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I was listening to the #DailyZeitgeist podcast yesterday talking about how #US people compare #ICE to the Gestapo when Hitler and his Nazis used US

😅 New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
#usa

New research finds Americans deeply concerned about US democracy
A new study from the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and Public Agenda finds that Americans are deeply concerned about the state of U.S. democracy and that growing divisions within the Republican Party deepen partisan divides over how the Constitution should guide presidential authority and the balance of power.

"US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds"
#US #USA #America #Climate

I have no doubt the US can do several rounds of strikes and probably/hopefully Iran can't do anything meaningful striking back. But if the strikes are done, what's next... Hoping Iranian protestors take over government?
#iran #usa

Wenn ein US-Kriegsminister im Pentagon predigt, verschwimmen Grenzen: Bastian Brauns beschreibt, wie Pete Hegseth religiöse Rhetorik kultiviert – bis hin zu Anklängen eines „Kreuzzugs“.
Es ist so fremd und für mich unglaublich, was da vorgeht.
#USA #Religion

"US Supreme Court to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits"
#US #USA #America #Climate

US Supreme Court to hear Big Oil bid to dismiss climate suits
In their fight to block climate accountability cases, fossil fuel majors recently gained the ear of the highest court in the US.

This is as good a time as any for a thought experiment.
You're in Nazi Germany. You know about the camps, you know what they do, you see the ash fall, you smell it. People who resist alone are killed, some are sent to the camps too. You're afraid to even talk to people about it for fear that they'll turn you in.
You think back to when the camps were being built. You had all the warning signs, but you didn't know how to interpret them. You could believe it would happen. You thought you'd have a chance to vote him out. You thought there might be another way. You thought maybe things would turn out differently if you just sat tight, kept your head down, kept yourself safe.
You see a family being dragged from their home. You know they will be killed. You want to fight, not just for them but for yourself. You opposed Hitler, and at any point you know you could be on the list... Even if you do nothing.
You wish you could rise up, shoot the SS, open the gates, fight it all. You know you aren't alone, but you don't know how to connect with the people who want the same thing.
Using the knowledge we have now, what should you have done in the preceding months and years to connect, to build a community that would open up all paths of resistance?
There were people who resisted. We know it wasn't enough.
Gun laws in Nazi Germany were very similar to US laws in that Nazis were largely free to own guns and everyone else was not. Unlike the US, where "others" have historically controlled using the fear that they might be randomly executed, Germany did codify it. Red flag laws were one more step in the US towards that codification, and there will be more.
When Nazis were taking away those guns, the social networks didn't exist to make resistance possible for most folks. But some Jews were able to resist.
It wasn't the guns that made the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising possible, though they definitely helped. The Warsaw Ghetto uprising was made possible by labor organizing in the precessing years.
If there were more uprisings like that, the Holocaust could have been stopped if not prevented. Social networks make resistance possible. Guns are only useful tools to resist authoritarianism *after* you build a community able to support that resistance, and they are only one of many tools made useful by that community.
Getting guns is easy, and not always necessary. Building community is hard. Guns won't keep you safe. Community will.
Single acts of resistance may slow the machine down, but to actually bring down a monster you need to be able to attack more than once. You need a society of resistance. If you are afraid now, build that. Talk to people while it's still safe to do so. Ask them where their red line is. Talk to neighbors. Figure out your network.
Take the steps you need now to keep your neighbors safe, to keep yourself safe.
#USPol

Heute vor 73 Jahren: Am 31. März 1953 führten die #USA in #Nevada den #Atomtest "Upshot-Knothole Ruth", Teil der "Operation Upshot-Knothole", durch. Insgesamt wurden bei dieser Operation…

"Kurswechsel: #Europa soll US-Tech von kritischer #Infrastruktur ausschließen.
Die Gesellschaft für Informatik warnt vor einer digitalen Kolonie der #USA und fordert einen Kurswechsel bei staatlicher

Why is this unilateral ? EU should exactly ask for the same biometric materials from US.
#europe #us
htt…

»Im Netz der USA — #Europa's schwieriger Weg aus der digitalen Abhängigkeit:
Wenige große #US-Unternehmen haben den digitalen Markt unter sich aufgeteilt. Und ihre Marktmacht wächst, denn die #EU hängt mit ihren d…

Digitale Souveränität: Europas Suche nach Alternativen zu Google, Amazon und Co.
Google, Microsoft, Amazon: Wenige große US-Unternehmen haben den digitalen Markt unter sich aufgeteilt. Und ihre Macht wächst. Was kann Europa dagegen tun?

