Anyhow, if you want specifics, we currently have 90 far right MPs in Congress and even our "centrist" government and the "classic right" seem to have decided muslims are to blame for everything. This includes and is not limited to :
banning "muslim adjacent" wear like abbayas from schools ;
a broad offensive to remove pork free meals from school lunches in some cities ;
à brutal crackdown on any pro Palestinian action, including summons from anti terrorism units that have targeted union leaders, students and leftwing MPs ;
targeting of muslim private schools for closure whereas radical catholic schools are absolutely fine even when they teach gay people are all rapists (see Lycée Stanislas for a very striking example) ;
repeated incidents of police disproportionately targeting muslims ;
a general attitude of paranoia regarding anything muslim : last year our Home Office equivalent actually asked primary schools to provide a list of pupils that missed class because of specifically muslim religious holidays.
I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of things. But also, I can see everyday around me how hard muslim people, but also any arab looking person, have it in the public eye. The far right is on the rise politically but also socially. Anything that "does not belong", be it LGBTQ, non white people, etc is increasingly targeted by pressure groups of "concerned citizens ", "protector of the peace,", "defender of children" and so on. It worries me. A lot.
Since all instances mirror comments on subscribed communities you could simply create your own instance, leech it all and sell to LLMs. No need to go to the trouble of hosting a large instance.
Communism is a political philosophy which in and of itself does not advocate for oppression. There is indeed nothing wrong with it, at least if you advocate for freedom of thought.
The Stalinist version of authoritarianism has been conflated with communism by american (mostly) media during the cold war. It is however a very specific ideology.
Apologists for authoritarian regimes, whatever their political leaning, deserve no platform or tolerance. Plurality of thought however is needed and essential.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, three sources with knowledge of the move told NBC News, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown....
Side note, this is also the French spelling of Putin. So you can eat Poutine while being mad at Poutine (I'll let you guess which is which, unless you're a cannibal then everything goes TBF).
By raising for the first time the idea of sending troops to Ukraine, the French leader "has taken a further step toward belligerence," blasted his rival Marine Le Pen, of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party. She accused him of "posing an existential risk to 70 million French people, and more particularly to our armed...
As loathe as I am to defend Attal, there are multiple documented instances of Le Pen and her party taking money from Russia. Not to mention that until 2022 they were outwardly supportive of Putin.
French person here. Le Pen wouldn't be where she is without Macron. He used her as a foil to win two elections, and his party has been hard at work normalising cooperation with the far right in parliament to oppose any left wing bill. He is playing with fire, and one pertinent comment from his PM should not make us forget that.
We have very little discussion about German politics here. A little bit about afd lately and whenever the EU comes up but not as much as US or UK politics. The cultural hegemony is no joke...
It took months before the first mention of Section 3 in a public document. Free Speech For People, a Massachusetts-based liberal nonprofit, sent letters to top election officials in all 50 states in June 2021, warning them not to place Trump on the ballot should he run again in 2024 because he had violated the provision....
At least eight people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak that started last month in the Philadelphia area. The most recent two cases were confirmed on Monday....
Out of curiosity I went to exploding-heads.com and it looks like it's not working anymore. Is there a new place they hang out now? Are they undercover on the regular servers or something? It'd be a little surprising to me if they all just gave up on being active on the Fediverse.
I've seen a couple active on Lemmy.world lately, but nothing out of the ordinary. They'll be back though, one way or the other. We have to be aware of that.
Retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "actively hoping" that former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election....
Yeah, no, that was WWI. And calling it a good Christmas is a stretch. It was a moment of shared humanity between people being forced to murder themselves by disconnected ruling classes.
As with the speech in 2020, Mr. Trump’s remarks have been criticized by historians, Jewish groups and liberals, who said his language recalled the ideology of eugenics promulgated by Nazis in Germany and white supremacists in America.
More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it’s “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie:...
