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Zipfelmützen Cup 2025


Der Zipfelmützen Cup 2025 und damit der Crossgolf Saisonabschluss steht vor der Tür. Dafür habe ich mir für euch alle mal wieder die Finger abgefroren, die Füße wundgelaufen und bei schönem aber kalten Wetter, den Spielplan erstellt, und mit denen vom let

Der Zipfelmützen Cup 2025 und damit der Crossgolf Saisonabschluss steht vor der Tür.

Dafür habe ich mir für euch alle mal wieder die Finger abgefroren, die Füße wundgelaufen und bei schönem aber kalten Wetter, den Spielplan erstellt, und mit denen vom letzten Jahr abgeglichen.

Wir hoffen natürlich, das es genau so schön wird, wie 2024 und spannend und….

Neben der Vergabe der Wanderwiese, unseres Vereinsmeisterpokals, geht es natürlich auch noch mal um Pokale für dieses Turnier.

Wer jetzt Neugierig ist, was und wie der Parcours verläuft, kann diesen link verwenden.

Treffpunkt ist 18.30 Uhr auf dem Markt in Elster, mitzubringen sind eine Tasse, eine Zipfelmütze sollte auf dem Kopf sein, Leuchtball (Bälle je nach Bedarf), Golfschläger.

Nach dem Turnier ist im Vereinshaus Aufwärmen, Essen fassen und die Siegerehrung.

Deswegen bitte noch anmelden wer noch nicht hat – https://2025.2.uhc-elster.de/event/zipfelmuetzen-turnier-2025/



'Why Is This Hard?' Schumer Won't Say He Opposes Regime Change in Venezuela


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US Rep. Ro Khanna suggested on Thursday that the top Democrat in the Senate had offered the latest evidence that the party needs "a new generation to lead... with moral clarity and conviction" after Sen. Chuck Schumer refused to denounce the Trump administration's threats of regime change in Venezuela.

"Why is this hard?" asked Khanna (D-Calif.) after Schumer (D-NY), the Senate minority leader, told CNN's Jake Tapper Wednesday evening that "everyone would like" it if Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "would flee on his own" instead of stating that the US should not try to force out the South American leader.

When asked point-blank if he disagrees with President Donald Trump's "ultimate goal of regime change in Venezuela," Schumer turned his focus to the lack of clarity in the White House's strategy.

"The bottom line is President Trump throws out so many different things in so many different ways. You don't even know what the heck he's talking about. You know, obviously, if Maduro would just flee on his own, everyone would like that. But we don't know what the heck he's up to when he talks about that," said Schumer. "You cannot say I endorse this, I endorse that when Trump is all over the lot, not very specific and very worrisome at how far he might escalate."

Chuck Schumer won't say if he opposes regime change in Venezuela.

JAKE TAPPER: Do you disagree with President Trump's ultimate goal of regime change in Venezuela?

CHUCK SCHUMER: Look, the bottom line is President Trump throws out so many different things in so many different… pic.twitter.com/kwjWMsBgM8
— Ken Klippenstein (NSPM-7 Compliant) (@kenklippenstein) December 10, 2025

Schumer's response, Khanna suggested, should have been: "Yes, Democrats oppose regime change war in Venezuela. Instead of wasting trillions on endless wars, we must invest in jobs, healthcare, and housing for Americans."

The CNN interview took place hours after the US military seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in what one think tank called an "illegal" escalation. In recent weeks Trump has claimed he's ordered the airspace above and around Venezuela closed—an action experts said he had no legal authority to take—authorized covert CIA action in the country, and this week said the US plans to "hit ‘em on land very soon," threatening strikes against Venezuela as well as Mexico and Colombia.

The White House has aggressively pushed a narrative about the need to stop the trafficking of fentanyl from Venezuela—despite findings by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the United Nations that the country plays virtually no role in the flow of the drug into the US. At least 87 people have been killed in US military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since September—bombings that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump have claimed without evidence have targeted "narco-terrorists," but which Latin American officials, the family of one victim, and legal experts have denounced as extrajudicial killings and homicide.

Trump has previously signaled a desire to take control of Venezuela's vast oil reserves.

On November 21, Trump reportedly spoke to Maduro in a phone call and offered him safe passage out of Venezuela if he abdicated power, in the most explicit confirmation that the administration is seeking regime change. A CBS/YouGov poll released two days later found that 70% of Americans oppose any military action in Venezuela.

