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Aho<p>In the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hongkong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hongkong</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialdemocrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialdemocrat</span></a> party <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSD</span></a> will disband on Sunday as the last pro-democratic group as the imposed national security law <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nsl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nsl</span></a> makes it impossible for opposition parties to be active in Hong Kong. Now all allowed parties are pro-authoritarian.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/breaking-hong-kongs-league-of-social-democrats-to-announce-disbandment-on-sunday/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hongkongfp.com/2025/06/27/brea</span><span class="invisible">king-hong-kongs-league-of-social-democrats-to-announce-disbandment-on-sunday/</span></a></p>
DingusMacDongle's Streaming Server<p>I've gone live! Don't be a dingus! Come Check it out!</p><p>Rimworld And Elden Ring SOTE</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/owncast" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#owncast</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/streaming" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#streaming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/gaming" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/dingus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dingus</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/videogames" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/linux" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/mask" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mask</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/selfhosted" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfhosted</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/eldenring" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eldenring</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/souls" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#souls</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/sote" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sote</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/shadowoftheerdtree" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shadowoftheerdtree</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/fromsoftware" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fromsoftware</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/rimworld" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rimworld</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/colony" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colony</a></p><p><a href="https://dingusmacdongle.live" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://dingusmacdongle.live</a></p>
AstroMancer5G (she/her)<p>It was never going to be the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/West" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>West</span></a> that finally brought <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> to justice. The West supports <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SettlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerColonialism</span></a> everywhere. I hope the strikes from <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> send a message to every <a href="https://spore.social/tags/settler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>settler</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> in the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a>, and everyone in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> with oppressed people.</p><p>The <a href="https://spore.social/tags/colonizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonizers</span></a> are being defeated in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>. They will be defeated in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Aotearoa</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/AbyaYala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbyaYala</span></a>, <a href="https://spore.social/tags/TurtleIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurtleIsland</span></a>, and everywhere else, too. The world is waking up fast from colonial ideological <a href="https://spore.social/tags/indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indoctrination</span></a>.</p>
Boiling Steam<p>Timberborn Review: Beavers and Colony Building: <a href="https://boilingsteam.com/timberborn-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">boilingsteam.com/timberborn-re</span><span class="invisible">view/</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/linuxgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxgaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>release</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/steamplay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>steamplay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/timberborn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>timberborn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/building" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>building</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/earlyaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earlyaccess</span></a></p>
myrmepropagandist<p>These are Lasius emarginatus, common name “Manhatant” This colony is at least three years old and massive. <br><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/antVideo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antVideo</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/invasive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasive</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/nycants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nycants</span></a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Today is the 200th anniversary of the April 17, 1825, document issued by France’s King Charles X recognizing the independence of Haiti after a slave revolt in the colony. But it also imposed a 150 million gold francs debt on the new country as compensation for the economic cost of losing their enslaved labor force. French President Emmanuel Macron, saying the document “subjected the people of Haiti to a heavy financial indemnity,” announced the creation of a joint French-Haitian historical commission to ’’examine our shared past.” But he stopped short of addressing demands for reparations. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> has more.<br><a href="https://flip.it/xMochD" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/xMochD</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haiti</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Reparations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reparations</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colony</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a></p>
janggolan<p>White House: "They drew a line right through it."<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lkbnlfsfwt2o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/p</span><span class="invisible">ost/3lkbnlfsfwt2o</span></a><br>Lines, lines, everwhere is lines, marking up the scenery, breaking my mind: "The 45th parallel once formed the northern boundary of the original <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colony</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a>, as outlined in the <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> Company charter."<br><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_parallel_north" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_p</span><span class="invisible">arallel_north</span></a></p>
The Progressive<p>The millions of Americans who live in the so-called “insular” or “dependent” territories of the United States are in an electoral limbo. The colonial framework has led to unequal distribution of resources, underdevelopment, and discrimination. <a href="https://federated.press/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> <br><a href="https://progressive.org/magazine/the-united-states-has-a-colony-problem-nichols-20250226/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">progressive.org/magazine/the-u</span><span class="invisible">nited-states-has-a-colony-problem-nichols-20250226/</span></a></p>
