#governments — Public Fediverse posts
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I would love to share with you a book I wrote last year, it's about "Matrix" in my own point of view, and I'd love if you'd give it a check, I'm sure you'll be interested if you're into anti-systemic books.
P.S. It's in Greek, mostly for our Greek friends around Fedi.
https://www.openbook.gr/apodrasi-apo-to-matrix/
#Greek #Book #Matrix #System #Privacy #Life #World #Manipulation #Money #Greed #Governments
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“As Stuart Russell, President Pro Tempore of the International Association for Safe and Ethical #AI, put it in a recent Financial Times article: ‘Perhaps at some point #governments will remember that their voters prefer not to be dead’.” www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/p...
What Amodei’s Call for an AI P... -
Doomsday #tech: could #AI really kill us all?
"“Te people building AI earnestly believe tt it could kill us all by te end of te decade,” said fmr #Anthropic's #Coxon, who previously worked at #ChatGPT maker #OpenAI. He accused both companies of “gambling with our lives”🤬.. “Maybe it will take a massive, Chernobyl-scale #disaster to get #governments to #act”😱 Russell said, urging them to establish a #licensing #regime for AI, as exists w aviation, medicine or water supply"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3318024/doomsday-tech-could-ai-really-kill-us-all -
Doomsday #tech: could #AI really kill us all?
"“Te people building AI earnestly believe tt it could kill us all by te end of te decade,” said fmr #Anthropic's #Coxon, who previously worked at #ChatGPT maker #OpenAI. He accused both companies of “gambling with our lives”🤬.. “Maybe it will take a massive, Chernobyl-scale #disaster to get #governments to #act”😱 Russell said, urging them to establish a #licensing #regime for AI, as exists w aviation, medicine or water supply"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3318024/doomsday-tech-could-ai-really-kill-us-all -
Doomsday #tech: could #AI really kill us all?
"“Te people building AI earnestly believe tt it could kill us all by te end of te decade,” said fmr #Anthropic's #Coxon, who previously worked at #ChatGPT maker #OpenAI. He accused both companies of “gambling with our lives”🤬.. “Maybe it will take a massive, Chernobyl-scale #disaster to get #governments to #act”😱 Russell said, urging them to establish a #licensing #regime for AI, as exists w aviation, medicine or water supply"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3318024/doomsday-tech-could-ai-really-kill-us-all -
Doomsday #tech: could #AI really kill us all?
"“Te people building AI earnestly believe tt it could kill us all by te end of te decade,” said fmr #Anthropic's #Coxon, who previously worked at #ChatGPT maker #OpenAI. He accused both companies of “gambling with our lives”🤬.. “Maybe it will take a massive, Chernobyl-scale #disaster to get #governments to #act”😱 Russell said, urging them to establish a #licensing #regime for AI, as exists w aviation, medicine or water supply"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3318024/doomsday-tech-could-ai-really-kill-us-all -
Doomsday #tech: could #AI really kill us all?
"“Te people building AI earnestly believe tt it could kill us all by te end of te decade,” said fmr #Anthropic's #Coxon, who previously worked at #ChatGPT maker #OpenAI. He accused both companies of “gambling with our lives”🤬.. “Maybe it will take a massive, Chernobyl-scale #disaster to get #governments to #act”😱 Russell said, urging them to establish a #licensing #regime for AI, as exists w aviation, medicine or water supply"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3318024/doomsday-tech-could-ai-really-kill-us-all -
New comment in #Nature by #JosephStiglitz et al.:
"Why we need an International Panel on #Inequality"
#InternationalPanelOnInequality
#Disparities in #income and #wealth are growing. A scientific assessment process can give #governments the #information they need to tackle them.
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@collective_truth @RichardJMurphy @aral
Read the pinned post on my profile.
There are a few institutions that work in collusion to run people’s lives, and form the basis of the #Matrix.
1. #Schools
2. #Churches
3. #Governments
4. #Corporations
5. #Media
6. #BanksOnce I became a #whistleblower against the system, in 2023, #WellsFargo #bank would not give me my own money. They still have not.
