Tootfinder

"Most importantly, she is the author of “Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure”, a freely available ground-breaking report published with support from the Ford Foundation in 2016, where Nadia proposes the notion that open-source code is akin to public infrastructure, highlighting the urgent need for creators to be supported in their work."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/nadia-asparouhova/

Amnesty International a dénoncé mardi "un génocide en direct" commis par Israël dans la bande de Gaza, où la guerre et le blocage de l'aide humanitaire poussent la population dans une situation désespérée.
#Gaza #AmnestyInternational

#SilentSunday

Au Québec aussi: "déjŠ interdit en classe depuis l'an dernier, le cellulaire devra bientôt être rangé dans les casiers jusqu’Š la fin des cours."
#enseignement

David Brooks: "What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal"
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It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power."
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Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal.
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

#Mexico forbids killing bulls and subjecting them to the most extreme forms of torture.
#Spain is, sadly, still far behind... but I suspect that Mexico's precedent will help, not just as a good example, but also because it will severely decrease the income of many of those bullfighters (toreros).
Toreros usually travel through many countries to participate in these bloody spectacles and make a living out of it. Removing Mexico from their list will be a big thing, so it is likely that many of them will have to do something else with their lives.

"The Tax Foundation is a veteran anti-tax campaign organization from the United States. It has been around since 1937 when it was founded by top brass from companies such as Standard Oil and General Motors. Close links to some of the biggest corporations in the US has been a constant feature of the organization, as has its political aim of bringing down taxes"
#lobbying

Ordis et tablettes Š l'école:
"Le gouvernement régional de Madrid a dévoilé des plans visant Š limiter l'utilisation des ordinateurs et des tablettes dans les écoles primaires Š un maximum de deux heures par semaine afin de lutter contre « les risques associés Š l'utilisation précoce, intensive et inappropriée des technologies de l'information »."

YEZZ! Lead by the #IndianaUniversity in the #usa #universities bond together to fight the #trumpcoup

Defunct railroad building.
Taken 4 August 2024.
#WindowFriday #FensterFreitag #Abandoned #Ohio