"Bürokratieabbau klingt harmlos – ist aber längst zum politischen #Kampfbegriff geworden. Im Namen vermeintlicher Entlastung drohen zentrale #Menschenrechte ausgehöhlt zu werden. [...] Die neoliberale Forderung nach weniger Staat und weniger einschränkende Regulierung war recht leicht dechiffrierbar als eine Politik zugunsten der gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Eliten."
We previously reported on the 26 foreign heads of state or government who will attend China’s September 3 commemoration of the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fasci…
hey yall so. if trump actually dies i am going to grab my electric guitar and stream me jamming songs i like to it on loud. maybe i will throw a party and get drunk
Gekke vraag, maar ik had op de basisschool een onderwijzer en die bracht kinderen soms onder hypnose en later was ik een keer bij een bijeenkomst van een hypnotiseur. Allebei zeiden ze dat ze mij niet onder hypnose konden brengen, maar bij heel veel anderen lukte dat wel.
Nu denk ik wel eens: Wat als een groot deel onder ons gehypnotiseerd is en waarom werkt dat niet bij iedereen?
Want als mensen niet gehypnotiseerd zijn, hoe kan het dan dat ze massaal stemmen op partijen die klimaatverandering en wetenschap ontkennen, zoals PVV, BBB, VVD en FvD, die letterlijk de grootste schuld van alle problemen wijten aan migranten en vluchtelingen?
There is this theory that hypnosis is actually an everyday thing. We do it all the time with ourselves: when we muse about ideas, when we daydream, when we startle. We are sometimes more or less open to suggestions, be it auto-suggestions or suggestions from outside.
To come back to your question. I think Adam Curtis kind of answers it in his documentaries this way: Feelings have during the 20th century become an essential "playing field" for politics. Many of us are emotionally influenced by media. Spindoctors use metaphors ("flood of migration") to suggest. One of the most vital sources of these spindoctors are the think-tanks of the (neo-)liberal movement and the counter-culture which go together since 60 years.
I think in "Century of The Self" he starts to talk most explicitely about how - rooting in western 1960ies counter culture - psychology became a tool used by both politicians and entrepreneurs to try to govern people - including failures. Actually to me it is atm not crystal clear if and how explicit attempts of "(mass) hypnosis" or NLP (hypnosis' trite brother) have ever been made by politicians (though I would be very interested to know.) I know that e.g. Churchill and Hitler were aware of Le Bon's book about mass psychology that argues how masses of people are hypnotically suggestable almost 100 years ago. So I can not imagine that politicians or parts of "the elite" today are not aware of the power of the suggestions they give in public language.
"en waarom werkt dat niet bij iedereen?" - Hypnosis is a personal thing. Some people get more hypnotized (or "emotionally sustainably influenced" how I would synonymize it) by other things than videos or news., e.g. by nature, neighbourhoods, religion, music, beliefs, conversations, books, inner visions, encounters with people, dancing ... Some consume completelly different news.
It is the end of summer (in my part of the world at least*).
I started the summer with the Silly Summer Hatting project, the summary of which is shown below (& you can still see the full size images on the hashtag).
Planning an hour or two later of not doing much at all, so if you missed out, and would like to sneak your pet in at the last moment drop a reply to this thread.
*and working with meteorological rather than astronomical autumn, obvs.
I'd be thrilled to have summer hats or spooky hats for these two if you have time. 😊 Duffy the Westie is kind of a grumpy old man these days, but Princess Willow is protective and affectionate at all times. #AltText #Dogs #DogsOfMastodon
The pseudo-intellectuals among the #MAGA types purport to be Ayn Rand acolytes. Her individualist diatribes against socialism as the highest ideal, used architecture as a vehicle. She preached that "classic" design for everything was the path of stagnant dullards, unlike her protagonist.
Meanwhile maga pushes exactly that – everyone has to wear the same hat and conform to the leader's ideology. Who's the collectivist now?
Europe's economic woes aren't just another downturn, they're a sign of a systemic unraveling.
The interconnected crises of debt, deindustrialization, and political gridlock in Britain, Germany, and France reveal that the core contradictions of neoliberalism are reaching a breaking point.
The European project stands at the precipice of collapse, with its fundamental contradictions exposed by accelerating economic deterioration across core member states.
