@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: activist investor Ancora Holdings has built a roughly $200M stake in WBD and is planning to oppose the Netflix-WBD deal, favoring a deal with Paramount (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comActivist Investor Pushes Warner to Walk Away From Netflix Deal (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/activist-investor-pushes-warner-to-walk-away-from-netflix-deal-0bbe663e?st=kwYArv&reflink=article_copyURL_share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260210/p181#a260210p181
@servelan@newsie.socialHong Kong media baron and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/09/hong-kong-media-tycoon-democracy-activist-jimmy-lai-sentenced-imprisonment.html
@cdarwin@c.imTrump has appointed Erika Kirk,
the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk,
to the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors,
having her replace her late husband.
Consisting of 16 members,
the Board of Visitors is responsible for making recommendations
to the Defense Secretary for changes at the Air Force Academy.
The board provides an annual report on the military institute’s morale, financial state and academics.
Also on the board is Sen. M…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialPeter Thiel looks like an imaginary villain from a Dan Brown novel, the problem, he is real...
https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-thunberg-end-of-modernity-billionaires/
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@cdarwin@c.imRep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.)
filed articles of impeachment against Health Secretary
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday,
accusing him of abusing the powers of his office
and undermining public health, putting Americans’ lives at risk.
He “has got to go,” Stevens said in a video announcing the impeachment articles.
In an accompanying press statement, she said Kennedy,
who rose to prominence as an ardent anti-vaccine activist,
“has turned his back on…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
@benb@osintua.euProminent Ukrainian activist tapped to advise defense minister on front-line drone combat: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/22/prominent-ukrainian-activist-tapped-to.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.com'Significant Blow Against Activist Judges': Federal Court Rules Illegal Immigrants Can Be Detained Without Bond (Mark Tanos/The Daily Caller)
https://dailycaller.com/2026/02/07/fifth-circuit-illegal-immigrants-detained-bond-trump-victory-dhs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p39#a260208p39
@ethanwhite@hachyderm.io"Austin Peay State University will pay one of its professors $500,000 after initially firing him for a social media post made in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. Darren Michael, an associate professor of acting and directing at APSU, was fired by the institution last year after comments on Kirk’s death. In September, APSU moved Michael to suspension before fully bringing him back into the classroom last month."
https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/clarksville/apsu-settles-with-professor-fired-over-charlie-kirk-post/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: PayPal isn't in talks to sell itself, to Stripe or anyone, and has been preparing for months for a potential activist campaign or unwanted takeover bid (Rohan Goswami/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/26/2026/paypal-stripe-not-currently-…
@stf@chaos.social@… you might know, hypothetically i'm an activist/journo who has an increased chance of being candiru'd or paragon'd, is there anywhere a good intro/howto/guideline how to defend, detect, report and recover from such attacks?
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizzaFascist paramilitary invaders raid home of American activist Kyle Wagner (Minneapolis, MN - 2/5/26)
Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qwyf1u
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Observers and protesters confronted heavily armed federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations amidst a raid at an apartment bui…
@teledyn@mstdn.caCouple this with the news Truth Social embraces #aislop plus X offering instant inline posted photo editing …
White House Confirms It Altered Photo Of Activist Arrested In Minneapolis
http://web.archive.org/web/20260122223025/https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2026/01/22/white-house-confirms-it-altered-photo-of-activist-arrested-in-minneapolis/
@ErikUden@mastodon.deIf you wish to defame me at least spell my name right
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files (Mitchell Peters/Billboard)
https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-music-libra…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaConsider supporting your favorite organization, free-software project, or digital-rights activist. I donate $10 every month to my email provider: https://autisitci.org, avalable at @……
@cdarwin@c.imControversy has engulfed #Wyoming’s state legislature after a conservative activist was photographed👉 handing checks to Republican lawmakers on the state house floor,
in an incident that has highlighted intra-conservative divisions and the role of money in the Cowboy state’s politics.
The political storm started on 9 February, when Karlee Provenza, a Democratic lawmaker,
took a photo show…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itOn the one hand, the GOP is doomed if we actually make it to the midterms with real elections. On the other hand, are we going to make it all the way to the midterms with real elections? These people are going to prison, and they will do whatever it takes to ensure that doesn't happen.
https://
@detondev@social.linux.pizzaanti-free will activist posters
@markhburton@mstdn.socialIn Arabic, 'intifada' means uprising, rebellion or resistance.
