It’s been somewhat longer than a year that I’ve felt like there was a qualitative shift, a societal tipping point, towards a more authoritarian or so-called ‘illiberal’ democracy. One where you can vote once every few years and that’s it. No civil society, no judicial system, no protests, no unions allowed to influence the party political manoeuvering. And we’ll have to be thankful, because it’s not as bad as elsewhere outside the ‘enlightened’ European continent…

Even if it’s not aimed at the conductor personally, it’s a good way for the cultural sector to put the pressure on.

And many for whom it was the first time they went to a protest! Good sign that the general public isn’t satisfied with the luke-warm token resolutions of the governments and we need more. But just like last time, it’ll amount to little, I’m afraid…

Not the same though - the book is non-fiction. Still great though. And no reason not to enjoy them together.

Fucking finally.

Sorry, is optimism an obligation?

More extreme weather, some of our most important farmlands becoming unproductive to an extent not seen before.

Looks like meat famine’s back on the menu boys!

The VRT gives us another great case of how framing works in our media. In the Dutch version of the website, the news is categorized as ‘regional news’ which means it’s reach is a lot less on the website, even though they state themselves that there are actions going on in other regions too. The Dutch title is also mentions the ‘damaging of buildings’ while the English version and the RTBF one just mention them being blockaded.

It’s sad that even these type of symbolic actions aren’t already being done.

Purple is often used as a color of the feminist movement, so that’s why I’d guess

Yeah, I’m not sure what the difference is with last time anyway. A lot of posturing, but nothing changes in the end. “Not a political event” my ass

The typical character arc for these types, unfortunately.

I always do, but can’t seem to find a fix. Worked perfectly at the start of the year.

Experimental

found the SUV driver!

I mean, fits within the whole extreme private property fetish going on within N-VA, and western society at large.

Normalize seizing more things, I’d say. Seize Russian assets. Seize assets of corporations that pollute and kill. Seize assets of the overly rich. Seize the means of production.

Sardonis, where are the days! De Mens is a fixture in my playlists, love 'em!

I’ll start with this one: Ghentian jazzy prog-rock from the seventies, Kandahar - Eyes of Glass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iV4IhD-kRU

We’re on a crossroads in history where we’re deciding that doing something against climate change is too hard, we’ll just fight for it. Probably Mad Max style, but think of the shareholder value!

Google’s most difficult for me too, with the whole Android ecosystem and the fact that I can’t just ditch it since I need it for work. Most of the rest I got rid off a few years ago, but it’s a bit of a hassle.