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Sikh leaders welcome arrests in Canada activist killing, but questions loom | Politics News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/7/sikh-leaders-welcome-arrests-in-canada-activist-killing-but-questions…

Sikh leaders welcome arrests in Canada activist killing, but questions loom
Leaders demand justice for threats against Sikh activists in North America and accusations of Indian gov’t involvement.

Sikh leaders welcome arrests in Canada activist killing: Leaders demand justice for threats against Sikh activists in North America and accusations of Indian gov’t involvement.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/7/si

Sikh leaders welcome arrests in Canada activist killing, but questions loom
Leaders demand justice for threats against Sikh activists in North America and accusations of Indian gov’t involvement.

I’m sure it means nothing to a guy who already blew 11 figures to platform hate speech, but had he not already shut down Twitter’s Australian operations in a huff, then maybe he’d have a lawyer to advise the outcome of mansplaining civil rights SovCit-style to the Australian government. https://gra…

Activist Groups Trained Students for Months Before Campus Protests (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/student-campus-protests-veteran-activist-groups-17ccd094
http://www.memeorandum.com/240504/p14#a240504p14

What I Witnessed in Gaza Is a Holocaust: Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa | Democracy Now!
“And, you know, what we’re hearing on the ground is surreal. It’s dystopic. What I witnessed personally in Rafah and in some of the middle areas is incomprehensible. And I will call it a holocaust — and I don’t use that word lightly. But it is absolutely that.”

What I Witnessed in Gaza Is a Holocaust: Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa
We speak with Palestinian novelist, poet and activist Susan Abulhawa, who is in Cairo and just returned from two weeks in Gaza. “What’s happening to people isn’t just this death and dismemberment and hunger. It is a total denigration of their personhood, of their whole society,” says Abulhawa. “What I witnessed personally in Rafah and some of the middle areas is incomprehensible, and I will call it a holocaust — and I don’t use that word lightly. But it is absolutely that.”

I just watched the Antisocial Network. I found it questionable that they let Kirtaner appear to take credit for the Parler scrape of video data about January 6. But I did appreciate that they got his character arc generally right, about how Kirtaner fell squarely on the "troll" side of the Anonymous schism, and not the "activist" side of the schism, originally... He only tried to take up the "activist" nomenclature and symbols, after coming out of retirement, to fight this battle against QAnon.

What happened when a Greenpeace activist showed up with a climate action banner at a Conservative ‘Axe the Carbon Tax’ rally?
When Greenpeace Canada’s Senior Energy Strategist, Keith Stewart, saw that Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre would be holding a rally in Toronto, he decided to attend with his own sign—reading “Act on Climate Now”

I read the article this morning and my first reaction was:
What the absolute fuck?!
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/people/2024/04/08/bruce-lehrmann-bettina-arndt

Bruce Lehrmann headlines $100-a-ticket speakers' event
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will be a speaker at an event organised by men's right activist Bettina Arndt, it has been revealed.

#nowWatching
True Detective: Night Country
4x01 Night Country: Part 1
https://trakt.tv/shows/true-detective/seasons/4/episodes/1

Se ne è andato John Sinclair, mannaggia a dio :0100:
✊ :cannabis_leaf:
https://eu.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/04/02/john-sinclair-detroit-poet-cannabis-activ…

John Sinclair, Detroit poet, cannabis activist and counterculture icon, dead at 82
John Sinclair reigned as a nationally celebrated troubadour of youth rebellion during the psychedelic era.

At a tech and media conference, Bob Iger says Disney is working to catch up with Netflix's tech capability and downplays the effects of activist investors (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/disney-streami…

Disney Working to Be on Technical Par With Netflix, Iger Says
Disney CEO Bob Iger acknowledged the company is behind Netflix in terms of technical capabilities -- and that it's in the process of catching up.

"How One South African Community Stopped Shell Oil in Its Tracks"
#SouthAfrica #Shell #FossilFuels

How One South African Community Stopped Shell Oil in Its Tracks
Activist Nonhle Mbuthuma founded a local organization along South Africa’s Wild Coast to fight a proposed strip mine 17 years ago. Despite ongoing personal threats, she’s still working to protect her Pondoland community from oil exploration and other harmful development.

