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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 1h

You cannot be fucking serious

SCOOP: Apple Quietly Made ICE Agents a Protected Class

Internal emails show tech giant used anti-hate-speech rules meant for minorities to block an app documenting immigration enforcement.

migrantinsider.com

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1h

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 1h

Ook UGent. Deze verplichting om AI te ‘omarmen’ roept toch wel serieuze vragen op: “UGent omarmt generatieve AI en dat geldt voor alle opleidingen, ook als die fundamentele bezwaren uiten.” apache.be/2025/10/08/u...

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 8h

This is security theatre, it doesn't contribute at all to safety and security of the population and is making society less safe

The New World @thenewworldmag.bsky.social · 10h

🚨BREAKING: The metropolitan police
arrest a man for carrying a copy of our magazine. This is a threat to both journalism and freedom to protest

Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 17h

Watch | A man was arrested in London for holding up The New World magazine, featuring the "sign of the times" with the words:

"I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action"

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.bsky.social · 1d

The Pirate Party is calling it. Germany has stayed solid on blocking an EU Council majority for "Chat control"?! Fantastic news if so!

H/T @privacymatters.bsky.social

Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy

In a major breakthrough for the digital rights movement, the German government has refused to back the EU's controversial Chat Control regulation today after facing massive public pressure. This block...

www.patrick-breyer.de

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 1d

Throughout history “the environment has been a silent victim of human conflict”, due to lack of documentation of environmental harm as well as little attention to its consequences on affected communities, especially the vulnerable ones trialinternational.org/latest-post/...

A Blind Spot in International Justice: The Overlooked Environmental Harm - TRIAL International

More than 40 experts from around the world gathered in Geneva for a one-day Expert Consultation to discuss best practices and challenges in investigating and litigating environmental international cri...

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Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

Einsturzende Neubauten - Progetto Germania Festival, Teatro Spazio Zero, Roma, Italy, 6 oct 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th6Q-rkswmY

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 2d

What is chat control? Good video explainer developed by @carmelatroncoso.bsky.social and team at Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy #chatcontrol www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2O...

What is Chat Control?

YouTube video by Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy

www.youtube.com

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 2d

inderdaad met managementervaring wordt zelden rekening gehouden bij aanwervingen waardoor je vaak zit met mensen in managementfuncties die daar noch ervaring noch talent voor hebben met alle gevolgen van dien

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 2d

En dat is dan nog een belediging voor hogescholen die steeds meer innovatief onderzoek verrichten

Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 2d

Niet op het iBOF project waar ik co-promotor van ben, trouwens een vd weinige alfa/gamma projecten die geld heeft gekregen. Ik begrijp de kritiek maar zie ook duidelijke voordelen van innovatief interdisciplinair onderzoek te steunen, Vlaamse universiteiten worden steeds meer veredelde hogescholen

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 3d

zonder hapjes heb ik ook interesse hoor 😉 ik ga zien of ik kan komen

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 3d

zo ga je mensen niet lokken!

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

“Advocates are particularly concerned over the facilities’ use of Pfas gas, or f-gas, which can be potent greenhouse gases, and may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought. Other f-gases turn into a type of dangerous compound that is rapidly accumulating across the globe.”

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

www.theguardian.com

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 4d

"What they propose is in effect a mass surveillance free-for-all, opening up everyone’s intimate and confidential communications, whether government officials, military, investigative journalists, or activists. For all of Europe’s talk of sovereignty, this is a bizarre cybersecurity decision"

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

signal.org

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 4d

📣 I have a new article out!Acculturation and Acceleration: The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology on Youth at Cultural and Sporting Events #AI #surveillance #openaccess
www.erdalreview.eu/pubblicazion...

European Review of Digital Administration & Law | Acculturation and Acceleration: The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology on Youth at Cultural and Sporting Events

Acculturation and Acceleration: The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology on Youth at Cultural and Sporting Events|Facial recognition technology - Culture of surveillance - Youth, sporting and cultu...

www.erdalreview.eu

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 5d

“Het is jammer dat politici blijven geloven in een vorm van magisch denken, waarbij ze ervan uitgaan dat je een achterdeur (in software, SE) kunt creëren waar alleen de goeden toegang toe hebben”, aldus Whittaker. www.demorgen.be/nieuws/whats...

WhatsApp-concurrent dreigt Europa te verlaten als ‘chat control’ wordt ingevoerd

De chatapplicatie Signal overweegt zich terug te trekken uit de Europese Unie indien het controversiële ‘chat control’-wetsvoorstel wordt aangenomen. Eerder waarschuwden bijna 400 experts voor de scha...

www.demorgen.be

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

In one of her final interviews before she died, Jane Goodall emphasized that we know what’s killing the planet: industrial agriculture, including livestock, and burning fossil fuels.

She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.

Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message

"Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”

www.motherjones.com

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 4d

“Ultimately the test will be an improvement in the river’s health,” says Montlake, of the river Ouse campaign. Protecting whales, meanwhile, requires curbs on unsustainable fishing and shipping — a tough ask, given whales’ wide habitats
www.ft.com/content/d8ed...

Do rivers and whales have legal rights?

Campaigners for giving ‘legal personhood’ to the natural world sense they are winning the argument

www.ft.com

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Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

signal.org

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 5d

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 4d

ja ik ook

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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 5d

in eender geval het is geen eerlijke procedure voor phd studenten