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JanLo
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Meanwhile in CanadaFor the record, the 6 influencers accused of accepting Ru$$ian money to spread propaganda in the USA also regularly trashed Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and promoted Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
Will there be election interference consequences in Canada as well as the USA?
muesli"What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.
Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.
Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance."
-- Neil Postman
internetarchiveNew op-ed from Public Knowledge in MIT Technology Review:
"This decision harms libraries. It locks them into an e-book ecosystem designed to extract as much money as possible while harvesting (and reselling) reader data en masse."
Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/11/1103838/why-a-ruling-against-the-internet-archive-threatens-the-future-of-americas-libraries/
Sarah BrownNothing quite illustrates the desperate need for proper civics education than a man with a policy platform of “stopping imaginary transgender immigrants eating your cats” being neck and neck to be US president.
Until we, average citizens, step out of our cosy bubbles and support climate action, the biosphere will continue to burn.
"Wealthy, democratic countries in the global north are using harsh, vague and punitive measures to crack down on climate protests at the same time as criticising similar draconian tactics by authorities in the global south, according to a report... by Climate Rights International"
Tim BrayHey folks, next month there’s an angry & lighthearted book coming out with my name on the cover: “Standing on High Ground”. It’s an anthology of writing from people who were arrested protesting Canada’s awful “TMX” pipeline project. I’m an arrestee/ contributor & co-editor.
Here’s its official home: https://btlbooks.com/book/standing-on-high-ground
Here’s a blog piece full of background and pictures: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2024/09/08/Standing-On-High-Ground
This project means a lot to me and I’d appreciate anyone passing the word along.
Francisca Sinn#BREAKING:
“Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada has suspended 30 permits for arms sales to Israel and is taking the rare step of blocking a contract with the U.S. government to send Quebec-made ammunition to Israeli Defence Forces.“
Found this one on MeWe. It's so typical of us bookworms, had to share.
https://mewe.com/janlo26.84
https://mewe.com/janlo26.84
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