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aburtch @aburtch.shakedown.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

Here’s the thing. It looks like a political cartoon, but it’s real. The slices of the pizza are exactly mathematically proportional to reality. We are being screwed every single day by rich oligarchs. And we know it. It’s time to fundamentally change the […] [Original post on shakedown.social]

A pizza representing our economy is sitting on the table. A rich white guy labeled “Top 1%” gets a slice that looks to be about 85% of the pie. A white lady labeled “Merely wealthy” gets a slice that looks to be 13% or so. A black lady labeled “upper middle class” has a slice that’s about 2%. A frowning guy labeled “lower 50%” has a few crumbs on the table, not even a slice.

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How America’s economic pizza is sliced per capita. This is not a joke.

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Hermannus Stegeman @hermannus.stegodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Er zijn ook boeren die er anders over denken. Wat een krachtig stuk in de Leeuwarder Courant is dit 💪❤️. Dank Rinus Vermuë

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xs4me2 @xs4me2.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

Sen. Whitehouse uncovering connections between Trump, Russia, and Epstein. www.youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJvB84?si… Have a look... If Trump were purposefully doing Russia’s bidding, it’s hard to see what he’d be doing differently. #trump #russia #epstein #senwhitehouse

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Public housing in Singapore: 40-50 floor apartments on the left. Multi-storey parking on the right. Parking building has rooftop garden. Ground floor has daycare for children, and seniors. Bridge connects from residential to rooftop garden. Within walking […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

A photo of new style HDB flats in Singapore about 40-50 floors with a connecting bridge at the 15th floor onto the rooftop garden

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

Crosetto: “I used the terms good and evil because when a state crosses another state's border with tanks, bombs hospitals, bombs schools, kills civilians, bombs power plants, and has been doing so for four years, I can only call it evil.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

“He himself would face internal problems if he stopped the war tomorrow morning. “And this gives me the impression, since he continues to accelerate, that he would not want to stop in Ukraine. “This is Europe's concern, especially the concern of the Eastern European countries closest to Russia.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18h

Italy's Defense Minister Guido Crosetto to the BBC: “Most of the Russian budget goes toward investments in weapons or the military. “They will reach 1.5 million military personnel. So if the war ended tomorrow, what would Putin do with 1.5 million soldiers?

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Bert Hubert NL 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Over de nieuwe #AIVD/#MIVD wet, die inderdaad afgrijselijk eng is:

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

ok, as promised my take (part 1 of N) on (scholarly) reading skills: > so you must understand that you are entering another world. Think of it a little like stepping into another person’s house. You cannot open random doors and expect the kitchen to be where yours is […]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Meanwhile, Larry Ellison and his pals have locked out of TikTok the account promoting the new, scathing documentary about Elon Musk. Big (Tech) Media is on a censorship rampage aimed to shut down the critics of the escalating right-wing extremism […]

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The Luddite @theluddite.assemblag.es.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

From @olivia: "Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists." osf.io/dkrgj_v1 If you want AI put in the context of the replication crisis, with a healthy dose of reminders about how and why we should do science in the first place, then this is for you!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: They’ve called it, PETE FRY of the Green Party is the NEW MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VANCOUVER, with what will be a progressive party coalition majority on City Council. A near-decimation of Ken Sim & ABC, and a significant turning point at a challenging time! Congratulations to the new Council!

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Happy Sunday! Here's a site I've built because I've been thinking about this and want to see more of it in the world: a space for describing and sharing scholarly skills that I've picked up and nurtured over the years. Also this is a no AI zone in at least two ways: no talking about it and no […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Together with the brilliant @chlobemy, I have written a first commentary of the #EU's proposed #Cloud and #AI Development Act #CADA. Unfortunately, this Regulation represents everything that’s wrong with Europe’s current approach to #DigitalSovereignty […]

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

#Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder on Friday night exempting #Russia from new #sanctions #legislation that #Congress passed last month, offering an economic lifeline to Russian President Vladimir V. #Putin as the #US turns to Russia for help lowering #gas prices [that Trump raised with his war […]

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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

The kompromat must be bad #Trump Signs #ExecutiveOrder Exempting #Russia From #Sanctions #Legislation The sanctions were part of legislation that was named after Senator #LindseyGraham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July. #law #geopolitics #PutinsPuppet #Ukraine #allies #Europe […]

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Xamanismo Coletivo @eliasulrich.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

#Meta has blocked this graphic from being posted via WhatsApp and possibly other Meta platforms. We don’t know why. It says: “THE WORLD NEEDS #BRAZIL. THE WORLD STANDS WITH #LULA.” Share it if you can.

The image of a hand signing the “L” in Lula - “The world needs Brazil. The World stand with Lula.”

