Henning Dekant 📎
@quaxquax.bsky.social
Physicist who dabbles in Quantum Computing and AI.
The Network is the Computer. Still truer now than ever.
The Network is the Computer. Still truer now than ever.
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Monday demonstrations in East Germany - Wikipedia
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Weekly country wide protest marches were key in bringing down the East German dictatorship.
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This is really wild stuff tbh
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is really wild stuff tbh
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
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There are little kids in the audience at today's White House turkey pardon, including JD Vance's three year old daughter in the front row - traditionally a light hearted, family-friendly event.
And here's what Trump chose to talk about.
And here's what Trump chose to talk about.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
There are little kids in the audience at today's White House turkey pardon, including JD Vance's three year old daughter in the front row - traditionally a light hearted, family-friendly event.
And here's what Trump chose to talk about.
And here's what Trump chose to talk about.
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War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Please sign and/or (if you can't sign) share this parliamentary petition, calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics and democracy.
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Please sign and/or (if you can't sign) share this parliamentary petition, calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics and democracy.
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FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
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Wow.
This could have happened to @nunesalt.bsky.social and me.
It still could.
Or to anyone of you.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
It still could.
Or to anyone of you.
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Opinion | He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
Daniel Burnett: A 61-year-old Tennessee man was arrested for sharing a meme during the moral panic following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Wow.
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✎Update 25.11
+$110
This isn’t the first time we’ve supported Passport and his unit. Every time, they’ve used your help with maximum effectiveness to defend all of us and they have always been truly grateful.
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🅿🅿: [email protected]
+$110
This isn’t the first time we’ve supported Passport and his unit. Every time, they’ve used your help with maximum effectiveness to defend all of us and they have always been truly grateful.
To go: $9 886
🅿🅿: [email protected]
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
✎Update 25.11
+$110
This isn’t the first time we’ve supported Passport and his unit. Every time, they’ve used your help with maximum effectiveness to defend all of us and they have always been truly grateful.
To go: $9 886
🅿🅿: [email protected]
+$110
This isn’t the first time we’ve supported Passport and his unit. Every time, they’ve used your help with maximum effectiveness to defend all of us and they have always been truly grateful.
To go: $9 886
🅿🅿: [email protected]
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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And everyone thought I was exaggerating when I said they're trying to kill us.
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EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts r...
www.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
And everyone thought I was exaggerating when I said they're trying to kill us.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cannot overstate how, from my perch as a national-security reporter, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal in a prior era.
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Neville Chamberlain was trying to do the right thing for UK & democracy, he messed up in Munich sacrificing Czechoslovakia, he knew it, he then prepared for war and shocked Hitler by declaring war on Germany less than a year later to defend Poland. Then he backed Churchill as his replacement.
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Neville Chamberlain was trying to do the right thing for UK & democracy, he messed up in Munich sacrificing Czechoslovakia, he knew it, he then prepared for war and shocked Hitler by declaring war on Germany less than a year later to defend Poland. Then he backed Churchill as his replacement.
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I want to focus on this. If the US and EE don't follow up the UK's sanctioning of the Beihai LNG terminal we will have one of the biggest failures of sanctions enforcement to date. And we need the US to enforce them specifically.
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Two more LNG tankers from the Arctic LNG-2 project which is sanctioned unloaded their cargo at the Chinese Beihai LNG terminal. The UK sanctioned the Beihai terminal on October 15th 2025 for this.
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8229194
www.kommersant.ru/doc/8229194
Reuters: два танкера с «Арктик СПГ-2» разгрузились в Китае
Подробнее на сайте
www.kommersant.ru
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I want to focus on this. If the US and EE don't follow up the UK's sanctioning of the Beihai LNG terminal we will have one of the biggest failures of sanctions enforcement to date. And we need the US to enforce them specifically.
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"This year, a Bloomberg News analysis found that roughly “two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.”
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"This year, a Bloomberg News analysis found that roughly “two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.”
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It'll only help elevate Mark Kelly. They need a new scandal after their bullshit case against Comey and Letitia James just fell apart.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says that it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. ...
apnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
It'll only help elevate Mark Kelly. They need a new scandal after their bullshit case against Comey and Letitia James just fell apart.
apnews.com/article/pent...
apnews.com/article/pent...
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Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
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The sound you are hearing from the Trump administration is political panic. Because of all the corruption they cannot afford to lose the 2026 midterms, but they know in a free vote they are looking at defeat.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
The sound you are hearing from the Trump administration is political panic. Because of all the corruption they cannot afford to lose the 2026 midterms, but they know in a free vote they are looking at defeat.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
The implication of this is that they will try to thwart a free vote.
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
What a mess. Any developer who built anything recently with these (popular) infected npm packages could be infected.
#cybersecurity #itsecurity
www.heise.de/en/news/Shai...
#cybersecurity #itsecurity
www.heise.de/en/news/Shai...
Shai-Hulud 2: New version of NPM worm also attacks low-code platforms
The attackers have learned from their mistakes and have now developed a more aggressive version of the worm. It has already stolen over 27,000 credentials.
www.heise.de
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
What a mess. Any developer who built anything recently with these (popular) infected npm packages could be infected.
#cybersecurity #itsecurity
www.heise.de/en/news/Shai...
#cybersecurity #itsecurity
www.heise.de/en/news/Shai...
As if social media wasn't already bad enough. What a brave new world ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
As if social media wasn't already bad enough. What a brave new world ...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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"Abandon Ukraine to save our powder for China" was always either for cynics or useful idiots.
America’s Heel Turn
Whose side are we on?
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Abandon Ukraine to save our powder for China" was always either for cynics or useful idiots.
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