Used specifically for that against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza territories of Palestine.
“It does not mean violence and is not antisemitic. It is against the Israeli regime and its war crimes, not against Jewish people.”
Activist Peter Tatchell arrested at London Palestine march | The National
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA Hong Kong appellate court overturns fraud convictions against Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, a rare legal victory for the prominent pro-democracy activist (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/26/jimmy-lai-conviction-wins-a…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFar-right activist Tommy Robinson's US welcome sparks British backlash (Noah Keate/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/far-right-activist-tommy-robinsons-us-welcome-sparks-british-backlash/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p50#a260226p50
@janneke@todon.nlInterview door Esther Molenwijk van Studio Plantaardig met Sieger Sloot, klimaat activist: "Een hulp officier van justitie zei ooit: 'Ik wil u bedanken voor wat u doet, namens mijn kinderen en kleinkinderen, maar uit hoofde van mijn functie moet ik u hierbij melden dat u gearresteerd bent en ook weer bent vrijgelaten.'"
@…
@bici@mastodon.socialBrigitte Bardot, animal rights activist, dies at 91.
Rip. Will be buried in a Pet Cemetery.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al“Throughout our trip to Germany, most of the conversations I had with other survivors and their families reliably returned to fears and intergenerational traumas in the context of the Trump presidency; the rise of nationalism, authoritarianism and uncertainty in the U.S. and around the world. But although this was at the height of devastating reports of famine and genocide emerging from Gaza, everyone in our group, especially the Jews, seemed to make a concerted effort to avoid mention of Pa…
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialRemarkable.
[for those who haven't followed this story, Linehan went from being a beloved comic writer to being a despised anti-trans activist]
@newsie@darktundra.xyzCitizen Lab: Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite to break into phone of dissident https://therecord.media/spyware-kenya-cellebrite-activist
@boris@cosocial.caThe Bonfire team have met their first “maintenance” fundraising goal. The next stretch goal is designing and shipping federated groups.
There is lots of good writing in this post about the needs of different types of groups.
https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-<…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115766665024442971
The author (Edmund Berkeley) is the co-founder of the ACM (I’m a member), he definitely did some other good stuff like being a peace activist and coming up with concepts that highly influenced the personal computer revolution 25–30 years after the book was published.
But the extreme toxic positivity about computers that “will solve all social problems” because “humans are so irrational” remains a huge problem with AI stans since the late 1940s.
@denmanrooke@mastodon.ie"Denman Rooke has been selected as the People Before Profit candidate to contest the by-election in Galway West.
He is a long-time activist campaigning on issues of worker’s rights, trade unions, anti-racism, climate action, cost of living, and housing."
https://www.
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioThat “chatter” isn’t just showing up in activist circles. People who’ve never even heard the phrase “general strike” are starting to talk about the need to shut everything down.
Whatever happens Friday, we are at the very least opening the window of possibility a little wider, laying some groundwork.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialElliott injects $1B into Pinterest to fund stock buybacks, buying convertible senior notes with an initial conversion price of $22.72 per share, a 30% premium (Nicholas G. Miller/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialPirate activist group Anna's Archive says it scraped 86M music files and 256M rows of track metadata from Spotify, and releases them in ~300TB of torrent files (Mitchell Peters/Billboard)
https://www.billboard.com/business/streaming/spotify-music-libra…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFar-Right UK Activist Tommy Robinson Visits US State Department (Lucy White/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-25/far-right-uk-activist-tommy-robinson-visits-us-state-department
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p113#a260225p113
@anneroth@systemli.social„This morning, like millions of people across the world, I heard the unconscionable statements made by members of the jury of the Berlin film festival when they were asked to comment about the genocide in Gaza. To hear them say that art should not be political is jaw-dropping.“
Author #ArundhatiRoy, 'Shocked and Disgusted' by Jury's
@servelan@newsie.socialActivist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation | Climate Crisis News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/19/activist-group-extinction-rebellion-says-it-is-under-fbi-investigation?traffic_source=rss
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeCitizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone
https://cyberscoop.com/citizen-lab-kenya-cellebrite-phone-cracking-boniface-mwangi-forensic-evidence/
@cdarwin@c.imCommunities have changed how resistance is conducted
— away from the myth of the solitary activist hero
and toward
shared capacity.
