Francesco Bollani🍉

Università degli Studi di Milano - Storia

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[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@purukat92374 @EwanBen Nah, calling it a "natural" process is forced as well. There's no equivalence "urbanisation->secularism" at all, that is a post-religious dogma which fails to account for the modern countries still highly religious, or even the role of religion in EU and West Asia urbanisation

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@Harrison_wells7 "I hate the right" *checks in* "Anarcho capitalist" in bio
You guys are NOT anything different, sorry not sorry (possible even more far right than most conservatives)

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@HandalaHan1190 @shiningbower @rubytubee @GlobeEyeNews Allegedly, yes he did. Factually it is a bit hard to understand all the "parts", since there is no historical consensus about that event (and even judicial ones couldn't get much in depth). That's not to say that "justice should be served" is a very weak slogan for diplomacy imho

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@shiningbower @rubytubee @GlobeEyeNews That's kinda it. Just a little of precision: Aldo Moro was a *former* PM in Italy, first sponsor of governative coalition between the Christian center and the Communist Party (it is understood this is the reason for the kidnapping). Casimirri didn't kidnap him: he had a minorrole

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@Reptiloidieter @yarotrof As a German, you should know. The difference is big, since the political spectrum tends to be a bit wider than the sole Ukraine crisis (though I understand most European people rn don't want to focus on any other issue, but I really think we should)

[Foster @foster_type]

The replacement of US Global Hegemony with a series of overlapping bilateral defense pacts in the world's biggest powder kegs is great news for Return of History enjoyers.

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@Antonio_Tajani Non avevamo dubbi, Ministro. Del resto viviamo in tempi in cui c'è chi prova faticosamente a dare credibilità al diritto internazionale (se mai ne ha avuta), e chi ritiene valga "fino a un certo punto" (cit.)
Nani sulle spalle di nani, ecco quello che è sempre stata Forza Italia

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

@Antonio_Tajani Certo, Ministro. Neanche io mi riconosco nelle posizioni di un governo il cui Ministro degli Affari Esteri afferma che "il diritto vale fino a un certo punto". La differenza è che io resto disponibile al confronto nel rispetto dell’organismo di pace e garanzia al quale appartengo

[smokin' mirrors @DeviousGaze]

In America we have 4 jobs:
Nazi
Spreadsheets
Driving
Being tortured to death

[Democracy Now! @democracynow]

The Miami Herald is reporting that about two-thirds of the 1,800 immigrants who were held in the ICE jail in July have gone missing from ICE's online database, with their families unable to locate them.

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@theoyourecool @ComputerEnjoye1 @paulsperry_ Neither would I, honestly: I still bear some hope we can find a better way and don't think it's impossible. I was just playing with probabilities: since there is not a grounded, organised movement ready rn, but the Capital IS ready to advance forward, we are in a for a mad ride

[BURKOV @burkov]

A math professor noticed his kitchen sink at home was leaking.

He called a plumber.

The plumber came the next day, tightened a couple of nuts, and the sink worked perfectly again. The professor was delighted. But when, a minute later, the plumber handed him the bill, he was shocked.

“This is a third of my monthly salary!”
“Yeah, I get it…” said the plumber. “Why don’t you come work for our company as a plumber? You’ll make three times more than you do as a professor. Just remember: when you apply, say you only finished seventh grade. They don’t like hiring educated people.”

So the professor got a job as a plumber, and his life really did improve. All he had to do was tighten a nut here and there every so often, and his salary was much higher.

One day, the management of the plumbing company decided that every plumber had to attend evening classes to finish eighth grade. So our professor had to go too.

By chance, the very first class was math.

The evening school teacher, wanting to check what the students knew, asked for the formula for the area of a circle.

They called the professor up to the board, and he suddenly realized he’d forgotten it. He started frantically reasoning it out, covering the board with integrals, differentials, and all sorts of fancy formulas to re-derive the result. In the end, he got:
S = –π r²

He didn’t like the minus sign, so he started again.
Again he got a minus. No matter what he did, it kept coming out negative.

He cast a panicked look at the class, and all the plumbers were whispering:

“Swap the limits of integration!”

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

The US fought the "war on terror" for more than 20 years -- it's ongoing. It not only cost trillions of dollars and more than a million lives, but radically and permanently eroded core civil liberties for Americans.

Now, someone the DOJ called an Al Qaeda terrorist less than a year ago is welcomed to the WH.

No word is more meaningless and manipulated than "terrorist." It means nothing, yet is at the center of our discourse, and shapes the most potent government powers and laws. Its lack of a fixed meaning is what makes it so useful, and so dangerous.

