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#Colonialism in a nutshell!
“Colonialism demands history begin past the point of colonization precisely because, under those narrative conditions, the colonist’s every action is necessarily one of self-defense. The story begins not when the wagons arrive, but only after they are circled." - Omar El Akkad
c: @keposjaj
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Seb took successfully the ferry from #Turkey (#Taşucu) to #Lebanon (#Tripoli)! 
See this video from where he/they explains to fellow travelers how to go from Turkey to Lebanon (and to #Syria from there over land) without flying.
Read more about Seb's journey here: https://todon.nl/@joenepraat/112893538162765383.
A book! A comic! A hybrid-book-comic-essay thing!
You know how you sometimes only look at the pictures when you buy an academic book? Well here you are ENCOURAGED to! The main arguments are in the comics, the text offers references, methods & background.
Available from EPFLPress & soon internationally via Chicago University Press (pre-order available).
Canada says its friendship with the US is ‘over.’ Now what? https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/05/canada-us-friendship-trade-tariffs-trump-00273255?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Globaleconomy #Negotiations #Cooperation #SocialMedia #Industry #Borders #Imports #Tariffs #TradeUK #Steel #Trade #Trade #Coal
What #interventions can be designed to limit the #datafication of #mobility?
#Manifesto by Pelizza @drkiarastorm Olivieri Trauttmansdorff & van Rossem against essentializing + securitizing #alterity through #datafication: https://doi.org/pcgr
What #interventions can be designed to limit the #datafication of #mobility?
#Manifesto by Pelizza @drkiarastorm Olivieri Trauttmansdorff & van Rossem against essentializing + securitizing #alterity through #datafication: https://doi.org/pcgr
Faculté de Droit - Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3[Séminaire] Projet de recherche Moebius - Souveraineté dans les frontières & ordonnancement des migrations en Europe. Entre usages et éthique
Was, wenn die Teilung Russlands nicht Frieden bringt, sondern Chaos?
Grenzen sind nicht nur Linien auf Karten – sie bewahren Geschichte, Spannungen und Realität.
→ Den vollständigen Artikel auf Medium lesen.
#Geopolitics #Russia #Decolonization #Borders #Sovereignty #PostEmpire
#MediumArticle #CriticalThinking #Democracy #Nations #Ukraine #news
#PowerStructures #PoliticalMorality #EmpireLogic #GeopoliticalAnalysis
#UkraineCrisis #WarAndPeace
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“At one moment when President Richard Nixon was taking part in his inauguration ceremony, he appeared flanked by Lyndon Johnson and Billy Graham […] it was one of those historical coincidences which send a little shudder through the mind…”
– George MacDonald Fraser, THE STEEL BONNETS (1971)
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European visitors now need an entry permit to visit the UK.
Travellers from Europe will now need a digital Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) permit.
The permit can be purchased online for £10 (12 euros) until 9 April, when the price will rise to £16. The UK government follows other countries in seeking to strengthen immigration security by screening people before they cross its borders.
France24 · European visitors now need an entry permit to visit the UK.
UK rejects EU plan to tie defense pact to fishing quotas https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-rejects-eu-plan-tie-defense-security-pact-to-fishing-quotas/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #AgricultureandFood #Foreignpolicy #Negotiations #Environment #EUaffairs #Industry #Maritime #Security #Borders #Defense #Defense #TradeUK #Brexit #Rights #EU-UK #Trade
POLITICO · UK rejects EU plan to tie defense pact to fishing quotas
Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings
I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones.
Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.&#... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/cell-phone-opsec-for-border-crossings.html
Schneier on Security · Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings - Schneier on SecurityI have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones. Are there easy ways to delete data—files, photos, etc.—on phones so it can’t be recovered? Does resetting a phone to factory defaults erase data, or is it still recoverable? That is, does the reset erase the old encryption key, or just sever the password that access that key? When the phone is rebooted, are deleted files still available? We need answers for both iPhones and Android phones. And it’s not just the US; the world is going to become a more dangerous place to oppose state power...
The Matterhorn mountain will be completely located in Italy from the start of October 2025.
According to the Zermatt.Matterhorn Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/p/DH5jDewI3Z_/?igsh=M2hpYmN3OHNsbzB6 
InstagramZermatt - Matterhorn on Instagram: "Starting in October 2025, the Matterhorn will officially be part of Italy. This decision follows cross-border negotiations launched in mid-2024 to address long-standing uncertainties about the exact Swiss-Italian border. In mountainous regions, borders are often defined by glacier ridgelines or watershed divides. As a result of these natural shifts, this has led to a redefinition of national boundaries. 🇮🇹⛰
#matterhorn #switzerland #italy #zermatt"560 likes, 37 comments - zermatt.matterhorn on April 1, 2025: "Starting in October 2025, the Matterhorn will officially be part of Italy. This decision follows cross-border negotiations launched in mid-2024 to address long-standing uncertainties about the exact Swiss-Italian border. In mountainous regions, borders are often defined by glacier ridgelines or watershed divides. As a result of these natural shifts, this has led to a redefinition of national boundaries. 🇮🇹⛰
#matterhorn #switzerland #italy #zermatt".
Poema de mi amiga Danielle, ilustración por mi 
#borders #landback #acab #frontera #decolonizar #decolonisation #ilustracion #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart
![Ilustración de cuatro niñes, un búho pigmeo y un joven lobo mexicano. Le niñe en el centro tiene los brazos bien abiertos, empujando y derribando los barrotes del muro fronterizo entre el llamado “México” y los llamados “Estados Unidos”. Sobre la cabeza de este niñe está parado un sabio búho pigmeo con las alas bien abiertas; a la izquierda, de pie, un joven lobo gris mexicano parece feroz y protector de su hábitat; del mismo lado, pero hacia arriba, una niña con el cabello en dos trenzas; del lado derecho, un niño, sonriendo ampliamente, sin un diente, con el puño levantado en señal de triunfo y rebelión; del mismo lado, más cerca de la tierra, se asoma una niña con el cabello rizado, ella sonríe y deja caer una lágrima por su mejilla. Hay cactus y otras plantas nativas de la zona. En la parte superior, en el cielo, se lee el texto: “LAS FRONTERAS NO SON REALES.” en rojo, en la parte inferior, sobre la arena se lee el texto: “LOS MUROS SON FALTA DE IMAGINACIÓN.” en letras negras. Fin de la descripción]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/249/144/955/602/902/original/905c26d1a4ccc060.png "Ilustración de cuatro niñes, un búho pigmeo y un joven lobo mexicano. Le niñe en el centro tiene los brazos bien abiertos, empujando y derribando los barrotes del muro fronterizo entre el llamado “México” y los llamados “Estados Unidos”. Sobre la cabeza de este niñe está parado un sabio búho pigmeo con las alas bien abiertas; a la izquierda, de pie, un joven lobo gris mexicano parece feroz y protector de su hábitat; del mismo lado, pero hacia arriba, una niña con el cabello en dos trenzas; del lado derecho, un niño, sonriendo ampliamente, sin un diente, con el puño levantado en señal de triunfo y rebelión; del mismo lado, más cerca de la tierra, se asoma una niña con el cabello rizado, ella sonríe y deja caer una lágrima por su mejilla. Hay cactus y otras plantas nativas de la zona. En la parte superior, en el cielo, se lee el texto: “LAS FRONTERAS NO SON REALES.” en rojo, en la parte inferior, sobre la arena se lee el texto: “LOS MUROS SON FALTA DE IMAGINACIÓN.” en letras negras. Fin de la descripción]")
Minding the Gaps: A New Way to Draw Separators in CSS, by @patrickbrosset (@msedgedev@x.com):
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2025/03/19/minding-the-gaps-a-new-way-to-draw-separators-in-css/
Microsoft Edge Blog · Minding the gaps: A new way to draw separators in CSSDrawing separator lines between various sections of a webpage is a common design technique, which can help to structure the content and make it more readable, as well as more aesthetically pleasing.
As we'll see in this article, there are techniques
"While CBP said it only searched about 47,000 devices of the 420 million people who crossed the US border in 2024, experts the Guardian spoke to say border enforcement has been unpredictable under the Trump administration, so figuring out whether you’re at risk of a device search is not as straightforward as it once was. French officials said a French scientist was recently turned away at an airport in Texas because immigration officers found texts that were critical of Trump on his phone.
