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Rosanna Cantavella
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Editor. Professor. Geek. Love XML and the digital. Wish for a fairer world.
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A NEW study of the Finland basic income experiment just dropped. Turns out psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, and incomes increased on average by 9% to 11% due to people not losing the income when they accepted a job, unlike traditional unemployment.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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New: We have just sued ICE to demand it turns over a secretive spyware contract that it refuses to release:

www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.
www.404media.co
September 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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“The defining feature of the 21st century is disregard for the sanctity of human life. The livestream is a deathstream with no way to turn it off.”
I wrote about the stories dominating the news right before Charlie Kirk's murder: Israel's invasions, rumors about Trump's health, and ceaseless demands for justice in the Epstein case:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
Tunnel Vision
Do you remember September 9?
sarahkendzior.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Another one’s landed safely @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social - I’ve made a brew and I’m going in 🙏🏻 💙📚
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Meanwhile, in case we all forgot, Grok is in charge of procurement for a minor US agency, something called the Pentagon. 🤷‍♀️ www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.warren.senate.gov
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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"When digital systems are abstracted from place, they become invisible. We lose sight of the true cost of their convenience: the emissions behind a search query or an AI prompt, the land consumed by hyperscale data centers, and the communities they displace or disadvantage."
August 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Com la va incomplir al denunciar-me a mi i tres més pel complement salarial per residència al que teníem dret. Com vam demostrar.
Han convertit una prestigiosa agència, reconeguda per UE i Fiscalia, en una Desokupa macarra contra l’oposició.
@sergipitarch.bsky.social
www.eldiario.es/comunitat-va...
Antifraude incumplió su ley al denunciar al comisionado de la dana por su falso título sin informarle ni darle audiencia
La Agencia de Prevención y Lucha Contra el Fraude de la Comunitat Valenciana que dirige Eduardo Beut realizó toda la investigación a José María Ángel y dos funcionarios sin recabar su versión y solo s...
www.eldiario.es
August 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.

1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.

1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.

1 in 2 builders were born overseas.

1 in 5 nurses were born overseas.

1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.

The media, their framing, IS the problem
August 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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The book was drenched 😔
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Much of what the Trump administration has demanded, Columbia has conceded – though they insist otherwise.

@meghnadbose.bsky.social and I tracked months of government demands and secretive Columbia rule changes, for @theintercept.com.

theintercept.com/2025/08/07/c...
How Columbia’s Leadership Refashioned the University in Trump’s Image
Columbia University President Claire Shipman said the school retained full independence, but it gave in to virtually all of Trump's demands.
theintercept.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: “Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital“

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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A Lithuanian phrase that one-ups “as poor as a church mouse” is “the mouse hung itself in the fridge.” An extremely metal Icelandic phrase about having little money is “to sip death from a shell.” But my favourite, from Estonian slang, translates to “I’ve got nothing but a dick and a desolate soul.”
August 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Nvidia et AMD vont verser 15 % de leurs revenus provenant de la vente de puces en Chine au gouvernement américain
Nvidia et AMD vont verser 15 % de leurs revenus provenant de la vente de puces en Chine au gouvernement américain
C’était une condition pour obtenir les licences d’exportation vers le marché chinois, accordées aux entreprises par Donald Trump au début d’août.
www.lemonde.fr
August 11, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Illustration from Nonsenseorship (1922). In this “levititious literary escapade” — as publisher George P. Putnam describes his anthology — some of the wittiest writers of the Jazz Age lambaste the nonsensically censorious atmosphere of prohibition-era US: publicdomainreview.org/collection/n...
July 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Universal basic income would help with this problem too. No one should have to give up their pet due to loss of ability to afford them.
NYC animal shelters hit record crowding as pet surrenders surge
YouTube video by NBC News
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July 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Universities across the US including Northwestern are introducing pro-Israel training programs. They call them antisemitism awareness training but in an age of doublespeak we must call things what they actually are, not what they claim to be
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #academia
Antisemitism training designed by pro-Israel groups is becoming compulsory at US colleges. What’s in it?
Training asks students to attribute the statement ‘every time I read Hitler, I fall in love’ to an ‘anti-Israel activist’
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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New Post: New report shows a catastrophic decline in formal language learning www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...
July 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Lo que ha de fer Gencat és aclarir les subvencions per l'autobus Tortosa-Lleida. No pot ser q per fer un viatge 2/3 la distancia de Ttsa-BCN, ens costa 4 cops més el bitllet. No volem equilibri territorial i promoure altres zones? Hi ha estudiants deixant 40€/setmana. ebredigital.cat/2025/07/31/e...
Territori millora la connexió en bus entre Gandesa i municipis de la Terra Alta - EbreDigital.cat
El Departament de Territori, Habitatge i Transició Ecològica, conjuntament amb el Consell Comarcal de la Terra Alta, ampliarà les circulacions en autobús
ebredigital.cat
July 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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The story continues! On the apocalyptic ambitions of top US officials, some of whom believe they were appointed by God to serve a foreign country:

Full article: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bearing-wi...
November 24, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Thanks to sales at etsy.com/uk/shop/StillDisgusted, glad to be able to donate total of £175 to #RejoinEU causes @stayeuropean.bsky.social @ledbydonkeys.org @therejoineuparty.com @marchforrejoin.co.uk @smrrejoinradio.bsky.social @europeanmovement.co.uk Fab handcrafted stuff, all profits donated 🙂🇪🇺👍
July 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Good news if you like history, manuscripts, or nice books! 'The Illustrated Cairo Genizah' is now available at *greatly* reduced shipping costs via @theul.bsky.social (UK) and Amazon (worldwide) from this link: linktr.ee/nposegay. There's also a free sample file there with the entire first chapter.
July 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Wonderful to see this today @theul.bsky.social - a magnificent choirbook probably from the court of Henry VIII or Henry VIII, with a motet and a five-part mass which appears to be the work of a Welsh Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, John Lloyd (c.1475-1523).
July 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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En direct, Gaza : « L’utilisation de la famine contre les civils constitue un crime de guerre », avertit le Programme alimentaire mondial
En direct, Gaza : « L’utilisation de la famine contre les civils constitue un crime de guerre », avertit le Programme alimentaire mondial
Plusieurs centaines d’ONG, dont Médecins sans frontière, Médecins du Monde et Oxfam, alertent mercredi sur une « famine de masse qui se propage dans la bande de Gaza ». Les organisations appellent à un cessez-le-feu immédiat, à l’ouverture de tous les points de passage terrestres et à la libre circulation de l’aide humanitaire.
www.lemonde.fr
July 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM