Weiter geht’s mit unserer Veranstaltungsreihe zum internationalen Finanzsystem:
Diesen Donnerstag geht es um internationale Steuergerechtigkeit mit Christoph Trautvetter vom Netzwerk Steuergerechtigkeit @steuergerecht
10.04.2025 um 18:00-20:00 Uhr 
BGV Am Sudhaus 2, 12199 Berlin
Oder als Hybridveranstaltung online
Anmeldung: https://tripetto.app/run/HGKWU6QK9H
#steuergerechtigkeit #taxtherich #globalsouth #globalersüden
#vermögenssteuer #taxfairness
The Guardian: ‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams. “TikTok says it bans child begging and other forms of begging it considers exploitative, and says it has strict policies on users who go live. But an Observer investigation has found the practice widespread. Begging live streams are actively promoted by the algorithm and TikTok profits from the […]
https://www.europesays.com/1974035/ As demand for AI data centers grows, expert warns against ‘digital extractivism’ | NEWS #AI #AIDataCenter #ArtificialIntelligence #GlobalSouth #RenewableEnergy
'Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies' is a bi-annual peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by Pluto Journals that provides a uniquely engaged scholarly space for #GlobalSouth perspectives and #Research on the Global South: https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/760e59e3-88be-4821-b7ec-7fa0a9b14fde
If you want to know why researchers from the #globalsouth are under-represented in scientific conferences, try going through the visa application process as one of them.
As Japan strengthens ties with Brazil, we witness a shift in global alliances. The emerging Global South is not just a concept; it's a movement. Are we ready to rethink our geopolitical strategies? #Geopolitics #GlobalSouth
Cuba Sends #Doctors, the US Sends #Sanctions
The #UnitedStates calls #Cuba’s medical internationalism "human trafficking" — but it’s really an internationalist lifeline for the #GlobalSouth.
from #Jacobin
By #HelenYaffe
March 8, 2025
On February 25, #US secretary of state #MarcoRubio announced restrictions on visas for both government officials in Cuba and any others worldwide who are “complicit” with the island nation’s overseas #medical-assistance programs. A #USStateDepartment statement clarified that the sanction extends to “current and former” officials and the “immediate family of such persons.”
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/cuba-medical-programs-us-sanctions
#CubanMedicalInternationalism
#VivaCuba #LetCubaLive #CubaSi #EndTheBlockade #CubaSolidarity #EndTheEmbargo
#EndSanctionsAgainstCuba #OffTheList
#news #press #politics #healthcare #embargo
@cubainfo
Could we agree that #worldBicycleRelief 's #bicycle is not really #solarpunk ?
https://worldbicyclerelief.org/a-better-bike/
Sure, it's nice it's durable and given to people in need.
But it's not really repairable. Custom, copyrighted components designed to keep the company afloat, available only through controllable humanitarian channels.
I'd take well-standardized open source any day.
As more countries gain global influence, disagreements over the future world order are making cooperation harder, especially between democracies and autocracies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/02/23/world/age-of-multipolarization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #russia #china #multipolarity #geopolitics #trade #defense #foreignpolicy #globalsouth
A coffee for $3.50: Argentina is the most expensive country in Latin America
My 
, on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth, at
https://union.place/@feralthoughts/114030586394502623
triggered discussion as to what can be done to prevent global south users/topics from getting erased on federated #SocialMedia.
This is my effort to place the problem in a larger context, and to suggest steps towards resolving the problem.
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Early-career researchers from the #GlobalSouth can still apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Democratising Microscopy in Latin America: Imaging Across Scales and Regions' organised by Constadina Arvanitis, Mario Del Rosario, Helena De la Torre, Mariana De Niz, Maria Fernanda Latorre Barragán and Licyel Lenny Paulas Condori. Find out more and apply at https://www.biologists.com/workshops/global_south_2025/
#BiologistsWorkshops
@EdwinG @feralthoughts @jerome
This is an important discussion.
What do you think could be done to make the #GlobalSouth more visible on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse?
As a direct consequence, the majority of #GlobalSouth users who drift into the #Fediverse get disillusioned, and return/move on to #Facebook or #Twitter or #Threads.
The #GlobalNorth users on the Fediverse never even become aware of this loss; though many of them perceive the monotony of voices/topics, and silently move out; leaving behind a tiny, malnourished social medium.
That’s it, that’s the mechanism.
Forget #GlobalNorth users, even #GlobalSouth users cannot find fellow users from their regions, or find posts about the global south, even if both exist.
This happens with most global south users, and with an overwhelming majority of the posts on global south topics.
That’s how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the global south.
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So the user X in the above example could be any account focussed on #GlobalSouth topics. Replace #Namibia with any other country or topic concerning the global south.
The dynamic described above will play out in all these cases.
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An overwhelming majority of #GlobalNorth users have no interest in #GlobalSouth topics. They neither follow users focussed on global south issues, nor boost or like posts on global south topics.
That’s their prerogative, of course; but that is also the root cause underlying the above dynamic. There is no obvious resolution to it, at least not within the narrow confines of the #Fediverse.
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A relay may complicate the above picture slightly. But if server Y in the above example is an isolated #GlobalSouth instance, or if it is running software (such as Hubzilla) not based on #ActivityPub, then the relay will most likely not be pulling posts from there, so the example will still hold.
In this context, remember many instances do not add relays because the additional posts pulled in through the relay increase the storage and processing costs.
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on how #Mastodon, and the rest of the #Fediverse, invisiblize the #GlobalSouth.
I have argued a few times that for all practical purposes, the global south does not exist for Mastodon, and for the rest of the Fediverse. But many people I interact with do not quite understand how this works in practice.
This series of posts is an effort to illustrate that mechanism.
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Our efforts continue to diversify our #BiologistsWorkshops programme to support a wider selection of research communities around the world. If you are a researcher working in the #GlobalSouth, find out more about hosting a Workshop near you. https://www.biologists.com/workshops/propose-new-workshop/#global_south
solarpunk prompts 
