#autocrats — Public Fediverse posts
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In fact, I have come to see FOSS increasingly as a means to save the Western democracies.
#Algorithms and #Techno feudalists, such as #Musk, #Nero's, and #Zuckerberg threaten #Democracies as much as dictators and other #Autocrats.
Just imagine, one of the ancient #Athenian aristocrats would have had an #Oligopolistic grip on public opinion such as #X, being de facto able to #Ostracise any oponent...
Only if people of influence "all" move to non-algorithmic #FOSS...
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In fact, I have come to see FOSS increasingly as a means to save the Western democracies.
#Algorithms and #Techno feudalists, such as #Musk, #Nero's, and #Zuckerberg threaten #Democracies as much as dictators and other #Autocrats.
Just imagine, one of the ancient #Athenian aristocrats would have had an #Oligopolistic grip on public opinion such as #X, being de facto able to #Ostracise any oponent...
Only if people of influence "all" move to non-algorithmic #FOSS...
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#Trump is a symptom of a sick #nation. It just goes to show that you can't blame the #elites, you can't blame the #politicians, or even the #oligarchs - for they are just symptoms of a sick system.
#US political history is rife with actors like this, who were checked and balanced, discarded or even contained. But as #corruption grows, more will seep through the cracks, until you're in a hole.
How Donald Trump’s son-in-law used his position to hop in bed with #autocrats
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/jared-kushner-affinity-partners-fund-saudi-arabia-qatar-uae-israel-middle-east-deals-nepotism-iran-war-gaza-peace-deal-diplomat-steve-witkoff-donald-ivanka-trump/ -
This is why #Fascists, #ChristoFascists, #Xenophobes, #autocrats, and #authoritarian #dictators of all stripes want to defund libraries, ban books, and limit access.
As more people read, and people read more..., they expect more from civil society and they see how the #oligarchy is a cancerous pustule on humanity.
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This is why #Fascists, #ChristoFascists, #Xenophobes, #autocrats, and #authoritarian #dictators of all stripes want to defund libraries, ban books, and limit access.
As more people read, and people read more..., they expect more from civil society and they see how the #oligarchy is a cancerous pustule on humanity.
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Only seven days left until election day in #Hungary.
Vučić and Orbán better hurry up finding Zelenskyy's own fingerprints on the explosives, and Magyar's handwritten howto for making a bomb. Time is running out.
»"Our units found an explosive of devastating power," Vucic, a close ally of Orban, said in a post on Instagram. "I told PM Orban that we would keep him updated on the investigation."«
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@arjenlubach/116334314864015902
Dictators in Need
They wake up every day in fear hearing the sounds of devastating opinion polls.
Dictators in Need is an independent organisation helping #dictators and #autocrats worldwide who are in danger of losing power. Men like Viktor from #Hungary.Viktor did everything right:
- Massive #corruption
- Controlling the media and the justice system
- #Misuse of public money (to build a swimming pool for his sheep) -
RE: https://bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285017968321829
#Universidades alemãs no #Fediverso:
"We’ve already seen some initial success: around 150 #academic institutions in Germany are active on Mastodon and have +157k followers there
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/institute-DE
We believe this is an approach we can also recommend to the #research and #academic communities in the #US to fend off attacks from #autocrats ." -
RE: https://bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285017968321829
#Universidades alemãs no #Fediverso:
"We’ve already seen some initial success: around 150 #academic institutions in Germany are active on Mastodon and have +157k followers there
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/institute-DE
We believe this is an approach we can also recommend to the #research and #academic communities in the #US to fend off attacks from #autocrats ." -
And in fact numerous universities in #Europe have started on #Mastodon
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/hochschulen-ACH
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/hochschulen-NL
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/
which we can also recommend for #universities in the #USA.Many of them also left the platform #X,
which has helped a lot to bring the political discourse back to facts instead of being full of hatress and bullying.
#Autocrats have no arguments that’s why they rely on „social“ media out of control.
#Democracy prefers the #fediverse
Come on and join #Unis4MastodonHints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: https://www.rug.nl/library/news-events/social-media/mastodon-quick-guide-for-researchers-2025.pdf
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And in fact numerous universities in #Europe have started on #Mastodon
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/hochschulen-ACH
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/hochschulen-NL
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/
which we can also recommend for #universities in the #USA.Many of them also left the platform #X,
which has helped a lot to bring the political discourse back to facts instead of being full of hatress and bullying.