#Requiescat For John Sinclair. https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/0…

John Sinclair, Detroit poet, cannabis activist and counterculture icon, dead at 82
John Sinclair reigned as a nationally celebrated troubadour of youth rebellion during the psychedelic era.

I just watched the Antisocial Network. I found it questionable that they let Kirtaner appear to take credit for the Parler scrape of video data about January 6. But I did appreciate that they got his character arc generally right, about how Kirtaner fell squarely on the "troll" side of the Anonymous schism, and not the "activist" side of the schism, originally... He only tried to take up the "activist" nomenclature and symbols, after coming out of retirement, to fight this battle against QAnon.

Coalition That Crushed 'No Labels' Is Aiming Fire At RFK Jr - National Memo
https://www.nationalmemo.com/rfk-jr-2668156839

Coalition That Crushed 'No Labels' Is Aiming Fire At RFK Jr
The same coalition of groups that drove center-right group No Labels to abandon its efforts to run a 2024 presidential candidate has now identified its next target: Anti-vaccine activist-turned independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

I read the article this morning and my first reaction was:
What the absolute fuck?!
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/people/2024/04/08/bruce-lehrmann-bettina-arndt

Bruce Lehrmann headlines $100-a-ticket speakers' event
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will be a speaker at an event organised by men's right activist Bettina Arndt, it has been revealed.

Russian prosecutors ask for 6-year prison term for activist's social media comments on death of propagandist Tatarsky: https://benborges.xyz/2024/02/26/russian-prosecutors-ask.html

A Moscow court on March 25 sentenced in absentia self-exiled anti-war activist #Anastasia #Ageyeva to 💥eight years in prison 💥on a charge of distributing false information about Russia's military.
The charge stems from two online comments by Ageyeva condemning Russia's ongoing invasion of

Self-Exiled Russian Anti-War Activist Sentenced To 8 Years In Absentia
A Moscow court on March 25 sentenced in absentia self-exiled anti-war activist Anastasia Ageyeva to eight years in prison on a charge of distributing false information about Russia's military.

Yeah. I've been here on the phone, now I logged in on the computer, and the very first toot is this one, from @… - https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1714837930.715282<…

Cy (@cy@fedicy.us.to)
Desperately lonely wannabe activist in #hillsboro near #Portland in the Pacific Northwest

Very timely - new UK advocacy and activist site for people with chronic but often unacknowledged conditions such as ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome)
#disability
#disabilityrights

THE CHRONIC COLLABORATION
She’s faking it for attention and clout'. 'They’re all just doing it for the benefits or perks'. 'They just want to be famous on TikTok'.

Das Activist Rebel Road Radio (ARRR!) sendet live von der „Razzia im Grunewald“! Ab 11:00 Live vom Johannaplatz und unterwegs vom Hauptlauti! Autonomer Polizeifunk aus dem Kriminalitäts Hotspot Grunewald-Berlin.
▶ ARRR! Radio Stream – myGruni
https://mygruni.de/radio-stream/

🗼 Hidden billions in Tokyo real estate lure activist hedge funds
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/16/companies/headge-funds-urge-japan-real-estate-sales/

Hidden billions in Tokyo real estate lure activist hedge funds
Billions in value can be unlocked by pressuring companies to sell off holdings, a tactic that activist funds are now employing.

Cargill corporation really are neutral evil
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/amazon-rainforest-cargill-indigenous-activist-destruction

Activist Judges Want to Oust Spain’s Broad-Left Government https://jacobin.com/2024/04/sanchez-psoe-spain-reactionary-judiciary/

Activist Judges Want to Oust Spain’s Broad-Left Government
Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez may resign after a judge launched a bogus corruption probe targeting his wife, Begoña Gómez. The case is a farce pushed by far-right lobbyists that shows the need to rein in Spain’s politicized judiciary.