Labor attorney Benjamin Dictor and Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine were among those who joined Khanna in condemning Schumer's refusal to unequivocally reject the goal of forcing Maduro out through military action.

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"Chuck Schumer is so spineless he can’t even affirmatively oppose illegal, unauthorized regime change by military force," said Dictor.

Schumer has called for the passage of a war powers resolution to block the deployment of US forces in Venezuela. As Trump has continued the boat bombings and built up military presence in the Caribbean, two war powers resolutions aimed at stopping the US from striking boats and targets inside Venezuela have failed to pass.

But his refusal to speak out comes two months after journalist Aída Chávez reported that a "senior Democratic staffer" was "discouraging Democrats from coming out against regime change in Venezuela... arguing that opposing Trump and [Secretary of State Marco] Rubio's regime change amounts to supporting Maduro."

After Schumer's interview, Matt Duss of the Center for International Policy joined in calling for "regime change in the Senate Democratic Caucus."


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A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It




A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It


Google suspended a mobile app developer’s accounts after he uploaded AI training data to his Google Drive. Unbeknownst to him, the widely used dataset, which is cited in a number of academic papers and distributed via an academic file sharing site, contained child sexual abuse material. The developer reported the dataset to a child safety organization, which eventually resulted in the dataset’s removal, but he claims Google’s has been "devastating.”

A message from Google said his account “has content that involves a child being sexually abused or exploited. This is a severe violation of Google's policies and might be illegal.”

The incident shows how AI training data, which is collected by indiscriminately scraping the internet, can impact people who use it without realizing it contains illegal images. The incident also shows how hard it is to identify harmful images in training data composed of millions of images, which in this case were only discovered accidentally by a lone developer who tripped Google’s automated moderation tools.

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In October, I wrote about the NudeNet dataset, which contains more than 700,000 images scraped from the internet, and which is used to train AI image classifiers to automatically detect nudity. The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) said it found more than 120 images of identified or known victims of CSAM in the dataset, including nearly 70 images focused on the genital or anal area of children who are confirmed or appear to be pre-pubescent. “In some cases, images depicting sexual or abusive acts involving children and teenagers such as fellatio or penile-vaginal penetration,” C3P said.

In October, Lloyd Richardson, C3P's director of technology, told me that the organization decided to investigate the NudeNet training data after getting a tip from an individual via its cyber tipline that it might contain CSAM. After I published that story, a developer named Mark Russo contacted me to say that he’s the individual who tipped C3P, but that he’s still suffering the consequences of his discovery.

Russo, an independent developer, told me he was working on an on-device NSFW image detector. The app runs locally and can detect images locally so the content stays private. To benchmark his tool, Russo used NudeNet, a publicly available dataset that’s cited in a number of academic papers about content moderation. Russo unzipped the dataset into his Google Drive. Shortly after, his Google account was suspended for “inappropriate material.”

On July 31, Russo lost access to all the services associated with his Google account, including his Gmail of 14 years, Firebase, the platform that serves as the backend for his apps, AdMob, the mobile app monetization platform, and Google Cloud.

“This wasn’t just disruptive — it was devastating. I rely on these tools to develop, monitor, and maintain my apps,” Russo wrote on his personal blog. “With no access, I’m flying blind.”

Russo filed an appeal of Google’s decision the same day, explaining that the images came from NudeNet, which he believed was a reputable research dataset with only adult content. Google acknowledged the appeal, but upheld its suspension, and rejected a second appeal as well. He is still locked out of his Google account and the Google services associated with it.

Russo also contacted the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and C3P. C3P investigated the dataset, found CSAM, and notified Academic Torrents, where the NudeNet dataset was hosted, which removed it.

As C3P noted at the time, NudeNet was cited or used by more than 250 academic works. A non-exhaustive review of 50 of those academic projects found 134 made use of the NudeNet dataset, and 29 relied on the NudeNet classifier or model. But Russo is the only developer we know about who was banned for using it, and the only one who reported it to an organization that investigated that dataset and led to its removal.

After I reached out for comment, Google investigated Russo’s account again and reinstated it.

“Google is committed to fighting the spread of CSAM and we have robust protections against the dissemination of this type of content,” a Google spokesperson told me in an email. “In this case, while CSAM was detected in the user account, the review should have determined that the user's upload was non-malicious. The account in question has been reinstated, and we are committed to continuously improving our processes.”

“I understand I’m just an independent developer—the kind of person Google doesn’t care about,” Russo told me. “But that’s exactly why this story matters. It’s not just about me losing access; it’s about how the same systems that claim to fight abuse are silencing legitimate research and innovation through opaque automation [...]I tried to do the right thing — and I was punished.”




Anduril Partners With UAE Bomb Maker Accused of Arming Sudan’s Genocide


The American weapons maker Anduril says its founding purpose is to arm democratic governments to safeguard the Western way of life. The company’s official mission document, titled “Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy,” contains 14 separate references to democracy, two more than the name of the company. Building weapons isn’t simply a matter of national security, the company argues, but a moral imperative to protect the democratic tradition. “The challenge ahead is gigantic,” the manifesto says, “but so are the rewards of success: continued peace and prosperity in the democratic world.”

Mentions of democracy are noticeably absent, however, from Anduril’s recent announcement of a new joint venture with a state-run bomb maker from an authoritarian monarchy that is facilitating a genocide.

Anduril is partnering with EDGE Group, a weapons conglomerate controlled by the United Arab Emirates, a nation run entirely by the royal families of its seven emirates that permits virtually none of the activities typically associated with democratic societies. In the UAE, free expression and association are outlawed, and dissident speech is routinely and brutally punished without due process. A 2024 assessment of political rights and civil liberties by Freedom House, a U.S. State Department-backed think tank, gave the UAE a score of 18 out of 100.

in reply to geneva_convenience

Why do the shithiest, most evil companies have to have names like anduril or palantir? They ought to just call themselves something like morgoth or grond if they want to name themselves after something in the LOTR universe.
in reply to thespcicifcocean

Because Andurill CEO Palmer Lucky is the Step-Brother of Matt Gaetz and a Radical Zionist so he has to compensate for all the giveaways of him being a bad person.


Why are Israeli lawmakers wearing gold nooses?


More than 110 Palestinian prisoners have died from torture and mistreatment since Itamar Ben-Gvir became Israel’s security minister. Now he wants the power to hang them.


Danish Spy Agency Now Views US as a Possible Security Concern


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in reply to Saymaz

Callubg a child molester and 34times felon the most american thing is uh VERY american(derogatory) indeed.
in reply to procapra

The redacted list will be just a black paper with few white spots in it where they will name the political opponents who once were fellow kiddy didlers.
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"An American Americaning Americanly."

Liberals: this is not the America I know and love.

Oh you mean the America that broke every treaty it signed with the indigenous peoples?




The man behind the fall of US offshore wind


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Several years ago the UK had their first day of net-zero emissions, in large part because of huge offshore wind capacity in the North Sea

More and more we heard about these days here and there where demand was lowish and wind was highish and the UK was a net energy exporter.

Now it's routine enough it's no longer news.

By all means though, please keep clawing rocks and sludge from the guts of the earth to burn for power because you associate wanton destructiveness and a lack of empathy with masculinity

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... The following day, Stevenson laid out his case in an expansive and mostly empty ballroom. It’s too expensive, he argued from a lectern, and the United States was not effectively assessing its environmental impact. He suggested a plan to get the public to care about this issue: putting whales front and center.

Stevenson stopped short of blaming wind companies for the spate of whale carcasses that had washed up on New Jersey and New York beaches just weeks prior. He agreed with the scientific evidence that ​“vessel strikes” — not wind development — were the biggest threat in that region. Still, the potential for harm to whales could be a powerful tool in federal court, he speculated, as well as in the court of public opinion.

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in reply to higgsboson

"Decoupling" is a weak indicator and it's a reversible phenomenon. Don't rely on it.
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There's a real trend in advanced alternative (primarily solar and wind) energy production that's had legs for over a decade and proven a more profitable and stable model of electricity production than fossil fuel imports. And electrification as a measure of economic growth has been a benchmark for over a century.

The continued growth of emissions overall is still a huge problem. But this shift in development patterns has a second-order impact on public policy. As states recognize they need more energy but don't need more coal/gas to modernize, they can and will shift their public spending practices accordingly.

Particularly for the BRICS, this is a big deal. You're talking about billions of future energy consumers who are no longer equating a higher quality of life with a larger carbon footprint.




