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…
How do physicians treat the most vulnerable patients under conditions “beyond disaster”?
In the wake of the prisoner exchange and the temporary ceasefire, rumors, conspiracy theories, and children's games uncover the truth of the current moment in the West Bank.
“Our houses are trenches” The courts of Santa Coloma de Gramenet and Barcelona sided with the Mossos d’Esquadra to execute, on Thursday 30 November, the eviction notices of three buildings belonging to Sareb and an investment company based in Luxembourg. …
Responding to Tuesday’s High Court ruling overturning former member of parliament Job Sikhala’s guilty verdict on charges of obstruction of justice, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farise, said: “We we…
In the light of these transformations, the Global Digital Intimacies conference aims to gather together scholars from around the world to investigate digital intimacy in all its varieties. The post Global Digital Intimacies Conference appeared first on Eur…
The National Park Service is working to replant several groves of giant sequoias devastated by recent wildfires. But some conservationists say planting is unneeded and could damage forests.Read more on E360 →
Earlier this month, Bellingcat hosted its fourth hackathon, our first to take place in-person. We’re excited to share the projects our participants brought to life over three days of intense hacking at the University of Amsterdam. The post Bringing Command…
Hundreds of thousands in Britain have been mobilizing for a Gaza ceasefire, pushing back against efforts to smear them and restrict their civil liberties. The post UK protests expose wide gulf between gov’t and public on Palestine appeared first on +972 Ma…
The FDA took everyone by surprise this week by announcing that they were looking into 19 cases of lymphoma that they believe were actually brought on by the use of CAR-T cell therapy to treat other blood cancers. CAR-T is pretty much the last technologica…
Having in the last two episodes dealt with the first two of the three so-called mixed sciences, astronomy and optics, I shall now deal with statics[1]. Although receiving far less attention in antiquity that the other two, statics received much … Continue…
In Burkina Faso’s Boucle du Mouhoun region, our teams have found one in five children are affected by malnutrition in a town that has seen its supplies cut off by armed groups.
We confirm that two members of Serbian civil society were targeted with spyware earlier this year. Both have publicly criticized the Serbian government. We are not naming the individuals at this time by their request. The Citizen Lab’s technical analysis …
noyb files GDPR complaint against Meta over “Pay or Okay” Meta charges up to €251.88 to respect the fundamental right to privacy of EU users. This is a violation of the GDPR
I try to work out how much money would be needed to restore a functioning state. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd November 2023 Many names have been proposed for our pathology: Thatcherism, Reaganism, austerity, Trussonomics. But they are…
We are happy to announce 55 new projects have been awarded an NGI Zero grant. That means 55 teams and individuals working on great ideas that contribute to the Next Generation Internet. Projects cover all ten layers of the NGI technology sta…
In advance of the upcoming action day, we talked to the Civil Fleet podcast about Frontex’s wrongdoings on the African continent, the problems with border externalisation, and why the EU border regime needs to be abolished. Listen to the episode on Spotif…
As announced earlier, we are evaluating what happened at No Border Camp this summer. For those who it concerns, we invite you to join our conversation about it on thursday evening novembre 30th at 19:30h. Send us an email (nbc-2023@riseup.net) for the loc…
Jenna Ruddock and Joan Donovan’s (2023) recent essay “Towards a public interest internet” is a great prompt for us to think critically about – and to think critically beyond – the current corporate capture of digital technology use in education. Ruddock a…
Fashion is an industry that is obnoxious, loud and extroverted. To do well, one must discard one’s shame and fear of rejection. This is because the business of fashion is not about making clothes, but about selling them. And the mark of a good salesman is…
The uses and abuses of the law in Israel's war on Gaza. The post Israel and the Laws of War—A Conversation with Neve Gordon appeared first on MERIP.
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Thousand Rooms, added a Brazili…
The SEA-EYE 4 is again punished with an administrative detention of 20 days and a fine of around 3,000 euros. The Italian coastguard accused the crew of disobeying instructions from the so-called Libyan coastguard. According to an expert, the sanctions ha…
Insights from Lighthouse Contributor Abbas Azimi on our Left Behind Series The post Backlight: Left Behind appeared first on Lighthouse Reports.
This is a review of the biography of James Churchward prepared and published by his great-grandson, Jack E. Churchward. The post Book Review The Original My Friend Churchey and His Sunken Island of Mu appeared first on Archaeology Review.
Cross-posted from C4C’s LinkedIn page – see the original article The trilogue black box effect combined with an end of term The AI Act has reached that black box moment […]
Laptop manufacturer Framework commissioned Fraunhofer IZM to do a detailed life cycle analysis on their Framework Laptop 13, which is designed to be upgradeable, repairable, and customizable. The functional unit used in the study is the use of this notebo…
We are happy to announce the publication on "Practical Offline Payments Using One-Time Passcodes" by The European Money and Finance Forum.
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…
Brussels, 22 May 2023 — The President of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), Klaus Grabinski, has decided alone to rewrite the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) at this own will, and move London to Paris and Munich due to Brexit. FFII condemn this abuse o…
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 …
Click to expand Image Maldives' President Mohamed Muizzu delivers a speech in Malé on October 2, 2023. © 2023 Mohamed Afrah/…