International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social resolves that Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet legal definition of genocide: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
International Association of Genocide Scholars @genocidescholars.bsky.social resolves that Israel's policies and actions in Gaza meet legal definition of genocide: genocidescholars.org/wp-content/u...
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The comical thing about far right attempts to weaponise the Saltire in the way that St George's cross has been weaponised is that it is so inherently contradictory to the tone of most political usage of the Saltire in the last hundred years that it literally does not work lol. Descriptively.
I would have guessed a considerable difference is also that while the English flag is partly identified with the Empire (with its obvious links to white supremacy), the Scottish flag has been a symbol of resistance to imperial ambitions and legacy?
Zum einfacheren finden (für die die es sehen wollen - Trigger warning, körperliche Gewalt): Es ist schwer zu sehen was genau passiert, aber Schläge ins Gesicht kann ich kaum anders als unverhältnismäßig sehen. P.S. Ich stimme Owen Jones Aussagen so in der Form nicht zu. bsky.app/profile/owen...
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Yep. My thoughts exactly.
Even Trump's account on Truth Social seems to have posted "I'm fine" lmao :P .
The founder was, iirc.
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Sorry if its not /wasn't clear (since so much of social media is filled with irony), but I'm sincerely asking, since I'm not really familiar with Israel's internal politics.
*taps the sign*
I don't get this one?
This, a thousand times this!
I wasn't saying I agree with the OP, I'm just saying he seems to be somewhat (intentionally?) vague on that point. Its a fair conclusion to draw that it's his line of thinking though, I guess :/ .
You mean because it only allows the choice between full-scale, explicit apartheid (ie ending any pretense of being a liberal state), or else the end of a/the Jewish Israel ?
... here, you're likely to have depressed turnout by, I would guess at the least, Trans people, for lets call it "Newsom style" candidates. Doesn't that make it a good argument that he (and others) should tone down that shit if its important to him to win elections?
I think something perhaps more worth looking at is the fact that (as I read it reported) some people in communities with large proportions of Palestinian refugees did not have a good turnout for Biden due to his pretty full-throated support for Israel. So regardless of what people read and write...
Bonus point, I also don't see how Soviets were much better than Nazis, but that's besides my argument.
I'm not sure the analogy between - an internal struggle for democracy vs world spanning total war between democratic and fascist states is a useful one. I don't think what you're implying makes sense (ie, fine to totally ignore atrocities...).
Not an angle I'd looked at this from, but not unthinkable either :/ . (I do kinda doubt that much explicit foresight in this case though).
Isn't this somewhat ignoring the fact that Trump is actively undermining the stability of the Dollar via his actions re: the Fed ? (Ie Dollar being made less attractive as a "safe harbour" currency anyway?)
I think its just an effect of the shadow (and I guess the camera's optics). It looked a bit off to me at first as well (it was described as white in the press release, but looked grey in the picture, yeah).
Annexation, the downfall of the Netanyahu government, and then gradual dismantling of the Apartheid system (ie a one-state solution) seems like a (extremely) long-shot good path this could end up leading to?
I agree with much of this thread, but I think it needs to be said: if unity is the way to get around fascists, we need to fucking unify, and that means at this stage, swiftly discouraging the wedge issue dividers in our own party.
We have an extraordinary example of someone who is a unifier beyond expectation right now, and it's Zohran Mamdani. He does not throw anyone under the bus. The most important thing he did? Listen to what has people most upset. Propose policy that met those needs.
The policy that is needed will change based on location. The need--to LISTEN and RESPOND to people's real, material conditions--does not.
We are in an unprecedented time--when most people's needs are simply not being addressed by politicians, because addressing those needs will upset the uber-wealthy who hold the purse strings of political donations.
The low-hanging fruit is inches from the ground; we just need the courage to sweep it up.
I've said it before and I will say it again: Choosing people to hate together is not unity.
We can win this country back--with joy, with effort, and by actually listening and responding to people's material needs. But if the thing we need is unity, fucking UNIFY.
@sachlichepolitik.bsky.social This (police violence against protesters) is something that usually doesn't get highlighted by German press, so maybe something worth drawing attention to? (Ich glaub der eigentliche Vorfall war Freitag, das Video selbst geistert auch hier irgendwo rum).
I'd suggest this thread for reading (which you may have quote-posted already? bsky.app/profile/dhne... P.S. Just to clarify - I don't think that criticism is unwarranted (as you point out, as someone non-military, I don't have a clue, tbh). But the conclusions you draw seem bit far-reaching to me
I find it weird that you're talking about "double standards" and about how it appears to veterans, when Military and VA is under assault by the Trump regime and its more like - any kind of standard for Dem officeholders / candidates, and no standard whatsoever for the Republicans. Deal with it. 1/2
I think you misread who I was addressing...