#Autocrats have no arguments that’s why they rely on „social“ media out of control.
#Democracy prefers the #fediverse
Come on and join #Unis4MastodonHints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: https://www.rug.nl/library/news-events/social-media/mastodon-quick-guide-for-researchers-2025.pdf
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As early as 2 years ago, many people in #Germany and #Europe felt that #BigTech ’s internet platforms did not live up to the claim of being #socialmedia. Many were appalled by the #hatespeech, #incitement, #cyberbullying, and #disinformation being spread there.
Our action alliance first reached out to #universities to propose withdrawing from #X and adopting #Mastodon. We believe the #Fediverse platforms are much better suited for #SciComm or, more broadly, for substantive discourse aimed at protecting and preserving our #democracy. Other initiatives have since emerged, such as #ByeByeElon, #HelloQuitX, #LeaveX, and #SaveSocial.We’ve already seen some initial success: around 150 #academic institutions in Germany are active on Mastodon and have +157k followers there
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/institute-DE
We believe this is an approach we can also recommend to the #research and #academic communities in the #US to fend off attacks from #autocrats . -
As early as 2 years ago, many people in #Germany and #Europe felt that #BigTech ’s internet platforms did not live up to the claim of being #socialmedia. Many were appalled by the #hatespeech, #incitement, #cyberbullying, and #disinformation being spread there.
Our action alliance first reached out to #universities to propose withdrawing from #X and adopting #Mastodon. We believe the #Fediverse platforms are much better suited for #SciComm or, more broadly, for substantive discourse aimed at protecting and preserving our #democracy. Other initiatives have since emerged, such as #ByeByeElon, #HelloQuitX, #LeaveX, and #SaveSocial.We’ve already seen some initial success: around 150 #academic institutions in Germany are active on Mastodon and have +157k followers there
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/institute-DE
We believe this is an approach we can also recommend to the #research and #academic communities in the #US to fend off attacks from #autocrats . -
Trump Gets $10 Billion Kickback To The Treasury For Offloading TikTok To His Billionaire Buddies
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Trump Gets $10 Billion Kickback To The Treasury For Offloading TikTok To His Billionaire Buddies
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As many dictators have found out statues of self aggrandisement become targets for the masses to topple once installed. #trump #statue #autocrats https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/trump-statue-don-colossus.html
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#Businesses have a #moral #responsability to stand up to #autocrats
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#Businesses have a #moral #responsability to stand up to #autocrats
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When you have some time left today, read the Charter of the "Board of Peace", it's a joke, an autocratic club, that can be completely controlled and manipulated by Trump and his successors.
https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000019b-d725-db88-a7df-d72d4ce50000/99/d0/a1435d464e4cbfe31487b0d0ca59/charter-of-the-board-of-peace-1.pdf
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When you have some time left today, read the Charter of the "Board of Peace", it's a joke, an autocratic club, that can be completely controlled and manipulated by Trump and his successors.
https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000019b-d725-db88-a7df-d72d4ce50000/99/d0/a1435d464e4cbfe31487b0d0ca59/charter-of-the-board-of-peace-1.pdf
#Trump #BoardofPeace #autocrats #Gaza -
TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
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TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
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The German Head of State, Mr. Steinmeier, had the rare honour to talk in Parliament during his official visit to Britain this week. He found the right words imo, about #autocrats, defending #democracy and those dividing society (clear whom he meant). And found a lightrr tone as well: “Don’t look back in anger.” #Gallagherbrothers #Oasis
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"And why will Trump have that third term? 'We have to finish what we started. We need him for at least one more term,' Bannon said, describing Trump as a 'vehicle of divine providence, he’s an instrument.'”
#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
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"And why will Trump have that third term? 'We have to finish what we started. We need him for at least one more term,' Bannon said, describing Trump as a 'vehicle of divine providence, he’s an instrument.'”
#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
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"In recent interviews with 60 Minutes and The Economist, Bannon made news (as intended) with his claim that there will be a Trump 2028 victory, regardless of the constitutional ban on third terms: 'He’s going to get a third term ... so Trump is going to be president in 2028. And people just ought to get accommodated with that,' Bannon told The Economist."
