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Most regions of Ukraine are currently experiencing emergency power outages, which will be cancelled once the power system stabilizes. — Ukrinform.

@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online · 2 days ago

Russians attack energy facilities in eight regions, increasing power deficit, Ukrenergo says

David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange · 6 days ago

Given how cheap it appears to be to bribe members of the US regime, has anyone in the EU considered that they could probably outbid Russia?

Preston MacDougall

@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science replied · 6 days ago

@david_chisnall #Russia is broke. They don’t bribe #UnitedStates #BananaRepublicans they blackmail them with #kompromat.

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 boosted

https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 6 days ago

"The #politics of careful positioning and poll-tested moderation have been tested, and on their own, they have failed to deliver the victories needed to protect democracy. The choice now is to transform the party’s strategy to meet the scale of the threat, or to fail.

👉 In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance."👈

#Trump #Authoritarian #USPol #Democrats #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Democracy

Text from article(edited for length):
Democrats can keep debating whether to stand 5 degrees or 15 degrees left of center, fine-tuning messages drowned out by the latest Trump spectacle. They can chase moderate voters our data shows won’t materialize while their base stays home...

Or they can accept the evidence: the old rules are dead. ...with an authoritarian movement capturing one major party, electoral politics has become existential conflict. This requires not moderation but mobilization... not just messaging but genuine reform to prove that Democrats will fight for democracy itself by first attacking the corruption that rots it from within.

Scholars of democratic breakdown know that moments like this demand institutional coordination, civil society mobilization, and the political courage to name and confront the authoritarian threat on its weakest flank. Every democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption.

History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened... The choice now is to transform the party’s strategy to meet the scale of the threat, or to fail. In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance. — Text from article(edited for length): Democrats can keep debating whether to stand 5 degrees or 15 degrees left of center, fine-tuning messages drowned out by the latest Trump spectacle. They can chase moderate voters our data shows won’t materialize while their base stays home... Or they can accept the evidence: the old rules are dead. ...with an authoritarian movement capturing one major party, electoral politics has become existential conflict. This requires not moderation but mobilization... not just messaging but genuine reform to prove that Democrats will fight for democracy itself by first attacking the corruption that rots it from within. Scholars of democratic breakdown know that moments like this demand institutional coordination, civil society mobilization, and the political courage to name and confront the authoritarian threat on its weakest flank. Every democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption. History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened... The choice now is to transform the party’s strategy to meet the scale of the threat, or to fail. In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance.

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 6 days ago

"Every #democracy facing this challenge has learned you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their #corruption.

#History won’t judge #Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought hard enough, and smart enough, when democracy was threatened."
https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

#Trump #Authoritarianism #Politics #News #US #USA #America

Headline:
Forum
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

by Adam Bonica and Jake Grumbach

With responses from: Cori Bush, Amanda Litman, Matthew Yglesias, G. Elliott Morris, Julia Serano, Eric Rauchway, Suzanne Mettler & Trevor E. Brown, Thomas Ferguson, Timothy Shenk, Jared Abbott & Milan Loewer, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Lily Geismer, Danielle Wiggins, William A. Galston, and Henry Burke — Headline: Forum How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated. by Adam Bonica and Jake Grumbach With responses from: Cori Bush, Amanda Litman, Matthew Yglesias, G. Elliott Morris, Julia Serano, Eric Rauchway, Suzanne Mettler & Trevor E. Brown, Thomas Ferguson, Timothy Shenk, Jared Abbott & Milan Loewer, Jenifer Fernandez Ancona, Lily Geismer, Danielle Wiggins, William A. Galston, and Henry Burke

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · 6 days ago

👉 In this contest, failure is not just an electoral defeat; it may be the end of democratic self-governance."👈

#Trump #Authoritarian #USPol #Democrats #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America #Democracy

Boston Review

How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism

Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.

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Along the Black Sea coast in Odesa, sea horses have been found washed up on the shore at densities of 2-92 specimens per square meter of coastline. The number of dead individuals gradually decreases in the direction of the 16th station of the Big Fountain. — Ukrinform.

@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online · 2 weeks ago

⚠️🇺🇦Death of seahorses reported on Black Sea coast in Odesa possibly due to Russia’s ecocide oil contamination (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-other_news/4085317-death-of-seahorses-reported-on-black-sea-coast-in-odesa.html #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #ICC #France #Italy #Cyprus #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia #Romania #Austria
#RussiaIsATerroristState

Death of seahorses reported on Black Sea coast in Odesa

ICE agents would be disqualified from working in California law enforcement and inside the public school system under a new bill introduced in the Legislature this week.

