Paul Schoe
@paulschoe@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

I always stated that I'm addicted to Coke Zero. I never took anything else, and in bars that only had the US competitor, I ordered a juice.

But since the fascist actions of Trump, I moved to non-US brands. And I find that my caffeine fix is just as easily satisfied with Coke that costs half the price.

It was meant as a temporary political statement, but when Trump is replaced, I will wonder if I am still willing to pay a 100% premium to get the 'real' thing.

@Techaltar
#American#Boycot#Coke
Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance@defenseofliberty.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

It’s official. The #American that fled from Texas and claimed #Russia was a better country has died in a #Ukrainian drone strike after being sent to the frontlines by #Putin.

Fucked Around Found Out. Well done Derek. Well done.

#RussiaIsATerroristState#UkraineWillWin
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש
@dukepaaron@babka.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Fair warning: I kind of despise Jacobin, and Balthazar is a shitty writer... but this novel sounds amazing!

"It's something of a truism to say history does not reveal the past but rather the present: the refracted light of dead stars, to use the French philosopher Daniel Bensaïd’s image of the gone revolutions, will disappear in a daylight of mere facts if not recognized as a “concern of the present.” Annie Kaufman’s new translation of Ben Gold’s 1944 #Yiddish language #proletarian #novel Your Comrade, Avreml Broide: A Worker’s Life Story is one of those events, in which a seemingly lost footnote of left-wing #American #history suddenly brushes against the grain of the present."

https://jacobin.com/2025/07/ben-gold-communist-jewish-literature/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש
@dukepaaron@babka.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Fair warning: I kind of despise Jacobin, and Balthazar is a shitty writer... but this novel sounds amazing!

"It's something of a truism to say history does not reveal the past but rather the present: the refracted light of dead stars, to use the French philosopher Daniel Bensaïd’s image of the gone revolutions, will disappear in a daylight of mere facts if not recognized as a “concern of the present.” Annie Kaufman’s new translation of Ben Gold’s 1944 #Yiddish language #proletarian #novel Your Comrade, Avreml Broide: A Worker’s Life Story is one of those events, in which a seemingly lost footnote of left-wing #American #history suddenly brushes against the grain of the present."

https://jacobin.com/2025/07/ben-gold-communist-jewish-literature/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last month

The focus on #denaturalization is just the latest step by the #Trump admin to reshape the nation's #immigration system across all levels of govt, turning it into a major focus across multiple federal agencies. That has come with redefining who is let into the #UnitedStates or has the right to be an #American. Since his return to office, Trump has sought to end #BirthrightCitizenship & massively scale back #refugee programs.

#law #immigration
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp last month

The move is aimed at #US #citizens not born in the country;…close to 25M #immigrants [are] #naturalized citizens.

At least one person has already been denaturalized. On June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of Elliott Duke’s #citizenship, who uses they/them pronouns. Duke is an #American #military #veteran originally from the #UK who was convicted for distributing child sexual abuse material—something they later admitted they were doing prior to becoming a US citizen.

#law #immigration#DOJ
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

"a woman named Bendu Kiadu is mourning her child Gbessey, who was just 1 year old.

Gbessey caught #malaria in March. In normal times, a community health worker would have administered simple medicines for malaria... But the closing of #USAID led to the collapse of some supply chains, so #health workers had no malaria medicine to offer Gbessey.

...The next day, Gbessey died.

“Our #children are dying because of a lack of medicine,” Kiadu told me."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html

#Musk#Trump #News

Photo with caption from article: Photo: A woman holding a baby. Caption: Bendu Kiadu holds her newborn, Osman, who is sick with malaria. Her 1-year-old son, Gbessey, died when the local clinic ran out of malaria medicine. Credit: Saidu Bah for The New York Times
Photo with caption from article: Photo: A woman holding a baby. Caption: Bendu Kiadu holds her newborn, Osman, who is sick with malaria. Her 1-year-old son, Gbessey, died when the local clinic ran out of malaria medicine. Credit: Saidu Bah for The New York Times
Photo with caption from article: Photo: A woman holding a baby. Caption: Bendu Kiadu holds her newborn, Osman, who is sick with malaria. Her 1-year-old son, Gbessey, died when the local clinic ran out of malaria medicine. Credit: Saidu Bah for The New York Times
Text from article: Come also to the village of Vonzua in western Liberia, where a woman named Bendu Kiadu is mourning her child Gbessey, who was just 1 year old. Gbessey caught malaria in March. In normal times, a community health worker would have administered simple medicines for malaria, and the United States noted just last year that it provided “vital” and “critical” support to fight malaria in Liberia. But the closing of U.S.A.I.D. led to the collapse of some supply chains, so health workers had no malaria medicine to offer Gbessey. Kiadu rushed the child to a clinic, but it, too, had run out of malaria medicine. The next day, Gbessey died. Now Kiadu’s youngest child, Osman, is also seriously ill with malaria, and the community health workers and the clinic still have no malaria medicine. She worries that she will lose two of her children within months. “Our children are dying because of a lack of medicine,” Kiadu told me.
Text from article: Come also to the village of Vonzua in western Liberia, where a woman named Bendu Kiadu is mourning her child Gbessey, who was just 1 year old. Gbessey caught malaria in March. In normal times, a community health worker would have administered simple medicines for malaria, and the United States noted just last year that it provided “vital” and “critical” support to fight malaria in Liberia. But the closing of U.S.A.I.D. led to the collapse of some supply chains, so health workers had no malaria medicine to offer Gbessey. Kiadu rushed the child to a clinic, but it, too, had run out of malaria medicine. The next day, Gbessey died. Now Kiadu’s youngest child, Osman, is also seriously ill with malaria, and the community health workers and the clinic still have no malaria medicine. She worries that she will lose two of her children within months. “Our children are dying because of a lack of medicine,” Kiadu told me.
Text from article: Come also to the village of Vonzua in western Liberia, where a woman named Bendu Kiadu is mourning her child Gbessey, who was just 1 year old. Gbessey caught malaria in March. In normal times, a community health worker would have administered simple medicines for malaria, and the United States noted just last year that it provided “vital” and “critical” support to fight malaria in Liberia. But the closing of U.S.A.I.D. led to the collapse of some supply chains, so health workers had no malaria medicine to offer Gbessey. Kiadu rushed the child to a clinic, but it, too, had run out of malaria medicine. The next day, Gbessey died. Now Kiadu’s youngest child, Osman, is also seriously ill with malaria, and the community health workers and the clinic still have no malaria medicine. She worries that she will lose two of her children within months. “Our children are dying because of a lack of medicine,” Kiadu told me.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

"How often does this happen? The #Trump administration is also dismantling #data collection, making it difficult to count the deaths it is causing. By one American economist’s online dashboard, about 350,000 people worldwide have died so far because of cuts in #American aid. My guess is that the figure isn’t so high, partly because it takes time for #children to weaken and die, but that the rate of deaths will accelerate."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html

#Musk#Trump#GOP#Politics #News#USA#US
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

"CHILDREN ARE DYING because medicines have been abruptly cut off, & risks of Ebola, tuberculosis & other diseases reaching #America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses.

After #ElonMusk boasted about feeding #USAID “into the wood chipper” over a weekend, he claimed that no one had died as a result...

Come with me on a trip to the villages where your aid cuts are killing #children. Open your eyes."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html

#Musk#Trump#USPol#Politics#Health#World

Text from article: I’ve been traveling through Sierra Leone and Liberia to gauge the impact of Trump’s closing of U.S.A.I.D., to see how bad things have gotten since an earlier trip through South Sudan and Kenya. Here’s what I see: Children are dying because medicines have been abruptly cut off, and risks of Ebola, tuberculosis and other diseases reaching America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses. After Elon Musk boasted about feeding U.S.A.I.D. “into the wood chipper” over a weekend, he claimed that no one had died as a result. Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated that claim just last month. So I challenge them both: Come with me on a trip to the villages where your aid cuts are killing children. Open your eyes. And if you dare to confront actual waste and abuse — the kind that squanders lives as well as money — join me in the village of Kayata, Liberia,
Text from article: I’ve been traveling through Sierra Leone and Liberia to gauge the impact of Trump’s closing of U.S.A.I.D., to see how bad things have gotten since an earlier trip through South Sudan and Kenya. Here’s what I see: Children are dying because medicines have been abruptly cut off, and risks of Ebola, tuberculosis and other diseases reaching America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses. After Elon Musk boasted about feeding U.S.A.I.D. “into the wood chipper” over a weekend, he claimed that no one had died as a result. Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated that claim just last month. So I challenge them both: Come with me on a trip to the villages where your aid cuts are killing children. Open your eyes. And if you dare to confront actual waste and abuse — the kind that squanders lives as well as money — join me in the village of Kayata, Liberia,
Text from article: I’ve been traveling through Sierra Leone and Liberia to gauge the impact of Trump’s closing of U.S.A.I.D., to see how bad things have gotten since an earlier trip through South Sudan and Kenya. Here’s what I see: Children are dying because medicines have been abruptly cut off, and risks of Ebola, tuberculosis and other diseases reaching America are increasing — while medicines sit uselessly in warehouses. After Elon Musk boasted about feeding U.S.A.I.D. “into the wood chipper” over a weekend, he claimed that no one had died as a result. Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated that claim just last month. So I challenge them both: Come with me on a trip to the villages where your aid cuts are killing children. Open your eyes. And if you dare to confront actual waste and abuse — the kind that squanders lives as well as money — join me in the village of Kayata, Liberia,
Zhi Zhu 🕸️
@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month