#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
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"In recent interviews with 60 Minutes and The Economist, Bannon made news (as intended) with his claim that there will be a Trump 2028 victory, regardless of the constitutional ban on third terms: 'He’s going to get a third term ... so Trump is going to be president in 2028. And people just ought to get accommodated with that,' Bannon told The Economist."
#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
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"It is telling that now, when reports of the profits Trump and his family are making from holding public office proliferate, and masked ICE agents beat up and kidnap people in the streets, Steven Bannon is taking to elite establishment media to spread this message [that Trump is a vehicle of divine providence]."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
/1https://lucid.substack.com/p/tina-there-is-no-alternative-and
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"It is telling that now, when reports of the profits Trump and his family are making from holding public office proliferate, and masked ICE agents beat up and kidnap people in the streets, Steven Bannon is taking to elite establishment media to spread this message [that Trump is a vehicle of divine providence]."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #autocrats #dictator #authoritarianism #religion #SteveBannon
/1https://lucid.substack.com/p/tina-there-is-no-alternative-and
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Monbiot is as concerned as many of us here are about the lack of real 'checks and balances'
This is why they want to take us out of the European Court of Human Rights, something their blessed Churchill helped create, so they can go full Fash and boot stomp us for the rest of time.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/23/written-constitution-reform-uk-autocrats
#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Fascism #ECHR #ReformUK #Autocrats #Totalitarianism
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Monbiot is as concerned as many of us here are about the lack of real 'checks and balances'
This is why they want to take us out of the European Court of Human Rights, something their blessed Churchill helped create, so they can go full Fash and boot stomp us for the rest of time.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/23/written-constitution-reform-uk-autocrats
#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Fascism #ECHR #ReformUK #Autocrats #Totalitarianism
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@skry @JulianOliver that's basically the next level of "there is an app for that". Binding peoples attraction even more to the business model of big tech, to make even more money. Besides: loosing knowledge and becoming lazy by using #ai leads to something #autocrats love: control.
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@skry @JulianOliver that's basically the next level of "there is an app for that". Binding peoples attraction even more to the business model of big tech, to make even more money. Besides: loosing knowledge and becoming lazy by using #ai leads to something #autocrats love: control.
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https://staceyabrams.substack.com/p/step-1-autocrats-announce-themselves
Step 1: #Autocrats Announce Themselves
#StaceyAbrams... "Authoritarianism isn’t coming to America. It’s here. Our job is to accept where we are and to plot our way forward. Starting today.
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You can be part of how we build the resistance. Join us at 10stepscampaign.org and share this post on other platforms. We’ve got work to do." -
We should clearly oppose these #US #autocrats and #fascists in the Darth #Trump administration.
It cannot be that our EU politicians always cowardly and opportunistically duck out of the way because they are apparently unable to deal with conflict or are too fearful.
We did not elect them to put our democratic values up for grabs, but to defend them clearly and unambiguously, against whomever.
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We should clearly oppose these #US #autocrats and #fascists in the Darth #Trump administration.
It cannot be that our EU politicians always cowardly and opportunistically duck out of the way because they are apparently unable to deal with conflict or are too fearful.
We did not elect them to put our democratic values up for grabs, but to defend them clearly and unambiguously, against whomever.
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Let me put it like this. #Cannonical wants to diversify their portfolio and the trajectory they've chosen is one that pussyfoots with #autocrats and #SiliconValley #banks.
For all #RedHat & #IBM are, it just doesn't compare to this would-be #Microsoft (a company they've frequently "conferred" with).
I don't care much for their new shiny #Rust based #OperatingSystem stack is, I keep telling people:
It's 👏 time 👏 to 👏 dump 👏 #Ubuntu 👏
I'll die on this hill.
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The World’s #Autocrats No Longer Take #Trump Seriously
The leaders of #Russia, #China, & #NorthKorea are not good men. They preside over brutal autocracies replete with #SecretPolice & #PrisonCamps. But they are, nevertheless, serious men, & they know an unserious man when they see one. For nearly a decade, they have taken Trump’s measure, & they have clearly reached a conclusion: The president of the #US is not worthy of their respect.
#geopolitics
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/trump-parade-china-putin-xi-kim/684113/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxa7wArLePNGbIUpX3IWgUtI
