“Ben & Jerry’s has been silenced, sidelined for fear of upsetting those in power.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Oileán Thoraí • Tory Island • Donegal The 7th of December is traditionally believed to be the birthday of Colmcille, one of Ireland's three patron saints, alongside Patrick & Brigid. One of the places associated with the saint is Tory Island, set in the Atlantic some 14km off the Donegal coast.

Dear friends, this post marks the second step of our relaunch - did you notice the URL in the picture? That's right, Medievalcats now has a home on the internet 🤗: medievalcats.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. We are very excited to finally announce our homepage!

Linux020: #Linux En Privacy Inloop: 6 December 13:00-16:00 Noppes kantoor, WG-Terrein, A'dam Heb je nog een oude PC of Laptop, doneer hem dan. Wij installeren Linux erop en zoeken een goede bestemming. linux020.nl/l20/PLCal/Li...

I've been experimenting with MeshCore, a technology that allows you to send text messages even when you have no phone or Internet coverage. mtlynch.io/first-impres...

My First Impressions of MeshCore Off-Grid Messaging (Michael Lynch) mtlynch.io/first-impres... #Meshcore

Let’s be clear: Trump is targeting US citizens - more than 90% of people of Somalian descent in MN are AMERICANS. Our president is racist. www.bbc.com/news/article...

▶ ‘Uitschot’, ‘waardeloos’ en ‘een stinkland’: Trump choqueert met extreme uitspraken over Somaliërs ‘die niets bijdragen’

Recordaantal grondslapers in gevangenis van Hasselt: "Matrassen zijn op"

Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now. Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers. Shameful.

Nieuws De overheidsafhankelijkheid van Solvinity gaat veel verder dan DigiD. De diensten van het bedrijf dat in Amerikaanse handen dreigt te vallen zijn van “vitaal” belang voor het functioneren van de gehele justitiële keten, van het ministerie, tot het OM tot de IND: www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ni...

De belastingdienst is alle email aan het opsturen naar Amerika. Gisteren liet men weten dat de Amerikanen ons niet af zouden luisteren "via de CLOUD-act", wat kan kloppen. In de VS gebruiken ze daar namelijk hele andere wetten voor. En daar zei de regering niets over: berthub.eu/articles/pos...

I'm thrilled that Upon A White Horse is going to be Radio 4's Book Of The Week. The first episode, which is on Stonehenge, will be on December 8 at 11.45am – and then there will be a reading from a different part of the book every day up to and including December 12. I hope you'll enjoy listening.

Door planten te eten kunnen reumapatiënten met minder medicijnen toe www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... #reuma #vega

⚓️ Moin und einen schönen 1. Advent 🕯️ 💙. 🙏🏻🕊

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A very happy name day to everyone who shares my name, Andrew, Ἀνδρέας, Andrea, أندراوس, Андрі́й… 📸 Detail from a stained glass window at St Andrew's, Hove.

Teken aub: Maak gehakt van deze wet! Vleesvervangers liggen onder vuur. In Nederland mag opeens de naam ‘plantaardig gehakt’ niet meer worden gebruikt. En ook het Europees Parlement wil ... Dit is onzin. Onderzoek laat zien dat maar liefst 96% van de consumenten proveg.org/nl/vegaverbod/ #vega

As taps run dry, Iran’s president raises the unthinkable: abandoning the capital

Hoe maken we Nederland minder afhankelijk van de big tech: esb.nu/hoe-maken-we...

Friends, Omar Hadad and his friend are taking it upon themselves to build Gaza's first library amidst the devastation there. If you can, please consider supporting in whatever way you can, even by sharing this campaign. Books, reading, libraries are important! chuffed.org/project/firs...

#craftivism 🧶

At COP30, powerful petrostates and large polluting nations succeeded in blocking inclusion of a roadmap away from fossil fuels in the summit’s concluding agreement.

Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.

The way someone thinks about a river determines the way they make decisions about it. For the First Nations people, the Yukon River is “a living being” with the right to flow, to remain free of pollution, & to be represented in court if these rights are violated, Alyssa Choiniere reports.

Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT. “We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO www.politico.eu/article/get-...

My new collection of #poetry is out now! www.wayfarerbookstore.com/product/subh...

The CDC has updated its vaccine safety page to promote long-discredited claims about vaccines—namely that they cause autism. The page links to a number of studies, including one by anti-vax allies of Robert Kennedy Jr. www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...

Paschal Donohoe uses final Dáil speech to appeal for continued support for libraries

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

And the rest of the climate crisis is mostly the responsibility of industrial farming – especially where it destroys forests and other natural areas to expand plantations and ranches Industrial farming is pushing nature and human rights to the brink, and they lobby to keep doing it #COP30

The climate crisis is a crisis mostly of the fossil fuel industry's own making – and one they do not want to fix nor be held accountable for The presence and involvement of oil, gas and coal lobbyists at the #COP30 UN climate summit is like tobacco lobbyists at a lung cancer summit: unacceptable

“It takes more than a broken window to break our resolve.” As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.

Waar ooit weilanden lagen, verrijzen in hoog tempo #distributiecentra – enorme dozen van staal en beton die onze online winkelzucht draaiende houden. Deze vooraanstaande onderzoeker pleit voor meer regie en minder logistieke confetti. #verdozing decorrespondent.nl/16544/files-...

In a reading rut? How to get back into reading for fun In a world full of distractions, it can be difficult to form a habit that needs attention. Experts advise on getting out of the rut www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Wereld #Diabetes Dag 14 november: "Het doel... is aandacht en begrip vragen voor diabetes. De datum 14 nov. is gekozen omdat dit de verjaardag is van Frederick Banting, die samen met Charles Best aan de basis stond van de ontdekking van insuline in 1922" www.diabetesfonds.nl/wereld-diabe...

De elfde november www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GNn...

De Algerijnse dichter en activist Mohamed Tadjadit staat op 11 en 30 november in de rechtbank. Hij is aangeklaagd voor onder meer 'samenzwering tegen de staat', waar zelfs de doodstraf op staat. Hij wordt enkel vervolgd vanwege vreedzame protestacties. Teken de protestmail!

#Rechtsehobbies 👇

HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths. This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻 A little background 🧵 1/ yle.fi/a/74-20174831

Zevergem plaatst meerijpunten om te liften na wegvallen buslijn: "Inwoners kunnen zo toch nog flexibel reizen"

What's your favourite thing to do in the garden on a crisp, bright morning?

Acteur en presentator Joost Prinsen (83) overleden

Everyone who follows the news already knows where this is headed. Orwell. A police state. An authoritarian regime that disappears people—including citizens. Think Pinochet as a starting point. The problem is that those who don't follow the news *don't* know where this is headed. We must tell them.

The intimidation included threats that family members would lose visas, which is both in character and *friggin insane*

Slapeloze nachten, geen concentratie en chronische stress. Zijn overgangsklachten een kwestie van doorbijten? Of kun je maar beter bij je werkgever aan de bel trekken? En hoe doe je dat? buff.ly/Wuek2Ij

Voodoo Queens - Supermodel-Superficial www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-kx... #BBC #girlgroups

Babes In Toyland - He's My Thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mHo... #BBC #girlgroups

Er is weer een nieuw front geopend in de oorlog tegen vega-producten, deze keer gewoon in Nederland. De NVWA wil opeens boetes en dwangsommen uitdelen als je vega-gehakt ‘gehakt’ noemt.

Vandaag 1-11 is er weer de maandelijkse #LinuxInloop van #Linux020 op het WG-terrein in #Amsterdam. Gratis advies en actieve hulp bij het installeren van Linux op jouw laptop. linux020.nl/l20/PLCal/Li... Je kunt je oude laptop ook doneren,wij helpen daarmee www.laptoprevive.nl/about/ #Linux