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cstross, 28 days ago to random

REMINDER FOR AMERICANS:

The US Constitution and common law are rooted in pre-18th century English legal jurisprudence and traditions.

And the "presidential immunity" bullshit is an attempt to rewind the clock to before 1649, when Parliament got fed up with the King's bullshit, put him on trial, and beheaded him.

Y'all: Trump wants to revive the divine right of kings.

You know who pulled the German equivalent of that stunt? Hitler.

(I will summarily block anyone who raises Godwin's law.)

liaizon, 1 month ago to fediverse

I don't see any posts about it but I just came across https://loforo.com which is a photo sharing site that has joined the #fediverse. You can search for @username already and it seems like there is an active photo sharing community there already.

The first account I came across is @hormeza, so hello there!

testing, 5 months ago to workersrights

yesterday, i took ownership of the "workers' rights" magazine on kbin.social > you can find it here:
kbin.social/m/workersrights

since i consider workers' rights to be of international importance, i try to get away from an english-only, anglocentric perspective > attempting to counter english dominance on the fediverse, i added the hashtag "hartal" ("strike" in many south asian and southeast asian languages), aiming at a better discoverability of non-english posts at least on this specific subject

if you send me the term for "strike" in a language other than english, i will add the term as a hashtag to the kbin magazine mentioned above > contributions from the global south are especially welcome!

please boost ❤️ #anglocentrism #workersRights #globalSouth #kbin

testing, 5 months ago to fediverse

differences between threadiverse folks and microbloggers on the fedi:

• microbloggers boost a lot, but that's not big on the threadiverse
• microbloggers tend not to like anything - neither the posts they keep boosting nor the replies to their own posts - whereas this is absolutely common on the threadiverse
• microbloggers tend not to reply - whereas on the threadiverse, this keeps happening all the time

i totally get why folks from lemmy find mastodon in particular strange #fediverse #threadiverse #microblogging

testing, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

anyone writing about genocide should read this first:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzungar_genocide

genocides are always committed by the most advanced, most "civilized" powers, often helped by accomplices #genocide #genocide

testing, 1 month ago to random

it's been a long time since i have dropped a post > the bad news from palestine were too much ...

farhad's post truly moves me - i mean: let's not forget - for children, everything is a first time, and therefore, life is much harder for children than for grown up adults > that's why children should experience compassion, and they must not suffer from cruelties of any kind

this one thing > the other thing is: good people make yourself better

that does not mean to do everything right or having success all the time (succeeding is rare, failing is the norm) > it's about good intentions, being responsive to criticism, interacting in good faith

damn i can't see anything like that atm in palestine and israel ...

but i can still see it in the fediverse > i keep reading your posts - mostly on kbin.social whose community has grown on me > peeps at kbin ever so surprise me with their openness, accompanied by the absence of cynicism > i still keep learning from them, especially in terms of moderation

that said, i am still here, but i focus more on taking care of communities than posting myself > it remains to be seen whether i return to posting again

i hope that you all are doing fine!

RE: venera.social/objects/85a863ed-9366-1d1d-9d4d-5dd030091478

AndyGER, 14 days ago to random German

Bigotterie beim Eurovision Song Contest und die Verlogenheit der Protestierenden:

Gegen die israelische Künstlerin, die garantiert den Krieg in Gaza nicht durchgeführt hat, wird protestiert. 🇮🇱♥️🇪🇺

Gegen die italienische Künstlerin, die für ihr faschistisches Land, für ihre faschistische Regierung und für den ausufernden Faschismus in Italien auftritt, wird nicht protestiert.

Der Mob ist doch ein wankelmütiges Volk ...

#esc #esc2024 #esc24

testing, 22 hours ago to Germany

there is an historical reason for germany to support israel:

germany aka formerly known as west germany has never reviewed its tight collaboration with apartheid south africa

when most other countries had already turned their back on apartheid south africa, it was west germany which breached every embargo and did business with the apartheid regime

given the current situation in palestine, germany is forced to deal with the lie underpinning its very existence: that germany allegedly has learned from its nazi past, and that germany thus has become a democratic, anti-racist country

it's hard to step away from a feeling of superiority rn #germany #apartheid #democracy

testing, 5 months ago to kbin

if you love nature, plantations, flowers, greenery, gardening etc - get your freak on here:

kbin.social/c/GreenLife #kbin #collection

testing, 4 months ago to Palestine

on tagesschau.de, an interview with meron mendel was published yesterday > see www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/israel-hamas-terror-angriff-100.html

meron mendel is the director of anne frank educational centre, located in anne frank's place of birth frankfurt > mendel presents his vision of peace in the middle east, strongly advocating for an independent palestine

irritatingly, german journos inserted a huge mistake:

