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submitted 6 hours ago • 404 comments

Britain must choose between an unstable alliance with Trump or aligning with a resilient, unified Europe eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...

submitted 3 hours ago • 33 comments

"The term DEI, frequently invoked by the Trump administration, functions as a smoke screen" read @adamserwer.bsky.social on the real goals of the 'anti-DEI' rhetoric www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 12 hours ago • 29 comments

paris proves it: when we stop designing cities for cars and start designing them for people, the air clears, the streets come alive, and life gets better. less smog, more green. less noise, more joy. fewer fumes, more kids playing safely. this isn't some hippy dream, it's a choice.

submitted 5 hours ago • 6 comments

In every single interview I’ve done with international media since Trump took power I’ve been asked: Why are there no mass protests? There are many reasons, of course, but the utter refusal of the self-proclaimed “fourth estate” to communicate clearly what is happening has to be high on the list.

submitted 22 hours ago • 184 comments

Humans have three life support systems — our bodies, our infrastructure, and our environment — and Trump and his enablers are attacking all three. They are going to kill us all.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

submitted 1 day ago • 1440 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 1 day ago • 571 comments

During his speech in the European Parliament, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klychko said that "Ukrainians are now defending peace across Europe." "The reason for this senseless war is that we Ukrainians want to be part of the European family. And the Russian Federation cannot accept this.

submitted 1 day ago • 46 comments

"Refleksīvā anti-trauksmes siena, kas konsekventi tiek rādīta kā nobriedušāka, saprātīgāka pozīcija" ir tieši tas, ko šobrīd piedzīvojam. (Rekomendēju arī Tomasa Zimmera vēstkopu - tā veltīta demokrātijai un tās apdraudējumu skaidrojumiem trāpīgā un kontekstam lagi fermulētā veidā.)

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"War is when,one afternoon, you're shopping for the evening's birthday party,the same day,at dinner,you're preparing a funeral instead. Every time,I tell myself it can't get any worse.But,since 2022, life has shown me that there's always worse than the worst," Ihor shares His story is heartbreaking

submitted 2 days ago • 47 comments

Hello All, Just put out this piece about the false hopes people are placing in the idea of a "transactional" foreign policy. Basing your security not on strong alliances but on bilateral deal-making and power wielding is normally a failure. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

I understand this sentiment among military personnel (you’ll hear the same from Finland too) who have exercised fighting together intensively over the past 3 years and beyond. But unfortunately politics can end up breaking the cameraderie.

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Izskatās, ka Kanāda tagad raud gauzām līdzīgas asaras tām, ko mēs, kopā ar Irbi, himnai skanot, raudājām tālajos deviņdesmitajos!

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Lielisks, nesaudzīgs un labēji-patriahālo uztveri atmaskojošs raksts. Vēl papildus pieminētu arī uzbrukumus 15 minūšu pilsētām un tās mūsdienīgi prioritizētai infrastruktūrai, jo laikietilpīga pārvietošanās un būšana ieslēgtam ne tikai birojos, 4 sienās, bet arī uz 4 riteņiem, apgrūtina vecākošanu.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Kļūstam par izvairīgās valodiņas meistariem visos līmeņos - sākot no valdībām un beidzot ar medijiem. Tas vērojams gan tēmas par pandēmiju, kur vesels minimizējošo vārdu komplekts jau soc.zin. labi apskatīts, gan runājot par norisēm Tuvajos Austrumos, gan tagad - par reakcionāro labējo pavērsienu.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

In future generations, when your children and grandchildren look back on this moment, they are not going to ask about the price of eggs. They are going to ask you what you did. Not what you felt. Not what you paid. But what you did. And I want to be able to say I did everything I possibly could.

submitted 2 days ago • 1245 comments

President Trump's mug shot is one of the first things visitors will see when approaching the Oval Office.

submitted 2 days ago • 195 comments

The Trump administration is now bringing the postwar era to an end. No one should be surprised: this is what they said they would do. America's European and Asian allies need to adjust, quickly. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

submitted 2 days ago • 64 comments

If I had known that my both-siding and obsessive focus on “cancel culture” would lead to the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, I might’ve done things differently. No, who am I kidding, I would’ve done things exactly the same.

