@Techmeme@techhub.socialPayPal says it has filed applications to establish PayPal Bank to provide loans more efficiently to US small businesses and reduce its reliance on third parties (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/paypal<…
@cdarwin@c.imWith a historic supermajority now secured, the Japanese
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) under Sanae Takaichi stands at its strongest position in decades.
The collapse of the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) in the same election has left Japan’s political landscape without its most prominent counterweight.
The question now is simple: what is left of Japan’s opposition?
Running under the slogan “Citizens First,” the CRA tried to appeal to voters with middle-ground messagi…
@rmdes@mstdn.social> 7 ans après ce post.
30 ans après les faits.
En France, les victimes engagées en tant que parties civiles attendent toujours que la justice bouge.
Le dossier OKC-Spatz a été rouvert en 2021. Depuis ?
Silence.
La Belgique a jugé.
L’Espagne a protégé Spatz.
@newstik@social.heise.deFedeyx says that my package is on the way with a "trusted third-party vendor". That implies that #Fedex also works with untrusted third-parties.
@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.socialRelation EU-USA :
"La meilleure ligne de conduite que Bruxelles pourrait adopter serait de reconnaître qu'une rupture définitive s'est produite et de s'engager dans une voie plus indépendante, écrit Nathalie Tocci, directrice de l'Institut italien des affaires internationales et professeure Š l'École d'études internationales avancées de l'Université Johns Hopkins en Europe."
@rae@bne.socialAt least someone's enjoying the thought of a by-election in Farrer
https://www.betootaadvocate.com/report-farrer-by-election-is-going-to-be-a-real-shitshow/
@cdarwin@c.imIn Hong Kong, companies have received “America 250” forms from the U.S. consulate
soliciting donations.
In Japan, companies have heeded the call and committed to tens of millions of dollars in contributions.
In Singapore, the American ambassador pressed for donations before a room full of executives at a dinner at one of the city-state’s most expensive hotels.
The solicitations from the diplomatic outposts come as Trump's allies are aggressively raising money for a…
@lilmikesf@c.im"We Don't Want To Be Americans"
The sentiment of #Greenland's denizens and political parties amongst the most ignored aspect in the stewing debate over #ArcticCircle adjacent isle's fuzzy future...
@aral@mastodon.ar.al“Trump’s America is not merely indifferent to Europe – it’s positively hostile to it. That has enormous implications for the continent and for Britain, which too many of our leaders still refuse to face.
…
The motive hardly matters: whether the US regards the EU as an enemy for transactional or ideological reasons, it now sees it as an enemy.
…
[Mark] Rutte warns of war, urging Europe to prepare itself, yet he has nothing to say about the one-time ally across the Atlantic…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
Jona Lewie:
🎵 You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
#JonaLewie
https://backtomine.bandcamp.com/track/you-ll-always-find-me-in-the-kitchen-at-parties
https://open.spotify.com/track/4ZHPfdvTgCDGIeP8fAUVpG
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders Issued Blunt Words on Maxx Crosby Amid Trade Rumors https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/blunt-words-maxx-crosby-trade-rumors/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deswingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…
@cdarwin@c.imMarkus Frohnmaier was among some 20 state, federal and EU lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany party to attend the annual black-tie gala hosted by the New York Young Republican Club.
Buoyed by the new U.S. security strategy that praises Europe's far-right parties,
the senior German lawmaker called for an alliance between U.S. and German nationalist parties
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI’ll never understand how someone can claim to be a leftist while still supporting parties that defend and sustain capitalist exploitation.
#Capitalism #AntiCapitalism
@gwire@mastodon.social> Without 230’s protections, smaller platforms—the ones that might actually compete with the giants—get destroyed first. They can’t afford the vexatious lawsuits. They can’t afford buildings full of lawyers. The big players survive, and their market position gets locked in even harder.
h…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDutch parties aiming for rare minority coalition government (Bart Meijer/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/dutch-parties-aim-form-minority-government-nos-reports-2026-01-09/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p72#a260109p72
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Bauhaus:
🎵 She's In Parties
#NowPlaying #Bauhaus
https://djvampire.bandcamp.com/track/bauhaus-shes-in-parties-special-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/2RQkcg3BPdm8wJDVbrFRzr
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.iowonder how these people who vague-reply “why would you use Apple products” when you post about good or bad things with Apple products fare at parties
@ripienaar@devco.social“While being perfectly happy to support, pay and earn money from Nazis we think CSAM is the line we won’t cross” is not the flex you all websites and political parties seem to think it is.
