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»Die #Intellektuellen haben die Verantwortung, die #Wahrheit zu sagen und #Lügen aufzudecken«

"Diesem Leitsatz ist #NoamChomsky bis heute treu geblieben. Von den frühen Essays zum #Vietnamkrieg bis zu seinen jüngsten Veröffentlichungen hat der
»wohl bedeutendste lebende Intellektuelle« (New York Times) einen einzigartigen Kanon politischer Kritik vorgelegt. In Zeiten neuer #Kriege und politischer und sozialer Umwälzungen ist sein
scharfer Blick auf #Machtmissbrauch, die Gefährdung der #Demokratie und die #Gleichschaltung der #Medien relevanter denn je."

(Quelle: Buchbeschreibung "Die Verantwortlichkeit der Intellektuellen: Zentrale Schriften zur Politik" von Noam #Chomsky)
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No classified information was passed on when former British military pilots offered training to China, a South African flying school has said. “has been in contact with the UK MoD for many years and they are fully aware of the nature of the company's business".
None of its trainers are in possession of legally or operationally sensitive information relating to the national security interests of any country, whether those from where its employees are drawn or in which it provides training #china
The TFASA said that since 2013 "British tutors have been in direct contact on an individual basis with the UK MoD and other UK government agencies prior to undertaking training" including with Chinese clients and that no objections had been raised.
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19th CENTURY EUROCENTRISM SHAPES TODAY’S PUTIN APPEASEMEMT

Thread - Part 3 – “How Ukraine provoked the war”

#Russia #NATO #Mariupol #Azov #Donbass #Bucha #Putin #USA #SPD #Germany @TimothyDSnyder @anneapplebaum #dielinke #Panzer #Waffen #Scholz @MelnykAndrij #Klitschko #WEF Image
33/ Assumption is that the «mental dynamics» of Putin’s appeasers to large extent follow the MATRIX in Fig. 12 attached. For more background you should familiarize with the parts 1-2.

#Maischberger #Lanz #Annewill #Ukraine #Russia #NAto #Donbas #Zelensky #EU #imperial #colonial Image
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HOW 19th CENTURY EUROCENTRISM SHAPES TODAY’S PUTIN APPEASEMENT

A long thread – part II. #ArmUkraineNow #Russia #NATO #Azov #Donbas #Putin #USA #SPD #Germany #Kissinger #Scholz #EU #France #Macron #colonial #imperial #paternalist #Putinknecht #Davos #Waffen Image
(24) RECAP (I / II): In part 1 of our SERIES OF THREADs we introduced a MATRIX reflecting Eurocentric (imperial, colonialist, paternalist…) thought patterns from the 19th century. …

#Ukraine #colonial #Russia #Germany #Kissinger #NATO #Lanz Image
(25) RECAP (II / II):
You should start with Part 1:

The MATRIX is reproduced in the attached pic (Fig. 9). We will continue with a funny case study (see attached Fig. 10, (26) – (31)), but you should read the attached disclaimer first (Fig. 11).

#NATO ImageImageImage
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(3) According to J. M. Hobson (Eurocentric Conception, 2012), a recurring tripartite pattern in terms of cultural maturity and political competence can be observed in a vast majority of schools in the 19th century (Fig. 1).

