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Whasdah :mastodon:<p>Via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jaykuo</span></a></span> and <a href="https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/a-sham-and-a-scam?r=g3gok&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">statuskuo.substack.com/p/a-sha</span><span class="invisible">m-and-a-scam?r=g3gok&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a></p><p>Interesting list of current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> showing that "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reciprocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reciprocal</span></a>" is not really the word to describe <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumps</span></a> own <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smoothhawleytariffact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoothhawleytariffact</span></a> 2.0.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usmaffia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usmaffia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betrayal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>krasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpregime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpregime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecuringOurFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecuringOurFuture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jddunce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jddunce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/50501protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501protests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukrainerussiawar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukrainerussiawar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zelensky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brooker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economichooliganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economichooliganism</span></a></p>
Black Flag Medical<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Radical_EgoCom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Radical_EgoCom</span></a></span> </p><p>Now you're taking the debate back to the 1876 split of the First International. Centralists vs decentralists, stateist vs anarchist and which side of that fence you're on.</p><p>"Bakunin characterised Marx's ideas as authoritarian and argued that if a Marxist party came to power its leaders would end up as oppressive as the ruling class they had fought against"</p><p>Statism and Anarchy: <a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/mikhail-bakunin-statism-and-anarchy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theanarchistlibrary.org/librar</span><span class="invisible">y/mikhail-bakunin-statism-and-anarchy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialism</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Marx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marx</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Bakunin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bakunin</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Labour falls to DISTANT 3rd place in latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Westminster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Westminster</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polling</span></a>”</p><p>by Skwawkbox <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@skwawkbox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skwawkbox</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“If Starmer is trying to take the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> into <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>, we may have found the one thing he’s good at – 13 Cabinet ministers set to lose seats”</p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/04/02/labour-falls-to-distant-3rd-place-in-latest-westminster-polling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/04/02/labou</span><span class="invisible">r-falls-to-distant-3rd-place-in-latest-westminster-polling/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WFA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Reeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reeves</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BenefitsHarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitsHarmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Streeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streeting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RachelThieves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelThieves</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreezeAndStarve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreezeAndStarve</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TwoChildBenefitCap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TwoChildBenefitCap</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChildPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildPoverty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Complicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Complicity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hypocrisy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ToryContinuityParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToryContinuityParty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KidStarver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KidStarver</span></a></p>
Bandersnatch<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/international-news-miluvhmaz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>international-news-AssociatedPress</span></a></span> </p><p>I love how these <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> governments think they can force people to buy *anything*.</p><p>Get fucked, fash.</p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetic</span></a> data repo <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSNP</span></a> to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it<br>The reason, according to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/bioinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioinformatics</span></a> researcher Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, one of the founders of the project, is the dissolution of genetic testing biz <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/23andMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>23andMe</span></a> and the potential weaponization of genetic data by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes. <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/opensnp_shutdown/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/04/01/ope</span><span class="invisible">nsnp_shutdown/</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> Dismisses Claims Of Blood-Coughing Mystery Virus, Cites Common Respiratory Infections"</p><p><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/russia-dismiss-claims-of-blood-coughing-mystery-virus-cite-common-respiratory-infections-8063530/amp/1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ndtv.com/world-news/russia-dis</span><span class="invisible">miss-claims-of-blood-coughing-mystery-virus-cite-common-respiratory-infections-8063530/amp/1</span></a></p><p>Russian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> authorities are probably right, it's probably a common ailment that happens seasonally</p><p>The thing is, we can't trust <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes. Look how the govt of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> covered up the initial <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> outbreak</p><p>And now, in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, we can't trust anything the authorities say either, as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his band of morons gut the govt health agencies we rely on</p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetic</span></a> Database Shuts Down To Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments' - Slashdot <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dna</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/31/1926246/open-source-genetic-database-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.slashdot.org/story/25/</span><span class="invisible">03/31/1926246/open-source-genetic-database-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>
Whasdah :mastodon:<p>Extremely important moment in history in the US Senate by Senator <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryBooker</span></a> with a powerfull speech of over 18 hours.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMxAwtE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/live/v2utlMxAwtE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usmaffia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usmaffia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaslighting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslighting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/betrayal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betrayal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>krasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trumpregime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpregime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecuringOurFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecuringOurFuture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jddunce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jddunce</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/50501protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>50501protests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukrainerussiawar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukrainerussiawar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zelensky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elsalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elsalvador</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>booker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ussenate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ussenate</span></a></p>
HardWired<p>Open Source Genetic Database OpenSNP Shuts Down to Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments' <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/OpenSNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSNP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GeneticTesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneticTesting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/open-source-genetic-database-opensnp-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/open-source-geneti</span><span class="invisible">c-database-opensnp-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Germany’s Merz government to extend support for Israeli genocide against the Palestinians <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/882224/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/882224/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AntiSemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiSemitism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocraticRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticRights</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfExpression</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAffairs</span></a> on March 31, 2025</p><p>The problem with a delayed response is that the more power leaders with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> tendencies accumulate, the harder it is to mount an effective <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>. The opposition is thus more likely to succeed if it acts early.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopTrump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StopMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopMAGA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-save-democracy-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignaffairs.com/united-stat</span><span class="invisible">es/how-save-democracy-trump</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChrisHedges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisHedges</span></a> • Trump's War on Education<br>Read by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EuniceWong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuniceWong</span></a><br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whitePatriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitePatriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Ethnonationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethnonationalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofacism</span></a> <br><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-war-on-education-read-by-eunice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-war-on-education-read-by-eunice</span></a></p>
LM Little<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NWT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NWT</span></a> Con candidate refused interview with @CBCNorth now backs out of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@cabinradio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cabinradio</span></a></span> debate. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> party is silencing voices during the campaign. Imagine what kind of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> he would run. <a href="https://cabinradio.ca/230175/news/politics/cabin-radio-election-debate-set-for-april-10-conservative-backs-out/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cabinradio.ca/230175/news/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/cabin-radio-election-debate-set-for-april-10-conservative-backs-out/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnElxn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnElxn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeverVoteConservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverVoteConservative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
Silkester<p>'If We Had SMARTER Fascists, We'd Be Finished' - Mehdi Unpacks Trump's Authoritarianism | Zeteo<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmApssrzC8k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=VmApssrzC8k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tattoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tattoos</span></a></p>
Autiste à :ch_Vaud:🌊 #woke<p><a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/SecretPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretPolice</span></a> Are Stalking More and More Students </p><p>We are at that point when one can consider that travelling to the <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> if you're not <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/WASP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WASP</span></a> and wealthy, is highly dangerous. And also remaining in the US if you are only on <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> or <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/greencard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greencard</span></a> also puts you at high risk of being simply disappeared on a pure whim, by zealote officers of a heavily <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>, <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/xenophobic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobic</span></a> and <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> . The USA are not a <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> anymore. You can't trust it.</p><p> <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-ice-secret-police-student-abduction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/trump-ice-secret-police-student-abduction/</span></a></p>
BerlinFokus<p>Yeah this kind of makes sense.</p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> is skipping now from training it's (anti woke) <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/XAi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XAi</span></a> model by real-life rightwing extremistst on <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> to training the latter by the former. So XAi owns Twitter now (and everybody in it).</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/638933/elon-musk-x-xai-acquisition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/638933/elon-</span><span class="invisible">musk-x-xai-acquisition</span></a></p><p>Sales pitch could be to customize you own little <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> society with your own digital (social media) tools.<br>Lets say in for instance Turkmenistan or Argentine.</p><p>Business risk is to receive a bullet in your head by the <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> before.</p>
Catherine Morris<p>Andrew DeCort: ‘…citizens &amp; residents under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes come to feel…they must insulate their consciousness behind a protective layer of fear, hyper-vigilance &amp; self-censorship. The regime creates this helmeted consciousness through acts that stoke public anxiety, insecurity &amp; terror. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArbitraryArrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArbitraryArrest</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RumeysaOzturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RumeysaOzturk</span></a>…is an example... these lawless acts are meant to send…a clear &amp; potent message:“If you cross us we will punish you,with or without the law.‘ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16GuAE5oL8/?mibextid=wwXIfr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/share/p/16GuAE5oL</span><span class="invisible">8/?mibextid=wwXIfr</span></a></p>
Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺<p>"This isn’t just about free speech anymore — it’s about whether we’ll allow the government to normalize disappearing people for their political views. ... those who remain silent in the face of such clear <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> overreach are complicit." <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps</span><span class="invisible">-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Politics Canada<p>Yale scholars flee U.S. for University of Toronto “They're tearing down our entire government here. They're ripping it to pieces. They're targeting vulnerable populations, and they're promoting tax cuts as their only solution to every social problem. Jason Stanley, professor and author <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">insidehighered.com/news/facult</span><span class="invisible">y-issues/academic-freedom/2025/03/26/fascism-scholars-trump-critics-leave-yale-canada</span></a></p>
Tadonic the Flautulent<p>DHS agents attempted to detain a healthcare contractor at Adams Morgan’s H.D. Cooke Elementary School on Wednesday. (See "Good guidance pays off")<br><a href="https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=576dfd24a3c9e732d2920f811&amp;id=749a73d68b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=57</span><span class="invisible">6dfd24a3c9e732d2920f811&amp;id=749a73d68b</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a></p>