ℙierangelo ℂecchetto 🇺🇦🇪🇺

Software developer, loves FP and dynamical systems.
Family guy, occasionally party guy.
Amateur guitarist, amateur baker

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

A pathetic excuse for them doing absolutely fucking nothing while their country murders Ukrainians.

​They’re afraid? Poor things. Guess what? Nobody cares. Because It's 6:00 AM, air raid alert is wailing, and drones are about to rain down on sleeping families in my city. Again.

They are guilty, all of them.

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

Disgusting antisemitic chants. These people are sick and depraved.

Waving Palestinian flags while screaming antisemitic slogans because your team lost a football match is absolutely revolting.

This has absolutely nothing to do with Palestine. It's blatant antisemitism. I don't want these disgusting people using the Palestinian flag or the Palestinian cause to spread hatred against Jews. They do not represent us.

[cristian mesiano (Christoph) @Cr1st14nM3s14n0]

Siamo un continente fallito. Abbiamo perso tutte le sfide tecnologiche in corso, ma soprattutto abbiamo perso la cosa principale: la voglia di fare e lo spirito di sacrificio per raggiungere obiettivi che altri non credevano possibili. Serpeggia il pensiero del vivere di rendita.

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

If you look at major European parties, Italy’s Conte and his 5 Stars (part of the center-left opposition) are much more closely aligned to the Kremlin than even Germany’s AFD.
“To impoverish us, they are manufacturing the Russian threat to justify the rearmament to our teeth, to make us go to war,” could have been said by Zakharova or Simonyan.
(When Conte was prime minister during Covid, he allowed the Russian army to deploy to Italy on a “humanitarian mission” with little purpose except Kremlin PR.)

[La voce della verità @I_fatti]

Ho sporto denuncia per l'aggressione antisemita subita nel negozio. Ma lasciatemi dubitare sull'utilità. Non so ancora cosa potrei e vorrei raccontare.

Quando ho spiegato al carabiniereche ha scritto il verbale che le persone ebree oggi non si sentono sicure a camminare per strada mostrando la propria identità, la risposta è stata: "Conosco il numero di denunce per antisemitismo. Non sono molte. La situazione è ok".

A quel punto ho chiesto: "Forse non vi chiedete perché la gente non denuncia? Perché finché non si finisce in ospedale non fate nulla".

Gli ho fatto l'esempio di quello che era successo due giorni prima nello stesso negozio ai miei fratelli (bambini), chiedendo se denunciare quell'episodio avrebbe aiutato. Risposta: "No, perché è parola contro parola e non c'è stata violenza fisica".

Ecco spiegato perché i dati ufficiali non mostrano la realtà: se le risposte sono queste, è ovvio che le persone smettano di denunciare e chi se lo permette nascondi la propria identità. Ma noi non staremo in silenzio.

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

At his prom, 15-year-old Egor Holodryha danced the graduation waltz alone.

His partner, his classmate Maria, was supposed to be there beside him. They had spent months rehearsing together, dreaming about this night.

But on May 14, Russia killed her in a missile strike on Kyiv. Maria died alongside her father and grandmother.

Egor refused to find another partner.

“It would have been a betrayal of Maria,” he said.

So while other couples danced together, he finished their dance alone.

This is what Russia steals. Not just lives, but futures, dreams, first dances, and memories that should have lasted a lifetime.

Photo by Oksana Parafeniuk for The New York Times.

[Luciano Capone @lucianocapone]

A nessuno viene in mente in inverno di consigliare di non accendere i termosifoni, che inquinano più dei condizionatori. L’opposizione all’aria condizionata non ha nulla a che vedere con le emissioni, è religiosa: fa caldo, è colpa vostra, dovete espiare.
https://t.co/fk0fpNBbLO

[Roaldcs 🚲 📣 @roaldcs]

Nederland kent een steeds groter democratisch probleem dat nauwelijks wordt besproken: de opkomst van wat je de GONGO-maffia kunt noemen. GONGO staat voor Government-Organized Non-Governmental Organizations: organisaties die zich presenteren als onafhankelijke maatschappelijke waakhonden, maar grotendeels afhankelijk zijn van overheidssubsidies. Ze vormen steeds minder een tegenmacht en steeds vaker een verlengstuk van hetzelfde bestuurlijke ecosysteem dat zij geacht worden te controleren.

Het mechanisme is even simpel als effectief. De overheid verstrekt subsidies. Met dat belastinggeld bouwen deze organisaties omvangrijke bureaucratieën op, produceren zij rapporten, leveren zij de data waarop beleid wordt gebaseerd, adviseren zij over vergunningen en starten zij juridische procedures om nóg strengere regelgeving af te dwingen. Dat leidt vervolgens weer tot meer beleid, meer ambtenaren, meer subsidies en meer invloed. Een zichzelf versterkende cirkel waarin vrijwel iedereen binnen het systeem wint, behalve de belastingbetaler.

In dossiers als stikstof zien we hoe gesubsidieerde organisaties wetenschappelijke gegevens aanleveren, overheden adviseren, vergunningen beïnvloeden, juridische procedures starten en vervolgens aanschuiven bij de onderhandelingen over de uitkomst.

