🧵 3/3Barack Obama: „This has to stop. I would hope that after this most recent tragedy,administration officials will reconsider their approach, and start findingways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey as well asstate and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate lawenforcement goals.In the meantime, every American should support and draw inspiration fromthe wave of peaceful protests in Minneapolis and other parts of thecountry. They are a timely reminder that ultimately it's up to each of us ascitizens to speak out against injustice, protect our basic freedoms, andhold our government accountable.“STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MRS. OBAMAJANUARY 25, 2026

@sheislaurence Magnifique ! Les tambours de la liberté !!

Um den vielen düsteren News weiter etwas entgegenzusetzen, kommen hier meine heutigen Good News ️In Washington hat die Feuerwehr sechs Welpen mit Naloxon vor einer mutmasslichen Fentanyl-Überdosis gerettet. Kurz darauf wurde wieder mit dem Schwanz gewedelt. ️Die Kleinen sind wieder gesund und werden bald zur Adoption freigegeben. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/washington-puppies-suspected-fentanyl-overdose-adoptionWas sind eure Good News heute? Spread good news and hope! #goodnews #fediverse #hope

This is probably the Mondayest Monday I can remember. I'm starting this week with a feeling of dread looking at the dumpster fire all around us. Please, #Mastodon work your magic. Show us things that bring you #joy, or make you #laugh, or give you #hope. I have a feeling that I'm not alone and that many of us could use a lift right now.

This is HUGE news.China has completed the ratification process for the Global Ocean Treaty, confirming it will be bound by the landmark ocean protection agreement when it officially enters into force on January 17, 2026.It's highly significant because China is so influential in global fisheries and in multilateral fora, and because it shows that progress is still possible!read morehttps://www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/press/68572/greenpeace-east-asia-welcomes-chinas-ratification-of-the-global-ocean-treaty/?utm_source=nickofnz&utm_medium=nickofnz #china #fishing #protectthecoceans #ocean #goodnews #hope

@Karl_Theodor Wenn die Menschen alle menschlich wären, wär unser Leben einfacher, schöner und sicherer. Leider sind nicht alle so und vor allem nicht, wenn sie herzlos, rassistisch und machtgierig sind, wie die, die momentan unsere Zukunft bestimmen, Putin, Trump, März, ...Vielleicht übestehen wir, was momentan angerichtet wird irgendwie. Uns dagegen wehren zu können, sehe ich leider nicht.