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@theoyourecool @ComputerEnjoye1 @paulsperry_ I mean this not for wishful thinking, mind you: just I find it slightly more probable to dismantle the actual structure of capital by achieving political power (thus leaving first untouched the monopoly of big corps), rather than the other way 'round

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@theoyourecool @ComputerEnjoye1 @paulsperry_ On that one I agree: we've seen pretty easily how the last twenty years (not to go too deep back) how accelerationism only brings back too much unnecessary suffering and should never be seen as a positive way to socialism. Rn though, it should at least be seen as a possibility

[Francesco Bollani🍉 @frabollans]

@theoyourecool @ComputerEnjoye1 @paulsperry_ Eh harsh one. Though arguably worst than "ideal" capitalism, a state of de-facto monopoly in which the contradictions of the system reached the breaking point would be ideal for establishing a socialist system (again, that's been much debated so not really an universal law)

[Paolo Mossetti @paolomossetti]

«Personalmente credo che il principale ostacolo allo sviluppo di un discorso di sinistra sull’Ucraina sia che la guerra si è trasformata molto rapidamente in un progetto delle élite occidentali. Sia i governi che i media si sono schierati in larga parte a favore di Kyiv, mentre Stati Uniti e Unione Europea hanno fornito un livello di sostegno economico e militare senza precedenti. Questo aiuto è stato avvolto in un linguaggio morale ed etico che, per molti esponenti della sinistra, ha avuto il sapore dell’ipocrisia e del doppio standard.

Le voci ucraine ascoltate in Occidente (che non rappresentano affatto l’intero spettro di opinioni del paese) tendono a descrivere il conflitto soprattutto come una guerra di liberazione nazionale: per la lingua e la cultura, ma anche per costruire una società ancora più liberalista e capitalista, integrata nei mercati internazionali e aperta agli investimenti stranieri - una sorta di “Singapore sul Dnipro”, come alcuni ucraini l’hanno definita.

Sebbene alcuni ucraini abbiano cercato di presentare la loro lotta come anti-imperiale, la sinistra occidentale ha trovato difficile empatizzare con una causa i cui rappresentanti ufficiali si sono allineati con altre potenze imperiali, e che spesso hanno negato la solidarietà ad altre guerre di liberazione — la questione spinosa del conflitto di Gaza si è rivelata troppo difficile da gestire per il cerchio di Zelensky.

Sotto questo aspetto, la guerra in Ucraina è essenzialmente una guerra tardo-capitalista: un conflitto combattuto entro i vincoli della globalizzazione, dove i meccanismi di mercato determinano chi riceve nuovi reclute e droni. È anche una guerra condotta in nome di valori liberali, se non neoliberali - un fatto che aiuta a spiegare perché le manifestazioni di solidarietà internazionalista, di classe e di sinistra siano state, purtroppo, rare e frammentarie».

(Un @DM_Deluca su cui fermarsi un attimo a riflettere, in una storia che vi consiglio. Traduzione mia.)

[David Miller @Tracking_Power]

This is an excellent summation of the UAE's involvement in Sudan, but misses the link with the Zionist entity, which is completely integrated in this Emirati colonial expansion project, and is underwriting it in the sense that the Zionist state has, since 2008, dominated both the UAE's critical national security infrastructure and its state ideology.

[Deeqa 🇸🇴 @Deee_luul]

You might wonder why the UAE is so obsessed with Sudan, alongside its obsession with other Red Sea nations like Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea, and why it keeps crossing every line and fueling chaos in the country.

The answer is simple: the UAE wants to dominate global food security while tightening its grip on every port along the Red Sea coast and building a maritime network reminiscent of what was once called the Omani Empire. To achieve that, it needs Sudan’s vast agricultural lands, its immense mineral wealth, and its strategic coastline.

Emirati companies like International Holding Company and Jenaan Investment already control over 50,000 hectares of farmland in Sudan, while the massive Abu Hamed project covers another 162,000 hectares. These projects are designed to secure the UAE’s food supply, not to help the Sudanese people.

But controlling such vast resources requires influence on the ground, otherwise, they risk being expelled just like they were in Djibouti, when the government canceled their port deal after accusing DP World of exploiting national assets and undermining the country’s sovereignty. And that’s where the Rapid Support Forces come in. The UAE has turned them into its armed hand in Sudan, providing funding and weapons in exchange for loyalty and access to the country’s gold, land, and agricultural exports.

When the Sudanese government refused several UAE agricultural deals because of unfair terms, and when local communities resisted these exploitative projects, Abu Dhabi shifted tactics, from business deals to direct interference through proxy militias.

This desert state, whose oil reserves are running out, is obsessed with securing its own food supply, and even controlling global food chains, at the expense of African nations. Its greed for Sudan’s fertile land and vast mineral resources has pushed it to back destructive wars and destabilize the region.

What we are witnessing is modern-day colonialism, the same mindset of old imperial powers, but this time led by a tiny Gulf state that wants to reshape Africa in its own image. The UAE’s arrogance, ambition, and selfishness are beyond belief. It seeks to divide nations so that every country becomes as small and dependent as itself, all while the world watches in silence and complicity.

[Ilaria Salis @SalisIlaria]

Io, invece, vorrei proprio che la giustizia italiana ricevesse l’autorizzazione a procedere per il mio caso…
#Almasri #Nordio #Piantedosi #Mantovano