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@kbin.socialhttps://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/indigenous-communities-along-argentinas-rio-chubut-mobilize-to-conserve-waterway/
CHUBUT RIVER, Argentina — “The waters of this territory converge in the Río Chubut,” began the refrain of a caravan traveling across Argentina’s Patagonia region in the budding first weeks of February. “And like the waters, so too will our voices flow together to be heard.” The group, made up of Indigenous Mapuche leaders, activists […]
https://voidnetwork.gr/2024/04/30/the-grit-and-resilience-of-student-protesters/
https://hyperallergic.com/906834/art-takes-center-stage-at-growing-student-protests-for-palestine/
Visual arts faculty, alumni, and staff are standing in solidarity with students as “art corners” and other creative initiatives dominate the encampments.
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/unesco-world-heritage-sites-indigenous-people-evictions
https://www.wired.com/story/senate-section-702-ecsr-provision/
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
https://unicornriot.ninja/2024/google-employees-sit-in-to-protest-project-nimbus-ai-tech-contract-with-the-israeli-military/
Manhattan, NY — Google employees organized a sit-in at the tech company’s Chelsea office in New York City and occupied the office of Google Cloud’s CEO Thomas Kurian in California on April 16, 2024. The demonstration aims to expose the internal unrest surrounding Google’s involvement in Project Nimbus, a cloud technology contract between the Israeli […]
https://thegrayzone.com/2024/04/17/facebook-kit-klarenberg-dangerous/
The notoriously intelligence-friendly social media network appears to have imposed a ban on posting a recent report by Kit Klarenberg, and is automatically restricting users who re-publish his work. Multiple Facebook users have reported being banned, or having their posts censored, after sharing an investigation by The Grayzone’s Kit Klarenberg into CIA and MI6 involvement in the creation of ISIS. Readers who post links to the piece on the social network find themselves frozen out of their accounts, on the […]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2024/04/16/what-to-know-about-g42-the-emirati-ai-giant-that-just-got-a-15-billion-investment-from-microsoft/?sh=667a51107596
AI giant G42 is chaired by the powerful UAE royal Sheikh Tahnoon, backed by the UAE sovereign wealth fund and was heavily scrutinized over its ties to China.
https://truthout.org/articles/sterilization-procedures-have-surged-among-young-people-post-dobbs/
“[T]his research highlight[s] the indirect effects of 'Dobbs' on reproductive autonomy,” the lead researcher said.
https://openssf.org/blog/2024/04/15/open-source-security-openssf-and-openjs-foundations-issue-alert-for-social-engineering-takeovers-of-open-source-projects/