Simon McGarr completely captures the Irish government’s obtuse determination to do nothing in the face of the illegal and immoral behavior of many American tech enterprises
While many Silicon Valley leaders are overtly supporting a democracy subverting American regime, the Irish ruling class class clings to a see no evil obtuseness as the techno spigot pours money in
#mastodaoine #broligarchy #geopolitics #IrishPolitics #TechnoFascism @pluralistic @gilduran
“Athens – Minnesota we fight together against the system that murders us,” chanted a crowd of 1,000 in Athens, Greece along with other chants such as “we live together, we work together with the migrants, fight the nazis,” in response to 15 migrants being killed in a boat crash with the Greek Coast Guard on Feb. 3.

Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared with those remaining on a chronological feed, whereas switching the feed setting in the opposite direction, from algorithmic to chronological, had no effect.
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The Sept. '16 deployment of National Guard troops to the checkpoint stopping & checking all cars driving to the #NoDAPL camp marked the start of a steady escalation of North Dakota authorities' use of force, erosion of civil liberties + democratic norms.
[Photo via Twitter archive - Sept. 16, 2016]