Steven Kagumya 🍉
@skags.bsky.social
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300 DeepMind employees in the UK are unionizing to protest their AI being sold to defense groups, especially Israel. In the US, such activism is dead, the NLRB’s been gutted and anti-Israel critics often face firing or deportation.
Employees activism here effectively means sacrificing your job.
Employees activism here effectively means sacrificing your job.
April 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
300 DeepMind employees in the UK are unionizing to protest their AI being sold to defense groups, especially Israel. In the US, such activism is dead, the NLRB’s been gutted and anti-Israel critics often face firing or deportation.
Employees activism here effectively means sacrificing your job.
Employees activism here effectively means sacrificing your job.
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
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At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
April 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.
Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.
👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...
🧵⬇️
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"I wish I was a journalist to carry on your work."
The grieving father of Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour bids farewell to his son, who was killed by Israeli forces.
The grieving father of Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour bids farewell to his son, who was killed by Israeli forces.
March 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"I wish I was a journalist to carry on your work."
The grieving father of Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour bids farewell to his son, who was killed by Israeli forces.
The grieving father of Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour bids farewell to his son, who was killed by Israeli forces.
Reposted by Steven Kagumya 🍉
Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app, meaning that no one but your device and conversational partners' devices can read the messages you send.
Learn more in our @signal.org guide for beginners. ⤵️
Learn more in our @signal.org guide for beginners. ⤵️
Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners
Also available in Spanish.
freedom.press
March 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app, meaning that no one but your device and conversational partners' devices can read the messages you send.
Learn more in our @signal.org guide for beginners. ⤵️
Learn more in our @signal.org guide for beginners. ⤵️
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European Union lawmakers are pushing enforcers to resist any U.S. pressure over laws that curb Big Tech.
Don’t go soft on US Big Tech, EU Parliament urges
Lawmakers want the European Commission to resist potential Trump pressure to soften rules that rein in U.S. tech giants.
trib.al
January 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
European Union lawmakers are pushing enforcers to resist any U.S. pressure over laws that curb Big Tech.
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Training materials obtained by @theintercept.com include specific examples of permitted hate speech that “demonstrate that Meta’s policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social said.
Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
theintercept.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Training materials obtained by @theintercept.com include specific examples of permitted hate speech that “demonstrate that Meta’s policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social said.
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BREAKING: 750+ musicians are now calling on major labels to drop their $621 million lawsuit against @archive.org — a suit that could destroy the entire nonprofit.
Letter sign ons remain open until Wednesday at SaveTheArchive.com
Letter sign ons remain open until Wednesday at SaveTheArchive.com
Save Music, Save the Archive!
Save Music, Save the Archive! 750+ musicians are speaking out to demand that major labels drop a lawsuit aimed to destroy the Internet Archive—and for their industry to take concrete actions to realig...
SaveTheArchive.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: 750+ musicians are now calling on major labels to drop their $621 million lawsuit against @archive.org — a suit that could destroy the entire nonprofit.
Letter sign ons remain open until Wednesday at SaveTheArchive.com
Letter sign ons remain open until Wednesday at SaveTheArchive.com
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Our documentary with 100 Days in Appalachia on student encampments in the Rust Belt will be screened at the 2024 Backyard Docs Film Festival in Pittsburgh on Saturday, December 7!
More info: https://interc.pt/3CMMlIN
Not in Pittsburgh? Watch it here now: https://interc.pt/3ZqHLZD
More info: https://interc.pt/3CMMlIN
Not in Pittsburgh? Watch it here now: https://interc.pt/3ZqHLZD
November 27, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Our documentary with 100 Days in Appalachia on student encampments in the Rust Belt will be screened at the 2024 Backyard Docs Film Festival in Pittsburgh on Saturday, December 7!
More info: https://interc.pt/3CMMlIN
Not in Pittsburgh? Watch it here now: https://interc.pt/3ZqHLZD
More info: https://interc.pt/3CMMlIN
Not in Pittsburgh? Watch it here now: https://interc.pt/3ZqHLZD
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That journalist is @annodea.com and the interview got published in @siliconrepublic.bsky.social. Ann captured my thoughts perfectly. The success of this platform isn't solely on the Bluesky team, it's a shared responsibility, the community has a role to play. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...
November 26, 2024 at 11:04 AM
That journalist is @annodea.com and the interview got published in @siliconrepublic.bsky.social. Ann captured my thoughts perfectly. The success of this platform isn't solely on the Bluesky team, it's a shared responsibility, the community has a role to play. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...
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Donald Trump's pro-Israel cabinet, a thread 🧵:
November 13, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Donald Trump's pro-Israel cabinet, a thread 🧵:
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While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Benefits of an open network
emilyliu.me
November 24, 2024 at 11:53 PM
While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here: