Frédéric D'Astous<p>Dans un contexte de <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a>, il est tentant de chercher une option neutre. Cette opinion est basée sur la croyance voulant qu'en face des problème, chacun doit s'ajuster pour trouver une solution acceptable. </p><p>Est-ce que cette option est toujours efficace ? C'est la préoccupation de ce texte --> Les angles morts de l’extrême <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/centre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centre</span></a>. </p><p>« Ses angles morts, qui occultent autant le passé que l’avenir, témoignent d’une vision binaire et réductrice du politique. »</p><p><a href="https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/901453/idees-angles-morts-extreme-centre" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/901</span><span class="invisible">453/idees-angles-morts-extreme-centre</span></a>?</p>
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Bytes Europe<p>has the populism vaccine failed? <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1202966/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1202966/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AndrzejDuda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndrzejDuda</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bronis%C5%82awKomorowski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BronisławKomorowski</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CivicCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivicCoalition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTusk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUGreenDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUGreenDeal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanGreenDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanGreenDeal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GrzegorzBraun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrzegorzBraun</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/KarolNawrocki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KarolNawrocki</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LawAndJusticeParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawAndJusticeParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Mercosur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mercosur</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PiS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PiS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrawoISprawiedliwo%C5%9B%C4%87" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrawoISprawiedliwość</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentialElections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialElections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentialPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentialPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RafalTrzaskowski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RafalTrzaskowski</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SlawomirMentzen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SlawomirMentzen</span></a></p>
Christian Schwägerl<p>When nobody’s there anymore to observe those in power from an independent perspective, get to the bottom of issues and provide context: </p><p>“Less than a quarter-century ago, the United States had about 40 journalists per 100,000 residents on average. Now, the equivalent number is 8.2.”</p><p><a href="https://muckrack.com/research/local-journalist-index" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muckrack.com/research/local-jo</span><span class="invisible">urnalist-index</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@paleofuture" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paleofuture</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a></p>
Bose-Einstein-Kondensat<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> implementation of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a>-resolved single-shot differential phase contrast <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/microscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microscopy</span></a> (pDPC) on a modular <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/openFrame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openFrame</span></a>-based <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/microscope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microscope</span></a>:<br><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00622" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00</span><span class="invisible">622</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DIYbio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIYbio</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lab</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LED</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/instruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instruments</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/%C2%B5Manager" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>µManager</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pDPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pDPC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/imaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imaging</span></a></p>
bounding_star<p>This raises some important points</p><p>The best way to build genuine support for climate action in rural Australia is by supporting them in times like this, not trying to use their suffering for political gain or throwing "i told you so's", and showing support on this will help build much needed connection on other issues that we need their support on</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/11/parts-of-australia-are-suffering-another-devastating-drought-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-in-the-cities" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jun/11/parts-of-australia-are-suffering-another-devastating-drought-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-in-the-cities</span></a></p><p><a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a> <a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> <a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://adlsolarpunk.net/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a></p>
torresburriel<p>Well, forget the idea because it’s quite crazy. 240 characters and more can contribute to explain better and to add nuances in the sentences so a reduction of polarisation can be real. 140 characters means slogans.<br> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a></p>
torresburriel<p>Do you think if Twitter go back to 140 characters <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a> could be decreasing?</p>
sylvain<p><strong>Et si on laissait la désinformation gagner ? Les vrais risques de l’inaction</strong></p>
<p>Et si la désinformation n’était pas un accident, mais le cœur du modèle de Facebook ? Dans cet article, j’explore les risques profonds — sociaux, politiques et cognitifs — que nous encourons collectivement si rien ne change.</p>
<p><a href="https://project4geeks.org/risques-desinformation-facebook/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">project4geeks.org/risques-desi</span><span class="invisible">nformation-facebook/</span></a></p>
Jan Heisinen<p>This is so sad to observe how <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Polish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polish</span></a> 🇵🇱 <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> are more and more looking like these in the <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>. It is so sad to see the whole <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a>. Parties more precious than country. You can observe the borders of imperial <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> and <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> as well. Here's the link to live <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/results" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>results</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/wybory/wybory-prezydenckie/wybory-prezydenckie-2025-trzaskowski-czy-nawrocki-wyniki-aktualizowane-na-zywo/sf89xcl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiadomosci.onet.pl/wybory/wybo</span><span class="invisible">ry-prezydenckie/wybory-prezydenckie-2025-trzaskowski-czy-nawrocki-wyniki-aktualizowane-na-zywo/sf89xcl</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Polen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polen</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/wybory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wybory</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/119549/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/119549/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Elections, war in Gaza and polarisation in Germany contribute to rise in political crimes <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExtremistGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremistGroups</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Featured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Featured</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarisation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticalViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalViolence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticallyMotivatedViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticallyMotivatedViolence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/radicalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radicalisation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WarInGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarInGaza</span></a></p>
Regis<p>Article à lire! </p><p>Avec le Comté comme point de départ, l'article passe rapidement à décrire l'industrie de la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a> et de la <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colere</span></a> artificielle...</p><p>Tout est toc dans cette <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polemique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polemique</span></a> montée de toutes pièces, et l'article en montre bien la mécanique.</p><p>Cela evidemment au mépris des véritables producteurs de Comté, qui recherchent des solutions intelligentes aux défis auxquels ils sont confrontés.</p><p><a href="https://basta.media/polemique-Comte-des-producteurs-denoncent-recuperation-par-extreme-droite-RN" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">basta.media/polemique-Comte-de</span><span class="invisible">s-producteurs-denoncent-recuperation-par-extreme-droite-RN</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Analysis<p>Germany reports a surge in extreme-right crime.</p><p>Extreme-right crime in Germany surged by nearly 50% last year.</p><p>Overall, politically motivated crimes increased by more than 40% last year in comparison to the prior year, reaching 84,172.</p><p>Authorities attributed the surge to increasing radicalisation and political polarisation in a year of elections.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250520-germany-reports-a-surge-in-extreme-right-crime?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250520</span><span class="invisible">-germany-reports-a-surge-in-extreme-right-crime?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Radicalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radicalisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a></p>
Joanna Bryson<p>I'll write a lot more if it gets accepted somewhere! But it's a short article so if you care about <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23polarisation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polarisation</a> (whichever way you spell it) you might want to read it now.</p>
claude<p>Doing some experiments with <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/RayTracing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RayTracing</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/ComputerGraphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerGraphics</span></a> using <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/Bonzomatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bonzomatic</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/GLSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GLSL</span></a> <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/shader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shader</span></a> editor.</p><p>I define a 24-cell as the intersection of 24 half-spaces in 4D (with normals all permutations of (±1,±1,0,0)), then slice through constant 4th coordinate to get a 3D object, and simulate it as a glass-like material with reflection and refraction.</p><p>Future enhancement ideas:</p><p>- handle polarised light properly (currently I ignore polarisation, simply averaging the Fresnel reflection coefficients)</p><p>- wavelength-dependent index of refraction and absorption</p><p>- anti-aliasing (currently the edges are steppy as there is only 1 sample per pixel in a regular grid)</p><p>- improve efficiency (internal ray bounce is O(N^2) where N is the number of surfaces, could probably be O(N) with some extra maths insights)</p><p>- do 4D->3D slicing on CPU instead of every ray bounce</p><p>- add other 4D shapes</p><p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/Polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarisation</span></a> is something I haven't done before, so I'm curious to see how to implement it and how it changes appearance.</p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/25178/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/25178/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> America is lost without the centre <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Centrism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HannahArendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HannahArendt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarisation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
