hopebuilding
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I read a lot and share stories, especially those focused on solutions. I blog at Hopebuilding.blog and on Substack at Seeing Like A Local.
"Today, Kyiv reels from the deadliest attack this year after failing to intercept any Russian missiles overnight, as North Korea continues to support Russia’s war, providing 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers."
Russian soldier opens fire on own platoon as Moscow rains missiles on Kyiv | Ukraine latest war news
YouTube video by Ukraine: The Latest
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I am disgusted...... Is it just about the money, Meta and Facebook? Regulation that works is needed.
Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week.
wired.com
"Commonland, an international non-profit that works with local communities across more than 50 countries to restore degraded landscapes, argues that this kind of land restoration is Europe’s most overlooked defence against fire."
This federal judge ruled against Trump. Then the threats began.
U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s experience is emblematic of the climate facing jurists, whether nominated by Democratic or Republican presidents.
washingtonpost.com
"Moroccan prosecutors have charged 25 people in connection with last Thursday's mass crossing of migrants into the Spanish territory of Ceuta."
Moroccan prosecutors charge 25 over Ceuta migrant crossings
Charges include organising illegal border crossings, transporting passengers without a license, and insulting and assaulting security forces. #EuropeNews
euronews.com
"Hundreds of protesters chanted “Down, down with corporations” outside a northern Alberta county office on Sunday to voice their opposition to tech giant Meta’s plan to build a data centre."
Hundreds protest Meta's plan for massive data centre in northern Alberta county - Journal Of Commerce
MORINVILLE, ALTA. — Hundreds of protesters chanted
canada.constructconnect.com
"The Fort Saskatchewan Nourishment Centre recently introduced a grocery-shopping model. Clients still register in advance and get the same amount of food, based on family size. But now, people can choose most of the foods they want, instead of receiving pre-packed hampers."
2 Alberta food banks adopt grocery-style model to give families more choice and dignity | CBC News
Some organizations are rethinking how they provide food assistance, as more Albertans turn to food banks amid rising living costs. Leaders say the new approach reduces food waste, restores dignity and...
cbc.ca
"Finns rank among the world’s most media-literate people, in part because educators in the Nordic country of close to six million already teach students how to spot fake news. It’s all part of an effort to teach Finns to think critically...."
Finland Tries to Protect Children Against Deepfakes, With Russia in Mind
Finland, wary of misinformation from Moscow and beyond, has a leg up on other nations in spotting fake news. But A.I. is a whole new challenge.
nytimes.com
"The United States has reportedly used up “virtually all” of its stockpile of missiles in five months of war with Iran."
telegraph.co.uk
"The involvement of EMB representatives in fake election observation is a more visible and increasingly systematic trend and undermines trust in those institutions that stand for the rules-based and transparent conduct of elections,"
When Election Officials Become Fake Observers - European Platform for Democratic Elections
The European Platform for Democratic Elections has identified 29 current or former representatives of Election Management Bodies (EMB) who have participated
epde.org
"This week, CBS News New York has radically changed their coverage. A segment that aired Monday highlighted that many people who lost a family member on 9/11 are “defending Mayor Mamdani’s inclusion in this year’s solemn remembrance ceremony.”
UPDATE: CBS News reverses course, airs story on 9/11 families supporting Mamdani
Last week, CBS News New York falsely reported that “thousands of 9/11 victims’ families are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend this year’s solemn remembrance ceremony.” The articl...
popular.info
"Fifteen people have been killed and over 50 wounded following a massive Russian aerial assault on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and its surrounding area. The night wasn’t peaceful for Russia either, as Ukraine has reportedly hit yet another warehouse belonging to the largest Russian retailer Wildberries
Ukrainian blow to Wildberries, deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv | Morning Report
YouTube video by TVP WORLD
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Judge Wise finds that ICE coerced a 20-year-old Tongan man — admitted legally to the country three years ago — to sign a document accepting deportation, despite no criminal record or immigration proceedings against him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Yesterday demonstrated that Europe can recover quickly. An operation intended to divide the EU produced panic and accusations—but within 48 hours, the capitals had corrected course and closed ranks. These attacks are disruptive, but they are not unmanageable."
Europe Closed Ranks. Now Morocco Has Questions to Answer
Plausible Deniability Is Collapsing
theconcis.com
"One Russian paper today: “Russian enterprises will face a deterioration in financial performance due to rising logistics costs & damage to warehouse infrastructure.” Plus, "The spirit of Anchorage is over", one paper concludes as it recalls last year's Trump-Putin summit in Alaska."
