Once the last hostages’ remains are returned & #Israel releases more #Palestinian prisoners in exchange, the #US backed “ceasefire” plan is supposed to advance to the next phases, which call for creating an international stabilization force, forming a #technocratic “Palestinian” [#Trump & #TonyBlair?] govt & disarming #Hamas.

#geopolitics #MiddleEast #Gaza #HumanitarianCrisis #displaced #refugees #FarRight #Netanyahu #genocide

The #PalestinianAuthority expects a significant role in post-war #Gaza & is banking on Arab support to secure its position despite Israeli objections, #Palestinian ofcls say.
#Hamas seized control of the coastal enclave from #PA President Mahmoud #Abbas in 2007.

#Trump's proposal foresees an internationally supervised #technocratic #Palestinian cmte taking over #Gaza after the war. It requires the PA, which is based in the #Israel occupied #WestBank, to enact reforms before it can assume power.

The Repressive Politics of Emotional Intelligence

Merve Emre reviews the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of Daniel Goleman’s pop-psychology blockbuster, and analyzes the political currents that allowed it to turn self-control into a corporate management tool. 

The New Yorker
“If independent, #technocratic #centralbanks are not conducive to #democracy, how else should #monetarypolicy be conducted?” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c... Syndicate Newsletter

Rethinking the Politics of Mon...
Rethinking the Politics of Money

Katharina Pistor argues that it’s high time to rethink how money can be managed in ways that benefit the people, not finance.

Project Syndicate

so, because it is happening to right-wing white people, now the shadow-banning at Xitter is real. when it happened to me ―after i was the one to blow Space Karen’s coverup of his family’s #apartheid and #technocratic #fascist legacy― nobody gave a shit.

oh.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/23/business/elon-musk-x-suppression-laura-loomer.html

They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.

Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.

The New York Times
As Musk pours millions into Wisconsin Supreme Court race, Tesla files case that could reach justices

Billionaire Elon Musk is pouring millions of dollars into Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race as his electric vehicle company wages a legal fight that could reach the state’s high court.

WPR
La risposta a #trump che possiamo dare noi #europei è quella di smettere di usare (e pagare) i servizi delle #bigtech che l'hanno supportato.
Esistono alternative sia #europee che internazionali, molte delle quali #opensource
Basta volerlo
Noi qui su #mastodon siamo la prova che esistono alternative all'arroganza di #oligarchi e #technocratic vari
Uniti noi sorgeremo

@bwaber It is infinitely sad that our #technocratic culture has created this delusion that the solution to all problems lies in #technology and more recently in #AI. This delusion drives policy in several countries which is detrimental to the population.

Meanwhile, #AI and #ML have invested very little in evaluating if these methods solve problems that exist in developing world context but constantly clam that they have fixes.

https://harpers.org/archive/2023/07/behind-the-veil-of-indifference-lessons-from-a-nuclear-life/

the deadening impact of #technocracy on our mental lives, especially on the ways we think about war. As Mumford and other critics had foreseen, #technocratic #rationality could rationalize conduct that was essentially mad.
#domesdayclock #nucleardisaster #militaryindustrialcomplex #ukraine

Behind the Veil of Indifference, by Jackson Lears

Lessons from a nuclear life

Harper's Magazine