turbobob

turbobob, 1 day ago

"Speaker of the House of Representatives, Martin Bosma (PVV [extreme right]), intervened in a plenary parliamentary debate on Thursday. Volt MP Laurens Dassen was not allowed by him to call the PVV "extreme-right"."

"The term refers to national socialism, Bosma said: "I see it as a Nazi comparison". "I don't think we should label groups or members of the States General as extreme-right"

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/05/16/gemengde-reacties-van-brancheorganisaties-op-coalitieakkoord-a4199035#upd20240516114758

This mustn't be tolerated.

Faut pas se foutre de la gueule du monde!

#Netherlands

turbobob, 1 day ago (edited 1 day ago)

"It led to much criticism among MPs.

Dassen: "If we are not allowed to name this in parliament [that PVV = extreme right], it becomes very oppressive."

He thought the term was justified: "If you as a party have been casting suspicion on judges for years, calling journalists scum and saying of groups of Dutch people that they don't belong," that term is possible, Dassen said."

#Netherlands #ExtremeRight #Fascism

turbobob, 1 day ago

Le PVV et sa coalition, vu de Belgique: https://www.rtbf.be/article/accord-de-gouvernement-au-pays-bas-un-virage-a-droite-toute-et-la-promesse-d-une-politique-d-asile-la-plus-stricte-jamais-adoptee-11374495

"extrême droite" 14 fois, hein.

#Netherlands

turbobob, 1 day ago

@GastonDorren

This is so incredibly outrageous and ridiculous.

Do you know what happens if MPs categorically refuse to comply?

Is the voorzitter actually in a position to censor whatever he does not like (especially comments regarding his own extreme right party)?
Surely, there must be limits.

The NRC article really ought to but doesn't talk about that.

turbobob, 15 hours ago

@GastonDorren I am certainly not defending the voorzitter.

If you read my message, you can see that I actually deliberately said "his own extreme right party": precisely what he tried to censor. Notice how I also wouldn't have used the word "censor" if I had been defending the PVV as you initially thought.

That said, my questions were not rhetorical ones, but genuine: would you happen to know more about this? I am not sure where to look for this info.

In my view, the MPs should not comply.

turbobob, 1 day ago

@arnoldgerritsen @ErikJonker

This is so incredibly outrageous and ridiculous.

Do you know what happens if MPs categorically refuse to comply?

Is the voorzitter actually in a position to censor whatever he does not like (especially comments regarding his own extreme right party)?
Surely, there must be limits.

turbobob, 3 days ago

@boilingsteam

Well, @mozilla should definitely make sure that it's off by default. Opt-in ONLY.

Maybe nobody will say yes, but hey that's the price of respecting your users: asking for their true consent.

Still. Most other browsers probably won't even ask you, warn you, nor even give you the possibility to opt out. I wouldn't trust most alternatives to respect my consent at all.

As Mozilla reminds you in that very blog post: you can easily opt out once and for all from any of these studies.

turbobob, 3 days ago

@boilingsteam @mozilla

Direct link to the step-by-step guide which they actually already provide in their blog post: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/share-data-mozilla-help-improve-firefox

turbobob, 3 days ago

@Kzad_Bhat @boilingsteam @mozilla I don't see ill intent there; see the blog post.

My guess would be that they hear people insisting that awful stuff like Google products and other tools from privacy-nightmare specialists are "convenient" and "powerful".... And that they therefore now try to appeal to such users, doing it in a more privacy-respecting way than Google would use. Except that they might alienate people who already use Firefox.

Personally I love dumb tools. Let me do the thinking.

turbobob, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago)

@djwtwo Wow, wonderful picture :blobcatheart:

I didn't know about those birds.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow_Warbler/id

turbobob, 5 days ago

"Cease-Fire Now" & "Free Speech" 💯

Great article, thanks for sharing @blogdiva !

turbobob, 7 days ago

https://twitter.com/UN/status/1788953322898014556

#FreePalestine

turbobob, 7 days ago

It's mostly symbolic; not full membership.

"Still, the resolution does provide new diplomatic perks to Palestinians.
➡️ [they] can now sit among member states in alphabetical order;
➡️ they can speak at General Assembly meetings on any topic instead of being limited to Palestinian affairs;
➡️ they can submit proposals and amendments;
➡️ and they can participate at U.N. conferences and international meetings organized by the Assembly and other U.N. entities."

