Hier beschreibt ein australischer Journalist, der vorher keine besondere Reichweite hatte, wie er für einen wenig gelesenen Blog über die Studenten- Proteste an der Columbia beim Einreise- Versuch in das Land der Freien festgesetzt, verhört und abgeschoben wurde. Er hatte kritische Beiträge extra ein paar Tage vor der Reise "aus dem Netz" genommen, wurde damit aber trotzdem konfrontiert. Aldous Huxley hätte das nicht erfinden können.
June the 23rd, 2025 – Croatia is the country that just keeps on giving when it comes to archaeological finds. A secret tunnel has just been discovered under
Servus, ich bin seit heute in Mastodon unterwegs und freue mich auf meine zukünftigen Spaziergänge im Fediverse! Aktuell begeistern mich Glühwürmchen, Lindenblüten, Heuhüpfer, der Skorpion an Südhimmel, unsere Blühwiese, Sommersonnwende und was dieser fantastische Monat noch so alles mit sich bringt! Deshalb setze ich mich ein für den Erhalt der Arten und für alles, was unseren Planeten schützt - in the name of Jesus! #neuhier #Artenschutz #Naturschutz #Schöpfungbewahren #biodiversitat
Die Kaffeeküche ist zweimal linksrum den Flur runter. Da gibt es auch Kaltgetränke. Snacks. Die Bestellliste für Lunch. Geschirr bitte dahin zurückbringen, aber bloß hinstellen. Die Bedienung der Spülmaschine obliegt der Fachperson. Die heißt Louise und kriegt das bezahlt. Nebenbei weiß sie immer etwas, wenn mal ein Problem auftaucht...
Wiener Privatklinik (WPK), one of Austria’s leading private hospitals and recognized among the World’s Best Hospitals for five consecutive years, announces
Democrats are seizing on Donald Trump’s surprise attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities to make the case that the world is becoming more dangerous on his watch.
Vroeg opstaan, kleffe catering tolereren, en vooral: heel veel wachten. Het bestaan van een figurant is weinig glamoureus, maar vormt voor velen toch ook een ingang tot het sterrendom.
NEPI Rockcastle, the largest owner, developer and operator of shopping centers in Central and Eastern Europe, recently hosted in Sofia the third edition of
🎉 The new #openSUSE Quiz App is ready for action at #oSC25! Customize quizzes, run offline, and engage users with fun challenges like: ✅ Chameleon Fun for Kids ✅ Expert Mode ✅ YaST Trivia news.opensuse.org/2025/06/13/q…
The openSUSE Project has rolled out a new web-based quiz application aimed at engaging conference attendees and open-source enthusiasts around the world. The...
Maia Sandu, the president of the Republic of Moldova, has been awarded the Franz Josef Strauss Prize by the Hanns Seidel Foundation in recognition of her
Greek police officers are seen at the scene of a deadly ambush in Loutsa, east Attica, in September 2023 that left six members of the Turkish crime group
"I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the #MiddleEast. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents"
JD Vance tried to confort Americans concerned about the prospect of another drawn-out conflict in the Middle East — by going after "dumb" past presidents.
we have the complete dum dums overbrimming with confidence in their "genius"
and we have the malicious con men who lead them around because they know how the dum dums work
what i'm waiting for are the malicious con men who *also* have dunning kruger false confidence in their demagogue abilities, so much so that the complete dum dums go "wait a second, i see what they're doing"
"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. Even those of the intelligent who believe that they have a nostrum are too individualistic to combine with other intelligent men from whom they differ on minor points."
-- Bertrand Russell in his essay "The Triumph of Stupidity"
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Going slightly off-topic, this also reminds me of W.B. Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" which includes:
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity."
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The …
Wizz Air Malta (W4, Malta International) plans to open a base at Suceava with two A321-200Ns. The first aircraft will be stationed at the Romanian airport in
Hey #BrokenTimes, instead of another puff piece, how about honesty: 'Less Science, More Lies: How Fascist Misogynists Are Recruiting Cult Members'? ‘Less Prozac, More Protein’: How Conservatives Are Winning Young Women nytimes.com/2025/06/23/style/t…
How about someone tells these young women to talk to ANY woman from a time when there was no easy access to birth control and ask them how great their lives were?
I cannot contain my disgust. Now the badly #BrokenTimes is platforming eugenicist, racist, right-wing pronatalism in another puff piece. #FuckingTimes The MTV Reality Star in Trump’s Cabinet Who Wants You to Have More Kids nytimes.com/2025/06/23/us/poli…
De Amerikaanse journalist Olga Khazan leidde een sociaal geïsoleerd bestaan, totdat zij besloot het roer radicaal om te gooien. Ze wilde extraverter, vriendelijker en emotioneel stabieler worden – en dat lukte.
European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn is to arrive in Cyprus on Monday – his first visit to the island since being appointed to the role a
wauz ワウズ
in reply to Kipepeo • • •Geschirr bitte dahin zurückbringen, aber bloß hinstellen. Die Bedienung der Spülmaschine obliegt der Fachperson. Die heißt Louise und kriegt das bezahlt. Nebenbei weiß sie immer etwas, wenn mal ein Problem auftaucht...
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