Manuel Erhardt @erhardt@librem.one

Er war Sid Vicious, Dracula, Winston Churchill, Commissioner Gordon, Lee Harvey Oswald und so einige mehr.
Und heute wird er 66 Jahre alt.
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Gary Oldman.

This is fascinating. The top line reflects Chinese population throughout history & bottom line reflects Europe’s population. China’s centralized political landscape is conducive to population booms during peaceful times, but each time political power crumbled resulted in huge population decline comparable to Black Death in Europe. Meanwhile, despite its frequent wars, Europe’s fragmented nature means that damages tend to be regional with relatively few deaths.

Source: https://www.threads.net/@mengru_read_eat_run/post/C4np80TvSla/?xmt=AQGzhup-gRO-5Zsmyd2kxn4Q_rgURN0WhZ1Wn_1XUZ2I5A

#YouTube is complying with this geo ban in #India , & so is #Twitter / #X.

I assume #Meta is also blocking this video on #Instagram, #Facebook & #Threads.

https://youtu.be/ZSC4Bc8LHGM

YouTube blocks access to Fifth Estate story on killing of B.C. Sikh activist at India's demand | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/india-fifth-estate-video-story-1.7142721

This is why the #Fediverse is important folks! It is easier for governments to pressure large social networks, but much harder to stop thousands of federated social sites.

The film "20 Days in #Mariupol" won the Oscar 2024 for the "Best Feature Documentary".

"20 Days in Mariupol" is #Chernov's harrowing first-person chronicle of the time he spent in the besieged Ukrainian city immediately after Russian President Vladimir #Putin's invasion in February 2022.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/awards/mstyslav-chernov-ukraine-director-oscars-speech-condemn-russia-rcna142703

#Ukraine #Russia

“According to Pew, 32% of Americans aged 18-29 say they regularly get news from #TikTok, up from 9% in 2020. This makes it one of the top #news sources for Gen Z—and we’ve already seen its potential for real-world impact.”

https://apple.news/A7D78s0WhTEmMBBOj-9ELTg

#Norway will donate up to 1.6 billion Norwegian crowns ($153 million) for a #Czech-led initiative to buy ammunition for #Ukraine from third countries, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr #Stoere said in a statement on Thursday.

"Ukraine urgently needs large quantities of artillery ammunition to withstand the Russian war of aggression," Stoere said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/norway-donates-153-mln-czech-led-purchases-ammunition-ukraine-2024-03-07/

#Russia #EU

#TimothySnyder taz #Ukraine interview

"Ukraine can certainly win... Europe and North America... have the economic and industrial base to decide this war. But we prefer to deploy them very slowly or not at all... Europe should become more independent of the USA in security matters. This year, the European goal must be to ensure that Ukraine does not lose the war. In the next two or three years, the goal should be to help it win. Regardless of what the Americans do..."

https://taz.de/Historiker-Snyder-ueber-Ukraine-Krieg/!5991717/

Russia is in the 3rd year of a 3 day war.

Russia has lost more the 315,000 soldiers.

They’ve lost nearly 90% of the Russian prewar army.

Russia has lost 9 ships, including a flagship, to Ukraine which does not have a blue water navy.

Russia can end this by simply leaving from the pre-2014 borders of #Ukraine.

Russia can stop their own damage tomorrow if they choose to.

#russia #Ukraine #war

Where in #Russia do the #Russian soldiers come from? Laura #Solanko's new report tracks the increases in household bank deposits as a proxy for regional incidence of mobilization and casualties.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1760240574307639661.html

#Ukraine

The #German #Bundestag is to decide on two motions concerning the supply of long-range weapons to #Ukraine. The Union demands that this also include #Taurus cruise missiles. But Chancellor #Scholz continues to reject this.

https://www.br.de/nachrichten/deutschland-welt/taurus-lieferung-an-ukraine-olaf-scholz-bleibt-bei-nein,U4vu3sP

#Russia #EU #Germany

Er hob diesen Schleier

Der Ägyptologe und Religionswissenschaftler Jan Assmann ist tot. Er starb in Konstanz nach langer Krankheit im Alter von 85 Jahren. Ein Nachruf.

von Patrick Bahners

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/jan-assmann-einflussreicher-aegyptologe-und-religionswissenschaftler-gestorben-19532701.html

Do what you love and you’ll never work a day for a few months, until it stops being fun and starts being work

️ICC still silently impotent on an Arrest Warrant for Putin on genocide charges, as Germany collects over 500 pieces of evidence of war crimes in Ukraine (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/18/7442443/ #Ukraine #Germany #ICC #ICJ #Mastodon #Hague #UN #UnitedNations #Warcrimes #Press #News #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#BetterOldThanSeditious

Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that weakening end-to-end encryption disproportionately risks undermining human rights.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/human-rights-court-takes-stand-against-weakening-of-end-to-end-encryption/

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #ECHR #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #CouncilOfEurope

25 Millionen Menschen im Sudan brauchen dringend Hilfe

Im Sudan tobt seit Monaten ein Bürgerkrieg. Dadurch sind laut UN-Experten rund 25 Millionen Menschen dringend auf humanitäre Hilfe angewiesen. In dem afrikanischen Land gebe es mehr als neun Millionen Binnenflüchtlinge.

https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/sudan-384.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Sudan #UN

200,000 gather across Germany in latest protests against far-right

Around 200,000 people took to the streets in Germany on Saturday (3 February), most of them in the capital Berlin, as nationwide protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party entered their fourth week.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/200000-gather-across-germany-in-latest-protests-against-far-right/

#News #EuropeanNews #Europe #Germany #FarRight #AFD

Ukraine is critically low on ammo, and Russia conducts 50 attacks daily, while the US Congress is holding back the aid to Ukraine.

Putin must be laughing at how much control he has over the US thanks to Trump.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/27/europe/ukraine-battlefield-reality-intl-hnk/index.html