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@_Wiesenthal_S_ @YellowTurtle Alt text: Furkan Gözükara
@GozukaraFurkan

Reporter: "Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what's happening in Gaza?"
Greta Thunberg: "Because of racism."

One of my hobbies is looking at clean, hierarchical org charts and imagining what the *real* chain of command is.

Sure, it says "reports to" on the arrows, but where are the "went to same school as", "plays golf with", "is having an affair with", or "has incriminating photos of" arrows?

“I think the world needs many more young angry women, to be honest,” said Thunberg. “Especially with everything going on right now. That’s the thing we need the most of.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/10/greta-thunberg-accuses-israel-of-kidnapping-yacht-crew-gaza

#gaza #themadleen #gretathunberg #Israel #climate

Μια απάντηση τριών λέξεων ισοπεδώνει τόμους ακαδημαϊκων υπεκφυγων.
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EN: A three - word answer destroys volumes of academic prevarication

New from 404 Media: Delta, United, American etc don't want you to know they sold your flight data to DHS. The country's airlines sell bulk names and flight itineraries to DHS to be searched without a warrant. Contract tells DHS to not reveal where this data came from https://www.404media.co/airlines-dont-want-you-to-know-they-sold-your-flight-data-to-dhs/

I've some respect for Sadiq Khan, but his latest complaint that its likely that London will get no money for infrastructure projects in tomorrow's spending review announcement, flies in the face of the previous privileging of London's transport network.

And saying that money spent in London benefits the rest of the country is just the same entitled rubbish we always hear from folk suddenly denied their privileged position.

Its about time money was spent above Birmingham...

#infrastructure

#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics #immigrants #immigration #deportation

#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism #anarchy #marxism #anticapitalism #revolution #classwar #politics

"'fascist' is a slur" comes from the same DARVO playbook as "'TERF' is a slur."

someone's opinion about what you believe is not the same as someone essentializing you for the way that you were born.

One woman is killed by a man every three days in the UK (Femicide Census, 2023)

1.7 million women were impacted by domestic violence in 2023 (ONS, 2023)

98% of perpetrators of sexual offences are men (Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre, 2023)

#Trans women sharing our lavatories is not an issue. Cisgender men who abuse their power are the real threat.

Sign the petition ladies and help our sisters xxx

https://www.change.org/p/not-in-our-name-women-in-support-of-the-trans-community

#OtD 30 May 1381 tax collector John Bampton attempted to collect Poll Tax in Brentwood, Essex (UK) and ended up sparking the Peasants' Revolt. The mass uprising took until November for the government to suppress https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10313/peasants'-revolt-begins

Please annoy all the usual suspects and vote for Gary Lineker as best presenter in the National TV awards. You have to wade through a few categories to get to the correct bit, but don't let that put you off!

#GaryLineker #Palestine #Gaza
Vote | National Television Awards
https://www.nationaltvawards.com/vote

I’m officially done with takes on AI beginning “Ethical concerns aside…”.

No! Stop right there.

Ethical concerns front and center. First thing. Let’s get this out of the way and then see if thre is anything left worth talking about.

Ethics is the formalisation of how we are treating one another as human beings and how we relate to the world around us.

It is *impossible* to put ethics aside.

What you mean is “I don’t want to apologise for my greed and selfishness.”

Say that first.

If your corporation's business model relies on lawbreaking, your corporation has no legal legitimacy.

We don't let narcotic cartels and trafficking rings list themselves on the stock exchange: why should OpenAI or Facebook be any different?

‘Keir Starmer’s cowardice has made Labour a party for no one’
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/21/labour-keir-starmer-amelia-hansford-opinion/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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