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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 47m

'There is a measure of hope in this book, but Sands shows that even in the face of overwhelming evidence, justice is never a foregone conclusion, especially when it comes to holding the powerful to account.'
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How to Get Away With Crimes Against Humanity

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 42m

Given the layoffs from the CDC (and whatever else RFK jr has planned), it should also include health screening of all Travelers from the US.

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Traveling to the European Union is about to get more complicated. Here’s what you need to know | CNN

The EU is starting to rollout its long-awaited digital exit/entry system. New procedures are meant to streamline border controls and improve security, but their are concerns it will lead to delays.

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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 6h

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Pilar redalphababe #fbpe 🇪🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pilargomez.bsky.social · 23h

I have to say Zack Polanski is very impressive. I watch his development as a party leader with great interest. It’s refreshing to hear a politician actually attempt to get to the real heart of a problem instead of lazily following the current habit of blaming immigration and nonwhite communities.

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 16h

Autocracy feedback loop:
Losing popularity/grabbing power

Power gaining leads to popularity loss which leads to additional power grabbing.

Power grabbed is power gained.

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 1h

On another note... most people are fighting to restore the system back to what it was. This is not what I am fighting for as that system was always broken and keeps leading to fascism.

I am fighting to replace the system with something better. A system based on the principles of the Paris Commune

Paris Commune - Wikipedia

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 1h

To note... I am not going to stop fighting, protesting, and speaking out.

I still believe 1 person can change the world.

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 1h

I am feeling stunned into silence lately. Nothing I can say would express my anger in a helpful or productive way.

I know where things are leading. I think most of us do.

I have fought against fascism nearly my whole life. I have been beaten, pepper sprayed, etc, to get to this. It's frustrating.

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SubRosa )✿( Magick (chat to book a reading) @subrosamagick.bsky.social · 9h

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Abolish The Death Penalty Now

Capital punishment is a moral stain on our nation: Add your name to the growing calls to abolish the death penalty now.

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 2h

Heroic.

This is human and the right thing to do.

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 12h

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 8h

OH. MY. GOD. 🫠

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 3h

meh 😏

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Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump for ‘decisive support’

“I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause,” she wrote in a post on X.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 9h

As I have not mentioned this in a bit...

I will once again point out that the US Admin is building more and more detention camps. Yet what we are not seeing is people actually being deported. We are not seeing busses, planes, or any logistics to indicate people are going anywhere but the camps.

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DB Maggi @dbmaggi.bsky.social · 13h

Ms Rachel schools Obama on why he really should stop using dehumanizing language.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13h

The chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize confirms that Donald Trump does not meet the moral and ethical standards associated with the award, citing a lack of courage and integrity a trait that defines MAGA.

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Jason Bergman @jasonxbergman.bsky.social · 10h

Another TRON Ares thought: unsurprisingly, Gillian Anderson does some amazing work.

No spoilers, but she gets to be the only character who feels tethered to reality. It's like if Lex Luthor's mom showed up and told him to stop worrying about Superman, and get back to running your damn company.

a woman with red hair is touching her ear and smiling

ALT: a woman with red hair is touching her ear and smiling

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 18h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 9h

P.S. two separate and distinct arguments that lead to the same result, or course of action, should not be mistaken for agreement.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 10h

From one iconic design to another: Tron (1982) & Akira (1988)

Director and writer Katsuhiro Ōtomo: “In terms of Kaneda's bike in Akira, the initial inspiration was the lightcycles from Tron designed by Syd Mead. However, they are wide, so I halved them and used that as an initial basis.”

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 10h

For the record I do think the EU should shutdown all US airbases within its borders. This was promised on the notion America would come to Europe's defense, but we now know this is no longer the case. These bases are now a threat to EU sovereignty and need to go.

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Stuart Bratton 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇬🇧 @stuartbratton.emergentdrift.com · 10h

I am guessing Americans maybe don't realize that foreign airbases are like small cities (Rammstein). With their own legal framework allowing base members to commit crimes and not face American courts. Harry Dunn and Okinawa come to mind.

These will be no-go areas on US soil for American citizens.