Skrynesaver

@skrynesaver
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Free/Libre software enthusiast,
Keen if overweight and plodding cyclist,
Enjoy my food and drink
Enjoy Leinster and Irish rugby, but have read Fanon
SkrynesaverJun 17, 2024
Joan of Contention 😷Jun 17, 2024

This is not someone who should be President of the @EUCommission:

"Ursula von der Leyen has sought to slow down an official European Union report criticizing Italy for eroding media freedoms, as she seeks Rome’s support for a second term as European Commission president."

This directly contradicts and undermines the very reasons for EU's existence historically.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-italy-rome-commission-president-giorgia-meloni-elections/

#NoPasarán #EU #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #UrsulaVonDerLeyen #VonDerLeyen

Von der Leyen buries report slamming Italy as she seeks Meloni’s vote

European Commission president trying not to stir the pot on media freedom, four officials said.

POLITICO
SkrynesaverMay 8, 2024
Matt BorsMay 7, 2024
My cartoon on Gaza for In These Times magazine.
Show threadSkrynesaverApr 29, 2024
@psneeze That's a lot of pressure to put on them
Show threadSkrynesaverApr 29, 2024
@MishaVanMollusq @Richard_Littler Want one for the veg patch, see if it'll scare the other snails off
SkrynesaverApr 29, 2024
@[email protected] @revoluciana
Given the members of the American legislature are utterly dependent on the wealthy (0.005%) who donate >10K to their campaigns and so the electorate in the US is ignored, I would argue that Koch et. al. are setting up a pre-revolutionary oligarchic landscape.
That said, there my be a need to make the revolution, by _being_ outside the system, but also by bypassing the owned media.
There is a strong flavour of change in the air, tell people a better world is possible
Show threadSkrynesaverNov 15, 2023
@tristansnell Was it ever a social media platform?
I'd view it more as a way of avoiding declaring election expenses, on one level you have to admire the dedication to open fraud.
Show threadSkrynesaverNov 14, 2023
@itaryan @molly0xfff There goes the afternoon.
Show threadSkrynesaverNov 13, 2023
@beecycling Made it to the Gym, they'd no power, went home we'd lost power. Feeling under-caffeinated.
SkrynesaverNov 8, 2023
Charlie StrossNov 8, 2023

The whole point of democratic elections is to allow for a peaceful transfer of power—without violence—when a government embodying one type of policy has become widely unpopular.

The problem we've gotten into in the UK (and also the USA) is that extremists have seized control of one of the regular incumbent parties, and the other parties have responded perversely by moving towards them. Removing the ability for a course change after an election.

Labour or Tories, they're still neoliberals.

Show threadSkrynesaverNov 6, 2023
@erzsebel That sounds suspiciously contrary to UK values ;)