🇨🇭🇺🇸 39% le plus fort taux est pour nous. Merci #trump
🤔 J'espère que ça va faire réfléchirm ceux qui ce sont couchés devant la domination et la toute puissance 🇺🇸 en informatique.
Et vous allez décider quand du boycott et de la taxation à 100% des #gafam ?
⛔🇺🇸 Il va falloir se séparer de bien plus de produits que votre Tesla et arrêter de financer ceux qui nous étranglent.
Arrêter de consommer 🇺🇸 et ça commence par passer aux logiciels LIBRES🐧
#tech #technology #politics #gafam #suisse

🇨🇭🇺🇸 39% le plus fort taux est pour nous. Merci #trump
🤔 J'espère que ça va faire réfléchirm ceux qui ce sont couchés devant la domination et la toute puissance 🇺🇸 en informatique.
Et vous allez décider quand du boycott et de la taxation à 100% des #gafam ?
⛔🇺🇸 Il va falloir se séparer de bien plus de produits que votre Tesla et arrêter de financer ceux qui nous étranglent.
Arrêter de consommer 🇺🇸 et ça commence par passer aux logiciels LIBRES🐧
#tech #technology #politics #gafam #suisse

Myint Swe, Myanmar’s acting president and a former general sanctioned by the U.S. for his role in a 2021 coup, died at the age of 74 from Parkinson’s disease and related neurological disorders. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-myint-swe-dies-74/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #southeastasia

South Korean prosecutors have requested an arrest warrant for former first lady Kim Keon Hee, a day after questioning her over a litany of allegations, including bribery and stock manipulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/asia-pacific/politics/arrest-korea-ex-first-lady-kim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #kimkeonhee#yoonsukyeol

Philippine senators have voted to shelve an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte after the country's top court ruled it as unconstitutional. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/asia-pacific/politics/philippine-senate-duterte-impeachment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines#saraduterte #ferdinandmarcosjr #southeastasia

The Trump administration plans to scale back criticism of El Salvador, Israel and Russia over human rights, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing drafts of the State Department's annual human rights report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/us-human-rights-el-salvador-israel-russia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #humanrights #elsalvador #israel #russia #us #donaldtrump #republicans #benjaminnetanyahu #lgbtq

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sees no point for direct talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on tariffs, which he said would likely be a "humiliation," even as goods from his country incur high rates. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/brazil-president-tariff-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brazil #luizinacioluladasilva #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

And we might link this to the continuing political economy of austerity, which continues in all but name...

I have explored this problem recently for @NWBylines

#politics #austerity

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https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/economy/the-false-economies-of-austerity/

Martin Kettle uses the crisis in prisons as an example of a wider crisis of governance across the country... and to draw out one specific issue (and use a phrase he doesn't), the various crises are excavated by the problem of a rigid Treasury oversight, which 'know the cost of everything & the value of nothing'.

This is forcing departments into a constant crisis management & constraining any forward planning to actually resolve crises!

Its idiocy!

#politics

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/07/prisons-report-crisis-overcrowding-keir-starmer-labour-uk

U.S. President Donald Trump could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week, a White House official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/trump-putin-ukraine-meet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump

Here’s my new-ish #introduction for Mastodon:

Hey, I’m Ernie. I’m a writer and journalist and I’m best known for starting the Tedium newsletter. (https://tedium.co). I also run a secondary newsletter called MidRange (https://midrange.tedium.co).

I have run in a lot of circles over the years, but my primary interests are history, obscurities, and tech. I will talk about #politics sometimes—I have a poli-sci degree—but my focus is offbeat stuff.

U.S. President Donald Trump's tirade against India over trade and Russian oil purchases threatens to undo two decades of diplomatic progress, analysts and officials say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/india-us-trade-oil-fallout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #narendramodi #india #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Israel's military chief has pushed back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to seize areas of Gaza it doesn't already control, three Israeli officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/israel-military-gaza-expansion-netanyahu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

Hmm, have any countries start to think about an LA Olympics boycott yet? Will we be seeing a complete choreographed opening ceremony celebrating Dear Leader? Will they be renditioning and probing the gender of athletes at the events, or at the border?

LA Times: Trump names himself chair of L.A. Olympics task force, sees role for military during Games

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-08-05/trump-l-a-2028-olympics-task-force-billion-dollar-security-effort

#fascism #olympics #politics

Beleaguered Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba continues to face pressure to resign from his usual political rivals within the Liberal Democratic Party. Do they have what it takes to make it happen? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/japan/politics/ldp-conservatives-against-ishiba/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #yasutakanakasone#toshimitsumotegi #hiroshigeseko

Donald Trump is making out like a bandit through crypto scams, and some people see it as an easy way to buy influence.

On Tech Won’t Save Us, I spoke with Jacob Silverman to discuss how Trump is deregulating crypto and the continued tech-MAGA alliance.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/287_trumps_crypto_profiteering_is_worse_than_you_think_w_jacob_silverman

#tech #crypto #donaldtrump #bitcoin #corruption #scams #politics

Karol Nawrocki, the nationalist outsider who scored a shock victory in June’s runoff for president in Poland, will be inaugurated on Wednesday, setting up a battle with Donald Tusk's pro-EU administration. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/poland-political-battle-president/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtusk #karolnawrocki #europe #eu

At the heart of a Dior bag scandal, South Korea's former first lady appeared for questioning as part of an investigation into allegations ranging from suspected stock manipulation to bribery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/asia-pacific/politics/korean-ex-first-lady-bribe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #kimkeonhee#yoonsukyeol #southkorea

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/

Indian officials have struggled to engage in diplomatic talks with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration because key foreign policy roles in Washington remain unfilled. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/trump-staffing-india-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #india