“Our survival won’t depend on political or economic systems.It’s going to depend on the courage of the individual to speak the truth, and to speak it lovingly and not destructively…Our greatest vulnerability lies in the amount of misinformation and misconditioning of humanity.” — Buckminster Fuller

1/7 Life in every mafia clan looks the same when the boss is going down. The GOP under Trump is no different. The internal power struggle has begun. Russia and its tech-bro allies in the US are already preparing for the post-Trump era

Eternal source of light divine With double warmth thy beams display And with distinguish'd glory shine To add a lustre to this day ~ Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74 #music

Sure, Bluesky is such a left-leaning place... @whitehouse-47.bsky.social

🇦🇷 Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, plans sweeping reforms post-midterms: overhauling labor laws, tax code, and the penal system. Key is cementing US-Argentina alignment, backing massive fiscal support (e.g. $20 b swap line, plus another $20 b) as confidence measures. #Argentina #Milei

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen. She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented. Almost no one listened to her.

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Das BSW verließ den Plenarsaal als Zelensky vor dem Bundestag sprach und lädt in Potsdam den russischen Botschafter ein. Und man muss ihnen für diese Klarheit in der Haltung dankbar sein

What about this? 1. create WordPress.org blog 2. add ActivityPub Plugin 3. bridge to ATproto via fed.brid.gy This imitates, what #ATproto can do: decentralized data and identity, in this case via your blog and domain. It might be a clue? What about a similar ATproto plugin for WordPress then?

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny": Listen for dangerous words.

1/7 Trump’s ICE isn’t just an immigration agency. It increasingly resembles the Gestapo and NKVD, Hitler’s and Stalin’s secret police, which were used to control, intimidate, and purge. This thread outlines the disturbing parallels. The danger is real and growing👇

In other words, Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA is "not really pro-life".

Statussymbole wandeln sich: Luxusgüter sind leicht erreichbar, selbst für die Mittelschicht. Designerstücke oder Smartphones wirken kaum noch exklusiv. Die neue Frage lautet: Woran erkennt man die wirklich Reichen und Einflussreichen noch? @diegofassnacht.bsky.social meint: Eine große Familie.

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition it has only one way to go: That is down the path of increasingly repressive measures until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear"

Der Vivaldi Browser sammelt keine Nutzerdaten. Punkt. Kein Tracking, kein Profiling, kein Data Mining. Als norwegisches Unternehmen folgt Vivaldi strengen EU-Datenschutzgesetzen. Dazu ist er blitzschnell, flexibel und bis ins Detail konfigurierbar. 👉 Europäische Alternativen

This is some sort of #ATProto based Social Network Wikipedia. Very interesting.

1/5 Republicans keep playing the victim. But Trump controls the White House, the House, the Senate, and key institutions like the Pentagon and FBI. His allies/lapdogs control nearly all social media and a big chunk of traditional media. They are the ’deep state’

42% of my YouTube audience watches me on their smart TVs. People have stopped watching corporate media in their living rooms and they now get their news from their favorite social media commentators. People are never going to go back to corporate media for their news updates.

Land of the rising sun. Taken in Kyoto near the Gion District.

There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.

Erika Kirk chose to forgive the shooter, but true to form the Trump administration hijacked the memorial and turned it into a MAGA rally filled with lies and hate. They have shown little genuine concern for Kirk’s death and only care about the political advantages it brings

Erika Kirk: "That young man. I forgive him." Donald Trump: "He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent and don't want the best for them. I'm sorry". What a contrast. "Forgive, and you will be forgiven." Luke 6,37, Bible

"There is no one better than Trump at sabotaging the US. That's actually the one thing, he is extremely good at."

🇷🇺 Russia self destructs.

🇷🇺 Russia's ticking time bombs? The 1990s "Parade of Sovereignties" let ethnic regions like Tatarstan & Chechnya flex against Moscow but then were "persuaded" to stay in Russia. Fast-forward: Ukraine war drafts, stolen resources, & cultural wipeouts reignite the fire. #HiddenNations of #Russia 🧵

🇷🇺 If Russia blocks immigration, the Russian population will decline by 54 percent to 68 million by 2100. Best case scenario: With immigration Russia will shrink by "only" 44 percent to 81 million people, less than the population of Turkey.

