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Indigenous communities along Argentina’s Río Chubut mobilize to conserve waterway

Indigenous communities along Argentina’s Río Chubut mobilize to conserve waterway

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Indigenous communities along Argentina’s Río Chubut mobilize to conserve waterway

https://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 […]

Indigenous communities along Argentina’s Río Chubut mobilize to conserve waterway
The Grit and Resilience of Student Protesters

The Grit and Resilience of Student Protesters

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The Grit and Resilience of Student Protesters – Void Network

https://voidnetwork.gr/2024/04/30/the-grit-and-resilience-of-student-protesters/

Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine

Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine

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Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine

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.

Art Takes Center Stage at Growing Student Protests for Palestine
Report Alleges UN Complicit in Violent Evictions from World Heritage Sites

Report Alleges UN Complicit in Violent Evictions from World Heritage Sites

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Report Alleges UN Complicit in Violent Evictions from World Heritage Sites

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/unesco-world-heritage-sites-indigenous-people-evictions

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

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US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

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.

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
Google Employees Sit-In to Protest 'Project Nimbus' AI Tech Contract With the Israeli Military - UNICORN RIOT

Google Employees Sit-In to Protest 'Project Nimbus' AI Tech Contract With the Israeli Military - UNICORN RIOT

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Google Employees Sit-In to Protest 'Project Nimbus' AI Tech Contract With the Israeli Military - UNICORN RIOT

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 […]

Google Employees Sit-In to Protest 'Project Nimbus' AI Tech Contract With the Israeli Military - UNICORN RIOT
Facebook designates Grayzone journalist Kit Klarenberg a ‘dangerous individual’ - The Grayzone

Facebook designates Grayzone journalist Kit Klarenberg a ‘dangerous individual’ - The Grayzone

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Facebook designates Grayzone journalist Kit Klarenberg a ‘dangerous individual’ - The Grayzone

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 […]

Facebook designates Grayzone journalist Kit Klarenberg a ‘dangerous individual’ - The Grayzone
What To Know About G42—The Emirati AI Giant That Just Got A $1.5 Billion Investment From Microsoft

What To Know About G42—The Emirati AI Giant That Just Got A $1.5 Billion Investment From Microsoft

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What To Know About G42—The Emirati AI Giant That Just Got A $1.5 Billion Investment From Microsoft

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.

What To Know About G42—The Emirati AI Giant That Just Got A $1.5 Billion Investment From Microsoft
Sterilization Procedures Have Surged Among Young People Following “Dobbs”

Sterilization Procedures Have Surged Among Young People Following “Dobbs”

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Sterilization Procedures Have Surged Among Young People Following “Dobbs”

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.

Sterilization Procedures Have Surged Among Young People Following “Dobbs”
Open Source Security (OpenSSF) and OpenJS Foundations Issue Alert for Social Engineering Takeovers of Open Source Projects

Open Source Security (OpenSSF) and OpenJS Foundations Issue Alert for Social Engineering Takeovers of Open Source Projects

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Open Source Security (OpenSSF) and OpenJS Foundations Issue Alert for Social Engineering Takeovers of Open Source Projects – Open Source Security Foundation

https://openssf.org/blog/2024/04/15/open-source-security-openssf-and-openjs-foundations-issue-alert-for-social-engineering-takeovers-of-open-source-projects/