"One of the most dangerous things a woman can do in a poor country is get pregnant. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that #American assistance has prevented some 34,000 maternal deaths per year around the world. That suggests that ending such aid may lead #women to perish in pregnancy approximately once every 15 minutes."
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/waste-musk-trump.html

#ElonMusk#Musk #Doge#Trump#GOP#USPol#Politics#USAID#Health#Healthcare#World #News#US#USA

Text from article: So when I hear glib talk about waste and abuse in U.S.A.I.D., I think of how we American taxpayers purchased ambulances for Liberia at a cost of more than $50,000 each and then abruptly cut off gasoline funds, leaving a young mom to bleed to death. Freeman is buried in an unmarked grave on the edge of the forest. Her two daughters, ages 3 and 6, weep for their mother. “The three of us sit together and cry,” said Freeman’s younger sister, Annie. One of the most dangerous things a woman can do in a poor country is get pregnant. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that American assistance has prevented some 34,000 maternal deaths per year around the world. That suggests that ending such aid may lead women to perish in pregnancy approximately once every 15 minutes.
Text from article: So when I hear glib talk about waste and abuse in U.S.A.I.D., I think of how we American taxpayers purchased ambulances for Liberia at a cost of more than $50,000 each and then abruptly cut off gasoline funds, leaving a young mom to bleed to death. Freeman is buried in an unmarked grave on the edge of the forest. Her two daughters, ages 3 and 6, weep for their mother. “The three of us sit together and cry,” said Freeman’s younger sister, Annie. One of the most dangerous things a woman can do in a poor country is get pregnant. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that American assistance has prevented some 34,000 maternal deaths per year around the world. That suggests that ending such aid may lead women to perish in pregnancy approximately once every 15 minutes.
Text from article: So when I hear glib talk about waste and abuse in U.S.A.I.D., I think of how we American taxpayers purchased ambulances for Liberia at a cost of more than $50,000 each and then abruptly cut off gasoline funds, leaving a young mom to bleed to death. Freeman is buried in an unmarked grave on the edge of the forest. Her two daughters, ages 3 and 6, weep for their mother. “The three of us sit together and cry,” said Freeman’s younger sister, Annie. One of the most dangerous things a woman can do in a poor country is get pregnant. The Guttmacher Institute estimates that American assistance has prevented some 34,000 maternal deaths per year around the world. That suggests that ending such aid may lead women to perish in pregnancy approximately once every 15 minutes.
Coach Pāṇini ®
@paninid@mastodon.world  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

For decades, British Petroleum (then the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company) had extracted Iran’s wealth, leaving the Iranian people with little to show for it. Mossadegh’s move was a bid for sovereignty, dignity, and the right of a nation to control its own resources. The response from the so-called “free world” was swift and brutal: a joint CIA-MI6 operation, code-named Operation Ajax, orchestrated a coup to overthrow Mossadegh, using black propaganda, bribed politicians, manufactured riots, (2/11)
Coach Pāṇini ®
@paninid@mastodon.world replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

and false flag attacks to create chaos and justify intervention. Hundreds died in the streets of Tehran as the Shah—an autocratic monarch—was reinstalled with #American and British backing.

(3/11)
Fireside Fedi
@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Good day all of you LOVELY Fedizens!

Once again, ANOTHER big week coming up on Fireside Fedi! Please note that all times are Eastern / UTC-4.

Tuesday May 27th at 1000 we'll be speaking with @booteille who is with @Framasoft ! If you don't know #Framasoft then maybe you've heard of #Peertube ? Yeah, that's them! 😁 As well as many other projects!

Thursday May 29th 1500 we are talking to @potterybyosa ! Osa is a #nigerian #american studio #potter. Osa makes absolutely stunning pottery and I can't wait to speak with Osa about their work, potterybyosa.com , and what brought them to the Fediverse!

Finally Saturday May 31st, after a few reschedulings, we'll be speaking with @labr ! This includes both @brothersoul and @DJUpNorth ! LABR stands for #Love a #Brother #Radio . They're a 24/7 online stream for soulful house music and varied genres.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease
Fireside Fedi
@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Good day all of you LOVELY Fedizens!

Once again, ANOTHER big week coming up on Fireside Fedi! Please note that all times are Eastern / UTC-4.

Tuesday May 27th at 1000 we'll be speaking with @booteille who is with @Framasoft ! If you don't know #Framasoft then maybe you've heard of #Peertube ? Yeah, that's them! 😁 As well as many other projects!

Thursday May 29th 1500 we are talking to @potterybyosa ! Osa is a #nigerian #american studio #potter. Osa makes absolutely stunning pottery and I can't wait to speak with Osa about their work, potterybyosa.com , and what brought them to the Fediverse!

Finally Saturday May 31st, after a few reschedulings, we'll be speaking with @labr ! This includes both @brothersoul and @DJUpNorth ! LABR stands for #Love a #Brother #Radio . They're a 24/7 online stream for soulful house music and varied genres.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease