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Katharine Ainger

@katainger.bsky.social
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Writer, editor, researcher. Climate, ecology, disability politics, social justice. Side eyeing capitalism (see: all the above). Within the limits of my disability spending max possible time snorkeling with octopus.

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 28/09/2026
It’s time to: ✔️Terminate contracts with Palantir and say NO to future public contracts ​​✔️Develop alternatives that safeguard people from mass surveillance ✔️Protect democracy by investing in people, not corporations Read all about it 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/09/n...
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No place for Palantir in a democratic Europe! | Corporate Europe Observatory
Over 120 campaigning organisations and unions across Europe, including CEO, Global Justice Now and EPSU have issued a joint call to governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 28/09/2026
❌ WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR We and 120+ organisations and unions across Europe are calling on our governments and the European Commission to scrap all existing public sector contracts with Palantir. Read the open letter here: www.globaljustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Text reads: 120+ organisations and unions across Europe call on governments and the European Commission to SCRAP Palantir contracts. Palantir provides support to warmongers, drains our public wealth, deepens our dependence on tech billionaires. WE SAY NO TO PALANTIR.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The psychiatrist most responsible for labelling MECFS (& long COVID) as psychological disorders also diagnosed those complaining of toxic effects post 9/11 as suffering from ‘world trade centre syndrome’. Shamefully the guy still has major media and scientific influence. bsky.app/profile/abro...
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 16/06/2026
The social internet got turned into a giant dopamine farm by a handful of companies who literally hired the same psychologists who design casino floor layouts, and the policy-makers just threw up their hands and said "guess we better ban kids from using the internet then"
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Are we already at Ministry of the Future chapter one? “India is being left to die in the heat”, some important and justifiably angry writing by @vidyakrishnan.bsky.social aje.news/plufhf
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India is being left to die in the heat
Modi denied climate change for years. Now, as heat deaths mount, his government offers branding instead of protection.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
“My ‘not involved in Hungarian election interference’ t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my t-shirt” - JD Vance, probably
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“A whole civilisation will die tonight”
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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Consider for a moment how much the 2020-2025 period differs from the 2000-2005 period. Consider how small the temperature difference was that unleashed this level of chaos we are experiencing. Now consider how chaotic 2030-2035 will be considering it will be the same number of degrees warmer…
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Climate change is a murder-suicide.
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“Stop invoking the rules based international order as though it still functions as advertised. Call it what it is, a system of intensifying great power rivalry where the most powerful pursue their interests by using economic integration as coercion.” Mark Carney at Davos
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Shocking that the recipient of the venerable FIFA Peace Prize could behave in such a fashion! #Venezuela
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Leah Temper @latemper.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
« Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system. » & Canada?
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
www.authoritarian-stack.info added live link
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The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Tech oligarchs who explicitly reject democracy are building and controlling the digital infrastructure for the administrative state. The concentration of power is unprecedented. Must read work from by @francescabria.bsky.social www.authoritarian-stack.info
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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
This machine kills fascists.
Picture of wheelchair with slogan "this machine kills fascists" based on Woody Guthrie's guitar sign.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
You can see which boats from the flotilla are being intercepted in real time here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app
Screenshot of Tracker showing intercepted flotilla boats
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
You can see which boats from the flotilla are being intercepted in real time here: flotilla-orpin.vercel.app
Screenshot of tracking system showing which boats in the flotilla have been intercepted, this image highlights the Alma and the words “intercepted” with its location
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Spanish newspaper El Público is reporting Israeli army are intercepting the flotilla - reminder that they are in international waters www.publico.es/politica/cro...
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La Armada israelí intercepta la Flotilla
La organización ha activado inmediatamente el protocolo de intercepción de forma que las fuerzas militares israelíes entiendan que están ante un iniciativa humanitaria y pacífica....
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Looks like they are currently being intercepted.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza. Israel seems to be intercepting right now. All eyes needed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
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24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
All Eyes On Global Sumud Flotilla
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Radar shot showing Global Sumud Flotilla being approached by unidentified vessels in international waters
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
1hr ago #GlobalSumudFlotilla via Telegram channel: “We’ve detected 20+ unidentified vessels on our radar, just 3 nautical miles ahead of our fleet. This may signal a potential naval blockade… we will not be intimidated by threats, harassment, or efforts to protect Israel’s illegal siege on #Gaza”
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This tool to track council meetings looks useful in holding local govt to account (especially if they are populated by useless racists) bsky.app/profile/gale...
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Wow—the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named after Raphael Lemkin, a Holocaust survivor who coined the term genocide) says plainly: "No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits…IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT." "HISTORY WILL DETERMINE THE RECTITUDE OF YOUR ACTIONS."
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@LemkinInstitute
 is calling on every leader in the world to step in immediately with measures that ensure food and water gets into Gaza right now. 

No more discussions, meetings, reports, sessions, summits. 

GET FOOD AND WATER INTO GAZA NOW. 

