Thomas Ulich @MiVyoo@social.cleverlibre.org

Hitler didn’t operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.

Bin Laden didn’t fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.

Putin didn’t kill Navalny himself. But he was responsible.

Trump didn’t storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.

Justice matters.

I love that “you sound scared” has become a way to shut down critics of AI.

…yes.

yes, I absolutely am scared of it.

No, I’m not ashamed of that.

I don’t hate AI. I don't believe it’s going to destroy us terminator style.

But I’m scared half to hell of the misinformation, political divisions, unemployment, manipulation, spam and deepfake porn and what it’s going to do to our world.

Like it or dislike it, everyone should have a healthy level of fear about what this technology can do.

@anderspuck it is telling that it's the German social democratic candidate Katarina Barley who is proposing it. The widely read German rightwing paper Die Welt proposed a German nuclear bomb right after the full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Also to note: there is no real outrage in Germany.

Most of the criticism is in the realm of "technicalities" (it takes time to build one) and that we should invest in conventional deterrence first.

If the U.S. will play a smaller role in European security going forward, we need to have a conversation about nuclear weapons. The current UK and French arsenals are not sufficient to deter Russia, but the big question is if the solution is to grow their stockpiles, or if more countries need to join the nuclear club.

(The fact that this is now a discussion just goes to show the shortsightedness of American isolationalism.)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/15/uk-europe-nuclear-shield-donald-trump-germany-nato-deterrent

I like how American news media are broadcasting on location in New York because the city has received… and I hope you are sitting down for this dramatic update… THREE inches of snow!

Or as we call it in Scandinavia: Spring. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Russia puts Estonian prime minister, Kaja Kallas, on wanted list https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/13/russia-puts-estonian-prime-minister-kaja-kallas-on-wanted-list?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Baseballs do present a challenge to this theory, but I'm convinced we just haven't found the right seasoning.
https://xkcd.com/2893/

The fact that far too many people cannot recognize fascism unless it looks exactly like Nazi Germany is very dangerous.

A former SACEUR reacts to Trump’s NATO remark.

While the US congress is in tatters, Finland sends its 22nd aid package to Ukraine worth EUR 190 million.

Thank you to the awesome Finns!

🇫🇮♥️🇺🇦

Chancellor Scholz said when leaving the White House:

“United States support is indispensable for the question of whether Ukraine will be able to defend itself.”

This is defeatists statement is not only wrong but reflects everything what’s wrong in general with this German administration. It is true that US’ help is crucial for the Ukrainian fight, but instead of giving in, it is necessary that Berlin takes up the responsibility. Europe is our continent and it is our duty to keep it safe.

“A big bowl of nothing”

Military analyst @anderspuck drives a freight train straight through Tucker Carlson’s so-called interview and lays out the REAL questions a REAL journalist could have asked — thereby revealing why no one gets to interview Putin, but the fired Fox News host.

https://youtu.be/-aR8FJ9hlTw?si=sR_YpT1PrcYV9hoz

The moment President Zelenskyy awarded the title "Hero of #Ukraine" to Valery Zaluzhny and Kiryl Budanov

Слава Україні, Slava Ukraini

Watch (20 Second) Insta Reel Source:24tvua

⚡️Netherlands to send 6 more F-16 jets to Ukraine.

The Netherlands is preparing to send Ukraine an additional six U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced on Feb. 5.

This brings the total number of jets pledged to Ukraine by the Netherlands to 24. Ollongren didn’t provide any details on the delivery schedule.

🔗 https://kyivindependent.com/netherlands-to-send-6-more-f-16-jets-to-ukraine/

If you’re in the UK, you might want to consider signing this petition about pledging 0.25% of GDP to military aid to Ukraine as suggested in the Estonian plan. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/653502

Reading up on The Genocide Convention, I am shocked how the acts it criminalises match Putin's plan in Ukraine:

✅ Killing members of the group;

✅ Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

✅ Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

✅ Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

✅ Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

Putin must be stopped.

Can a war between Russia and NATO really happen within the next few years? Recently there have been several warnings from politicians and high-level military leaders. In this video I discuss what on earth they are talking about, and what such a war might look like? And I think it's an important discussion, because the risk is bigger than many people assume.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY7GPBSyONU

For two years, the Biden administration led an international coalition to provide military aid to Ukraine. Majorities in the U.S. and in Congress continue to support Ukraine. Now, a minority of Republicans are preparing to cut it all off.

If they do, the US is at risk of seeming not just like an unreliable ally, but an unserious ally https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/01/us-congress-support-ukraine-war/677256/

Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers.

It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”.

It started with intolerance and hate speech.

It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.

Remember.

Keep the memory alive.
Honour the survivors.
Never forget the Holocaust.

6 million Jewish women, men and children and all other victims, including hundreds of thousands of Roma, were murdered during the Holocaust.

79 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, European Jews are once again living in fear.

We must not forget the origins: antisemitism and hatred led to the Shoah.

It is our duty to build an EU free from antisemitism, racism and discrimination.

#WeRemember