Laut Infinite-Monkey-Theorem wird, wenn man Affen auf Schreibmaschinen tippen lässt, zufällig irgendwann Shakespeares #Hamlet entstehen. Jedoch müsste dafür das gesamte Universum voller Affen sein. Und selbst dann würde es ewig dauern. 😳😂🤷♂️
Es brsucht eigentlich nivht knendlich viel Zrit, sondern nur unrndlich viele Affen, sogar egal ob tot oder lebendig. Sie müssen auch keine Schreibmaschinen oder Stifte haben. Und tote und lebendige Affen müssfn zufällig verteilt sein. Dann ist im Binärcode zoter/lebendiger Affe berrits alles enthalten. In jeglicher Sprachversion und Zeichencodierung.
Es müsste nicht ewig dauern, es könnte ja theoretisch schon einer der ersten Affen zu Beginn das ganze Werk runterschreiben - es ist möglich, nur halt nicht seeehr wahrscheinlich.
Aber wozu 🤷♂️ Es gibt ja "Hamlet" schon und man würde den getippten Seiten nicht unbedingt ansehen, dass Affen sie getippt haben.
Salzburg Festival. Mozart's 'Zaide or the Path of Light' is a pasticcio with excerpts from the Singspiel fragment 'Zaide', the cantata 'Davide Penitente' the incidental music for 'Thamos, King in Egypt', as well as other works from the period 17...
To the people currently #DDoS -ing #ArchLinux : what do you gain by doing that, seriously? Who bothers keeping a distro's repos down so insistently if there's no motivation behind it? Is this just a distro war gone sour? status.archlinux.org/
idk but it’s a colossal waste of resources. Arch is a distro for end users primarily. I would have a hard time believing it was distro war nonsense but this is some real petty crap. So maybe you’re onto something
Uff, lo de las muestras gratis es un problema horrendo para las compañeras que trabajan por cámara. Arrancarle el debido pago al cliente antes de que acabe requiere una habilidad finísima.
@P00k4 Trabajos en relación de dependencia hechos a distancia también. En informática la explotación es fenomenal. No ayuda para nada carecer de representación sindical por incapacidad ideológica.
Dal teen idol di The Kissing Booth alla consacrazione in Euphoria, Saltburn e Priscilla: al Lido Jacob Elordi presenta Frankenstein di Guillermo del Toro. «Un sogno che inseguo da quando avevo 14 anni»
This #FreeCADFriday, I am using @FreeCAD to design a 3d-printable laser optic mount system for interferometry experiments!
The main element are the kinematic mounts for precisely aligning all the optics. I have opted to use a flexure based design which required a lot of prototyping to get right (and there is still a lot of room for improvement...).
Natur beobachten hat immer was Beruhigendes : Es blüht, es bleibt, es welkt, es herbstelt und nächstes Jahr geht es wieder von vorn los. Alles hat seine Ordnung, auch wenn es ab und an kleine Abweichungen gibt. Tröstlich, wenn es bei einem emotional turbulent zugeht
Sander Turnhout: Na het Programma Aanpak Stikstof en de Structurele Aanpak Stikstof komt Wiersma nu met de FAS, de Fictieve Aanpak Stikstof. Samen met Raoul Beunen geef ik wat context bij de spoedwet stikstof, de kdw en de habitatrichtlijn. naturetoday.com/intl/nl/nature…
Het is moeilijk om het nog in neutrale termen te verwoorden, maar na een hele serie ondeugdelijke wetsvoorstellen probeert demissionair kabinet-Schoof er op de valreep nog eentje door te duwen: de spoedwet stikstof moet ervoor zorgen dat de kritische…
🫀💉 New cardiology guidelines urge people with heart disease to get vaccinated against flu, COVID & RSV.
Why? Respiratory infections can strain the heart & raise hospitalization or death risk. Vaccines = protection for BOTH lungs & heart. shorturl.at/H8tRo #press
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Some fun fake news for a change: a professor who teaches a course on social media creates a fake video with his students showing how he cancelled class after the Taylor Swift engagement. It went viral on TikTok. knoxnews.com/story/entertainme…
youtu.be/TOs87cklWvQ #Revelation makes no sense if you have no context for the zeitgeist and beliefs of the time. This is really interesting. Especially as he says that John of Patmos and Paul probably wouldn't have gotten along. #bible
Invited this new friend to come live with me after I saw him at the Family Dollar last night when I didn't have my wallet on me (it was an unexpected sidequest when exercising) so I walked over 2 miles back there this morning to bring him home. His name is Buttons.
