@Techmeme@techhub.socialX says it is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe against her ex-employer Block, after being allegedly sacked for her X posts about refugees and trans people (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/x-is-funding-a-la<…
@blakes7bot@botsin.spaceSeries B, Episode 11 - Gambit
JENNA: And goodbye to any chance of finding the Federation control centre.
BLAKE: Right. You know what you have to do, Vila. I want you or Avon on stand-by in the teleport the entire time we're in Freedom City.
https://blake.torpidity.net/s/211/22 📺 B7B8
@aardrian@toot.cafe#MapleSunday run through Franklinville (Wright Farms, the snow suckers), Freedom (Moore’s Maple Shack and Pancake House, the meal), and Attica (Merle Maple, no pics of the maple soft-serve nor the maple pulled pork).
Non-GF bottomless pancakes and if three was a bad idea then nine was just being mean to myself. Stomach unhappy right now.
@servelan@newsie.socialState Freedom Caucuses are a thing now, and they're nuttier than the House is
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/14/2229239/-State-Freedom-Caucuses-are-a-thing-now-and-they-re-nuttier-than-th…
@arXiv_hepph_bot@mastoxiv.pageDirac leptogenesis from asymmetry wash-in via scatterings
Tom\'a\v{s} Bla\v{z}ek, Julian Heeck, Jan Heisig, Peter Mat\'ak, Viktor Zaujec
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16934 <…
@fremandolasse@mastodon.social
@drahardja@sfba.socialThis is basically slavery, right?
You lose your house = you lose your freedom, and then you must do whatever you’re told by the prison system, until you die. Because let’s face it, you’d still be homeless when they let you out, and then they’ll arrest you again.
It’s slavery. https://mastodon.social/@w…
@tezoatlipoca@mas.to
@adrianriskin@kolektiva.socialHere's their press release from this morning:
Alt text here instead of in images due to length:
NEWS RELEASE Embargoed until April 24, 7:00am PST
Divest From Death USA
Media Contact: Media Liaisons, USC Divest From Death Coalition USCSolidarityOccupation@protonmail.com
USC Divest From Death Coalition to Begin Gaza Solidarity Occupation in University of
Southern California Campus
LOS ANGELES. (April 24, 2023) — USC Divest From Death Coalition today announced theit occupation of USC's Alumni Park, where the increasingly controversial 2024 Commencement is currently set to take place. The students taking part in the Gaza Solidarity Occupation are planning to occupy USC until their demands are met. The coalition joins other students groups across the country in the National Students for Justice in Palestine's "Popular University for Gaza," a coordinated mass movement of students, faculty and staff that disrupts universities, creating climates that push universities to answer community and international calls for full divestment from the Zionist entity, and all of the industries that sustain it.
1. End War Profiteering and Investment in Genocide. USC must fully disclose and divest its finances and endowment from companies and institutions that profit from Israeli apartheid, genocide, and occupation in Palestine, including the US Military and weapons manufacturing. USC must comumit to accountability through full transparency of their financial investments.
2. Complete Academic Boycott of Israel. USC must end its study abroad programs at Hebrew University's Rothenberg International School and Reichman University and sever all academic ties and research cooperation with Israeli universities.
3. Protect free speech on campus and provide full amnesty to all students, staff, and faculty disciplined, penalized, or fired for their pro-Palestine ackivism. USC must abide by their self- proclaimed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion values and implement material policies protecting the safety of its marginalized students.
4. Stop the Displacement, from South Central to Palestine. No land grabs, whether in South Central, Tongva territory, or Palestine. Cease expansion, provide reparations, and support housing for low-income South Central residents. No development by USC without genuine community control.
5. No Policing on Campus. End the targeted repression and harassment of Black, Brown, and Palestinian students and their allies on and off campus, including through university disciplinary processes. Defund the Department of Public Safety and disclose and sever all ties with the LAPD.
6. End the Silence on the Genocide in Palestine. Release a public statement calling for an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza, denouncing the ongoing genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people, and call on government officials o do so too.
"I'm participating in the Gaza Solidarity Occupation at USC to highlight and amplify the anti- zionist Jewish voice at USC and be in solidarity with the Palestinian fight for liberation," says a student organizer from USC's chapter of Jewish Voices for Palestine (JVP). "JVP USC feels our voice is especially important right now as many people at USC and across the country are equating zionism and Judaism, but we are here to say they are not the same! We stand by our belief of free speech, resistance to oppressive systems and solidarity with our valedictorian Asna and all other college campuses where pro-Palestine voices have been silenced."
The USC Divest From Death Coalition establishes the occupation mo st fundamentally in solidarity with the people of Palestine as they resist genocide and continue in their struggle for liberation. The occupation is also in resistance to attempts by USC and other universities to suppress the student movement for Palestine on its campuses, in resistance to the silencing of students that criticize the state of Israel, in resistance to the university administrators and boards of trustees who profit off the genocide of Palestinians; The students taking part are firm in their commitment to speaking out against the university's complicity in the genocide of the Palestinian people.
"USC's funding of the ongoing genocide perpetuated by the zionist entity is reflective of maintaining imperialist interests abroad, as well as solidifying the shared ideology of amerikan and zionist institutions in preserving racialized oppression," says a student organizer of the Gaza Solidarity Occupation. "To not stand in opposition to the expressly racist violence here and abroad is to ignore the calls for solidarity demanded by the majority of the world. USC acts in accordance with these oppressions, and to call against this is to recognize both the inhumanity of these systems and our own humanity in opposing them."
We have chosen to use the word "occupation” instead of "encampment" to draw attention to USC as an occupying force on unceded Gabrieleno/Tongva land, an occupying force in South Central through its expansion into, gentrification of, and destruction of the existing community, and as a complicit power in Israeli occupation of Palestine.
About USC Divest From Death
In joining the national "Cut Ties with Genocide: Divest from Death" campaign, USC Divest From Death pushes our institutions to divest from companies complicit in the genocide of Palestinians, in all its iterations, alongside thousands of campuses. The coalition's push for the advancement of the key demand points on campus is the first steps towards the liberation of all people by ending the complicity of the University of Southern California in the violence enacted on our communities. Through the intentional act of coalition building, the students of USC realize that we are part of an interconnected fight for freedom taking place on campus, in our communities and homelands. We envision campuses free from militarism, occupation, and war through the implementation of divestment at USC
About Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
The student movement for the liberation of Palestine first began in the 1950s through the formation of the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS). From the U.S. to Palestine, GUPS chapters galvanized thousands of students towards a liberated Palestine. The 90s” wave of corrupt politicians and faulty deals changed the liberation movement as we knew it and many institutions, including the student movement, collapsed. In the absence of a Palestinian student movement, organizations such as Students for Justice in Palestine emerged across occupied Turtle Island (U.S. and Canada) as a way to educate, advocate, and mobilize in support for Palestinian liberation. Nearly two decades after the formation of the first Students for Justice in Palestine, the movement for Palestine has taken colleges and universities across North America by storm. With over 200 campus Palestine solidarity organizations across the continent, students have been leaders in uplifting demands for freedom, Justice, and equality for the Palestinian people.
@cdarwin@c.imAntifascist activists gathered in Hungary's capital on Saturday to oppose an annual commemoration held by far-right groups, underscoring diplomatic tensions between Budapest and Rome over the detention of an Italian citizen in a Hungarian jail.
Hundreds of activists marched through central Budapest alongside a heavy police presence, and called for "freedom for every antifascist."
They said they sought to prevent the far-right from observing the "Day of Honor,&…
@gwaldby@mastodon.socialIn just 263 days, the ballot holds our freedom! The power to choose what's right for our bodies, love, identity, even our books. While Repubs snatch our rights, Biden & Harris stand up for us!
#NoTrumpAbortionBan https:/…
@kcarruthers@mastodon.socialProject 2025: The Right’s Dystopian Plan to Dismantle Civil Rights and What It Means for Women - Ms. Magazine
With careful planning, conservatives today are working to make their policy priorities permanent—no matter what happens in future elections. https://msmagazine.com/20…
@ukraine_live_tagesschau@mastodon.socialSelenskyj dankt für US-Votum über milliardenschwere Hilfe
Der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj hat dem US-Repräsentantenhaus für die Billigung der milliardenschweren Militärhilfe für den Kampf gegen den russischen Angriffskrieg gedankt. Er sei beiden Parteien sowie persönlich dem republikanischen Vorsitzenden des Repräsentantenhauses, Mike Johnson, "dankbar für die Entscheidung, die die Ges…
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@nemobis@mamot.frRecent #ECB speeches on the #DigitalEuro say (almost) all the right things on #privacy and other controversial areas. They've done their homework. ECB statements on the latest AML legislative package were far less clear…
@arXiv_hepph_bot@mastoxiv.pageDirac leptogenesis from asymmetry wash-in via scatterings
Tom\'a\v{s} Bla\v{z}ek, Julian Heeck, Jan Heisig, Peter Mat\'ak, Viktor Zaujec
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16934 <…
@sharan@metalhead.club
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineElke Nederlander die Engels kan lezen dient dit artikel tot zich te nemen, maar in het bijzonder politici.
How Dutch far-right figure turned to Islam https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/04/jo…
@saraislet@infosec.exchangeIncel CS lecturer at Waterloo
"2.5.1 BEHAVIOR OF GIRLS DIFFER BEFORE AND AFTER IMMIGRATION"
Girls, specifically. Not boys. Stinks of a misogyny problem.
"Before immigration in Iran, girls usually like and welcome marriage. … However, after
immigration to a western country such as Canada … [s]ome of them do not look for relationships for at least several years."
Definitely stinks of misogyny.
"The first possible reason is that some girls in Iran want to get out of their parents’ house so they gain more freedom in their own house living with their husband. However, when they immigrate to another country, they become independent and do not need to escape from their parents’ house; they are already in their own house with their freedom."
Ah. I found the misogyny, right behind the authoritarianism.
@cdarwin@c.imRights groups back Observer writer Carole Cadwalladr over court costs
A coalition of organisations championing press freedom have rallied behind the award-winning Observer and Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr, stating they are “deeply disappointed” she has been refused permission to appeal against a ruling that ordered her to pay significant legal costs to the prominent Brexit backer Arron Banks.
The supreme court refused to let Cadwalladr contest a cost order six months ago …
@erikdelareguera@mastodon.nuInternational media must now be given free access to Rafah. Israel & Egypt must open the border and allow journalists to do their job in #Gaza.
Not just through "embeds".
The IDF & Hamas must guarantee the safety & freedom of movement of reporters.
The world has a right to see.
#pressfreedom
@kcarruthers@mastodon.socialProject 2025: The Right’s Dystopian Plan to Dismantle Civil Rights and What It Means for Women - Ms. Magazine
With careful planning, conservatives today are working to make their policy priorities permanent—no matter what happens in future elections. https://msmagazine.com/20…
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineJe zou zo in wonderen gaan geloven!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/04/joram-van-klaveren-netherlands-dutch-freedom-party-pvv-islam?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@dsc@mastodon.scot @cdarwin@c.imWe are a nation born from the conviction that people must be #free.
But since the middle of the last century, that idea has been co-opted.
💥Forces on the political Right have justified exploitation by cloaking it in the rhetoric of freedom, 💥 leading to
🔸pharmaceutical companies "freely overcharging" for medication,
🔸 a Big Tech "free from oversight",
🔸politici…
@servelan@newsie.social"For people in the business of opposing vaccination or unwelcome election results, mistrust of big financial institutions and tech companies is common. Increasingly, they can find alternatives being built by a community with a head start in developing the tools of the so-called freedom economy: the far right."
Anti-vaccine activists and the far right team up on parallel economy : NPR
@cdarwin@c.imUS House approves $61bn in military aid for Ukraine after months of stalling
Immediately after the bill passed, ZelenskIy released a statement expressing his gratitude to both parties
“and personally Speaker Mike Johnson for the decision that keeps history on the right track”.
“Democracy and freedom will always have global significance and will never fail as long as America helps to protect it,” he said.
“The vital US aid bill passed today by the House will keep the w…
@arXiv_grqc_bot@mastoxiv.pageThis https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11752 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_grqc_…
@cdarwin@c.imAnti-abortion attorneys ascend federal government ranks with Christian right legal training
The conservative Christian law firm Alliance Defending Freedom’s expansive ties include federal judges and most recently Speaker of the House
The nonprofit law firm that helped Mississippi solicitor general Scott Stewart argue and win the #Dobbs case
— the Alliance Defending Freedom
— has work…
@servelan@newsie.social#Truth.
Biden Is "Heartbroken" Over Death Of Nex Benedict: "Nobody Should Face The Cruel Bullying That Nex Did" - Joe.My.God.
https://ww…
@villavelius@mastodon.onlineGeert Wilders gives up hope of being Dutch PM due to lack of support. Phew, the country can have a flicker of hope again.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/13/geert-wilders-gives-up…
@servelan@newsie.social'Let’s talk about the Nazis': Republican opposing paramilitary activity ban bill under fire - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/nazis-republicans-bill/
@servelan@newsie.socialThe Politics of Defining Anti-Semitism - Ms. Magazine
https://msmagazine.com/2024/02/04/the-politics-of-defining-anti-semitism/
@cdarwin@c.imPhony outrages are being used by Republicans to justify their party's rejection of religious liberty and embrace of Christian nationalism
Bogus claims that Democrats “mock your faith” are a cynical excuse to strip Americans of religious freedom
Every single word of this, of course, is a lie. Democrats are not trying to take God away,
as evidenced by Biden going to church and sharing a statement of faith.
Nor is there a scrap of evidence that trans people ar…
@adrianriskin@kolektiva.socialColumbia University President announces decision to arrest student protestors.
#ColumbiaUniversity #FreePalestine #NYC #NewYorkCity
Fwd: Addressing Unfolding Events on Campus
Thu, Apr 18 at 1:28PM
- Forwarded message - From: Minouche Shafik <officeofthepresident@columbia.edu> Date: Thu, Apr 18, 2024 at 13:22
Subject: Addressing Unfolding Events on Campus
To: <PRESIDENT@lists.columbia.ed>
To the Columbia University community:
This morning. I had to make a decision that I hoped would never be necessary. I have always said that the safety of our community was my top priority and that we needed to preserve an environment where everyone could learn in a supportive context. Out of an abundance of concern for the safety of Columbia's campus, I authorized the New York Police Department to begin clearing the encampment from the South Lawn of Morningside campus that had been set up by students in the early hours of Wednesday morming.
I took this extraordinary step because these are extraordinary circumstances. The individuals who established the encampment violated a long list of rules and policies. Through direct conversations and in writing, the university provided multiple notices of these violations. including a written warning at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday notifying students who remained in the encampment as of 9:00 p.m. that they would face suspension pending investigation. We also tried through a number of channels to engage with their concerns and offered to continue discussions if they agreed to disperse
I regret that all of these attempts to resolve the situation were rejected by the students involved. As a result, NYPD officers are now on campus and the process of clearing the encampment is underway.
Protests have a storied history at Columbia and are an essential component of free speech in America and on our campus. We work hard to balance the rights of students to express political views with the need to protect other students from rhetoric that amouits to harassment and discrimination. We updated our protest policy to allow demonstrations on very short notice and in prime locations in the middle of campus while still allowing students to get to class, and fabs and libraries to operate. The current encampment violates all of the new policies, severely disrupts campus life, and creates a harassing and intimidating environment for many of our students
Columbia is committed to academic freedom and to the opportunity for students and faculty to engage in political expression—within established rules and with respect for the safety of all. The policies we have in place around demonstrations are in place to support both the right to expression and the safety and functioning of our university.
Prior to taking this action. I complied with the requirements of Section 444 of the University Statutes.
This is a challenging moment and these are steps that I deeply regret having to take. I encourage us all to show compassion and remember the values of empathy and respect that draw us together as a Columbia comnminity.
Sincerely,
Minouche Shafik
President, Columbia University in the City of New York
