WTF? "Ein großer Teil der berühmtesten und auch allerbesten Stand-up-Comedians unserer Zeit hat sich für die Imagekampagne des mächtigsten arabischen Autokraten einkaufen lassen." https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/saudi-arabien-comedy-festival-li.3316545

"Pete #Hegseth’s big, urgent military summit will just be a “pep rally” for what he calls the “warrior ethos.” " https://newrepublic.com/post/201024/hegseth-military-meeting-warrior-ethos

Und #erfurt hat er auch noch erwähnt 🥳 #johnoliver #bernddasbrot https://m.dwdl.de/a/103885

> The survival of American rights and liberties may now turn less on the question of whether Pam #bondi is a person of integrity—which we already know the dismal answer to—than whether she is willing to risk her career and maybe even her personal freedom for a president on his way to repudiation […]

"#Israel’s targeted strikes on two #newspaper offices in #Yemen’s capital, #sanaa, which killed 31 journalists and #media support workers on September 10, signal that its deadly pattern of attacking reporters and newsrooms on the grounds that they publish “terrorist” propaganda has spread firmly […]

This is amazing.

👇🏼👏🏼👇🏼 > Charlie #kirks Standpunkte zum »Großen Austausch«, zum angeblichen Wahlbetrug 2020, zum »Kulturmarxismus« erfüllen Kernkriterien für die Einordnung als #rechtsextrem. In Deutschland wären vor allem seine rassistischen Äußerungen und die fortwährende Delegitimierung demokratischer […]

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Hey look, a dead canary.

The MAGA movement, which believes that free speech only applies to its members and that they should be able to say whatever they like without being contradicted, has now cancelled Jimmy Kimmel for speaking out. The sickness of authoritarianism must not be allowed to spread in European […]

Overton Window moved: Trump joked that Gaza should be leveled so could be redevelopped into luxury resort, push all Ganzans out. People didn't beleive him. He gave Israel tacit support to do just that, Issrael did just that and the world remains numb, affraid to act because angering Trump means […]

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✊🏼 Heroes of the #resistance Inspiring stories of people who have stood up to #Trumpism #DonaldTrump #trump https://newrepublic.com/series/68/heroes-resistance-trump-administration

"Doctors in #gaza observed a disturbing pattern: #children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted. This emerges from research by de Volkskrant, which spoke with the doctors who are among the last international eyewitnesses." #israel […]

"Doctors in #gaza observed a disturbing pattern: #children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted. This emerges from research by de Volkskrant, which spoke with the doctors who are among the last international eyewitnesses." #israel […]

Uff, what a read! 👇🏼 > Ukraine’s drone units, like Adama’s, have pioneered one of the most consequential innovations in modern #warfare. It has nothing to do with materials science or weapons design. Rather, it is a new approach to killing: #ukraine has gamified war, awarding points to pilots […]

Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today. https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia

💯👇🏼 "When it comes to #Kirk’s death, empathy helps prop up Republicans and Trumpists as legitimate and normal political actors. Cooing praise of “persuasion” sends the message that there is some common ground, some kind of fellowship to be had between the right and the left at a moment when […]

Normal people don't know who Charlie Kirk is. My mom, dad, husband, neighbor are very confused why it's such a big deal. Which is good to remember. He's did anything notable. Didn't run for office, didn't break a big story, didn't write an important book. So, for a lot of people this is all […]

"But this is remarkable enough that it bears repeating: Inside the 50th-birthday book for Jeffrey #Epstein—a man charged with sex trafficking—is a photo of a massive, novelty size check, seeming to reference the sale of a human being from one powerful man to another. The man whose supposed […]

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Warum die faschistische AfD niemals an die Macht kommen darf, erklärt in 5 Sekunden:

> America is adrift. It has no coherent foreign policy, no team of senior professionals managing its national defense and diplomacy, and a president who has little interest in the world beyond what it can offer him. Little wonder that the men who gathered in Beijing—three autocrats whose nations […]

Gov. Pritzker enlists the public's help: "What we've asked is that people pull out their iPhone or their Android phone and film what they're seeing. Take a video of everything so see so that we can know if, in fact, laws are being broken by these federal officials coming into our state."

This is what a dictators little bitch looks like: Mark Zuckerberg! "Zuckerberg caught on hot mic telling Trump ‘I wasn’t sure’ how much to promise to spend on AI in the US" […]

My new book of cartoons is out soon. I am bringing it to SPX/BETHESDA TORONTO, NEW YORK, CHICAGO, MONTREAL and QUEBEC CITY in the next two weeks. Visit www.tomgauld.com for more details and preorder links!

