Stuart Drunsfield
@stuartdrunsfield.bsky.social
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#Türkiye: On 4 August, journalist Can Bursalı was placed under judicial control as a result of an investigation into his news reports and social media posts. Stop harassing journalists through judicial intimidation. Journalism is not a crime.
Gazeteci Can Bursalı hakkında adli kontrol kararı
Gazete Pencere muhabiri Can Bursalı, yaptığı haber ve sosyal medya paylaşımları üzerine hakkında başlatılan soruşturma kapsamında İstanbul Cumhuriyet Başsavcılığı’nda ifade verdi.
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If you’re working with your Meta pervert glasses on, don’t forget that looking at passwords shares them with Meta. I know the immediate solution is to use a password manager, and I’ll never not recommend that, but how about not wearing your pervert glasses?
As opposition to data centers grows across the United States, the tech industry is "pulling from tried-and-tested playbooks" to bypass it, write Dean Jackson and Samantha Totoni—from nonprofit front groups to super PACs to tightly managed public forums.
Big Tech’s PR Playbook for Overcoming Data Center Opponents
The tech industry is pulling from tried-and-tested playbooks to bypass and securitize public opposition, write Dean Jackson and Sam Totoni.
techpolicy.press
“We’re so polarized, so you should just agree with me instead!” -every conservative ever
⚡️Update: At least 17 killed, 44 injured after massive Russian missile, drone attack on Kyiv region. Search and rescue operations remain underway after Russia launched 24 ballistic missiles, four hypersonic missiles, and 115 drones targeting civilian infrastructure and residential areas overnight.
Russian ballistic missile attack kills 17, injures 44 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue
A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported overnight ...
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There’s no way to spin this. “Big yech”—actually a nice typo (slip?) in the article—was able to buy off the leadership of the nation’s second largest teacher’s union for a paltry $12.5 million.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8h ago“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”
Not much is left of the Wildberries warehouse in Aleksin, Tula region. #Russia
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · 13h agoMore footage. Ukrainian drones struck the 194,500 m² dual-use Wildberries warehouse in Aleksin, Tula region, this morning. The building is fully engulfed in flames and is expected to burn down completely. The site ranks among Russia's 10 largest warehouses. #Ukraine
FBI Director Kash Patel's unprecedented law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia have triggered significant alarm within the U.S. counterintelligence community, according to a new report.
Kash Patel shrugs off spy risk after forging FBI partnerships with 'enemies'
FBI Director Kash Patel's unprecedented law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia have triggered significant alarm within the U.S. counterintelligence community, according to a new report. Former FBI supervisory agent Jeff Crocker warned that allowing Chinese officials access to American in...
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'The weathers we’re experiencing are not the same for everyone. Heat inequality hits now in bleak and violent ways, exposing class, cracks in care, and the (sometimes) lie of community.' Eva Wiseman writes on the politics of heat in this weekend's magazine https://bit.ly/4hNDk4u
Heatwave-busting tips are everywhere. But what if you’re ...
‘Stay in the shade, shower at midday, wear linen’... It’s this kind of individualism that got us into the climate crisis in the first place
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Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage.
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
The record temperatures, wildfires and drought we have seen in the UK & Europe is climate change in action. There is hope. It has been a record year for renewable energy generation, all new homes will have solar panels from next year. But we must accelerate the transition to clean & green energy.
It’s funny because we do this thing where Black voters are pathologized, literally, every election cycle.
brent sewer socialist🚰🌹@therealbrent.bsky.social · 16h agoSo El-Sayed is doing better with Black voters and worse with white voters than most people imagined? That’ll be fun for The Discourse.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. The 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organizati... TAT: [Weakening civil rights | Attacking science | Undermining democracy]
Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. On a private call last week hosted by the Whit…
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Rescued British woman becomes 14th to die after Los Gallardos wildfires in Spain
Rescued British woman becomes 14th to die after Los Gallardos wildfires in Spain
A British woman has died weeks after being rescued from Spanish wildfires, which left her partner and her in hospital with "devastating injuries".
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Is Nicola Sturgeon leaving the SNP for the Greens? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2643873... @rebeccamccurdy.bsky.social 𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
Rep. Chuck Edwards said he wouldn’t seek re-election two days after the House Ethics Committee concluded the North Carolina Republican had made unwelcome sexual advances to female staffers.
Rep. Chuck Edwards Won’t Seek Re-Election After Ethics Panel Findings
The House Ethics Committee concluded the North Carolina Republican had made unwelcome sexual advances to female staffers.
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German police deployed a bomb disposal robot at an airport overnight after a drone was found on the tarmac near a Ukrainian cargo plane, sparking alarm and forcing the diversion of numerous flights. jrnl.ie/7121992
Bomb disposal robot deployed at German airport after drone found near Ukrainian cargo plane
A German newspaper reported that the drone carried explosives and a detonator – but police have not confirmed this and said the investigation is ongoing.
jrnl.ie
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations officially comes into effect today. See our full statement with @transsolidarity.bsky.social and @transactualuk.bsky.social on our website here: www.scottishtrans.org/ehrcs-code-o...
Zack Polanski has challenged Andy Burnham to stick to Labour’s manifesto promise to ban new oil and gas projects 🚨 He spoke alongside a former solider who called climate change the 'greatest threat to human security we face'
Zack Polanski in oil and gas challenge to Andy Burnham amid drought and wildfires
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Pubic Service Announcement The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be. Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
Zack Polanski delivers ‘reality check’ to Burnham over ‘biggest crisis since WWII’ after summer of extreme heat
To mitigate tsunami impacts, a project in Japan has planted over 680,000 trees along the coast, drawing on traditional "guardian forests." While these natural barriers offer proven protection, many communities continue prioritizing concrete seawalls. Jonathan Vit reports for #Mongabay.
In coastal Japan, one project is planting forests to stand against tsunamis
MINAMISOMA, Japan — Kazuo Monma stepped out onto the small stage and looked at the large crowd with a sense of relief. The weather report had called for rain all weekend, and the mayor of Minamisoma,…
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A car belonging to Vladimir Tkachuk, the developer of Russia’s “Upyr” attack drone, exploded near Yekaterinburg, according to Russian media. Tkachuk was critically injured and remains in intensive care. The cause of the blast has not been officially confirmed.
Work to restore areas of forest badly damaged by Storm Darragh is expected to take between three and five years
Storm-damaged forest could take up to five years to recover
Nation.Cymru staff Work to restore areas of forest badly damaged by Storm Darragh is expected to take between three and five years. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is drawing up plans to clear and repla...
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⚡️ Ukraine's former ambassador to US charged in corruption case. President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Olha Stefanishyna from her post on Aug. 3.
Ukraine's former ambassador to US charged in corruption case
President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Olha Stefanishyna from her post on Aug. 3.
kyivindependent.com
The Guardian revealed that the war on Iran drove oil companies’ profits to record highs during the spring. The consequences have been felt directly in the climate crisis, as the world endured record heatwaves this summer that caused nearly 20,000 deaths.
Israeli forces have launched a large-scale military operation in Qalandiya camp, surrounding the area from all entrances with a heavy military presence, including armed troops and bulldozers. During the raid, Israeli forces stormed homes, assaulted residents and journalists, and carried out arrests
