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I'm making a film in the #solarpunk genre, live action (rather than animation) set in the near future for I want to imagine practical alternatives to capitalism. Given recent events in #us and other places battling fascism, I envision a world where direct democracy is possible, so no central governments, politicians, or police/military. Help me make it!

1145/2000

Details dilmandila.com/embracing-solar…

#film #sff #scifi #creativetoots #BuyIntoArt #mutualaid #writing #writingcommunity #movies


I dream about the future as escapism. Things are bleak; bad governance in much of Africa, the #climate crisis unfolding, fascism in the #us but in my head it turns out OK. This is perhaps how I began creating #solarpunk stuff like this film set in a post-capitalist world where direct democracy ensures everyone has a say in running the government. Help me make it! Details dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-s…
#mutualaid #sff #scifi #crowdfunding #BuyIntoArt #creativetoots #crowdfund #kickstarter #backerkit


#SpoilerAlert: No, they can't!

#CloudAct is very clear that any businesses owned, operated by, controlled or run by an entity from the #USA or has any business activities in the #US falls fully under it.

  • It's so evident that a representative of #OVH certified under oath that they are subject to it because they have #servers in the USA!

Even if Microsoft were to split up their own subsidiary for the #EU they could not escape that.


Analysis: “A New Line Crossed”: The U.S. Provokes Iran

"It's not clear if Trump himself understands this, but everyone around him knows they did not verifiably destroy the nuclear program last night."

Re "actually impacting Iran’s capabilities, the strike was largely symbolic."

But "it's the first time we're bombing a state [with] the capacity to inflict serious harm on Americans in the region.”

~Harrison Mann, fmr US army major

dropsitenews.com/p/iran-united…

#US-IranWar #USPol #EuroPol #UKPol .


Interview: "Stop the War on Iran": 1,000+ academics Sign Petition Saying Iran War Deflects Attention from Gaza

"After Trump’s attack on Iran over the weekend, civil society leaders are organizing to demand an end to the violence."

"What this is doing is immiserating further the lives of ordinary people" ~Iranian-American scholar Kaveh Ehsani, DePaul U, Chicago

democracynow.org/2025/6/23/ira…

#US-IranWar #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #AntiWarProtests .


Interview: "Israel Seeks Chaos in Middle East"

Although UN inspectors & U.S. intelligence assessments say Iran was not building nuclear weapons, Netanyahu wanted to drag Trump into its war on Iran.

"The danger now is that, having brought the U.S. into this, Israel will seek to go further up the escalatory ladder. It wants the chaos.”

~Daniel Levy, fmr Israeli peace negotiator

democracynow.org/2025/6/23/isr…

#US-IranWar #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #Trump #Israel .


Interview: "They Cooked Up Their Own Intelligence" Israel’s war on Iran

"The war on Iran feels eerily familiar – from justifications that hold no water to the uncritical reporting in the media."

Unpacking the unsettling parallels with the 2003 Iraq War:

chrishedges.substack.com/p/the…

#Israel-IranWar #US #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #USImperialism #iraqWar #boughtMedia .


It is now illegal to transmit personal information of EU citizens to cloud infrastructure in the #US as they won't be protected by the #GDPR.

Many European service providers will have to move quickly to avoid fines, but eventually #EU data will be held in the EU, benefiting companies in Europe, and supporting #DigitalSovereignty.

That means AWS, Azure, Google and iCloud can lose a sizeable chunk of their customer base if no moves are made. I am all for it.

berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-…


#2024 #US #government revenue and spending
#USAFacts has a Sankey diagram that shows the money that came in during 2024 and how the revenue was distributed.
According to data from U.S. Treasury Department, $4.9 trillion came in mostly through taxes and $6.8 trillion went out. The difference, $1.8 trillion, contributes to the deficit. It will be interesting to see what this diagram looks like after this year is done (if the data exists).
usafacts.org/government-spendi…


#NASA Administrator Bill #Nelson on Friday called for an investigation into a Wall Street Journal report that #SpaceX founder and Donald #Trump ally Elon #Musk and Russian President Vladimir #Putin have been in “regular contact” since late 2022.

The report raises national security concerns as SpaceX’s relationships with NASA and the #US military may have granted Musk access to sensitive government information and US intelligence.

edition.cnn.com/2024/10/25/pol…

#Ukraine #Russia #MAGA #GOP


meanwhile on Mastodon I hear that ...

"The moderator of @mastodon.social is hiding and limiting people's accounts for opposing the #genocide in #gaza done by #us and israel.

What kind of bad, ignorant person do you have to be to call it a holocaust inversion?"


Oh, the Founder of Mastodon takes the final and last Step to get more Profit out of it by babbling about something with creating a Non-Profit organization in the US because of their Taxes...🙄

Just my humble opinion on the matter at hand. 😉

#Mastodon #Fediverse #US #Taxes #Money #Profit #NonProfit
@Gargron @roblen



After the #SovietUnion was formally dissolved, #US & #UK oligarchs demanded what was called #ShockTherapy, an immediate move from socialist-communist economics to capitalism, which resulted in a massive transfer of wealth to Russian & foreign oligarchs.


A third of #US #deer have had #COVID—and they then infected humans at least 3 times. People in the US transmitted the pandemic #coronavirus to white-tailed deer at least 109 times! New study builds on data suggesting #whitetaileddeer could be a #virus reservoir. Researchers surveyed over 11,000 white-tailed deer from 26 states and DC. Of those, 31.6% had antibodies indicating a previous infection with #SARSCoV2, and 12.2% had detectable SARS-CoV-2 virus. arstechnica.com/health/2023/07…


Yes, the #US wastes a lot of $$$ when it comes to #HealthSpending. #DrugPrices and very unequal distribution of the benefits are likely culprits.

However, #LifeExpectancy also heavily depends on your eating habits (and others).

The #MediterraneanDiet seems much more effective than assumed:

we all remember the pictures from #Bergamo in the #Pandemic of 2020. #Italy's healthcare is not great, nor is #Greece's, or the ones in the #LatinAmerica.


For #science ’s and #climatechange ‘s sake, would all #US #scientists please dress up as a #hedgehog and get their message out ☺️?

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