This is a screenshot of the most beautiful karma post of 2024.

After having abused his ownership of X for two years, Brazil becomes the first country to simply shut down X.

The legally elected social democratic government of Brazil experienced a January 6 style coup attempt by anti-democratic, hard-right nationalist Bolsonaro in January 2023.

They have since fought a long legal battle to get Musk to shut down X accounts related to this coup.

Musk refused.

So they shut him down.

Fun fact: the code which took Apollo 11 to the moon is available on github https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11/blob/master/Luminary099/LUNAR_LANDING_GUIDANCE_EQUATIONS.agc#L179

And if you look through it you'll see that - joyfully - it also includes original comments.

My absolute favourite thing about the Moon Code is that it includes comments like this: "TEMPORARY - I HOPE HOPE HOPE"

“Every minute we were beaten. I mean all over the body, on sensitive areas between the legs, the chest, the back. We were kicked all over the body and the face. … I told them I’m a doctor, but they didn’t care.”

My Daily Brief today begins with the words of Eyad Abed, a 50-year-old surgeon who was detained by the Israeli military while working at a hospital in #Gaza.

📰 English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/08/26?story=paragraph-9192

📰 Deutsch: https://www.hrw.org/de/news/2024/08/26/israel-foltert-medizinisches-personal

🔊 Listen: https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/audio/2024/08/26/israel-tortures-healthcare-workers-daily-brief-august-26-2024