My guess is its a troll, so we're probably better of just ignoring, especially if its just baiting and insulting comment coming from them.
If not, what the fuck are you even doing here, if not "social media analytics" ??!? bsky.app/profile/flos...
You are either a troll (and that's what is seems like to me), or you have a real problem understanding the fundamental point made by the OP, which is "working together" is going to be essential. That sword cuts both ways. If you agree, maybe you shouldn't be antagonising potential allies?
... eg by Newsom should just be ignored. I think its totally correct to actively call it out and work against eg a candidacy of that guy.
I think there is an argument to be made that the degree of damage to minorities is going to be different under a continued Trump/Republican led competitive authoritarian state versus a continuation of the (in many ways highly flawed) split power US democracy. But that doesn't mean bad policy ...
I don't take that at what he's saying, but the subtext he doesn't seem willing to express does read to me as: only if willing to ally and work together with Newsom and similar can a resistance movement be successful.
You are making a fantastic point of absolutely not getting in the least what this thread was about.
I don't think comparing ICE and the NKVD is a useful comparison. (If at all, the SA would seem the more apt comparison).
"Everyone who says it’s all over is wrong." I see many people posting something like that, and I've only ever seen people make remarks like that in people's replies. I *do* see people, especially the last days, pointing out the US is now a competitive authoritarian state. Don't equate the two.
This is not even legally possible in Germany iirc - people can actually not waive their copyright in works they create. (They can of course license the use exclusively to a publisher, etc.)
bsky.app/profile/coli...
I'm honestly starting to wonder if this is the guy for real, or an impersonator just trolling the hell out of everyone. (It's real hard to tell at least .. :/ ).
I think its important to be accurate: "are in fact *now* doing ..." would be correct. They voted for plenty of the current cabinet, afaik - and that was far more relevant than any of these low level appointments.
re b), Journalists are wrong all the time about stuff, still I'd be interested why they take that view here. re a), I do kinda wonder why that is the case...
I'm sorry but "here's the Wall Street Journal bitching", while the Opinion piece is by a *Republican* senator, is just plain misleading. The reason this isn't being picked up I would wager is a combination of a) Dem's aren't in fact communicating it well themselves b) Journos see it as irrelevant
It seems pretty irrelevant compared to what they could be doing, tbh.
This is all just performance to you then, ok. Like, there's a lot of people in your country the current situation is not just performance for.
This "Doomer" take seems awfully like a strawman to me. Can you point out anyone saying that? What is correct (and I think important to make clear) is that there *already are* and certainly will be further attempts to unfairly influence the 2026 elections.
Sangita Myska tells Novara Media that she doesn't regret criticising Israel on LBC even though she lost her job at because of it - LBC should be ashamed
Seems (sadly) rather fitting for right now.
Also what you would expect of national democrats (ie in federal positions, so members of Congress) - like, beyond the "good thing" of slowing down appointments, how would you approach the upcoming funding deadline and such?
I've seldom seen a sadder straw man constructed. What I'd actually be interested in is how you judge the US situation (currently) re democracy vs competitive authoritarianism? (though I guess as an employee at a polling company, I can understand if you may not be allowed to make statements on that)
Interesting thing Representative Raskin says here, regarding the US election system: He's for multi-party districts with ranked choice voting. That would be an incredible improvement compared to the status quo, and new to me for an elected to see it on the table. youtu.be/YDLIgNzb5FM?...
Here is a reminder that already last year 44 experts directed a powerful warning to policy makers about the risk of #AMOC shutdown. What more can we do to get heard? It’s like the saying that every disaster movie starts with scientists warning and being ignored.
Das Problem ist dass die Anreizsysteme und die derzeitige - innenpolitische wie außenpolitische - Lage alle gegen entschiedenes Handeln gerichtet sind. Ich sehe schwarz solange unser politisch-ökonomisches System sich nicht grundsätzlich ändert.
My play-by-play of the hearing on Lisa Cook’s request for a temporary restraining order, now up on our site: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Smells like this to me: bsky.app/profile/sean...
If there is an "official" war with Venezuela, then they can use the Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan's again (without getting nixed in court). That and the spectacle of any violent engagement itself are the goals I would think.
If there is an "official" war with Venezuela, then they can use the Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelan's again (without getting nixed in court). That and the spectacle of any violent engagement itself are the goals I would think.
In this case enabling, but in general regularly encouraging (if not openly), yes.
That is bad bad. Given her prominence, gender and identification as minority, I would think she is very real risk of harm.
BREAKING from me - yesterday, Trump personally canceled the Secret Service protection Harris had extended via a previously undisclosed executive action Biden signed. The change comes as Harris prepares to head out on tour for her book about the campaign. www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/p...
