIEK RECHTS"

"‘Polarisatie’ is hét woord dat deze verhitte politieke tijden zou omschrijven. Maar klopt dit beeld wel?

Onderzoeker Petter Törnberg van de Universiteit van Amsterdam stelt dat polarisatie de verkeerde term is. Als universitair hoofddocent Computational Social Science, doet hij onderzoek op het snijvlak van digitale platformen, politiek en de publieke opinie.

Törnbergs verklaring voor de populariteit van de term polarisatie, is dat dit woord een apolitieke lading heeft:

“Met ‘polarisatie’ kan je makkelijk zeggen: het ligt aan beide kanten. En dan hoef je niet de ongemakkelijke stap te zetten om te zeggen: eigenlijk speelt er specifiek iets op politiek rechts.”

Het fenomeen polarisatie heeft drie kenmerken. Törnberg legt stap voor stap uit dat in de praktijk van deze kenmerken geen sprake is, en hoe dit in verschillende democratieën is terug te zien. Welk woord wel van toepassing is? Radicalisering:

“Radicalisering beschrijft de dynamiek waarmee een specifieke beweging antidemocratisch en radicaal wordt. In plaats van het probleem slechts te zien als verhit debat.”"

#polarisatie #radicalisering #extreemrechts #overton #apolitiek

@afewbugs @amiserabilist @TheBreadmonkey @ApostateEnglishman @Verati404 @benroyce @ai6yr @maxleibman @batkaren @Nickiquote @rooster @alice @mayintoronto
@pencilears

Is it possible ancient times Tumblr ended up here?