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A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.

She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA

That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.

I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.

This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty

irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/1โ€ฆ

โ€˜Itโ€™s surrealโ€™: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life

Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
Naomi Oโ€™Leary (The Irish Times)
#canada #usa #amazon #digitalsovereignty #google #uber

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RT: @DropSiteNews The U.N. human rights office publicly defended Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese after at least four European governments attacked her and called for her resignation over comments she never made.

Marta Hurtado, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human

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โš–๏ธ La #LDH porte plainte pour provocation ร  la haine contre Arno Klarsfeld aprรจs ses propos violents sur #CNews appelant ร  organiser "de grandes rafles" ร  lโ€™encontre des personnes migrantes. Ses propos doivent รชtre fermement sanctionnรฉs.
#ldh #cnews
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Another #Albo fail. Trump insults our soldiers' sacrifice, and Albo takes it in silence. His apologists are saying* "he said NATO troops, and we're not in NATO"

He is the lamest PM in my 50+ year political memory. Even Morrison and McMahon had more spine.

thenewdaily.com.au/news/nationโ€ฆ #auspol

Angry RSL boss calls for official complaint over Trump 'insult'

The RSL president wants Canberra to lodge an official complaint over Donald Trump's "insult" towards Australian troops in Afghanistan.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
#auspol #ALBO

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Emma Davidson

@PaulWay @treleanor in the context of the person behaving poorly being someone you have a personal connection to, calling it in can be an effective way to change their behaviour because itโ€™s less shaming. Itโ€™s hard for people to imagine themselves doing better when theyโ€™re feeling shame. But if itโ€™s not someone you can have a conversation with, and you donโ€™t know anyone else who could do it, there isnโ€™t an option other than call it out or let it go. Sometimes people reach a point where they just canโ€™t let it go, and they need to name the problem behaviour.
@Trish Roberts @PaulWay
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itgrrl is looking to #GetFediHired!

@Emma Davidson @Trish Roberts @PaulWay
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Amidst the onslaught of news, find time to watch this video of Veronika the cow, who developed the ability to use tools to scratch herself.

youtube.com/watch?v=bAk4PFEuWKโ€ฆ

#Science #Animals #Biology #Cognition #Cows

Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow

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Antonio Jose Osuna Mascarรณ (YouTube)
#Science #biology #animals #cows #cognition
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John Quiggin

Anyone defamed on Facebook is defamed by Meta, and Meta should pay. Any expression of hatred on TikTok is published by TikTok.
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They don't get it at all.

What they did was racist at best, supporting genocidal ideology is what it looks like to everyone out here; and that's what it is.

Using the Bondi terrorist attack as an excuse made it even worse. We've endured weeks of Zionist monsters linking Palestinians to the attack, despite no Palestinians being involved in the attack.

This is your typical "I'm sorry you took offence" apology, and reeks of Zionist damage control. We can all see what they're doing:

Adelaide writersโ€™ week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for โ€˜how decision was representedโ€™

theguardian.com/culture/2026/jโ€ฆ

#auspol #SApol

Adelaide writersโ€™ week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for โ€˜how decision was representedโ€™

Almost all remaining festival board members have resigned following backlash to decision to disinvite the Palestinian Australian author
Sian Cain (the Guardian)
#auspol #sapol
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Bernard Sheppard

It's a shit-show: "but rather a continuing rapid shift in the national discourse around the breadth of freedom of expression in our nation"

Anyone can see that means "we're reading the room; the message is clear; haven't been told to silence you, because that's now how it's done, so we're painting it as something it's clearly not, but we're surprised when a bunch of clearly intellectual people instantly see through this, and join you in deciding not to play along. We're surprised that authors aren't complying like the media, but we're not as sharp as Louise Adler, who so clearly put it in her open resignation letter "its stenographers in the media".

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Via @cathywilcox

#LouiseAdler has resigned as director of Adelaide Writers' Week after organisers removed #Palestinian #Australian author #RandaAbdelFattah from this year's program.

This follows days of fallout from the decision to drop Abdel-Fattah & about 180 writers, commentators & academics have pulled out, including #JacindaArdern, bestselling author #ZadieSmith, Pulitzer winner #PercivalEverett & one of Australia's most decorated writers, #HelenGarner.