Autumn 1967.
I’m 14 and spending a Saturday afternoon at the Fifth Estate office on Warren and the Lodge Freeway, turning a crank on a Gestetner, running off antiwar leaflets to pass out at high school. The MC5 is practicing next door, extremely loud.
Later, I’m invited upstairs to join a dozen or so people including John Sinclair and a few members of the band, sitting cross legged in a circle around a lit candle, passing joints.
That was the first time I got high.
…

RIP John Sinclair, dead at 82
John Sinclair, the poet and political activist who was a leader in Detroit’s counterculture scene of the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 82.

"In his ruling, the [high court] judge said there was a well-established principle in law of jury equity; this was a de facto power to acquit a defendant regardless of directions from the judge. He said the principle in law had been tested in the highest courts in England and Wales, and existed in other countries such as Canada, New Zealand and the US."

Quite rightly so.
Judge throws out case against UK climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights
Trudi Warner was accused of contempt for holding placard reminding jurors of right to acquit based on conscience
https://www.

The EU Parliament bars Amazon lobbyists from its premises, after MEPs said the company repeatedly refused to engage about workers' rights and labor conditions (Financial Times)
https://t.co/D37lF6HeWN

L. Brent Bozell IV, son of right wing firebrand needs 12 years for Jan. 6: Feds
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/not-a-credible-witness-son-of-prominent-conservati…

Son of prominent conservative among first to invade Senate floor on Jan. 6 needs 12 years: Feds
Federal prosecutors say Leo Brent Bozell IV, son of a prominent right wing activist, deserves no less than 12 years in prison for what he did on Jan. 6, 2021.

Notorious trans activist permanently suspended from X.
Alejandra Caraballo who posted under the @Esqueer_ handle has been banned from the platform after posting the private information of another X user in an attempt to dox and harass the individual.
The activist has become infamous for encouraging children to medically transition and has used X to harrass women’s campaigners.
Source: @MrAndyNgo

Anti-corruption activist accuses authorities of fabricating political cases against him: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/11/anticorruption-activist-accuses.html

Oh, "activist judges" too, nice. Bingo!

Gosh I feel like a full-on culture vulture atm. By tomorrow night I'll have been to three things in three different counties/two different countries in a week: live comedy, school music, and cinema. Last weekend in #Glasgow was just fantastic.

Cargill corporation really are neutral evil
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/amazon-rainforest-cargill-indigenous-activist-destruction

I've seen talk on here suggesting @… does not actually care about LGBTQ issues, largely citing her interview with Chaya Raichik from Libs of TikTok - but that interview was in fact largely praised for being an exposé of sorts. Back in my early days of documentary, I interviewed public figures, politicians, and yes even fascists with the intention o…

Podcasts Are An Activist's Best Friend To Reach More People. https://thedemlabs.org/2024/02/12/trump-invites-putin-to-attack-nato-ai-generated-podcasts/

Podcasts Are An Activist's Best Friend To Reach More People
How do you get your message to more people? Quickly? Easily? Make a podcast!

Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Predicting the Next Targets of Activist Funds
Minwu Kim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16169 https://

Interpretable Machine Learning Models for Predicting the Next Targets of Activist Funds
This work develops a predictive model to identify potential targets of activist investment funds, which strategically acquire significant corporate stakes to drive operational and strategic improvements and enhance shareholder value. Predicting these targets is crucial for companies to mitigate intervention risks, for activists to select optimal targets, and for investors to capitalize on associated stock price gains. Our analysis utilizes data from the Russell 3000 index from 2016 to 2022. We …

Scott F, a transit advocate, said he's concerned that the proliferation of planters has monopolized the city's sidewalks, making them difficult to navigate.
"It makes it, in some cases, an obstacle course to board the bus," Scott said. "I think it’s already discouraging people from walking and using transit."

‘Hostile architecture’ or just planters? Owners cited by city after activist pressure
Garden planters are often used by residents and business owners to deter encampments on the sidewalk. But now, some owners are being cited by the city.

April 25, 1970:
Abbie Hoffman... co-founder of the "Yippies," SNCC member, anti-war activist, "Chicago Seven" instigator, fierce critic of the C.I.A., student of Herbert Marcuse and Abraham Maslow... and musician Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, who allegedly composed "White Rabbit" in an hour... were ejected from the gate of the White House, having intended to crash a "ladies-only tea party" being given by Tricia Nixon for fellow alumnae of Fi…

Russian anti-war activist #Aleksandr #Demidenko, who helped hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in the Belgorod region to return to Ukraine,
🔸died in custody🔸 last week, his lawyer told his family on April 8.
The 61-year-old activist, who openly protested Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was arrested in Oct…

Russian Anti-War Activist Who Helped Ukrainian Refugees Dies In Custody
Russian anti-war activist Aleksandr Demidenko, who helped hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in the Belgorod region to return to Ukraine, died in custody last week, his lawyer told his family.

Schrems NGO files GDPR complaint against OpenAI over AI ‘hallucinations’
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-2a18d665-b7e20b3f3f57367e
Schrems NGO files GDPR complaint against OpenAI over AI ‘hallucinations’Noyb, the Austrian non-profit founded b…

Hazel Scott: Jazz's unsung artist activist : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/09/1241598862/-hazel-scott-jazz-unsung-artist-activist

Who was Pavlo Petrychenko, the prominent activist recently killed in combat?: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/20/who-was-pavlo.html

Civil rights activist Dorie Ladner dies at 81 - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/13/dorie-ladner-civil-rights-dead/?utm_medium=email&location=alert

Dorie Ladner, dauntless civil rights activist, dies at 81
She joined the civil rights movement as a teen in Mississippi, braving gunfire, tear gas, police dogs and Ku Klux Klansmen in the campaign for racial equality.

She was known as a leading advocate for other transgender people, as well as sex workers and people with HIV. Odd how people who worship Jesus forget that he embraced those that society shunned, too...
New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist's funeral held at St. Patrick's Cathedral | AP News

New York Archdiocese denounces transgender activist's funeral, holds Mass of Reparation
The funeral of a renowned transgender activist in a New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of Cecilia Gentili in Manhattan's St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday. Gentili, who died on Feb. 6 at age 52, was known as a leading advocate for transgender people, sex workers and people with HIV…

Russian anti-war activist #Aleksandr #Demidenko, who helped hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in the Belgorod region to return to Ukraine,
🔸died in custody🔸 last week, his lawyer told his family on April 8.
The 61-year-old activist, who openly protested Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was arrested in Oct…

Russian Anti-War Activist Who Helped Ukrainian Refugees Dies In Custody
Russian anti-war activist Aleksandr Demidenko, who helped hundreds of Ukrainian refugees in the Belgorod region to return to Ukraine, died in custody last week, his lawyer told his family.

EXCLUSIVE: Trans Activist "Family Bloggers" Who Lived In Feces-Covered Home Arrested On Charges Of Endangering The Welfare Of Their Child (Reduxx)
https://reduxx.info/exclusive-trans-activist-family-bloggers-who-lived-in-feces-covered-home-arrested-on-charges-of-endangering-the-welfare-of-their-child/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240220/p76#a240220p76

Zionism is antisemitic.
#zionism #antisemitism

red.
URGENT: German police have announced they are shutting down the Palestine Congress and demanded delegates leave immediately. They have threatened to use force and already arrested one of the organizers, Jewish activist Udi Raz. He is the third person to be arrested today, two of them Jewish. The announcement comes after police stormed the speakers' stage just 20 minutes after the congress had begun, shut down the organizers' livestream and then broke into the control room and shut off the pow…

The Insider identified man threatening Maxim Mironov, leading to arrest of Leonid Volkov's assailants.
#russia

