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  • April 28, 2025 5:07pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Microposts

    Ahhh le revival des #blogs (et du Web) blogroll.org 😀

  • April 28, 2025 4:54pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    đŸłïžâ€âš§ïžThey added, “There’s a real cognitive dissonance; most people I know really hate what’s going on, or believe it’s wrong, yet they’re doing it anyway.”

    Feels like a cult, walks like a cult : it’s literally an expression of fascism where unwilling đŸ‡ș🇾 are participating in it, willingly or not.

  • April 28, 2025 12:00pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    It’s crazy, How the đŸ‡ș🇾 Left ©Ÿℹ missed this train And wasn’t able to organize against the corporate-tech-conservative-neoliberal-neofascist alliance nexus leading up to Trump.

    Interesting read :

    The group chats that changed America

    Extract :

    The political journalist Mark Halperin, who now runs 2WAY and has a show on Megyn Kelly’s network, said it was remarkable that “the left seems largely unaware that some of the smartest and most sophisticated Trump supporters in the nation from coast to coast are part of an overlapping set of text chains that allow their members to share links, intel, tactics, strategy, and ad hoc assignments. Also: clever and invigorating jokes. And they do this (not kidding) like 20 hours a day, including on weekends.” He called their influence “substantial.”

  • April 27, 2025 10:40am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    OKCinfo

    Tibetan Buddhism

    Microposts

    Samedi 14 juin : “RiviĂšre de Feu” est une performance artistique et militante nĂ©e du vĂ©cu de Rosa Yeshe et Ricardo Mendes, demi-frĂšre et demi-sƓur, tous deux survivants de la communautĂ© bouddhiste sectaire Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC), fondĂ©e par Robert Spatz. Plus d’info

  • April 26, 2025 6:56pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Bluesky

    Microposts

    Bluesky say it’s not down but it’s down here on mobile.

    Going for web version bsky.app or deer.social works but kinda slow, something is definitely not normal, anyone having the same?

  • The Media Flood Strategy: How the Trump Administration Overwhelms Oversight

    April 24, 2025 8:57pm
    Reading Time: 6 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Longform

    In the second term of the Trump elected regime, a deliberate strategy has emerged: inundate the media landscape with rapid, successive actions to outpace scrutiny and erode institutional checks. This approach not only overwhelms journalistic capacities but also pressures U.S. institutions to compromise their constitutional responsibilities. A Deluge of Deportations Central to this strategy is the imposition of stringent daily arrest quotas on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Each of ICE’s 25 field offices has been directed to execute at least 75 arrests daily, aiming for a nationwide total of 1,200 to 1,500 arrests per day. Continue reading →

  • Devoir de mĂ©moire : La vĂ©ritĂ© des faits objectifs n’est jamais une diffamation

    April 24, 2025 5:41pm
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    OKCinfo

    Longform

    Note Ă  moi-mĂȘme : La vĂ©ritĂ© des faits objectifs n’est jamais une diffamation. Aussi dure, dĂ©rangeante, insupportable ou destructrice soit-elle, la vĂ©ritĂ©, dans l’affaire qui nous concerne, n’est rien d’autre que des faits ignorĂ©s — consciemment ou inconsciemment. Une fois l’abcĂšs crevĂ©, commence alors un processus de recalibrage entre ce que l’on croit savoir et la rĂ©alitĂ© de celles et ceux qui l’ont vĂ©cu. Il faut du temps pour que les rĂ©alitĂ©s s’alignent — autant de temps, parfois, qu’il en a fallu pour creuser le fossĂ© entre soi et les autres. Continue reading →

  • Maturity isn’t about who wins an argument—it’s about knowing when an argument isn’t worth having.

    April 24, 2025 10:56am
    Reading Time: 2 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Thoughts

    Random

    Longform

    Helen Mirren once said: Before you argue with someone, ask yourself, is that person even mentally mature enough to grasp the concept of a different perspective. Because if not, there’s absolutely no point. Not every argument is worth your energy. Sometimes, no matter how clearly you express yourself, the other person isn’t listening to understand—they’re listening to react. They’re stuck in their own perspective, unwilling to consider another viewpoint, and engaging with them only drains you. Continue reading →

  • April 23, 2025 6:05pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Reading Pluralistic : Sarah Wynn-Williams’s ‘Careless People’ #bookreview

  • April 22, 2025 10:16am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Bouli Lanners, vivant (alive and kicking) !

    cinevox.be/fr/bouli-…

    Une des rares voix en Belgique francophone qui rentre dans le tas de la dĂ©rive politique et social qui se met en place contre les chĂŽmeurs, les artistes, la culture et en fin de compte “les pauvres”

  • April 22, 2025 6:02am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    It’s good, that Comedians in the US are still able to write and take down other figures trying to normalize the regime.

    Looking at you Bill Maher.

    Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf

    www.nytimes.com/2025/04/2…

  • April 16, 2025 3:53pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Music

    Audio

    Microposts

    Une pépite de la musique électronique de la scÚne Bruxelloise : Avelyne

    Interview Ă  Ă©couter ici : www.mixcloud.com/VIBRATION…

  • April 14, 2025 7:13am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    The rise of end times Fascism Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor A businessman’s fist striking the Earth like a meteor, scattering debris.

    The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

  • April 5, 2025 8:13pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Videos

    Politique

    Microposts

    D’oĂč vient rĂ©ellement la politique des tarifs du rĂ©gime Ă©lu de Donald #Trump ?

    Vous allez pas en croire vos oreilles et pourtant, si, c’est aussi bĂȘte, Ignorant et stupide que ça : youtu.be/MJbZCbBLq…

  • April 5, 2025 7:19pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    Interactive Map #handsoff2025

    What to know about Saturday’s nationwide “Hands Off!” anti-Trump protests

  • April 5, 2025 5:24pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Microposts

    Fun read on #ableton #daftpunk

    thoughts-and-things.ghost.io/recreatin…

  • April 4, 2025 9:35pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    The key point is this: Without this abuse of power, Trump could not be unleashing such havoc. In short, Trump’s lawlessness and his economic destruction are the same story: The former doesn’t just enable the latter; the two are inextricably entangled with each other.

  • April 2, 2025 9:04pm
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Videos

    Microposts

    Une de mes scĂšnes de Friends prĂ©fĂ©rĂ©es 😅 #LeftPhalange

  • April 2, 2025 12:42am
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Politics

    Microposts

    Cory Brooker breaking the #filibuster record and still going strong, while millions of people have been watching. THIS is what Democrats must do more, urgently more. Unite the country on the back of the Trump regime. Win the Midterms Impeach Trump. Abundance

  • Four Roads to Ruin: The Future of American Democracy Under Trump 2.0

    March 31, 2025 9:18pm
    Reading Time: 8 minutes
    Ricardo Mendes Ricardo Mendes

    Tech

    Politics

    Longform

    In the aftermath of the “Signalgate” scandal and economic freefall, President Donald J. Trump’s administration teeters on the edge of authoritarian ambition. With the Wisconsin Supreme Court election just days away and Project 2025 serving as the ideological and operational blueprint, the regime accelerates its grip on power. This four-part fiction explores four possible futures unfolding between now and 2029, each rooted in real legislative, economic, and political dynamics at play today. Continue reading →

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