Dejan<p><a href="https://semafor.com/s/WTcnu7dNlU?email=dexteronomus@duck.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">semafor.com/s/WTcnu7dNlU?email</span><span class="invisible">=dexteronomus@duck.com</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>russia</span></a></p>
Charrvein<p>Ants on display in Versló high school <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Reykjav%C3%ADk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reykjavík</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/iceland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iceland</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antTeam</span></a> brought the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pennyAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pennyAnts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> <br>Example of the amazing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inclusive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusive</span></a> teaching for all students <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genetics</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Scientists slam ‘indefensible’ axing of agency's $450m Viper moon rover </p><p>Thousands of scientists have protested to the US Congress <br>over the “unprecedented and indefensible” decision by Nasa to <br>cancel its <a href="https://c.im/tags/Viper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Viper</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/rover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rover</span></a> mission.</p><p>In an open letter to Capitol Hill, they have denounced the move, <br>which was revealed last month, <br>and heavily criticised the space agency over a decision that has shocked astronomers and astrophysicists across the globe.</p><p>The car-sized rover 🔸has already been constructed at a cost of $450m 🔸<br>and was scheduled to be sent to the moon next year, <br>when it would have used a one-metre drill to prospect for <br>🔸<a href="https://c.im/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> below the lunar surface 🔸<br>in soil at the moon’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/south" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>south</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/pole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pole</span></a>.</p><p>Ice is considered to be vital to plans to build a <a href="https://c.im/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lunar</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a>, <br>not just to supply astronauts with <a href="https://c.im/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a><br> but also to provide them with <a href="https://c.im/tags/hydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrogen</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oxygen</span></a> that could be used as fuels. </p><p>As a result, prospecting for sources was rated a priority for lunar exploration, <br>which is scheduled to be ramped up in the next few years with the aim of establishing a <a href="https://c.im/tags/permanent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permanent</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/presence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presence</span></a> on the moon.</p><p>Construction of Viper <br>– volatiles investigating polar exploration rover <br>– began several years ago, <br>and the highly complex robot vehicle was virtually complete <br>when Nasa announced on 17 July that it had decided to kill it off. </p><p>The agency said the move was needed because of past cost increases, delays to launch dates <br>and the risks of future cost growth.</p><p>However, the claim has been dismissed by astonished and infuriated scientists <br>who say the rover would have played a vital role in opening up the moon to human <a href="https://c.im/tags/colonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonisation</span></a>.</p><p>“Quite frankly, the agency’s decision beggars belief,” said Prof Clive Neal, a lunar scientist at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana.</p><p>“Viper is a fundamental mission on so many fronts and 🔸its cancellation basically undermines Nasa’s entire lunar exploration programme for the next decade. 🔸</p><p>It is as straightforward as that. <br>Cancelling Viper makes no sense whatsoever.”</p><p>This view was backed by Ben Fernando of Johns Hopkins University, who was one of the organisers of the open letter to Congress. </p><p>“A&nbsp;team of 500 people dedicated years of their careers to construct Viper and now it has been cancelled for no good reason whatsoever,” he told the Observer last week.</p><p>“Fortunately I think <a href="https://c.im/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> is taking this issue very seriously and they have the power to tell Nasa that it has to go ahead with the project. Hopefully they will intervene.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/10/scientists-slam-indefensible-axing-of-nasas-450m-viper-moon-rover?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/aug/10/scientists-slam-indefensible-axing-of-nasas-450m-viper-moon-rover?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@notwithstanding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>notwithstanding</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for sharing <a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-we-are-anishinaabe-zionists-hateful-anti-israel-camps-disrespect-our-lands" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalpost.com/opinion/opini</span><span class="invisible">on-we-are-anishinaabe-zionists-hateful-anti-israel-camps-disrespect-our-lands</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IgnoraceAndAmnesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IgnoraceAndAmnesia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colony</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonizer</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonization</span></a> are maladroitly applied to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> by people who are ignorant about the indigeneity of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> people in the region that is Israel, or by propagandists who refuse to acknowledge that indigeneity.</p><p>Also notable: Quick <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amnesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amnesia</span></a> about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oct7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oct7</span></a> and acceptance of revolutionary violence “by any means necessary” again and again and again…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EcstasyAndAmnesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcstasyAndAmnesia</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@galad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>galad</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@galad" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>galad</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@notwithstanding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>notwithstanding</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://libera.site/channel/martin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>martin</span></a></span> </p><p>The use of the word <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> in the proper sense that it was originally used in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> context is not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/112523561362831738" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">12523561362831738</span></a></p><p>For example, the "Italian colony" or the "German colony" or the "Latino colony" to refer to COMMUNITIES in various parts of the country.</p><p>It is the subsequent distortion in meaning by ignorant people and by propagandists that is antisemitic.