In the post shared by Musk, the account lamented the presence of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea that rescue migrants from distressed vessels....
“In alliance with the authoritarian regime, the [Russian] mass media has made the country a real ‘society of the spectacle,’”, says Ilya Budraitskis, a political and social theorist previously based in Moscow. Currently he is a Visiting Scholar with the Program in Critical Theory, UC Berkeley in the US.
I would like to state that I think we should start treating GDP as an outdated indicator, replacing it with something that reflects the end goal of human satisfaction much more directly. While factoring in eco-friendlines, health and so on, and none of that money stuff should ideall matter for it.
Wow -- So earlier today I posted a new Podcast series on #polytheism and I used the #religion hashtag.
So I decided to take a look at what gets posted on Mastodon under the #religion hashtag. WOW.
Not saying its not deserved frequently, but I have to ask -- what hashtags do people who actually want to discuss religion rather than just bash it use??
There's another issue and that is far-right parties trying to obfuscate their far-rightedness until they have enough devoted followers to let the obfuscation die.
If only those MLs understood that by forcing themselves on the public square most people will reject them, and with them the concept of socialism as a whole...
For seasoned watchers of Russia’s foreign and security policy, these narratives [of Russia as the enemy of the West] cover familiar ground, researcher Samuel Ramani says. But they also encapsulated Russia’s campaign to blame the West for instigating the Ukraine war as well as its efforts to align with China against the...
Enemy of western colonialism AND defender of traditionalism
Russia targets both tankies (by that I mean apologists of authoritatian states that may or may not be socialist) and traditionalists in such an effective way. Luckilyost of us have common sense to not fall for this.
Unethical chess pro tip (startrek.website)
"Hello? I'm calling to report a strange situation..." (sh.itjust.works)
Elon Musk attacked German support for migrants and promoted a call to support the AfD, a far-right extremist political party (www.businessinsider.com)
In the post shared by Musk, the account lamented the presence of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea that rescue migrants from distressed vessels....
"Horrifying even the most radical critics of Western capitalism:" In Putin’s Russia, mass media has gone from being a function of society to a form of power over it, researcher says (russiapost.info)
“In alliance with the authoritarian regime, the [Russian] mass media has made the country a real ‘society of the spectacle,’”, says Ilya Budraitskis, a political and social theorist previously based in Moscow. Currently he is a Visiting Scholar with the Program in Critical Theory, UC Berkeley in the US.
Idea of green growth losing traction among climate policy researchers, survey of nearly 800 academics reveals (theconversation.com)
Search for openly licensed and public domain works (openverse.org)
Openverse is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered...
Tankie supports Dutch fascists, horseshoe theory or something (lemmy.world)
Also:...
Accurate. (files.catbox.moe)
link to toot: mastodon.nu/
Where would you place yourself on the reconstructionist - revivalist spectrum?
By "recon" I mean keeping as close to the original practice and by reviv I mean adapting the practice to the modern age
Oh no, I slept too long! (lemmy.ml)
What happened while I was out, why is everything shit?
people be like "where's my half-life 3" my brother in christ, it came free with your waiting for the element to decay
finger go brrrrrrr (mander.xyz)
These damn Imperialist and their *shuffles cards* gayness! (lemmy.world)
Tankies gonna tank. cry about literally anything.
Have you considered... Pol Pot good? (sh.itjust.works)
Hexbearian jerking themselves off about how valuable they are to the rest of the fediverse, suggests "performing a coup" (media.kbin.social)
Why there are no time travelers. (mander.xyz)
xkcd #2823: Fossil (imgs.xkcd.com)
xkcd.com/2823/
Redfash struggling with how to frame China's homophobic policies (lemmy.world)
As Cruel As It’s Possible To Be (www.currentaffairs.org)
Fox host Jesse Watters has a way to “fix” homelessness: make people feel ashamed of themselves as they lay dying in the streets.
With Allies Scarce, Russia Paints Itself as the Enemy of ‘Western Colonialism’ (www.themoscowtimes.com)
For seasoned watchers of Russia’s foreign and security policy, these narratives [of Russia as the enemy of the West] cover familiar ground, researcher Samuel Ramani says. But they also encapsulated Russia’s campaign to blame the West for instigating the Ukraine war as well as its efforts to align with China against the...
Meme Templates - A community for Meme Templates (programming.dev)
!memetemplates...
NUTRITION REQUIRED (lemmy.world)