Nog problematischer wordt het wanneer sommige van deze organisaties niet alleen tegen bedrijven procederen, maar vervolgens ook met diezelfde bedrijven onderhandelen over het intrekken van juridische procedures in ruil voor verstrekkende concessies, natuurcompensatie of financiële afspraken.

Daardoor vervagen de grenzen tussen belangenbehartiging, beleidsbeïnvloeding en private onderhandeling. Zelfs wanneer dergelijke afspraken juridisch geoorloofd zijn, ontstaat de schijn dat procedures niet uitsluitend worden gevoerd uit algemeen belang, maar ook als drukmiddel om politieke of financiële doelstellingen af te dwingen.

Daarmee vervaagt de grens tussen onafhankelijke belangenbehartiging, beleidsvorming en politieke machtsuitoefening. Wie betaalt, bepaalt. Wanneer overheid, subsidieontvangers, beleidsmakers en lobbyisten steeds vaker onderdeel zijn van hetzelfde netwerk, verdwijnt de institutionele afstand die een gezonde rechtsstaat juist nodig heeft.

De slachtoffers zijn voorspelbaar: boeren die geen vergunning krijgen, bouwers die projecten stil moeten leggen, ondernemers die investeren in permanente juridische onzekerheid en burgers die steeds hogere belastingen betalen om een uitdijend netwerk van subsidieafhankelijke organisaties te financieren. De Nederlandse polder verandert zo van een systeem van checks and balances in een gesloten bestuurlijk kartel.

Dit is geen aanval op natuur, milieu of maatschappelijke organisaties. Integendeel. Een vrije samenleving heeft juist behoefte aan krachtige, onafhankelijke NGO’s. Maar onafhankelijkheid begint bij financiële onafhankelijkheid. Wie grotendeels wordt betaald door de overheid kan onmogelijk volledig onafhankelijk toezicht houden op diezelfde overheid.

Libertariërs waarschuwen hier al decennia voor. Macht concentreert zich altijd wanneer geld, regelgeving, wetenschap, rechtspraak en lobby in hetzelfde ecosysteem samenkomen. Daarom is de oplossing helder: volledige transparantie over financiering, een strikte scheiding tussen subsidieverstrekking en politieke lobby, geen structurele overheidssubsies voor organisaties die actief beleid proberen te beïnvloeden en een rechtsstaat waarin gekozen volksvertegenwoordigers de koers bepalen, niet een gesloten netwerk van overheid, gesubsidieerde actiegroepen en belangenorganisaties.

Een vrije samenleving leeft van echte tegenmacht. Zodra die tegenmacht financieel afhankelijk wordt van de staat, verandert zij van waakhond in huisdier. En zodra dat huisdier ook nog mede de regels schrijft, de procedures voert en de onderhandelingen bepaalt, is de democratische controle fundamenteel uit balans.

[Han Shawnity 🇺🇸 @HanShawnity]

It's crazy to think that just 80 years after we literally nuked their cities, Japan is one of our closest friends and is commemorating our Independence Day with a fireworks show, while Palestinians are still mad that their great great grandparents had to move a few miles after losing a war they started and now need to murder as many people as possible for the rest of time.

[Warren Smith @WTSmith17]

I did my best to expose the stunning tactics of manipulation that Zohran Mamdani was caught using on camera.

Many people will never even notice

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

A day ago we killed around 30 civilians in Kiev. Apparently this isn't worth a mention on @amnesty's main account.

Wonder why.

[L'Avvocato dell'Atomo/The Atomic Advocate @AvvocatoAtomico]

Per tutti quelli che hanno visto il contenuto di Mario Tozzi contro i condizionatori: un condizionatore classe A++ in Francia emette MENO di un ventilatore in Italia a parità di ore di utilizzo.
Tutto grazie al mix energetico a basse emissioni col nucleare.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

Russia repeatedly targets and bombs Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure and has done so for more than four years.

Where are the university and street protests?

Why does the UN not condemn them?

Where are the calls for a free Ukraine?

Why are there no Queers for Ukraine?

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Will CNN report it? Yet member nations are still giving billions to this organization so it can be turned to into weapons, tunnels, and propaganda.

[ℙierangelo ℂecchetto 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pierangelocecc]

@yarotrof I hope Ukraine will strike back relentlessly

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

A European capital is on fire because Russia spent the night firing missiles at civilians in their beds.

Kyiv is full of smoke. People are buried under rubble.

This is terrorism.

[ℙierangelo ℂecchetto 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @pierangelocecc]

@Saul_Sadka @havivrettiggur 🤣🤣

[John A De Goes @jdegoes]

The average billionare has demonstrated extremely high competence in creating value for people.

The average politician has demonstrated medium to high competence in acquiring influence and rallying their tribe through rhetoric.

These are not the same.

[Jeremy Gibbons @jer_gib]

Sent off to the publisher today. At last! Still got the index, the solutions to exercises, and a proofread to go. But the end is in sight.

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

UN 🇺🇳 logic:
1. Before the war, there were 625,000 school children in Gaza 👇
2. Israel committed a genocide during the war
3. After the war, there are now 660,000 school children in Gaza 👇

Israel is the most incompetent genocider in history.

Credit: @HuntersOfNazis