In Nepal, a protest movement in early September 2025 escalated into a spontaneous insurrection in response to police violence, culminating with the burning of the parliament and an array of government offices, police stations, party headquarters, and politicians’ mansions. Within a day and a half, Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli had fled and the government collapsed. But toppling a government is only the first stage of a much longer struggle; within this unrest, monarchists, neoliberals, and radicals are competing to determine the future of Nepal.

To get a clearer understanding of the background of the insurrection and the dynamics within it, we interviewed Black Book Distro, an anarchist collective and library in Kathmandu. They discuss the preceding social movements and the geopolitical tensions at work in the region.

https://crimethinc.com/Nepal2025

The end of the affair.

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#Switzerland: on 28 September, voters will cast their votes in two referendums.

Here is an overview of national registered and/or parliamentary parties' positions.

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Good Idea: Rethink social network design

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/study-social-media-probably-cant-be-fixed/

A new study suggests that social media’s worst problems (echo chambers, attention hoarding by a few loud voices, and the spread of extreme content) aren’t just the fault of bad algorithms or cranky users, but baked into how these networks work.
Using AI-driven simulations, researchers found that even without engagement-boosting feeds, the simple act of posting, following, and resharing naturally concentrates attention and rewards outrage. Six different fixes, from chronological feeds to “bridge-building” algorithms, barely helped and sometimes made things worse.
The takeaway is sobering: today’s global, everyone-to-everyone social platforms may be structurally wired for polarization, so real change might require rethinking the whole model, making them more local and less attention-driven.

Do you have interesting projects working on alternatives?
Something like https://ongoingthings.com/

Good news from a country where mobile payments also work in the tiniest village and STD tests are fast and cheap. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/health/pilot-cancer-testing-programmes-offer-hope-5199514

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Good Idea: Dont use sigle use plastic bottles

https://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2025/09/09/the-chronic-risks-from-single-use-plastic-water-bottles-are-dangerously-understudied-new-concordia-research-shows.html

New research from Concordia highlights a hidden cost of single-use plastic water bottles: every sip can release microscopic and even nanoscopic plastic particles into your body. Over a year, a regular bottled-water drinker could swallow tens of thousands more of these particles than someone who drinks tap water. Because the plastic sheds as bottles are made, stored, and warmed, the fragments can cross into the bloodstream and reach organs, where they may trigger inflammation, hormone disruption, or other chronic effects that scientists are only beginning to understand.

Until we know more, the simplest safeguard is to treat bottled water as an occasional backup, not an everyday habit: Tap water or a refillable bottle is far kinder to your body and the planet.