An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions


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This paper paints a pretty grim picture of how fragile our situation in Low Earth Orbit has become, arguing that the whole orbital house of cards is one bad day away from collapsing. The authors introduce a new metric called the CRASH Clock which estimates how long it would take for a major collision to happen if we suddenly stopped doing active avoidance maneuvers. Back in 2018 that clock sat at a comfortable 121 days, meaning we had months of buffer if things went wrong. As of June 2025 that number has plummeted to just 2.8 days. That is a terrifyingly thin margin because it implies that if a massive solar storm knocked out communications or tracking for just a weekend we’d be looking at a 30% chance of a catastrophic collision.

The data shows that Starlink is the primary driver here with their 550 km shell now being denser than the debris fields from historical anti-satellite tests. The authors found that in this specific shell you’d expect a close approach of less than one kilometer every 11 minutes. It’s not just theoretical either since Starlink satellites are already performing collision avoidance maneuvers roughly every 1.8 minutes across the whole constellation. The system is basically relying on perfect operation and zero errors to keep functioning, which is exactly why the authors compare it to a house of cards.

What makes this really concerning is that we are likely already past the point of stability in some regions. The paper suggests that altitudes above 600 km and specifically the main Starlink shell are already dense enough to support a runaway chain reaction of collisions. Even if a full Kessler Syndrome event takes decades to play out a single major collision now would be like an Exxon Valdez moment for space, creating a mess that forces everyone to operate in a much riskier environment immediately. The 2.8-day buffer is barely enough time to recover from a major geomagnetic storm, let alone a systemic failure, and the fact that we let the margin for error shrink from four months to three days in just seven years is a massive failure of orbital management.



One guy files Impeachment articles against RFK Jr., claiming abuse of power


He “has got to go,” Stevens said in a video announcing the impeachment articles. In an accompanying press statement, she said Kennedy, who rose to prominence as an ardent anti-vaccine activist, “has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people—spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs, and putting lives at risk.” She called him the “biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.”

It is very unlikely that an impeachment push will gain traction in the Republican-controlled Congress. No other Democratic lawmakers are backing the articles.




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This author: "Won't someone please think of the poor, oppressed motorists?"
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First: fuck this bullshit. This is such a common problem with market-based solutions. I'm a big proponent of them, but you really need to keep politicians from doing this. The goal is phasing out fossil fuels. The money absolutely should be going to projects that fulfill that goal. This is not a piggy bank.

Second:

"While supporters ballyhoo the bullet train as something that would have a major impact on emissions by reducing auto traffic, the High Speed Rail Authority’s own projections indicate that, were it to be fully completed, it would reduce automobile emissions by scarcely 1%. Meanwhile construction actually increases emissions."


This doesn't quite pass the sniff test. You're telling me that if you built a zero-emissions mode of high speed transit along one of the most trafficked routes in the state that there would be no change in emissions? Are the ridership projections zero? Did the model say that for every driver who choses to take the train instead of driving, a new driver will take their place? Is this factoring in the effect on airline emissions from people who train instead of fly? This just sounds like that monologue from Landman where Billy Bob Thorton's character confidently declares a bunch of facts about climate reduction that the writer thought sounded good.

in reply to Andy

Alright, I just wasted a bunch of time I should've been working looking into this, and here is the HSRA's most recent report on the subject: hsr.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/…

From the relevant section, pg 58:

With high-speed rail, the annual GHG emissions reductions are projected to be 0.6 to 3 million MTCO2e. based on 2024 Business Plan ridership models. This reduction is equivalent to the annual carbon emissions associated with the energy use of between 77,000 and 372,000 homes – more than the housing stock of San Jose. The cumulative reductions in well-to-wheels emissions over the first 50 years of operations are projected to be between 29 million and 142 million MTCO2e.


I wish they'd provided a percent reduction in vehicle emissions, but according to another source (ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-inventory-d…), in 2023, transportation emissions in California were 137 million metric tons of CO2. The average of the range comes out to around 1.3% of that range.

That's interesting. I wonder what fraction of transit emissions are from passenger travel across the state, vs commercial hauling and inner city traffic. I still think this is an obviously necessary step, but I'm curious what other actions are needed to take care of the other 99% of transit emissions. Perhaps urban public transit and bike infrastructure.

in reply to Andy

we should just charge a carbon tax and directly invest it in green infrastructure, like subway lines, high speed rail, and transmission infrastrcture as well as loan programs for small scale things like apartment EVSEs and microgrids

in reply to silence7

"The Commission has identified solutions for a simple and predictable implementation," the Commission document said.

