If you are interested in how the Fediverse really works and some of the key people making it happen, sit down with a coffee and check out one (or all!) of the presentations from #fedicon.

Mine was about my journey finding the Fediverse and eventually teaming up with folks to create socialbc.ca and what I learned along the way.

And yes, I am pretty sure we are in a Stanley Kubrick movie.
#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community
https://spectra.video/w/p9nScG9XFX81iE89ufmWUM

You can see all the videos that have been uploaded so far on the #fedicon page here at spectra.video. #peertube

https://spectra.video/c/fedicon_videos/videos

#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community

You can see all the videos that have been uploaded so far on the #fedicon page here at spectra.video. #peertube

https://spectra.video/c/fedicon_videos/videos

#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community

🤢 Apple CEO Tim Cook presents special gold gift to Donald Trump • Macworld

｢ The gift is an inscribed piece of glass with an Apple logo hollowed out in the center. The glass, which came “off the Corning line,” according to Cook, features Tim Cook’s signature and sits in a base that Cook said is “24-karat gold.” ｣

https://www.macworld.com/article/2870568/apple-ceo-tim-cook-presents-special-gold-gift-to-donald-trump.html

#apple #uspol #democracy

If you are interested in how the Fediverse really works and some of the key people making it happen, sit down with a coffee and check out one (or all!) of the presentations from #fedicon.

Mine was about my journey finding the Fediverse and eventually teaming up with folks to create socialbc.ca and what I learned along the way.

And yes, I am pretty sure we are in a Stanley Kubrick movie.
#fediverse #mastodon #socialbc #democracy #webstandards #activitypub #community
https://spectra.video/w/p9nScG9XFX81iE89ufmWUM

psst! evil #SCOTUS Prepares to End Voting Rights as We Know Them

(And justices don’t want you to notice!)

#VotingRights#Injustice #racism#BlackLivesMatter#WhiteSupremacy#WhitePrivilege #gerrymandering#Democracyhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-2/

🤢 Apple CEO Tim Cook presents special gold gift to Donald Trump • Macworld

｢ The gift is an inscribed piece of glass with an Apple logo hollowed out in the center. The glass, which came “off the Corning line,” according to Cook, features Tim Cook’s signature and sits in a base that Cook said is “24-karat gold.” ｣

https://www.macworld.com/article/2870568/apple-ceo-tim-cook-presents-special-gold-gift-to-donald-trump.html

#apple #uspol #democracy

psst! evil #SCOTUS Prepares to End Voting Rights as We Know Them

(And justices don’t want you to notice!)

#VotingRights#Injustice #racism#BlackLivesMatter#WhiteSupremacy#WhitePrivilege #gerrymandering#Democracyhttps://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-2/

Stand With #Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇸

Just received a video from Olena, who bravely helped deliver the tourniquets⛑️ I donated to Coast of Life in #Odesa. The heroes on the frontlines sent a message saying "Dyakuyu" (thank you in Ukrainian).

➡️To these defenders: The world is witnessing your bravery. You stand tall against impossible odds, defending your nation with unwavering resolve. You are an inspiration to us all.

🎯Every act of solidarity—from donations to conversations—makes a difference.

#Democracy

If the order of their dear leader outweighs the interests of the sovereign of all government, the people, those unrepresentative "representatives" should seriously leave Congress or whatever state or local parliament they're wasting people's dime & time in!

#RuleOfThePeople#Democracy#USPol#USPolitics

Trump said on Tues the #FederalGovernment could take control of #Washington, #DC if the local govt "doesn't get its act together," with his comments coming in a social media post complaining about crime in the #US capital.

"The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, & lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14," Trump posted.

#law #democracy#Constitution#ArticleOne#HomeRuleAct
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-take-over-washington-dcs-governance-2025-08-05/

“We don’t take lessons in democracy from those who kill civilians and children standing in food lines.”

