So here’s a question: Can you buy art — even nonexistent art — with nonexistent money created by a nonexistent person? I mused on this last night at an art opening, when I asked the gallerist1 if she ever had a buyer propose paying for a piece — a three-dimensional object made of, y’know, atoms and molecules and stuff — with a digital currency
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#art #globalmuseum
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NHK reports that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Kōmeitō won't win the 50 Upper House seats they need to form a government in Japan. With the right-wing Sanseito and conservative DPFP picking up seats, it's unclear right now who can form a government.
I’m cc’ing @GottaLaff on this thread because
1. holy shit, right-wing bigots (Sanseito) are going to be part of Japan’s next government
2. they literally have “Japan First” as their motto
3. they use orange as their symbolic color
4. they became popular largely because of misinformation spread about “foreigners” on social media
We immigrants in Japan are scared and angry that this thing that happened in our own countries is now happening here.
4 shot in Austin, all in good condition
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/07/20/4-shot-in-austin-all-in-good-condition?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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4 shot in Austin, all in good condition
The four men were standing on a sidewalk Sunday afternoon when an unknown car pulled up and three people, armed with handguns, got out and fired shots at them. All four are in good condition.Sun-Times Wire (Chicago Sun-Times)
The image is a collage of six distinct photographs, each capturing a different scene or subject. The first photograph on the left is a black and white image of a man's profile, with a circular light source creating a silhouette effect. The second photograph features two individuals, one with long hair wearing a mustard-colored jacket and the other with a white shirt, standing against a bright background. The third photograph is a black and white image of a person with their hand behind their head, set against a blurred background with vertical lines. The fourth photograph shows three individuals with long hair, bathed in red lighting, suggesting a concert or performance setting. The fifth photograph is a black and white image of a person playing a string instrument, likely a double bass, with a focused expression. The sixth photograph is a close-up of a person's face, with a blurred background, capturing a moment of contemplation.
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In the Federal Republic of Germany, there were 36,000 criminal investigations into Holocaust perpetrators involving 170,000 defendants.
When the regime collapses, we can afford to investigate all Congressional Republicans and their enablers.
#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Israel issues new evacuation orders in central Gaza as hunger worsens
Much of Gaza has been reduced to a wasteland during more than 21 months of war and there are fears of accelerating starvation.The Japan Times
#art by Constance #DeJong constancedejong.com/
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#art by Charles François #Daubigny collections.artsmia.org/art/41…
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During a combat mission, the commander of the squadron that shot down Russian-Iranian ‘Shahed’ kamikaze drones, over the Odesa Oblast , Konstantyn Ivanovich Oborin, was killed in action.
He was 63-year-old: a pilot of Yak-52 aircraft, veteran of Afghan War, the director of the Odssa aviation club and the head of the Union of Veterans ofBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Zelenskyy: Ukraine proposes to Russia new round of ceasefire talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country has proposed to Russia a new round of direct talks for a ceasefire.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Stop Killing Games has exceeded 1.4 Million Signatures!
There is still 10 days left. Even though the stretch goals were met, you can still sign.
If you haven't already and you live in the EU (they will check), you can sign here: stopkillinggames.com/
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Is it in the game vendors' interest to do that? No. And they have more money than the gamers.
So... Cute petition, but sadly you can be absolutely certain it ain't going nowhere.
Oh I don't know... how about banning glyphosate,
Glyphosate isn't banned in the EU. From the EU website: "Glyphosate is currently approved as an active substance in the EU until 15 December 2033".
There was a petition to ban it, but the response was "On the first aim, to 'ban glyphosate-based herbicides', the Commission concluded that there are neither scientific nor legal grounds to justify a ban of glyphosate, and will not make a legislative proposal to that effect."
the Clean Water Directive received major updates as a direct result of collecting 1.80 million signatures.
You might mean the Drinking Water Directive, and 1.6 million signatures.
I see some press releases on updates, but I can't find anything outside of government websites saying things have improved. I'd imagine if this was a big deal there'd be news stories on it.
While it wasn't a citizens initiative, certain countries did let the people vote on if they thought it was a good idea.
If you're only interested in citizens initatives, here are some examples:
* Right2Water
The first citizens initiative that passed, which led to a lot of things regarding the availability of water
* Stop vivisection
* Save the bees
* Stop finning
along with all the other answered initiatives.
Water and sanitation are a human right! Water is a public good, not a commodity!
Follow-up page for the successful European citizens' initiative (ECI) Right2Water - Water and sanitation are a human right! Water is a public good, not a commodity!European Citizens' Initiative
While it's easy to be pessimistic about this. This is one of the few options to make actual change. Leaving thing as they are is a worse situation since it means that companies like Ubisoft can and will destroy the games which we own.
Will there be resistance? Yes Ubisoft is already stated their opposition to it.)
But it's not up to companies like Ubisoft for how the EU makes it's laws, it's up to the EU itself. When there is potentially 1.4 million people in Europe telling you to "stop killing games" it's going to be hard to tell them no.
Ubisoft’s CEO fights back against Stop Killing Games initiative
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillermot commented on the Stop Killing Games campaign during a shareholder meeting on July 10.Joe Pring (Dexerto)
Cute petition, but sadly you can be absolutely certain it ain't going nowhere
"Not going anywhere" isn't the same as "completely meaningless"
this is not simply a petition, it's a tool for bringing issues in front of the eu parliament, which has to address it. it's a kinda new thing, and untested, but it looks pretty functional for now. also, Nicolae Ștefănuță, vice president of the eu parliament, has openly supported this citizens initiative.
not all countries are as dysfunctional as the US, and i'm sorry for you that your government sucks ass. But if this works, it will be positive for every gamer worldwide, so maybe you get to enjoy more consumer protection than before.
Wild staken voor gelijke rechten: hoe in 1978 Turkse vrouwen het minimumloon bij een kippenfabriek afdwongen
[intro alleen online] In 1978 legden Turkse vrouwen in Almelo het werk neer bij een kippenfabriek, een van de eerste stakingen door migrantenvrouwen. Ze eisten betere arbeidsomstandigheden en een fatsoenlijk loon.Angela Wals (DPG Media)
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