Posts by malteengeler@legal.social
(DIR) Post #AryBz5pPlHW4S1eHMO by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-03-10T20:34:55Z
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Und was wollen wir wetten, dass CDU/SPD die kapitalistische Wirtschaftsordnung zum untrennbaren Teil der "freiheitlich demokratischen Grundordnung" erklären werden?
(DIR) Post #As4bWoZG6cvgZC1nKC by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-03-15T08:25:25Z
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To hell with "Don't try to save people".I wish someone would try.I need saving.
(DIR) Post #AtJw98WSoOx1tJ36Wm by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-04-21T14:59:25Z
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This could be a moment of uproar against the catholic church but it's a moment of dutiful obedience. That even progressive voices feel obligated to voice ambiguous praise for a not-as-terrible-pope says little about how okay-ish the pope was and a lot about how afraid we are to speak truth to this violent and oppressive institution (and the far-right alliances it is part of).This is not respect. It's fear of being outside public expectations.
(DIR) Post #Atbqmz1BAIx3SarrBg by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-04-29T17:47:46Z
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"My family is fleeing the country. [...] It is only a matter of time before Trump and Elon take this next step. Once they have consolidated their power at the federal level, and once their regime is secure enough that public outrage cannot threaten it, they will be free to defy the courts as much as they want. I give it less than six months before we reach that point."https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/why-i-am-leaving-the-usa/
(DIR) Post #Atbqn7j4myooT3T1ii by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-04-29T17:54:42Z
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"There are five lights."This breaks my heart. I don't know this person. I read the article and I am terrified of what will happen here in Germany as well, on an abstract level. But right now I am not the one targeted (yet). Others are and I am fighting for them obviously.But when I read "There are five lights" I realized that that person could be me as I am - as the author - a vivid fan of Star Trek TNG. That person's pain is mine, in another life.There are four lights ✊
(DIR) Post #AtbqnGtKiDN2tTKqSO by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-04-30T06:35:21Z
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Related:"England’s NHS to test all trans kids for autism & ADHD per controversial Cass Review."https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/englands-nhs-to-test-all-trans-kids-for-autism-adhd-per-controversial-cass-review/
(DIR) Post #AtxitAorUouXWDIkqm by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-05-10T16:32:26Z
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Morgen, 16.00 Uhr am Brandenburger Tor massenhaft fürs @AfDVerbotJetzt demonstrieren, ja? Cool 🤝
(DIR) Post #AtxitJ56mIez8uxqHg by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-05-10T16:37:49Z
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Oder in über 70 anderen Städten 🙈🔥https://afd-verbot.jetzt/de/termine
(DIR) Post #AwMeKheeN8rNaKW8SO by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-07-21T11:48:39Z
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@festal @tomjennings I do not agree with your characterisation of "the left". While your admittedly cheeky description certainly fits to certain groups (I personally would assign them to green-liberal camps but that's useless semantics), these groups by no means describe the organized left I work with. I do not disagree with your grim assessment of the status quo though. Organizing with other dedicated transformative anti-capitalists in your neighborhood is the best thing I can recommend.
(DIR) Post #AyOdYNdyHnBjltmRuq by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-09-20T10:41:05Z
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@festal I don't understand what "digital colonialism" means in that regard. Who is the colonised? Who the coloniser?
(DIR) Post #B0ke77uy5dT5VmqJtY by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-11-29T16:28:49Z
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Die Polizeibeamt*innen, die hier vielleicht stolpern oder sich (mangels Aufwärmen vor dem Sprint) eine Zerrung zuziehen, landen dann später in der "verletzte Polizeibeamte"-Statistik und werden den Prellungen und Knochenbrüchen auf Seiten der Demonstrierenden gegenüber gestellt.#Gießen #Widersetzen
(DIR) Post #B0y92R8uo88HK55ahU by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-12-06T10:35:15Z
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Socialize Spotify 💚Where is that campaign? Where?
(DIR) Post #B1ZEFt4kDnNso5dxkO by malteengeler@legal.social
2025-12-24T06:33:30Z
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"A Discord community for gay gamers is in disarray after one of its moderators and an executive at Anthropic forced the company’s AI chatbot on the Discord, despite protests from members. “We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot."https://www.404media.co/anthropic-exec-forces-ai-chatbot-on-gay-discord-community-members-flee/ (€)
(DIR) Post #B1xDTLrZ45nNh4NDE0 by malteengeler@legal.social
2026-01-04T19:49:03Z
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Today is the first "Digital Independence Day" #DID, proclaimed at the #39C3 by several digital policy NGOs and EU corporations. It advocates switching from Chrome to Firefox, from GMail to ProtonMail, from Google Search to Ecosia etc This is framed in the familiar story of taking away power from US tech monopolies and strengthening (European) alternatives.
(DIR) Post #B1xDTU14kc9myssvA0 by malteengeler@legal.social
2026-01-04T19:49:13Z
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The name "Independence Day" (intentionally or not) evokes picture of the US declaration of independence towards the British Empire, turning the American colonies into sovereign states. This mirrors how European policymakers talk about "digital sovereignty" and how the broader tech community is focussing on "Big Tech“, or the „Broligarchy“ etc.
(DIR) Post #B1xDTc4umDytz6k6Fs by malteengeler@legal.social
2026-01-04T19:49:36Z
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Much has been said about "digital sovereignty" and how it risks reproducing notions of nationalism, patriotism and European exceptionalism while obfuscating more systemic issues of market based economies, e.g. in this post by @alineblankertz: https://www.structural-integrity.eu/on-tech-sovereignty-how-to-nail-jelly-to-a-tree/
(DIR) Post #B1xDTkhqhLsWkB1J3I by malteengeler@legal.social
2026-01-04T19:49:48Z
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Just as with "digital sovereignty" I have substantial reservations regarding the value of a campaign like "Digital Independence Day". While I undoubtedly encourage everyone to use services that are less toxic than others this focus on individual usage and European alternatives comes with all the baggage discussed at length elsewhere.
(DIR) Post #B1xDTtJigQvPRwnfBw by malteengeler@legal.social
2026-01-04T19:50:08Z
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It focusses on monopolies while ignoring that all capitalist competition demands corporations to favor profit over user interests, no matter whether it is a US or EU tech company. It focuses on supposedly "ethical alternatives" while ignoring that no corporation is your friend. European tech companies might appear less problematic right now but they still are privately owned corporations. Switching to their services is like choosing a more polite or familiar tyrant.
(DIR) Post #B1xDU1aJwaxR5kd2B6 by malteengeler@legal.social
2026-01-04T19:50:19Z
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The question (for me) is: Do the benefits of campaigns like #DID outweigh its downsides? The answer for me - sadly - is: No, they do not. Campaigns like these take away attention from truly transformative approaches like socializing digital platforms. I hear people saying that you can do one thing and still also do the other. I don't think it works like this. At least not when the latter message is not front and center in campaigns that focus on the first.
(DIR) Post #B1xDU9rdA7YclkmyGm by malteengeler@legal.social
2026-01-04T19:50:27Z
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#DID could use the collective marketing and star power and advocate for more than a more friendly European capitalism. And maybe some people will connect the dots themselves anyways. I doubt that the current messaging is enough for that though. To the contrary: I suspect the campaign will reinforce nationalistic ideas while also creating confusion about the history of colonialism and the workings of capitalism. As I see it, #DID would more accurately be named "digital overlords swapping day"