decidim<p>The <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/MultiPoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultiPoD</span></a> project: A European Public Space for Citizen Deliberation 🌐</p><p>At a time of <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a> and political biases, can we foster an open and inclusive political deliberation across linguistic and socio-cultural boundaries? </p><p><a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/Decidim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decidim</span></a> is participating in a new EU-funded project, MultiPoD, contributing to the conceptualisation and development of a digital collaborative infrastructure to foster political participation across <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>.</p><p>Read more in our new article: <a href="https://decidim.org/blog/2025-04-10-the-multipod-project-a-european-public-space-for-citizen-deliberation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">decidim.org/blog/2025-04-10-th</span><span class="invisible">e-multipod-project-a-european-public-space-for-citizen-deliberation/</span></a></p>
Erik van Straten<p>“The silencing of pro-Palestinian or anti-genocide voices is the reason why this genocide is still going on after 10 months.”<br>Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Rector of the University of Glasgow, 1 August 2024<br>----<br><a href="https://www.securityincontext.org/posts/hegemony-factories-or-independent-thinkers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">securityincontext.org/posts/he</span><span class="invisible">gemony-factories-or-independent-thinkers</span></a> (source: [1])</p><p>It contains a HUGE misunderstanding:<br>"pro-Palestinian" and "anti-genocide" voices are two *VERY* different things.</p><p>Perhaps NOT from the PoV of Palestinians, but DEFINITELY from the viewpoint of most west-EU citizens, their media and their governments.</p><p>Sunday I joined a protest in Rotterdam that was announced as an emergy protest "do not let Gaza starve" (in Dutch: [2]).</p><p>However, *AGAIN* it was a *PRO-PALESTINE* protest (see the video I made in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/114291502939774579" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/114291502939774579</span></a>).</p><p>West-EU people, and possibly "their" think tanks, are made to believe that they have to choose between *either* Palestine *or* Israel to exist "from the river to the sea".</p><p>Enormously affecting western thinking, the Israeli propaganda machine does their utter best to continuously remind us of the Holocaust, and to make us believe that anyone who denies Israel from "defending themselves against terrorism" is a Holocaust-denier and/or an antisemite. Unfortunately, this *just works*.</p><p>On Dutch TV viewers are reminded of WWII *every day*. It simply is <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Hasbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hasbara</span></a> without viewers noticing it, and even the media fail to see their bias.</p><p>[Note: my grandfather, born in 1900, was a Jew. He was sent to nazi labour camps (instead of Auschwitz) because he was maried to a Dutch woman. His family was murdered by the nazi's. I do not hate non-Zionist Jews.]</p><p>Pro-Palestine demonstrations have been counter-productive from the start. If the most extremist arguments are not removed, like shouting "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", I will remain one of the very few Dutch people who is willing to join such protests. And I'm getting tired, because it feels pointless.</p><p>IMO <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FrancescaAlbaneseIsRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrancescaAlbaneseIsRight</span></a> - but her PoV is considered to be too extremistic, in particular when taking into account the immense failure of EU-countries to protect Jews during WWII. It is why hasbara works so well (in Germany in particular).</p><p>The cold blooded execution of the rescue workers made it to the news on Dutch TV, but the murder of approx. 17,000 Gazan children and the starvation of 2 million hardly gets any attention.</p><p>If polarization is not reduced RIGHT NOW, the media will turn away again. In particular because this year it's 80 years ago WWII ended in NL (victim remembrance day is on May 4), the tone of the debate needs to change. NOW.</p><p>If not, 2 million Gazans will die.</p><p>[1] Bilal Barakat (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@bifouba" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bifouba</span></a></span>) in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@bifouba/114302380048285492" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kolektiva.social/@bifouba/1143</span><span class="invisible">02380048285492</span></a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://acties.todon.nl/event/noodprotest-laat-gaza-niet-uithongeren" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">acties.todon.nl/event/noodprot</span><span class="invisible">est-laat-gaza-niet-uithongeren</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.nl/@joenepraat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joenepraat</span></a></span> : do you know how to get my message to the protest organizers?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Strategy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Polarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarization</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarisation</span></a></p>
Defend Democracy<p>"Democratic countries are now in the minority, freedom of expression is declining, and high levels of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a> fuel democratic backsliding."</p><p>New <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> Report from the V-Dem Institute: </p><p><a href="https://www.v-dem.net/news/press-release-restrictions-to-freedom-of-expression-as-democracy-loses-ground/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">v-dem.net/news/press-release-r</span><span class="invisible">estrictions-to-freedom-of-expression-as-democracy-loses-ground/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a></p>
Lucy Weir<p>I'm going to attempt to make the move again. I wonder if anyone here thinks there's more activity on Bluesky? This is a quiet place compared with Twitter! What I'd love is to have a level of debate and discussion on <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecologicalemergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecologicalemergency</span></a> and related topics <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polarisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fragmentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> and how to <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/mitigate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mitigate</span></a></p>
SwissNationalScienceFoundation<p>⚔️🏛️🗳️ "<a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Polarisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polarisation</span></a> stops political parties from cooperating and poisons relations between individuals." </p><p>Political scientist Frederico Ferreira da Silva and his colleagues at UNIL have studied the increase in what he describes as a "threat to <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>."</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://sohub.io/rvd7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sohub.io/rvd7</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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