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interested in using spatial tech + data for climate science and human rights
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We also looked at institutions & nations that are producing the most surveillance.
Top inst:
1.MSFT
2.CMU
3.MIT
4.Chinese Univ of Hong Kong
Top nations:
1.USA
2.China
3.UK
If an institution, nation or subfield authors papers with downstream patents, most are used in surveillance patents.
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Top inst:
1.MSFT
2.CMU
3.MIT
4.Chinese Univ of Hong Kong
Top nations:
1.USA
2.China
3.UK
If an institution, nation or subfield authors papers with downstream patents, most are used in surveillance patents.
6/
June 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We also looked at institutions & nations that are producing the most surveillance.
Top inst:
1.MSFT
2.CMU
3.MIT
4.Chinese Univ of Hong Kong
Top nations:
1.USA
2.China
3.UK
If an institution, nation or subfield authors papers with downstream patents, most are used in surveillance patents.
6/
Top inst:
1.MSFT
2.CMU
3.MIT
4.Chinese Univ of Hong Kong
Top nations:
1.USA
2.China
3.UK
If an institution, nation or subfield authors papers with downstream patents, most are used in surveillance patents.
6/
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perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
David Ellison’s note to staff on Paramount’s acquisition of the Free Press
October 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
perhaps the biggest story TFPever ran was a catastrophically shoddy argument that George Floyd ackshully died of an overdose. When confronted with irrefutable evidence that the piece was simply wrong, Weiss didn’t take it down, she asked her critic, @radleybalko.bsky.social, to come on a podcast.
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As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
September 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
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UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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After decades of being ignored and disparaged by companies promising to bring progress, the Anacé Indigenous community in Brazil says pushing back against a planned TikTok data center on community land is essential. restofworld.org/2025/brazil-...
Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center
The Anacé Indigenous community is going to court to stop a planned TikTok data center they say is being built on their land.
restofworld.org
September 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
After decades of being ignored and disparaged by companies promising to bring progress, the Anacé Indigenous community in Brazil says pushing back against a planned TikTok data center on community land is essential. restofworld.org/2025/brazil-...
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🔴 Hello, dear friends, I am Maryam's mother. I am doing my best to help and protect my daughter, while also trying to rebuild her life and provide for her daily needs. I hope you will support us, as your simple support makes a big difference😔
gofund.me/6c04c2ac
gofund.me/6c04c2ac
August 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🔴 Hello, dear friends, I am Maryam's mother. I am doing my best to help and protect my daughter, while also trying to rebuild her life and provide for her daily needs. I hope you will support us, as your simple support makes a big difference😔
gofund.me/6c04c2ac
gofund.me/6c04c2ac
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Chris Smalls was profiled by every major media outlet when he lead Amazon victory on Staten Island.
Shocking that not one outlet has covered the IDF detaining him in the Gaza flotilla
Shocking that not one outlet has covered the IDF detaining him in the Gaza flotilla
Update on treatment of Handala detainees:
“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”
“Christian Smalls reported severe physical violence by Israeli forces. Several female activists described similar abuse and deplorable detention conditions.”
July 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Chris Smalls was profiled by every major media outlet when he lead Amazon victory on Staten Island.
Shocking that not one outlet has covered the IDF detaining him in the Gaza flotilla
Shocking that not one outlet has covered the IDF detaining him in the Gaza flotilla
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported, says he was beaten, kicked and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he was beaten and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail
Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison the Trump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported, says he was beaten, kicked and subjected to psychological torture in El Salvador jail.
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Grateful for Murujuga traditional custodians standing up to oppose the "malignant normality" of a majority Labor govt approving a 45-year extension to a massively-polluting, Indigenous rock art cultural heritage-destroying gas project in #NationalReconciliationWeek, in a time of #ClimateBreakdown
June 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Grateful for Murujuga traditional custodians standing up to oppose the "malignant normality" of a majority Labor govt approving a 45-year extension to a massively-polluting, Indigenous rock art cultural heritage-destroying gas project in #NationalReconciliationWeek, in a time of #ClimateBreakdown
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Helpful to understand that what we’re up against is literally a death cult.
VOTER: “But people will die!” (if you kick them of Medicaid)
ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”
ERNST: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Helpful to understand that what we’re up against is literally a death cult.
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BIG NEWS: Rümeysa, @seiu509.bsky.social member, has finally been released from ICE custody. While we celebrate her release today, we remain vigilant to keep fighting for everyone else unjustly detained! #4the1st
May 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
BIG NEWS: Rümeysa, @seiu509.bsky.social member, has finally been released from ICE custody. While we celebrate her release today, we remain vigilant to keep fighting for everyone else unjustly detained! #4the1st
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey
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May 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey
pix11.com/news/local-n...
pix11.com/news/local-n...
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A Venezuelan immigrant reportedly went the wrong way while delivering food in Detroit, ended up crossing the Canadian border, was taken into custody by U.S. authorities, and deported
Venezuelan immigrant in Detroit makes a wrong turn at Ambassador Bridge, is deported
It is the latest immigration twist in a growing legal — and political — showdown between two branches of government.
www.freep.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A Venezuelan immigrant reportedly went the wrong way while delivering food in Detroit, ended up crossing the Canadian border, was taken into custody by U.S. authorities, and deported
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New statement from Mohsen Mahdawi, dictated from ICE detention to his lawyers:
"I am in prison but am not prisoned…Speaking of Palestine does not only qualify as freedom of speech but it is also about our humanity. Keep the hope alive. I will see you under the sun."
"I am in prison but am not prisoned…Speaking of Palestine does not only qualify as freedom of speech but it is also about our humanity. Keep the hope alive. I will see you under the sun."
April 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
New statement from Mohsen Mahdawi, dictated from ICE detention to his lawyers:
"I am in prison but am not prisoned…Speaking of Palestine does not only qualify as freedom of speech but it is also about our humanity. Keep the hope alive. I will see you under the sun."
"I am in prison but am not prisoned…Speaking of Palestine does not only qualify as freedom of speech but it is also about our humanity. Keep the hope alive. I will see you under the sun."
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NEW: The Trump administration admitted in a court filing that ICE lied about having an arrest warrant when they detained our client Mahmoud Khalil in retaliation for his protected speech.
This confirms what we already knew: The government is intent on punishing Mahmoud by any means necessary.
This confirms what we already knew: The government is intent on punishing Mahmoud by any means necessary.
April 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
NEW: The Trump administration admitted in a court filing that ICE lied about having an arrest warrant when they detained our client Mahmoud Khalil in retaliation for his protected speech.
This confirms what we already knew: The government is intent on punishing Mahmoud by any means necessary.
This confirms what we already knew: The government is intent on punishing Mahmoud by any means necessary.
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BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
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Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas and Mohammad Golam Sarwar on the case of Te Awa Tupua: where the Whanganui River has been granted legal personhood after 180 years of colonial exploitation.
Below is an excerpt from “Standing for Nature” via @islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
Below is an excerpt from “Standing for Nature” via @islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
A longstanding battle: Māori efforts to protect the Whanganui River - Land and Climate Review
In an excerpt from their new book, Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas, and Mohammed Golam Sarwar reflect on the most famous case of nature being granted legal personhood.
www.landclimate.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas and Mohammad Golam Sarwar on the case of Te Awa Tupua: where the Whanganui River has been granted legal personhood after 180 years of colonial exploitation.
Below is an excerpt from “Standing for Nature” via @islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
Below is an excerpt from “Standing for Nature” via @islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
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Looks like there were about 44k deaths last year from COVID in the US, putting it on par with guns and cars, so officially the level that "we" stop caring about it.
"The COVID-19 pandemic is over, and HHS will no longer waste billions of taxpayer dollars responding to a non-existent pandemic that Americans moved on from years ago"
Imagine being a Long Covid sufferer, or someone who has lost a loved one to Covid this week, and hearing that.
Imagine being a Long Covid sufferer, or someone who has lost a loved one to Covid this week, and hearing that.
CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.
“Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary," federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week.
www.nbcnews.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Looks like there were about 44k deaths last year from COVID in the US, putting it on par with guns and cars, so officially the level that "we" stop caring about it.
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NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
dropsitenews.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist
Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.
Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous
dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...
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"The fact is: #decolonizing #science is not a politics of negativity. There is no place for ethnonationalist supremacy in the debate on plurality in science. What we are asking for is a collective celebration of different #knowledge traditions.”. My #TEDx talk is now online.
youtu.be/Xw3a5MArZZI?...
youtu.be/Xw3a5MArZZI?...
Decolonising Science: Bridging Knowledge Traditions | Amitangshu Acharya | TEDxWageningenUniversity
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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March 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"The fact is: #decolonizing #science is not a politics of negativity. There is no place for ethnonationalist supremacy in the debate on plurality in science. What we are asking for is a collective celebration of different #knowledge traditions.”. My #TEDx talk is now online.
youtu.be/Xw3a5MArZZI?...
youtu.be/Xw3a5MArZZI?...
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Mahmoud Khalil writing from a Louisiana detention center: "I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear."
My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
inthesetimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Mahmoud Khalil writing from a Louisiana detention center: "I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear."