W. Johnson

37 anni fa cadeva il Muro di Berlino. Non soltanto una barriera di cemento, ma il simbolo di un sistema che per anni aveva negato a milioni di persone la libertà, la dignità e il diritto di scegliere il proprio futuro. Il #9novembre 1989 ha segnato una svolta nella storia dell’Europa, affermando la forza di chi non ha mai rinunciato a rivendicare il proprio diritto di vivere libero. Nel Giorno della Libertà, ricordiamo quanti hanno conosciuto sulla propria pelle cosa significasse vivere senza libertà e quanti hanno perso la vita nel tentativo di conquistarla. La libertà è il fondamento della nostra democrazia, della dignità umana e del futuro dei nostri popoli. Non è mai scontata. Per questo abbiamo il dovere di custodirne il valore, ricordare quanto sia costato conquistarla e trasmetterne la consapevolezza alle generazioni future.

In 1918, shortly before his own death, Wilfred Owen distilled the entire absurdity of war into this devastating short poem. ‘The Last Laugh’, performed by Sean Bean.

L'extrême droite qui se réapproprie une saga comme Star Wars JE SUIS MORT 😭 Comment tu comprends pas une saga aussi simple qui aborde des thèmes universels sur la liberté, la diversité, la rébellion et la lutte contre le fascisme et qui est LITTÉRALEMENT contre tes idées ?

Trump: I could have won the Vietnam War in a week. They kept bombing forests for years instead of going after Ho Chi Minh City.

I'm an American, a U.S. Army veteran, and I live in Europe. And I'll tell you something that might upset a few people back home. I want my fellow Americans to enjoy the same rights, freedoms, and quality of life that millions of Europeans already enjoy. I want Americans to have access to affordable healthcare without worrying about going bankrupt because they got sick. I want American students to pursue higher education without burying themselves in decades of debt. I want Americans to enjoy stronger digital privacy laws, meaningful consumer protections, paid parental leave, and guaranteed paid vacation. I want police officers held to rigorous standards of accountability, where de-escalation is emphasized and deadly force is genuinely a last resort. I want Americans to understand that freedom isn't just about what the government cannot do to you. It's also about having the security and opportunity to actually enjoy your life. And before someone starts screaming about socialism, understand something. European countries are capitalist democracies. They have private businesses, entrepreneurs, private property, competitive markets, and individual liberties. They've simply made different decisions about what protections their citizens should enjoy. Europe isn't perfect. No place is. But pretending America has nothing to learn from other democracies is ridiculous. I served my country. I love my country. And I don't believe patriotism requires pretending that America is the best at everything. In fact, I believe the exact opposite. Real patriotism means wanting your country to improve, even when that means admitting another country does something better. I don't want Americans to have fewer freedoms. I want them to have MORE. More protections. More opportunities. More security. More accountability. More freedom to live their lives without being financially destroyed by illness, education, or circumstances beyond their control. And having lived on both sides of the Atlantic, I know that much of this is possible. We should stop asking why Americans can't have these things and start asking why they're expected to settle for less.

Meloni: I do not miss the Russian tanks in Prague and Budapest. I do not miss the Berlin Wall. If Ukraine stopped defending itself tomorrow, Russia would occupy a European nation and Soviet-style imperialism would return. Surrender is not peace. It is conquest. 1/

i guess we take it as a given that our president just posts tiger mauling videos during the day?

“It’s Pumpkin Spice season” Midwesterners:

There’s a Zelle scam where you randomly get sent $$$ and they immediately ask you to send the amount back because it was an “accident”

I’m confused. Russians were in a BSL-3 biolab but weren’t prepared for a broken tube or airborne pathogen? Shouldn’t a lab handling serious/lethal risks have better containment protocols and PPE? What am I missing? It just… happens like that?