Saw on #LinkedIn a European tech expert claiming that the #US is "by far the worst in the world in terms of privacy violations"
I honestly feel like #Asia doesn't exist to a lot of Europeans. Do they …

Fire damage aboard #US supercarrier off #Iran caused by fire in a laundry is forcing the ship to go to Crete for repairs amid claims of poor crew morale.
Speculating here, but is this arson/sabotage?
#IranCrisis

“Canada supports the United States…..”
these are the only words that matter and I’m sorry what? This is “our” position? No. I reject this!!
Canada has stood for humanitarian law and international peace and security for nearly a century.
We should be a “Middle Power” with values. Right? Wasn’t that the Davos speech?!
But here we are clapping meekly from the sidelines as the country that would love to annex us, now ruled by a Christo-Fascist Regime, and in partnership with a Judeo-Fascist Regime blows up people in a country ruled by a Islamo-Fascist regime.
We are basically back to the Middle Ages but with nukes in our back pocket.
These are the three most dangerous countries in the world all fighting amongst themselves. We should not be taking sides, except for the side of peaceful civilians of all religions in all countries.
This is not the way.
I am shocked at the shallowness, the naïveté and the cowardice of Carney’s foreign policy.
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #iran #usa #israel #palestine #war #genocide #fascism

Apparently, future travellers to the US are now expected to disclose every email address they've used in the last five years, alongside their social media accounts. I must have hundreds of addresses, because of the catch-all 🤯. There's not a chance in hell I'm going there unless absolutely necessary.
#USA

"Let them get their own oil" is "Let them eat cake" but at nation scale.
#oil #Iran #USA #war #demand #bullying

Minab: When the world’s most precise missile chose a classroom | US-Israel war on Iran | @…
#Iran #US

US-Algorithmen als Grenzhüter: Automatisierte Urteile über EU-Reisende möglich
Ein Entwurf zum Austausch von Biometriedaten mit den USA lässt zu, dass Software bald allein über die Einreise entscheidet – trotz massiver Datenschutzbedenken. @… #USA

"Reform mayor courted US oil and gas executive about fracking in UK"
#US #USA #America #UK

I still have people asking me why I no longer travel to the US for security conferences 🤦🏼‍♂️
#us #politics

This infographic is going around about the deployement of US forces in the Middle East, you can argue about some details but it illustrates the sheer size of the deployement.
#USA #Iran #geopolitics …

Record-breaking heat wave grips western US #UnitedStates #USA

Record-breaking heat wave grips western US
A record early heat wave striking the west of the United States on Friday is a one-in-500-years type event and all but certainly the result of human-caused climate change, experts say.

Heute vor 54 Jahren: Am 30.03.1972 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Grommet simultan die 28/29. Atombombe "Onaja"/"Ocate". Grommet war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1971/72 insgesamt 39 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in

Death Gulch at Yellowstone is "a natural death trap for animals" due to CO2 and H2S accumulation. "At high concentrations..., these gases are lethal, and the death of one animal is thought to lure in others, who are then also overcome." Also, description of Wahb Springs.
Great post by US Geological Survey #USGS scientists

Yellowstone’s Wahb Springs and Death Gulch—unusual features with unusual names
In the northeast part of Yellowstone National Park there is a thermal area with a strange composition. And even stranger names.

The US withdrawing from many organisations including GFCE (Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) doesn’t look promising about their commitment to cybersecurity.
#us #cybersecurity

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

"US installs record 18.9 GW of energy storage in 2025"
#US #USA #America #Energy

US installs record 18.9 GW of energy storage in 2025
The United States added 18.9 GW of energy storage capacity in 2025, a 52% increase year on year, according to Wood Mackenzie.

How much suffering would the US and the world have been spared, how many people would still be alive today, if on July 13, 2024, a ridiculous one or two centimeters had not been missing...
#trump #usa #Minnesota

«#KI vom OpenAI-Rivalen Anthropic bei Maduro-Einsatz genutzt:
Bei der #US-Militäroperation zur Gefangennahme des venezolanischen Machthabers Nicolšs Maduro ist einem Medienbericht zufolge #KISoftware des

Bericht: KI vom OpenAI-Rivalen Anthropic bei Maduro-Einsatz genutzt
Bei der US-Militäroperation zur Gefangennahme des venezolanischen Machthabers ist einem Medienbericht zufolge KI-Software von Anthropic eingesetzt worden.