#AdelaideWritersWeek #auspol

#auspol #australian #palestinian #percivaleverett #jacindaardern #randaabdelfattah #ZadieSmith #helengarner #louiseadler #adelaidewritersweek @TheCathyWilcox

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โ€œThe US has been doing this sort of stuff in Latin America for decades, deposing rulers, supporting authoritarian governments like Chileโ€™s Pinochet or Paraguayโ€™s Stroessner.โ€
~Brian Feeney

The Irish News

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ยซ It works on my satellite ยป ou l'histoire d'un bug dans l'espace

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ยซย It works on my satelliteย ยป ou l'histoire d'un bug dans l'espace - LinuxFr.org

Lโ€™actualitรฉ du logiciel libre et des sujets voisins (DIY, Open Hardware, Open Data, les Communs, etc.), sur un site francophone contributif gรฉrรฉ par une รฉquipe bรฉnรฉvole par et pour des libristes enthousiastes
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: Et le journal ร  l'origine de la news est suivi de nombreux commentaires dignes d'intรฉrรชt.

#DaLFP --> linuxfr.org/users/2petitsverreโ€ฆ

"It works on my satellite" - LinuxFr.org

"It works on my satellite"
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already known...but let's put a spotlight on the next ICC judge (from Canada) who is cancelled from the digital life. No Amazon, no Mastercard, no Netflix account...

Just because Trump doesn't like the ruling of an independent international institution like the International Criminal Court.

ICC judges have been forcibly removed from most digital services, credit cards, and banks.

"Amazon, obliged to implement the sanctions as a US company, had cancelled her account."

irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/1โ€ฆ

โ€˜Itโ€™s surrealโ€™: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life

Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
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Matin ๐Ÿ‘‹

#cafรฉAnimรฉ

#cafeanime
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Live du vendredi 21 novembre - Sommes-nous ร  l'heure du technofascisme ?

Lors de ce live, nous avons reรงu @nastasiahadjadji , journaliste et co-autrice du livre "Apocalypse Nerds, comment les technofascistes ont pris le pouvoir", aux รฉditions Divergences.

Pour voir la rediffusion du live en entier, rendez vous sur notre chaรฎne Peertube et Youtube : video.lqdn.fr/w/eJoXfAgCgiTg5Lโ€ฆ

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Aujourdโ€™hui, plus personne ne hausse les รฉpaules de faรงon crรฉdible quand on parle dโ€™un retour des fascismes. ร€ La Quadrature du Net, nous parlons ยซ dโ€™autoritarisme ยป depuis longtemps.
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Joachim Sรฉnรฉ

j'avais trouvรฉ son prรฉcรฉdent livre faible sur pas mal de sources ; je me souviens de la petite ferme de crypto au Congo qui dans son livre รฉtait un truc gigantesque servant de cheval de Troie ร  la Chine, mais sans source prรฉcise citรฉe, et en creusant (un peu) cela ne ressemblait ร  rien d'autre qu'ร  une ferme minuscule, unique, sur un terrain en terre battue, financรฉe sur fond franรงais (ou europรฉen). Donc pour argumenter contre la crypto, son livre n'รฉtait pas le bon outil malheureusement, on m'avait clouรฉ le bec comme รงa.
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Greta Thunberg detained by UK police over support for 'Palestine Action prisoners'

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by British police on Tuesday while protesting outside the offices of Aspen Insurance in central London, after displaying a placard stating her support for Palestine Action prisoners and opposing genocide.

Organizers said she was arrested under the "UKโ€™s terrorism legislation," as Palestine Action has been proscribed by the government since July, with hundreds arrested nationwide for expressing support for the group.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide

#israel #genocide #gaza #palestine
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I'm an astronomer currently fighting for regulation and better engineering of satellites (particularly Starlink) so that the night sky isn't ruined for everyone: theconversation.com/soon-1-outโ€ฆ

I also have super cute baby goats!

Soon, 1 out of every 15 points of light in the sky will be a satellite

Megaconstellations of satellites will visually clutter the night sky, disrupting astronomical research. And the environmental damage caused by these satellites is still unknown.
The Conversation
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johngough

I was driving home at night looked up at sky and saw this lovely straight line of โ€œstarsโ€. My wife explained this was starlink sats. I thought there were like 4 up there. Nearly 8000. Thanks for educating me. Beautiful goats. Hello from Ireland
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"These vessels represent the first moment in history when people chose to portray the botanical world as a subject worthy of artistic attention," the authors note. "It reflects a cognitive shift tied to village life and a growing awareness of symmetry and aesthetics."