🇷🇺 "It is quite likely that it will be from groups like ASFEC that regional challenges to the capital will emerge again during leadership translation once Putin leaves the scene." #Siberia #FarEast

Drusen in #Suwaida demonstrieren für Ihr Selbstbestimmungsrecht und die Freilassung aller Geiseln. die durch al-Jolanis Jihadisten entführt wurden. (Seit den Angriffen im Juli werden noch immer 80 Frauen und Mädchen vermisst) #Sweida #Suwaida

Wie dumm vom ÖRR, alles nicht progressive als "konservative-autoritär" zu framen und alles progressive als "liberal-progressiv"! Wer seriös tun und dann mit ad hominem arbeitet, wird bald selbst massiv mit ad hominem kritisiert. 🤷‍♀️ „Wer anderen eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein.“ Sprüche 26,27

Exzellenter Kommentar zur Absetzung von Late-Night-Host Jimmy Kimmel - und wie die Trump-Regierung Redefreiheit interpretiert: „Conservatives can say what they want, and everyone else can say what conservatives want.“

Hell has frozen over.

Surprise for 🇨🇳 EVs in 🇪🇺 Chinese EVs in Europe face a “license trap”: lawsuits allege makers like MG violated #opensource software licenses by missing texts and source code. This could strip usage rights, slash resale values, and trigger wider risks for Chinese automakers under EU legal standards.

So what is it then? A: They are betraying Charlie Kirk's heritage of non-discrimination of speech. B: What he has intentionally sown, is now bearing fruits. C: "The spirits I summoned, I can't get rid of them!" ("Die ich rief die Geister, werd ich nun nicht los." - Zauberlehrling, Goethe)

Surely a list, only to guarantee free speech for 63.000 people, right? A site called the Charlie Kirk Data Foundation went viral after posting a searchable list of people who criticized Kirk following his killing. By Sunday, before being taken down, the list had grown to over 63,000 names.

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Robert Redford, RIP This was one of his last public statements

Support a parallel media infrastructure now! A good candidate for independent social media is Bluesky's #ATProto. Therefore, get ready for an endless smear campaign on billionaire's social media against anything @bsky.app Musk's AI shaped users and bots are already spreading the vitriol.

Jimmy Kimmel - like him or dislike him - just got fired for what he said here. IMO: Kimmel doesn't talk about Kirk, he talks about MAGA and callous Trump. Looks like, Kirk's MAGA buddies, do not care about Kirk's free speech ideas. Kirk isn't even buried yet and his buddies stomp on his legacy.

I'll say again: not a democracy. Robinson was raised by MAGAs and steeped in MAGA culture. He then entered the sinister alt-right digital ecosystem. He happens to be gay, but the presumption that that means he's a leftist is virulently homophobic. Kimmel gets this, and was suspended for saying it.

The real question: Will Charlie Kirk’s disciples honor free speech in the spirit of “love your neighbor as yourself” or wield his MAGA influence to oppress critics? If the latter, Kirk fails tragically, as his legacy betrays the very principle he claimed to defend, the moment he dies. Let's see.

The @freeourfeeds.com team is putting together an ATProto focused event directly after the Franco-German Digital Sovereignty Summit in Berlin. They’ll be looking to highlight projects, products and builders of all kinds so reach out if you’d like to present.

🍅 🍋 🥦 From a young age we're taught to eat healthy. But when it comes to social media, most adults aren't eating their greens. We're addicted to the fast food algorithms of platforms like X, Facebook, and TikTok. But what if we tried social media that's meant to be social, not sell? #SocialMedia

🇦🇹 Three Austrian nuns in their 80s escaped a retirement home where they were sent against their will. With help from ex-students and a locksmith, Sisters Bernadette, Regina, and Rita returned to Kloster Goldenstein convent near Salzburg, reclaiming their beloved home.

Russia exploits Sakha (Yakutia), seizing diamonds, gold & oil while locals stay poor. Moscow hoards profits, neglecting development. Now heating crises threaten lives — without fixes, Sakha risk freezing at -50°C (-58°F) when winter hits one of the coldest places on earth. #HiddenNations #Sakha