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116292642552859449
So …. Trump raises fuel prices with his war, then his USPS squeezes us further.
The pain is the purpose.

Ich hoffe inständig, dass wir uns nicht an der #FußballWM in den #USA beteiligen.
Es braucht starke Signale.
#uspol

Und übrigens: Die dänische App, die US-Waren sichtbar macht für informierte Kaufentscheidungen heisst:
"UdenUSA"
#App #USA #Trump

I am just wondering if the US can keep all current military assets in theatre for a longer time, if the next rounds of talks with Iran take weeks/months, or is there some practical limit? In other words is Trump in some hurry to strike or not?
#Iran #USA

The US Treasure Secretary seems to be a little uninformed, describing Denmark as “irrelevant”.
After all, 100% of their precious Mounjaro is made in Denmark…
#uspolitics

RE: #USTech

It appears that the time has come to deny your future self entry to the great #USA with a little social media post. #Venezuela

"North Carolina may use batteries to give new life to old solar farms"
#US #USA #America #NorthCarolina…

North Carolina may use batteries to give new life to old solar farms
A Duke Energy proposal backed by clean energy groups would let older solar farms renew their expiring contracts on favorable terms — if they build storage.

A glimpse at the Republican Party’s all‑time favorite reading material.
Considering that they idolized Hitler in private group chats.
#Facism #USA #US

Great blog, Defeated, How Trump is destroying the US as a world power.
#usa

Defeated
How Trump is destroying the US as a world power

"A Colorado clean air plan targeting dirtiest offenders is actually working. Here’s how."
#US #USA #America #Colorado

A Colorado clean air plan targeting dirtiest offenders is actually working. Here’s how.
A Colorado air pollution plan to cut the biggest industrial emissions is working ahead of time, state records show.

Heute vor 50 Jahren: Am 26. Februar 1976 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Shallows". Die Operation Anvil war eine Serie von 21 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1975 und 1976 auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

"Trump's signature is set to start adorning new U.S. dollars later this year, a change that the Treasury Department said was in honor of America's 250th anniversary."
In honor of the vanity of one person. 🙄
#USA #currency #insult #vanity

Iran is continuing to prepare for a potential military conflict with the United States.
#usa

Iran Update, February 24, 2026
Iran is seeking support from US adversaries Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to prepare for war against the United States.

Via @… on Bluesky
Nuclear experts undercut White House claims about Iran reactor at heart of case for war
#USpol #US #Iran

Heute vor 72 Jahren: Am 26. März 1954 kam es zum ersten Test der thermonuklearen Waffe TX-17, einer der ersten in den #USA eingesetzten thermonuklearen Bomben. Castle Romeo war der Codename für einen der Tests der US-#Atomtestserie Operation #Castle.

Three US prosecutors quit their jobs after being pressed to investigate the widow of Renee Good. The failure to investigate the ICE agent shooter was involved.
#uspol #ReneeGood #ICE

3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, quit after the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.

Dänischer US-Boykott: Apps sortieren Waren im Supermarkt aus: Viele Dänen haben eine große Wut auf die USA – und lassen die beim Einkaufen raus. Mit Hilfe von Apps vermeiden sie gezielt amerikanische Produkte. @… #USA

"US energy leader slams IEA's net zero agenda, suggests Washington could walk out"
#US #USA #America #NetZero

US energy leader slams IEA's net zero agenda
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the International Energy Agency should focus on energy security and abandon net zero ideas, but EU leaders have backed the Paris-based agency as a "trusted pillar" of the global energy community. #EuropeNews

"Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025
A record-breaking year for solar generation and a leap in battery capacity have shifted the US energy landscape, turning solar into a primary workhorse for meeting the nation’s surging power needs.

Look at the bright side, this lobbyist could use another lobbyist to get his own presidential pardon.
The president is just fine for this cycle of crime-pardon-crime to expand.
#pardons #USA #corruption

Heute vor 56 Jahren: Am 25. Februar 1970 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Cumarin". Operation Mandrel war eine Serie von 53 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1969 und 1970 hauptsächlich auf der Nevada Test Site in Nevada unterirdisch durchgeführt wurde.

Amazing and scary analysis, Israel and the US have a munitions problem. It is also food for thought for any military in europe for example.
#Iran #USA #Israel

Over 11,000 munitions in 16 Days of the Iran War: ‘Command of the Reload’ Governs Endurance
Significant numbers of advanced munitions have been expended, revealing that battlefield dominance matters less than the industrial capacity to replenish critical stockpiles.