โ€œThis research contributes to the growing field of #ethnomathematics, which explores how mathematical ideas are expressed through cultural practices and artistic traditions.โ€

sciencedaily.com/releases/2025โ€ฆ

#pottery #archaeology #art

This 8,000-year-old art shows math before numbers existed

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematicallyโ€”long before numbers were written down.
ScienceDaily
#archaeology #art #pottery #ethnomathematics
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New lamps!๐Ÿ’ก In 2023 I created a line of lamps for an interior design company. They wanted a very simple, classic, non-decorative surface and so itโ€™s been fun to return to the idea with the addition of my Earth Tones and carved surfaces. The larger one is an order from a long-time collector whoโ€™s become a friend. The other one is for my momโ€™s birthday! #handmade #pottery
#pottery #handmade
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Now for some sports news... (this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com@bsky.brid.gy books pages)
@profile/theguardian.com
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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Three of my cartoons have been released as prints by @theguardian.com@bsky.brid.gy. They are an open edition in two sizes and are available for two weeks only. Get one here:www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/tom-gaulds-best-cultural-cartoons-of-2025

Tom Gauld's Best Cultural Cartoons of 2025

Guardian Print Store
Guardian Print Store
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Here are the other two images. They can be framed on request. www.guardianprintshop.com/pages/tom-gaulds-best-cultural-cartoons-of-2025

Tom Gauld's Best Cultural Cartoons of 2025

Guardian Print Store
Guardian Print Store

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Le fichier TES (pour ยซ titres รฉlectroniques sรฉcurisรฉs ยป) centralise les photographies et empreintes digitales que nous donnons pour faire nos titres d'identitรฉ et lutter contre les faux documents. Il nโ€™est censรฉ servir quโ€™ร  cela. Pourtant, nous rรฉvรฉlons aujourd'hui que la police se sert allรจgrement dans cette base de donnรฉes pour identifier des personnes lors de ses enquรชtes, en violation du droit. laquadrature.net/2025/11/24/laโ€ฆ

La police dรฉtourne le fichier des passeports et des cartes dโ€™identitรฉ

Fournir sa photographie et ses empreintes quand on demande son passeport ou sa carte dโ€™identitรฉ est plus lourd de consรฉquence que ce quโ€™on imagine.
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Benoรฎt B.

Quand on constate en #France les mรชmes pratiques que dans les #USA de M. #Trump , on peut dire qu'on a un (trรจs) sรฉrieux problรจme :

> ยซ US states give some federal agencies unlimited access to their drivers license records - and now these agencies may be using them for facial recognition, disregarding laws and human rights ยป

mastodon.xyz/@rms/115613670622โ€ฆ

Richard Stallman

2025-11-26 02:36:52

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techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/lawmโ€ฆ

US states give some federal agencies unlimited access to their drivers license records - and now these agencies may be using them for facial recognition, disregarding laws and human rights.


Lawmakers warn Democratic governors that states are sharing drivers' data with ICE | TechCrunch

A group of Democratic lawmakers asked governors in California, Colorado, and other states to block ICE from accessing their residentsโ€™ driverโ€™s license data without their knowledge.
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (TechCrunch)

