• She Was Speaking@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      5 days ago

      Guy’s name is Bob Vylan and he puts out some bangers.

      “White folks love quoting Martin Luther / 'Cause he held hands and prayed while they bombed his building / Good for him but the times have changed / And don’t forget, white folks still killed him”

      (Song is “Pretty Songs”)

  • She Was Speaking@lemmygrad.ml
    10·
    6 days ago

    Idk if any of y’all know of Lexi Alexander, but she was banned on Bluesky two days ago. She’s a leftist, Palestinian-American filmmaker (she directed Punisher Warzone and some other, more niche movies) who’s been outspoken against the genocide in Palestine. Doubt anyone here has any illusions about Bluesky being any better than Twitter, since they’ve been banning Palestinians & leftists without warning & making space for TERFs and white supremacists for ages now, but…

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    9·
    6 days ago

    Contemplating going back to my home town Tuesday to form an anti racist protest as a reaction of Geert Wilders and his anti immigrant protest over there. But it’s at 6 and I have a job and it’s over an hour drive so probably won’t make it. Just hope others are able to then.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    9·
    7 days ago

    Another stabbing in the city. This time a guy got stabbed by a woman after allegedly harrassing her friend. Which, if true, based of course.

    • ☭ Comrade Pup Ivy 🇨🇺@lemmygrad.mlOPM
      5·
      6 days ago

      Why do I feel like there will be a prade of people saying the harrasment is bad but it should not be a death sentence… and that he should have gone without consiquinces starting now

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    6·
    6 days ago

    If anyone ever wants to know something about the cluster fuck that is Belgian politics:

    Belgium is devided into a Dutch speaking part and a French speaking part. As a result, most parties have grown into a Dutch side or a French side. This can lead to either one being elected for government. This is now the case with the socdems. The Dutch part of Vooruit is elected to rule with the neolibs while their French part PS is not. Vooruit is going along with the budget cuts while PS is fighting against it. Literally fighting against their own party.

    They even share the same building in Brussels. Can you imagine having to work on finding ways to do opposition while possibly sitting next to your coworker working on government plans?

    • ☭ Comrade Pup Ivy 🇨🇺@lemmygrad.mlOPM
      6·
      6 days ago

      This just leads to the question, of why would you opt to split your party like this. All it does is puts you at a disadvantage, your on the hook for all the terrible things that are done AND you still opposed any good thing your party was able to force through

      • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
        8·
        6 days ago

        I don’t understand either. Out party doesn’t do it and remains one party throughout the country. Much easier.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    19·
    10 days ago

    The Israeli ambassador came to visit Belgian parliament today for some reason and one of our MPs went off on her saying they are a genocidale state and that their lies to everyone will not prevent a Free Palestine and that their leaders will end up where they belong: in jail

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    15·
    11 days ago

    1 in 4 Dutch people are now afraid to wear sun screen because they think it gives them cancer. Instead they just bake in the giant ball of radiation in the sky without protection.

    I guess this is Darwinism but the stupidity of so many people is frightening.

    • ☭CommieWolf☆@lemmygrad.ml
      5·
      11 days ago

      Tell me Dutchman, is it true that Dutch people are among the least likely in all of Europe to wash their hands after they use the bathroom?

      • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
        8·
        10 days ago

        Yes I think that is correct unfortunately. I wouldn’t even be surprised if that was somehow rooted in white supremacy or something.

    • freagle@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      2·
      7 days ago

      Many, if not most, sunscreens use certain ingredients that breakdown in UV light and produce carcinogens that can be absorbed by the skin. It was a relatively large exposé a few years ago. My doctor has equally told me that the sun isn’t the primary factor in whether you get cancer and people without the genetic predisposition for skin cancer aren’t going to get it from sun exposure.

      Not that I don’t wear sunscreen, but I select my sunscreen very very carefully and review the latest consumer research on cancer-causing ingredients.

  • SlayGuevara@lemmygrad.ml
    14·
    9 days ago

    Currently having a sticker war with some nazi shit in my hood. They keep placing stickers that say stuff like: hand in hand back to your own land. The weird thing is that these are Dutch org stickers for some reason.

    Anyway they are very unfortunate that I have probably a thousand commie and antifascist stickers that I can keep placing on top of it. I just hope to catch the person in the act one day.