Ambrose Andrews @znalo@librem.one

The PSF applied for a $1.5M grant from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to make innovative improvements to packaging security—and we were recommended for funding! But as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so.

NEW | Over 300 Writers and Public Figures Boycott New York Times Opinion Section

More than 300 writers, scholars, and public figures, including nearly 150 past New York Times contributors, have pledged to boycott the newspaper’s Opinion section until three key demands are met.

The group says the Times is using “guest essayists” to repair its damaged credibility and to tokenize diverse voices while maintaining a conservative editorial stance. They argue that without freelance contributors and subject-matter experts, the paper’s opinion pages “would be utterly worthless.”

Among the signatories are Rima Hassan, Chelsea Manning, Rashida Tlaib, Gabor Maté, Sally Rooney, Rupi Kaur, Elia Suleiman, Mariam Barghouti, Greta Thunberg, Mohammed El-Kurd, Susan Abulhawa, Noura Erakat, and Omar El Akkad.

Organizers describe the initiative as an act of solidarity and conscience, urging other writers who have contributed to, been invited by, or covered in the New York Times to join the boycott.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

in my post-academic era i have become extremely scathing of the way academia considers papers to the primary outcome of intellectual work, and refuses to give credit to academics who write software or build other tooling. in industry we only occasionally read your papers; but we always use your software

Fiona the Precariously Employed Bettong has an important message for Australia https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/oct/27/welfare-in-australia-is-a-cruel-shambles-how-about-we-actually-try-to-help-people-not-squish-them

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as the internet, is in fact, us-east-1/the internet, or as I've recently taken to calling it, us-east-1 plus the internet

***Under int'l law Barghouti's detention is illegal***: it is part of an unlawful exercise of the occupying power jurisdiction over an illegally occupied territory, with no valid legal title under IHL or any other int'l instrument.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday that the health situation in Gaza remains extremely critical, noting that the ceasefire has not been accompanied by the opening of crossings or the delivery of humanitarian aid.

In a statement, MSF said it has seen no improvement in its ability to bring in aid, citing the same obstacles that have blocked assistance.

#MSF #Health #Catastrophe #Healthcare #Genocide #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BoycottIsrael

@palestine

In reply to Quds News Network (@QudsNen):

"I was hung from the metal shackles on my wrists and ankles and beaten on my stomach, back, face, ear, and skull by a group of men and women guards, one of whom sat on my neck and face, blocking my airways."

Noa Avishag Schnall, a Jewish photojournalist who reported from the Conscience vessel of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, gave her testimony after being released from Israeli detention.

NEW | Instagram has removed the verified account of Gaza slain journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi, who had 4.5 million followers.

Archived snapshots of his page on the Wayback Machine, the largest public internet archive, also appear to have been wiped or disabled, raising concerns about digital erasure of Palestinian documentation.

Al-Jafarawi, known for his frontline reporting on the Gaza genocide, had previously faced repeated censorship. He was killed yesterday by an armed group collaborating with Israel.

Observers warn that these developments may signal “a new phase in efforts to erase evidence of Israeli war crimes from the internet.”

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide

Bleaching, Melting, Slowing: New Global Tipping Points report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points. It highlights mounting risks, from melting glaciers, ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure.

https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/files/bleaching-melting-slowing-new-report-tracks-growing-risks-of-earth-system-tipping-points-4

i keep forgetting i can post images here... i also have a pixelfed account somewhere, but never get around to updating it either, so let's just do this

Thanks to their greedy, exploitative colonisation of this beautiful planet, humans are ruining it for themselves and the species on which they depend faster than they think. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/wwf-earth-amazon-university-of-exeter-west-papua-b2844098.html #TippingPoint #Environment

LLM tools used in medicine found to be loaded with white male bias.

"The findings by researchers at leading US and UK universities suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less “empathy” toward Black and Asian ones."

Every time someone says 'AI', ask 'whose AI?'

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/09/ai-medical-tools-found-to-downplay-symptoms-of-women-ethnic-minorities/

TY @Christina

#ai #bigtech #technopolitics #racism #patriarchy

“Why are you still protesting if there is a ceasefire?”

Because these 2 years changed things. The world is no longer willing to go back to business as usual where Israel gets to mass kill Palestinians every few years. The goal is freedom.

That’s Israel’s key defeat.