@richimedhurst Think you should delete this post, it makes you look silly. Largest groups by far are from former Soviet Union and Morocco. A stretch to call them "Western".
…you’re so dull.
Just do it. We know you want to, we know you’re going to, so just do it.
None of the people you’re trying to convince will ever believe you, and your NPC cheerleaders will back you no matter what, so stop wasting everyone’s time.
@OffGuardian0 Medical neglect caused spike in deaths in 2020. Vulnerable people who would, at other times, pull through were left to die by medics who had been frightened into refusal to treat normal pneumonia.
Medical profession won't engage with this. They prefer the lab leak story.
@naomirwolf@realMaalouf It should be intuitive. Refugees prefer to go to waelthier countries, it's natural, wouldn't you ? Apart from that, Turkey has many, Libya took many in the Gadaffi years. Gulf countries are an anomoly., that's the only question
@piers_J_morgan@TomLondon6 That's silly, most people don't even know he's Jewish - certainly didn't when he lost before.
Besides, this rising Right that you speak of tend to be pro-Israel if they care at all- usually they don't care.
Anti-semitism in UK is a media event that leaves most people baffled.
🚨This is imho the most dangerous partnership in the U.K. #LarryEllison and #TonyBlairInstitute want to rule your life inside their digital prison. Watch to end
🍏 doesn’t fall far from the 🌳 Blair & Ellisons sons #Dangerous#ScrapNHSApp#AppTrap
We 🇬🇧sold out to #Trump 🇺🇸
incredible that anyone still puts any faith in the smoking wreckage of worldwide 'democracy' . It's been proved countless times in recent years that election results can be brazenly fixed with impunity and we can infer that when anything important is riding on them they probably are.
But we also know most elections aren't worth the effort of fixing because it's a meaningless contest between establishment drones in different coloured ties - #electiontresult2026
@AntSpeaks@DerylLynn Needs to be investigated. People are just giving the police a free pass, no questions asked. If a tribunal concludes their actions were justified, fair enough and I withdraw my "no matter what" comment. But you don't just give them a free pass.
@AntSpeaks@DerylLynn I think Polanski is a шапка but it is not ok for police to kick a prone and tasered man several times hard in the head, no matter what. Looks like you're trying to normalise it.
@OffGuardian0 Maybe some tech giants really have qualms about their stuff being used to spy on everybody all the time and they are being reminded who's boss. Same reason the media sometimes attacks the police- and at other times gives them a free pass for, eg, kicking suspects in the head.
More banning, more controlling. What’s wrong with providing people with all the information and then leaving them to decide what to do? Our society has become increasingly authoritarian- much more so than a lot of countries we label ‘authoritarian’. And, with all the cameras everywhere it feels we are under constant surveillance & able to be fined at any point just for going down the wrong road. Orwell was just 40 years too early with ‘1984’.
@skdh Circular argument. You've falsely established the precept that the world doesn't make sense in order to discredit any attempt to make sense of it. Everday life teaches that people hide their intentions and collude- ie conspire- because it's the best way to get what they want.
How military conscription happens in Russia—a thread
Gosuslugi (the Russian digital ID system) has become a central hub without which life in Russia is almost impossible. Through it, people obtain documents, schedule doctor appointments, and more recently, receive electronic military summons. If a citizen does not confirm receipt, their rights are automatically restricted (leaving the country, selling property, driving a car) — which is a direct implementation of digitally "switching off" an individual from the system.
This represents one of the most radical examples of a state transforming into a digital control mechanism in modern history. What was once a portal for paying parking fees or booking passport appointments has become a digital cage.
Before this law (2023), a military summons in Russia had to be delivered in person and signed for. People would simply avoid opening the door or live at different addresses. Now, a summons is considered delivered the moment it appears in your personal Gosuslugi account — or, if you do not have an active account, 7 days after it is entered into the "Unified Register of Conscripts."
The travel ban activates immediately upon delivery of the summons — before the 20-day window begins. If a citizen then fails to report to the military office within 20 days, the following additional restrictions are triggered:
- Driving ban: The driver's license becomes invalid in the traffic police database.
- Ban on buying/selling real estate: The land registry (Rosreestr) blocks any transactions. You cannot sell property to leave the country.
- Credit ban: Banks automatically see that the applicant is subject to conscription restrictions and loan access is blocked.
- Business restriction: You cannot register a company or work as a freelancer (self-employed).
In Russia, it is nearly impossible to function without a Gosuslugi account. You use it to enroll your child in school or kindergarten. You receive QR codes through it (as seen during the pandemic).
When people began attempting to delete their accounts in March 2023 ahead of the spring conscription drive, the authorities disabled the "delete account" option on the website. This happened proactively on March 31, 2023—the same day the Defence Ministry announced electronic summonses—rather than in response to a mass exodus already underway.
The system is integrated with a network of over 200,000 cameras in Moscow equipped with facial recognition. In documented cases, the flagging has occurred specifically when a conscript contests his draft order in court—at which point the enlistment office enters him into the system as an alleged evader, triggering a facial recognition alert and enabling police to detain him on the spot. It is not confirmed as a blanket automatic trigger for anyone who has simply received a summons and not yet reported.
The state can effectively cut a person off from the social and economic bloodstream—without the ability to drive, manage money, or use property.
This became reality in Russia faster than almost anywhere else because the state used war as justification to merge all databases (tax, police, medical, and military) into one central system.
Russia no longer uses technology merely as a service for citizens, but as an operational tool of enforcement. 🧵
To paraphrase Parenti:
"They aren't stupid and if you think they are, you're stupid."
Who pays for the 'mistakes', the 'chaos'? The proles
Who profits & consolidates power from same? The monopolists.
Those who portray imperialism as weak, about to fall, are fools or worse.