The Insider identified man threatening Maxim Mironov, leading to arrest of Leonid Volkov's assailants
The Insider has identified the man who threatened Russian economist and activist Maxim Mironov and attacked his wife in Argentina. The culprit turned out to be Grzegorz Daszkowski, a Polish citizen. The Insider shared this information with Polish law enforcement, leading to Daszkowski's arrest. Subsequently, through Daszkowski's connection, law enforcement apprehended other Polish criminals who had attacked former head of the FBK (Anti-Corruption Foundation) Leonid Volkov in Lithuania. Today, L…

🐜 4 Problems for the Degrowth Movement
#degrowth

4 Problems for the Degrowth Movement
Though increasingly influential in activist circles and policy discussions, the degrowth perspective on addressing climate change suffers from serious analytical and political flaws. We need a program of green growth to decarbonize the planet.

Oh, "activist judges" too, nice. Bingo!

“Ethics crisis” is not wrong. But a clearer way to say what’s engulfing the Supreme Court is “bribery scandal.”
https://wapo.st/3TWDXLD

Leo rejects Senate subpoena from panel probing gifts to Supreme Court justices
Conservative judicial activist Leonard Leo called the move “politically motivated,” while the committee chair said Leo had left the committee “no other choice.”

No matter your side in this conflict, this letter is worth a read...
#israel #gaza #palestine #columbia

Uhoh! Someone’s mad at journalists again and Social Media companies are like “ok!”.
“YouTube is blocking access in India to a story by CBC's The Fifth Estate on the alleged contract killing of a Canadian Sikh separatist after the Indian government ordered the social media platform to take that action.”
#CanPoli

Scott F, a transit advocate, said he's concerned that the proliferation of planters has monopolized the city's sidewalks, making them difficult to navigate.
"It makes it, in some cases, an obstacle course to board the bus," Scott said. "I think it’s already discouraging people from walking and using transit."

‘Hostile architecture’ or just planters? Owners cited by city after activist pressure
Garden planters are often used by residents and business owners to deter encampments on the sidewalk. But now, some owners are being cited by the city.

It is essential that journalism uncovers blatant lies or unethical, posdibly illegal market activities.
But it doesn't lend credibility if the news outlet (or their owners) directly or indirectly benefit from stock market effects they expect to cause.
Complicated legal constructions always leave a bad taste. Having to create three companies to separate investigation from profit does not help here.
h/t @…

Its a long weekend here in #Canada (at least in several of our more populous provinces), and my #GiveAFuck tank is certainly running empty.
For this is the field in which I grow fucks, and verily, there are none left to give.
Happy

Daisy Gatson Bates Day 2024 in the United States
Daisy Gatson Bates Day honors the life of Daisy Gatson Bates, a civil rights activist who played a key role in an integration crisis at Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Daisy Gatson Bates Day is a state holiday in Arkansas, the United States, on the third Monday of February, together with Washington’s Birthday.

Social bots sour activist sentiment without eroding engagement
Linda Li, Orsolya Vasarhelyi, Balazs Vedres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.12904 https://…

Social bots sour activist sentiment without eroding engagement
Social media platforms have witnessed a substantial increase in social bot activity, significantly affecting online discourse. Our study explores the dynamic nature of bot engagement related to Extinction Rebellion climate change protests from 18 November 2019 to 10 December 2019. We find that bots exert a greater influence on human behavior than vice versa during heated online periods. To assess the causal impact of human-bot communication, we compared communication histories between human use…

Google fires ~20 more staff the company says participated in protests denouncing an Israeli cloud contract; an activist workers' group says the total is now 50 (Washington Post)
https://wapo.st/3WdPCIG

Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics
Some employees protested the tech giant’s contract with the Israeli government. They’ve been let go.

Meet the Press on X: "WATCH: Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges reflects on book bannings, as her own work has faced censorship in some schools. "I think that's ridiculous. I mean, most of my books have been banned. … It's just an excuse not to share the truth, to cover up history.” https://t.co/HyvS2j3yR9

Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) on X
WATCH: Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges reflects on book bannings, as her own work has faced censorship in some schools. "I think that's ridiculous. I mean, most of my books have been banned. … It's just an excuse not to share the truth, to cover up history.”

