hesgen @hesgen@social.cleverlibre.org

I just saw someone call cryptocurrency "digital coal" and I'm for it.

In #Madagascar, 12 giant tortoises were successfully reintroduced into the island after having been hunted to extinction 600 years ago. This year, they have successfully hatched 152 babies. https://theconversation.com/madagascar-giant-tortoises-have-returned-600-years-after-they-were-wiped-out-221615?fbclid=IwAR141u16SVhzGvCREE3VARpSoDSLsJvL5QavYZtLmSmrle5ezZsLmCAPDpQ

Just listening to #PMQs and cringing at Rishi Sunak pronouncing Wylfa as "Wilffer" with a hard F. If it was a French word for example, I guarantee he would have pronounced it correctly but #Cymraeg just doesn't seem to warrant even minimal effort. It's disrespectful, and he knows it. #Welsh

Kremlin spokesman says President Putin accepted Tucker Carlson’s interview request because the former Fox News program host “stands in clear contrast to the position of the traditional Anglo-Saxon media.” https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/02/07/kremlin-says-putin-agreed-to-interview-with-tucker-carlson-because-he-differs-from-traditional-anglo-saxon-media

This is a pan-European, complex and even disturbing issue with huge implications for politics, sustainable food chains and the environment.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/feb/07/protests-continue-across-europe-as-politicians-grapple-with-farmers-anger-europe-live

In Germany we don't say „Nazis raus!“, we say „Na ja, also in sämtliche Talkshows müssen wir die schon einladen und in den Parlamenten müssen wir die aushalten und inhaltlich stellen und außerdem wird das schon nicht so schlimm werden“ and I think that's brandgefährlich.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland has the most progressive tax system in the UK thanks to the Scottish Greens.

🟢#ForPeopleForPlanet

UK Parliament hosts first all-trans panel on the experience of trans+ children in school

Young trans advocates are rediscovering and adapting the methods we employed thirty years ago to put the reality of our lives in front of law makers in Parliament. We once hoped the need for that kind of engagement was in the past. With some politicians trying to turn the clock back it’s necessary to turn our clocks back too and re engage

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/02/07/uk-government-trans-guidance/

55-minute special:

State of #Ukraine’s resistance of #Russia invasion, what to expect in coming months, why support of #Kyiv is vital...

And closing w heartfelt appeal, including to those pushing #Putin's "info war" and those who would sacrifice Ukrainians

#UkraineWar

Gespräch mit meinem Vater über die #Afd.
Er hat deren Programm gelesen und meint:
"Die werden innerhalb der ersten drei Wochen eine Diktatur errichten und dann alle nach und nach rausschmeißen, die ihnen nicht passen. Aus dem Land, aus Firmen, den Medien, Gerichten, überall. Die haben Listen. Das 'Die Demokratie ist in Gefahr' von unseren Politikern ist zu abgehoben. Die müssen viel einfacher erzählen, was passieren wird. Die schmeißen Dich aus der Firma, weil Dein Schwiegervater in der SPD ist"