NYT reveals a classified operation by SEAL Team 6, greenlit by President Trump in 2019, that left unarmed North Koreans dead. Key members of Congress who oversee intelligence operations were not notified before or after the mission […]

> “We have spent so much of this year watching this weird shame cycle of self-flagellation by the White House press corps, who is saying that they didn’t dig into Joe #biden’s decline aggressively enough or early enough, and now seem intent on repeating that exact set of mistakes and blind spots […]

> And it sure sounds like #pritzker wants to put his hands to the task right now. “If you hurt my people,” he said, “nothing will stop me, not time or political circumstance, from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.” In a week where Beltway #democrats passed […]

#giftarticle That didn’t take long… ‘It Feels Like the #cdc Is Over’ The CDC’s departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof. By Tom Bartlett #trump #rfkjr #conspiracytheories #antivax #eugenics #disinformation #healthyifyourewealthy #aporophobia #socialcleansing […]

In der Schule auf der #bult in #hannover ist am Freitagmorgen, 29. August, der Amokalarm ausgelöst worden. Die #polizei ist vor Ort und hat das Gelände abgesperrt. Das #sek ist angefordert […]

"The easy waves of migration from old social media are done. The pioneers who were happy to make the break have moved." @michael looks at how we build home on the Open Social Web https://www.blog-pat.ch/homes-from-home/ #socialweb #fediverse #socialmedia #blog #home #feditech #mastodon

Posting this story on Dem Mayors' effort to form a united front against Trump's invasions, bc it's the kind of story people will miss and then claim Dems never attempted to form a united front. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Gotta say it sucks to hear over the last 30-40 years how progressive policies that directly help citizens could never be enabled by the stroke of a pen, but in just a few short months a moody dictator can enact any cruel authoritarian idea no one wants or needs and it gets implemented nationwide […]

> The scale of the killing was partly owing to the nature of the conflict, said Mary Kaldor, professor emeritus at the LSE, director of the Conflict Research Programme and author of New Wars, an influential book about warfare in the post-cold-war era. > > International humanitarian law was […]

"But the plans were on display . . ." "On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them." "That's the display department." "With a torch." "Ah, well the lights had probably gone." "So had the stairs." "But look, you found the notice, didn't you?" "Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did […]

> The report on #germany, a highly functional #democracy, is equally strange. The State report speaks of “significant human rights issues,” including “restrictions on freedom of expression.” One specific example: German law “required internet companies, including U.S. internet platforms, to take […]

Hmm... 🤔 #Trump #Nvidia #Paramount #StephenColbert

This is beautiful. The Estonian media has revealed secret technical information about Russian GPS/COM/SAT spoofing systems which have been interfering with the GPS of NATO countries in the Kaliningrad region since 2021. Please support the Estonian media by paying to read this wonderful article. […]

Dear Journalists: You keep reporting that Trump "lowered" the tariffs planned for Japan et al to 15 percent (from the announcements of much higher numbers). When you do, you play into his propagandists' hands. He RAISED tariffs from ~2% -- that is, more than 7 times the previous level.

😂 BBC: Warning issued after US energy drink cans accidentally filled with vodka "US authorities are warning consumers of Celsius energy drinks to check their cans after some were accidently filled with vodka. The US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) issued the warning for the Astro Vibe Blue […]

"Earlier this month, #Iran’s parliament approved legislation that would impose prison sentences of up to five years for sending images to foreign media outlets—a punishment that could be upped to twenty-five years during times of war." #journalism #islamicrepublic #israelirancrisis #iranwindow […]

HI @AdminTeam, the instance mstdn.jp is blocked here, right? But there is not really a reason provided? It's rather big, so maybe it's a mistake?

#tsunami warning live updates: #russia declares emergency after flooding in #kuril Islands; #hawaii prepares for first waves Hazardous waves from strong 8.8 quake are possible on the coast of Russia, #japan, Hawaii, #alaska and some Pacific islands after #earthquake struck […]

„Die Lage ist ernst, #Teheran hat wirklich kein Wasser mehr“, erklärte Präsident Massud Peseschkian. Um eine #naturkatastrophe zu verhindern, schloss er sogar eine Verlegung der Hauptstadt mit über 15 Millionen Einwohnern nicht aus. #Iran #klimawandel […]

"The #Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company announced this week it had reduced water pressure to such low levels that in Tehran — a city of 10 million people, many living and working in high-rise buildings — water could not flow above the second floor of apartment buildings." #Iran […]

> Since even genocide-aware media are not reporting how #israel’s policies are made possible by wider Western support, they are also very weak in identifying policies that might break it. A state is committing #genocide, but governments can continue to trade with it, allow its companies to […]