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Piet Lekkerkerk @pietlekkerkerk.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Of ju nu met een tractor over de snelweg rijdt of als een slavenhouder je personeel behandelt, boeren komen overal mee weg. Het is een keuze waar je handhavig, politie en justitie prioriteiten laat leggen. Voor Van Weel is dat het vervolgen van mensen die tegen genocide zijn. nos.nl/artikel/2635...

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Meer meldingen van arbeidsuitbuiting en te weinig daders gestraft, zegt rapporteur

Het aantal meldingen van arbeidsuitbuiting is toegenomen. Dat zegt de Nationaal Rapporteur Mensenhandel en Seksueel Geweld tegen Kinderen in haar jaarlijkse rapport. Het gaat met name om uitbuiting in...

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Thomas Wouters @yhg1s.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Well, today was my last day working at Meta. (I'll be on garden leave for the next few months.) Meta consolidating outside the Netherlands and me being unwilling to move means we're parting ways. I'm sad to go because the Python folks at Meta are stellar, and the work on Free-threaded Python […]

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Kinda wild that there have been wild protests going on in Albania for months set off by a corrupt Kushner luxury resort project and there has been barely coverage of it here 🇺🇸 and Trump never gets asked about it.

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Touaregtweet @touaregtweet.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

"The Donald J. Trump ballroom is basically a deposit box for bribes. A secret donor list obtained by the Washington Post confirms it. Those partaking in this cesspool of corruption should be very worried about the consequences they could face in the (near) future." […]

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Alexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

To be clear, when Trump threatens to revoke Ilhan Omar’s citizenship and when he asserts his authority to end birthright citizenship, he is seeking to take America back to the “blood purity” laws of yesteryear. This is the same program that the Nazis drew upon when they were formulating the […]

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Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️ @arjen.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

We see it today, through Russia's attacks on Ukraine, and can expect more cases soon, given the US's threats against the ICC. Europe cannot build on Big Tech. Sattelites, internet, core ICT services (mail, search, productivity suite, OS for PCs or telephones; you name it), we need alternatives […]

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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

jesus christ, Linux has had a 100% LLM takeover. this project is completely cooked. even after the AI bubble pop, it's not clear how to recover from this level of bullshit from this level of bullshitter. lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1099594/be20… > Linus Torvalds believes that […]

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

From the statement from the co-signing associations "pledge to use generative AI services in aresponsible, ethical and sustainable way, balancing the technological benefi ts with thepotentially devastating impact on people and planet." YOU CAN'T PLEDGE TO POISON EVERYTHING ETHICALLY!!

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Bo Salomons🔻 @bosalomons.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Eén van die wetten is de Wet terugkeer en vreemdelingenbewaring. Die wet was al autocratisch en hardvochtig, en is nu omgetoverd tot een ware fascistenwet. Maar PRO heeft wel voorgestemd. Hieronder een lijst met aangenomen amendementen. www.doorbraak.eu/de-detentiew...

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De detentiewet en de wreedheidsparade van 2 juni 2026 | Doorbraak.eu

Na alle (terechte) kabaal over de Asielnoodmaatregelenwet heeft de Tweede Kamer gisteren zonder veel rumoer een aantal onmenselijke amendementen ingestemd. Een lijstje, omdat dit nieuws nergens anders...

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

When Ukraine does not stop fighting Russia then Trump will turn around and blame Europeans and Canadians for supposedly sabotaging his party's chances of winning the mid-terms. The word of the US government is not worth a bowl of spit for the foreseeable future

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Jungle George 🌬️🍃🐉 @junglegeorge.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

🍂 As Europe and the north slips quietly into shades of amber, rust, and encroaching dark, our world softens into bloom. Down here at the edge of Africa, the canopy catches fire in violet. 💜 #Johannesburg in October.

An elevated, panoramic view across Johannesburg's leafy suburbs at dusk, dominated by the sprawling, vibrant violet canopy of massive jacaranda trees in full bloom rising above red-tiled house roofs. In the distant background, the suburban expanse stretches toward high-rise buildings on the horizon under a soft sunset sky with pastel pink and gold clouds.

Looking up a steep, quiet suburban hill entirely blanketed in fallen violet jacaranda blossoms, resembling a vibrant purple carpet covering the road. Massive jacaranda trees line both sides of the street, forming an overhead tunnel of blooms, with a single pedestrian walking up the center distance beneath a glowing streetlamp.

A quiet residential street framed by a dense canopy of blooming purple jacaranda trees, their branches meeting overhead to form a natural archway. Two runners jog down the shaded road in the foreground, leading towards a glowing, stone triumphal arch illuminated by warm golden morning light at the far end of the avenue.

