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Markus Drake

@markusdrake.bsky.social

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Finnish Green in Brussels (chair of our local club) Cis Svenska, suomea, English, Deutsch Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · Jul 23

Taiwan recall vote of KMT legislators

Is anyone following this? I will be travelling in the region, probably around the time the recalled legislators are replaced, and would love links to analysis. The pro-recall-alliance looks very odd and fascinating: liberal centrists(?) plus hard-right(?).

The far-right-coded Reject United Front, Defend Taiwan-movement campaigning for the recall-vote campaign

Pro-recall-campaigners at the Taiwan Civil Liberties Union, very liberal-coded

Medical professionals and lawyers supporting the recall campaign

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Marine Tondelier @marinetondelier.fr · 1d

Je suis abasourdie par la reconduction de Sébastien Lecornu.

Je suis triste et en colère pour la France ce soir, et je m’excuse auprès des Français·es de l’image que cela donne.

Mais je me réveillerai déterminée à me battre demain matin. Je vous en fais la promesse.

Marine Tondelier réagit au retour de Sébastien Lecornu : "je suis en colère et triste ce soir" (LCI)

YouTube video by Europe Écologie Les Verts

www.youtube.com

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 1d

Was just at a neighborhood school at dismissal. Hundreds of people with whistles surrounding the school and stationed down every block making sure ICE doesn’t snatch anyone. The same is happening at all the schools around here. I love my neighborhood and I love Chicago.

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 1d

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Pommel horse - Wikipedia

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 1d

Shocked to learn anyone is still "building metaverses"

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Agnieszka Brugger @agnieszka-brugger.de · 6d

Dobrindts dreckiger Deal mit den Taliban-Terroristen, widerlich & unklug

Was denken unsere Partner vor Ort, die fliehen mussten?

Was unsere Soldaten, deren Kameraden gefallen sind?

Was das Mädchen, das nicht einmal mehr online heimlich lernen kann?

www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

(S+) Afghanistan: Mitarbeiter des Innenministeriums von Alexander Dobrindt führen Gespräche mit Taliban in Kabul

Zwei Beamte aus dem Bundesinnenministerium haben am Wochenende nach Informationen des SPIEGEL in Kabul Vertreter des Taliban-Regimes getroffen. Es ging um mögliche Abschiebungen von Afghanen in ihr He...

www.spiegel.de

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 1d

The Technocapital Hyperobject (derogatory)

Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 1d

Två based påvar i rad är ju inte vad man är van vid, men känns ganska bra. Nu bara att vänta på Sankta Dorothy Day så har man kanske ett skyddshelgon ocksä!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 1d

Välkommen till klubben 😊

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 1d

"You don’t need to consider yourself antifa to believe in defending protected political speech or the right of free association."

But it would be nice if you did. Looking at all Liberals. 👀

Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 2d

“The truth is that antifa and anti-fascist groups have been responsible for some of the most prescient and impactful organizing countering the far-right during the last decade.”

What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa

Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea. That opens up the activists, researchers, and organizers to a real risk of persecution.

theintercept.com

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 1d

"You don’t need to consider yourself antifa to believe in defending protected political speech or the right of free association."

But it would be nice if you did. Looking at all Liberals. 👀

Rita, antifascist🏴 @oldsquida.bsky.social · 2d

“The truth is that antifa and anti-fascist groups have been responsible for some of the most prescient and impactful organizing countering the far-right during the last decade.”

What Liberals Get Wrong About Trump’s Executive Order on Antifa

Liberals dismiss antifa as just an idea. That opens up the activists, researchers, and organizers to a real risk of persecution.

theintercept.com

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Rasmus Fleischer @rsmsflschr.bsky.social · 1d

Circular Economy 2.0
or
The Technocapital Hyperobject at the End of Time Begins to Draw Itself Together

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 1d

#HitzeToetet:

"Globally, #heat killed an estimated half a million people each year between 2000 and 2020, with deaths among older people rising by about 85% during that period. But it is also cutting short the lives of healthy young people."

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story

Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

www.theguardian.com

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Vitun Köyhä @vitunkoyha.bsky.social · 2d

Ensin ne hakivat maahanmuuttajat....
Sitten ne hakivat kodittomat...
Sitten ne pidättivät Antifan perustajan tyttöystävän, enkä minä sanonut mitään, koska olin typertynyt tästä idiotismin määrästä.

Kuva: Kirsti Noem istuu silmät kiinni istuvan Trumpin vieressä. Teksti: Noem kertoo että yhden Antifan perustajien tyttöystävä on pidätetty.

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janeedith.bsky.social @janeedith.bsky.social · 2d

Mag 7 stocks (NVDA, AAPL, GOOG/L, TSLA, MSFT, META,AMZN) make up 34% of the S&P 500 and just over 20% of the GLOBAL stock market. In 1999, almost 40% of venture capital dollars went to dotcom related investments Current estimates on venture dollars going to AI is 53-63%. You are right to worry.

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Niina @thriftyfinn.bsky.social · 3d

Halp!

Minulla pitäisi saada Jaakko-niminen seniorikissa Rovaniemeltä tänne Ouluun. Edellisiltä omistajilta ei onnistu tuonti ja minä en pysty junalla hakemaan.

Jos jollain olisi kulkua Rollosta Ouluun pe tai la ja voisi ottaa Jaakon kyytiin, niin ois ihana!

Please uudelleenbluuttaa! #Oulu

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Johannes Hillje @jhillje.bsky.social · 4d

Friedrich Merz: “Eine Wurst ist nicht vegan”

Konrad Adenauer: ⬇️

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 5d

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 5d

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7d

ICE and ISP are chatting at the fence.

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Markus Drake @markusdrake.bsky.social · 7d

Democracy in action

White middle-aged male in khaki-gray uniform with yellow star and shoulder badge carrying a big wooden pole that looks well suited to hurting people. He is moving away from a metal fence.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 7d

At the Broadview, IL ICE detention center—

IL state troopers are already pushing non-violent demonstrators out of the street and away from the ICE facility. One arrest so far.

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