“The super-conservative perspective is to assume they are completely unhinged and that even the most benign reasons for travel are going to subject non-citizens to these device searches,” said Sophia Cope, a senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a non-profit digital rights group.
If you’re a US citizen, you must be admitted into the country. That said, some jurisdictions allow CBP to work with the FBI or local police to advance domestic investigations, so there are still some risks of your devices being searched for domestic reasons.
There are steps you can take to make it harder for CBP officers to access your device and the data on it. So what should you do to protect the data on your phone from being searched? The main thing is to prepare ahead of heading to the airport. Here is what you should be thinking about:"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/26/phone-search-privacy-us-border-immigration
The Guardian · How to protect your phone and data privacy at the US border
#AIConversation: a #conversationwithdeepseek 70b:
Q: what would you say, why did the #Ukraine #conflict escalate and what to do to #deescalate it?
<think>
Okay, so I need to figure out why the Ukraine conflict escalated and how to deescalate it. Hmm, where do I start?
I remember that the conflict has been going on for a while. It started in 2014 with some protests, right? That's when #Crimea was annexed by #Russia. But now it's gotten much worse since
February 2022 because Russia invaded Ukraine more aggressively.
Why did it escalate so much this time? Maybe there are deeper reasons. I think it has to do with historical ties between Russia and Ukraine. They were part of the Soviet Union
together, so there's a lot of shared history, but also some tensions, especially over Ukrainian independence.
Another thing is #NATOexpansion. After the #ColdWar, #NATO started including more Eastern #European countries. #Russia didn't like that because it felt threatened by #military #alliances
getting closer to its #borders. So when #Ukraine considered joining #NATO, maybe #Russia saw that as a direct threat and decided to act.
There's also the issue of pro-Russian #separatists in eastern #Ukraine. Since 2014, they've been fighting against the Ukrainian government, and Russia has supported them. That ongoing
#conflict probably kept tensions high and made things worse over time.
In terms of deescalating, I'm not sure what can be done. Maybe a #ceasefire would help stop the immediate #violence
But how do you get both sides to agree?
They might need some kind of
#mediator or #peacetalks facilitated by other countries or organizations like the #UN.
#Economic #sanctions were imposed on Russia because of their actions, but maybe easing those could be an incentive for deescalation.
Though I'm not sure if that would work without other measures in place.
#Ukraine's #sovereignty is really important here.
They should have the right to make their own decisions about alliances and security without interference from bigger powers like Russia
or NATO.
I think a long-term solution needs to address those underlying issues, maybe through #negotiations where both sides can express their concerns. But it's complicated because there are so
many historical and political factors at play. Plus, you have external actors involved, which might make it harder to reach an agreement.
Overall, it seems like the conflict escalated due to a mix of historical tensions, security concerns, and internal Ukrainian politics.
#Deescalating would require careful diplomacy, possibly involving third parties, to find a compromise that respects Ukraine's sovereignty while addressing #Russia's #fear about #NATOexpansion.
</think>
The Ukraine conflict has deepened due to a complex interplay of historical, political, and security factors. To deescalate, a multifaceted approach is necessary:
1. **Immediate Measures**: Implementing a #ceasefire under international mediation can halt the violence. Organizations like the #UN could facilitate this process.
2. **Diplomatic Engagement**: #Peace talks involving Ukraine, Russia, and mediators are crucial. These should address security concerns, including NATO's expansion and regional
stability.
3. **Economic Incentives**: Easing sanctions on Russia might provide an incentive for deescalation, contingent upon reciprocal actions from Russia.
4. **#Sovereignty #Respect**: Upholding Ukraine's right to #selfdetermination and international relations is essential.
5. **Long-term Solutions**: Negotiations should consider historical ties and political tensions, ensuring a balance between Ukraine's autonomy and regional #security dynamics.
In summary, #deescalation requires careful #diplomacy, addressing both immediate concerns and underlying issues through mediated talks and mutual incentives.
#howto #AI #LLM model #deepseek 70GByte in size have a lot of RAM and fast CPU or GPU:
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
# then
ollama run deepseek-r1:70b
hashtags: #politics #politic #economy #war #worldorder
