I’m so sick of the right-wing winning everywhere.
Reggie
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Btw, A civil servant isn’t able to pay you special favor. A court isn’t able to rule above what is written in the civil law.
The US Supreme Court basically rejected the common law principle of precedent law with many of their recent decisions.
Parliament must pass a law in civil law, and all judges must uphold that law, but a rogue judge (or judges) can actually change an existing law just by their personal feelings on the matter in common law. Mind blown
Rejection of a new energy law by the German Supreme Court on Friday started this ah-ha moment for me.
As an American, Germany and the EU makes so much more sense now that I know the difference between their Civil Law and the British/American Common Law. I had no idea before yesterday.
I understand the objective bureaucracy much better vs subjective freedom given to Common Law
The European NetworkSpain to lead the EU — but who is to lead Spain?
Spain has taken over the rotating presidency of the European Council. It will also hold a national election at the end of the month — and the government may change, from left to right.
What would be the consequences for Brussels?
https://www.dw.com/en/spain-to-lead-the-eu-but-who-is-to-lead-spain/a-66089581
Robert ReichStop worshipping billionaires.
Elon Musk threw away tens of billions of dollars to buy Twitter, and has spent the last year running it into the ground.
When billionaires take control of our most vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech.
It’s a win for oligarchy.
Fabio Manganiello#Twitter going rogue has much deeper implications than the Musk saga with all of its daily bullshit.
Let's not forget that, before the buffoon oligarch took over, Twitter used to be a place where government and scientific entities used to post (and they still post) information that may be crucial for the population. Twitter used to be the primary place for announcements about earthquakes, eruptions, pandemics, tsunamis, weather alerts, shootings etc.
How does that cope with a reality where external APIs are basically shut down, their unofficial frontend API is no longer working either, viewing is only possible through registered accounts, and even those accounts have a cap on the number of posts that they can consume?
How can a service with such heavy constraints around monetization still be considered a viable way of delivering messages that matter for the whole population?
As an example, one of the few Twitter accounts that I still follow (mirrored on the Fedi) is the one of INGV - the Italian Institute for geology and vulcanology.
I've got my good reasons, as I was born in a city (Naples) that may be soon blown up by the eruption of the largest European supervolcano (Campi Flegrei).
As my parents and relatives are now sitting just 1-2 km above several square km of magma, I obviously follow any updates that the INGV Twitter account posts about earthquakes in the area, with an automated system of alerts in place.
How does that cope with a service that lets users see only a few hundreds of tweets per day, and where you need bullshit like being registered, verified etc. to reliably access the content?
Can you imagine a tsunami alert system in Japan that alerts only those who paid for a platinum alert subscription, and only if they haven't already consumed their budget of 5 yearly alerts?
Twitter must be abandoned RIGHT NOW by any institutional accounts that post stuff that can make the difference between life and death of people.
Thomas ZimmerI just wrote about the Supreme Court’s role in the reactionary crusade against the drive towards egalitarian, multiracial, pluralistic democracy – and the Right’s comprehensive strategy to impose the will of a shrinking minority on the country:
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/one-year-on-from-dobbs-the-dangers