How ‘Libs of TikTok’ became a powerful presence in Oklahoma
The owner of the far-right social media account, who sits on a state advisory panel, has drawn attention since the death of a nonbinary student near Tulsa
#inclusionCreatesBelonging

How Libs of TikTok became a powerful presence in Oklahoma schools
Far-right activist Chaya Raichik splits her time between California and Florida. But it’s Oklahoma where she’s arguably had the biggest impact.

Thai police arrest journalists Nattaphol Meksobhon and Nattaphon Phanphongsanon over a story on an activist spray painting an anarchist symbol on a temple (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/…

Thai journalists arrested for news coverage of anarchist graffiti on temple
Two Thai journalists have been arrested for their story about an activist spray painting an anarchist symbol and a symbol critical of "lese majeste" laws on a Bangkok temple wall almost a year ago, the police and their lawyers said on Tuesday.

Love how switching from Twitter to Mastodon has helped me find the cycling activist bubble. Radicalization almost complete, I think

Aw…shit…
“What Is Shawn King Scheming to Do With His Alleged Conversion to Islam?”
(HTF do you get the guy’s name wrong in the headline but right in the *first* line of the story? Dumb asses)
https://www.theroot.com/what-is-shawn-king

What Is Shawn King Scheming to Do With His Alleged Conversion to Islam?
The controversial activist has had his share of scandals over the years.

‘This is where I apologise’: Polish state TV presenter says sorry to LGBT viewers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/13/polish-tv-presenter-apologises-lgbt-people-bart-staszewski?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Ot…

‘At 80, I still have a lot of anger’: American poet Nikki Giovanni | Poetry | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/24/at-80-i-still-have-a-lot-of-anger-american-poet-nikki-giovanni

Conservative anti-Trump lawyer George Conway gives $900K to Biden reelection fund - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/george-conway-biden-trump/

Conservative anti-Trump lawyer gives $900K to Biden reelection fund
In 2020, attorney George Conway was among the prominent conservatives who supported Joe Biden over Donald Trump — a group that also included former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona), former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and GOP activist Cindy McCain, among many others. And Conway, a scathing critic of...

@… WTF:
❝… Weinstein also told Rogan he came to these ideas by reading a recent book by anti-vaccine activist and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, creating a sort of unholy turducken of misinformation passed onto an audience of millions. …❞

The official opening of Mr #Dambo's #trolls
- colossal installations that have been dotted throughout the world by the artist and climate activist
- took place, with state-wide excitement and unusual creatures already being spotted, and shared on social media.
The 12-month long exhibition not only brin…

Magic, hidden in Mandurah
"There's so much magic here already, so much story about what has happened."

Good Morning #Canada
Marc Scott Emery was born February 13, 1958 and became Canada’s "Prince of Pot". Emery was a Canadian cannabis rights activist, entrepreneur and politician, and an advocate of international cannabis policy reform. According to the article below, he is also allegedly a creep. I only remember him from media reports when he was smoking pot on the steps of some govern…

The 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery is allegedly a creep
Marc Emery. Photo Dan Toulgoet It seems that, at 60 years old, Vancouver's self-proclaimed “Prince of Pot” may finally be getting de-throned, ushered out of the cannabis industry spotlight in Canada by the #timesup/#metoo movement.

Match Group adds Instacart CMO Laura Jones and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff to its board and signs a deal with Elliott, reported to have a $1B Match stake (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/25/match-adds-two-director…

The Insider identified man threatening Maxim Mironov, leading to arrest of Leonid Volkov's assailants.
#russia

The Insider identified man threatening Maxim Mironov, leading to arrest of Leonid Volkov's assailants
The Insider has identified the man who threatened Russian economist and activist Maxim Mironov and attacked his wife in Argentina. The culprit turned out to be Grzegorz Daszkowski, a Polish citizen. The Insider shared this information with Polish law enforcement, leading to Daszkowski's arrest. Subsequently, through Daszkowski's connection, law enforcement apprehended other Polish criminals who had attacked former head of the FBK (Anti-Corruption Foundation) Leonid Volkov in Lithuania. Today, L…