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
Approaching this from a different angle, I don't get how the question of human rights and basic international law don't feature more prominently in media reporting of how the question is discussed. (Its usually only referred to when courts strike down the most recent gov escapades).
we don't even share the vocabulary to do so (sensibly). fin/3
which, like I said, is not really possible here. Which in turn leads me to my conclusion (that - at least here - its probably going to be more constructive to discuss issues more narrowly). Like - I think it'd be interesting to discuss differences between Europe and the US, but my feeling is 2/
I think my point is that the depth you need to go to for a meaningful comparison is beyond what can regularly/sensibly achieved on a platform such as BlueSky. If I wanted to look at parallels and differences - beyond just entirely superficially - I'd need room and time to look at cases in detail 1/
.. I can judge, but my impression is - idk, you really have some weird things going on regarding the generic view of "races" most people have. So, I'd reiterate - I don't think comparisons are very much helpful (though discussing developments in the US and Europe is certainly interesting).
That was kinda what I was trying to point out - that my feeling was its the norm in the Americas (but not in Europe - I was referring to the UK's neighborhood). On your other point: "strong ideology of assimilation" - I've only ever been to the US once for a couple weeks, so I don't think .. 1/2
I was thinking of the exact issue just these days (after having met a West African refugee). I agree, but given that I live in a weird mix of a supranational and many national states, I only see it remotely viable in the mid-term (because of necessary buy in by other EU members).
how i would "address" migration is that i would simply welcome everyone who enters the country after minimal criminal checks, boosting its economy and increasing overall national prosperity
Like, if you really go down that road, there's probably very few jokes that you can really role along with in the Life of Brian ? (admittedly, its probably one of the worst offenders).
I'd normally totally agree with you, but the degree of absurdity that Monty Python bring to their humor, I have to admit I mostly take it on its face as a joke. (And while the British Empire analogy seems close at hand, no that's not the take I was doing on it). But I may just be being naive.
in a country makes a lot of sense to me... fin/3
If by "birthright citizenship" you mean "anyone born in the country is automatically a citizen", that would strike me as an oddity in the "neighbourhood", yeah. I don't know if drawing conclusions from it being "revoked" (in the US, its a constitutional amendment, right?) to the degree of racism 2/
Like, without looking this up (and without wanting to discuss this at length - right now, since I need to get to bed), but isn't the context pretty different, since in Germany, UK, France, and I'd think most European countries, you get citizenship via parental lineage automatically, while in US, no?
Dude, what are you here to try to prove? Its hard to read this or the other post as anything but trolling. But I kinda doubt that's your intention ? (at least it makes no sense to me... ).
Wowser.. !
Not that I think I can really help the two of you, but the level of generalisation going into "the USA is like this" or "Europe is like that" makes those kinda statements rather - lacking from point of an argument or illustration perspective, I think...
But sure, if calling people that disagree with you "dipshits that know nothing" is your thing, cool cool I guess...
"I know it's illegal on here to notice ... " is how you literally opened your OP, and then "So you admit you're part of the problem" (followed by a laughing smiley) is too hard to handle? Really, I don't know what to say tbh...
Wow, just wow.
I'm sorry, is this supposed to be "snarky funny" ? Cause it just comes across as arrogant and demeaning.
Wild set of posts here:
Pick one that makes more sense to you, I guess? (How can people be so wildly stupid, or grossly collaborationist [or some weird mix of both?] ).
I can understand that take. I definitely agree any that its not been successful interference so far - and yes, I actually expect the Trump regime to fail in 2026. I do think that objectively, they have interfered with the midterms already (and I think its important to take a clear view on that).
I'm afraid that is also true, but either way, its certainly not "already" a given. If there's one thing I've had to learn (while grinding my teeth), its that the future is contingent on many things, and you always need to reckon with the unexpected. In the end, people make the difference.
It makes sense that it’s the CDC. They’re not really used to their agency being politicized, and they fully understand that there are very real, very bad real-world consequences if these whack jobs Trump has put in charge of public health get their way.
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There will always be people down the line that wish for and fight for change.
"should democracy not already be lost forever" That phrasing is weird to me. Like, I think you're in deep trouble at the moment, and its not a given that the next elections dig you out of it. But even if the Trump regime entrenches, "democracy" won't be "lost forever"!
good thread
To me too, it reads essentially as collaborationism. Funnily just stumbled over a great article by Anne Applebaum (who I don't agree with on many points), looking at historical (and 1st Trump admin) collaboration and defiance. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
So its not manipulation if its only stated by the government, but not followed through ? (Also, I'd place bets that they will follow through, or at least attempt to - or use it as a pretext for invalidating results they don't like, yadda yadda).