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"For Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option." An insightful piece, but what if "forever war" will be the global default for the next decades? Not "World War 3" but a constant, rumbling, chaotic, and borderless conflict. Chaos for everybody. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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LV ir 2 nozīmīgi jautājumi, par kuriem izvairās runāt gan mediji, gan - kas vēl sliktāk - politiķi: 1) darba ņēmēju vajadzības un interešu aizstāvība (man jau raisa žagas nemitīgi uzklausot tikai darba devējus); 2) pēcizaugsme kā svarīgs, pat vienīgais iespējamais, ekonomikas attīstīšanas virziens.

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The cost of conscience: I lost friends for defending Palestinians. ‘Occupation is not complex. Oppression is not complex. Apartheid is not complex. Genocide is not complex’ - silence is complicity. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Man šķiet diezgan nepareizi, ka Sārts (ŠJ) lieto frāzējumu par maziem un lieliem meliem un statistiku. Manuprāt, tas raisa neuzticēšanos datiem. Un, jābēm vērā, kad to teica Marks Tvens (pirmais avots šai frāzei), tad viņš tai ("Lies, damned lies, and statistics") piemetināja: >>>

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During the rollout of the COVID vaccines, the lack of testing - combined with a raft of misinformation - led many pregnant women to not get vaccinated. @propublica.org wrote this in 2022, but it's just as relevant now with RFK Jr's CDC changing recommendations for the vaccine.

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“Above all, Europe needs to overcome its learned helplessness and act like the great power it is — especially given America’s apparent determination to destroy the pillars of its own strength.” (Funnily I had debated whether I should write my next column about exactly this)

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After returning from Russian captivity, the Ukrainian Defender learned that he had become a grandfather to a baby girl, Yaryna, who is three months old. Look how his hands are shaking as he absorbs the news... Bless them. #StayWithUkraine 📹: Mezha/Facebook

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Also many ideas for books/movies/art are very basic or even outright stupid but their execution is so masterful that it works all the same. If you input "cat gets lost on a boat but makes some furry friends along the way" into AI you will not get Flow

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Climate activists are taking up a fresh idea as a rallying cry and a legal strategy: Nature, in all its manifestations, is alive. Elizabeth Rush on Robert Macfarlane's new book, "Is a River Alive?":

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Lots of talk about how social democracy is in decline, but the collapse of mainstream centre-right parties is just as big a story, and plausibly the main source of the rise of the far right.

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Can't help but feel we're living through an increasingly existential war between spectacle and substance with spectacle winning battle after battle after battle.

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Christine Lagarde now at the @delorsberlin.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social: The euro has a historic opportunity to chip away at the dollar’s “exorbitant privilege” - but it has to earn it. First, by a firm commitment to open trade and fresh trade deals. “We can do deals too.”

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Most political punditry misses this fundamental insight from political science.

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Your sex, ethnicity and level of education may influence how long you live, but also the pace at which your body ages.

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“The United States, with its enormous highways, sprawling suburbs & neglected public transport, is one of the most car-dependent countries in the world. But this arrangement of obligatory driving is making many Americans actively unhappy, new research has found.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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Every city faces the same choices Amsterdam once did. The decision you make shapes the kind of place you end up living in.

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This is what it's like to live in a racist society. If the perpetrator is white, they're just some lone madman whose actions have no political implication. If they're an immigrant - in particular a dark-skinned Muslim immigrant - they represent their group and are part of a political attack.

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On X, most of my replies are blue check neo-Nazi repeating insane right wing conspiracy theories. But it’s still better than Bluesky where people sometimes give me a hard time about not using alt text.

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Lielisks aicinājums. UN kolosāli notverta saikne ar slimībām, ar ko sirgst gan planēta, gan cilvēce. (Piebildīšu, ka dezinformāciju pētniecībā klimata, vakcīnu un Covid-19 noliegums un pēdējā minimizēšana ieņem "godpilnās" pirmās vietas.)

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Im Unions-Fraktionsvorstand sitzen künftig 16 Männer und nur 4 Frauen. Männer leiten 19 von 23 Arbeitsgruppen. Entschieden hat das, neben Spahn, die sogenannte Teppichhändlerrunde. Hier geben vor allem die Chefs der 16 Landesgruppen der Fraktion den Ton an. Alles Männer. (+)

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Labi, ka kāds par šo runā, bet gribētu teikt, ka mūsu "izvairīgums" izskatīsies "savādi" ne tikai tāpēc, ka tas šķitīs kā atbalsts konkrētam politiķim – Netanjahu –, bet arī tāpēc, ka būsim klusējuši kamēr notiek genocīds. satori.lv/article/izra...

