Charlie Stross
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A seasonal, but eye-wateringly bad Venn diagram
🇩🇪🏴☠️🎉 Starkes Signal für uns alle: Fast 9% für die tschechischen #Piraten! 🇨🇿 Einzige progressive Kraft im Parlament, stärker als die Rechtsextremen. 👊 Ihr kämpft für uns alle gegen die autoritäre Welle & für #Transparenz! Wir stehen an eurer Seite! ✊
🇪🇺🏴☠️🎉 A strong signal for the entire #Pirates movement: Nearly 9% for the Czech #Pirates! 🇨🇿 Back in parliament as the sole progressive force, stronger than the far-right. 👊 Your fight against the authoritarian wave & for #Transparency is our fight too. ✊
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🇪🇺#ChatControl isn't security, it's malware on your device.
Says Signal's Udbhav Tiwari, discussing the bill with MEP Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), scientist Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).
📺Watch their discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw
🇪🇺#ChatControl isn't security, it's malware on your device.
Says Signal's Udbhav Tiwari, discussing the bill with MEP Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), scientist Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).
📺Watch their discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw
🇫🇷#ChatControl n’est pas de la sécurité, c’est un malware sur votre appareil.
Dit Udbhav Tiwari (Signal), en discussion avec députée Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).
📺 À voir (en anglais): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw
🇪🇺#ChatControl isn't security, it's malware on your device.
Says Signal's Udbhav Tiwari, discussing the bill with MEP Markéta Gregorová (#Pirates), scientist Carmela Troncoso, Asha Allen (CDT) & Joachim (fightchatcontrol_eu).
📺Watch their discussion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6YmQJ9Nijw
Israeli #pirates seem to have boarded the Alma in international waters.
As usual, #Israel only shows contempt for international law.
What we're living in 2024-2025 is the end of the rule of law. The empires have made it clear that they will not be bothered by foreigners or their own citizens.
We can let this happening, or we can uphold the rule of law. But who will? European States are too happy selling arms to Israel and buying surveillance technology from the "startup nation".
jaz :twt: :wales_flag:
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As it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day today, it's a good time to explore where the skull-and-crossbones flag we now associate with pirates originated, and how this links to Glasgow.
This photo shows part of a memorial in Glasgow Cathedral for James Law, the city's archbishop between 1615 and 1632. So why does an archbishop's memorial have what we now consider a pirate symbol on it?
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#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #momentomori #momument #memorial #pirates #pirateflag
McCrae went on to become the governor of Madras for the East India Company. When he resigned this post in 1730, he returned to Britain, and eventually settled in Ayr. Around this time, he donated an Equestrian Statue of King William III to the city of Glasgow, which now stands in Cathedral Square, just a short distance from Archbishop Law's memorial where this story started.
#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #momentomori #momument #memorial #pirates #pirateflag
As it's International Talk Like A Pirate Day today, it's a good time to explore where the skull-and-crossbones flag we now associate with pirates originated, and how this links to Glasgow.
This photo shows part of a memorial in Glasgow Cathedral for James Law, the city's archbishop between 1615 and 1632. So why does an archbishop's memorial have what we now consider a pirate symbol on it?
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#glasgow #glasgowcathedral #momentomori #momument #memorial #pirates #pirateflag
🇩🇪YES! SPD-Justizministerin Hubig blockiert zurzeit deutsche Zustimmung zur grundrechtswidrigen #Chatkontrolle! 🛡️
➡️ Damit dürfte die Sperrminorität aktuell stehen!
⚠️ ABER: Innenministerium will bis Oktober einen faulen Kompromiss. https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1108356
🏴☠️ Although not perfect, I do consider the Republic of Pirates a proto-anarchist society. 🦜
Kings and Generals: Golden Age of Piracy - Real Pirates of the Caribbean
📺️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUG5Fy11xAY
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Pirates
"… In the aftermath of the War of Spanish Succession, thousands of sailors found themselves jobless, sparking a wave of piracy across the Atlantic world. From Queen Anne’s War and Privateering to the rise of the Pirate Republic of Nassau, this video explores how former privateers like Benjamin Hornigold and Edward Teach (Blackbeard) turned to piracy. The infamous 1715 Treasure Fleet Raid near Florida became a pivotal moment, enriching and emboldening these rogue crews. We trace the Rise of Notorious Pirates such as Blackbeard, Charles Vane, and “Black Sam” Bellamy as they terrorized shipping routes from the Caribbean to the American colonies. But the pirate lifestyle was more than plunder—Pirate Life and British Crackdown reveals the democratic structure aboard pirate ships, the diverse backgrounds of their crews, and the harsh realities of life at sea. Watch as Britain finally moves to suppress the Pirate Republic and reassert control over its trade routes."