We also saw how you all previously left X and went right back despite Dickhead in charge becoming an even bigger nazi.
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toAnother #year, another #performancereview , another solid `Meets Expectations`.
Im 27 yrs into my career, they get what they pay me for, but the years of busting my hump for pizza parties and token appreciation at the expense of work/life balance are over.
@dariaphoebe@mindly.socialBack again, after a couple parties and some other fun social times. Today was Marie’s biscuits with egg and bacon, tea and coffee. #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/NbV1CkWRoNehcRdw5
@NFL@darktundra.xyzit’s so easy to get wrapped up in the parties, money, and glamour at big events like this, but staying true to your roots and doing what you love is what’s important. my family taught me to stay grounded by spreading kindness. i love connecting with all of you and making you guys laugh :) so thankful for one of the most incredible weeks and NFL seasons. i wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you guys. love you all so much ♥️
@burningbecks@social.tchncs.deHeute ist wieder "Abrissbirne" #Metal-#Party im Heimat Hafen #Bielefeld.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyIn the 2.5 months since the Dutch elections, parties here failed to find a majority coalition, because Rutte's VVD successor Yesilgöz - who chose to form the disastrous previous coalition with Wilders' PVV - ruled out a coalition with the Greens/Socialdemocrats this time.
Now we'll get a minority coalition of D66, CDA and VVD. https://nos.nl…
@anildash@me.dmBleh. Just saw a friend who found out they couldn’t be followed by one of their friends because (unbeknownst to both parties) the moderators of their friend’s instance had defederated from their own instance. All of this, for people who barely know what any of these terms mean. What they experience is, “Two people you’ve never met have a beef you’ve never heard about over an issue you don’t know about, so your friend can’t see you. And there’s no fix.” It’s just terrible all around.
@inthehands@hachyderm.io(For those not in the know: Minneapolis is heavily, heavily Democratic, but there are really two Democratic Parties here, split loosely speaking between leftists and centrists; city council and mayoral elections are always bitter fights between these groups)
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deswingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialAfter some time in preparation, and following an initial attempt to prioritise the allocation of network capacity, the Dutch NRA has now taken a (and this time: own) decision.
Priority for 'congestion softeners', safety, healthcare, housing etc.
https://www.officielebekendmakingen.nl/stc<…
@rmdes@mstdn.social🚧 L’accès Š la justice est un combat. Encore plus pour des survivant-es de dérives sectaires. Aidons-les Š surmonter cet obstacle et Š voir leur dossier avancer. Chaque don compte ! 💙 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org
@timfoster@mastodon.socialRE: https://mastodon.ie/@greenpartyni/115881150327768590
I hope all parties follow suit. I note my DUP MP is currently still on Twitter (assuming he actually knows what a computer is)
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzWe need more folks who understand POSSE and why it's crucial to a) personal digital sovereignty, b) functional open (democratic) societies, and c) a free and open Internet: Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.
canonical: https://indieweb.org/POSSE
popular media:
@rigo@mamot.fraïe aïe, la vérité du matraquage des manifestants lors du mouvement des gilets jaunes se dessine lentement. Un tel carnage ne peut être le débordement de quelques uns. Donc, Š regarder avec la plus grande attention par @… Car le vrai scandale n'a pas encore vu le jour: Les ordres de la hiérarchie. On va assister Š un concert de langue de bois du ministère aux dirigea…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itAs usual at the kid's bday party, the vegetarian food was gone and the gross-ass meat (in this case burgers and less-gross-but-still-meat-tastic chicken fingers) remained. People need to stop overestimating how many people want meat at parties..
@roland@devdilettante.comJust like The Convicted Criminal, the rules that others have followed for many decades don't apply to PP sad face.
https://mstdn.ca/@TheresaReason/116027545062776307
@mela@zusammenkunft.netA few thoughts about the new US national security strategy, especially the part about the growing influence of ‘patriotic’ parties, whose growing influence the current administration endorses:
https://bsky.app/profile/rikefranke.bsky.social/post/3m7ab2nreps2e
@frankel@mastodon.topPublish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere
#POSSE
@ruth_mottram@fediscience.orgPretty good analysis from @… but subtleties make it difficult to translate Danish model elsewhere. It's a PR system, so always coalitions many different flavours to vote for; Danish Peoples Party are left on welfare but not on immigration
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/22/danish-model-centre-left-parties-labour-doesnt-work
@paulbusch@mstdn.caRE: https://mastodon.social/@taylorlorenz/116025421547573109
@…
I'm late to this conversation and then I had to read through the responses to see what I could add. Most of the points, good and bad, are contained in the replies. So I tried to apply an analogy using the experience of similar but different events.
