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New “Yellow Peril” Fear Mongering Laws; Objectification; Newsom Vetoes AI Bill

CAPAC Chair Condemns House Vote to Reinstate Trump-Era China Initiative Fear Mongering and the Scapegoating Continue. The House of Representatives voted on Sept. 11 to…

Enshittification for AI Training; Bisan Owda

Bisan Owda, journalist in Gaza, regularly posting videos on social media, picked up by AJ+, has now won an Emmy Award to go along with…

Artificial Intelligence Reader 1; Timnit Gebru

This is a slapdash list of resources to read, put together as a cram session reading list to get an overview of some aspects of…

70% of Project Homekey Vacant; Chinatown Tenant Wins; Affordable Housing

EXCLUSIVE: After Spending $550 Million, Over 70 Percent of Los Angeles Countyโ€™s Project Homekey Homeless Rooms Vacant – Westside Current Jamie Paige, Chris LeGras –…

Mossad Pager Bomb Murder Plots; Sanders Arms Block Speech

‘Israel’ clearly intended to target Lebanese civilians: The Guardian Mossad’s history with explosive technology Infamous Israeli spy agency has not claimed responsibility for Hezbollah’s exploding…

Indigenous Identity Fraud; Zionist Cultural Theft; Can the subaltern speak?

Nada Elia, Food, art and literature: How Israel is stealing Arab culture (Opinion piece is from 2018) Israel has expanded the reach of its cultural…

China and Least Developed Countries Free Trade; Cal Gig Worker Law; Running Down the Walls

Next week is Running Down The Walls 5K WHAT: Running Down the Walls โ€“ 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Roll // WHEN: 10:00am-1:00pm, Sunday, September 15th, 2024 // WHERE:…

YIMBY is Anti Rent Control; Polio in Gaza; Archive.org Lawsuit Effects; Chol Soo Lee; Sergio Mendez

How a disease the world (mostly) vanquished reared its head in Gaza by Abdallah Fayyad Israelโ€™s attacks on Gaza created conditions for polio to spread….

Computer Shopping

Need to upgrade. Want something with full HD display, 12GB RAM. No HD (will use existing). Current main computer, a laptop, which I want to…

Health Insurance; Prisoner Laborers; Macron Shits on the Left, Appoints Right Winger PM

(Fucking) Macron Names Right-Wing Prime Minister, ‘Turning His Back’ On French Voters French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named the right-wing politician Michel Barnier as…