Liz Probert

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Liz ProbertNov 17, 2022
Steve SongNov 17, 2022

RT @ITUBDTDirector
Pleased to announce Brazil as the 1st country to make public their terrestrial fibre dataset collected by @ITU

Fibre Open Data can promote increased knowledge of #ICTinfrastructure for informed decision-making & novel solutions to connect #theUNconnected.
http://www.itu.int/go/maps

ITU BROADBAND MAPS

ITU
Show threadLiz ProbertNov 17, 2022
@Chris_Swan @deborahmeaden it has been cancelled now until spring in case you didn't hear yet
Liz ProbertNov 16, 2022
Zoe WilliamsNov 16, 2022
I've come on mastodon to share a piece about mastodon, which sounds like the kind of cannibalistic self-referentialism that started mad cow disease https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/16/could-this-be-twitter-without-the-toxic-slurry-my-week-on-mastodon
‘Could this be Twitter without the toxic slurry?’ My week on Mastodon

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has left many users wondering if they should join its rival, which promises a ‘different kind of social media experience’. But how different is it? I decided to find out

The Guardian
Liz ProbertNov 16, 2022
The European on SubstackNov 16, 2022

Exciting news! Students at the University of Barcelona will have to take the world's first mandatory course on the #climatecrisis. It combines the social and ecological aspects of the crisis.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/12/barcelona-students-to-take-mandatory-climate-crisis-module-from-2024

Barcelona students to take mandatory climate crisis module from 2024

Course thought to be world first agreed after university bowed to pressure from seven-day End Fossil protest

The Guardian
Liz ProbertNov 14, 2022
phatcontrollerNov 14, 2022
UK patient records will be shared with US firm Palantir without patient consent as the company started with CIA funding and run by Trump donor is awarded £360m contract.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/13/controversial-360m-nhs-england-data-platform-lined-up-for-trump-backers-firm
Controversial £360m NHS England data platform ‘lined up’ for Trump backer’s firm

Patients will have no say over records going to Palantir, the software giant run by billionaire Republican backer

The Guardian
Show threadLiz ProbertNov 13, 2022
@Chris_Swan @deborahmeaden has been moved to 27th I believe https://www.peopleswalkforwildlife.org/
#walkforwildlife2
Liz ProbertNov 12, 2022
Coming out of urban Stevenage phew https://beta.slowways.org/Route/Stebal/4771
Slow Ways: Route Page for Stebal one

The Slow Ways national walking network connects all of Great Britains towns and cities. Local walks from Stevenage, Local walks to Baldock

Liz ProbertNov 12, 2022
Joining the national slow ways swarm today, on train to Stevenage to start the stebal one route.. https://stories.slowways.org/the-slow-ways-swarm-how-far-can-we-walk-in-a-weekend-2/
Join the autumn Slow Ways National Swarm, 12-13th November - Slow Ways

How far can we walk in a weekend? Join the autumn swarm on the 12th-13th Nov and find out!

Slow Ways
Liz ProbertNov 12, 2022
IFEXNov 11, 2022

From the @ifex Council meeting in Madrid: Freedom for Alaa, freedom for all political prisoners! We demand #proofoflife! via @jilliancyork

https://ifex.org/faces/alaa-abd-el-fattah/

#FreeAlaa

Alaa Abd El Fattah - Archives - IFEX

Social media was one of the driving forces behind the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Yet today, one of the country's most renowned bloggers, software designers and digital revolutionaries still remains behind bars.

IFEX
Liz ProbertNov 12, 2022
rabbleNov 12, 2022

We’re going to lose an exemplar of the best of humanity if the Egyptian government lets @Alaa die in jail. #FreeAlaa
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RT @rayasharbain
Tor's executive director Isabela Bagueros calls for Alaa's freedom during today's State of the Onion

@torproject

#FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll
https://twitter.com/rayasharbain/status/1590422449690406912

Raya راية (@rayasharbain) on X

Tor's executive director Isabela Bagueros calls for Alaa's freedom during today's State of the Onion @torproject #FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll

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