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  1. Sowing doubt.

    #trump #autocrats #fascists #safeelections All he's doing is trying to sow doubt in the midterm elections. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's what autocrats do when trying to hold on to power.

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/17/sow

  2. Sowing doubt.

    #trump #autocrats #fascists #safeelections All he's doing is trying to sow doubt in the midterm elections. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's what autocrats do when trying to hold on to power.

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/17/sow

  3. Sowing doubt.

    #trump #autocrats #fascists #safeelections All he's doing is trying to sow doubt in the midterm elections. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's what autocrats do when trying to hold on to power.

    robinbannks.com/2026/07/17/sow

  4. @GottaLaff

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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...

  5. @GottaLaff

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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...

  6. @GottaLaff

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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...

  7. @GottaLaff

    (1/2)

    💯 %

    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...

  8. @GottaLaff

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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...

  9. #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
    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  10. #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
    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  11. #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
    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  12. #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
    motherjones.com/politics/2026/

  13. @everylibrary

    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.

    mastodon.social/@everylibrary/

  14. @everylibrary

    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.

    mastodon.social/@everylibrary/

  15. @everylibrary

    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.

    mastodon.social/@everylibrary/

  16. @everylibrary

    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.

    mastodon.social/@everylibrary/

  17. @everylibrary

    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.

    mastodon.social/@everylibrary/

  18. 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."«

    reuters.com/world/hungarys-pm-

    #Ukraine #autocrats

  19. 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."«

    reuters.com/world/hungarys-pm-

    #Ukraine #autocrats

  20. 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."«

    reuters.com/world/hungarys-pm-

    #Ukraine #autocrats

  21. 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."«

    reuters.com/world/hungarys-pm-

    #Ukraine #autocrats

  22. RE: mastodon.social/@arjenlubach/1

    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)

    #politics #funny

  23. RE: mastodon.social/@arjenlubach/1

    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)

    #politics #funny

  24. RE: mastodon.social/@arjenlubach/1

    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)

    #politics #funny

  25. RE: mastodon.social/@arjenlubach/1

    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)

    #politics #funny

  26. RE: bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285

    #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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 ."

  27. RE: bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285

    #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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 ."

  28. RE: bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285

    #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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 ."

  29. RE: bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285

    #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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 ."

  30. RE: bewegung.social/@neuSoM/116285

    #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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 ."

  31. #NoKings

    And in fact numerous universities in #Europe have started on #Mastodon
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 #Unis4Mastodon

    Hints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: rug.nl/library/news-events/soc

  32. #NoKings

    And in fact numerous universities in #Europe have started on #Mastodon
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 #Unis4Mastodon

    Hints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: rug.nl/library/news-events/soc

  33. #NoKings

    And in fact numerous universities in #Europe have started on #Mastodon
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 #Unis4Mastodon

    Hints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: rug.nl/library/news-events/soc

  34. #NoKings

    And in fact numerous universities in #Europe have started on #Mastodon
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 #Unis4Mastodon

    Hints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: rug.nl/library/news-events/soc

  35. #NoKings

    And in fact numerous universities in #Europe have started on #Mastodon
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 #Unis4Mastodon

    Hints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: rug.nl/library/news-events/soc

  36. #NoKings

    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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 .

  37. #NoKings

    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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 .

  38. #NoKings

    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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 .

  39. #NoKings

    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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 .

  40. #NoKings

    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
    👉 mastodon-listen.playground.54g
    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 .

  41. As many dictators have found out statues of self aggrandisement become targets for the masses to topple once installed. #trump #statue #autocrats nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technol

  42. As many dictators have found out statues of self aggrandisement become targets for the masses to topple once installed. #trump #statue #autocrats nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technol

  43. As many dictators have found out statues of self aggrandisement become targets for the masses to topple once installed. #trump #statue #autocrats nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technol