Georgia president calls for new elections as protests erupt again

Georgia’s pro-Western president has said she will stay in post until new parliamentary elections are held, as protests continue over the government’s decision to put EU accession negotiations on hold.

Speaking to the BBC, Salome Zourabichvili, who has sided with the opposition, described the current parliament as “illegitimate” after allegations of fraud in last month’s elections.

Zourabichvili said she would retain her role as president, despite the country’s newly elected parliament saying it would choose her replacement on 14 December.

@HatchetHaro

the post title makes it sound like china is making that demand, which doesn’t make sense.

Yeah, doesn’t make sense. The Chinese government fully supports free speech and rejects censorship. We all know that. Thanks. (/s, to be safe)

@technocrit

You could just read articles before commenting instead of posting always the same rant over and again.

I recently posted an article in another thread about Bluesky. It’s from 2023, but worth reading in case you don’t know it:

BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization

This should indicate that it’s an article published by researchers rather than journalists. I thought it’s clear anyway that not all researchers in a field agree?

@InevitableList

Soviet Union, China, Vietnam

You obviously have no idea what it means to live -or have lived, as one of these countries already collapsed- under such regimes. But feel free to migrate there.

There is a blog post from 2023, but worth reading in case you don’t know it:

BlueSky is cosplaying decentralization

Communist governments took power in poor countries and had to endure ‘primitive accumulation’ before they could start building a socialist economy. At best they created workers’ states where employment and basic services were guaranteed to all.

Where was that?

Yeah, and you don’t need to think on your own. Whatever the problem is, the cause is always the same. No mistake possible.

Here on Lemmy, most problems are simply caused by capitalism. Period. It’s all you need to know. (/s, just to be safe)

@[email protected], did you even read @dharmacurious’ comment or even the article?

around 75% of the shares were made without the posters clicking the link first

I would have guessed the number to be high, but not that high.

When horror hits China, the first instinct is shut it down

This is related:

Scared for the future and LGBTQ+ rights? Here’s a way to cope with the election results – (archived)

With the results of the 2024 presidential election confirmed, members of the LGBTQ+ community are understandably distressed. Seeing as Donald Trump plans to rollback transgender rights and other protections for queer people, it’s clear why 86 percent of LGBTQ+ voters cast their ballots for Kamala Harris, and why 62 percent said they’d be “scared” for Trump to win.

Many are also alarmed that the hateful policies are seemingly what the majority of Americans have endorsed, but Dr. Michelle Forcier, a clinician with LGBTQ+ digital healthcare platform FOLX Health, believes it better to interpret the results in a different way.

Why are so many people still using this platform?

Just stumbled upon a 9-min video (Invidious link) about Twitter’s brief history after Elon Musk’s takeover. Maybe interesting.

I get what you mean, but Russia is in for a very bad economic future, even if the war in Ukraine ended today.

Yeah, that’s not new, but I feel there are still many who are unaware, although I don’t understand why.

Just read a new report:

'Climate crunch time is here,’ new UN report warns

Annual greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high, and urgent action must be taken to prevent catastrophic spikes in temperature and avoid the worst impact of climate change, according to a new report released on Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

Microsoft/Crowdstrike last summer.

I guess many from the .ml communities have alt accounts here and just parrot the propaganda. But it’s certainly true that it’s much better at Beehaw than there.