Small Central Valley farmworker town of Orange Cove to become test site for #hydrogen blending. https://capitalandmain.com/a-tiny-farmworker-community-is-eyed-for-california-hydrogen-experiment
01:45 PM - May 31, 2024
" Before, he had felt like there wasn’t anything he could do about #climatechange , he said, and he would simply joke about the world ending". https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/climate/orphan-wells-capping-methane-leaks.html?
03:54 PM - May 29, 2024
Good to remember that the much-maligned #Section230 is what protects online information about reproductive rights and gender care from being sued out of existence by states with abortion and gender care bans. https://www.wired.com/story/section-230-is-a-last-line-of-defense-for-abortion-speech-onlin
03:33 PM - May 29, 2024
“If half of people think that no one should have to pay for #news , that shows the news business model has some headwinds.” https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2024/shift-to-smartphones-from-tv-and-print-in-full-swing.h...
12:32 AM - May 29, 2024
China made a video about their robot dog soldiers. https://youtu.be/YMnkqY98Cyo?feature=shared
Robot Dog Highlighted at China-Cambodia Joint Military Exercise - YouTube
Intelligent equipment such as robot dog and drones are in spotlight at the ongoing China-Cambodia "Golden Dragon 2024" joint military exercise.https://www.cc...
07:09 PM - May 28, 2024
"We kill people based on #metadata former National Security Agency chief Michael Hayden once infamously quipped". https://theintercept.com/2024/05/22/whatsapp-security-vulnerability-meta-israel-palestine/
05:56 PM - May 28, 2024
According to Defending Rights and Dissent, RightsDissent over 3,000 people have received over $150 million in total settlements for injuries caused by police during the George Floyd protests in 2020. https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/the-cost-of-police-violence-and-mayhem-a-report-on-police-mis
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The Cost of Police Violence and Mayhem: A Report on Police Misconduct during the George Floyd Protests - Defending Rights & Dissent
On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for over nine minutes. Tens of millions of people took to the streets, not only in outrage, but with a fervent hope that
05:40 PM - May 28, 2024
White hat #hackers breach fake anti-virus #scammers targeting older and less tech-literate people with scary-looking pop-up windows. From 404MediaCo https://www.404media.co/hacker-breaches-scam-call-center-emails-its-scam-victims/?ref=daily-stories-...
05:23 PM - May 28, 2024
According to Pappé, DHS asked him whether he was a Hamas supporter, whether he believed Israel was committing genocide and what his “solution” to the Middle East conflict was. Agents also reportedly asked him to identify “his Arab and Muslim friends in America”. #HomelandSecurity https://www.theguar
05:28 PM - May 23, 2024
Shasta County repeals exhorbitant #publicrecords copying fees after important litigation by the First Amendment Coalition. https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2024/05/shasta-county-repeals-illegal-fee-law-following-fac-and-...
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Shasta County Repeals Illegal Fee Law Following FAC and ACLU Demand -
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: [email protected] SAN RAFAEL, Calif. – The Shasta County Board of Supervisors voted last night to repeal a local law that imposed illegal fees for copies of public records that could run into the thousands of dollars. The vote came after the First Am..
04:42 PM - May 23, 2024
"When it comes to re-arrest rates, I think they're lower than they were under the cash system because the dangerous offenders are in custody". "The pretrial Fairness Act: you don't have to like it, but it's working," #BailReform https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/illinois-new-era-without-ca
04:28 PM - May 23, 2024
#DNA collection through the #immigration process is exploding, and the history of #genetic profiling tells us how dangerous this is. #CODIS #HomelandSecurity New report from Georgetown. https://www.law.georgetown.edu/.../raiding-the-genome/
03:16 PM - May 21, 2024
US ends funding for Eco Health Alliance who did animal #virus work in collaboration with Chinese labs, including the one in #Wuhan . https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/health/ecohealth-alliance-peter-daszak-nih-grants.html?
02:39 PM - May 21, 2024
An audit of #Shotspotter claims in Chicago show that most of the #gunfire alerts did have corresponding 911 calls. "Of the 115 events reviewed, which covers a four-year span, only eight (7%) had no corresponding call". https://www.peoplesfabric.com/blog/cpd-shotspotter-lives-saved-list-includes-at-l
02:11 PM - May 21, 2024
Julian #Assange granted an appeal of US #extradition order. https://apnews.com/article/wikileaks-assange-us-extradition-london-court-ruling-28ebf4301cdd25efd5b0...