One option would let companies comply using certificates bought from a third-party verifier, which would assign the imported gas an emissions value at its production location.

The second option is a "trace and claim" method, in which volumes of fuel are assigned a digital ID, which is attached to all sale and purchase agreements as the oil or gas moves through the value chain from producer to, eventually, the final buyer.

The changes do not amend the main requirements of the methane law - which will become increasingly strict over time. From 2027, it will make compliance with methane rules equivalent to those of the EU a requirement for new gas supply contracts.


I don't really read this as "offering simpler rules". It looks like they're explaining how to verify the origin of methane after the US falsely claims it would be impossible.




Cyberattack Reportedly Paralyzes Russia’s Military Registration Database




Cyberattack Reportedly Paralyzes Russia’s Military Registration Database




I en artikel i SVD som handlar om EU, Elon Musk och plattformen X samt de böter som EU dömt ut till X Corp står det:

Elon Musk rasade på X efter beskedet att EU-kommissionen bötfäller hans plattform med 120 miljoner euro.

– Kommissionen har slagit ned på tre punkter, samtliga handlar om bristande transparens, säger Carl Heath senior forskare på forskningsinstitutet Rise.

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Meta Is Deleting Queer and Sex Worker Accounts, and Our Communities Are Being Erased With Them


Relevant: Recent Censorship Cases.


Meta Is Deleting Queer and Sex Worker Accounts, and Our Communities Are Being Erased With Them


Relevant: Recent Censorship Cases.


aiuto non so quale scegliere 💶 [Dicembre 2025]


Vorresti:
- sapere quale brand di carta igienica non sta creando un conflitto armato nel sud-est asiatico?
- capire quale bicicletta non si smonterà dopo 10km?
- conoscere quale app per gli acquisti di seconda mano si prende i soldi dai lemmini elettrici?
- chiedere se qualche lemmino ha comprato quel paio di cuffie che stai valutando?
- flexare l’acquisto di qualcosa e consigliarlo ad altri/e?
- gettare la pupù su una cosa che non ricomprereste mai?

Questo è il posto giusto 😃


Thread ricorrente per chiedere consigli su come spendere i soldini e per le mini recensioni

#tana


Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content


Big tech showing its true colors.

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Oprah should have been more careful about who she choose to "lift higher".
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Per una critica anarchica dell’anarchismo

Pensiero anarchico e libertario

Tomás Ibáñez

Saggi

Elèuthera

Settembre 2025

Brossura

152 pp

L’anarchismo non fondazionale qui delineato non intende affatto proporre un nuovo modello di società, bensì spingere singoli e collettivi a costituirsi come «ingovernabili» e a mantenere accesa la resistenza, qui e ora, all’interno di qualsiasi modello di società autoritaria. Un nuovo paradigma che rimanda a un’etica della rivolta piuttosto che a un’epica della rivoluzione (dal sito)

Tomás Ibáñez


Ibàñez è uno psicologo e attivista cresciuto in una cultura libertaria antifranchista. Ma questa espressione, cultura libertaria, non è una semplice nota curriculare. Nella sua attività, e questo libro lo conferma, ha sviluppato quella necessità di approccio iconoclasta che permette all’anarchia di rimanere ancorata all’unica certezza che la mantiene sempre attuale e sempre orizzontale; il dubbio.

La casa editrice


Elèuthera continua ad essere quell’isola culturale – nel pur difficile e reazionario panorama editoriale italiano – dove chiunque abbia una esagerata idea di libertà può trovare ristoro, comunità e soprattutto materiale per nuove domande e spunti. Questo libro, caldamente consigliato, ve ne offrirà di molteplici. Sfogliando il blog puoi leggere diverse recensioni dalla stessa casa editrice. Io stesso ho già avuto il piacere di leggere Latour e Graeber.

Anarchismo non fondazionale


Nel rifiutare le etichette fisse e confinanti ho spesso usato l’espressione “ricercatore di anarchia” per descrivere il mio pensiero. Nel tentativo di far comprendere che ricercare l’anarchia significa seguire un flusso che si nutre del percorso stesso e che pretende la libertà di cercare nuove strade, di imboccare vicoli ciechi che magari sono tali solo perchè non si è guardato bene. Per questo mi sento molto vicino all’approccio non fondazionale inteso da Ibàñez. Un pensiero illuminante che allo stesso tempo rifugge e risolve le questioni poste dai non anarchici nel tentativo di spiegare l’anarchia con uno schema di pensiero non anarchico. L’anarchia non è un pensiero granitico e impeccabile. Non è un qualcosa “da uomini che non devono chiedere mai“. L’anarchia trae le sue spinte dalle imperfezioni e il suo dinamismo dalla libertà di non doversi nascondere.

