Remember, you have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police officers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/you-have-first-amendment-right-record-police
Bystander video of the police officers was surely critical in the prosecution and conviction of Derek Chauvin. https://abcnews.go.com/US/george-floyds-voice-haunted-derek-chauvin-murder-trial/story?id=77185802
Wall Street's Cooked Books Fueled the Financial Crisis in 2008. It's Happening Again. https://theintercept.com/2021/04/20/wall-street-cmbs-dollar-general-ladder-capital/
The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/20/the-invention-of-whiteness-long-history-dangerous-idea
The Guardian view on an America First Caucus: a warning democracy is under siege https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/19/the-guardian-view-on-an-america-first-caucus-a-warning-democracy-is-under-siege
How US helmet laws are used against cyclists of colour and homeless people https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/20/us-helmet-laws-police-citations-cyclists-of-colour-homeless
We must end ‘qualified immunity’ for police. It might save the next George Floyd | Killer Mike https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/20/george-floyd-derek-chauvin-killer-mike-police
After the Cops: New Agencies That Serve and Protect by Ezra Clayton Daniels https://thenib.com/after-the-cops/
Terminated by Brian McFadden https://thenib.com/terminated/
The Never-Ending News by Tom Tomorrow https://thenib.com/the-never-ending-news/
passing on this beautiful open call for a new art & ecology residency to the fediverse https://lios.io/ -- happening this summer in Bledow Desert, Poland
LIOS labs art & ecology residencies are programmes designed to nourish the inner and outer ecosystem. The residencies are spaces for knowledge ex-change and cultivation of regenerative body-mind practices.
This open call is especially directed to self-organized makers, artists, scientists, agents and groups of all kinds that feel the urgency of reimagining our world. We are looking for people willing to take the risk of living in the desert and working with elements as their guides in designing structures that inspire ecological living. We encourage initiatives that take in consideration local outreach, in forms of workshops and other social interventions.
The cost of 10 days residency is 185 euro. This fee includes accommodation and vegan & local food, insurance. Its a self-organized non-profit group.
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Chemical Industry Lobbyist in Trump EPA Suppressed Evidence of Cancer Risk https://theintercept.com/2021/04/16/epa-cancer-ethylene-oxide-bill-wehrum/
Local Cops Said Pipeline Company Had Influence Over Government Appointment https://theintercept.com/2021/04/17/enbridge-line-3-minnesota-police-protest/
How we made Christiane F – the shocking cult film about a child heroin addict https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/apr/19/how-we-made-christiane-f-the-shocking-cult-film-about-a-child-heroin-addict
I worked in a movie theater when this film came out in the USA. I think I watched it about five times. Wish I could find it on DVD. Amazon's doing a remake. :-(
This Republican "Working Class Party" Thing Is a Clown Show of the Highest Order - Try harder, Ivy League scum. https://inthesetimes.com/article/republican-working-class-party-gop-hawley-cruz-romney-joke
Joe Biden's Afghanistan Announcement Is Not What It Appears https://inthesetimes.com/article/joe-biden-afghanistan-new-york-times-forever-war
@hhardy01 These are normal situantion here on Brazil, and the people who have some financial condition, which are not many anymore, are stuck in the dogmas of the evangelical churches or think that everyone who lives in the slums(favela) are bandits.
And our politicians are busy planning how to steal money with gas scams....
....they say that they filled a tank of gasoline of their car with 1000 L, or went in one day more than 300 times to fill the tank.
https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/essencial/operacao-tanque-furado-daniel-silveira-comprou-mais-de-1000-litros-de-gasolina-num-unico-abastecimento/
Big Tech is seeding watered-down “privacy” legislation in states. 14 of 20 proposed state privacy bills were built upon the same framework as a Microsoft and Amazon-supported bill in Virginia—or were even weaker, reports @toddfeathers in @themarkup https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/04/15/big-tech-is-pushing-states-to-pass-privacy-laws-and-yes-you-should-be-suspicious
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"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa