#war

#Ukraine #Russia #War

source/author: 'Andrzej rysuje', Poland

I am, once again, going to try to keep myself from posting about #politics. #Cats, #dinosaurs, my own #science when it's worth talking about, and fun stuff: that's the plan.

The political conversation is important, and I flatter myself that I have something useful to add from time to time. But it's a marathon, not a sprint. I need to pace myself.

And as a practical matter, I need to concentrate on the work that keeps me and those I love fed and housed, at least while it still exists. The #war on science already has #casualties among my friends. I'm trying really hard not to be one of them. #Medic's first rule.

So this is an accountability post as much as anything, a reminder to myself. It's easier to keep a promise you make to the world as a whole, than only inside your head.

A reminder that Greenland is part of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) of the EU and Greenlandic citizens are EU citizens.

Any move by Trump and the US to invade and annex Greenland would be a declaration of war with the EU and a gross violation of its 1951 treaty to protect Greenland from attack. (Though not ironic as the mafia never protects you from itself.) Furthermore, an attack on a NATO member would be deemed an attack on all other NATO members (Art 5) and a violation of the treaty (Art 8).

If neither EU nor NATO members did anything to protect Greenland/Denmark against the US’s overwhelming military might (as is likely) – and, remember, US troops are already in Greenland and in other EU countries also – it would signal that no EU or NATO state is safe should a stronger military decide to invade.

If anything, if the EU hasn’t understood it yet, it must start treating the US not as an ally but as a threat. Trump isn’t a clown. He’s the fascist leader of the country with – in the words of Kamala Harris – the world’s most lethal military.

We must shore up our defenses because it is becoming impossible to ignore that the EU is caught between two hostile forces: a fascist US on the one side and a fascist Russia on the other, neither of which have two shits to give about international law (that was a quaint concept while it lasted, wasn’t it?)

Either we learn to defend ourselves in the EU or we become a vassal state of Gilead. And, as much as I oppose militaries – in a world in which they very much exist – I’d much rather it wasn’t the latter.

https://www.salon.com/2025/01/24/horrendous-call-with-denmark-pm-over-greenland-deal-left-danes-in-crisis-mode/

#USA #fascism #EU #Greenland #Denmark #NATO #war

The Thirty Years' War was the most devastating #war in the history of Germany, and left a correspondingly large imprint in German #folklore .

One day I want to write a whole book about folk tales related to this war, but that is a low priority for now.

𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝑩𝒆 𝑨 𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓

This 22-minute short film was made by the US Army just after the Second World War, warning about the tactics that Nazis use to gain power.

It's baffling how many parallels there are with current political developments. I think this video should be shown in every school around the world.

https://fedi.video/w/t4sN6wtVxGox9V8MyK1EzX

#politics #fascism #political #US #USA #europe #russia #nazi #nazis #germany #WW2 #WWII #war

Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust

""Instead of focusing on blame, let's remember the importance of learning from the past," the bot told Schönemann. "How do you think understanding history can help us build a more tolerant and peaceful world today?""

Yet another example of AI being used in a horrific way.

#history #AnneFrank #Holocaust #war #AI #tech #education #bot

https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-anne-frank-blame-holocaust

The poem "anyways I'm radicalized now" by aeon ginsberg https://poets.org/poem-a-day reminds me of Cory Doctorow's @pluralistic "Unauthorized Bread" https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/#:~:text=%22Unauthorized%20Bread%22%E2%80%94a%20tale,award%2C%20the%20Canada%20Reads%20prize.

#poetry #poem #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #IoT #technology #MarvinHeemeyer #AeonGinsberg #war #JohnDeere #Amazon #economy #Monsanto #RingCamera #surveillance