FundMECFS

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[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 12 points 5 hours ago

Sometimes, actions speak louder than words.

Or in the case of car bombs, blow louder than words.

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 2 points 8 hours ago

Only legitimate reason is to help the people who are sending this (mostly human trafficking victims kept in camps in southeast asia).

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 5 points 8 hours ago

Did not know the World Court was the name for the UN’s highest court…

Anyways… International law is pretty much fiction given enforcement so…

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 2 points 12 hours ago

It was never real. Switzerland is a pseudo Authoritarian Neoliberal nation state like the rest of them. They just have better PR.

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Liquor Liscence is common. Policing where people are allowed to drink what they bought is pretty uncommon.

 

Le 19 juin 2025, les habitant.e.s de 11, 15 et 17 Place des Augustins se sont réunis pour la deuxième assemblée de leur association Voisin.e.s de la Place des Augustins. Ils ont décidé le lancement d’une pétition contre la résiliation de tous les baux par la Zurich Assurance pour l’été 2026, la destruction de leur immeuble et l’absence totale de relogement prévu en cas d’aboutissement du projet.

L’immeuble de 74 logements et deux cafés-restaurants est voué à la démolition par la Zurich, qui en profitera pour augmenter massivement les loyers et poursuivre la disparation des quartiers populaires de centre ville. Une fois de plus, une immense entreprise multi-propriétaire entend maximiser ses profits aux détriments des habitant.e.s.

 

25 January 2025 - The journalist, human rights defender and founder of the media platform “Electronic Intifada” was violently and forcibly taken by two individuals in civilian dress, who claimed to be police, but refused to identify themselves, when he was walking on the streets of Zurich this afternoon. They refused to disclose alleged grounds for sequestring him and where they would take him. Abunimah was scheduled to speak this afternoon at a teach-in on the history of Palestine, organised by local groups. He is now held under administrative detention by the cantonal police, who intends to keep him several nights in custody until they deport him out of the country next week.

Putain on dirait nos authorités s’inspirent de Trump.

 

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Tory fantasy of a post-Brexit bonfire of regulations is coming true. Our bodies and ecosystems will pay the price

It’s what the extreme right of the Tory party wanted from Brexit: to tear down crucial public protections, including those that defend us from the most brutal and dangerous forms of capital. The Conservatives lost office before they were able to do their worst. But never mind, because Labour has now picked up the baton.

A month ago, so quietly that most of us missed it, the government published a consultation on deregulating chemicals. While most consultations last for 12 weeks, this one runs for eight, half of which cover the holiday period – it closes on 18 August. The intention is set out at the beginning: to reduce “costs to business”. This, as repeated statements by Keir Starmer make clear, means tearing up the rules.

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 2 points 14 hours ago

Happy cake day!

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 21 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Not Brazilian. But as someone who has had the privilege to travel around in the past, the US was the only country I visited that had these super strict Puritan Alcohol laws.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33333666

I love malicious compliance with car-centric rules 😎

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

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cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/133291

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 3 points 1 day ago

Yet the Australian people are not much better at reckoning with the fact they live in a settler colonial state than the USians.

[–] FundMECFS@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago

This is so cool. You have a cool friend.

 

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and long COVID affect large numbers of people, and constitute a substantial burden to the U.S. and global economies. The article by Eckey et al., in this issue of PNAS (1), adds to the growing evidence that the two illnesses have much in common. Moreover, the illnesses may represent just two examples of an even larger, recently recognized class of illness: post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS) (2).

 
 
 

A report from French newspaper Le Monde paints a vivid portrait of the city’s evolving cycling culture, revealing a surge in two-wheeled activity that has captured the attention of cyclists and urban enthusiasts alike.

EDIT: This article is half a year old. Didn’t realise when posting sorry.

 
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