El Salvador’s human rights situation has deteriorated alarmingly over the last five years, especially in the area of civil and political rights. Against this backdrop and in response to the recent amendment of article 248 of the country’s Constitution, a …
Those who survived Israel’s deadly bombardment now have to contend with the rising environmental disaster in Gaza’s displacement camps, including insect infestations, dangerous amounts of garbage and human waste, and the spread of infectious disease.
Palestinians have been the sole journalists persistently reporting from the ground in Gaza. Yet it feels that the world is losing interest in our stories.
The post We’ve shown Gaza’s suffering for over 200 days. Don’t look away now appeared first on +972 M…
A new U.N. report warns that environmental journalists across the globe are facing growing violence and intimidation.Read more on E360 →
Violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has escalated dramatically, with armed groups expanding to new areas, leaving people too afraid to seek vital healthcare.
Last week, the European Parliament was doing everything everywhere all at once in the run up to the final plenary before the June EU elections. Let’s run through some of the highlights.
In a disappointing move that will endanger medical secrecy, the Europe…
Hey everyone!This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of April.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Twilight, updated our notes on chainplates, wheel to tiller conversion, cabin lights standing rigging replacement,…
News report with Nora Barrows-Friedman (01:44); Ali Abunimah debunks new “mass rapes” hoax (25:19); Journalist and teacher Donya Abu Sitta reports from Gaza (01:26:10); Jon Elmer analyzes latest resistance videos from Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen (01:40:46);…
In the years following the publication of De Magnete in 1600 and the death of William Gilbert in 1603 a dispute developed between two leading English magnetists, William Barlow (1544 – 1625) and Dr Mark Ridley (1560–c. 1624), as to which of them was Gilbe…
An alleged coyote holding a walkie talkie crouches by some mangroves. In another video, he speaks to the camera about the fact that new floating barriers deployed in the Rio Bravo/Rio Grande won’t stop him crossing the river. The only problem – we geoloc…
A couple weeks ago, Flint Dibble appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast for a nearly 4.5 hour debate with Graham Hancock.
The post Archaeologist Helps Pseudoarchaeologist find His Lane first appeared on Archaeology Review.
Over the years there have been several claims of "metal-free" versions of coupling reactions that are typically catalyzed, and it's safe to say that most (all) of these have come to grief eventually. The lesson that people are gradually learni…
NO HOUSING NO KING Today, April 27, we come together to celebrate Housing Day (Woningsdag), not Koningsdag (King’s Day). Instead of celebrating the monarchy, we will celebrate the resistance and bravery of everyday people. Kingsday is a day of hypocrisy, …
ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it
noyb today filed a complaint against the ChatGPT maker OpenAI with the Austrian DPA
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29 April 2024
Prof Dr. Frances Brazier
Prof. Dr. Frances Brazier was awarded Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion on April 27, 2024. It is the highest civilian order of chivalry in the Netherland…
[FR] – COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Le vote du projet de loi du CD&V visant à autoriser Frontex à exercer des fonctions de police en Belgique a été reporté au 2 mai, sous la pression des manifestations d’opposition d’un grand nombre de citoyens. En commission…
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A deep-dive into the skills and techniques used in open-source reporting
The post Backlight: How to become an open source investigator appeared first on Lighthouse Reports.
Analysis of data previously unavailable to journalists reveals exclusion of skilled migrants from the jobs Europe most needs to fill to prevent economic decline
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The “smartification of cycling”. [Journal of Urban Technology]. “In cities worldwide, cycling is increasingly upgraded with smart technology and is included in smart cities’ visions and projects. This process has not been problematized in public discourse…
We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v0.10.
What is behind the sprawling new US embassy complex in Beirut?
The post Beirut and the Birth of the Fortress Embassy appeared first on MERIP.
One of the most significant ways in which artificial intelligence is entering education is through individual teachers making personal use of AI-driven tools to support and streamline their work. Many teachers now turn to AI tools to assist with preparing…
Brussels, 1st April 2024 — Microsoft’s lead patent attorney William Gates has been elected as part-time judge at the Unified Patent Court. The Unified Patent Court is understaffed for the mathematics field of technology. Microsoft will provide an AI assis…
[English below] [Français ci-dessous] [unten auf Deutsch] Ook dit jaar organiseren we weer een No Border Camp om actie te voeren, kennis uit te wisselen en de beweging verder op te bouwen. Het gaat om alle aspecten van het repressieve migratiebeleid in Ne…
Image: Steel rebar construction for the concrete foundation of a wind turbine in Gilliam County, US. Image by Goose Chap, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Trapped in the Iron Age
In 1836, Danish antiquarian and curator Christian Jürgensen Thomsen distingu…
Protection for a new life in the frontier. That was what Amur eventually evolved into.
In the beginning, there were belts and shawls. Not contend with accessories however, we dreamt of bigger things. What better way to showcase one's propensity for fa…
Cross-posted from C4C’s LinkedIn page – see the original article Note: Trying to turn a cat around by its tail is a typical Polish expression (Odwracać kota ogonem) that refers […]
Copernicus’s planetary models contain elements also found in the works of late medieval Islamic astronomers associated with the Maragha School, including the Tusi couple and Ibn al-Shatir’s models for the Moon and Mercury. On this basis many historians ha…
On 15 May 2023 in the case of Sanchez v France, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) confirmed its earlier Chamber judgment of 2 September 2021 (see Inforrm post here). The ECtHR found that the criminal conviction of a politicia…
Following on from our investigative work in Kashmir, this Briefing Report draws special attention to India's strategy in silencing...
An annotated digest of the top "Hacker" "News" posts for the second week of August, 2021. One Bad Apple August 08, 2021 (comments) An Internet is mad about Apple (business model: "Uber for spyware") turning your phone…
Thirty-five years I've written code, a necromancer weaving spells to bring the dead to life. Hardware and electronics never held any charm for me. I've no love for chips and cables and solder. Give me a keyboard, a screen, and a language, and you …