You keep hearing about “European values” but might be confused about what they are so here’s an incomplete list based on historic and current evidence:

• Colonialism
• Slavery
• Ethnic cleansing
• Genocide
• Hypocrisy

Sorry if I missed any.

This is an essential read from @nprofile1q... – well worth your time to understand the points he’s making fully as he’s spot on and the excellent analogies will make it easier for you to discuss the topic with others.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/18/tech-ai-bubble-burst-reverse-centaur

#AI #capitalism #neoliberalism #tech #reverseCentaur

If you have someone you really hate, buy them a holiday in the USA.

#usa #travelWarning #fascism

@nevent1qy2...

@nprofile1q... Almost as if it was just taken over by the US government or something.

Hi everyone,

I’m very happy to announce that Aya (@nprofile1q...) will be joining our little team of volunteers at Gaza Verified¹ to help us carry out verification calls.

Aya is in Gaza herself with her family (she’s @nprofile1q...’s daugher) and she’s studying to be an English translator.

You can find her fundraiser (which is run for her by @nprofile1q...) at:
https://chuffed.org/project/161851-help-aya-go-to-uni-and-survive-in-gaza

Welcome to the team, Aya, and thank you so much for volunteering your time and effort to help others in Gaza while facing the exact same unspeakable hardship yourself.

💕

¹ https://gaza-verified.org/team

#GazaVerified #teamUpdate #Aya

Folks, our very own @nprofile1q... has his new book, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, coming out next Monday.

https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/99th-day/

“99th Day is essential reading for anyone who cares about our planet. Prepare to be disturbed, enlightened and inspired.” – Justine McCarthy, The Irish Times

And, if you’re in Ireland, Gerry has a book tour in February. If I’m in the country, I’ll be at the Dublin event on the 9th. Hope to see some of you there :)

https://gerrymcgovern.com/tour/

💕

#99thDay #books #environment #climateChange #capitalism #technology #BigTech #technoSolutionism #fascism #ireland

You regular reminder that you can find the fundraisers of people from Gaza who are part of our fediverse community and donate to them directly to meet their basic everyday needs at:

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

#Gaza #Palestine #fundraisers #mutualAid #fediAid #GazaVerified

Just got these messages from @[email protected], one of the members of Gaza Verified, basically accusing me of running a fundraiser for Gaza and keeping the proceeds (I have no fundraiser on any fundraising site anywhere) and extorting me to share his fundraiser or he’ll apparently go public with it.

So here’s what’s going to happening instead: Nabil has been removed Gaza Verified (https://gaza-verified.org/warning/@[email protected]/) and I would urge caution in your dealings with him and that account in the future.

@nprofile1q..., I would like to ask, when you have time, if you could please update his profile so the verified badge no longer appears as the verified status doesn’t automatically update once added.

For the rest of our Gaza Verified family, I am sorry for this unpleasantness but we will not entertain threats or extortion towards any of our volunteers.

CC @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... @nprofile1q...

#GazaVerified #extortion

Dear (neo)liberals,

I’m not here to make you feel better about yourselves and gloss over your hypocrisies that are at the heart of the mess that we find ourselves in. I’m not here to pat you on the back when you write a strongly-worded letter to a fascist asking him to please limit his persecution to the Other. I’m here to remind you that your willingness to perpetuate an unjust system as long as it benefits you personally IS the reason the problem exists in the first place.

#neoliberalism #fascism

Condoning everyday fascism for those less fortunate is how you eventually get fascism for all. And this isn’t just about the US. This is a warning for Europe and beyond. Here in Europe, most of our governments have been merrily supporting the US and Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza (and the ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism, and apartheid) as well as previous imperialist invasions of far off lands for oil, happily sharing in the spoils of the suffering. (Not a surprise, really. After all, who were the settler colonialists that created the US?) Frontex is our ICE-in-making. We’re handing Palantir government contacts and data on our citizens. We’re lusting to construct our own panopticons. Successive neoliberal and conservative governments have been steadily pushing the ratchet to the right while demonising those who want to protect the environment and the most vulnerable and who have the audacity to imagine a future where the basic necessities of life – food, water, shelter, healthcare – are human rights, not commodities. In other words, we’ve been playing by the same colonial/neoliberal/conservative playbook as the US (heck, maybe we even invented it)… why should we expect any other outcome if we continue to behave in exactly the same way?

All this to say, if you’re fine with the boot being on someone else’s neck today, don’t be surprised when it’s on yours tomorrow.

There might still be time to change things for the better. But it will not happen unless the justice we seek is justice for all.

World peace? Universal food, water, shelter, and healthcare? No, capitalism knows what it is you really need: Lego Crocs.

Because fuck you, that’s why.

https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2026/january/the-lego-group-and-crocs-enter-multi-year-global-partnership?locale=en-us

“For the past year, the world has been in a state of chaos. The United States, in the grips of its mad pirate king, has installed tariffs, removed tariffs, made deals, overturned deals, made threats, backed off threats, and all with the randomness of an infant that has not quite achieved object permanence. Nonetheless, a logic is starting to emerge, a logic that explains America’s actions: the logic of the rapist.”

https://archive.is/6rfGw