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Flipboard Science Desk @sciencedesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Helen Branswell, whose reporting for @STATnews in the pandemic made her a vital source of information for the public, has died at age 69 due to complications of cancer. Here's her colleague, Andrew Joseph, with a tribute to her. “Hopefully this is nothing out of the ordinary. But a @ProMED_mail […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Everyone, I have a suggestion: New Skill November. #NewSkillNovember

NEW SKILL NOVEMBER

[an art nouveau painting in autumn colors of a woman playing the harp]

LEARN A NEW SKILL OR REBUILD AN OLD ONE; THE ONLY RULE: DO IT YOURSELF, DO NOT USE AI

Sketching, knitting, whittling, a musical instrument, a foreign language, a tricky video game, cooking, weaving, changing oil, riding a bike, painting, pixel art, website design, digital image editing, bookbinding, calligraphy, identifying mushrooms, embroidery, soldering, that one thing you've been putting off

Do the hard part yourself, no matter how imperfect it feels. Learn and internalize how it really works. Consult guides written by human experts, and ask your fellow human beings for help. Take pride in knowledge and abilities that are an intrinsic part of your existence and not dependent on renting from corporations.

art by Charles Louis Hinton for a November issue of Harper's Bazaar, 1896
banner by 0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

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Ed @edcates.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Data: - LLMs are killing the planet - LLMs are raising utility prices - LLMs are raising computer prices - LLMs give you teh dums - LLMs show negligible increases in net productivity - LLM costs are going up - LLMs run on stolen content - LLM companies keep breaking laws and saying, "Oopsie!" […]

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Ionica Smeets @ionica.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Deense onderzoekers die met steun van de VS een experiment willen doen met kinderen níet vaccineren in Guinea-Bissau. WTF??? (Sprak vandaag woedende Afrikaanse onderzoekers, en terecht.) www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oc…

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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Concern after Europeans endorse US science agenda sciencebusiness.net/news/internatio… << The worry is that the Trump administration may be using genuine dysfunctions in academia as a pretext to defund and disempower universities […]

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Wouter Tebbens ⁂ @wtebbens.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

For people in search of an introduction to the Fediverse, I love @MishaVelthuis 's "landing post for people curious about the Fediverse" Ofc with great video's by @_elena and @tilvids with practical tips and a good framing of "tech is political" […]

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Putin has not funded disruption and chaos across Europe and the UK solely to weaken his enemies. He also knows that disruption and chaos favour the far right. And the far right loves Putin. It will abandon Ukraine and build him a highway into Europe.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Tusk: “Anyone who, for reasons of betrayal, stupidity or money, wants to weaken Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression is acting directly against their own nation, the security of their own country and its sovereignty.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Tusk: “Anyone who tries to draw a false equivalence, anyone who suggests that Ukraine is responsible for the war, is giving an extraordinarily valuable gift to the aggressor, Putin.”

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Polish PM Donald Tusk to the Warsaw Security Forum: “Nobody wants escalation and war. We are all dreaming of peace. “The road to peace is not through weakness. It is through stopping the aggressor by all means available.”

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Laura Hilliger @epilepticrabbit.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

“Storytelling is something humans do, a human-to-human, highly advanced, nuanced code, a super-intelligence all our own. It doesn’t work without two humans in it. And it’s not a neutral decision, to give that up, but, like so many things these days, we seem to be doing it because . . . it can be […]

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

«Social media changed the attention economy. Our attention spans diminished. We gave up our attention. We gave up our intimacy. Now what’s being hacked is agency itself. You literally give these agents permission to act for you.»

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Big Tech Is Destroying Democracy. Here’s How to Fight Back. A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/25/m...

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Big Tech Is Destroying Democracy. Here’s How to Fight Back.

A conversation with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa.

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Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️ @arjen.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Let 125 States Parties denounce the US' denial of international law. Support ICC and their president, Tomoko Akane, stating “The Court will continue to fully discharge its mandate, with independence and impartiality, acting only on the basis of the law and the evidence, for the sake of the […]

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Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️ @arjen.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

The International Criminal Court (ICC) rejects US sanctions against the institution www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-strongly-r… The ICC is an institution, created by treaty and entrusted by 125 States Parties with investigating and prosecuting genocide […]

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JonaLendering @jonalendering.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Over de auteurs van het Nieuwe Testament, citeerfouten en de komst van Joachim Stiller. mainzerbeobachter.com/2026/10/11/ro…

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Georg Kury @c-ozwei.graz.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Trump will von Putin 2,25 Millionen Barrel Diesel kaufen - insgesamt in einem Monat. Gleichzeitig exportieren die USA 1,9 Millionen Barrel Diesel - pro Tag. Finde den Fehler. @randahl

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Sebastiaan Ammerlaan 🇳🇱 @bammerlaan.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

"Social media algorithms amplify right-wing content against young users’ preference" www.bi.team/press-releases/social-m… I finally re-found this study I read a few months ago, that deserves a lot more […]

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