Il libro


Muovendo da queste premesse il libro si snoda attraverso questioni affascinanti e tutte meritevoli di approfondimento. L’autore riprende Foucault e supera il concetto di potere espresso da Bookchin ribadendo come l’anarchismo non fondazionale sia più in grado di rispondere alle esigenze di questi tempi. Ibàñez riflette anche sulla deriva di onnipotenza della tecnica ed esprime preoccupazioni e analisi sulla cultura della “prevenzione”e su come il potere la utilizzi per ridurre gli spazi di libertà e i diritti delle persone.

Conclusioni


Quello che Ibàñez introduce è quasi una termodinamica, di Lavoiseriana memoria, ma incentrata sulla rivolta. La rivolta non costruisce qualcosa di statico ma si mantiene ingovernabile e quindi progredisce superando se stessa anzichè preferire la comoda autocelebrazione.

Un nuovo paradigma che rimanda a un’etica della rivolta piuttosto che a un’epica della rivoluzione.

dalla quarta di copertina


#anarchia #bookchin #eleuthera #foucalt #ibanez #liberta #rivolta


Chomsky e Mujica tra profezie e opportunità

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Sopravvivere al XXI secolo

Collana: SAGGI

Saul Alvìdrez, José Mujica, Noam Chomsky

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Questo libro racconta l’incontro fra «l’intellettuale vivente più influente del mondo» e «il politico più amato del pianeta», orchestrato e diretto dal giovane attivista e documentarista messicano Saúl Alvídrez. Ne scaturisce un dialogo appassionato, e appassionante, sui grandi temi del mondo di oggi: dai cambiamenti climatici alle guerre, alla crisi del capitalismo e alle sue mutazioni, alla corruzione sistemica, alla diffusione dei populismi e al degrado generalizzato della politica istituzionale.
Ma oltre ad affrontare singole rilevantissime questioni contemporanee, Chomsky e Mujica, il saggio del Nord e il saggio del Sud, come li definisce affettuosamente Alvídrez, nella seconda parte del volume tracciano una mappa dei valori che devono guidare l’umanità nel ventunesimo secolo. Valori che è necessario seguire perché un futuro possa ancora esistere; valori che rappresentano tutto ciò che rende la vita degna di essere vissuta.
Colloquio straordinario fra due punti di riferimento mondiali del pensiero contemporaneo, Sopravvivere al ventunesimo secolo è un’occasione unica: fermarsi ad ascoltare Chomsky e Mujica è istruttivo, e bellissimo. (da Ponte alle Grazie)

Saul Alvìdrez


L’idea di questo incontro tra il saggio del nord (Chomsky) e il saggio del sud (Mujica) è stata possibile grazie all’idea di Saul Alvìdrez. Alvìdrez è un’attivista, scrittore e documentarista messicano (dallo stesso lavoro è tratto anche un documentario) nato nel 1988. Sottolineo la data perchè mi è spesso capitato, durante la lettura, di percepire una vicinanza con l’autore. Una sorta di internazionalismo delle disillusioni che si rielabora in una coltivazione dell’utopia. Alvìdrez ha una storia che coglie nel profondo le inquietudini della sua (mia) contemporaneità. Una storia di battaglie che vale la pena intraprendere nonostante le prevedibili sconfitte. Battaglie che spesso ci si trova a combattere da soli nella disgregazione sociale. Anche se in realtà non si è soli ma sfilacciati, distanti. Per capirlo bisogna contarsi ed è per questo che il lavoro di Alvìdrez conta.