#Ukraine #Colonialism #Genocide #Bucha #Azov #NATO Image
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Anyone seen this on major news-channels - not at all in line with #masshysteria engineered by the global #deepstate? BIG kudos to @luigidimaio and Mario #Draghi @Palazzo_Chigi for coming up with this plan to end #UkraineRussiaWar - throwing down a gauntlet to the #deepstate. ...
... and they will have to craft an "alliance of the sane", so started with @antonioguterres and canvassing #G7 - knowing that a lot of "allied sanity" is needed against the war-mongers in #Ukraine, here @Podolyak_M speaking for the #deepstate ... english.nv.ua/nation/ukraine…
... and, finally, to give deserved credit: My attention was drawn to this initiative by this interesting interview on status of negotiations in @truthout, quite interesting otherwise, too - though nothing really new. truthout.org/video/talks-to…
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Must-Read zu den Perspektiven im #RusslandUkraineKrieg bzw. der Konzeptlosigkeit aller westlichen Hauptakteure. Großes Kompliment an @zeitonline und das Team um @joerglau, die einen über den tiefen Absturz der restlichen deutschen #Presse hinwegtrösten. @SteffenKlusmann
@zeitonline @joerglau @SteffenKlusmann Auch lesenswert, zu Perspektiven der #Diplomatie im #RusslandUkraineKrieg, hier von
@MalteLehming vom @Tagesspiegel - wenn auch zaghaft unter Berufung auf Telefonate der Militärchefs sowie diverse Artikel - ...
@zeitonline @joerglau @SteffenKlusmann @MalteLehming @Tagesspiegel ... und ab "Ist jetzt der Moment gekommen ..." geht's den Bach runter - mit Aufzählung der ganzen Denkblocks - die zum Konsens der "öffentlichen Meinung" bzw. #Massenhysterie gehören.
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So schrecklich die Ereignisse in der #Ukraine sind – viele Experten haben die Situation exakt vorausgesehen. Die Liste reicht von Chomsky über Kissinger bis #Mearsheimer. Keiner hat auf sie gehört. Ich habe eine Quellensammlung bei @RnaudBertrand für Sie übersetzt ⬇ (1/22)
George Kennan, gehört zu den bedeutendsten Strategen der US-Geschichte gehört. Bereits 1998 warnte er davor, dass die NATO-Erweiterung ein „tragischer Fehler“ sei, die eines Tages eine „schlimme Reaktion durch Russland“ hervorrufen würden. (2/22) Image
Ganz ähnlich Henry #Kissinger 2014. Er meinte, dass „die Ukraine aus russischer Sicht niemals bloß ‚Ausland‘ sein“ könne. Der Westen solle daher eine Linie wählen, die auf „Aussöhnung“ abzielt. Zudem sollte die „Ukraine nicht der #NATO beitreten“. washingtonpost.com/opinions/henry… (3/22)
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Why was #NoamChomsky photographed with #Epstein's butler in Paris in late 2016.

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Here is the photo of #Chomsky with Epstein's Paris Butler, uploaded on Dec 1, 2016.
When was it actually taken we don't know as Valdson won't respond to our messages.
So I tracked Chomsky's movements in the month before.
On Nov 5 he was in Barcelona to give a speech at the United Nations University global think tank and postgraduate teaching organisation.
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Just read Pleyer & Hartmann’s (2019) paper ‘Constructing a consensus on language evolution? Convergences and differences between biolinguistics and usage-based approaches’ (doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.…). It’s a beast! 🦁 1/
OK, the bibliography takes up 5K of the 19K words, but that in itself tells you something.
The authors (@symbolicstorage and @hartmast) have done an amazing job of surveying the lively and increasingly complex field of language evolution. 2/
Their basic argument, made very convincingly, is that there's evidence of convergence between biolinguistic (or Chomskian) and usage-based (or emergentist) approaches to the evolution of language. There appears to be movement in both “camps” to make this possible. 3/
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Noam Chomsky is and always has been A SPOOK
🧵🧵👇👇👇👇

The first red flag we find in Chomsky's Wikipedia bio is that he was appointed to Harvard's Society of Fellows in 1951, at age 22.
This is a strange society; in that you don't have to be going to Harvard or even planning to go to Harvard to be nominated or appointed. Chomsky never went to Harvard, getting all his degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
You will tell me Chomsky was physically on Harvard campus for three years during his fellowship, but he had absolutely no requirements while there. That should look highly suspicious to you.
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Hay periodistas que se dedican a propagar propaganda (como dice #chomsky "de manera ingenua"). No leen, no analizan el contexto histórico. Solo propagan información, estando "de acuerdo" sin base, ni hechos que lo respalden. Existe el racismo y la xenofobia en Japón?
Probablemente sí. Pero la percepción es otra muy diferente, ya que no hacen propaganda de ese tipo en ese país. Y los periodistas, se cuidan mucho de difundir informaciones sin base. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️
Hasta los Alemanes han hecho su mea culpa. Pero, tampoco andan diciendo que todos los Alemanes son racistas y xenofobos (Aunque hay neonazis en Alemania). Para ellos es una parte fea de su pasado reciente. 🤷‍♂️
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I picked up this book at the Sophia Bookstore (مكتبة صوفية) in #Kuwait a few months ago - an excellent bookshop btw with knowledgable staff especially on #philosophy - short thread on #Foucault and #contemporary_philosophy 1/ Image
The author Zouaoui Beghoura (الزواوي بغوره) is an Algerian Professor of philosophy at Kuwait University where he has taught since 2002 and is a leading specialist on Michel #Foucault (1926-1984) having translated a number of his works 2/ ImageImageImageImage
Most of these works were published by #DaralTalia in #Beirut and this one was also first published there in 2005 3/
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#AI & #education

