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Post-Positivism is not yet normalized in international relations
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After this year's widely lauded Olympics in Paris, Denmark's capital announced it is exploring the possibility of hosting the international sporting event in 2036
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Texas is close to adopting new oil and gas waste rules, first in decades
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How a start-up utopia became a nightmare for Honduras: US investors are suing Honduras over special economic zones, and the dispute could bankrupt the country
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China's Arctic dreams make the Norwegian port of Kirkenes a global prize – and an unlikely hotbed of East-West rivalry
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Thinking out loud: A US service to help you move to where your vote will count the most
Maybe this topic is silly, but I am up from insomnia, so here it goes. I watched a piece on the news about how the election may come down to teeny tiny little town in Nebraska. I remember a...
Maybe this topic is silly, but I am up from insomnia, so here it goes.
I watched a piece on the news about how the election may come down to teeny tiny little town in Nebraska. I remember a similar situation coming to pass in the 2020 election.
There are many teleworkers now. Many of them are IT people who would be happy anywhere there is a good Internet connection.
I was thinking that a movement to get people to move to where their votes would count the most would be interesting. At least to talk about.
There could be a web site/app that would identify the potential most crucial areas, like that little Nebraska town.
Nomadic and patriotic teleworkers could then move to such places a year in advance of an election, vote, and move on if they aren't happy in those places.
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We found North Korean engineers in our application pile
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Greece cracks down on excessive tourism. Curbs on short-term rentals and cruise ship traffic could damage crucial sector, warns hospitality industry.
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Norway wants to ban unhealthy food ads that target teens – doesn't go as far as the UK's rule but pushes far beyond other European countries' efforts
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Romania protests to Moscow after jets scrambled overnight
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The Russian economy at war (2024) - Sanctions, growth, inflation and mounting risks
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Unexceptional exceptionalism: The use of force by great powers and international instability
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Chat control is back on the agenda of EU governments. The Hungarian Presidency will collect “guidance for further work”. Take action to stop chat control now!
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Over 100,000 protest in France against new prime minister
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Challenge or opportunity? EU-China economic cooperation and the Belt and Road initiative.
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Laboratories at home and abroad: Russian information operations pre-deployment
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The games behind your government's next war
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Russian banks say yuan coffers empty, urge central bank action, while Chinese banks in Russia are avoiding currency trading for fear of secondary Western sanctions
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 2
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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The new Māori Queen: Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, 27, to succeed her father Kiingi Tuheitia as Māori monarch
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Bethesda yanks Thatcher's Techbase Doom mod from in-game browser
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Sweden has announced controversial plans to scrap its tax on airline tickets from 2025
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Congressional insider trading: Is it real? And can we use it to our advantage?
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I never expected to run for office—here's what I learned
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Bipartisan group of 350 US city mayors commit to electrifying fleets and broadening EV charging infrastructure
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US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to invest $76 million closing legacy oil & gas wells in Pennsylvania
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America is losing Southeast Asia: Why US allies in the region are turning toward China
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Where do you fit in the US political typology?
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China-linked ‘Spamouflage’ network mimics Americans online to sway US political debate
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Sweden's immigrant hip-hop stars are redefining Swedishness – Muslim rappers are dominating the charts with music sharing the Swedish Muslim experience
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The New York Times is a fluffer for Donald Trump on Arlington Cemetery desecration
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At the University of Michigan, pro Palestinian protestors have "Shut Down" student government, by being elected to it
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Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris: Who is leading in the US presidential election polls?
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EU ChatControl is back on the agenda
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Finland's Fortum starts using US nuclear fuel in bid to reduce Russian dependence
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The American/Western right-wing is a threat to queer people worldwide
This is something I've been thinking about for a long while. I will try to briefly explain my reasoning. I live in a country that's not a western country. It has plenty of its problems with...
This is something I've been thinking about for a long while. I will try to briefly explain my reasoning.
I live in a country that's not a western country. It has plenty of its problems with right-wingers, and they certainly do hate queer people. However, for years I've been observing and interacting with these people. Many of them, especially teenagers, 20 and 30 year olds, use the language and rhetoric of the American/Western right-wing.
They constantly talk and complain about SJWs, even though there is barely any left-wing in this country, much less a "SJW" type. They talk about "blacks" infiltrating the tv shows, movies, games. They talk about black people as if they are invaders. An ex-friend of mine, whom I cut contact with because of his increasing radicalization due to right-winger brainrot on Twitter, even said they will come here and ruin our country, "like they did to Europe". He doesn't talk to or have any friends from another nation, and has said this due to the American and Western brainrot spreading on Twitter.
This is extremely weird, because nobody before recent times had a major problem with black people here, because it's an extremely rare occurance whenever you see a black person. So, even right-wingers didn't seem to pay any attention to them. But this all changed with the utter shit rhetoric spread by the American and Western right-wingers on social media sites.
This applies to queer people as well. I've heard and seen so much imported rhetoric that I'm amazed at the international connectedness of right-wing hate. For example, even though trans people never were the focus of any big attention on social media before, thanks to the weird "tranvestigation/infiltration" rhetoric spread by American and Western right-wingers on social media, local sites here started fixating on trans people, especially trans women. However, this in time spread to hating on queer people in general. Just the other day I reported a major hate speech graffiti I saw in my neighbourhood. Luckily it was removed, but I heard from friends similar recent occurances of this hate speech graffiti targeting queer people. Never before in my life I had encountered such a thing. I suspect the trigger was the propaganda spread by American and Western right-wingers.
Why did I create this topic?
Well, first of all, I wanted to share my story and observation.
Second, I wanted to bring attention to a problem I deem important.
And third, the userbase of this site seems to be mostly Americans, and I wanted to challenge an assumption many Americans seem to have—that hateful propaganda on social media seems to almost exclusively come from USA's enemies. No, American and by extension western right-wing is extremely strong. It has extreme reach and powerful rhetoric. It's a global problem. I've been paying attention to this topic since 2015, and in recent years more and more American alt-right rhetoric I've seen in 2015-2016 on American internet started being voiced here more and more.
So, I guess, queers from other countries, beware of American alt-right rhetoric. It has a powerful effect on local right-wingers in other countries, and you might benefit from studying and learning to deconstruct and fight it.
This is also another reason why USA's elections are everyone's problem. The internal power struggles and ideological battles there are exported to the rest of the world.
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Initiative to extol benefits of allemannsretten, Norway's “right to roam”, to international tourists has met with strong criticism – tourism campaign shelved over environmental fears
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of August 26
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
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Over the last ten years Finland reduced road deaths by a sizable 29% – the average decline in the European Union was 16%
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Eiffel Tower will keep Olympic rings permanently, Mayor says
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Trusted aide would likely play key role in Kamala Harris review of US-Israel policy
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Kamala Harris plans to tax unrealized US stock gains — but only for people worth $100 million
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California lawmakers pass bill allowing Amsterdam-style cannabis cafes
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How bad maps win elections - Gerrymandering explained | Map Men
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ABBA becomes the latest in a long line of artists to ask Donald Trump not to use their music at campaign events
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Mexico ‘pauses’ diplomatic relations with US and Canadian embassies
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UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns. Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts while seeking disciplinary action.
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US Republicans are sneaking anti-trans amendments into beneficial bills
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How anti-trans US policies in Project 2025 could impact all families
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