
@EUCommission "... #LGTBIQ+ people still face #discrimination ..." I' m afraid that it is worse: with Trump and so many others of the far-right (many young men or even boys) we are returning to more discrimination, #harassment and #violence.
@EUCommission "... #LGTBIQ+ people still face #discrimination ..." I' m afraid that it is worse: with Trump and so many others of the far-right (many young men or even boys) we are returning to more discrimination, #harassment and #violence.
Colonial carceral legacies
Incarceration and "military-style patrols, surveillance and move-on measures" for some
"A victim of crime advocacy group has quickly risen to prominence in Queensland and has been consulted on sweeping changes to youth justice laws."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/voices-for-victims-rise-to-prominence-queensland-government/105007040
"First Nations human rights experts lodge UN complaint over 'racist' tough-on-crime laws"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/un-urged-to-rule-on-australias-youth-crime-laws/105116196
"First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in the world."
https://theconversation.com/first-nations-imprisonment-is-already-at-a-record-high-unless-government-policy-changes-it-will-only-get-worse-226612
"NT government-funded security patrol caught on camera kicking man in the head"
"Military-style patrols, surveillance and move-on measures."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/nt-government-funded-security-guard-caught-on-camera-kicking-man/105060870
In case you missed our original investigation:
One NYPD Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head.
https://www.propublica.org/article/eric-adams-nypd-community-response-team-police-nyc-misconduct-transparency?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
We Detailed Mayor Adams’ Embrace of an Abuse-Ridden NYPD Unit. Now Lawmakers and Advocates Demand Change.
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In the wake of ProPublica’s expose of the Community Response Team, critics are calling for the unit to be disbanded. New York City’s police commissioner may also be reducing the team’s role.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-nypd-community-response-team-eric-adams-police-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
This project expands also in other countries up to in #Italy: Milan, Turin, Genoa, Lecce and now it’s the turn of Bergamo, where there will be two art installations that occupy the Old Town Square […]
from Zapatos rojos: red shoes against women violence
Elina Chauvet
#ZapatosRojos #RedShoes #ProtestArt #ElinaChauvet #InstalationArt #SilentProtest #violence #ViolenceAgainstWomen
Photo and text by https://sculptureintheexpandedfield.wordpress.com [sculptureintheexpandedfield.wordpress.com]
#usa #israel #palestine : #violence / #film / #solidarity
„The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologized Friday for failing to defend an Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker who said he was attacked by Israeli settlers.“
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/03/29/film-academy-apologizes-for-lack-of-support-to-no-other-land-palestinian-co-director-after-he-was-attacked_6739630_4.html
Humor versus violence. Today's cartoon by Halit Kurtulmus Aytoslu. More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/search?query=&sort=created&order=desc
Stupid begets more stupid
Whatever the form of #violence, domestic or #war, it's positively correlated with stupidity (AKA ignorance)
There is unarguably something extremely wrong with humanity, however, those severe flaws are carried in some, not all, human individuals.
#science of #personality differences
A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network
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To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene. But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence.
https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Adolescence reveals a terrifying truth: smartphones are poison for boys’ minds
When a Netflix drama highlights how online influencers can turn a teenager into a killer, it’s time to rethink social media
Rather than completely eliminating the normative state, the #Nazi regime slowly created a parallel zone in which “unlimited arbitrariness & #violence unchecked by any legal guarantees” reigned freely. In this domain, which Fraenkel called the “prerogative state,” ordinary #law didn’t apply. (A #PrerogativePower is one that allows a person such as a monarch to act without regard to the laws on the books; theorists from #JohnLocke onward have offered various formulations of the idea.)
The man…was a Jewish labor lawyer named Ernst Fraenkel.He completed his manuscript…at UC, publishing it as The #DualState, w/the modest subtitle A Contribution to the Theory of #Dictatorship.The book explains how the #Nazi regime managed to keep on track a #capitalist economy governed by stable #laws—& maintain a day-to-day normalcy for many of its citizens—while at the same time establishing a domain of #lawlessness & state #violence in order to realize its terrible vision of #EthnoNationalism.
Soutien total à mon confrère Clement Lanot qui a été agressé par un policier hier lors de la manif du 22 mars alors qu'il faisait son métier. Le démenti du préfet de police Nunez est une honte et une violence institutionnel de plus. Quand je vous disais hier que la carte de presse n'empêche pas les violences. https://www.bfmtv.com/paris/paris-un-journaliste-frappe-a-la-tete-par-un-policier-lors-de-la-manifestation-contre-le-racisme_AD-202503220343.html
Zoom In On This
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/zoom-in-on-this
"DOGE went to the private #security contractor working for #USIP ...said, you don’t have a clear #legal or ethical ability to do this. But if you don’t want to lose all your federal contracts, you have to. And they did...
There are a lot of very large federal security contractors who wield #violence & force on behalf of the #US govt... those contractors are also extremely vulnerable to #DOGE because DOGE can make contracts disappear"
Judge Denies Emergency Relief For Fired USIP Members After Armed DOGE Takeover
She added that she’s 'offended' by use of 'guns & threats by #DOGE against American citizens.'
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-denies-tro-institute-peace-doge
"As she mulled granting the fired board members’ request... she half-joked that it could spark an “armed battle.”
...calls to #impeach judges who rule against the admn — often amplified by #ElonMusk — have only grown louder on the right"
The human carnage on the roads - "accidents" and road violence
"In Australia, a country with a terrible occurrence and societal acceptance of violent road deaths (would we, for example, be so lackadaisical about the death “toll” were we measuring killings, accidental and otherwise, involving knives or dogs or lawnmowers?), we are culturally imbued with notions of our “rights” rather than our “privileges” when it comes to motor vehicle driving. Something to do with our vast expanses and wide-open roads perhaps."
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/18/when-dad-couldnt-drive-any-more-it-was-devastating-but-he-was-just-too-old
#RoadViolence #cars #SUVs #roads #violence #accident #RoadTrauma #RoadTrafficFatalities #roadkill #sprawl #Australia #MobilityDesign
The suit, filed by fmr DC AG Karl Racine after similar challenges from police & lawmakers, marked the 1st effort by a govt agency to hold individuals & orgs civilly #liable for the #violence on #Jan6. A federal judge in Washington granted the District’s request to dismiss the case Fri.
The suit was fashioned after a modern version of an 1871 #law known as the #KuKluxKlan Act, which was enacted after the Civil War to safeguard govt ofcls carrying out their duties & protect #CivilRights.
New Report Accuses #Israel Of #Sexual And #Gender-Based #Violence Against #Palestinians
https://mondoweiss.net/2025/03/new-bombshell-un-report-accuses-israel-of-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-against-palestinians/
https://popularresistance.org/new-report-accuses-israel-of-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-against-palestinians/
Our 18th annual game design challenge has launched!
Topic: #Communication
Submit ideas by March 24th
$10,000 in cash prizes
Critiques for all Finalists
Please boost to reach #gamedevs, #designers, #artists, #writers, #composers, and more.
Presented by an award-winning #nonprofit program producing videogames for #violence #prevention since 2008.
Details, rules, communication resources at the contest website.
#games #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #gamejam #nonprofit #education #edtech @gamedev