</p><p>It gets worse when colony is inflected to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonizer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonizer</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonization</span></a>. </p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MyNewMinuteNewt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MyNewMinuteNewt</span></a></span></p><p>Ignorant people bandy about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IsraeliColonizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliColonizers</span></a> in the sense of EXPANSIONISM, or one COUNTRY exerting political CONTROL of another COUNTRY.</p><p>Displaced <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> driven out from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EasternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EasternEurope</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> did not have a COUNTRY. They were not expansionist. They were not "stealing land," and they were not sending it to a "home country" ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111681937988389462" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11681937988389462</span></a></p><p>Actual meaning of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> context is sense 2(a) below.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@enoch_exe_inc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>enoch_exe_inc</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rightardia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rightardia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nrw.social/@vgoller" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vgoller</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.nl/@prolrage" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>prolrage</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@redfrog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>redfrog</span></a></span></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndigoRevolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigoRevolt</span></a> captures stark differences between 19th c <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hindu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cultivators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cultivators</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ryot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ryot</span></a>) in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishIndia</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> ones from same time in what is now known as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p>Under <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishYoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BritishYoke</span></a>, ryots in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> were FORCED to plant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indigo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indigo</span></a> instead of food crops on their own lands</p><p>When groups of settlers BOUGHT <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ME</span></a> land to cultivate it for themselves because they were barred from that in lands they had fled due to persecution, eg <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonies</span></a> meant something else</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_revolt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo_r</span><span class="invisible">evolt</span></a></p>
Blippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)<p>The ad just repeated, and I paid closer attention: it didn't hit the same way it did at a casual, not-really-paying-attention glance, and I think I made the right decision passing <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/Colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colony</span></a> by.</p>
Blippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)<p>I just saw a TV ad for a "new" series, <a href="https://social.cologne/tags/Colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colony</span></a>. (2015, 3 seasons, dubbed to German) I think I remember watching s01e01, thinking "meh," and didn't pursue it further.</p><p>The ad seemed action packed, but I recall ho hum. Did I overlook something decent because of a poor pilot?</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a>, nestled between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, was a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a>. It gained independence in 1947.</p><p>In 1962 a military coup ushered in military rule.</p><p>In 1990, first elections in ~30 yrs, liberal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NLD</span></a> leader Aung San <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuuKyi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuuKyi</span></a> won with 80% of seats, but military <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/junta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>junta</span></a> refused to cede power.</p><p>In 2010, next election in 20 yrs, military-backed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USDP</span></a> barred prominent leaders of NLD from running. NLD boycotted the elections, and USDP claimed victory. </p><p>They later released Suu Kyi from house arrest.<br>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ViciousBabushka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ViciousBabushka</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Bam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bam</span></a></span></p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> were <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonialPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonialPowers</span></a> indeed, but they never <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colonized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonized</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> in the sense they occupied <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> as a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> — namely to exploit the land for its resources and send back to the host country</p><p>The British were neutral in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>, which actually had a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TurkishYoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurkishYoke</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LeagueOfNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeagueOfNations</span></a> granted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mandate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mandate</span></a> of Palestine</p><p>Both <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MorgenthauMission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MorgenthauMission</span></a>) &amp; Britain opposed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a> but <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ottomans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ottomans</span></a> were not prepared to accept peace on any terms</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Bam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Bam</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ViciousBabushka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ViciousBabushka</span></a></span> </p><p>The word <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/colony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colony</span></a> is overloaded with multiple distinct meanings ➡️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111689643444771149" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/1</span><span class="invisible">11689643444771149</span></a></p><p>The meaning of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonization</span></a>, just like that of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apartheid</span></a>, are being twisted and maladroitly applied to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> </p><p>Also, it wasn't <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LandGrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandGrab</span></a>. It was <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LandPurchase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandPurchase</span></a>. </p><p>But you are right. These people are impermeable to facts and reason</p>
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