RE: https://mstdn.ca/@NMBA/116839671430930946

lol Europe performs just a little worse than the Middle East.

In politics sometimes politician talk about their "evidence based policy"(yay science), but like, don't decisions it always have a reason? If it is about other people, you do have to argue why it is the case.

It's hard enough to communicate the conclusions from science, the process that leads to them is even harder..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVPy25wQ07k

Even when all the steps leading to some conclusion are explained, as he implies, it can be a sort of long and winding road with wrong turns how they got there. In retrospect things may seem more obvious than they are..

It's not really compatible with political agitating like this.. https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist/116396260288895860

RE: https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/116318951221386701

He removed the "Woman, Life, Freedom" slogan from his sites and social media.

He has not responded to Kurdish questions. One of the "pillars" of his plan for Iran is that the territory is secret, it is likely if he were in power the government would soon go after Kurds for separatism.

He visited a West Bank settlement.

He is frequently on right wing news, including Breitbart.
(partially dutch thread FTR 📌 https://mastodon.nl/@jasper/115876183932761030 )

if you want to improve the US, you have to primary out corporate Democrats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSLcd0LB8o4

Why do i hear relatively much about Matrix and little about https://tox.chat or https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/ ...

I kindah think we know how to do decentralized.. Use a DHT on the public keys.. Like is done on torrents.

Really, federated may even not be totally necessary.. I think socially it is necessary to have moderated spaces. (Also a list of semi trusted servers might be good for onion-messaging)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@MAKS23/115870585056438792

Fucking yikes we need something else cool to do with fire other than lighting cigarettes.

Lets just disingenuously claim they're all weed. I'm making an exception for this one.

This has also stoked doubt in me about social media as a concept.
At least this form of it..

It is bad timing but the horrible events unfolding are too much for me to follow now.

So i am taking a break.

/usr/bin/more taking 100% of a CPU wtf..

They are absolutely going for a police state 175G$ (edit: ICE from 8G$ to 30G$, in case you get that mixed up 45G$ for "detention facilities", but according to it rest also for "immigration crackdown")
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/01/trump-big-beautiful-bill-passes-ice-budget/

Fascists can suck all they want, the corporate democrats suck too. They've literally been playing the "oh we suck less" game most of our lives already, significantly contributing to the rise of fascism.

I advise people in the US to not allow corporate democrats to get their hands on the country if you can help it. Destroy the genocide-supporting careers.
https://mastodon.social/@arbres/114694133523162611

Obama was part of the politics that lead to all the disasters we see today.

See him as a opportunist who sold out to Citigroup please.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2009/12/13/obamas-big-sellout-president-has-packed-his-economic-team-wall-street-insiders

It is possibly you'll fail, the biggest indicator that people are vulnerable to cons is that they fell for it before. #Disaster

Read macron snubbed Trump or whatever. It'd been better if they had told the Democrats to stop the genocide, and maybe then they wouldn't have to deal with Trump now.

The situation is dire. The US looks like people will massively sent to concentration camps.

Sure try arguing, protest and diplomacy, it is going to take direct action. The same mopers about people "abusing the law" will whine about lawlessness for that one.

It will get repressed or not really get off the ground. I don't see the public opinion turning.

The African Union and South America should arm themselves just in case. Just reality. Educated & critical public against manipulation, submarines, anti-ship, drones and nukes. Avoid building too huge cities.

They're also complaining about the state following the law btw, i.e. complaining XR has too good lawyers. I think politicians were forced to make laws to not look like horrible human beings, and they're now held to it.

I fucking thought about Gaza it was going to fucking end in genocide. Probably didn't say it.

The way this is going it is going to end in WWIII and genocide century.

For some comfort, intentionally ignoring a huge rollout of solar power, fossil fuel propagandist for the fools which still watch tv.

Some people want more EU military spending against the US. Some want more spending against Russia, mostly foolish. Trump and many others want more military spending because they want to brutishly oppress the rest of the world.

Shitheads on SBS6 talking how the Netherlands only has a small impact on climate.(oversized for population)

They acknowledge that other countries won't do anything with similar argument.

Basically they accept there is no future for our children but one in a horribly mutilated climate.

Niet zo'n goede foto misschien maar doe toch :dancing_banana:

Mos en korstmos proberen over elkaar heen te groeien lijkt het wel.

Ook een lichter groen. . iets. De donker groene mosjes groeien in kleine klompjes. #phonetography