May Day Protests Erupt From Coast-to-Coast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEchx-XAcBg
Workers all across the country (and the world) stand united in the fight for fair and dignified work, where billionaires don’t exist and workers share in the wealth we help create.
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“A video shared thousands of times on a Chinese (#CCP) #SocialMedia platform claiming a re-elected #Albanese government would adopt “the far-left agenda” of the #Greens and potentially seize vacant homes was created by a member of a #WeChat group campaigning for the Liberal party in a marginal Melbourne seat.
The six-minute video, narrated by a woman who refers to herself as #AuntieGuoer, also claims any minority Albanese government that might rely on the Greens would “crackdown on the #MiddleClass” and lead to the #decline of “traditional #SocialStructures”.”
I see this is happening in the seat of #Aston and past Liberal seat of a political favourite of mine, #TudgyFudge 
Given the subject matter I’d lay a bet this is the work of ex AFP Officer, #SandraBourke and #MatthewSheahan who now has removed all biographic links. Why?
#AusPol / #Advance / #propaganda / #extremism / #ForeignInterference / #CounterDemocratic / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/18/mandarin-wechat-video-labor-greens-election-claims-made-by-member-of-aston-liberal-party-campaign-group-melbourne-ntwnfb> / <https://www.advanceaustralia.org.au/time-to-put-the-greens-last>
Today, we remembers the death of the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed on this day in 1945 for his active opposition to Nazism. May his courage and his memory never be forgotten. #dietrichbonhoeffer #fascism #nazism #Trump #MAGA #Germany #theology #USA #stupidity #cheapgrace #religion #christianity #christian #ChristianNationalism #philosophy #sociology #psychology #resist #TrumpLies #trumptariffs #decline #usa #jesus
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Excellent (long) piece!
“Apocalypse From Within: How American Imperial Decay Fuels Nuclear Risk: Why US Dysfunction is the Greatest Nuclear Threat”
by Raja Sohail Bashir in The Geopolitical Compass on Substack
“High-profile warnings from figures like Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, suggesting a declining America is uniquely prone to nuclear first-use, underscore a visceral fear demanding rigorous analysis”
https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/apocalypse-from-within-how-american?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
US #stocks #plunged today, with the S&P 500 suffering its biggest #decline since March 2020.
#Shares of multinational companies #tumbled. Nike & Apple dropped 13% & 10%, respectively. Tech shares dropped, with chip-makers Nvidia off 7% & Elon Musk’s Tesla down 5%.
When asked about the market reaction to the tariffs, Trump said: “The markets are going to boom. The stock is going to boom. The country is going to boom."
When elements of a #foodchain are lost, this can have #ecologicalimpacts with other species getting more abundant. N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025) report a sharp #decline in the #whiteshark population in #FalseBay, South Africa, possibly due to attacks by #orcas. This has implications for Cape fur seals and sevengill sharks.
© This text #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025
Paper
N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025):
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1530362
Photo
White shark by Terry Goss, Cr. Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
House #sparrows, once one of the most common #bird species, are becoming increasingly rare in #Europe. Several studies have already shown a direct link between the decline in species and industrialised #agriculture ( #herbicides, #insecticides, #glyphosat).
A new #study shows chronic exposure to #tebuconazole, a widely used #fungicide impairing offspring growth and survival in farmland birds
Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935125005729?via%3Dihub
via @cnrs 
https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un-des-fongicides-les-plus-utilises-en-agriculture-nuit-la-reproduction-des-oiseaux
"The mass murder in Gaza outlines a pattern, a set of tools and measures of extermination, subjugation, and expulsion".
"What is it about genocide that Global-North governments find so valuable and attractive that they protect its screamingly criminal substance and application, even at the cost of completely ruining their standing with everyone else on the planet?"
It sets a precedent "to subdue the cities of the Global South (and the poor in general").
"Why?
"The general reason is obvious, and while there would be much to say about it, let’s just summarize it here: The West is in decline in a severely crisis-ridden world (it has produced most or even all of these crises, but let’s pass over that irony for now). Its “elites” have decided not to adjust constructively – which would be entirely possible by compromise, cooperation, and sharing – but instead […] they will fight for what they hubristically see as their “garden”."
