Katharine Ainger

“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?

The Authoritarian Stack How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

www.authoritarian-stack.info added live link

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

Picture of wheelchair with slogan "this machine kills fascists" based on Woody Guthrie's guitar sign.

This machine kills fascists.

Screenshot of Tracker showing intercepted flotilla boats

You can see which boats from the flotilla are being intercepted in real time here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

Screenshot of tracking system showing which boats in the flotilla have been intercepted, this image highlights the Alma and the words “intercepted” with its location

You can see which boats from the flotilla are being intercepted in real time here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app

La Armada israelí intercepta la Flotilla La organización ha activado inmediatamente el protocolo de intercepción de forma que las fuerzas militares israelíes entiendan que están ante un iniciativa humanitaria y pacífica....

Spanish newspaper El Público is reporting Israeli army are intercepting the flotilla - reminder that they are in international waters

www.publico.es/politica/cro...

Looks like they are currently being intercepted.

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla 24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

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

Radar shot showing Global Sumud Flotilla being approached by unidentified vessels in international waters

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”

This tool to track council meetings looks useful in holding local govt to account (especially if they are populated by useless racists) bsky.app/profile/gale...

The @LemkinInstitute is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.

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."

Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...

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’.”

This public telegram channel is doing what @weareyellowdot.bsky.social is — and finding a lot more besides. Worth a look. t.me/Daily_Extrem...

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”.

Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference The confessions of a concerned bird.

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.

Simpsons TV anchorman cravenly announces “I for one welcome our new insect overlords”

They are simply welcoming our new insect overlords.

YouTube video by Browser Ballett Nazikeule im Dritten Reich | Browser Ballett

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...

I like it… one problem is the homeowners affected by climate change are already opposing updated flood maps and other public climate risk assessments because it makes their homes harder to sell & less valuable (or entirely worthless). Some conflicts between their interests & climate action.

a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band Alt: a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat plays bdm tss on drums while rolling its eyes

Is it… the patriarchy?

(Sorry for the dad jokes …. Oops I did it again!)

Rojava Under Attack: Why We Must Stand with Syria's Democratic North-East | Common Dreams In Syria, Turkey is escalating the very “terrorism” it pretends to be fighting. Erdoğan and his jihadist SNA proxies are artificially prolonging an atrocious war for their own political agendas, aimin...

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...

It was quite a good bit, mind you the illuminati conspiracy started out as a 60s hipster prank so my question was always: is it functionally possible to effectively satirise conspiracy theories?