03:15 PM - May 20, 2024
#SonomaState University president resigns after CSU brass flipped out over his proactive response to campus #Gaza protests. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/17/california-university-president-retires-amid-protest-backla...
02:53 PM - May 20, 2024
Apparently #Shotspotter is the Hotel California of #police tech: you can cancel the contract but the outdoor #microphones remain. https://www.wired.com/story/shotspotter-keeps-listening-contracts-expire/
02:33 PM - May 20, 2024
#Climate lawsuits filed by kids against the government are being dismssed by judges who say a finding of wrongdoing won't remedy the harms. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-14/judge-dismisses-california-childrens-climate-ch...
02:16 PM - May 16, 2024
LA City Council approves weakened version of #ethics reform. " A series of late amendments blocked a proposed expansion of the commission’s size and stopped it from being able to take recommendations directly to the voters if they were disapproved by the council". https://www.politico.com/news/2024/
02:08 PM - May 16, 2024
"The #videos revealed apparent falsehoods in testimony by #Narcotics Strike Force (NSF) Squad 2 officers, proving some of the alleged drug deals never happened and people were falsely charged." https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/philadelphia-police-video-surveillance-narcotics-investig...
02:54 PM - May 15, 2024
The president of #AT &T Illinois was just indicted for #bribery of public officials, conspiracy and unlawful activity to get the Illinois Legislature to pass bills letting AT&T dump their #landline network and speed up #smallcell installations. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/att-paid-bri
02:43 PM - May 15, 2024
"The water board informed the cities of Berkeley and Albany that more than 11,000 tons of Stauffer’s waste was dumped in their #landfills from 1960 to 1971, adding that it’s reasonable to suspect the same #toxic materials in Richmond are present there." https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024
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Revelations of possible radioactive dumping around Bay Area trigger testing - Los Angeles Times
A former chemical plant dumped thousands of tons of industrial waste around the San Francisco Bay Area. The deposits were made in places that are now open to the public — and could contain radioactive material.
02:17 PM - May 15, 2024
East Bay Messenger. Happenings on the East side of San Francisco Bay. https://us6.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=be47d1250c849a0e5b4cbd272&id=8784ed4a12
03:24 PM - May 14, 2024
U.S. Supreme Court #SCOTUS denies #immunity to CA #prison officials who transferred COVID+ positive prisoners from Chino to San Quentin prison and set off a massive #COVID outbreak at San Quentin. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-05-13/supreme-court-denies-californias-plea-for-immu...
03:03 PM - May 14, 2024
Maker of #POM and #Fiji Water suing to enjoin #farmworker #unionization bill. https://apnews.com/article/farmworkers-union-wonderful-co-california-newsom-biden-23dd469e3c2c8aa664...
02:55 PM - May 14, 2024
It is possible to build something besides luxury #condominiums . https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/business/gentrifying-neighborhoods-community-coops.html
02:39 PM - May 14, 2024
Two more tribes ban #SouthDakota governor Kristi Noem from their #reservation land. That is now 6 tribes and 20% of all the land in South Dakota. https://apnews.com/article/kristi-noem-tribes-ban-south-dakota-dog-dbfd7dd2e26985f35d8ad85da724bdc6?...
06:59 PM - May 13, 2024
"Someone had been crying #deepfake . A story that generated thousands of headlines around the world was based on teenage lies, after all. When the truth finally came out, it was barely reported – but the videos and images were real". https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/11/she-was-
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She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all | Dee..
The moral panic following Raffaella Spone’s ‘deepfake’ video spread around the world. She talks for the first time about being the centre of a story in which nothing was as it seemed …
06:05 PM - May 13, 2024
"Davis argues that he can sue under Texas’s wrongful-death statute or under a state law that permits private individuals to sue one another on suspicion of “aiding or abetting” an #abortion past six weeks of pregnancy." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/11/texas-man-ex-out-of-stat
04:48 PM - May 13, 2024
Sometimes .... bad players get what they deserve. "#Sinclair has lost more than 70% of its market value in the last five years". https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/09/sinclair-explores-selling-30percent-of-broadcast-stations.html
04:29 PM - May 10, 2024