No matter your side in this conflict, this letter is worth a read...
#israel #gaza #palestine #columbia

Hi, It’s Olivia Julianna reaching out on behalf of Voters of Tomorrow.
I’m an abortion rights activist from Texas, but you may know me as the woman who was bullied by far-right Congressman Matt Gaetz on Twitter – and raised over $2 million in donations for abortion funds off of it.
I’ll keep this simple: As we speak, VOT is laying the groundwork to hire Gen Z organizers on college campuses to register and turn out young voters this November.
But the truth is, fascists don’…

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Show your support with a contribution.

DBR: Criminal case against anti-corruption activist Shabunin in accordance with court's decision: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/12/dbr-criminal-case.html

Ohh my….. come on now
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/02/14/former-hillary-clinton-aide-huma-abedin-dating-son-george-soros/

Former Clinton Aide Huma Abedin Dating Son of George Soros
Huma Abedin, former aide to Hillary Clinton, has reportedly been dating the son of billionaire and left-wing activist George Soros. 

It is essential that journalism uncovers blatant lies or unethical, posdibly illegal market activities.
But it doesn't lend credibility if the news outlet (or their owners) directly or indirectly benefit from stock market effects they expect to cause.
Complicated legal constructions always leave a bad taste. Having to create three companies to separate investigation from profit does not help here.
h/t @…

Aw…shit…
“What Is Shawn King Scheming to Do With His Alleged Conversion to Islam?”
(HTF do you get the guy’s name wrong in the headline but right in the *first* line of the story? Dumb asses)
https://www.theroot.com/what-is-shawn-king

What Is Shawn King Scheming to Do With His Alleged Conversion to Islam?
The controversial activist has had his share of scandals over the years.

Ukraine's Mariia Sulialina wins 2024 Civil Rights Defender award: https://benborges.xyz/2024/04/25/ukraines-mariia-sulialina.html

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk helped oust Ronna McDaniel at the RNC. Now the knives are out for him. (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/charlie-kirk-ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-trump-rcna139288
http://www.memeorandum.com/240218/p20#a240218p20

George Lucas backs Bob Iger in the proxy battle between Disney and activist investor Nelson Peltz; sources say Lucas is Disney's largest individual shareholder (Becky Quick/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/19/george-luc…

Hey! Just logged in. And the first toot I came across was this one:
https://noc.social/@todayilearned/111924967102392962

Today I learned (@todayilearned@noc.social)
Attached: 1 image TIL that the world's largest statue is not of Liberty, Jesus or Buddha, but an Indian independence activist who most non-Indians have never heard of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Unity #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1apwk1e/til_that_the_worlds_largest_statue_is_not_of/

please welcome transit activist extraordinaire @… to the fediverse! https://carfree.city/@dylan/111932602181435476

Michael Cieply: Participant Sank As All Hollywood Jumped In
https://deadline.com/2024/04/participant-sank-everyone-jumped-in-commentary-michael-cieply-1235890917/

Michael Cieply: Participant Sank When Everyone Jumped In
Participant Media, the activist entertainment company, started sinking when the rest of Hollywood got active.

Good Morning #Canada
Marc Scott Emery was born February 13, 1958 and became Canada’s "Prince of Pot". Emery was a Canadian cannabis rights activist, entrepreneur and politician, and an advocate of international cannabis policy reform. According to the article below, he is also allegedly a creep. I only remember him from media reports when he was smoking pot on the steps of some govern…

The 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery is allegedly a creep
Marc Emery. Photo Dan Toulgoet It seems that, at 60 years old, Vancouver's self-proclaimed “Prince of Pot” may finally be getting de-throned, ushered out of the cannabis industry spotlight in Canada by the #timesup/#metoo movement.