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A very ignorant comment. Moving from support to cooperation is crucial for Ukraine so that it can increase self-sufficiency and own strength to defend itself the way it sees best, not how others dictate. It’s also hugely important how Ukraine is becoming a central part of Europe through cooperation

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During a debate titled "One Christian vs. Twenty Atheists," Jordan Peterson loses by forgetting what side he’s on

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if your grand approach to politics is bloodless poll-testing so that you're always aligned with wherever public opinion happens to be, you've already lost

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I encounter this in most conversations with German media, politicians, diplomats. This is where the stupid "Trump is just a businessman / not an ideologue" nonsense has caused tremendous damage. It's also partially a coping mechanism: A comforting fairy tale that the regime "doesn't really mean it."

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Ladies and gentlemen, let me present to you the new U.S. Department of Defense Press Secretary

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Why are Dutch bike paths red? This video explains it (with beautiful footage of Utrecht). English subtitles available. youtu.be/kJqtR7M9PG4?...

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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop. “If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???” Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.

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Ableism is everywhere. When you say “only the vulnerable have to worry”… that’s ableism. When you tell someone to “just try harder”… that’s ableism. When you ask if someone has pre-existing conditions? That’s ableism. No social justice without disability justice and inclusion.

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Šī gluži nav tā slava, kādu LV gribētos. europeanjournalists.org/blog/2025/05...

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“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” – Former Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa.

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Latvijā tos, kas atbalsta palestīniešus vai ANO, sunī visādiem vārdiem, bet ārpus LV ir citādi. Cilvēki saglabā humānismu, saprotot, ka šiem bērniem ar Hamās un slaktiņu Izraēlā nav nekāda sakara.

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

🗣️ Rīgas vicemērs uz jautājumu, kāpēc tik daudz runā par mošejām, stāsta, ka šobrīd rīdziniekus ļoti uztrauc drošība - tieši kontekstā ar imigrantiem. Aptauju dati viņa teikto neapstiprina.

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Runājot par ZZS un mošejām. Nevaru atcerēties, kādas partijas 2013.g. bija pie varas Jūrmalā, kad notika tik varenas cīņas pret iedzīvotājiem, lai uzceltu baznīcu Dzintaros? Atgādinu, ka pamatakmeni šai būvei ielika "Jaunā viļņa" norises laikā. www.la.lv/dievnams-vai...

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Fascinating @rostaylor.bsky.social piece on the politics of teeth. It won't surprise you to learn that dentistry is another example of perpetual British policy fuck-up open.substack.com/pub/rostaylo...

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"People aren't used to thinking of freeways as fossil fuel infrastructure, but they are." And once built, there's no going back, no making up for the extra driving by trying to convince people that a bus or train might be a better choice - we're stuck with it. cal.streetsblog.org/2023/09/26/c...

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To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money and pollution. Via UITPnews

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Companies from high-income countries are responsible for 700% more environmental conflicts in low- and middle-income countries than companies from China are. New study: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Is red meat bad for you? New meta study of 44 studies finds it depends on the sponsor. If the sponsor was impartial, most studies find it's bad for you. If the sponsor was the red meat industry, most studies are structured to find no problems. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40379522/

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An excellent article -and podcast- questioning whether climate activists are really so radical. It makes you wonder: has any society in history been as willingly docile as ours?

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Mākslas un kultūras faktam ir jēga tikai tad, ja tam ir cirkulāra daba, proti, "pirms" un "pēc" tam aktīva dzīvotspēja. Eirovīzija pilnīgi noteikti ir tāds fakts. Beikere nopietni pēta konkursu jau gadiem, ir vērts izlasīt. Pie reizes iepazīstot "nežēlīgā optimisma" jēdzienu.

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Microsoft has disabled the ICC Chief prosecutors email account.  But let’s keep all dependencies on US IT alive. What could possibly go wrong? www.techzine.eu/news/privacy...

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It’s something, I guess. “Put simply, visibly successful women, if they have “made it” in stereotypically male domains, may be perceived as better than their male counterparts,” they wrote in their paper.” on.ft.com/3Zq2EDH Are female experts more credible?

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