@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online · 2 weeks ago

Death of seahorses reported on Black Sea coast in Odesa

Heidi Li Feldman

@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Every state in the U.S. should pass a law like the one now proposed in California, disqualifying ICE agents from working in state law enforcement and public schools. https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/california-bill-ice-teachers-21318405.php

San Francisco Chronicle

California bill would ban ICE agents from jobs in teaching and policing

Preston MacDougall

@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science replied · 2 weeks ago

@heidilifeldman If #ICE agents can’t get a job in the post- #MAGA #UnitedStates , or simply want to avoid public humiliation, they can go to #Argentina. You know, like the O.G. did - Original #Gestapo.

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

Here is one of the videos (the one Bellingcat was using for their still images) of the murder of #AlexPretti by ICE thugs.

It is disturbing, so be prepared for that.
https://bsky.app/profile/giancarlofiorella.bsky.social/post/3md6kpdenfk26

BlueSky sometimes blocks these videos under "graphic content". If that happens, you will need to go into your settings and change them to allow "adult content"

#ICE #DHS #Murder #Violence #Trump #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Video

https://bsky.app

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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · 2 weeks ago

Here is the video apparently taken by the woman in the pink coat, who can be seen in other videos of the ICE murder of #AlexPretti.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstNazis/comments/1qlva78/pink_coat_angle_of_the_shooting/

#ICE #DHS #Murder #Violence #Trump #Fascism #Video #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

Here's the Bellingcat Bluesky thread with analysis of the ICE murder of #AlexPretti earlier today:
https://bsky.app/profile/bellingcat.com/post/3md6vleoxks2t

#ICE #DHS #Murder #Violence #Fascism #Trump #Photo #Video #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #News #Media #US #UnitedStates #America

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@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

More photos of the Minneapolis protest and march from The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/23/ice-immigration-protests-trump-minnesota-economic-blackout-latest-news

#Protest #Resist #ICE #Trump #GOP #Politics #News #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

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Photo with caption.

Photo: A huge mass of protestors march down the street holding anti-ICE signs.

Caption: Thousands rally in Minneapolis against the federal immigration enforcement surge, on Friday. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters — Photo with caption. Photo: A huge mass of protestors march down the street holding anti-ICE signs. Caption: Thousands rally in Minneapolis against the federal immigration enforcement surge, on Friday. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters

Photo with caption.

Photo: a crowd of protestors holding signs and beating drums march together.

Caption: People march through downtown Minneapolis on Friday to protest against federal immigration enforcement after the fatal shooting of Renee Good. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters — Photo with caption. Photo: a crowd of protestors holding signs and beating drums march together. Caption: People march through downtown Minneapolis on Friday to protest against federal immigration enforcement after the fatal shooting of Renee Good. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

Labor unions and progressive organizations have called on workers across the state to stay home

ICE protests: Minnesotans urged not to work or shop in economic blackout over surge of immigration agents – live

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

"Thousands march through Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests continue

We’re getting more pictures from the demonstration in downtown #Minneapolis today, where hundreds of shops, restaurants and businesses shut their doors in solidarity with those protesting the federal immigration surge throughout #Minnesota. A reminder, this comes more than two weeks after the fatal shooting of #ReneeGood by an #ICE agent."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/23/ice-immigration-protests-trump-minnesota-economic-blackout-latest-news

#Protest #Resist #News #Photo #US #USA #UnitedStates

Text and photo with caption from article:

Text: 9m ago16.00 EST
Thousands march through Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests continue

We’re getting more pictures from the demonstration in downtown Minneapolis today, where hundreds of shops, restaurants and businesses shut their doors in solidarity with those protesting the federal immigration surge throughout Minnesota. A reminder, this comes more than two weeks after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.

Photo: A mass of protestors holding anti-ICE signs.

Caption: People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest against the Trump’s administration’s deployment of immigration enforcement officers to the streets of Minneapolis, on Friday. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters — Text and photo with caption from article: Text: 9m ago16.00 EST Thousands march through Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests continue We’re getting more pictures from the demonstration in downtown Minneapolis today, where hundreds of shops, restaurants and businesses shut their doors in solidarity with those protesting the federal immigration surge throughout Minnesota. A reminder, this comes more than two weeks after the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent. Photo: A mass of protestors holding anti-ICE signs. Caption: People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest against the Trump’s administration’s deployment of immigration enforcement officers to the streets of Minneapolis, on Friday. Photograph: Tim Evans/Reuters

Labor unions and progressive organizations have called on workers across the state to stay home

ICE protests: Minnesotans urged not to work or shop in economic blackout over surge of immigration agents – live

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · 2 weeks ago

More photos of the Minneapolis protest and march from The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/23/ice-immigration-protests-trump-minnesota-economic-blackout-latest-news

#Protest #Resist #ICE #Trump #GOP #Politics #News #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #US #UnitedStates #America

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Labor unions and progressive organizations have called on workers across the state to stay home

ICE protests: Minnesotans urged not to work or shop in economic blackout over surge of immigration agents – live

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

"A large group of protesters gathered outside Terminal 1 at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport this morning. They alleged a connection between the airport, Delta Air Lines and ICE’s enforcement actions in Minnesota.