Russia's platform economy "threatened" by Ukrainian drone strikes, warns Russian paper.
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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"A fruit seller in Kherson wasn’t carrying a rifle, wasn’t driving an armoured vehicle or directing artillery fire. He was simply trying to earn a living. A Russian FPV drone hunted him through the market, circling his van as he desperately tried to escape before detonating beside him."
GENOCIDE | When Can We Start Using the G Word?
When a fruit seller becomes a target, what else are we meant to call it?
shaunpinner.substack.com
"Siad’s name appears in more than 2,000 of the Epstein files. ....between 2009 — a year after Epstein’s conviction for soliciting prostitution and procuring a minor for prostitution — and 2019, Siad was sending Epstein information and photos regarding “models” he’d scouted..."
archive.ph
"The global fallout from the Epstein files widened Wednesday, with French authorities urging survivors to come forward and British police assessing private flights to and from London connected to the late financier and convicted sex offender."
In Paris and London, police open up new probes into Epstein files
The Paris prosecutor's office said it was opening two new lines of inquiry, one into alleged human trafficking and the other into possible financial wrongdoing related to Epstein.
nbcnews.com
"Dozens of paddlers journeyed to the biennial Moosehide Gathering near Dawson City, Yukon, over the weekend, marking a first for many Yukon First Nations."
First Nations paddlers make 'historic' journey down Yukon River to Moosehide | CBC News
Dozens of paddlers journeyed to the biennial Moosehide Gathering near Dawson City, Yukon, over the weekend, marking a first for many Yukon First Nations.
cbc.ca
"An investigation by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University has found that public access is often determined not by law, but by the discretion of individual judges, court staff and security officials."
Closed door justice - Focal Point: Lives In The Balance
Since President Donald Trump returned to office, advocacy groups, court observers and journalists have increasingly been barred from immigration court hearings.
livesinthebalance.news
"Immigration attorneys and former judges say a series of Trump administration policy changes is pressuring a backlogged immigration court system to move cases faster — sometimes at the expense of fairness and full review."
The cost of deportation - Focal Point: Lives In The Balance
The cost of immigration enforcement for taxpayers is well known. But far less visible is the private cost borne by immigrants and their families.
livesinthebalance.news
"Large crowds turned out in Gaza City for a mass funeral for 112 people, mostly women and children, who were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential block in late 2023, early in the Gaza war."
Mass funeral in Gaza for 112 Palestinians killed in 2023 Israeli strike
The bodies - belonging to members of two extended families - have only recently been recovered from under rubble in Gaza City.
bbc.com
I like so much how she provides context and sense for a time that seems crazy.....
Today in Politics | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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"I hear a man returning to the place where music once lived, only to discover that the music wouldn’t play. A country that is losing itself from within. I am writing from a country fighting with everything it has to keep its own. And I no longer think that song belongs only to America in 1971."
The Day the Music Did Not Die
I do not remember the first time I heard the song American Pie.
freedomline.substack.com
"A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday said the Trump administration improperly terminated billions of dollars in funds to boost clean energy projects, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the Biden-era effort."
Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate funds
A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.
apnews.com
"The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress."
Guard deployment to Washington into 2029 will cost roughly $1.4B, estimate shows
The extension of the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C. until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4 billion, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.
apnews.com
"Donald Trump’s two-term mission to restore American greatness has more closely resembled a war on his compatriots, be they researchers, women, trans folks, voters, documented or undocumented."
The Americans Are Coming - Macleans.ca
Trump got elected—again.They packed up their lives.Now they’re here.
macleans.ca
"He added: "Given the event's profile, which as anticipated, resulted in an approximate $30m loss, our margins at UFC as well as on a consolidated basis were meaningfully impacted."
UFC White House: UFC loses $30m staging Freedom 250 event at White House
UFC owners lose $30m (£22m) staging the Freedom 250 event, which was attended by US President Donald Trump, at the White House in June.
bbc.com
"Sometimes called "human safari", the deployment of remotely-operated drones against civilians has often been used by Russians to terrify residents of front line areas in Ukraine."
Video shows Russian drone chasing Ukrainian street vendor in 'human safari' attack
Ukraine said the video - showing a terrified civilian being hounded by a remotely controlled drone - amounted to a war crime.
bbc.com
“Last winter, Minnesotans banded together and rejected the harm caused by ill-informed, unplanned and costly federal immigration overreach. As DHS takes steps to reopen Appleton as a federal facility, our response should remain the same: Minnesota is not the place for this.”
