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@cdarwin@c.im
2026-10-10 22:51:57

Groups Associated With
India’s Far-Right
Receive Millions Through
US Donor-Advised Funds
US non-profits whose founding leaders or organisations have been associated with India’s controversial Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)
– or initiatives the Hindu nationalist group has endorsed
– received millions of dollars over recent years through grants that allow donors to remain anonymous, a Bellingcat analysis has found. 
The right-wing and Hindu nationa…

US DAFs Donate Millions to Groups Linked to India’s Far-Right
Donor-advised funds allow individuals and foundations to give money to charities while remaining anonymous.

@mela@zusammenkunft.net
2026-08-14 15:18:25

Hooo boy. Wilde story ... Wilde story.
retractionwatch.com/2026/08/11

The anonymized version of the report summary dated January 2025 was published alongside the retraction and concluded that while the authors’ actions did not constitute misconduct, Kaspers and Huibers exhibited “carelessness, ignorance and negligence.” The report also found the article “pays disproportionate attention to the possibility that introduction of corona measures and vaccination might have caused excess mortality, whilst largely ignoring alternative explanations” and “misleadingly and…
Mostert argued governments and media implemented fear and propaganda tactics to reduce “tolerance for reason and dissenting voices” during the pandemic and claimed the investigation into her paper violated academic freedom and constituted censorship.
Also in her testimony, Mostert said she proposed a revision to the published paper that “included a section on vaccine effectiveness in reducing mortality,” but the suggestion was “ignored by the journal.” She also claimed the original section on containment measures and vaccines was “much shorter in the original version of the paper,” but reviewers “asked us to either delete the text or provide more evidence. As there is evidence available, we included it.” The BMJ Public Health retraction not…
@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
2026-10-04 00:29:41

I was scrolling though the banned books list at Libro.fm, looking for something new to read, and I was shocked to see Go Ask Alice included in the list.
If you aren't aware, Go Ask Alice purports to be an anonymous journal of a young woman that is actually anti-drug, satanic panic propaganda.
It's weird to see this lying screed included and validated by its inclusion in the banned books list.
It'd be better to list Unmask Alice by Rick Emerson, which is a nonfiction book exposing the Mormon woman who wrote Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal. With Jay's Journal she took the journal of a young man who died by suicide shared with her by the grieving family and fictionalized it into an anti-gay story.
I found out about her from the #YoureWrongAbout podcast's 3-parter with the third part including Rick Emerson to discuss his book.
Here's that third part:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/
And here's the Libro.fm link to that much better book:
libro.fm/audiobooks/9781637742