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/10/world/israel-gaza-war-hamas-rafah#un-resolution-palestinian-vote

#Palestine

turbobob, 7 days ago

To be more precise, the shame is mostly on:

🇦🇹Austria, 🇨🇦Canada, 🇭🇷Croatia, 🇫🇯Fiji, 🇫🇮Finland, 🇩🇪Germany, 🇮🇱Israel, 🇮🇹Italy, 🇱🇻Latvia, 🇱🇹Lithuania, 🇲🇭Marshall Islands, 🇫🇲Micronesia, 🇲🇨Monaco, 🇳🇷Nauru, 🇳🇱Netherlands, 🇲🇰North Macedonia, 🇲🇩Moldova, 🇵🇼Palau, 🇨🇭Switzerland, 🇬🇧UK, 🇺🇸US

Indeed, the others that abstained or voted against the #UN resolution have at least themselves already recognised the State of #Palestine 🇵🇸 .

turbobob, 7 days ago (edited 6 days ago)

EU countries that supported today's #UN resolution:

🇧🇪 #Belgium, 🇨🇾 #Cyprus, 🇩🇰 #Denmark, 🇪🇪 #Estonia, 🇫🇷#France, 🇬🇷 #Greece, 🇮🇪 #Ireland, 🇱🇺 #Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 #Malta, 🇵🇱 #Poland, 🇵🇹 #Portugal, 🇸🇰 #Slovakia, 🇸🇮 #Slovenia, 🇪🇸 #Spain

Wonderful 💖

Now, for those of you who haven't do so yet, be consistent with your own vote, and recognise without delay the State of #Palestine 🇵🇸!

Cyprus, Poland, and Slovakia already do :blobcatheart:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-that-recognize-palestine
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Palestine_recognition_only.svg

turbobob, 6 days ago

Note: regarding #Malta, whereas some accounts state that they already recognise #Palestine, they in fact recently made a joint statement in March 2024 together with #Ireland, #Slovenia and #Spain saying that:

"We discussed together our readiness to recognise Palestine and said that we would do so when it can make a positive contribution and the circumstances are right."

https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/6d133-statement-by-the-prime-ministers-of-ireland-malta-slovenia-and-spain/

turbobob, 7 days ago

@intlmonitor
@kierkegaank @racingdaily

"Unlike the Security Council, the General Assembly has no veto power, and the resolution is expected to pass by a vast majority, according to three Western diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the private nature of the discussions."

turbobob, 8 days ago

I updated the link, as the Invidious one is now dead.

turbobob, 1 day ago

@MishaVelthuis @doorbraak
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/05/16/met-de-pvv-in-centrum-van-de-macht-wordt-het-abnormale-ten-onrechte-genormaliseerd-a4199107
"He smelled the chance of actual power & threw his entire party programme in the trash on election day[..] only possible because the PVV has no internal party democracy. Wilders has not cared about his voters for years; he only needs them for his political survival.

Even the fact that he cannot become Prime Minister can be useful to him. Now he can continue to criticise the cabinet in the coming years, even though it was installed by himself."

turbobob, 4 days ago (edited 4 days ago)

Regarding Carpenter Brut's take on Dark Synth in particular, I find it funny how this reminds me of Danny Baranowsky's videogame music. Also kick ass.

Crypt of the Necrodancer
https://dbsoundworks.bandcamp.com/track/disco-descent-1-1

NB: It's also Danny Baranowsky who wrote the music for Super Meat Boy & The Binding of Isaac.

#VideoGames #VideoGameMusic #DannyBaranowsky #CryptOfTheNecrodancer #SuperMeatBoy #BindingOfIsaac #Retro #ElectronicMusic #DarkSynth

turbobob, 4 days ago

Fascism and totalitarianism 101:

➡️ "Replace reason with rules." ⬅️

https://web.archive.org/web/20080913115609/https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/Auxiliary/Psychology/Frank/Thirdwave.html
Original article describing an actual "experiment" that took place in a US school, and on which was based the movie that Todd Strasser then used as an inspiration for this book "The Wave".

#Reading #Lecture #Fascism #Totalitarianism #HannahArendt