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  • French elections: Left projected to win most seats, ahead of Macron's coalition and far right

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  • The problem with the US (and Canada, and to a lesser degree the UK) is that the centrists would rather lose to the far right than legitimize actual leftism.

    We’ve seen this in Canada several times, at all levels, where the Liberals would rather go down in flames in an election, knowing that they'll get another shot in a few years time, then share power with actual leftists in order to keep the right from doing more damage.

    I'm really impressed with Macron. That's a level of long term holistic thinking that you don't normally see from neoliberal politicians.

  • Head of group responsible for Project 2025 threatens violence if people challenge their "revolution"

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  • When someone tells you you that they're planning Night of the Long Knives, you should believe them.

  • A polyester-dissolving process could make modern clothing recyclable

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  • I mean, you could also have clothing that's a) not made from plastic and b) lasts longer.

    But you know, capitalism.

  • Germany summons Turkish ambassador as row erupts over alleged right-wing salute goal celebration at Euro 2024

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  • Yes. Because as we've seen, sunlight is not a good disinfectant for this kind of thing. Because "sunlight" results in these ideas can get visibility and by association, traction.

    Naziism needs to be stomped on whenever, wherever and however it sleazes out from the sewer. Karl Popper made this very clear.

  • Proton launches privacy-focused Google Docs alternative: Docs in Proton Drive is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted collaborative document editor

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  • Doesn't rclone work?

  • Tax the Rich - European Citizens' Initiative

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  • Yes. That's the point.

    The whole continent just pivoted Right, and thusly endeavours like this one are dead on arrival.

  • Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and more

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  • "Going to be"?

  • Tax the Rich - European Citizens' Initiative

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  • If this is something you want, you shouldn't be voting for right-wingers, then, should you?

  • Qualcomm wants to make it easier for phone makers to issue Android updates

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  • Do they?

    Because their actions imply otherwise.

  • ‘It’s going to be tight’: Macron’s centrists struggle to deter voters from backing far right

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  • Gee, maybe you should have spent more time improving the lot of everyday people and less time playing footsie with billionaires?

    A lot of neoliberal erstwhile-progressives are about to find out the consequences of selling out their principles for a seat at the rich kids' table.

    Most of Europe's already found this out, Biden and Trudeau are looking at the same thing, and I expect Starmer will be out on his ass after four years of failing to help the poor and middle class, as he's so busy right now assuring everyone that he's not a socialist like Corbyn.

  • Supreme Court halts enforcement of the EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

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  • So, money is speech, is pollution speech too?

  • Threads can now show replies from Mastodon and other fediverse apps

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  • Does it work the other way? Can I follow Threads users without being on threads.net myself?

  • West Virginia white couple alleged to have kept five adopted black children 'locked in barn and used as slaves'

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  • But I'm reliably told that racism isn't a thing any more.

  • Why does nobody here ever recommend Fedora to noobs?

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  • Coincidentally, that's what using it is like, too. :)

  • International scheme to tax billionaires’ wealth technically feasible, study finds

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  • To be fair, that's a British style of writing. It's a loaded word in North American journalism, but neutral in the UK.

  • Death toll tops 1,000 after Haj marked by extreme heat

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  • I won't say I didn’t have a bit of schadenfreude when Fort McMurray burned.

  • Death toll tops 1,000 after Haj marked by extreme heat

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  • I agree, but to some degree, people own their government, and this government is, more than many, responsible for much of the causes of climate change.

    I'd say the same thing if Florida sinks into the sea, or South Texas and Louisiana are swamped, or north Alberta catches fire.

  • Death toll tops 1,000 after Haj marked by extreme heat

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  • Apropos of nothing, Saudi Arabia is the definition of a petro-state.

    Chickens. Coming home. Roosting. Etc.

  • Biden warns Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if re-elected

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  • They are playing the same game they always have: use carrots like this to get voters to the polls, and hold off on those carrots until an election year.

    The problem is that it doesn’t reliably work. Progressive voters just see three and half years of very little progress and six months of fearmongering and pandering, which causes as much or more apathy than it does engagement.

    If you look at what the Right does, by comparison, it’s interesting. They throw red meat to their base on day one, and keep it up for the entire term. They know that they need to keep the base pumped and expecting results, which is a big reason why conservative voters turn out at much higher rates: they feel listened to.