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📉 Opinion: China's new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country's declining fertility rate
https://theconversation.com/chinas-new-condom-tax-will-prove-no-effective-barrier-to-countrys-declinin…

China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/red-3
From the first 2 panels I thought they were going to burn the Wolf for cross-dressing as a Grandmother.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Red
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Red

Members of Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard (#DBNY ),
a campaign that organizes weekly demonstrations calling for the eviction of two companies from the city-owned industrial park,
said a new mayor won’t alter their activism.
“Mamdani’s electoral victory doesn’t change our mission nor does it change our work,”
said the group in a statement to Mondoweiss.
“We hope Mamdani heeds the …

As Zohran Mamdani prepares to enter City Hall he faces pressure from an unlikely source — Palestine activists
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City owed no small debt to Palestine activists, many of whom mobilized behind his campaign. But how will this relationship fare once he enters City Hall? There are some early tests that will let us know.

💀 It has begun! 💀
#Fascism

„Wenn der Staat seine Aufgaben überzeugend erfüllt und der Bürger sich nicht als unmündiges Objekt politischer Zwangsbeglückung empfinden muss, sondern eine effektive Chance hat, auf Art und Weise der Aufgabenerfüllung Einfluss zu nehmen, bleibt für Demagogen kein Raum.“
Peter M. Huber
#Zitate
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RE: https://mastodon.energy/@TransitionShow/115974018361019547
Want to change energy policy where you live, but not sure how? This episode will get you started.

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.
The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.
https://bsky.app/profile/mamassian.bsky.social/post/3lzl7geiqm22n

Pascal Mamassian (@mamassian.bsky.social)
A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.11582v2

Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/22/noam-chomsky-jeffrey-epstein-ties-emails
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p63#a251122p63

"Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Arctic

Climate change is now warming the deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean
While it is well known that climate change is heating the world's oceans, it was thought that the deep sea was safe from its effects—until now. Researchers have discovered that a rapidly warming part of the Atlantic is leading to the heating up of Arctic Ocean depths.

The state has become an existential threat to humanity in multiple ways. Not only are we *all* at risk of being killed at any time by the monsterous incompetence and malice of these systems (yeah, listen to this: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-the-men-who-might-310407494/), but we are also slowly being killed by systems enforced and protected by these same entities.
States won't fix climate change. Ecocide is enabled by the existence of states.
Maybe... just maybe... it's time to think of other ways to organize ourselves.