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So, science friends.

When in the 1930s would you have decided “no, I’m not going to go to that conference in Germany”?

Because the question now needs to be posed looking westwards across the Atlantic.

If your phone can be taken on arrival & searched for messages critical of the government & then you can be denied entry (or perhaps worse in the future), why would you even think of going in the first place?

Absolutely horrifying slide into totalitarianism.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained

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Quotes from Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Gustave Gilbert, and Elon Musk, next to drawings of each in pencil style by Patt Bagely. In sequence: "empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes." - Einstein. "The death of human empathy is one of the early and most telling signs that a culture is about to fall into barbarism." - Arendt. "It is one of characteristic that connects all the defendants -- a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the lack of empathy." - Gilbert. "The fundamental weakness of western civilization is empathy." - Musk

@currentbias Did Musk really say that? When and where?

6 yo: Let's count all the cars we like: 1,2,3,4,5...
Me: BMW, Audi, Mercedes, Skoda...
6yo: 6,7,8...
Me: What about that one? The Tesla?
6yo: Nah, not cool

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When the US/Ukraine/Russia peace talks fail, who will Trump pin the blame on?

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Petition to Ban Platform X (formerly Twitter) in the European Union - United Kingdom · Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-ban-platform-x-formerly-twitter-in-the-european-union

#petition #twitter #EU

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ふんわー！

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Tis done. Phase one.

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Personally I think ‘free speech’ is far less important than respect. If your on the #Fediverse and not on your own server be sure you read and agree with the instance guidelines you are on.

Remember, you are in someone’s digital home, respect the rules or get out and signup somewhere that’s more fitting..

@obra Up next: "I've never even heard of this Trump guy, don't know who you're talking about"

@wjmaggos Sadly it is not possible to have a shared set of facts while Twitter and Facebook still exist.

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