IF YOU HAVE THE POWER, YOU MUST USE IT.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
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Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence
I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades – the a...
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Mutually assured narcissistic collapse. Honestly, I was surprised they lasted six months. #Trump #Elon
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a man is sitting on a couch in front of a window in a living room .
Alt: a man is sitting on a couch in front of a window in a living room very relaxed and enjoying popcorn.
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Planetary Survival @anemoneofcapital.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
In Spain 2 good stories this week: 1. Madrid's right-wing Ayuso saw 2 members of her gov indited for 'the protocols of death' whereby explicit written orders denied emergency services to public old age home residents with SARS2 in 2020. #7291 died with privately insured treated. Sleaze/eugenics,
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Frequently bought together:“Customers who liked ‘bananapants racism’ were also interested in ‘human trafficking’.”
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This public telegram channel is doing what @weareyellowdot.bsky.social is — and finding a lot more besides. Worth a look. t.me/Daily_Extrem...
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CLIMATE EXTREME EVENTS (Wealth of Negations)
Daily climate stories from planet's emergency
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Add to this the concerted attack against green NGOs in the EU by conservative MEPs - fuelled by a fake news campaign - that chokes their funding and political space to operate. If we silence #dissent and shut down the science then clearly all the #climate catastrophes just go away, right?
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European right-wing on a mission to silence NGOs
A no-nonsense guide to the disinformation underpinning the conservative campaign to shrink political and democratic space for critical NGOs. Today, it is about stopping EU-funding, but they want more ...
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
When the AI prompt is “Create the literal nadir of all human culture in a 30 second video”.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
There’s an X whistleblower on Substack that purports to outline the ways Musk gamed the algorithm hard to win the US election. Says they’re now using the same tactics for the German election (this Sunday). They were too scared to say no (visa is job dependent) but left breadcrumbs in the code.
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Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference
The confessions of a concerned bird.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
They are simply welcoming our new insect overlords.
Simpsons TV anchorman cravenly announces “I for one welcome our new insect overlords”
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Seems like a good a time as any to repost this German comedy sketch 'Playing the nazi card'... #nazis www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvgZ...
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Nazikeule im Dritten Reich | Browser Ballett
YouTube video by Browser Ballett
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I like it… one problem is the homeowners affected by climate change are already opposing updated flood maps and other public climate risk assessments because it makes their homes harder to sell & less valuable (or entirely worthless). Some conflicts between their interests & climate action.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Is it… the patriarchy? (Sorry for the dad jokes …. Oops I did it again!)
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a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band
Alt: a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat plays bdm tss on drums while rolling its eyes
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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The world must NOT remain silent as Turkey, a NATO power, attacks democratic self-determination & women's freedom in north-east Syria. "...the Rojava revolution is one of the planet's most significant current experiments in building a post-capitalist society." www.commondreams.org/opinion/roja...
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Rojava Under Attack: Why We Must Stand with Syria's Democratic North-East | Common Dreams
In Syria, Turkey is escalating the very “terrorism” it pretends to be fighting. Erdoğan and his jihadist SNA proxies are artificially prolonging an atrocious war for their own political agendas, aimin...
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
It was quite a good bit, mind you the illuminati conspiracy started out as a 60s hipster prank so my question was always: is it functionally possible to effectively satirise conspiracy theories?
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Sadly the truth is less interesting- the birds aren’t real guys launching Enron stunts, crypto, & merch? www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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Enron back from dead? Infamous Houston company “relaunches” on bankruptcy anniversary | Houston Public Media
There are more questions than answers after a multiplatform blitz on Monday heralded the return of a company that haunts the city of Houston decades after its notorious collapse -- Enron.
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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014. "One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem" I hope they will return to their poem
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I thought the Yes Men were back…
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Great to see you here! This issue has been HUGE after the storms in Valencia & the traumatised population has been quite vulnerable to these discourses. Despite the far right's culpability in cutting emergency services in Valencia to pay for bullfighters! xx www.elsaltodiario.com/opinion/extr...
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Dana: la extrema derecha inunda las redes de bulos
La devastación de la dana ha creado una indefensión terrible entre muchas personas que lo han perdido todo, una situación que ha sido aprovechada por la extrema derecha para agitar el fantasma de la i...
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Great to see you here! This issue has been HUGE after the storms in Valencia & the traumatised population has been quite vulnerable to these discourses. Despite the far right's active climate denial & cutting of emergency services in Valencia. xx www.elsaltodiario.com/opinion/extr...
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Dana: la extrema derecha inunda las redes de bulos
La devastación de la dana ha creado una indefensión terrible entre muchas personas que lo han perdido todo, una situación que ha sido aprovechada por la extrema derecha para agitar el fantasma de la i...
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Let me introduce you to @jessworth.bsky.social who does radical tours of Oxford and told me the Cowley car factory workers used to smuggle parts to make motorbikes to send to Spain.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Just “science denial” full stop it seems.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The disasters are generalised, but specific solidarity to all #LongCovid and #MECFS folks. The possible appointment of Jay Bhattacharya to head the NIH are a blow to hopes that public science research might seriously tackle these conditions. Read more here from @walkerbragman.bsky.social
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Everything You Need to Know About Donald Trump’s (Likely) NIH Pick
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya is a loud voice from the fringes.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
What this means is that the bird flu virus (H5N1} has*potentially* found a mutation that brings it closer to infecting humans more easily.
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
His most diagonalist policy is tackling corporate capture of the FDA (think opiates crisis). The problem is his solution: burn the regulatory agency to the ground and let his 'advisors/grifters' get rich selling supplements in the ashes. (I doubt he can survive trying to ban froot loops etc though).
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Katharine Ainger @katainger.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Small green parrot sits peacefully in an almond tree in blossom by a Mediterranean shore of volcanic rock and pines.
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