Algol
@betapersei.bsky.social
Dielectrical materialist, macrobe, eclipsing variable. marxism-vernadskyism-levinsism. she/her. if i dont know you or have mutual friends i will probably block you. en/de/fr. readsettlers.org
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Algol
@betapersei.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Engles' motto: "Take it aisy"
europe, totally unable to tactically and strategically discipline capital, feels it must rather make itself irrelevant, provincial and keeping its citizens buying expensive garbage with its own branding stamped on it
China is making trade impossible on.ft.com/3XOAr8n | opinion
China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
europe, totally unable to tactically and strategically discipline capital, feels it must rather make itself irrelevant, provincial and keeping its citizens buying expensive garbage with its own branding stamped on it
would the antipole to the metropole be the antimetropole or the metroantipole?
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
would the antipole to the metropole be the antimetropole or the metroantipole?
had black tea instead of green tea this morning and im so wired rn
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
had black tea instead of green tea this morning and im so wired rn
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Fun thing about Ohio: if a cop shoots someone, regardless of the circumstances, the government takes the position that the cop was a crime victim and their identities are not revealed. Now our Supreme Court has affirmed this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Fun thing about Ohio: if a cop shoots someone, regardless of the circumstances, the government takes the position that the cop was a crime victim and their identities are not revealed. Now our Supreme Court has affirmed this.
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not the courts caring about the rights of a phone more than an actual trans child
Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a transgender activist, but was found guilty of criminal damage to her mobile phone.
Father Ted’s Graham Linehan cleared of transphobic harassment
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
not the courts caring about the rights of a phone more than an actual trans child
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It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
nobody talks about rza anymore, all we have is the rizzler
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
nobody talks about rza anymore, all we have is the rizzler
we are all so lucky aaron mcgruder doesnt have social media
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
we are all so lucky aaron mcgruder doesnt have social media
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not to get to personal but if any of u know someone who's looking for a room in brooklyn and would be willing to live in a 5th floor walkup lmk
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
not to get to personal but if any of u know someone who's looking for a room in brooklyn and would be willing to live in a 5th floor walkup lmk
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german business getting ready to make nice with the afd. everything this country piously claimed about itself for decades was a convenient lie
Wirtschaftsverbände diskutieren über ihre Haltung zur AfD
Einige Wirtschaftsverbände wollen ihren Umgang mit der AfD überdenken. Der Verband Die Familienunternehmer gibt seine bisherige "Brandmauer-Strategie" auf.
www.tagesschau.de
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
german business getting ready to make nice with the afd. everything this country piously claimed about itself for decades was a convenient lie
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The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA has approved two new pesticides with "forever chemicals" that will be used on food.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
The agency has also announced plans for four additional approvals.
The approved pesticides will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli and potatoes.
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You know at one point in my life I went through kind of a lot of public ridicule and personal consequence because I didn’t think that sex should be a prerequisite for women to have media careers.
Anyway, here's an abstract nude of our new editor nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
Vanity Fair to publish ‘abstract nude portrait’ of Olivia Nuzzi — as scandal-plagued journalist accused of shirking job duties: report
Vanity Fair staffers privately gripe that Olivia Nuzzi has failed to carry out core duties since joining the magazine, according to a report.
nypost.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You know at one point in my life I went through kind of a lot of public ridicule and personal consequence because I didn’t think that sex should be a prerequisite for women to have media careers.
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Europe behaves like a vassal, without the slightest self-respect
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Europe behaves like a vassal, without the slightest self-respect
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Not the main point, but throughout this article the authors disclose the conviction history of almost every CO abuse victim they interviewed, a practice that is editorially superfluous and ethically obscene—a violation of, yes, privacy that papers routinely subject incarcerated people to. 1/
““The abuse has been worse since the strike,” said Duane Brown, 44, who is serving 30 years to life for murder and said guards at Green Haven Correctional Facility had beaten him to unconsciousness in September.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Not the main point, but throughout this article the authors disclose the conviction history of almost every CO abuse victim they interviewed, a practice that is editorially superfluous and ethically obscene—a violation of, yes, privacy that papers routinely subject incarcerated people to. 1/
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When the prison guards went on strike, many inmates said they were doing so to preserve their ability to do things like this.
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When the prison guards went on strike, many inmates said they were doing so to preserve their ability to do things like this.
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really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
really is incredible how often "men are having a problem, let's fix it using someone else's entire life" comes up. does the institute for family studies understand that children are whole complete human beings whose existence cannot be used as a coping mechanism for their fathers' anxieties? (no)
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You read that correctly, the US allows that to be done to disabled children
Disability advocates and their supporters have called on the Massachusetts legislature to pass a bill banning the use of ‘aversive therapy’, as the state’s Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) continues to administer electric shocks to disabled children.
Massachusetts legislators urged to pass bill banning electric shock treatment on disabled children
Disability advocates and their supporters have called on the Massachusetts legislature to pass a bill banning the use of ‘aversive therapy’, as the state’s Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) continues to administer electric shocks to disabled children.
liamodell.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You read that correctly, the US allows that to be done to disabled children
my wife accidentally dressed like jacques cousteau today
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
my wife accidentally dressed like jacques cousteau today
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As expected. Continent of vassals
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures. www.wired.com/story/europe...
Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy
The Trump administration's pressure on European regulators is having an impact, with fewer restrictions on Big Tech and canceled measures.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
As expected. Continent of vassals
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A bit late for tdor but reposting Emilia's article anyway, as most cis people have no idea what long, complicated, cruel and arbitrary bureaucratic nightmares their trans friends have to go through just for recognition of who they are
My first piece is up on the nightmares of bureaucracy and healthcare as a trans person caught between countries:
www.eurozine.com/trans-nation...
www.eurozine.com/trans-nation...
Trans-national
The decisive sex-change moment in movies, revealing a dramatic transformation, is far from reality. Transgender people face not only long assessment and surgery waiting lists but also bureaucratic hur...
www.eurozine.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A bit late for tdor but reposting Emilia's article anyway, as most cis people have no idea what long, complicated, cruel and arbitrary bureaucratic nightmares their trans friends have to go through just for recognition of who they are
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An apple a day
Is mother and slay
Is mother and slay
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
An apple a day
Is mother and slay
Is mother and slay
watched it again yesterday, still hits. i feel like I get more out of it each time
La Jeune Fille en Feu (Bande originale du film)
YouTube video by Para One & Arthur Simonini - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
watched it again yesterday, still hits. i feel like I get more out of it each time
leaving my copy of "gendertrash from hell" out on the coffee table to promote cultural exchange when my cisbian friends visit
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
leaving my copy of "gendertrash from hell" out on the coffee table to promote cultural exchange when my cisbian friends visit