I forget to post an important issue mentioned in the article:

Afghanistan already has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the world, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with a report released last year noting 620 women were dying per 100,000 live births.

Addition:

Taliban shuts down women-only cafes in Herat province, citing ‘moral concerns’

In a new wave of restrictions targeting women’s freedoms in Afghanistan, Taliban authorities have closed women-only cafes in Herat province. These establishments, which were operated by women for women, have been forcibly shut down by the Ministry of Virtue and Vice officials.

The cafe owners, in their conversations with Radio Azadi, revealed that Taliban authorities justified the closures by claiming these venues could potentially lead to moral corruption. This action represents yet another step in the Taliban’s systematic limitation of women’s social spaces.

Update: After the 4th night of profests that saw Georgians stand again against their government’s tear gas and water cannons, a new report says that 80% of protesters who were detained were being subjected to violence and mistreatment by the police..

Meanwhile, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Telegram that Georgia was “moving rapidly along the Ukrainian path, into the dark abyss. Usually this sort of thing ends very badly.”

“Of course not,” Medvedev told journalists when questioned about whether the ruling Georgian Dream party would agree to hold a new vote as demanded by the country’s president, opposition, and the European Parliament.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, also said Monday that Russia views parallels between events in Georgia and those in 2013 and 2014 in Ukraine when a wave of protests was triggered by the then pro-Russian president’s decision not to sign an association agreement with the EU.

It’s time that Western democracies understand that this is not about Ukraine and Georgia, but on democracy. Putin and his fellow dictators around the globe won’t back down until they are completely defeated. Any ‘appeasement policy’ towards Russia will be like a time travel to the 1938 Europe imo.

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)

@themurphy@lemmy.ml, 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

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.

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.