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

Savukārt es, ļoooti sliktos laikapstākļos atveru logu un aicinu kaķi lūkoties ārā. Tad mēs abi stāvam, raugāmies vētrā, un es viņam stāstu, cik sūri sokas citiem kaķiem, kam nav savu māju un labu, pakalpīgu dzīvesbiedru. Katrā ziņā māksla un laikapstākļi ir labas tēmas dziļdomīgām sarunām ar kaķiem.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

What’s happening with the US government reminds me of this story (great book btw): Libertarians took over a town in NH in 2004 and gutted its services, cut taxes, etc. Less than 8 yrs later things had gotten so bad that black bears were breaking into homes and killing people for the first time ever.

submitted 3 days ago • 43 comments

Bittersweet anniversary www.renewablematter.eu/en/merchant-... New Italian edition coming soon. @erikmbaker.bsky.social @volts.wtf @davidho.bsky.social

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Bold ethnic cleansing, you mean. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

People often assume the emotions associated with cruelty are hatred and anger, but it’s actually pleasure and joy. Fascists relish their cruelty. They roll it around on their tongue like a mouthful of full-bodied wine. They laugh as they harm.

submitted 4 days ago • 116 comments

Mulsina LV politiķu pašsaprotamība izteikumos, ka lielajos forumos, kur tiek spriests par Eiropas drošibu un nākotni, publiski tiek runāts viens, bet kuluāros un pat tādu ierindas deputātu kā, piem., R.Kols divpusējās sarunās, spriests kas cits. Tas grauj uzticēšanos politiskajiem procesiem.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

E.Rinkevičs: "Ja jūs man jautājāt, vai karš ir beidzies, vai karā kāds ir uzvarējis vai zaudējis, es tomēr piesardzīgi teikšu, lai kādi labi nodomi izbeigt karu [Ukrainā] būtu, teiksim ASV, Krievijai tā ir tikai pauze." /LTV1, "Šodienas jautājums",19.02./ Labi nodomi...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Eiropas līderi un ekslīderi rādās būt biškīt apjukuši. Kaut nevajadzētu. Nebija tieši nevienas pazīmes, kas ļautu pieņemt pretējo. Mazliet stingrāks mugurkauls un rāma atturēšana jau būtu lieliska politisko norišu izpratnes demonstrācija un cieņa pret savām tautām un cilvēkiem Eiropā.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Social democracy is not a viable alternative to capitalism. It is a tempting prospect, but ultimately suffers from violent contradictions that cannot be sustained. 🧵

submitted 7 days ago • 29 comments

Lai gan augsta LV valsts amatpersona, ar mūža specializēšanos ārlietās, iesmaida par paniku un lēš, ka Trampa administrācija vēl tikai formulējas savās nostājās, manuprāt, tā jau gana labi noformulējusies. Mums kā sabiedrībai ir jārada spiediens politiķiem, kādu rīcību (un komunikāciju) sagaidām.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger www.computerweekly.com/news/3666194...

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

Zelensky's popularity in Ukraine far exceeds Trump's popularity in the United States

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.

submitted 5 days ago • 133 comments

a government full of sexual abusers taking the position that you can't say no

submitted 4 days ago • 244 comments

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s overseas trip started with heckling from military families. That turned out to be one the best moments of his excursion.

submitted 4 days ago • 618 comments

Took the kids this summer to see some of our most fiercely protected conservation areas. Was magical.

submitted 4 days ago • 16 comments

1. A few years ago, people like me were widely attacked in the media for “declinism”. How could we fail to see that we were heading into a capitalist utopia, in which everything would keep getting better? This is a thread about what we could see that our critics could not. 🧵

submitted 4 days ago • 74 comments

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

submitted 4 days ago • 157 comments

I think what I find so repellent about the far-right is the sheer nihilism at its core. For all the talk of culture and identity, they are just flimsy masks strapped over, in Arendt's words "the intoxication of destruction as an actual experience, dreaming the stupid dream of producing the void.”

submitted 4 days ago • 34 comments

Marco Rubio's collaboration with Russia's Sergei Lavrov and Putin is one of the most disgusting acts of betrayal to democracy and our nation. Rubio has secured his place in history of infamy.

submitted 4 days ago • 1363 comments

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

submitted 4 days ago • 699 comments

Oh, look what normal countries do when a former president leads a far right coup attempt.

submitted 4 days ago • 1195 comments

Bet "ASV administrācija vēl formulē savu nostāju pret Ukrainu", vai ne? 🤡

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Guy Pearce Gets Choked Up Recalling Troubling Encounters With Kevin Spacey While Filming ‘L.A. Confidential’: “He Targeted Me, No Question” www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

"Bet kāpēc viņi neizvēlas likumīgus ceļus, lai iebrauktu kādā valstī un tā vietā nelegāli laužas pāri robežām?"

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