In the first attack on a speedboat in September 2025, Trump and Hegseth used a military plane made up to look civilian. That’s a war crime called “perfidy”. (Free link)
#uspol #usnavy #uscg

U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.”

RE: #US #Hegseth

Heute vor 45 Jahren: Am 25. Februar 1981 testen die #USA die Atombombe "Seco". Die Operation #Guardian war eine Serie von 14 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests, die 1980/81 auf der Nevada…

"Is Trump’s assault on climate and clean energy reversible?"
#US #USA #America #Climate

Is Trump’s assault on climate and clean energy reversible?
The president’s rollbacks of climate rules and renewable-energy incentives have made headlines, but executive action is much less durable than legislation.

Husband of US Labor Secretary barred from Labor Department offices due to sexual assault complaints from staff (free link)
#labor #uspol #LoriChavesDeRemer

Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From Department Premises After Reports of Sexual Assaults
At least two female staff members said Dr. Shawn DeRemer had touched them inappropriately at the agency in Washington.

"Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin"
#US #USA #America #Wisconsin

Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin
Madison is proving electric buses can run through cold winters, providing a blueprint for zero-emissions transit in other frigid locales.

From a military point of view, as German Defence Minister Pistorius has noted, the US doesn't need european ships as escorts in Hormuz, if you think about the size of the US Navy. So it is probably just to get Europe involved in Trump's/Netanyahu war on Iran. I hope we will pass.
#Iran #USA

Heute vor 45 Jahren: Am 25. Februar 1981 testen die #USA die #Atombombe "Seco". Die Operation #Guardian war eine Serie von 14 US-amerikanischen

"I think he has learned his lesson"
- Sen. Susan Collins, still, probably.
#USA #history #stupidity

"‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California"
#US #USA #America #California

‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California
A sweeping plan to build 21 gigawatts of solar plus batteries on 136,000 acres could be a lifeline for Central Valley farmers facing devastating water…

Trump says U.S. ground troops in Iran 'possible' - @…
#US #Iran

"Ohio Environmental Storytelling Highlights Community, Nature, and Resilience"
#US #USA #America #Ohio

Ohio Environmental Storytelling Highlights Community, Nature, and Resilience | Happy Eco News
“Ohio: Wild at Heart” uses Ohio environmental storytelling to explore environmental justice, land use, and community resilience through local voices, landscapes, and solutions.

Good to spread the word about the disinformation Trump is spreading about NATO-members not supporting the US.
#USA #NATO #Trump

"These data center developers asked Trump for an exemption from pollution rules"
#US #USA #America #Trump

These data center developers asked Trump for an exemption from pollution rules
Though the companies weren't granted exemptions, their requests illustrate the data center industry's desperate quest for energy.

"‘Exceptionally cold’: How a warming Arctic is pushing the US and Eastern Europe into a deep freeze"
#Arctic #US #USA #America

‘Warm Arctic, cold continent’: US braces for deep freeze
Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture and a lack of sea ice for the dangerous winter blast.

RE: #Oil #Iran #US

"Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday that it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change. The conservative-majority court agreed to take up a case from Boulder, Colorado, among a series of lawsuits alleging the companies deceived the […]

Iran and Russia have a large interest in increasing polarization in Europe and will support extremists that are willing to attack Muslim or Jewish targets in Europe. Fear, distrust is in their interest. The US also has the explicit intention to weaken the EU. Dangerous times.
#iran #usa

Heute vor 61 Jahren: Am 26.03.1965 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Whetstone die 35. Atombombe "Cup". Whetstone war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 1964/65 insgesamt 46 Bomben größtenteils im Testgebiet in

"US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan"
#US #USA #America #Energy

So Trump was lying or Iran is lying or some faction inside the Iranian regime is playing a dangerous game. In all scenarios this is a "win" for Iran. There is confusion, the Iranian regime continues to survive and seems to even be a credible negotiating partner for the US.
#Iran #USA

The whole Iran affair is bad but the main event is what's happening inside the US. How a once democratic and prosperous country with the rule of law is being destroyed. Every day there are events that illustrate that this is happening.
#usa #trump

Heute vor 59 Jahren: Am 23. Februar 1967 testen die #USA die Atombomben "Persimmon" u. "Agile". Die Operation #Latchkey war eine Serie von 38 US-amerikanischen #Kernwaffentests,…

"Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

"US court approves Amazon acquisition of 1.2 GW Oregon solar project"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

US court approves Amazon acquisition of 1.2 GW Oregon solar project
A US bankruptcy court approved Amazon’s purchase of the 1.2 GW Sunstone solar and battery storage project in Oregon from bankrupt developer Pine Gate Renewables.