"Wir hören von der rechtsextremistischen Seite des israelischen Kabinetts die Forderung nach einer Vertreibung der Palästinenser aus Gaza, dass von 1,3 Millionen Palästinensern nur noch 100.000 bis 200.000 bleiben sollen. Vor dieser Vision kann es einem nur grauen."

english translation:> "We are hearing calls from the far-right side of the Israeli cabinet for the Palestinians to be expelled from Gaza, that only 100,000 to 200,000 of the 1.3 million Palestinians should remain. One can only shudder at this vision."

the number "1.3 million" is incorrect: gaza has 2.3 million inhabitants > i.e. it's a typo, but surely not a minor one > yet, journos at germany's most important news website would not bother to correct the typo, thereby allowing misinformation to spread #palestine #israel #germany #journalism

testing, 5 months ago to Germany

in germany, currently many groups keep pushing to rigorously apply the ihra definition of antisemitism in the field of state cultural funding > this has already resulted in many cancelled exhibitions, cancelled funding etc

recently, german conservative politician michael blume joined the debate, declaring the following:

ich bin der auffassung, dasz es 1 fortschritt gibt & dasz es also gut ist, dasz meinungsfreiheit verengt wird; wir dürfen heute vieles nicht mehr, was wir vor 100 jahren noch durften: da durften leute diskutieren, ob frauen wahlrecht haben, ob menschen unterschiedlicher hautfarbe unterschiedlichen wert haben, ob die protokolle der weisen von zion echt sind, & ich bin sehr glücklich darüber, dasz das langsam aufhört, dasz steuergelder ausgegeben werden, um rassismus, sexismus oder antisemitismus zu fördern - ich sehe das als 1 deutlichen fortschritt

translation:> i am of the opinion that there is progress & that it is therefore a good thing that freedom of speech is narrowed; we are no longer allowed to do many things today that we were allowed to do 100 years ago: people were allowed to discuss whether women had the right to vote, whether people of different skin colors had different value, whether the protocols of the elders of zion were real, & i'm very happy that this is slowly coming to an end, that tax money is being spent to promote racism, sexism or antisemitism - i consider this a significant step forward

source: www.deutschlandfunk.de/bedroht-die-antisemitismus-definition-die-meinungsfreiheit-e-buhr-vs-m-blume-dlf-fd628be9-100.html
(00:04:48-00:05:17)

himself being a member of the german conservative party cdu, michael blume sticks to double standards: no other german party has been continuously supporting antisemitic key players, such as the hungarian orbán regime or the gop rightwingers in amurkah > the money spent by the german conservatives to further these cooperations on international level is tax payers' money > but when it comes to silencing criticism, german conservatives call for cutting of public funding #germany #antisemitism #bds #ihra

testing, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to fediverse

i really enjoy the threadiverse's peculiarities very much > today i posted a link article via kbin which was warmly received in the threadiverse > it was about some peasants from vanuatu who are waiting for payment of their trees which they cut down for a chinese company

i posted the article to the magazine (= forum/community) worldnews, fully knowing well that this is absolutely local news

but no complaints whatsoever!

instead, quite some people upvoted this little, concise piece about corruption and the effects of globalization on people living in rural areas in the global south

maybe people liked this:
the author had succeeded in presenting a highly grotesque story the most factual way you can imagine > see kbin.social/m/worldnews/t/723804

bearing in mind the example of texas observer, i think that the fediverse may well become an interesting place for veeeeeeeery local news in english, at least

i am still baffled ... #fediverse #journalism

testing, 12 days ago to magASEAN

now this is a tough one:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Myanmar_relations#Military_Trade

#tootSEA #burma #israel

testing, 4 months ago to random

good read

www.thenation.com/?post_type=article&p=480718 #gaza

testing, 4 months ago to Israel

germany's most important news website tagesschau.de does not cover israel's icj hearing #israel #palestine #germany #icj #genocide

testing, 4 months ago to fediverse

lemmy has two full-time developers! #fediverse #lemmy

RE: lemmy.ml/post/10449815

testing, 4 months ago to Germany

german discourse highlights very much israel's right to exist > in germany, the term "right to exist" is virtually limited to israel > in german discourse, palestinians' right to exist is notoriously absent - i have never come across it all my life #germany #israel #palestine

testing, 4 months ago to Palestine

weather forecast for palestine (it's grim!):

english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/140688 #palestine

ose_rouge, 2 days ago to random German

Felyx Feyerabend und Kris Teva in »Antiimperialistische Gespenster«. https://diskus.copyriot.com/news/antiimperialistische-gespenster

testing, 4 months ago to southafrica

the silence of german-speaking fediverse on south africa's icj case against israel is telling #genocide #icj #southAfrica #gaza #palestine #israel