Yo, #MAGA, here's the one to vote for:
Constitution Party nominates anti-abortion activist Randall Terry for president - POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/…

Hey! Just logged in. And the first toot I came across was this one:
https://noc.social/@todayilearned/111924967102392962

Today I learned (@todayilearned@noc.social)
Attached: 1 image TIL that the world's largest statue is not of Liberty, Jesus or Buddha, but an Indian independence activist who most non-Indians have never heard of. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Unity #til #todayilearned https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1apwk1e/til_that_the_worlds_largest_statue_is_not_of/

Supreme Court rejects BLM activist's bid to evade police officer's lawsuit (Lawrence Hurley/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rejects-blm-activists-bid-evade-police-officers-lawsuit-rcna140048
http://www.memeorandum.com/240415/p18#a240415p18

‘Staff started breaking down’: top US care non-profit accused of reducing workers to tears
Former employees of Caring Across Generations, a high-profile caregivers association run by one of the US’s leading labor activists, and backed by celebrities including Megan Thee Stallion and Bradley Cooper, have accused the non-profit of reducing staff to tears due to poor management, and of retaliation against union organizers.
CAG, an offshoot of the National Domestic Workers Alliance,…

If you need an example, this is Fox News, fear-mongering and making things up to suit the agenda:
Biological men are now welcome in California women's prisons: 'An agenda for female erasure' | Fox News
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biologica…

Biological men are now welcome in California women's prisons: 'An agenda for female erasure'
Amie Ichikawa, an activist and former inmate, warned of the harmful impacts of allowing male inmates to identify as transgender women and be housed in female prisons.

In a video, Disney warns shareholders that adding Nelson Peltz and former Disney CFO Jay Rasulo to the company's board would be "disruptive and destructive" (Meg James/Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com…

Disney slams proxy fight rival Nelson Peltz in ad
Disney is stepping up its campaign against Nelson Peltz, warning shareholders that it would be 'destructive' to add the activist investor to the company's board.

Huge funding 💰from influential conservative donor networks is flowing into groups affiliated with a conservative venture aimed at creating a Republican "government-in-waiting," including over💥 $55 million from groups linked to conservative activist #Leonard #Leo and the

Leonard Leo, Koch networks pour millions into prep for potential second Trump administration
Huge funding from influential conservative donor networks is flowing into a conservative venture aimed at creating a Republican "government-in-waiting."

"This assault began last August, after Schwalb announced he was investigating the Federalist Society for alleged self-dealing. Leo is accused of using millions of dollars in tax-exempt organization funds to prop up his private consulting firm, CRC Advisors."
#Trump’s 'court whisperer' unleashes #GOP

Trump’s 'court whisperer' unleashes GOP assault on DC attorney general investigating him
GOP activist Leonard Leo is co-chair of the influential Federalist Society, which has produced all six of the Supreme Court of the United States' (SCOTUS) conservative jurists — including Chief Justice John Roberts. And ever since the office of Washington, DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb started i...

"Muholi is not just somebody who makes incredible images, but they are also an incredible activist, speaker and advocate," says the director of the MEP Simon Baker. "Paris needs Muholi more than Muholi needs to be in Paris." 
https://www.…

Zanele Muholi: Unflinching images that confront injustice
Zanele Muholi creates powerful visual activism about queer life in South Africa. Precious Adesina talks to Muholi, and explores an extraordinary body of work.

During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison, Aleksei A. #Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was writing a #memoir about his life and work as a pro-democracy activist.
Titled “#Patriot,” the memoir will be publ…

Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir. It’s Coming This Fall.
In the book, Navalny tells his story in his own words, chronicling his life, his rise as an opposition leader, and the attempts on his life.

More on the case against Mckesson:
Supreme Court allows police officer’s suit to move forward against Black Lives Matter leader | The Hill
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-b…

Supreme Court allows police officer’s suit to move forward against Black Lives Matter leader
The Supreme Court allowed a police officer’s lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter leader to move forward Monday. In a brief order, the justices turned away activist DeRay Mckesson’s First Amendment appeal, meaning he must face the lawsuit brought by the anonymous officer who was injured during a 2016 protest. Days after police fatally shot…