Watch this clip shared on Bluesky with the extremely aggressive and crazy statement by this US member of Congress, Ogles.
#USA

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"

"Will the world fill the climate leadership void left by the US?"
#US #USA #America #Climate

Will the world fill the climate leadership void left by the US?
Enthusiasm for climate leadership is backsliding beyond the US government, but there are some signs of hope.

"What Happens If New York Buildings Use Less Gas?"
#US #USA #America #NewYork

What Happens If New York Buildings Use Less Gas? - Inside Climate News
New York’s utilities keep investing in natural gas, but this conflicts with the state’s climate goals. Experts worry that ratepayers will eventually struggle to keep up with rising costs.

"A ‘fossil-fuelled war': Trump’s plans to ‘exploit’ Venezuela’s oil reserves sparks climate backlash"
#US #USA #America #Vanezuela

Trump’s push to control Venezuela’s oil sparks climate outrage
Trump says he will bring in large US companies to fix Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, despite growing calls to end fossil fuels.

"Analysis: Trump has overseen larger coal decline than any other US president"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

Analysis: Trump has overseen more coal retirements than any other US president - Carbon Brief
Donald Trump has overseen more retirements of coal-fired power stations than any other US president, according to Carbon Brief analysis.

"US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know"
#US #USA #America #Climate

US to repeal the basis for its climate rules: What to know
President Donald Trump's administration is finalizing its repeal of a foundational scientific determination that underpins the US government's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, with an announcement expected in the coming weeks.

"US solar generation reaches 385 TWh in 2025 as power demand rises"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

US solar generation reaches 385 TWh in 2025 as power demand rises
US solar generation rose nearly 25% in 2025 to 385 TWh, but rising electricity demand meant fossil generation and overall emissions also increased.

"Oil flows again through controversial California pipeline after Trump order"
#US #USA #America #FossilFuels

"How solar and batteries help keep lights on during Texas winter storms"
#US #USA #America #Texas

How solar and batteries help keep lights on during Texas winter storms
The recent boom in renewables and storage in Texas means its grid is much better prepared for bad weather than it was when Winter Storm Uri hit five years…

"Tesla advances plan to build 100 GW of U.S. PV manufacturing capacity by 2028"
#US #USA #America #Energy

Tesla advances plan to build 100 GW of U.S. PV manufacturing capacity by 2028
Job advertisements on Tesla’s website outline the 100 GW ambition and follow reports the company is in talks with Chinese firms for the purchase of $2.9 billion worth of equipment for solar manufacturing.

"US solar installations reach 43 GW in 2025 despite slowdown"
#US #USA #America #SolarPower

US solar installations reach 43 GW in 2025 despite slowdown
Solar accounted for 54% of new US generation capacity in 2025, retaining its position as the top technology for the fifth straight year, while PV and storage together made up 79% of new electrical capacity, according to the latest report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie.

"Trump lashes out at California governor’s green energy deal with UK"
#US #USA #America #UK

"Trump claims China doesn’t use wind power - but the world’s largest wind farm is there"
#China #Energy #US #USA…

Trump ‘can’t find’ any wind farms in China. Is he looking hard enough?
Trump used the WEF in Davos to double-down on his attacks against renewable energy. But was anything he said accurate?

"‘Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action"
#US #USA #America #Climate

Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief speaks to experts about the contested legality of leaving the UNFCCC and what practical changes will result from US departure.

"These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters"
#US #USA #America #Climate

"Great Lakes Otters Are a Conservation Success Story with Populations Flourishing in US and Ontario"
#US #USA #America #Ohio

Great Lakes Otters Are a Conservation Success Story with Populations Flourishing in US and Ontario
40 years later, these adorable apex predators have recolonized much of their former aquatic acreage in Ohio, New York, Michigan, and Ontario

"US carbon emissions rose in 2025 as coal produced more power"
#US #USA #America #Emissions

US carbon emissions rose in 2025 as coal produced more power
The new data bucked the general trend of declining emissions, as booming electricity demand and higher natural gas prices gave coal a temporary opening in…

"More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda"
#US #USA #America #Pollution