CW-boost: thread about what really happened in Amsterdam, re: Israel and Palestine
Emigration is not a good way of avoiding authoritarian regimes. Sometimes its necessary, especially if the regime is turning violent
But emigrating from one authoritarian state to another will usually leave you genuinely worse off and being a foreigner in even a progressive state is always going to be a very vulnerable position.
Most countries will also outright refuse to give you a work visa if you are too old or disabled.
nlpol, police, safety, activism
The justice minister might be VVD but the entire government currently answers to Geert Wilders so the cops know they can get away with pretty much anything
nlpol, police, safety, activism
friends, the consent machine for the Amsterdam police beating up people opposing the genocide in Gaza has been running full-speed so maybe avoid going to Amsterdam for the next couple of days if you can and if you must don’t wear a keffiyeh or flag pin and be ready to record video evidence if you encounter police hassling people including yourself
it's medication shortage season again, so I've done a bit more work on hrt-monitor, my hacky command-line solution for finding stock of the drugs you need at your local Boots pharmacy!
in particular, it now has instructions and somewhat of an actual interface! go take a look if you're in need of HRT (or anything else!) but can't find it :)
"But I know some cool tech people!" - sure, and even if they are as cool as you think you are (which they might be!), the tech *industry* will still require them to do horrible things that go against everyone's best interests
Talking about polarisation today at Friends of Europe
It reminds me of friends’ reaction when I went to Seifhennersdorf. And polite German friends of mine said “why would you ever go to Seifhennersdorf? And will you be safe?” https://jonworth.eu/the-personal-is-political-have-you-ever-been-to-seifhennersdorf-zgorzelec-or-ormenio/
“The tech industry is about to get a lot worse | Go Make Things”
https://gomakethings.com/the-tech-industry-is-about-to-get-a-lot-worse/
This.
Good article on the @internetarchive and "library" in the 21st century.
nlpol, media
Niet dat ik hoge verwachtingen had van de journalistiek in Nederland, maar toch.
nlpol, palestina
Ik ben hier echt wel behoorlijk klaar mee intussen. "De Joodse gemeenschap" dit, "de Joodse gemeenschap" dat, en intussen worden de Joodse gemeenschappen die zich wel uitspreken tegen de genocide in Palestina straal genegeerd en weggestreept uit het publieke debat, en heeft men het alleen maar over de meningen van pro-Israel partijen.
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