No Music For Genocide has issued a landmark open letter calling for Israel to be banned from Eurovision 2026 over what it describes as a Russia double standard.
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Morfeas, every single day
Opening text of a thread by Palantir from X Because we get asked a lot. The Technological Republic, in brief. 1. Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to participate in the defense of the nation. 2. We must rebel against the tyranny of the apps. Is the iPhone our greatest creative if not crowning achievement as a civilization? The object has changed our lives, but it may also now be limiting and constraining our sense of the possible. 3. Free email is not enough. The decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public. 4. The limits of soft power, of soaring rhetoric alone, have been exposed. The ability of free and democratic societies to prevail requires something more than moral appeal. It requires hard power, and hard power in this century will be built on software.
Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different.
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Palantir’s vision is the philosophy of Nazi political theorist Carl Schmitt dressed up in jeans and a hoodie.
It is fundamentally anti-humanist, presents permanent conflict as inevitable, and seeks to build a technocratic power structure without even the minimal constraints of democracy.
Tom Waits x Massive Attack just released a brand new single
Κάτω τα χέρια από τις πικροδάφνες
Μια απλή απορία στάθηκε αρκετή για να μετατρέψει την πικροδάφνη από αναπόσπαστο στοιχείο του ελληνικού τοπίου σε «απειλή» δημόσιας υγείας.
Γράφει η @akaradimitri.bsky.social
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A line of Nazis at the Nuremburg rally, throwing Nazi salutes. Their backs are to us. Facing them is a hand-tinted group of child laborers from the early 20th century, squinting suspiciously at them.
I'm worried about AI psychosis. Specifically, I'm worried about the psychosis that makes our "capital allocators" spend *$1.4T* on the money-losingest technology in the history of the human race.
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Kanye West à Marseille : le ministre de l’intérieur, Laurent Nuñez, veut interdire le concert du rappeur américain, en raison de ses propos antisémites
Obviously, while my musings are topical - Carl Sagan had already said the crux much more eloquently and succinctly.
The shared excitement over NASA’s recent mission compared to the general indifference to SpaceX missions speaks to the power of something seen as the product of communal human effort rather than just the ego and avarice of one obnoxious dork.
The 2026 W Club year begins with two doll opportunities from designer Jason Wu, dressed in miniature looks inspired by creations from his Fall/Winter 2023 collection: "Mars Rising" Anais Perrin and "Mystic Moon" Aymeline Perrin
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The disproportionate scrutiny directed at Bagayoko reveals a deep racial panic: the fear of a France embodied by Black or Brown faces – and, more fundamentally, of the erosion of a white supremacy rooted in the country’s colonial history.
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Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives | Hettie O'Brien
‘I was beaten and tortured’: how a British father and son made a fortune in Dubai then became wanted men
It's this little gem and it's not up for debate
It's Trans Day of Visibility today. If you're trans and are raising money for something (I don't care what it is), reply to this thread and I will boost you.
If you are a cis person, take a look and find someone to support if you can.
Everyone give this a share after.
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All wrong - add the south of France and Corsica as well as the Adriatic coast of the Balkans to Portugal, Spain, Italy, Albania and Greece and then you have Southern Europe.
The name of the organising company should have alerted everyone: Mischief Management
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Private healthcare in all its glory (not)
Follow the money: The Ellison bid for Warner Bros may be backed by Saudi Arabia, Qatar & the UAE
The European Commission wants answers
So does Los Angeles — which is staring down massive layoffs if this goes through
This merger has nowhere left to hide
I discuss on @contrariannews.org -TN
Britain will charge foreigners for the opportunity to see what Britain looted from their countries