The difference between having an account on social media platforms from the tech bros (X, BlueSky, Threads) versus participating on Mastodon is like two different types of cocktail parties. One is closer to a corporate event like those held at industry conferences. The other is a neighborhood get-together at someone's house.
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyIn the 2.5 months since the Dutch elections, parties here failed to find a majority coalition, because Rutte's VVD successor Yesilgöz - who chose to form the disastrous previous coalition with Wilders' PVV - ruled out a coalition with the Greens/Socialdemocrats this time.
Now we'll get a minority coalition of D66, CDA and VVD. https://nos.nl…
@UP8@mastodon.social⛰️ In the Andes, elections ride on political frustrations and social movements
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-the-andes-elections-ride-on-political-frustrations-and-social-movements/
@lapizistik@social.tchncs.deWas wir an der Epstein-Geschichte auch sehen¹: Banalität. Da ist keine ultra-ausgefeilte geheime Verschwörung mit Geheimidentitäten, Decknamen, …, keine geheimen Zirkel und Geheimorganisation wie im Spionage-Thriller, sondern ganz platt (unverschlüsselte) Emails zwischen und Parties mit Menschen, die sich irgendwie einer bestimmten irgendwie elitären Gruppe „zugehörig“ fühlen oder fühlen wollen. Und ein nicht hinschauen (wollen) statt Geheimhaltung.
Ich brauch keine Verschwörung, wenn…
@rmdes@mstdn.social💔 Survivre Š une dérive sectaire, c’est déjŠ un combat. Se reconstruire et chercher justice, c’est encore plus difficile. Aidons les victimes d’OKC Š faire entendre leur voix au tribunal. ⚖️ 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org
@johnleonard@mastodon.socialA 2006 contract between the Post Office and Fujitsu shows that both parties were aware of bugs in the Fujitsu’s Horizon accounting software, and also that Fujitsu could take control over the system, contradicting statements by the Post Office in its action against hundreds of sub-postmasters accused of fraud, some of whom took their own lives.
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ie""The problem with treating politics as a doughnut, where the centre is consistantly defined as the hole where policy doesn't belong is that it leaves the parties of the Hole to just react to wherever the dough is.""
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-labours
@cdarwin@c.imThe Justice Department is coming under intense scrutiny from members of Congress in both parties
for allegedly cataloguing the search history of lawmakers who have gone to review the unredacted Epstein files.
Why it matters:
It's a fresh and high-octane scandal for Attorney General Pam Bondi at a time when she is already facing bipartisan heat over her handling of the Epstein matter.
"There is no bottom for the Trump administration," House Minority Lead…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBlanche: 'It isn't a crime to party with Mr. Epstein' (Ryan Mancini/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5719992-doj-todd-blanche-epstein-files-parties/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260203/p57#a260203p57
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deswingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…
@gadgetboy@gadgetboy.social
@davej@dice.campOur PM, NotPeterDutton, responds to #Trump’s invasion of #Venezuela. Or maybe he doesn’t. Who knows?
He was hoping for a quiet Sunday. Who are you people, and why won’t you let him roll over and go back to sleep?
This is all terribly inconvenient.
@fgraver@hcommons.socialSome of us have been saything this for a long time, but there can no longer be any doubt: under the Trump administration, the US is an enemy of democracy. Since taking power, Trump and his minions have:
⁃ Threatened to annex Greenland. Several times.
⁃ Meddled in the affairs of NATO allies by calling for right-wing extremist parties to come to power.
⁃ Attacked nations on other continents (including Iran and Nigeria)
⁃ Launched a military raid on Venezuela, illegally kid…
@rmdes@mstdn.socialÉcouter Ricardo Mendes sur NRJ Belgique vers 18h30 pour parler de https://chardonsbleus.org et de l'affaire OKC-Spatz en France https://www.nrj.be/player
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energyThe two core parties for a new Dutch government coalition - CDA and @… - have agreed on an agenda; they will now invite other parties to join in.
