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andilutte.bsky.social
"Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will"
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A harrowing heads-up from Paris Marx: "As we watch DOGE tear through the US government and leave disaster in its wake, we might imagine that no one would support creating a similar initiative in other countries around the world. But the truth is that work has already begun."

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"Prior to his departure for the award ceremony, Hamdan was joking about where he might keep his Academy Award if he won. Surely it wouldn’t last a week in his home before settlers or soldiers took it."

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If the purpose is to create Trumps's Gestapo to terrorise the American people, this is exactly the sort of guy you would expect to be hired.

submitted 41 days ago • 2 comments

"taken from hospitals, ambulances and checkpoints in Gaza, illegally transferred across the border into Israeli-run prison facilities and subjected to months of torture, beatings, starvation and inhumane treatment before being released without charge."

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Apparently Bannon went a tad too Nazi for the extreme right in France. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Shame on the WWF and on Canada. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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' “Even as imperilled species dwindle and vanish across America, this order will fan the flames of the extinction crisis. ... Burgum’s order threatens to leave future generations with a greatly impoverished, hotter planet. It’s monumentally shortsighted...” ' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“Bigots’ Banquet,” Evin Collis, 2025

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"There is an affective dimension to this that is not simply about some rational imperative of capital. These are people who enjoy enacting power against the vulnerable. This is the true essence of fascism." John Sanbonmatsu

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#Unwra has delivered more than two thirds of all food aid since the start of the war and sheltered more than 1 million people.’

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"One week into Donald Trump’s second administration and the verdict among far-right activists and neo-Nazis is that the next four years will be a time to relax, organize and take advantage of the popular awakening of American fascism." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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New US administration ditches Biden's plan to limit levels of PFAS manufacturers can discharge into rivers from their waste pipes. Numerous studies have linked PFAS to cancers, liver, thyroid, kidney conditions, fertility issues & harm to fetal development 🧵 www.ewg.org/news-insight...

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says “The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.” www.politico.eu/article/spai...

submitted 71 days ago • 22 comments

"Without accounting for the Earth system, our economy functions more like a Ponzi scheme, in which we incrementally steal a livable climate from the future and call it GDP growth." newrepublic.com/article/1905...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

He accidentally did a Nazi salute... TWICE. While talking about the future of Western civilization. He is who we think he is.

submitted 76 days ago • 436 comments

Under Pierre Poilievre, the Conservatives threaten to be one of the most reactionary and dangerous governments in Canadian history. NEW from @johncke.bsky.social on Canada's coming hard-right turn:

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Revealing choice of words. www.newsweek.com/israel-needs...

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“The true extremism here is not to insist on 1.5 degrees as a target, but to just let things continue in the hope that we can have some kind of technofix later in the century. If these tipping points are crossed, there is no going back.”

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Trump's reign represents the foul fusion of kakistocracy and kleptocracy, as this article by Jeet Heer in The Nation evinces: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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'“They are strip-mining journalism while substantially, unjustly and unlawfully enriching themselves to the detriment of publishers.”' www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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"But the kakistocracy of 2016 looks like Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood compared with the president-elect’s new batch of sidekicks." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

submitted 136 days ago • 1 comment

So I'm new to BlueSky (have never been on Twitter-X) and I'm trying to find a stimulating feed. Anyone know if there's a LeftSky feed (and by left, I mean anticapitalist, ecosocialist, degrowth left)? And if there isn't one already, can we create one? How do we go about doing that?

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We could use a little good news: "If the court finds her guilty of the charges with this provisional execution, Le Pen will not be able to run in elections even if she appeals against the judgment." www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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