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@patterfloof@meow.social · Joined ⁨Aug⁩ ⁨2018⁩

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mythologyandhistory@mythologyandhistory@mas.to

Did you know that #Poles were considered #black for a moment in time?

After #Napoleon sent some 5200 poles to #Haiti in 1802, 4000 quickly died of yellow fever, but those remaining were enthralled by their 'enemy'.

To the Poles, the Haitians fought for the same things they were missing: freedom from oppression. Consequently, some 500 would join the Haitians against the French forces.

Feeling like they shared the burden of tyranny with those new Polish friends, the first Haitian emperor, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, declared the Poles "NOIR" (black) after Haiti's independence. He had been inspired to the move by Haitian historian Louis Boisrond-Tonnerre, who had called the Poles "the white negroes of Europe".

#history

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Kaisla@kaisla@eliitin-some.fi

Terf’s are really, really afraid we might see and read this major report. It documents UK based anti-trans critical organizations and their funding.

They were able to force the worlds biggest human rights organizations to pull their report down within hours from it’s release, that’s how much they don’t want the world to know.

Here it is. (Share it! Download it! Share it again!)

(Edit. Here’s the 2026 link) archive.org/details/report-a-g

#transrights #humanrights

A snippet of the report: 2026 mapping update, with information and a pie chart of the funding actors by category. The report lists private individuals, charities, organizations etc. and has a whole section called ”Follow the money”
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A part of a list of gender critical actors and the year they’ve started.
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Quinn Norton@quinn@social.circl.lu

RE: mastodon.social/@EUauditors/11

Is it though? Is it? Is it transforming the world like lead in the water transformed ancient Rome and 1970s America? Is it transforming the world by tricking us into giving up our climate goals? Is it changing the world by burning it? Is it changing us by stealing our humanity and giving us collective psychosis? I don't see many productivity gains, but I do see dead kids, burning forests, financial instability and a mad rush towards tech without reflection.

European Court of Auditors@EUauditors@mastodon.social

📗 #ECAJournal | ✏️ “AI – is the EU picking up pace?” – an article by Mihails Kozlovs, ECA Member.

💡 AI is rapidly transforming economies and societies, attracting major EU funding since 2018.

🔎 This article focuses on the ECA’s first audit of the @EUCommission’s support for the EU AI ecosystem, its findings, follow-up actions, and future funding opportunities (Special Report 08/2024).

📖 Read the article: buff.ly/Jl5Mp6i