Some of their points on energy and climate in this thread!
1/n
@chrysn@chaos.socialSince we started using `cargo vet` in #ArielOS, I'm happy to see that some of the crates that we previously on our list of "yes we should review them but don't have the resources now" are vanishing from there because other parties we trust have actually reviewed them.
The ecosystem is growing! ❤️
@glauber@writing.exchangeI thought this was pretty funny. Awkward dinner parties.
Hopefully no paywall, gift article.
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/20
@bourgwick@heads.social
@mia@hcommons.socialWith travel and parties for holidays coming up, it's a good time to backup your devices, just in case they're lost/damaged/stolen.
This reminder is brought to you via an unlikely car explosion in a carpark also taking out my brother's car and laptop
@cdarwin@c.imCAPITOL HILL CELEBRATES
JENNER & BLOCK:
Congressional Republicans and Democrats
came together last night
for a bipartisan event celebrating the release of
“When Congress Comes Calling,”
a newly updated handbook on congressional investigations
published by Jenner & Block and the Project on Government Oversight.
Jenner & Block is a prominent law firm which remains locked in a bitter legal fight with the Trump administration.
@rmdes@mstdn.socialJe serais sur NRJ Belgique vers 18h30 pour parler de https://chardonsbleus.org et de l’affaire OKC-Spatz en France
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caCarney would never do this because Canada = 3 Property Investors in a Trenchcoat and that’s exactly the way the Liberal and Conservative Parties like it.
#laissezyfaire
#canpoli #cdnpoli #trumpdidagoodthing #stoppedClockSyndrome
https://infosec.exchange/@darkuncle/115860810184307644
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaSomeone has encouraged me to engage in party politics by joining a political party. However, I oppose it, because political parties often represent interests that conflict with my own values and belief system.
Rather than aligning myself with parties that promote agendas incompatible with my views, I want to organiz my local community, prioritizing grassroots involvement and direct democratic participation over representative party politics.
As a syndicalist, I firmly believe tha…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioWell actually the duration of a year is 365.256363004 days
Also I’m fun at parties
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.deswingers: Swingers and parties (2013)
A bipartite sexual affiliation network representing “swing unit” couples (one node per couple) and the parties they attended.
This network has 96 nodes and 232 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/swingers<…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWarren cuts checks to state Democratic parties (Elena Schneider/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/01/07/congress/elizabeth-warren-dem-donations-midterms-00713176
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p49#a260107p49
@cdarwin@c.imTrump may end NAT0,
But he is well on the way to forming the Coalition of Shithole Countries
https://kolektiva.social/@EricLawton/115850715047482958
@burningbecks@social.tchncs.deIst in letzter Zeit wieder einiges im Veranstaltungskalender für OWL gelandet. U.A. das 50. (und letzte) "Live Undead".
#Metal
@cdarwin@c.imUS state department’s
Sarah B Rogers
has become face of
White House’s hostility to
European liberal democracies
As Donald Trump redoubled his war of words on the European Union and Nato in recent weeks,
a senior state department official,
Sarah B Rogers, was publicly attacking policies on hate speech and immigration by ostensible US allies,
and promoting far-right parties abroad.
Rogers has arguably become the public face of the Trump adm…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump slams pardoned Democratic congressman as 'disloyal' for not switching parties (Bill Barrow/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-cuellar-democrat-texas-party-switch-26b1b9e4dda9e7f16bd58e957a547e2a
http://www.memeorandum.com/251207/p47#a251207p47
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioShout-out to the guy who replied to this that the USA was never real but always a bully.
He must be great fun at parties.
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115810373152115216
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nzWondering how many people use an 'IP Geolocation' extension in their browser to tell them *where* websites they visit are actually hosted... I use "Country Flag & IP Whois" for (Fire|Water)Fox which, for example, shows me which Aotearoa NZ civil society organisations, gov't agencies, & political parties host their websites onshore... It's quite telling.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioIt’s going to be hard for the press to get their arms around everything going on. Honestly, it’s hard to get my head around it here on the ground: people are marching downtown, people are protesting at the airport, people are holding neighborhood protests, people are holding block parties out in the bitter cold…. It’s hard to even know where to be!
Good news is it will get up to -10°F / -23°C this afternoon.