MARGHERITA DEVALLE, 'MILANO, L'ALTRA GUIDA' (Edizioni Jonglez, 128 pp; 14.95 euro) In questa guida non troverete: gli aperitivi con il buffet; il solito giro del Duomo, Galleria Montenapoleone e arrivederci; i ristoranti con i menù in dieci lingue di…
Residents are living in what remains of the town and are under constant surveillance and targeting from the nearby #Israeli troops—exposed to attacks despite the declared ceasefire. One man said he was shot at while repairing his rooftop water tank. Another described how her brother was killed by a drone strike while tending to his chicken farm.
Farmer Ismael Nasser’s defiance of an Israeli bulldozer in June 2023 went viral. Nasser told Drop Site that after October 8, 2023, when support for #Palestine began from #Lebanon, his home was the first to be bombed.
Journalist Jeremy Loffredo reports for Drop Site News.
L' #overdose continua a mietere migliaia di vittime in Europa, sottolineando la necessità di un'azione urgente. La Giornata internazionale di sensibilizzazione sull'overdose (organizzata dal 2012 dall'ente australiano no-profit per la salute pubblica, il Penington Institute) cade il 31 agosto. L'agenzia europea per le droghe, l' #EUDA, segnala a riguardo la sua risorsa on-line sui decessi indotti da droghe in Europa, evidenziando la portata della crisi e identifica la cocaina, i nuovi oppioidi sintetici (nitazeni) e il consumo combinato di più sostanze come principali preoccupazioni.
In tutta l'UE, l'overdose rimane una delle principali cause di morte prevenibili tra i consumatori di droghe. Nel 2023, oltre 7.500 persone nell'UE hanno perso la vita per overdose, cifra che sale a circa 8.100 se si includono Turchia e Norvegia. In particolare, quattro vittime su cinque erano uomini, la maggior parte dei quali tra la fine dei trent'anni e l'inizio dei quarant'anni. Gli oppioidi sono stati coinvolti in oltre due terzi dei decessi indotti da droghe in Europa, sebbene i modelli nazionali varino. I decessi correlati al fentanil e ai suoi derivati sono rimasti stabili nel 2023, con alcuni casi collegati a farmaci derivati piuttosto che a fentanil illegale.
La cocaina è stata coinvolta in oltre un quarto dei decessi indotti da droghe nei 20 paesi che hanno fornito dati sia per il 2022 che per il 2023, con numeri in aumento da 956 nel 2022 a 1.051 nel 2023. In alcuni paesi, la cocaina è stata segnalata in percentuali più elevate di decessi indotti da droghe rispetto al resto d'Europa, tra cui Portogallo (65%), Spagna (60%) e Germania (30%). L'evidenza di un consumo di più sostanze era comune, con gli oppioidi presenti in molti decessi correlati alla cocaina.
Gli oppioidi nitazenici sono stati collegati a epidemie di avvelenamento localizzate in tutta Europa, in particolare in Estonia e Lettonia. In Estonia, i decessi indotti da droghe sono balzati da 82 casi nel 2022 a 119 nel 2023, con i nitazeni implicati in oltre la metà (52%) di questi decessi. La Lettonia ha registrato un aumento ancora più marcato, da 63 decessi nel 2022 a 154 nel 2023, con i nitazeni presenti in due terzi (66%) dei casi.
Si evidenzia anche il ruolo dei farmaci nei decessi per poliassunzione, con benzodiazepine rilevate in oltre un terzo dei casi nella maggior parte dei paesi che hanno riportato risultati autoptici. L'alcol è stato menzionato in oltre il 20% dei casi in almeno sei paesi e sono stati segnalati anche decessi correlati a farmaci oppioidi, come ossicodone e tramadolo.
L'EUDA sottolinea che i decessi per overdose sono influenzati da molti fattori, tra cui il tipo di droga, le modalità di utilizzo, le interruzioni del trattamento e la ridotta tolleranza. L'intento suicidario è stato segnalato più spesso tra i decessi indotti da droghe nelle donne rispetto agli uomini, sottolineando la necessità di una prevenzione attenta al genere.
