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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 1d

“Our core argument is that because we live in such a battle for attention, this attention is key. Whoever sets the agenda has an impact on what voters think and who they vote for.”
#politics #discourse #agenda #europe #immigration #media

German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds

Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 2d

'The “community notes” system that replaces factchecking at Google, Meta and X abandons a notion of objective truth verified by science or evidence. Instead, it crowdsources any comments on a piece of content and the algorithm finds a “consensus”: the Earth could be flat if most people say so.'

Trump’s anti-truth crusade is not just an attack on facts – it’s an unravelling of the Enlightenment | Polly Toynbee

The US president, JD Vance and Nigel Farage seem to believe that checking facts is a form of censorship. Nonsense: speech is only free when it is anchored in truth, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynb...

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 3d

'Like it or not, the United States is now at war with itself. This has come about by degrees, each degree in plain sight from a long way off. We are the fabled frog, we are now boiling nicely and unable to jump out of the saucepan.'
#hitchcock #softboyd #music #postpunk #culture #uk #writing

I Wanna Destroy You

I don’t really write political songs.

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 3d

“He’s been a vocal supporter of the two-state solution for more than three decades. I think the fact that the Israeli government insisted that he’s not part of the deal is a clear declaration that they’re not looking for a credible, legitimate Palestinian leader.”
#palestine #barghouti #israel #jail

Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 3d

'Scientists are worried that the natural land and ocean “sinks” that remove CO2 from the air are weakening as a result of global heating, which could form a vicious circle and drive temperatures up even faster.'
#climate #heating #carbon #environment #science

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 4d

'Another factor was an upsurge in wildfires in conditions made hotter and drier by global heating. Wildfire emissions in the Americas reached historic levels in 2024, which was the hottest year yet recorded.'
#climate #heating #environment #wildfires #carbon #weather #science #cop30

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 4d

“The idea is not being quite a subculture but to be embedded in the power structure. Instead of coding things to move away from the masses, this fashion is coding things to move into the masses.”
#fascism #fashion #culture #coding #usa

The not-so secret language of fascist fashion

Today’s rightwingers want their message to go mainstream, so it’s coming to a store near you

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 4d

'At least one person was killed and two were missing. The Coast Guard plucked two dozen people from their homes after the structures floated out to sea.'
#climate #environment #weather #ocean #typhoon #indigenous

More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaskan villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communities

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 5d

'Given the overtly sexual and androgynous nature of the role, it must have felt like a risk. “I did think it was risky and indeed it was. But I like risky. I would choose risky over anything. That’s the best way to be.”'
#acting #sexuality #theatre #film #culture #disabilities #celebrity

‘Risky is the best way to be’: Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom

From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry’s extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bowie – and ...

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 5d

'The horrors of western imperialism – with its dehumanisation and violence – were, he argued, ultimately redirected into Europe in the form of fascism. This was the imperial “boomerang”, as the German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt agreed.'
#gaza #antifa #fascism #authoritarianism #surveillance

Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones

History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 6d

'There is an Arabic expression, hameeha harameeha – meaning “its protector is its thief”, that comes to mind as those who have plied Israel with weaponry gather to figure out how to achieve peace in Gaza.'
#gaza #peace #erasure #history #politics #complicity #genocide #palestine #israel

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 6d

'I’ll go further: undemocratic parties produce undemocratic societies, where a small section of society owns the resources we all need to survive. Democratic parties produce democratic societies; where wealth and resources are owned by us all.'
#corbyn #yourparty #democracy #politics #accountability

Voters' voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that | Jeremy Corbyn

At our conference in November we will use a jury service-type model to allow members to discuss and decide policy, strategy and even the name of our party, says Your Party co-leader Jeremy Corbyn

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 6d

'The Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, told Fox News Sunday that the crisis had been orchestrated by Democratic leaders in Congress as a partisan move “so that they can prove to their Marxist base that they are willing to fight Trump”.'
#trump #authoritarianism #vance #military #politics #law

Trump ‘looking at all options’ amid threats to invoke Insurrection Act, Vance says

Vice-president calls crime ‘out of control’ in US cities as Trump faces legal battles for use of federal forces