#usa #Trump #France
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Twinning in the sun ๐ŸŒž with my favorite mug from this collection. I did not consciously dress like the mug but considering the fact that I mostly wore neutral tones before I started working with #WildClay sig, itโ€™s safe to say that the clay is speaking through my outfits these days. The pink, orange and olive green on the exterior are all natural clay tones. This mug is going to a home in Gainesville, Florida. A few pieces are left: www.potterybyosa.com
#pottery #ceramics #handmade
#ceramics #pottery #handmade #wildclay
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The handful of you who also follow my gardening account @PermaSolarPotter know that Iโ€™ve begun #spinning native cotton. I love plants in the hibiscus family and was given permission to gather some seeds from a plant at the community garden last spring. I started off spinning the fiber with a pencil and then got my neighbor to make me a spindle from scrap wood. The two ceramic whorls I made just came out of the kiln and my neighbor fashioned some dowels to fit them. #FiberArts
#fiberarts #spinning @PermaSolarPotter
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TGIF! I just finished writing up my newsletter that will go out tomorrow and I started it by mentioning that my pieces for this monthโ€™s collection had to share kiln space with a fair number of pieces by kids & students as well as my larger sculptural vesselsโ€”and also a lamp commission. Life feels varied and full at the moment, just like that kiln load. Off to an art show now. Have a relaxing weekend, everyone. #pottery #ceramics #art
#art #ceramics #pottery
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Given the current temperature in Glasgow, I figured it's worth posting this plaque I came across on Westbank Quadrant about the origins of Lord Kelvin's ground-breaking research into absolute zero while he was a professor at Glasgow University. None of it is remotely true, but it's an amusing tale nonetheless, and with the current cold snap, it feels quite plausible!

#glasgow #glasgowtoday #keepglasgowweird #lordkelvin #absolutezero #sciencefriday #glasgowhumour

#glasgow #glasgowtoday #glasgowhumour #ScienceFriday #keepglasgowweird #absolutezero #LordKelvin
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Grahame Gardner ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

Interestingly, this post cropped up on my feed this afternoon. The true story is almost as weird, although it was James Dewar who fell into the river: damninteresting.com/absolute-zโ€ฆ

Absolute Zero is 0K

Victorian scientists struggle to reach and understand the vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly cold universe at Absolute Zero.
Alan Bellows (Damn Interesting)
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Maths Puzzles for Conspiracy Theorists. One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.
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freerangekids.com/want-kids-toโ€ฆ

A poll of US children found that they would rather see other children in physical presence, without constant adult monitoring, and it's because that is not allowed that they talk via online dis-services instead.

Want Kids to Spend Less Time in the Virtual World? Give Them Back the Real One! - Free-Range Kids

Are kids on their phones all the time because thatโ€™s what they love the most? An explosive new Harris Poll finds that actually, what kids 8-12 REALLY want to do is hang out together in real life โ€“ with no adults hovering, and no screens.
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Today's a perfect day to post some beautiful blue glass!
A gorgeous #Roman flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD.

On display at British Museum.

๐Ÿ“ท me

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

#roman #archaeology #romanarchaeology
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RSS never tracked you.
Email never throttled you.
Blogs never begged for dopamine.
The old web wasnโ€™t perfect.
But it was yours.
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Rev. Michael Woolf, senior minister of Lake Street Church of Evanston, was shot in the leg with a pepper ball by state police while protesting outside the Broadview ICE facility, Illinois. He writes for Religion News Service about why he continues to show up at Broadview, the atmosphere at protests there, and religious leaders' obligation to resist tyranny. "It is important for my neighbors who were abducted to know that we will not stop fighting for their release," he writes. "By my estimation, our country is somewhere in 1930s Germany. Fascism is growing in power, but we still have opportunities to resist."

flip.it/cWTTxH

#Religion #Christianity #Immigration #USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #ICE #Illinois #Evanston

Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE

(RNS) โ€” For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church.
Michael Woolf (RNS)
#religion #uspolitics #illinois #christianity #immigration #ice #trumpadministration #Evanston
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Before I can switch gears and begin on my smoke fired pots, Iโ€™ve got to finish up this last batch. Itโ€™ll be a mixture of smaller sized tableware, a couple of lamps and some larger pieces for an upcoming show. Iโ€™m in the carving and decorating phase of the cycle now. Next comes the bisque fire, glazing and then firing one last time. The pottery cycle reminds me of the cycle of the moon. My next online sale will be on Saturday, November 22nd. #pottery #ceramics #WIP
#ceramics #pottery #wip
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Last year, I sent some #clay that I collected to the University of West Georgia Archaeology Dept and they just sent me the results of their experiment. They tested how the addition of sponge spicules (or fired sea sponge) affects the strength of the fired clay. This method of tempering clay isn't common but evidence of its use can be found in pottery shards throughout the world, including here in SW #Florida. Anyway, how cool to be able to assist in scientific #research.
#Research #florida #clay
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Shame Fraser Shame, we all cried

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The Whitlams - Gough (Official Video)

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. AuรŸerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
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