Systemd Looks to Replace sudo with run0 ( news.itsfoss.com )
Pro-trans protests erupt across France as legislators consider ban on care ( www.lgbtqnation.com )
Just How Dangerous Is Europe’s Rising Far Right? ( www.nytimes.com )
The Immich core team goes full-time | Immich ( immich.app )
Breaking bad lemmy edition ( sh.itjust.works )
Literally society right now ( sh.itjust.works )
YouTube puts third-party clients on notice: Show ads or get blocked ( arstechnica.com )
Conservative SCOTUS Justices: Why isn't DOJ treating Dobbs protesters like January 6 attackers? ( www.motherjones.com )
Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI ( www.wired.com )
YSK: Lemmy has 53k monthly active users but only 1172 have ever donated
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16660104...
YSK: Lemmy has 53k monthly active users but only 1172 have ever donated
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/16660104...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker ( www.nbcnews.com )
WASHINGTON — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, three sources with knowledge of the move told NBC News, doing so just as the House voted to avoid a government shutdown....
Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality ( apnews.com )
French President Macron urges Ukraine's allies not to be 'cowardly' ( www.lemonde.fr )
Roku’s Ultimatum: Surrender Jury Trial Rights or Lose Access to Your TVs ( programming.dev )
Did your Roku TV decide to strong arm you into giving up your rights or lose your FULLY FUNCTIONING WORKING TV? Because mine did....
After boots on the ground comment, French PM doubles down: 'Putins troops are already in our country', pointing at Le Pen ( www.lemonde.fr )
By raising for the first time the idea of sending troops to Ukraine, the French leader "has taken a further step toward belligerence," blasted his rival Marine Le Pen, of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party. She accused him of "posing an existential risk to 70 million French people, and more particularly to our armed...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a warning to Joe Biden on the border ( www.newsweek.com )
Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” ( arstechnica.com )
Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people "bought".
Here's how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump ( apnews.com )
It took months before the first mention of Section 3 in a public document. Free Speech For People, a Massachusetts-based liberal nonprofit, sent letters to top election officials in all 50 states in June 2021, warning them not to place Trump on the ballot should he run again in 2024 because he had violated the provision....
Theodore Luhaka: Aspiring footballer left with 'serious anal injuries' - French police officers given suspended sentences ( news.sky.com )
Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere? ( www.vox.com )
Ultraviolet light can kill almost all the viruses in a room. Why isn’t it everywhere?::Can special lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?
Drug that Trump called a ‘miracle Covid cure’ is linked to 17,000 deaths ( www.independent.co.uk )
A drug infamously touted by Donald Trump has been linked to nearly 17,000 Covid deaths in a new scientific study....
Philadelphia measles outbreak has hospitals on alert after child was sent to day care despite quarantine instructions ( www.nbcnews.com )
At least eight people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak that started last month in the Philadelphia area. The most recent two cases were confirmed on Monday....
Trump Calls for ‘Giant Dome’ to Protect the US ‘From a Hostile Source’ ( themessenger.com )
Where did the exploding-heads people go?
Out of curiosity I went to exploding-heads.com and it looks like it's not working anymore. Is there a new place they hang out now? Are they undercover on the regular servers or something? It'd be a little surprising to me if they all just gave up on being active on the Fediverse.
Putin "actively hoping" to get Donald Trump back as president: Ret. general ( www.newsweek.com )
Retired U.S. Army General Barry McCaffrey said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "actively hoping" that former President Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election....
Trump moans about Biden ruining Christmas with ‘madness and doom’ ( www.independent.co.uk )
It’s called election interference. Merry Christmas...
PSA: the federation problem is still present in Lemmy 0.19.1, the GitHub issue has been reopened ( github.com )
Feddit.UK has finally kicked the bucket- and what happens next. ( lemmy.world )
TL;DR, Feddit.UK is down, we're working on making a fun replacement!...
Trump’s Long Fascination With Genes and Bloodlines Gets New Scrutiny ( www.nytimes.com )
As with the speech in 2020, Mr. Trump’s remarks have been criticized by historians, Jewish groups and liberals, who said his language recalled the ideology of eugenics promulgated by Nazis in Germany and white supremacists in America.
Substack says it will not remove or demonetize Nazi content ( www.theverge.com )
More than 200 Substack authors asked the platform to explain why it’s “platforming and monetizing Nazis,” and now they have an answer straight from co-founder Hamish McKenzie:...
I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD** ( lemmy.world )
we live in hell...