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 7d

'Robby Starbuck pushes a dangerous anti-LGBTQ agenda, spreading disinformation and denying the very existence of transgender people. There’s nothing unbiased about that.'
#meta #ai #starbuck #disinformation #propaganda #maga #politics #law

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 7d

'For decades, elite law firms have been essential to Democrats, supplying both the funding and talent that sustains the party’s infrastructure. Yet when faced with punitive executive orders, some of these very institutions – once defenders of liberal democracy – folded ...'
#democrats #trump #law

Democrats are captive to outdated etiquette. It’s endangering democracy | Ryan W Powers

The establishment left’s attachment to rigid rules leaves the party out of touch and failing to meet the moment

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 8d

“Middle age is so much harder to write about, because youth is kind of like a trope. We’re very familiar with reading books about the aspirations or disappointed aspirations of youth, but middle age is much crazier ground."
#autofiction #literature #culture #writing #books #publishing #addiction

‘I’m going to write about all of it’: author Chris Kraus on success, drugs and I Love Dick

A decade after her debut became a cult hit, the US author talks about the true crime that inspired her latest novel, #MeToo overreach and being married to an addict

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 9d

'After Kirk’s assassination, the rightwing influencer Jack Posobiec called Bray a “domestic terrorist professor” on X. The Rutgers chapter of Turning Point USA then circulated a petition that accused the professor of being an “outspoken, well-known antifa member” and called for his dismissal.'
#d0x

US anti-fascism expert leaves country a day after blocked from flying to Spain

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 9d

“Why is academia bending over and folding on our basic principles in such a blatant way? It’s a violation of the first amendment in such a blatant way that nobody should have obeyed it. But instead, there is this climate of fear.”
#academics #doxxing #harassment #universities #usa #kirk #guns

US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 10d

'[Canada] published a government handbook that labels the mere naming of Israel’s overt criminality not just inaccurate but antisemitic. … [It is] an Israel immunity handbook and must be understood as such.”
#canada #israel #zionism #antizionism #palestine #law #government #politics

How The Israel Lobby Shaped Canada’s Definition Of Antisemitism

“When they talk about the supposed authority of the IHRA definition, what they mean is Israel and its allies.”

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 10d

'The peat bogs and wetlands had been buried under nearly 25ft of dirt and gravel more than a century ago, in an attempt to pacify the remaining scraps of wild around what is now one of North America’s largest cities.'
#environment #ecology #urban #toronto #science #revitalization #wetlands

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 11d

“The fact is, we cannot allow them to rampage throughout our city with no checks or balances. Nobody is above the law … if Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will.”
#chicago #ice #military #trump #authoritarianism #politics #usa

Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown

Military presence comes after judge declined to block troops from entering, following lawsuit filed by city and state

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 11d

'A study published in May of this year found that nearly 40% of glaciers are doomed to melt because of global heating. If such heating increases by 2.7C, which the world is currently on track for, as many as 75% will disappear, causing sea level rise and mass displacement.'
#climate #glaciers #melt

Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history

New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 12d

Basic principles of liberalism that include equality and the protection of individual rights for all do not cohere with present-day Israel even on a generous reading. The permanent occupation [...] has undermined any plausible claim to Israel as a “liberal” country.
#israel #usa #zionism #liberalism

The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid

Two years after the 7 October massacre and the onset of Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, American Jewry has been profoundly transformed

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 12d

“The growth in global renewable capacity in the coming years will be dominated by solar PV – but with wind, hydropower, bioenergy and geothermal all contributing, too.”
#wind #solar #hydro #geothermal #climate #environment #green #energy

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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Vince @vincetinguely.bsky.social · 13d

“We are freeing up our forests so we are allowed to take down trees and make a lot of money,” Trump has said. “We have massive forests. We just aren’t allowed to use them because of the environmental lunatics who stopped us.”
#logging #forests #ecology #environment #trump #clearcuts #roads

Outcry as Trump plots more roads and logging in US forests: ‘You can almost hear the chainsaws’

Critics say move to axe Bill Clinton’s ‘roadless rule’ that protected key old-growth forests will be devastating to environment

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