Prevenire i decessi per overdose è una priorità della Strategia e del Piano d'azione dell'UE in materia di droga 2021-25, che include misure come la personalizzazione degli interventi per i gruppi ad alto rischio, l'aumento della disponibilità e dell'uso del naloxone e l'espansione dei trattamenti basati sull'evidenza.
> Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman J…
Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Russland spricht von Offensive an gesamter Front ++
Russland führt eigenen Angaben zufolge ununterbrochene Offensiven entlang der gesamt Frontlänge in der Ukraine durch. Kanzler Merz geht davon aus, dass der Krieg erst aufhört, wenn Russland ihn wirtschaftlich nicht mehr führen kann.
Und? Was will er dafür tun? Weiterhin auf russisches Öl und Gas setzen? Auch wenns über Kasachstan gekauft wird? Weiterhin mit Einkäufen von Gas und Öl die Preise für Gas und Öl hochhalten? …. Unser Hunger nach Öl und Gas und unser Unwille den Verbrauch massiv zu senken finanziert diesen Krieg gegen uns selbst. Auch wenn er den direkten Kontakt derzeit nur über RT, Nius und Co und über Trolle, Sabotage etc führt.
Wie lange kann sich die Ukraine diesen Krieg noch "leisten", wenn niemand den Arsch in der Hose hat, massiv gegen den Aggressor vorzugehen. Die scheinheiligen Minisanktionen scheinen ja seit Jahren wirkungslos zu sein.
“La Zona Grigia”, la macchina industriale della sperimentazione animale pressenza.com/it/2025/08/la-zo… “La zona grigia non è un’anomalia: è il prodotto normale di un sistema disumano” -Primo Levi, I sommersi e i salvati, 1986- “Un sistema non si difende perché è giusto, ma perché esiste” -Michel Foucault – Ho sempre avuto certezze… Lorenzo Poli
Das Bild zeigt ein dekoratives Porzellan-Gericht mit einer cremigen Pilzsoße, die mit Pilzen und möglicherweise Fleischstückchen garniert ist. Auf dem Teller befinden sich zwei runde Portionen Reis und mehrere Gurkenscheiben. Zwei kleine Flaggen, eine vegan und eine russische, stecken in dem Gericht. Der Teller ist mit einem blau-weiß karierten Rand und einem goldenen Rand mit dekorativen Elementen verziert. Neben dem Teller liegt ein Serviettenmuster mit einem Storch und Blumen sowie ein Messer und eine Gabel mit braunen Griffen. Ein Sticker mit der Aufschrift "NO WAR BUT GLASS WAR" und einem Bild eines Raben ist auf dem Tisch zu sehen.
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in reply to Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath • • •Want als mensen niet gehypnotiseerd zijn, hoe kan het dan dat ze massaal stemmen op partijen die klimaatverandering en wetenschap ontkennen, zoals PVV, BBB, VVD en FvD, die letterlijk de grootste schuld van alle problemen wijten aan migranten en vluchtelingen?
#klimaatverandering #VVD #BBB #PVV #FvD #TK2025
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath
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in reply to Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath • • •Torsten
in reply to Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath • • •There is this theory that hypnosis is actually an everyday thing. We do it all the time with ourselves: when we muse about ideas, when we daydream, when we startle. We are sometimes more or less open to suggestions, be it auto-suggestions or suggestions from outside.
To come back to your question. I think Adam Curtis kind of answers it in his documentaries this way: Feelings have during the 20th century become an essential "playing field" for politics. Many of us are emotionally influenced by media. Spindoctors use metaphors ("flood of migration") to suggest. One of the most vital sources of these spindoctors are the think-tanks of the (neo-)liberal movement and the counter-culture which go together since 60 years.
#Adamcurtis #Hypnosis
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath
in reply to Torsten • • •Torsten
in reply to Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath • • •Actually to me it is atm not crystal clear if and how explicit attempts of "(mass) hypnosis" or NLP (hypnosis' trite brother) have ever been made by politicians (though I would be very interested to know.)
I know that e.g. Churchill and Hitler were aware of Le Bon's book about mass psychology that argues how masses of people are hypnotically suggestable almost 100 years ago. So I can not imagine that politicians or parts of "the elite" today are not aware of the power of the suggestions they give in public language.
Torsten
in reply to Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath • • •Some consume completelly different news.