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whistler. dev. armchair science. pursuing public software and public text.

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The staggering death toll of Western sanctions

jasonhickel.substack.com/p/the-stagge...

"The authors find that unilateral sanctions imposed by the US and EU since 1970 are associated with 38 million deaths. In some years, more than a million people were killed."
The staggering death toll of Western sanctions
New research shows that US and European sanctions have killed 38 million people since 1970.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
jaysenn.bsky.social
Youtube - The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | full movie (2014)

#video #documentary #copyfight #AaronSwartz #internet #internetfreedom

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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | full movie (2014)
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December 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Novara meets Cory Doctorow.
youtu.be/7wE8G-d7SnY

#internet #internetFreedom #infopolitic #CoryDoctorow #NovaraMedia
The Plan is to Make the Internet Worse. Forever. | Aaron Bastani Meets Cory Doctorow
YouTube video by Novara Media
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December 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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No! No to USA greedy war against Venezuela. We and history will hold you accountable. ✊🏾❤️
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Boycott Apartheid Israel
Infographic titled “BOYCOTT TARGETS” by the South African BDS Coalition. It lists 16 companies accused of supporting Israel’s apartheid regime or violating Palestinian rights, urging consumers to boycott them for strategic impact. McDonald’s gave free food to Israeli Occupation Forces. Coca-Cola manufactures in the illegal Atarot settlement; its local franchise owns Clover. Sub-brands include Fanta, Sprite, Schweppes, Valpre, Stony, Appletizer, Charged, Costa Coffee, Bon Aqua, Cappy, Sparletta, and Powerade. Teva is an Israeli pharmaceutical company importing into South Africa. Booking.com and Airbnb list or rent properties in illegal Israeli settlements on stolen Palestinian land. ZZ2 distributes produce from Israel’s Hishtil Farms in Western Cape and Limpopo. Cape Union Mart’s owner funds Israeli war efforts and supports Zionist settlements. Reebok sponsors the Israeli Football Association. RE/MAX and Keller Williams sell properties in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied land. Amazon provides IOF with AI cloud storage using Palestinian data to train weapon systems. Sodastream’s Naqab factory displaces Bedouin-Palestinians and mistreats workers. HP supplies servers to Israel’s Population Authority enabling racial segregation against Palestinian citizens. Illustrated with cartoon protestors holding signs and flags on a parchment-style background. South African BDS Coalition logo at top left.
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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In the last days of all empires, the idiots take over. Chris Hedges: Rule of Idiots

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Rule of Idiots - Read by Eunice Wong
In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality.
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June 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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The biggest protest of the 21st century in The Netherlands.

150,000 people in The Hague to protest against the genocide in Gaza.

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150,000 marched in red through The Hague, drawing the red line for Palestine.
YouTube video by Middle East Eye
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June 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Governments, especially in the west, are ignoring their obligations under the genocide convention and the findings of the ICJ - supporting and aiding obvious war crimes - but people from around the world are rising to show the humanity their governments are incapable of.

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Hundreds of activists from Amsterdam wait to board their flights for the Global March to #gaza
YouTube video by Wear The Peace
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June 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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As Israel inflicts mass starvation on Gaza and now openly plans to carry out ethnic cleansing, the editorial board of the Financial Times has issued a statement saying that the US and Europe “should be ashamed of their silence” and must act to stop Israel’s crimes.
May 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
April 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Jason Hickel - The Imperial Core's fight is against Economic Democracy & Economic Sovreignty
youtu.be/6dBy4-6pn1M
Jason Hickel: Why a Liberated Palestine Threatens Global Capitalism
YouTube video by Transnational Institute
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April 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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@jasonhickel.bsky.social on the @upstreampodcast.bsky.social podcast:
China - A Socialist Introduction

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#audio #podcast #China #political
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March 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Todo today.
- display the graph of: the speed of our intellectual, technological and cultural evolution as the function of how many well nourished, healthy and therefore productive minds we have to contribute to the sum of our species' intellectual and cultural work.
March 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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#CeasefireNow
March 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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The brilliant Sisonke Msimang
"The ghosts of apartheid roam far too freely, despite what Elon Musk may say."

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#southafrica #trump #writing #political
On Trump and the invention of white victims in South Africa
Occasionally a display of racist violence is so brutal and grotesque that it forces South Africans to time travel.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Salute Mark Weinberg 🖤🔥
January 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Salute Paddy Harper 🖤🔥
January 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Chris Hedges: How Fascism Came

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Chris Hedges: How Fascism Came
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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January 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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"If you were to twist my arm and force me to say something positive about Trump, this is the sort of thing I would point to. He makes the US empire much more transparent and unhidden. He removes its mask and reveals the twisted face beneath it"

www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/donald-tru...

#empire #trump
Donald Trump Is The Empire Unmasked
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
January 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Dunking on anti-communists is chasing flies; theory clubs are fish splashing in puddles. Without real projects—unifying, building—we have nothing but empty talk. Practice or perish, товарищ!
January 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Comrade, for 30 years you have walked the righteous path of Linux—a true revolutionary of the desktop! And now look around: from Android to Chrome OS, Kindle to reMarkable, Linux is the invisible hand behind the world’s most-used systems!
January 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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To an asshole, all virtue is "virtue signaling."
January 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Cory Doctorow & Yanis Varoufakis talking broligarchy, techno-feudalism, interoperability ...

#ElonMusk #oligarchy #broligarchy #political #youtube #CoryDoctorow #YanisVaroufakis

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January 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Prishani Naidoo a principled fighter for Justice has passed away... A true Human.
December 24, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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MY LITTLE HEALTHCARE BUSINESS TIP FOR THE DAY IS TO NOT MAKE IT EASIER TO ASSASSINATE YOUR CEO THAN IT IS TO GET IN-NETWORK THERAPY
December 5, 2024 at 8:32 PM