“Stop invoking the rules based international order as though it still functions as advertised. Call it what it is, a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests by using economic integration as coercion.” Mark Carney at Davos

Shocking that the recipient of the venerable FIFA Peace Prize could behave in such a fashion! #Venezuela

« Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system. » & Canada?

Tech oligarchs who explicitly reject democracy are building and controlling the digital infrastructure for the administrative state. The concentration of power is unprecedented. Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social www.authoritarian-stack.info

This machine kills fascists.

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...

All Eyes On Global Sumud Flotilla

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”

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."

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.

Mutually assured narcissistic collapse. Honestly, I was surprised they lasted six months. #Trump #Elon

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,

Frequently bought together:“Customers who liked ‘bananapants racism’ were also interested in ‘human trafficking’.”

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?

When the AI prompt is “Create the literal nadir of all human culture in a 30 second video”.

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.

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...

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...

A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014. "One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem" I hope they will return to their poem

The disasters are generalised, but specific solidarity to all #LongCovid and #MECFS folks. The possible appointment of Jay Bhattacharya to head the NIH are a blow to hopes that public science research might seriously tackle these conditions. Read more here from @walkerbragman.bsky.social

What this means is that the bird flu virus (H5N1} has*potentially* found a mutation that brings it closer to infecting humans more easily.

Bold move to appoint infectious disease as US Health Secretary. "We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years," - RFK www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Just want to recommend the 'Quiet Posters' feed where I have discovered many a hidden gem. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Another fantastic starter pack of disabled and chronically ill writers! I would love to see a growing community of disability writers and artists here - this seems like an awesome start: go.bsky.app/EFKNgPt

The devastation of the storm in Spain is what you get when climate change meets an incompetent regional government full of climate denial. A year's rain fell in a single day. There are 95 dead and counting. After 24 hrs there are 1200 people STILL trapped in their cars on highways. 1/

It’s the plankton’s world and we are just living in it. 🧪 #climate

Great to see this medical scandal getting deeper investigation. The role of the insurance industry along with DWP who funded the PACE trial is also shameful. #MECFS #millionsmissing

Out beyond the intersection of Main Street and Free Speech Is a field. Meet me there.

There's a deep sense of sadness and loneliness seeing this record shattering graph. November 17, 2023 was the first day in recorded history when the earth's surface was a whole 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Yet, there's barely any chatter about this staggering breach.