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Es gibt viele gute Gründe, warum wir auf #Mastodon sind und warum es wichtig ist, dass immer mehr Menschen diese Alternative zu den Monopol-Netzwerken nutzen. Die Faschisierung der Techmonopole von #Musk und #Zuckerberg ist natürlich ein Grund - aber die Nutzung des Fediverse hat auch viele eigene Vorteile!

In der letzten Ausgabe ihres Rote Fahne Magazins widmete die @mlpd den Sozialen Netzwerken das aktuelle Interview und sprach mit @ErikUden

rf-news.de/2025/kw14/soziale-n

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“Whole futures are being erased,” Silva said. “Whole fields are being gutted, and for what? To keep the #billionaire class in control while the rest of us are told to be quiet, be polite and stay in line? But we won’t. The statement, ‘Hands Off,’ is our refusal; hands off of our #students, hands off of our #science (and) hands off of our committees.”
collegian.com/articles/news/20

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"As it snowed in front of the state Capitol Saturday afternoon, about 2,000 people gathered to protest the Trump administration as part of a worldwide series of demonstrations...

 “People showed up here in the freezing cold because you’re pissed — you’re pissed, and you want to resist,” said Max Thurston, a member of the group organizing the event, Indivisible Santa Fe."
santafenewmexican.com/news/loc

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Massive Crowds March Downtown Against Trump, Musk At ‘Hands Off’ Protest

An estimated 30,000 people joined the Chicago edition of the “Hands Off” day of action, which saw communities across the country protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to government and stripping of rights.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/0

Elon Musk's net worth dropped below $300 billion

msn.com/en-ph/money/companies/

Musk's wealth drop follows Tesla's stock decline and the White House's recent tariff announcements.

Year to date, he has lost $135 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Elon Musk's wealth dropped below $300 billion on Monday for the first time since last year, as the impacts of recent Tesla backlash and sweeping new tariffs collided.

#Musk#Trump#tariffs
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"Paul Osadebe, a #lawyer for the #US Dept of Housing and Urban Development and a labor union steward, criticized #Trump, #Musk and others in the admn...

"Billionaires and #oligarchs don't value anything other than profit and power, and they sure as hell don't value you or your life or your community," he said. "And we're seeing that they don't care who they have to destroy or who they have to hurt to get what they want.""
cbsnews.com/news/trump-musk-ha