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaI consider myself an anarcho‑syndicalist, and to stay true to that, I must be honest with myself and with others. I reject political parties and reformist trade unions because I believe real emancipation cannot come from institutions built on hierarchy or compromise. When someone joins a union that ties itself to a political party or to representative institutions, I no longer feel that we share the same basic ground. For me, any step into party politics, parliamentary games, or electoral st…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialInside NeurIPS 2025, and how it has transformed from a small academic conference into a massive industry event with 24,000 attendees, yacht parties, and more (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-conference-neurips-ff6398df?st=CPQ9Zc
@rmdes@mstdn.social⚖️ Survivre Š une secte, c’est dur. Obtenir justice, encore plus. L’instruction de l’affaire OKC-Spatz arrive Š un moment clé. Aidons 6 parties civiles Š aller jusqu’au procès. 🙏 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/cagnotte-en-ligne
@cdarwin@c.imThe FBI has arrested a suspect five years after an unidentified person placed two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington.
Agents arrested Brian J. Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, on explosive charges.
Calls to relatives of Cole listed in public records were not immediately returned.
The mystery behind the person’s identity has bedeviled law enforcement and helped fuel conspiracy theories about Jan. 6, 2021, …
@rmdes@mstdn.social⚖️ 6 parties civiles se battent pour la justice dans l’affaire OKC-Spatz. iElles n’ont pas les moyens de payer leurs avocats. Chardons Bleus est lŠ pour les soutenir. Aidons-les Š poursuivre leur combat ! votre don peut faire la différence 💙 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/dons
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPoll: Majorities across parties say 'extreme political rhetoric' was a contributor to Charlie Kirk's killing (Scott Bland/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/poll-majorities-parties-extreme-rhetoric-charlie-kirk-killing-rcna243560
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p143#a251117p143
@cdarwin@c.imCommon sense and history show that
donors will often use political parties as conduits
to evade limits on individual contributions,
increasing the risk of quid pro quo corruption.
#MoneyIsNotSpeech
https://c.im/@…
@cdarwin@c.imThe US House has approved a sweeping defence bill
that bolsters Europe’s security,
in what appears to be sharp rebuke to Donald Trump’s mounting threats
to downgrade Washington’s ties to traditional allies and Nato.
The bipartisan vote came just days after the publication of a White House national security strategy
that said Europe faced “civilisational erasure”
and made explicit Washington’s support for Europe’s nationalist far-right parties
– rattl…
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioMy inability to get a handle on the size of the crowd from inside the crowd is a metaphor for today writ large. In addition to the big downtown protest, there were multiple protests at the airport, clergy arrested for blocking the airport access road, at least two impromptu neighborhood protests I’m aware of near my house. There were food drives. There were street parties. Many businesses that were “closed” kept their doors open and offered free coffee, pancakes, warming spaces. Nobody really knows everything that happened.
#GeneralStrike #MInneapolis
@rmdes@mstdn.socialUn procès est essentiel, mais le financement est crucial pour faire entendre leur voix. Soutenons les 6 parties civiles de l’affaire OKC-Spatz pour obtenir justice. 💙 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCalifornia reaches a $50M settlement with Meta to resolve claims that Facebook users were misled about their ability to limit who could see personal details (The San Francisco Standard)
https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/19/facebook-users-dec…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'A transformative time': Both parties brace for dramatic campaign fundraising change ahead of the midterms (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/05/2026-elections-party-fundraising-ad-spending-00766172
http://www.memeorandum.com/260205/p14#a260205p14
@cdarwin@c.imThe US supreme court is set on Tuesday to hear arguments
in a Republican-led challenge on free speech grounds to
federal limits on spending by political parties in coordination with electoral candidates
in a case involving JD Vance.
Donald Trump’s administration has thrown its support behind the challenge,
brought by plaintiffs including two Republican committees and the vice-president,
who was running for the US Senate in Ohio when the case began.
…
@rmdes@mstdn.social⚠️ Les survivant-es d’OKC se battent contre un système judiciaire lent et souvent violent pour les victimes. Aidons-les Š franchir cette épreuve et Š porter leur affaire jusqu’au procès. 🙏 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/
@rmdes@mstdn.socialRobert Spatz, le gourou d’OKC, est toujours en liberté. Au moins un abus est en cours en Espagne. En France, seules six parties civiles se battent pour qu’un mandat d’arrêt international soit enfin délivré.
https://youtu.be/R04H6ht2QU4?si=cjoqHTQjSsS9jmdU
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAI becomes a political wedge issue, creating odd bedfellows across parties (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ai-wedge-issue-midterms-2028-bedfellows-rcna244811
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p75#a251201p75
@cdarwin@c.imThe Institute of Museum and Library Services
is now accepting applications for its 2026 grant cycle.
