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.
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."«
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 ."
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 #Unis4Mastodon
Hints for newcomers from @Bibliothecaris: https://www.rug.nl/library/news-events/social-media/mastodon-quick-guide-for-researchers-2025.pdf
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 .
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How Democracies Die
Institutions become political #weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected #autocrats can subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing” the courts and other neutral agencies, buying off the media and the private sector (or bullying them into silence), and rewriting the rules of politics to tilt the playing field against opponents. ~ Steven Levitsk
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