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Don't ever forget that the #EuropeanUnion supported the illegal 2019 Coup in #Bolivia - Democracy only matters when it suits us...
RT @MarkWeisbrot: This is the result of a 2019 military coup backed by the US gov't and Bolivian white supremacists, that overthrew the democratically elected government of Evo Morales. With decisive help from Luis Almagro, still Secretary General of the OAS.

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You don't have to wait Mastodon 4 to use the edit feature with #Fedilab, it works with instances in 3.5.3

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Jimi Hendrix playing with the 101st Airbourne while stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky in 1962

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I very recently learned that the term “boycott” comes from someone’s actual name: Charles Boycott. Boycott was an English land agent who tried, in 1880, to collect unpayable rents from Irish peasants on behalf of an English aristocrat landlord. When he failed to collect the rents, he tried evicting the tenants. The Irish Land League responded with a campaign to ignore Boycott’s orders and isolate him socially and economically.

They not only ignored his eviction orders and threw manure at his process servers, but refused to deliver his mail or sell him food.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charle

It was pretty effective—the British government eventually had to deploy a thousand soldiers (naturally, because the state works for the propertied class and none more than the 19th century British state) at a cost of some £10,000 to harvest £500 worth of crops. Boycott had to be evacuated by the soldiers, who even had to drive him out, as no locals would agree to drive his carriage out of the region.

Imagine being cancelled so hard that your name becomes permanently associated with getting cancelled.

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_In this era of Food Insecurity, it's almost criminal that 13% of good fresh food is wasted!_

This farmer says he reluctantly throws away enough cauliflower to feed a province | CBC Radio

An estimated 13 per cent of fruits and vegetables grown in Canada go unharvested or are discarded, according to a federal government report. Many farmers say they can't afford to harvest, box and transport wasted produce to food-insecure Canadians for free.

cbc.ca/radio/checkup/cauliflow

_It was a great night of fighting and we have a new deserving champion! Woot!_

Islam Makhachev vs. Alexander Volkanovski lightweight title fight official for UFC 284

Islam Makahchev and Alexander Volkanovski will headline UFC 284 in a champion vs. champion battle.

mmafighting.com/2022/11/12/234

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It's a sad day when even the Army people are less subservient to the Military Industrial Complex than the Politicians in the #US and the #EU who are ridiculous enough to continue fueling the War in Ukraine at the risk of seeing Nuclear weapons being used...
RT @aaronjmate: While Gen. Milley backs talks with Russia, a US official says that "the State Department is on the opposite side of the pole... That dynamic has led to a unique …

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Conferences now became quite close-minded and elitist: the same people, year after year, polished presentations, barely any input at all. There are a few large ones every year, but they are expensive and quite limited number of people are allowed in. Which raises the question: does anyone know a platform or a website where one could post unpolished results and discuss them with other in hopes of feedback, corrections or even collaboration?

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Listen to the powerful @HelenYaffe tell how #US has imposed brutal Sanctions on Cuba for over 60 years + still it's a world leader in fighting Climate Change. Illegal US Sanctions condemn vulnerable people to die in #Cuba #Iran #Syria #Afghanistan +more..

i4ctrouble.simplecast.com/epis

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Decided to look at network stats again. There are 1M more people using #Mastodon today than there were on October 27.

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