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CPJ calls on Kuwaiti authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, detained under new security and fake news laws.

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i stopped reading anything on Substack months ago when i found out about them allowing and promoting white supremacist content.

if u are still using it, hope this will be the reason u finally switch ur newsletter to a different platform...some alternatives:

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Black background with the white whn.global logo at the top. Large white text reads: “A New COVID Variant Has Been Detected in the U.S.” Below, in bright pink text: “BA.3.2 is evading existing immunity and spreading globally. Ongoing surveillance and precautions are critical.” At the bottom in small white text: “World Health Network - Science for a safer, healthier world.”

🚨 A new COVID variant, BA.3.2 ("Cicada"), has been detected in the U.S. and internationally.

With 50+ spike mutations relative to BA.3, significant immune evasion is expected. Continued precautions matter.

"what can I do to avoid using chatgpt then?"

YOUR BRAIN
YOUR BRAIN
IT CAME FREE WITH YOUR MEAT SUIT WHEN IT WAS CREATED

YOUR. BRAIN.

More than 350 Palestinian children remain imprisoned by Israel on Children’s Day.

Palestinian rights groups say children face systematic violations, including violent arrests, isolation and detention without charge.

#Infograph

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Today we're launching Proton Meet: end-to-end encrypted video calls where no one can listen in, not even Proton. Built on the same zero-access architecture as Proton Mail. Read more: https://proton.me/business/blog/introducing-proton-meet

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Control your own future with a suite of business tools that don’t exploit your data. Today, we’re launching Proton Workspace, helping you collaborate securely and privately: https://proton.me/business/blog/proton-workspace

The world has to be safe for people to express suicidality & I know you're not gonna like it, but the answer's not for people to fear getting locked up if they express their pain, or to have to keep it hidden because no one can tolerate it. Let people express the depths of their sadness freely.

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"The world is held together...by the love & the passion of a very few people. Otherwise, of course, you can despair. Walk down the street of any city, any afternoon, & look around you...You could be that person. You could be that monster... you have to decide, in yourself, not to be." James Baldwin

🖤💜🖤

im grabbing your hand to tell you. it’s not too late to start wearing a mask again. it’s better to wear a mask 1/4 of the time (or whatever your percent looks like) than not at all. there’s no shame in starting to be covid safe again even if you havent been for a long time. its okay

Three-panel meme showing a woman speaking and a man listening from behind a wall. In the first panel, she says “Masks don’t work,” and the man replies “Be honest.” In the second, she says “I don’t want to wear one,” and he again says “Be honest.” In the final panel, she says “I just don’t wanna be reminded of the scary pandemic,” and the man responds, “Thank you.”

This is what it really comes down to.

Masks are a reminder the pandemic isn’t over.

🔹COVID is airborne
🔹Each infection carries cumulative risk
🔹Long COVID has no cure
🔹The pandemic isn’t over
🔹Wearing a mask is still one of the best ways to protect yourself and others

Stay informed. Stay safe.

I think it is ridiculous that we were raised having to pledge allegiance every day to a country "with liberty and justice for all" and now people are mad because some of us actually believed it

Evergreen.

Things that will actually help and protect kids:
- gun control
- universal healthcare
- better education about how to keep themselves safe
- actually holding people who harm kids accountable
- giving kids more accessible resources to reach for when they *do* need help
- UBI
- free school lunches

Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia

You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge

Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

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New resource from LFP and CoRD: safer communication with Signal. Our best practices based on common threat models and concerns. Feel free to share! PDF downloadable at libraryfreedom.org/wp-content/u...

Abolish the Border, Abolish the Police Reading List In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, we offer an extensive reading list about border and police ab...

Yes, literally.

BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.

Once again, immigration is not even a problem. Immigrants are not more criminal, they don't cost jobs, they don't harm the economy. There is no reason for any of this. It is hurting ourselves to hurt them.

there is no universe in which ICE should exist

there is no ICE "lite"

there is no ICE with better training that magically upholds human rights

people should be able to go where they want

our tax dollars should not be spent kidnapping & murdering people

this is not complicated or controversial

I’ve avoided saying “trust me” for six years.

“Just trust me” often really means: shut up and defer.

But now, genuinely, I’m asking you to trust this one thing: you are not immune to repeated cumulative damage from COVID.

It will shorten your life & ruin your QOL. It’s just a matter of time. 👇

The Church Committee Report: Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation Into the National Security State Revelations from the Bombshell 1970s Investigation Into the National Security State

With MLK day approaching, worth reading what the official Senate investigation found about surveillance, sabotage, and blackmail as part of the FBI's "war" on Martin Luther King.

"No holds were barred. We have used [similar] techniques against Soviet agents...This is a rough, tough business."

This thread.

Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.

Google is forcing more generative AI on Gmail users. I couldn’t think of a better moment to finally drop Gmail (and other Google services)!

I have a guide to do just that here: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

Infographic that says in 2023, 70% of police killings began with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime had been reported.

Don't let copaganda fool you – police violence is not tied to their safety.

The vast majority of police killings actually start with officers responding to a suspected non-violent situation or a case where no crime has been reported.