As Grace Lee Boggs taught us,
“Movements are born of critical connections rather than critical mass.”
Political exhaustion took on new meaning.
It was no longer treated as a personal struggle, but as shared terrain
— produced by oppressive systems and requiring collective response.
The question shifted from…
@chrislowles@mastodon.socialI'm still gonna try to do my activist for American shit when its certain to actually get through to people but after this month and the renewed bickering on Kamala v. Trump I'm gonna have to be a bit selfish and actually focus more on my own country's politics, god forbid.
@bourgwick@heads.socialthis is kind of amazing: a handdrawn 2002 attempt to map every #surveillance camera in times square & midtown #nyc, by the surveillance camera players, activist/prankster group. feel like these #maps would bot…
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizzaFascist paramilitary invaders body-slammed a peaceful unarmed activist and pepper sprayed a group of observers, while abducting someone at the Ventura County, CA Courthouse (2/2/26)
Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1qubpq0
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social
@davidaugust@mastodon.onlineI’m pretty sure that if someone is rude enough to wrap their body around ice bullets, they deserve to die.
I mean, can you imagine, you’re a bullet and suddenly this activist scum stops you from flying through the air without a care in the world, and you’re suddenly wrapped up in their tissue and bouncing off their skeleton trying to find your way back to the outside?
Where do these activists get off having bullet absorbing bodies in the first place, what do they expect?
@christydena@zirk.usCall for activist research -- I'm interested in any theories (academic and not) that discuss how oppressive practices are often unified, but resistance is often divided. The researcher I know who discusses this has committed multiple acts of sexual assault, etc, so I would prefer to find another source. Likely, there will be someone preceding them, as is often the case.
Thank you!
#research
@aral@mastodon.ar.al“So you have TikTok just smashing our young people’s brains all day long with video of carnage in Gaza … And this is why so many of us can’t have a sane conversation with younger Jews because anything that we try to say to them, they are hearing it through this wall of carnage. So I want to give data and information and facts and arguments and they are just seeing in their minds carnage and I sound obscene.”
– Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz
“They trust their own eyes and…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA third person is sentenced to jail for participating in a murder-for-hire plot, directed by Iran's government, targeting journalist and activist Masih Alinejad (Colin Moynihan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/nyregion/iranian-d…
@ncoca@social.coopWhat's actually supporting #Palestine more - holding a sign at a rally, or actually quitting using platforms that enable their oppression?
It's not safe to be an activist, journalist, or, often, a minority and use #bigtech platforms
@cdarwin@c.imIn style, as in life, timing is everything:
Brigitte Bardot became the poster girl for that sweet spot of postwar France in which the storied heritage of Gallic culture was electrified by the Bohemian spirit of Paris in the 1950s and 60s.
https://www.…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comLive: Macron calls for 'calm' as France braces for tribute to far-right activist (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260221-live-france-braces-for-tribute-to-killed-far-right-activist-amid-security-concerns
http://www.memeorandum.com/260221/p6#a260221p6
@markhburton@mstdn.socialRare court victory against Israeli West Bank settlement offers Palestinians some hope | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/12/24/victory-against-israeli…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSCOOP: House Republicans revive push to impeach 'activist' judges after Johnson's green light (Elizabeth Elkind/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-revive-push-impeach-activist-judges-after-johnsons-green-light
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p63#a260123p63
@cdarwin@c.imLegal activist Emily Galvan Almanza chronicles the many ways in which the justice system targets the poor.
It’s not news that judicial outcomes are often tied to the wealth and influence of a defendant:
Not only do the well-to-do have the resources to hire good lawyers,
but juries themselves tend to be made up of older, wealthier, white people.
A predictable result, writes Galvin Almanza, is that defendants of color, represented by appointed public defenders, pull lo…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeA report from House Oversight Committee Democrats delivers a damning recounting of the varied ways Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated cybersecurity protocols across nearly every executive branch agency.
Check out today's Metacurity for more on this crucial development and other infosec news you should know, including
--Palo Alto: attackers have moved from AI experimentation to AI operationalization,
--Dragos discovered three new ICS threat g…
@villavelius@mastodon.online
@markrsmith@smithtodon.orgThree US prosecutors quit their jobs after being pressed to investigate the widow of Renee Good. The failure to investigate the ICE agent shooter was involved.