Una nuova umanità


Alvìdrez trova ispirazione venendo a conoscenza, in Bolivia, della leggenda quechua su “l’aquila e il condor”. In questa profezia, l’equilibrio nel mondo tornerà quando aquila e condor voleranno insieme. L’aquila è anche il simbolo degli USA (ereditato – o meglio – rubato ai nativi) e il condor è un simbolo presente in diverse culture indigene sudamericane. L’incontro quindi tra il “saggio del nord” e il “saggio del sud” è funzionale a prendere coscienza del fatto che i centennials e i millennials sono già; nuova umanità. Deve essere questo rendersi conto, questo contarsi a spingerci ad agire. A prenderci la responsabilità del nostro ruolo nella storia anche se […]man mano che cresciamo trovare un senso nella vita diventa sempre più complesso […]

Mujica e Chomsky


Al di là della simpatia che si può istintivamente provare per Mujica, per i suoi aforismi sul senso della vita, per il suo stile di vita frugale e sul vero concetto di ricchezza urge mantenere lo spirito critico nell’osservare le azioni di un uomo che ha sempre cercato il potere politico. Vi lascio pertanto a questa ampia analisi pubblicata su Umanità Nova.

Noam Chomsky conferma anche in queste pagine la capacità di offrire spunti alternativi di riflessione attraverso una lucidità che supera le ideologie. Inoltre la sua vasta conoscenza della storia e del comportamento del potere gli consente profezie sull’attualità tristemente reali. In particolare sulla Palestina e l’Ucraina. Proprio durante la lettura del libro, per esempio, il cosiddetto stato di israele violava continuamente le tregue attaccando il popolo palestinese per proseguire nel suo piano di soluzione finale su Gaza; appoggiata dal mondo occidentale.

Conclusione


Libro da leggere e documentario da vedere. Sempre tenendo saldo il punto fermo più dinamico possibile; il dubbio.

Sul nostro blog puoi leggere recensioni sulla bibliografia di Noam Chomsky in continuo aggiornamento

#anarchia #chomsky #Mujica




Pourquoi les méchants dans les jeux vidéo sont toujours les mêmes ? 🦹‍♂️🎮


Pourquoi les méchants dans les jeux vidéo sont toujours les mêmes ? 🦹‍♂️🎮 Par @akimomiri, avec @invinciblejane, @mnewton.pro & Mehdi Derfoufi Disculture EP.2 - Vidéo complète disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube

Pourquoi les méchants dans les jeux vidéo sont toujours les mêmes ? 🦹‍♂️🎮

Par @akimomiri, avec @invinciblejane, @mnewton.pro & Mehdi Derfoufi

Disculture EP.2 - Vidéo complète disponible sur notre chaîne YouTube

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Monthly Self-Portrait

self portrait in yellow t-shirt reflected in a dirty windowSelf Reflected in a Dirty Window
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#December #photography #selfportrait #zenmischief





Norway | Protest in Oslo Denounces Nobel Peace Prize for Right-Wing Machado


"No peace prize for warmongers," said demonstrators against the Nobel Peace Prize for Maria Corina Machado, the right-wing opposition leader who has supported Trump's push for regime change war in Venezuela.


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Iceland joins Eurovision boycott over genocidal Israel's participation


GET IN! Iceland just joined the Eurovision boycott over Israel’s genocide, leaving the UK looking morally bankrupt as more nations pull out


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Ms Rachel forced to hire security over Zionist threats


Ms Rachel had to hire security after a Zionist-led smear campaign unleashed threats against her family — it's Ms Rachel damn it!!


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Operation Bluebird wants to reclaim Twitter’s ‘abandoned’ trademarks for a new social network


Will Twitter finally return?

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In the wake of Trump’s “peace deal”, 200,000 displaced due to escalated M23 attacks on DRC


Only a day after signing the peace deal with DRC in Washington, Rwanda aided the offensive by its proxy militia, the M23, which has now entered a strategic city where the Southern Kivu province’s administration is located.


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Why "Israel" is Terrified of Him - Europe's Longest-Imprisoned Man is Free


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How CIA Spies are Taking Over Gaza


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Volumetric Display With Lasers And Bubbly Glass




Elbit Systems Ltd, är ett israeliskt vapenföretag som står för omkring 85 % av den israeliska arméns landbaserade utrustning. I Sverige har företaget ett helägt dotterbolag, Elbit Systems Sweden AB, Dotterbolaget etablerades i Sverige 2020. I oktober 2023 tecknade Elbit Systems Sweden ett tioårigt avtal med det svenska försvaret, värt 1.7 miljarder kronor.

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Advent Calendar 11

Advent Calendar
Zen Mischief Photographs


This year for our Advent Calendar we have a selection of my photographs from recent years. They may not be technically the best, or the most recent, but they’re ones which, for various reasons, I rather like.
Castle Howard panorama
© Keith C Marshall, 2016
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#advent #personal #photography #zenmischief





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