The demonstrators marched in a circle outside in the bone-chilling cold.

Delta has not immediately responded to a request for comment.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

#Protest #Resist #ICE #Delta #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #News #Press #Video #US #UnitedStates #America

Screen shot of a live update from the Minnesota Star Tribune with text and video.

Text: Victor Stefanescu
January 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM

Protesters gather at MSP Terminal 1

A large group of protesters gathered outside Terminal 1 at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport this morning. They alleged a connection between the airport, Delta Air Lines and ICE’s enforcement actions in Minnesota.

The demonstrators marched in a circle outside in the bone-chilling cold.

Delta has not immediately responded to a request for comment.

Video: Protestors carry signs and chant, "Delta Delta, you can't hide. We can see your ICE inside." — Screen shot of a live update from the Minnesota Star Tribune with text and video. Text: Victor Stefanescu January 23, 2026 at 10:12 AM Protesters gather at MSP Terminal 1 A large group of protesters gathered outside Terminal 1 at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport this morning. They alleged a connection between the airport, Delta Air Lines and ICE’s enforcement actions in Minnesota. The demonstrators marched in a circle outside in the bone-chilling cold. Delta has not immediately responded to a request for comment. Video: Protestors carry signs and chant, "Delta Delta, you can't hide. We can see your ICE inside."

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · 2 weeks ago

"Thousands march through Minneapolis as anti-ICE protests continue

#Protest #Resist #News #Photo #US #USA #UnitedStates

Labor unions and progressive organizations have called on workers across the state to stay home

ICE protests: Minnesotans urged not to work or shop in economic blackout over surge of immigration agents – live

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

"Hundreds of shops, restaurants and cultural institutions are closing their doors Friday and activists are urging Minnesotans to stay home as part of a #protest against the federal deportation operation now in its eighth week.

The “ICE Out! Statewide Shutdown” was planned by #labor and #faith leaders and will include a march through downtown at 2 p.m. that will culminate in a rally at Target Center."
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

#Resist #ICE #IceOut #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #News #Press #US

Headline from The Minnesota Star Tribune:
Twin Cities

Live: Scores of Minnesota businesses close in protest of ICE enforcement

January 23, 2026 — Headline from The Minnesota Star Tribune: Twin Cities Live: Scores of Minnesota businesses close in protest of ICE enforcement January 23, 2026

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social replied · 2 weeks ago

The demonstrators marched in a circle outside in the bone-chilling cold.

Delta has not immediately responded to a request for comment.
https://www.startribune.com/ice-raids-minnesota/601546426

#Protest #Resist #ICE #Delta #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #News #Press #Video #US #UnitedStates #America

Michael Bacon boosted

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 3 weeks ago

"To be clear, we're not "protesting" here in Minneapolis. We're resisting an occupation."
- philcalvit

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #ICE #CBP #DHS #Trump #GOP #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Politics #US #UnitedStates

Screen shot of a short social media thread on Threads by philcalvit, text only:

1st post:
To be clear, we're not "protesting" here in Minneapolis. We're resisting an occupation.

2nd post:
I should have said Minnesota. It's state-wide. — Screen shot of a short social media thread on Threads by philcalvit, text only: 1st post: To be clear, we're not "protesting" here in Minneapolis. We're resisting an occupation. 2nd post: I should have said Minnesota. It's state-wide.

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 3 weeks ago

"To be clear, we're not "protesting" here in Minneapolis. We're resisting an occupation."
- philcalvit

#Resist #Resistance #Protest #Minneapolis #Minnesota #USA #ICE #CBP #DHS #Trump #GOP #Fascism #Authoritarianism #Politics #US #UnitedStates

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@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online · 3 weeks ago

https://youtu.be/rmawho3TooE
🛑🇺🇸‘Trump would be asking his military to do something illegal’ if he ordered them annex Greenland (Times Radio VIDEO) #Ukraine #Poland #Warsaw #Netherlands #Greenland #Nuuk #Norway #Sweden #Estonia #Latvia #Lithuania #Paris #Rome #London #Berlin #Canada #Finland #Brussels #Denmark #Germany #France #Italy #Cyprus #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #US #UK #EU #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom #EuropeanUnion #Czechia
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online · 3 weeks ago

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