– Athens Mayor Haris Doukas

https://qudsnen.co/israeli-embassy-staff-evacuated-from-greece-as-protests-intensify-over-gaza-genocide/

#israel #genocide#ethnicCleansing #apartheid#settlerColonialism#Palestine#Gaza#WestBank#StopIsrael#StopArmingIsrael#StopTheGenocide#FreePalestine#Greece#Athens #democracy#humanRights#HarisDoukas

Anthony Barnett (for whom I worked when I was at Charter 88 in the early 1990s) is right:

'The problem is not, ‘How do we restore British voters’ trust in the way we are governed?’ It is, ‘How do we change the way we are governed so that it becomes trustworthy?’.... and he then goes on to (rightly) reassert the constitutional changes we were arguing for in the 1990s

Trust is earned not engineered & this is especially the case in politics!

#politics #democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/compulsory-voting-wont-fix-uk-politics-need-system-change-improve-trust/

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Israeli parliamentarian Ofer Cassif, from the left-wing Hadash-Ta’al party, was forcibly removed from the Knesset podium on Monday night during a plenary session after quoting renowned Israeli writer and novelist David Grossman, who acknowledged in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica last week that, with “immense pain and a broken heart”, Israel is currently committing “ #genocide” in #Gaza.
“‘For years I refused to use the term genocide, but now, after the images I’ve seen and after speaking to people who were there, I can no longer avoid it,'” Cassif said in his speech.
Haaretz said the session was chaired by deputy Knesset Speaker Nissim Vaturi, who interrupted Cassif, saying “That’s not a quote – that’s made up,” and demanded Cassif be removed from the podium, followed by Likud member Tali Gottlieb who shouted: “He will not say ‘genocide’ in here!” before Knesset ushers physically removed Cassif from the podium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMVLt_ncn7E

#communist #internationalism #anticolonialism#TheOnlyDemocracyInTheMiddleEast#MiddleEast #IsraelApartheid #colonialism #democracy #gazagenocide

"If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, & quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City," #Trump added.

Trump’s latest threat to take over #WashingtonDC came after he learned that #ElonMusk protégé & former #DOGE staffer known as #BigBalls was injured in an attempted carjacking Sunday morning in #DC.

#law #democracy#Constitution#ArticleOne#HomeRuleAct#DCstatehood

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-8/clause-17

https://dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/

Trump said on Tues the #FederalGovernment could take control of #Washington, #DC if the local govt "doesn't get its act together," with his comments coming in a social media post complaining about crime in the #US capital.

"The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, & lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14," Trump posted.

#law #democracy#Constitution#ArticleOne#HomeRuleAct
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-take-over-washington-dcs-governance-2025-08-05/

#Texas House rules allow for fines of $500 every day the #Democrats are absent. The #House also issued civil warrants for the missing lawmakers to be arrested & returned to the House.

#Trump#FBI #law#AbuseOfPower #gerrymandering #redistricting #democracy #rigged #elections

After Republican Sen John Cornyn of Texas called on the FBI to help locate & #arrest Democrats who left the state to block a vote on a new congressional map, Trump said, “They may have to.”

“A lot of people have demanded they come back. You can’t just sit it out. You have to go back, you have to fight it out,” said Trump.

#law#AbuseOfPower #gerrymandering #redistricting #democracy #elections
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-5-2025#00000198-7c2b-dc4c-adfc-fc3f02bc0000

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that Israeli parliamentarian Ofer Cassif, from the left-wing Hadash-Ta’al party, was forcibly removed from the Knesset podium on Monday night during a plenary session after quoting renowned Israeli writer and novelist David Grossman, who acknowledged in an interview with the Italian daily La Repubblica last week that, with “immense pain and a broken heart”, Israel is currently committing “ #genocide” in #Gaza.
“‘For years I refused to use the term genocide, but now, after the images I’ve seen and after speaking to people who were there, I can no longer avoid it,'” Cassif said in his speech.
Haaretz said the session was chaired by deputy Knesset Speaker Nissim Vaturi, who interrupted Cassif, saying “That’s not a quote – that’s made up,” and demanded Cassif be removed from the podium, followed by Likud member Tali Gottlieb who shouted: “He will not say ‘genocide’ in here!” before Knesset ushers physically removed Cassif from the podium.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMVLt_ncn7E

#communist #internationalism #anticolonialism#TheOnlyDemocracyInTheMiddleEast#MiddleEast #IsraelApartheid #colonialism #democracy #gazagenocide