Those believing that education is best achieved via direct instruction & testing recall this article about AI tutoring describes the race for automation

theguardian.com/technology/202…
An alternative position

Why are we training kids to compete with machines?

link.medium.com/UoKqGOqDY4
Another take by @GeorgeMonbiot

In an age of robots, schools are teaching our children to be redundant

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Some reflections on my new paper with @ptsgmartins in @PLOSBiology, where we argue against #Chomsky & Berwick's view on how human #language evolved. [Thread]
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
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@ptsgmartins @PLOSBiology We were inspired by points made (frequently and compellingly) by e.g. @WiringTheBrain and @ProfSimonFisher about what one can (and cannot) infer from the phenotype about the genotype and vice-versa. 2/
@ptsgmartins @PLOSBiology @WiringTheBrain @ProfSimonFisher In some sense, the main point we make should not be news. But it bears repeating especially if alternative views (like #Chomsky's) are bound to be influential, and are used to refuse to engage with the complexity of the underlying biology 3/
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4.🗣️📢Alert World leaders, citizens of the world, is attempting a coup d'état in #Bolivia.
🗣️📢Do not let that happen.
🗣️📢Evo Morales is one of the great leaders of the 21st century.
🗣️📢Protect democracy
🗣️📢Protect Bolivia
#regimechange #ProtectBolivia #ProtectDemocracy
1. 🗣️📢Alert World leaders, citizens of the world, is attempting a coup d'état in #Bolivia.
🗣️📢Do not let that happen.
🗣️📢Evo Morales is one of the great leaders of the 21st century.
🗣️📢Protect democracy
🗣️📢Protect Bolivia
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2. 🗣️📢Alert World leaders, citizens of the world, is attempting a coup d'état in #Bolivia.
🗣️📢Do not let that happen.
🗣️📢Evo Morales is one of the great leaders of the 21st century.
🗣️📢Protect democracy
🗣️📢Protect Bolivia
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"A Guide to Navigating False Claims & Smears of Antisemitism on Twitter"

1) If they're a writer of best-selling children’s books & calling out antisemitism, they're : Undermining Corbyn / a Zionist shill / a Tory / a tax dodger & should stick to writing about Wizards.
2) If they're a Holocaust Survivor calling out antisemitism, they’ve not learnt their lesson / should know better / are part of an ‘industry’ & probably weren’t there anyway.
3) If they're a successful actor calling out antisemitism, they're backstabbing Jeremy / in the Zionist Lobby / a Tory & should stick to shit like Eastenders.
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Je reprends mon thread sur Robert #Faurisson, au coeur des évolutions du négationnisme et de son importance croissante dans le débat français. C'est aussi le portrait d'une certaine extrême droite et d'une frange minoritaire de l'extrême gauche.
Des sujets dignes du @GEG_org.
Nous en étions restés au début des années 1980 et aux premiers procès. À ce moment-là Faurisson vient de publier un article dans Le Monde (lemonde.fr/archives/artic…), provoquant une polémique nationale dans un contexte, bien étudié par Henry Rousso, de retour du refoulé de la WW2.
Les noms de Paul Touvier, depuis le début des années 1970, René Bousquet, depuis 1978, Maurice Papon, depuis 1981, ou Klaus Barbie, arrêté en 1983 en Bolivie, sont autant de rappel de l'antisémitisme d'État sous Vichy et de la collaboration active à la déportation des Juifs.
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