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Journalist (mostly arts)
, Lecturer @GoldsmithsUoL
, cultural history authorina https://authory.com/EllinStein
My abridgement of Andrew Leland's moving and funny memoir The Country of The Blind, read by the author, is currently on Radio 4's Book of The Week. Well worth a listen. You don't have to be visually impaired to find it absorbing, just human. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on russian massive attacks on Ukraine

Extract
No talk of a "truce", "temporary relinquishment of territories", "fatigue", "negotiations" and other "concessions" will stop russian aggression, but will only inflate its scale. russia is not considering any other scenarios than the complete destruction of Ukraine

Full statement https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/zaiava-mzs-ukrainy-shchodo-rosiiskykh-masovanykh-obstriliv-ukrainy

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

KHARKIV CHRISTMAS

This is how the Kharkiv subway looks like. The underground, which serves as a shelter from Russian missiles, was decorated for the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

Festive decorations were set up at two stations. Kharkiv's "main Christmas tree" is set up in the subway for the second year in a row due to Russian attacks.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Kharkiv #Christmas

@georgetakei

The volatility the GOP manufactures is deliberate. They profit from the uncertainty in two ways. Stocks & Extortion.

1. Wall Street insiders get advance notice of decisions from their Republican members of congress.
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/government-shutdown-wall-street-congress-spending
Kelly Loeffler & David Perdue made millions on their stock trades in the prelude to the covid pandemic.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/a-timeline-of-investigations-into-perdue-loeffler-stock-trading/L6TU65WK5JBFXKDC4YWBKGGNPU/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/us/politics/david-perdue-stock-trades.html

Then tried to overturn an election.
https://rollcall.com/2023/09/08/grand-jury-recommended-charges-against-graham-perdue-loeffler-in-georgia-case-on-2020-election/

1/2

How a government shutdown would affect Wall Street and the economy

Federal government spending is a quarter of U.S. GDP.

Axios
Weird how when you elect someone who is a criminal (e.g. Trump, Bibi, Putin) as head of state, they pursue criminal policies when in office and use their office for personal gain rather than the welfare of the population so the whole gov't becomes a criminal enterprise.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Lining up Behind Far-Right Authoritarians - Institute for Policy Studies

As climate change intensifies and countries turn to clean energies, Big Oil will take increasingly desperate measures to survive.

Institute for Policy Studies
True wisdom.

AI image detectors are labeling real images from the conflict between Israel and Hamas as faked which some people are calling a second layer of disinformation.

This cuts across two of my regular themes. First of all, systems that claim to detect AI generated text or images are snake oil. They are guessing and will often guess wrong.

Secondly, it’s difficult to figure out what the facts are in the middle of a war. Treating it as a tech or moderation problem isn’t enough

https://www.404media.co/ai-images-detectors-are-being-used-to-discredit-the-real-horrors-of-war/

AI Images Detectors Are Being Used to Discredit the Real Horrors of War

Online AI image detecting tools that may or may not work are labeling real photographs from the war in Israel and Palestine as fake, creating what a world leading expert called a “second level of disinformation.”

404 Media

A #hacker collective called Killnet, alleged to be affiliated with the kremlin, has launched a #cyberattack against the #Israeli government amid the escalating conflict sparked by the surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday.

On Sunday morning, the group issued a statement via Telegram alleging that the Israeli government was guilty of terrorist attacks, saying: “Back in 2022, you supported the terrorist regime of Ukraine.

Read more here🔗 https://www.kyivpost.com/post/22491

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine

Kremlin-Linked Hacker Group Launches Cyber-Attack Against Israel

Two senior European intelligence officers told Kyiv Post that Killnet is closely linked to the Russian Government.

Get the Latest Ukraine News Today - KyivPost

@JamesGleick

The GOP billionaire donors backing Trump's assault on democracy:
Kelcy Lee Warren
Isaac Perlmutter
Kenny Troutt
Robert Duggan
Steve Wynn
Phillip Gene Ruffin
Diane Hendricks
Sheldon & Miriam Adelson
Daniel Andrew Beal
David Duffield
John Paulson
Robert Wood Johnson IV
Stephen Schwarzman
Ronald Steven Lauder
Peter Thiel
 T. Boone Pickens
Carl Icahn
Tom Barrack
Stephen Feinber
Stanley Hubbard
Steven Mnuchin
Robert Mercer

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-01-15/u-s-bl0naires-trump-presidency
https://fortune.com/2016/08/03/trump-billionaire-backers-list/