No, mom, that’s not….

On 22/12/18 21:03 (local time) a volcanic eruption occurred, followed by a tsunami 24 minutes later. This happend in the Sunda Strait. Surrounding coasts of java and sumatra have been affected.

People who fled the affected areas or have family there are asked NOT TO COME (back) there. Please listen to the advice of local authorities at all times if you are currently in one of the affected areas.

Status as of 13:00 23/12/18

Killed: 62 (according to local authorities no foreigners have been killed so far.)

Injured: 600+

Missing: 20

PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST THIS!!!

UPDATE

Status as of 14:23 12/23/18 local time:

Killed: 168 (there is no guarantee that foreigners are not affected anymore)

Injured: 745+

Missing: 30

Once again,

PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST THIS!!!

Tagging blogs so this gets spread (not necessarily mutuals, mainly big blogs I know)

a mutual of mine

suddenly has posts on their blog

with links to “find women to have sex with”

my mutual is NOT POSTING THESE

Let’s see.

the government is hiding a convicted felon (index.hu)

the government forced the country’s best university out of the country by making up laws and then not acting accordingly (index.hu)

homelessness has been re-criminalised (euronews)

there’s a new court that stands above all other courts and is controlled directly by the government (new york times)

90% of media and press is controlled by the government (new york times)

the government and its associates/collaborants are constantly milking EU funds for their own benefit (the guardian)

examples of state propaganda (atlatszo.hu)

antisemitism and islamophobia is rampant and fueled entirely by the government with billboard and news campaigns as a form of propaganda (al jazeera)

the results of the latest election were dubious to say the least (new york times)

the EU for the first time in its history triggered article 7 against the country “citing concerns about judicial independence, corruption, freedom of expression, academic freedom, the rights of minorities and migrants, and other issues” (politico)

PM calls the country itself an illiberal democracy - here’s how that works (the week)

a heartbreaking personal retelling of how the healthcare system killed the author’s elderly mother out of negligence (hungarian free press)

“Hungary’s PM bans gender study at colleges saying ‘people are born either male or female” (CNN)

the government is still trying to fearmonger with anti-migration propaganda, long after the migration crisis’ peak (euronews)

academic autonomy is constantly threatened and diminished (chemistry.org)

the government wants to ban protests on national holidays at culturally significant locations (atlatszo.hu)

the PM’s childhood friend has become a multibillionaire in the span of two years, amassing his funds from state funds, tenders, EU businesses (hungarian spectrum)

our healthcare system is in medieval conditions, doctors are leaving the country en masse (heinrich böll foundation)

there’s an alarming vacancy in public teaching jobs (dailynewshungary)

thousands of people die from infections contracted while hospitalised (dailynewshungary)

we’re at the bottom of the euro health consumer index (hungarian spectrum)

the PM is majorly obsessed with football, spending an incomprehensible amount of public money on stadiums (the guardian - this article treats many of the aforementioned topics as well)

he’s directing major projects and infrastructure into his childhood village of 1800 people, including a 3000-seat stadium right next to his old home (the telegraph)

a brief explanation of how the state monopolium of hungarian media works (al jazeera)

prestigious printed national newspapers, having been worked for decades have been shut down because of the government’s pressure or manipulation (reuters)

“sudden cataclysm in Hungarian media: almost all pro-government outlets in one hand” (index.hu)

employees of national media have admitted to lying and creating propaganda (the guardian)

tens of thousands have gathered to protest the slavery law on december 16th (nbc news)

members of the parliament were forcibly removed from the buildings of national media after protesting recently voted laws and wanting to appear on national television (reuters)