So many countries around the world have courageous youth movements rising up and horrifying regimes cracking down on them

Spooky Snigdha@snig.bsky.social · 21h ago

In India the leaders of the Cockroach youth movement have been arrested, along with more than 1,000 protesters, opposition politicians, journalists, student union leaders & lawyers; New Delhi is in lockdown. The police have prevented mass protests against the country’s election chief taking place.

Very cool that one of the high schools at the forefront of the student protests in France is named Lycée Rosa Parks. (Most of the students are brown & black & from working-class families.) www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

Mobilisation lycéenne : à Saint-Denis, le « temps de démocratie » voulu par le gouvernement à l’épreuve de l’éveil politique des élèves

Le proviseur du lycée Rosa-Parks a tenté, vendredi, de « structurer le dialogue » avec ses élèves, qui ont évoqué les problèmes d’emploi du temps mais aussi les « inégalités entre les établissements d...

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This kinda framing is how you get a whole bunch of people believing Taiwan is a restive rebel territory trying to separate rather than already de facto independent under threat of invasion

Reuters@reuters.com · 2d ago

Giant Taiwan flag flies from helicopter for national day, defying Beijing reut.rs/4yfLrLZ

Glad this is making its way thru the press. I'd heard rumblings about it and, tbh, the anecdotes I've heard are even worse than what's in this article.

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2d ago

Back in May, Double Fine employees petitioned for a union. Two weeks later, that petition was withdrawn. What happened? https://kotaku.com/inside-the-failed-fight-to-unionize-one-of-gamings-most-idealized-studios-2000742755

I'M DOING SOME PERSONAL FUNDRAISING! I need to save up another 2k for top surgery, I'm expecting to hear back about dates next spring/summer and I need to account for transportation and time off work Paypal: diamond_wolf555@hotmail.com I need to raise 2k CAD BUT WAIT!! THERE'S MORE!!

…. the late Bruno Latour remarked that “Brazil is today what Spain was in 1936, during the civil war: it is where everything that will be important in the next decades is visible.” read our litlte magazine phenomenal world in English and Portuguese: phenomenalworld.org/interviews/b...

Brazil and the World System

An interview with Brazil's Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad

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This is sexual violence as a form of terrorism. It is political violence and it is chilling and horrific, and AOC was absolutely right to be terrified that the goons (now pardoned) laying siege to the capital would rape her if they found her. Small changes won't fix this. FLIP THE TABLE NOW

public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4d ago

oh my GOD

Early reports suggest Global Affairs Canada has withdrawn sponsorship of a disinformation conference over a panel discussing the U.S. as a threat vector. If true, this is utterly embarrassing, and a sign Global Affairs is woefully unprepared to engage with the geopolitical context we are in.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d ago

This might have been the sort of sessions that resulted in Canada and Lithuania pulling out of #Disinfo2026 at the last minute, question is, whether it's from direct US pressure. I think we all deserve an answer, is US foreign interference the acceptable face of FIMI now?

🫶 Hayley Williams

12tone@12tone.nebula.tv · 5d ago

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our latest project: preserve.games, a browsable catalog of organizations, museums, projects and communities dedicated to video game preservation! If you've ever wondered how to get involved or where you can learn more, this is the site for you!

The thing with rape culture is that we're just too fucking normalized to it and with the way our legal system works, rapists are almost never prosecuted. The good guy vs rapist thing is an illusion bc rapists aren't punished anyway--

Jessie Gender@jessiegender.bsky.social · last wk.

It honeslty just shows me how much rape culture exists. With James Somerton, we all collectively agreed he didn’t deserve a platform anymore, and he disappeared. I’m sure he’s got some job somewhere, living a life. But an admitted rapist, well, he we must forgive, because some of us liked his stuff.

I wonder if the CAQ regrets not fixing the electoral system?

Oh The Urbanity!@ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 6d ago

If the PQ wins tonight, hopefully they’ll follow through on their promise to enact electoral reform. Unlike the CAQ in Quebec before and Justin Trudeau federally, who both abandoned their promises.