Tarik Cyril Amar (2024) https://www.tarikcyrilamar.com/p/the-gaza-method
"When an abject lack of compassion has the redeeming feature of being accompanied by a blunt lack of sophistication": https://www.tarikcyrilamar.com/p/germanys-annalena-baerbock-the-debility-0b5 
https://www.alojapan.com/1224581/push-to-preserve-native-okinawan-languages-reaches-hawaii/ Push to preserve native Okinawan languages reaches Hawaii #anniversary #decline #extinction #language #native #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #okinawan #OkinawanStudies #OleloHawaii #revival #uchinaguchi #沖縄 HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – While the culture of Okinawa continues to thrive in Hawaii, the native language of the southern islands of Japan is on the verge of extinction. The decline began in the late 1800s when Japan annexed Okinawa and took…
Why is America Intentionally Destroying its Global Influence?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f0vuCycOTE&t=322s
Paul Warburg, creator behind The Icarus Project illustrating the ignorance, wrong path forward and wrong decisions the current Trump administration are taking with their current policy. America in decline by weak leadership with no vision... erratic and plain wrong, estranging long term allies...
How long does Musk have as Trump's henchman and when will Trump take a leaf out of Putin's playbook and Musk will have an unfortunate accident?
A comment piece that considers the increasing vulnerability of Musk in a Trump world. One in which there is only room for one king 
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Manjaro Is Losing Ground Very Fast as A Linux Gaming Distro: https://boilingsteam.com/manjaro-is-losing-ground-very-fast-as-a-linux-gaming-distro/#linux #linuxgaming #update #gaming #distro #manjaro #decline #endeavourOS
#decline : to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.
- French: diminution
- German: der Niedergang
- Italian: diminuzione
- Portuguese: recusar
- Spanish: disminución
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"Many people bought a car. Not an ideology." - Futurist Jim Carroll
It's an "interesting" time to own a Tesla.
I've said before that it is becoming increasingly difficult to be someone who speaks and writes about the future when so much of the future has become massively volatile and wildly unpredictable. It becomes even more difficult when you find yourself caught up in a hot mess that you didn't anticipate or wish for.
Today's image is from the day I drove my Model 3 for the first time when I purchased it just under 4 years ago. I was thrilled to finally have the vehicle that I spoke about on the stage for years. A brand and vehicle that was indicative of bold thinking, radical design, massive connectivity, and eco-friendliness. It was a revolutionary project, redefining the future of one of the world's biggest industries. The founder was a true visionary, someone willing to shatter the norms in pursuit of a better future.
Today, to be honest, it's a bit difficult to drive around in it.
I feel like I'm being branded with something that I did not subscribe to.
All the stuff I just wrote above? It seems somewhat like a cruel joke.
A better future? I'm Canadian.
For years, I've observed that a brand today can go from hero to zero overnight.
Yup.
Have you seen how people are responding? Do a quick search and you'll find dozens if not hundreds of bumper stickers, license plate frames, and other accoutrements by which people share their disgust, weariness, frustration, and disappointment.
I might be compelled to get one, in that I've already had a few people give me the finger while I'm driving.
If you see someone with something like this, give them a wave - be nice to them! As I said, we bought a car, not an ideology. Many Tesla owners I have spoken to are considering selling the car and moving into something that doesn't make a statement but simply does what it is supposed to do.
I consider this course of action regularly. Do I stay or do I go now? It's a dilemma. I still love the car ; the brand and owner not so much.
Many are responding with their wallet.
The European market - traditionally a stronghold for Tesla - is showing us the power of consumer values in action as people associate the brand with a rapid hero-to-zero transition. We're seeing unprecedented declines: 63% in France, 59% in Germany, 38% in Norway, and similar dramatic drops across other key markets, culminating in a 10%+ European decline in 2024.
This isn't just a market correction - it's a fundamental realignment of consumer values with purchase decisions.
A brand today can go from hero to zero in a matter of months.
Futurist Jim Carroll predicted the Tesla business model in 2006.
**#Brand** **#Leadership** **#Values** **#Innovation** **#Change** **#Decline** **#Reputation** **#Influence** **#Identity** **#Consumer**
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/02/daily-inspiration-brand-image-many-people-bought-a-car-not-an-ideology/
This is probably worth posting again - Cunk and The Rise of Anti-Intellectualism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdrbF-PhWRM #Decline #Society #Philosophy #Education #AntiIntellectualism #DumbDownTheMasses #Control
“It's Official: British Army Facing Extinction”
by Kit Klarenberg in Global Delinquents on Substack
“Britain’s armed forces are smaller in number than Wembley Stadium’s seating capacity, ‘a stark visualisation of UK’s current limitations’, among many others.”
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