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Reminder that Aaron Swartz was facing 35 years in prison and financial devastation for trying to programmatically download and open the contents of JSTOR, which led to him taking his own life.
But OpenAI is going to scrape all of academia and make billions by plagiarizing it.
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"All the atrocities that 'Israel' is committing right now are just what the Americans did for decades. The starvation sieges, the torture camps, the destruction of healthcare, the mass murder, the lies about raping white women and threatening white civilization...."
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6/ It is essential that all Israeli and US forces be withdrawn from Gaza, because even if there is no real ceasefire, deaths after a so-called "ceasefire" will be a fraction of the amount that will occur if ground forces stay.
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5/ If they have boots on the ground they can endlessly sabotage aid for “security reasons” and can kill civilians almost without limit under a doctrine of “force protection”.
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4/ The other aim is to maximise the surface area of post-“ceasefire” interface between their forces and the people of Gaza and, by the same token, the armed militants of Al Qassam, Islamic Jihad and other groups.
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3/ However, their current aim is in part to draw out negotiations while maintaining a veneer of good faith on the US part.
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2/ It is certain that whatever happens Israel will continue the siege and will continue bombing, shelling and drone attacks at some level of frequency. That will only end when the regime in Israel is ended.
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1/ What the US and Israel really want from a “ceasefire” is to maximise their ability to continue the genocide in a post-“ceasefire” mode.
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Pistachio Wars w/ Rowan Wernham 🎧
We chat with Rowan Wernham, director of upcoming documentary Pistachio Wars, about water privatisation in California and the impact that billionaire agriculture has on the environment, local populations and global politics.
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First they came for my mammaries....
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Jesus Christ.
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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"Israeli government accounts on the social media site X have been posting a video with a quote from a freed hostage, in which she says that “there are no innocent civilians” in Gaza...A narrator says that Gazan civilians participated in the [Oct 7th] Hamas attack"
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give us back the subtle, understated version of The Boys the wokes took from us
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Paper-thin cover for Biden’s complicity in the genocide gets dismantled again.
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I don’t believe we need less H&S regulation, only ghouls think that:
“An estimated 10,000 people - men, women and sometimes children - have died from occupational ill health or workplace fatalities since 2010. A further 420,000 people were injured at work.” #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...
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An already exploited workforce but RSE employers say it’s not enough. Some want to be able to charge more rent on often substandard accommodation, not pay sick leave, lower wages and provide less hours and sadly we have a Govt that will likely collude in exploitation. #NZpol 1/n
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What the Western reaction to the Gaza genocide shows is that there is a real clear ruling class and they are absolute psychopaths.
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one of my deep seated beliefs is that elephants are one of the other high level intelligences on this planet and that if there is a judgment day humanity will be held to account for our crimes against them www.theguardian.com/science/arti...
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Geneva Conventions Art 37. – Prohibition of perfidy 1.
It is prohibited to kill, injure or capture... by resort to perfidy. Acts inviting the confidence of an adversary to lead him to believe that he is entitled to, or is obliged to accord, protection... shall constitute perfidy.
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Wānaka: Palestine solidarity event
Cold dip & Bake sale
a fundraiser for Palestine
Saturday, 22nd June
10am until sold out
BYO tea or coffee
at Wānaka Watersports Facility (next to Wānaka tree)
ID: same info, illustrated with the Palestinian flag, people swimming and baked goods
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John Kirby: The ceasefire deal that we announced was definitely an Israeli deal, not one we wrote, and even though Israel denies in public that they agree to the deal, in private they agree that they definitely wrote it themselves (not us) and agree with almost all of what they wrote.
Seems legit.
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The 2024/25 Living Wage rate is $27.80.
Paying the Living Wage rate is voluntary. Employers who pay the Living Wage want to make sure their workers get enough money to live with dignity.
#kikorangi
#EthicsInAction
#LivingWage
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tiwai point with a $1.5 billion a year in revenue contributes $400 million to the southland economy, and in return for that each and every household in all of NZ is paying $200 a year more in electricity. So here in Hamilton what am I getting for my money?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... #nzpol
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in guatemala we remember nuestra anciano Tecun Uman, who gave his blood for our country against the Spanish invaders. he swore vengeance, that the land would be free. his blood became the blood upon the breast of the quetzal which remains with us in guatemala today. 🇬🇹
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*hear
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You should here her in the bedroom on a good night. Talk about devout!
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this is the funniest thing happening on the internet today:
people claiming the newly elected president of Mexico isn’t really Jewish because she thanked Jesus
(she thanked Jesús, her husband)
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If you vow to keep fighting and never give up then every day that you do is a victory.
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I think people get too invested in the idea of wins and losses - like it is a narrative arc. The reality is one of ongoing struggle. If we don't fight things will get worse, so we keep fighting. In NZ we chant: "Ka whawai tonu matou!" "Ake! Ake! Ake!" Roughly "Our endless struggle! Forever more!"
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My husband is reading a really interesting book about activist burn out, and basically every chapter that looks at specific historical activists shows that being unable to acknowledge even minor victories leads to burn out and depression.
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People are asking why Zionist hasbara is so bad since October 7, but it isn't. Effective propaganda is simplistic and exaggerated - it always borders on self-parody. It's role is to make people take a position and defend it against reason. Their problem is not declining quality, it's over-exposure.
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The Union of Jewish Students claims to serve the interests of the UK’s Jewish student community. It actually serves the interests of Israel by associating with its “quasi-governmental” Zionist institutions and whitewashing its coloniality.
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"One 1.2-litre vehicle had similar on-road fuel consumption to several 2-litre cars, and a hybrid SUV had higher petrol consumption than a similar-sized conventional SUV"
It truly blows my mind how widespread the emissions cheating fraud is, across the fossil car industry
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Intel is also a hard no on the No Thanks app
"They recently withdrew from Europe's largest tech conference, Web Summit in response to the event leader's remarks criticising Western support for Israel...
They have made their position clear"
Pass it on
#BDS
#Boycott
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People sometimes ask me what you need to know to write a fantasy novel, and it's this. It's just this. You can print it out.
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www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/the-unr... "The countries of Oceania are not simply holiday destinations, they are not just sources of people or resource exploitation.... They are not “empty” places to trial bombs. They are not “strategic” assets in a global military chess game."
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We Didn't Chart(er) the Fire 🎧
This week we have somewhat an Education special as the National continues using ACT as it’s proxy to push through destructive changes to the public service.
w/ @kyledchurch.bsky.social @oldmatecans.bsky.social
@bootstheory.bsky.social @andrewdickson13.bsky.social
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"Genocide in Gaza". New report from University Network for Human Rights and Boston, Yale, Pretoria, Cornell Law faculties.
Israel is breaching Genocide Convention and other states have "concrete obligations" to act.
www.humanrightsnetwork.org/palestine
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