Quebec politics right now is like “haha, the right wing party is projected to win no seats 😀 But also the right wing party is projected to win☹️ The centre right wing party is in second 😐 the unhinged right wing party is in third 🤔” Is Quebec 17 right wing parties in a trench coat⁉️

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 5d ago

Allowing myself, for a second, to enjoy the CAQ currently being projected to win no seats Then I see they have 15% of the vote and remember how awful first past the post is, even when it uses its evil “vote efficiency” powers for good

Just Announced: THE CAQ ZERO SEATS

the Pinoy-ization of Brazilian politics

Ian Carrillo@iansociologo.bsky.social · 6d ago

In other Bolsonaro family news: Carlos (Jair's son) was elected senator, Michelle (Jair's wife) was elected senator, and Jair Renan (Jair's son) was elected as federal deputy.

“independence” for Alberta in exchange for all your water and oil being controlled by a foreign empire is, essentially, no independence at all. these collaborators should all be in jail for treason. #canpoli

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj

“independence” for Alberta in exchange for all your water and oil being controlled by a foreign empire is, essentially, no independence at all. these collaborators should all be in jail for treason. #canpoli

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · last wk.

These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj

These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj

It’s honestly really triggering for me that once again, in the aftermath of people finding out a man who is a beloved public figure committed sex crimes in his past, the conversation has to immediately shift into how and when the guy can return to the status quo he was in

Thread below: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Riot police clash with students as education protests rage in France

About 735 schools have faced disruption as violent protests over standards and lack of teachers continue.

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Plume rouillée@plumerouille.bsky.social · last wk.

I know I have a few international followers, and I'd like you to know what's currently happening in France High-school children are protestinf fir better studiying conditions : enough teacher, enough table and chair, fonctionning toilets, toilets paper, heating in winter. Really, basics needs.

I think one of the biggest failures of the GamerGate era was treating it as a problem endemic to video games rather than men online, especially with few enforced moderation consequences.

Brooke Harrington@ebharrington.bsky.social · 2w ago

One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here.

September 30 is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Today is a time to raise awareness of the ongoing impacts of residential schools and remember the children who never came home. How are you honouring the day?

If Netflix really wanted its own Heated Rivalry, it would be making a lesbian romance about two WNBA players.

The Playlist@theplaylist.bsky.social · 2w ago

ICYMI: Netflix Shoots For Its Own ‘Heated Rivalry’ With ‘Icebreaker,’ Casts Daisy Jelley & Newcomer Connor Simos

I am at risk of losing everything I own on Wednesday over $42. That's how much I'm short to pay the storage portion of this. I've got some sort of nausea/puking sickness and can't even go save a few things until this passes enough for me to drive. Please boost. This portion is now urgent

Alexander YAMLton@datagay.bsky.social · 4w ago

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I am once again asking the Canadian government to stop being horrible to Indigenous people literally all of the time #canpoli

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 2w ago

More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.

Meanwhile white nationalists just gathered on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc land with a "Got Bones?" banner. Destroying these records erases vital evidence, history, and the painful accounts of people who deserve to be remembered. That serves the agenda of residential school deniers not reconciliation.

The Narwhal@thenarwhal.ca · 2w ago

More than 38,000 residential school survivors testified to the abuse they experienced as children. Next September, Canada plans to destroy their records.

Make no mistake, trampling treaty rights at the federal & provincial level, normalizing & platforming residential schools denialism (alongside genocide denial) & sanitizing Canada's history (& present) is exactly why the Second Sons felt comfortable setting foot in Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc.

I am disgusted by the appearance of white nationalists on the Tkʼemlúps te Secwépemc reserve. This is happening just days before the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. I stand with Indigenous communities & all marginalized communities in the fight for a future free from racist intimidation.

Apparent white nationalist gathering spotted on Tkʼemlúps reserve Sunday

TK'EMLUPS - A post on social media appears to show a group of masked individuals gathered on the Tkemlps te Se...

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