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Katharine Ainger
@katainger.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, researcher. Climate, ecology, disability politics, social justice. Side eyeing capitalism (see: all the above). Within the limits of my disability spending max possible time snorkeling with octopus.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 6d
You can see which boats from the flotilla are being intercepted in real time here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app
Screenshot of Tracker showing intercepted flotilla boats
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 6d
You can see which boats from the flotilla are being intercepted in real time here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app
Screenshot of tracking system showing which boats in the flotilla have been intercepted, this image highlights the Alma and the words “intercepted” with its location
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 6d
Spanish newspaper El Público is reporting Israeli army are intercepting the flotilla - reminder that they are in international waters

www.publico.es/politica/cro...
La Armada israelí intercepta la Flotilla
La organización ha activado inmediatamente el protocolo de intercepción de forma que las fuerzas militares israelíes entiendan que están ante un iniciativa humanitaria y pacífica....
www.publico.es
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 6d
Looks like they are currently being intercepted.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 6d
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 6d
All Eyes On Global Sumud Flotilla
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 6d
Radar shot showing Global Sumud Flotilla being approached by unidentified vessels in international waters
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 6d
1hr ago #GlobalSumudFlotilla via Telegram channel: “We’ve detected 20+ unidentified vessels on our radar, just 3 nautical miles ahead of our fleet.
This may signal a potential naval blockade… we will not be intimidated by threats, harassment, or efforts to protect Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza”
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 20d
This tool to track council meetings looks useful in holding local govt to account (especially if they are populated by useless racists) bsky.app/profile/gale...
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Galen Reich @galen.reich.me.uk · Aug 29
My latest Bellingcat tool is out!

It lets you search what was said in council meetings across the UK and Ireland, and takes you directly to the right part of the video session to verify.

Check it out and let me know what you think! 👇

council-search.bellingcat.com
Bellingcat Council Meeting Transcript Search
Find verbatim quotes from council meetings in the UK and Ireland using this free open source research tool by Bellingcat.
council-search.bellingcat.com
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jul 21
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly:

"No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT."

"HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
The @LemkinInstitute is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jun 11
For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Jun 5
Mutually assured narcissistic collapse.

Honestly, I was surprised they lasted six months. #Trump #Elon
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Planetary Survival @anemoneofcapital.bsky.social · May 24
In Spain 2 good stories this week:

1. Madrid's right-wing Ayuso saw 2 members of her gov indited for 'the protocols of death' whereby explicit written orders denied emergency services to public old age home residents with SARS2 in 2020. #7291 died with privately insured treated. Sleaze/eugenics,
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Apr 9
Frequently bought together:“Customers who liked ‘bananapants racism’ were also interested in ‘human trafficking’.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Apr 9
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Ice director says deportations should be run like ‘Amazon Prime for human beings’
Todd Lyons said he wanted US immigration agency to be ‘like a business’ in its deportation process * US politics live – latest updates The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said he’d like the agency to implement a system of trucks that rounds up immigrants for deportation in a system similar to how Amazon delivers packages around the US. “We need to get better at treating this like a business,” the acting Ice director, Todd Lyons, said. He said that he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings”. His comments were first reported by the Arizona Mirror. Continue reading...
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Mar 22
This public telegram channel is doing what @weareyellowdot.bsky.social is — and finding a lot more besides. Worth a look. t.me/Daily_Extrem...
CLIMATE EXTREME EVENTS (Wealth of Negations)
Daily climate stories from planet's emergency
t.me
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Mar 19
Add to this the concerted attack against green NGOs in the EU by conservative MEPs - fuelled by a fake news campaign - that chokes their funding and political space to operate.

If we silence #dissent and shut down the science then clearly all the #climate catastrophes just go away, right?
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Feb 26
When the AI prompt is “Create the literal nadir of all human culture in a 30 second video”.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 26
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Feb 17
There’s an X whistleblower on Substack that purports to outline the ways Musk gamed the algorithm hard to win the US election. Says they’re now using the same tactics for the German election (this Sunday).
They were too scared to say no (visa is job dependent) but left breadcrumbs in the code.
Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference
The confessions of a concerned bird.
theconcernedbird.substack.com
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Feb 16
They are simply welcoming our new insect overlords.
Simpsons TV anchorman cravenly announces “I for one welcome our new insect overlords”
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Jan 20
Seems like a good a time as any to repost this German comedy sketch 'Playing the nazi card'... #nazis www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
Nazikeule im Dritten Reich | Browser Ballett
YouTube video by Browser Ballett
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Jan 8
I like it… one problem is the homeowners affected by climate change are already opposing updated flood maps and other public climate risk assessments because it makes their homes harder to sell & less valuable (or entirely worthless). Some conflicts between their interests & climate action.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Jan 8
Is it… the patriarchy?

(Sorry for the dad jokes …. Oops I did it again!)
a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band
Alt: a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat plays bdm tss on drums while rolling its eyes
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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · Dec 20
The world must NOT remain silent as Turkey, a NATO power, attacks democratic self-determination & women's freedom in north-east Syria.

"...the Rojava revolution is one of the planet's most significant current experiments in building a post-capitalist society."

www.commondreams.org/opinion/roja...
Rojava Under Attack: Why We Must Stand with Syria's Democratic North-East | Common Dreams
In Syria, Turkey is escalating the very “terrorism” it pretends to be fighting. Erdoğan and his jihadist SNA proxies are artificially prolonging an atrocious war for their own political agendas, aimin...
www.commondreams.org
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Dec 13
It was quite a good bit, mind you the illuminati conspiracy started out as a 60s hipster prank so my question was always: is it functionally possible to effectively satirise conspiracy theories?
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · Dec 12
Sadly the truth is less interesting- the birds aren’t real guys launching Enron stunts, crypto, & merch? www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Enron back from dead? Infamous Houston company “relaunches” on bankruptcy anniversary | Houston Public Media
There are more questions than answers after a multiplatform blitz on Monday heralded the return of a company that haunts the city of Houston decades after its notorious collapse -- Enron.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
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