#uspol #ReneeGood #ICE
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTwo suspects charged over killing of French far-right activist Quentin Deranque (France 24)
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260219-french-prosecutor-seeks-homicide-charges-in-killing-of-far-right-activist-quentin-deranque
http://www.memeorandum.com/260220/p8#a260220p8
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #MaryAnneHobbs
Low End Activist:
🎵 AirDrop 01 (Cheque)
#LowEndActivist
https://lowendactivist.bandcamp.com/track/airdrop-01-jims-dubs
https://open.spotify.com/track/7mEyOZbC9naeEoXGDnBvOy
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social"Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned on Tuesday over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision."
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUK activist investor Palliser says Toto, Japan's largest toilet maker, is an "undervalued and overlooked" AI play due to its "advanced ceramics" used in chips (David Keohane/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/4252e45f-75fb-4dfc-aebe-72de48b7fb…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBrigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91 (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/28/brigitte-bardot-french-screen-legend-and-animal-rights-activist-dies
http://www.memeorandum.com/251228/p28#a251228p28
@paulbusch@mstdn.caGood Morning #Canada
#HappyBirthday to Elliot Page, born February 21, 1987, in Halifax Nova Scotia. Page is a Canadian actor, producer, and activist, known for his leading roles across Canadian and American film and television, and for his outspoken work as an activist for #LGBTQ rights and against discrimination. His accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a SAG Award. While most of his career was performed as Ellen Page, he came out as gay in 2014 and as transgender in 2020.
Next time we try to summon the courage to defend or joyfully acknowledge a LGBTQ friend or relative, we should recognize the struggle that most experience just to find a little bit of happiness. Everyone deserves to love and be loved.
#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianHeroes
https://www.biography.com/actors/elliot-page
@memeorandum@universeodon.comMinnesota activist releases video of arrest after manipulated White House version (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-activist-ice-protest-church-video-49faf3efd54e496388651aac1369fb44
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p112#a260123p112
@cdarwin@c.imA court in Russia on Thursday convicted a pro-war activist and critic of Vladimir Putin of
justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison.
Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes Putin and is affiliated with the Communist party, was arrested last year.
According to Russian independent news site Mediazona, the charges against him stem from an article Udaltsov posted online in support of another group of Russian activists accused of …
@cdarwin@c.imFour years after the massacre of nine black church goers in Charleston, South Carolina;
two years after the murder of a white anti-fascist and anti-racist activist in Charlottesville, Virginia;
and days after the racially motivated massacre of 22 people who were targeted because their murderer wanted to kill Hispanics,
America has reached a crisis point where we finally have to talk about racism in our society.
But is the media approaching this conversation in an …
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84 (Char Adams/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/rev-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-activist-dies-rcna42408
http://www.memeorandum.com/260217/p10#a260217p10
@cdarwin@c.imClimate activist Greta Thunberg
has been arrested in central London
at a demonstration in support of the Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike in prison.
Ms Thunberg, 22, can be seen holding a sign reading
“I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide”
in a video shared by Prisoners for Palestine
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPolitical storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers (Cy Neff/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/26/wyoming-republican-lawmakers-checks-house-floor
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p88#a260226p88
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizza21-year-old activist injured after shot in the eye with "less lethal" round at point blank speaks about their injuries
I will be blind for life. I have fractures in my skull that they can't fix. I can't sneeze or cough because it's dangerous to. They pulled a piece of plastic the size of a nickel out of my eye. I had shards of metal, glass, and plastic behind my eye
Source:
@cdarwin@c.imSING OUT, LOUISE!
https://www.singoutlouisenyc.org/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhite House Doctored Photo With Google AI to Make It Look Like an Activist Was Sobbing During Perp Walk (Noah Hurowitz/The Intercept)
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/22/white-house-google-ai-photo-arrest-ice-minnesota/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260122/p156#a260122p156
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist -- Then Showed Up at His Door (Jacqueline Sweet/The Intercept)
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/12/fbi-counterterror-extinction-rebellion/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p85#a260212p85
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAppeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil (Jake Offenhartz/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-protester-immigration-appeals-court-deportation-2b6d321d5157632412a82fba14eb3bd4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260115/p49#a260115p49