But this year, it has unusually specific criteria.
In cover letters accompanying the applications, the institute said it
“particularly welcomes” projects that align with President Donald Trump’s vision for America.
These would include those that foster an appreciation for the country “through uplifting and positive narratives,”
the agency writes,
cit…
@cdarwin@c.imFollowing an intense backlash this morning,
the White House has now taken down Trump’s Truth Social repost
of a video showing a racist clip
⚠️depicting the Obamas as apes.
The post was up for 12 hours.
As we reported earlier, a few hours ago the White House had initially tried to brush off the outrage,
defending Trump’s repost as “an internet meme video”.
Politicians from both parties have this morning condemned the post
and urged Trump to remov…
@rmdes@mstdn.social> 7 ans après ce post.
30 ans après les faits.
En France, les victimes engagées en tant que parties civiles attendent toujours que la justice bouge.
Le dossier OKC-Spatz a été rouvert en 2021. Depuis ?
Silence.
La Belgique a jugé.
L’Espagne a protégé Spatz.
@rmdes@mstdn.socialRobert Spatz, le gourou d’OKC, est toujours en liberté. Au moins un abus est en cours en Espagne. En France, seules six parties civiles se battent pour qu’un mandat d’arrêt international soit enfin délivré.
https://youtu.be/R04H6ht2QU4?si=cjoqHTQjSsS9jmdU
@cdarwin@c.imA 2016 civil lawsuit found in the Epstein files alleges that
Trump raped a 13-year-old girl at parties hosted by Jeffrey Epstein in NY.
Epstein raped her too.
For anyone wondering why the victim dropped the case…
Immediately following this rape, Defendant Trump threatened Plaintiff that,
were she ever to reveal any of the details of the sexual and physical abuse of her by Defendant Trump,
Plaintiff and her family would be physically harmed if not killed.”<…
@rmdes@mstdn.socialRobert Spatz, le gourou d’OKC, est toujours en liberté. Au moins un abus est en cours en Espagne. En France, seules six parties civiles se battent pour qu’un mandat d’arrêt international soit enfin délivré.
https://youtu.be/R04H6ht2QU4?si=cjoqHTQjSsS9jmdU
@rmdes@mstdn.social💔 Les survivants d’OKC ont surmonté des défis incroyables. Ensemble, luttons pour leur droit Š la justice. Rejoignez-nous pour mettre fin Š l'impunité. 🙏 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/
@rmdes@mstdn.social💔 Survivre Š une dérive sectaire, c’est déjŠ un combat. Se reconstruire et chercher justice, c’est encore plus difficile. Aidons les victimes d’OKC Š faire entendre leur voix au tribunal. ⚖️ 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org
@cdarwin@c.imTrump: “Merry Christmas to all, including the many Sleazebags who loved Epstein, gave him bundles of money, went to his Island, attended his parties, & thought he was the greatest guy on earth, only to ‘drop him like a dog’ when things got too HOT … Enjoy what may be your last Merry Christmas!”
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@rmdes@mstdn.social📸 2018 : entre deux procès de la secte OKC.
2025 : en Belgique, certaines indemnisations ne sont toujours pas versées.
Et en France ? Le dossier est gelé.
⏳ 8 ans d’attente pour les parties civiles.
🔇 19 audition. 1 mise en examen. 0 arrestation.
@rmdes@mstdn.social💔 Les survivants d’OKC ont surmonté des défis incroyables. Ensemble, luttons pour leur droit Š la justice. Rejoignez-nous pour mettre fin Š l'impunité. 🙏 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org/
@rmdes@mstdn.social📸 2018 : entre deux procès de la secte OKC.
2025 : en Belgique, certaines indemnisations ne sont toujours pas versées.
Et en France ? Le dossier est gelé.
⏳ 8 ans d’attente pour les parties civiles.
🔇 19 audition. 1 mise en examen. 0 arrestation.
@rmdes@mstdn.social🚧 L’accès Š la justice est un combat. Encore plus pour des survivant-es de dérives sectaires. Aidons-les Š surmonter cet obstacle et Š voir leur dossier avancer. Chaque don compte ! 💙 👉 https://chardonsbleus.org
