This really shouldn't surprise anyone.
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Of we van fascisme kunnen spreken? "Ik denk het, ja," oordeelt historicus Christophe Busch. Hij volgt met groeiende bezorgdheid de politieke situatie in de VS ("democratisch verval") na de dodelijke incidenten met ICE, die hij een 'politieke politie in opbouw' noemt
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Directeur Hannah Arendt Instituut waarschuwt voor "democratisch verval" in VS na dodelijke schietincidenten: "Mechanismen uit 1933 herkenbaar" | VRT NWS: nieuws
De dodelijke schietincidenten door federale agenten in de Verenigde Staten vertonen duidelijke kenmerken van democratisch verval en politisering van de politie. Dat zegt Christophe Busch, historicus e...
"Two members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Administration were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls..."
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Noorderlicht boven Antwerpen !
Elke dag denkt ge, nu kan het toch niet nog erger, maar met dit bericht houd ik nu mijn hart al vast voor morgen. Wat een absolute shitshow.
mad king moment
from the PBS Newshour correspondent
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New: meet ELITE, the Palantir app ICE is using to find neighborhoods to raid. Map interface; officers search for immigrants; click person to bring up individual dossier. This is clearest link between what Palantir is building and ICE's activities on the ground yet
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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
Beleeft Finland aan nieuw Nokia-moment met een mirakelbatterij van 'start-up' Donut Lab? Solid state, 400 wh/kg, goedkoop én zonder zeldzame grondstoffen? De claims klinken ongelooflijk voor deze mogelijk 3D-geprinte batterij. Diepgaand en best hoopgevend journalistiek videoverslag van de claims ⬇️⬇️
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And here we are: the entire transatlantic alliance is now talking about Greenland, instead of talking about ending the war in Ukraine.
“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
That’s an insult to 5-year olds.
A dangerous and corrupt moron.
Trump 'orders US army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland'
Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.
TRUMP: “We need Greenland”
The guardrails are gone
Treinfanaten (to be), ge hebt nog juist 2 uur om een jaarkaart Train+ te kopen met 50% korting. Sla uw slag nog snel in de app van de
#NMBS ! Met die geteouwheidskaart krijgt ge 40% korting op daluur- en weekendritten. Nu nog 24 euro voor een jaar, vanaf morgen 48 euro.
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
Israel approves 19 new West Bank settlements in major annexation push
aje.io/7xi4oeWat een knal in Antwerpen een halve minuut geleden.
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Current plans to tackle global warming will only save 3 percent of Europe's Alpine glaciers from disappearing this century, with most melting away within the next two decades, a new study has found.
Europe’s Alps on track to lose 97 percent of glaciers by century’s end, study finds
Stricter climate policies would save hundreds of glaciers in Europe’s Alps and tens of thousands worldwide, study finds.
Climate change is making us dumber, starting young: Children tend to know fewer words, letters & numbers if they experience an average temperature of 32°C or more
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Extreme heat hampers children’s early learning
Children regularly exposed to temperatures over 30°C (86°F) have lower scores on literacy and numeracy tests at age 3 to 4, according to UNICEF data from six countries
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Trump calls for Democratic members of Congress to be hanged
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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Laat u gerust eens gaan, maar klaag dan nadien de burger niet aan die bezorgd is over de capaciteit v/d burgemeester om bij lokale rampen snel en adequaat te reageren? Zoiets vastleggen lijkt me niet onverenigbaar met de vrijheid van meningsuiting?
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Ludwig Vandenhove is terug na heisa: “Ik heb geen alcoholprobleem, maar soms kan ik me wel laten gaan”
Burgemeester van Sint-Truiden Ludwig Vandenhove (Vooruit) kwam in opspraak door een video waarin hij dronken over straat loopt. Ondertussen is hij opnieuw aan het werk. Tijd voor een terugblik op het incident en wat het allemaal teweegbracht.
1/ In de VS is het zo normaal, het 'unsealen' van gerechtelijke documenten met een publiek belang. Vandaag was dat het geval in de zaak-Epstein, met kennelijk linken naar "two US presidents", maar denk ook aan bodycambeelden met daarop soms overmatig politiegeweld.
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JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
Dit kan niet fout gaan, toch?
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with
@freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
Ik twijfel wat of ik een “verbod om informatie te publiceren die niet officieel door het ministerie is vrijgegeven” zou omschrijven als “aanscherpen van regels” dan wel een “grove aanval op de vrije pers/staatscensuur”
#nmbs Soms (b)lijkt het voordeliger een gedeeltelijke spitsrit op te knippen. Mag dat?
@sncb-nmbs.bsky.social @treintrambus.bsky.social @vrtnws.be
Antwerpen-Gent aan 100 % spitstarief: 11,80
Opgeknipt (spitsticket tot Sint-Niklaas, vanaf daar dalticket) : 5,5 + 4,6 euro = 10,10 euro.
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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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Reports of an attack, allegedly by a drone, on a vessel in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), while anchored outside the port of Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia. The below video shows the moment of the incident. Keep it in mind when you read the next post.
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Opvallend: ex-premier Yves Leterme tussen genodigden bij militaire parade met Xi, Poetin en Kim Jong-un
Opvallend: ex-premier Yves Leterme tussen genodigden bij militaire parade met Xi, Poetin en Kim Jong-un
Bij de grote militaire parade waarop de Chinese president Xi Jinping de Russische president Vladimir Poetin en de Noord-Koreaanse leider Kim Jong-un heeft ontvangen, was ook een opvallende aanwezige u...
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This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads
By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…
ICE kan in de VS nu al de talloze ANPR-camera’s volgen, en daar zouden de biljoenen (sic) beelden kunnen bijkomen als rondrijdende dashcams van burgers worden ingeschakeld.
Talloze boetes die ongemerkt in je digitale brievenbus vallen, en plots moet je 4500 euro betalen of slepen ze je auto weg. In Nederland wil de Ombudsman de eerste boete op papier. Interessant om ook hier toe te passen? (Al word je hier soms wel platgespamd via 3 e-boxen voor pakweg een herinnering)
Trump signs an executive order: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."
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Als het smeult in Parijs … dan hoop ik dat ook Vlaamse steden een serieuze tand bij steken om zomers met meermaals +40C aan te pakken. Antwerpen kan beginnen met de historische fout van het Operaplein recht te zetten.
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