Notices by Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al), page 12

@yaxu There’s a way the rich stay rich.

Excellent! We all know rapid growth = success (hey, if it works for cancer…) and, please, do ensure you sniff each and every tech bro brain fart before trying non-corporate alternatives. https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/113483702634402329

Don’t conflate decorum with morality.

#FollowTheMoney 🧵42/n Firstly, I am conscious of my own #redundancy being very much part of the wider hollowing out, draining out of both public services and professional, creative industries everywhere (see many posts ⬆️). I am really scared about this - it’s strange how this is happening but not really talked about; no #unemployment crisis narrative at all, as of course most people, like me, end up not being “unemployed” but doing smaller, precarious jobs; very few of us on benefiso no stats

#FollowTheMoney 🧵 41/n Ok so the reason for the long pause in this 🧵 was being made rdundant in July, by my lovely (not) employer of 13 years, Goldsmiths University. You can read all about it in this long #AcademicVenting 🧵, tracing the whole sorry saga from first rumblings in Nov ‘23 to the bitter end. But of course, #redundancy is all about money, and I think about money all the time now (I have to), so really should write it about it all here a bit

https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/111563234050886278

#FollowTheMoney 🧵 40/n haven’t added anything here in a while - but this needs to be posted!

Trump’s victory adds record $64bn to wealth of richest top 10

Share surge increases Elon Musk’s fortune by $26bn in a day as Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin and Bill Gates also benefit

#USelections2024

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/07/trump-victory-adds-record-wealth-richest-top-10?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

@pintoch Sounds neat, thanks for sharing :)

@eniko Former.

@rstub @philippbirken @Ruth_Mottram See Small Tech: https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology

#SmallTech

@philippbirken @Ruth_Mottram This.

https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/

@simon_brooke @ScottishGreens Clearly not.

“Israel does exist. Israel is a recognised member of the United Nations. Besides this, there is not such thing in international law like “a right of a state to exist” … what is enshrined in international law is the right of a people to exist … so the state of Israel is there … does this justify the erasure of another people? Hell no. Not 75 years ago, not 57 years ago… surely not today. (2/3)

Where is the protection of the Palestinian people from erasure, from annexation, from illegal occupation, and apartheid. This is what we need to discuss… hmmm?”

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https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/113/477/114/522/263/430/original/1d67aaa81fc1c2e2.mp4

Via @raph

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #settlerColonialism #illegalOccupation #warCrimes #ethnicCleansing #genocide #FrancescaAlbanese #UN #UnitedNations (3/3)

Journalist: “Do you believe that Israel has a right to exist?”

Francesca Albanese: (1/3)

@dbattistella That white asshat’s eye-roll. *smh* I have no idea who the son of a bitch is but I instinctively hate his guts.

@old_hippie @bmacDonald94 They’re not blinkered. They know exactly what they’re doing. They know the increased turmoil from climate change plays straight into their authoritarian hands. They want things to get worse, betting on the fact that their privilege will cocoon them for a while as the unrest gives an excuse to cement their autocracy.

@WhiteNationalist63 Look ma, I wrote words!

@schoolingdiana Right after you take one in logic, chum.

@That_Damn_Frank Bit thick are we, Frank?

@johnallsopp @rdela 💕

It’s been too long, John. Hope you’re well. We should catch up soon :)