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Judith Hall
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Namibia and Wales
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www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies
Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms.
www.france24.com
January 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
judithhall.bsky.social
Too right. Stopping Fact Checking gives freedom to promote lies to you. Is this not propaganda? Universities (bastions of truth knowledge and fact) should leave FB and X.
smith-brocca.bsky.social Dr Charles Smith @smith-brocca.bsky.social · Jan 9
My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.
January 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
judithhall.bsky.social
Leaving home shortly to go back to my (2nd) home in Namibia, & #UNAM.
Going to miss everyone. Xmas vacation has been lovely.
January 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
judithhall.bsky.social
Now this is a step forward.
January 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Wherever you roam, pick up a few pieces of #litter. So simple, so effective.

26,000 AMAZING dog owners & counting removing over 38 million pieces of #litter every year. It only takes a minute & is great for #Mentalhealth & positivity

#pawsonplastic #dogs
The founder of Paws on Plastic Marion Montgomery picking up a discarded coffee cup with Labradors Ted & Paddy on the cliffs by Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven, NE Scotland.
November 17, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Evening. How de do de! @brettbarling.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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nanip.bsky.social
You need this video, really. You do.
December 31, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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ryanmcgreal.bsky.social
Guys, guys! Stop what you’re doing: We Rate Dogs is on Bsky!
weratedogs.com WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Dec 18
This is Cookie. She believes she can fly, and is pretty concerned about it. 12/10
January 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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I talked to 10 current and former Meta employees about the company's surrender to the right on speech issues. All were upset. One person called the changes "a precursor to genocide" www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch...
But in its panicked retreat from the system it spent years building, Meta may now be putting billions of users at risk. Just because Meta deleted that line about hateful speech causing offline violence doesn't mean it isn't true. And now the company has all but declared open season on immigrants, transgender people and whatever other targets that Trump and his allies find useful in their fascist project. "I can't tell you how much harm comes from non-illegal but harmful content," a longtime former trust and safety employee at the company told me. The classifiers that the company is now switching off meaningfully reduced the spread of hate movements on Meta's platforms, they said. "This is not the climate change debate, or pro-life vs. pro-choice. This is degrading, horrible content that leads to violence and that has the intent to harm other people."
January 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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👏🏻👏🏻bravo!

news.sky.com/story/biden-...
Biden bans oil and gas drilling along most of US coastline - weeks before Trump takes office
Joe Biden said further drilling was unnecessary and could cause "irreversible damage to places we hold dear" - while Donald Trump vowed to reverse the decision when he takes office later this month.
news.sky.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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pickardje.bsky.social
Professor Alexis Jay, who led a 7-year review of sexual abuse which reported in 2022, says starting a new inquiry would delay any implementation of her own recommendations:
Professor Alexis Jay said that starting a new inquiry could hinder the implementation of the recommendations from her 2022 report. "We have set out what action is required and people should just get on with it," she told the BBC. She added: "I've certainly been very unhappy about the politicisation of child sexual exploitation and child sexual abuse in the way that many people, sometimes in a very uninformed way, have waded into the argument."
January 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
judithhall.bsky.social
HWL. Arsenal 0-2 Newc ⚽️ Leg 1.
January 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Meta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winner
Maria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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skepticalraptor.bsky.social
A universal influenza vaccine may be coming soon

Vaccine scientists aim to create a universal influenza vaccine, eliminating the need for annual shots by providing long-lasting immunity against all flu strains. Researchers report promising results for OVX836, targeting conserved antigens. While…
A universal influenza vaccine may be coming soon
Vaccine scientists aim to create a universal influenza vaccine, eliminating the need for annual shots by providing long-lasting immunity against all flu strains. Researchers report promising results for OVX836, targeting conserved antigens. While approval may come in 2026 or later, effectiveness against the H5N1 subtype remains uncertain.
www.skepticalraptor.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM