American politicians are (rightly) condemning Trump’s military occupation of our cities as fascism.

By that logic, how are any of them arguing "Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East," given its military has violently occupied Palestine for more than 60 years?

The hypocrisy will be the death of our Republic.

The cooling towers of the Nottinghamshire coal power plant, which operated 1968-2019 and was responsible for approximately ~400 million tonnes (MtCO₂) going into the atmosphere (and which will remain there for 300 to 1,000 years) were demolished Aug 14th.

Damage done.

But satisfying to see this!

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cqle96yxd1vo

It's insane how we've monetized every part of living, even basic needs.

"I really earned my dinner tonight."
"I deserve some rest."

My brothers and sisters in Christ, you literally need those things to survive.

Sam Altman acknowledges there’s a bubble in AI. He compares it to the dotcom era where even though “The internet was a really big deal. People got overexcited.”

He calls it “insane” that startups which are “three people and an idea” are getting billions. He believes that someone is going to lose a “phenomenal amount of money” even as others make a phenomenal amount of money on AI.

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/759965/sam-altman-openai-ai-bubble-interview

Tukholmassa kehotetaan välttämään turhaa veden käyttöä, useita maakuntia uhkaa vesipula https://www.hs.fi/maailma/art-2000011433584.html

#Tukholma #ympäristö #vesi #vesipula #kuivuus

"Palkkatyössä oleva omainen, joka joutuu jäämään pois työelämästä hoitaakseen vanhempaansa, menettää paitsi nykyiset tulonsa myös osan tulevasta eläkkeestään. Usein nämä hoivaajat ovat naisia. Jos hoivavastuu kasvaa, kasvaa myös sukupuolten välinen varallisuusero ja naisten köyhyys eläkeiässä.

Yritysten näkökulmasta tilanne on yhtä huolestuttava. Työvoimapula pahenee, kun osa työntekijöistä jää kotiin hoivaamaan läheistään."

https://www.aamulehti.fi/lukijalta/art-2000011427987.html

"Across the German media landscape, such narratives contribute to stripping Palestinian journalists of credibility, and – in the worst case – handing Israel readymade justifications for targeting them.

Germany’s “never again” pledge should carry weight given its deeply genocidal history. Yet it rings hollow when the country’s dominant outlets launder or supply propaganda to legitimise mass killing in Gaza. This is not journalism in the service of truth – it is journalism in the service of violence. Breaking this cycle would require a serious reckoning with the editorial cultures and political loyalties that have enabled German journalism to be weaponised in this way.

The killing of journalists in Gaza makes one thing painfully clear: Israel does not want a record to be left. When the history of this genocide is written, there will be chapters on the media’s role. Germany’s section will be uncomfortably large. No one should claim they didn’t see it happening."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/13/german-media-outlets-israel-murder-journalists-gaza

#EU #Germany #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #News #Media #Journalism #PressFreedom #HumanRights

Fellow language learners, if you have ditched Duolingo because they wedged in AI slop (because you care about how they treat their workers and/or the accuracy of the lessons and/or AI impact on the planet, etc.), what are you using for language study now and for which languages?

#Language #LanguageStudy #Duolingo #AskFedi