( Details: https://whistleblower.lovestoblog.com/ )
It’s time for the biblical prophecy to come true, and the money lenders to be kicked out.
Here’s how:
https://rant.li/ashwin/visions-for-a-new-webAlohaCoin v2 redistributes wealth, and brings about #degrowth
With full bellies, people have the courage to break free of the Matrix, and #disobey leaders. Political, religious, military, corporate leaders etc.
Little incentive for #crime, #war, #violence.
Please boost and spread the message!
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RE: https://mastodon.nz/@dayvblack/116818810472357241
'... #rightwing #governments in the #UK and around the world that have focused on #cost-cutting and running down the #public sphere in favour of private provision have neglected and in some cases destroyed #community #amenities, and communities with them. Shared spaces, Mazzucato makes clear in her book, are at the heart of any idea of the common good. “It’s investing in those collective structures,” she says.
Arsenal FC also run children’s football teams and training sessions around north London, an example of the common good in action. “My kids all used to play [at nearby pitches] there on Friday nights, and I used to almost cry when I’d go there. You just see hundreds of kids and their parents, lots of them from the local estates, and I used to think, imagine if this was normal, imagine if this was everywhere, people had a place to go,” she says. “It’s not that it would solve #crime, but I literally would bet that if you made a kind of Marshall plan #investment in soccer pitches, public #libraries, public pools, and made it beautiful, you would see #health benefits and lower crime and a lower #cost to the state. We shouldn’t just do it because it’s good for people – which is the reason to do it – but it also costs you less, ultimately.”'
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Starmer resigns: Which European country has highest turnover of leaders?
With resignation of #Starmer, #UK is to have its 7th PM in 10 years
A far cry from a country once touted for its ability to produce stable and long-lasting #governments compared to other #European nations, due to its first-past-the-post voting system, the principle of #parliamentary #sovereignty and its evolutionary tradition of governance.
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@ChrisMayLA6 The #deregulation of the #financial #markets on both sides of the #Atlantic led directly to the #global financial #crash of 2007-8, & the #political nostrums of the #Tory #governments from 2010-24 led to reduced real #social #spending & greater #poverty & #inequality here in the #UK, with diminished #average #life #expectancy as a result. These are FACTS - & they favour the #Left!
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Chrome tightens grip as ad blockers fade away
"Google presents te change as necessary upgrade to reduce security risks & technical complexity. Critics question whether limiting #adblockers also conveniently protects te firm's #advertising #revenues.🤦♂️ This irony is hard to ignore.. #Security experts hv long recommended ad blockers as a first line of defence against #malicious ads & #online #tracking"
👉 Will #governments stop forcing #Chrome down their citizens' throats?🤔
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/3271710/chrome-tightens-grip-as-ad-blockers-fade-away -
Chrome tightens grip as ad blockers fade away
"Google presents te change as necessary upgrade to reduce security risks & technical complexity. Critics question whether limiting #adblockers also conveniently protects te firm's #advertising #revenues.🤦♂️ This irony is hard to ignore.. #Security experts hv long recommended ad blockers as a first line of defence against #malicious ads & #online #tracking"
👉 Will #governments stop forcing #Chrome down their citizens' throats?🤔
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/3271710/chrome-tightens-grip-as-ad-blockers-fade-away -
Chrome tightens grip as ad blockers fade away
"Google presents te change as necessary upgrade to reduce security risks & technical complexity. Critics question whether limiting #adblockers also conveniently protects te firm's #advertising #revenues.🤦♂️ This irony is hard to ignore.. #Security experts hv long recommended ad blockers as a first line of defence against #malicious ads & #online #tracking"
👉 Will #governments stop forcing #Chrome down their citizens' throats?🤔
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/3271710/chrome-tightens-grip-as-ad-blockers-fade-away -
Chrome tightens grip as ad blockers fade away
"Google presents te change as necessary upgrade to reduce security risks & technical complexity. Critics question whether limiting #adblockers also conveniently protects te firm's #advertising #revenues.🤦♂️ This irony is hard to ignore.. #Security experts hv long recommended ad blockers as a first line of defence against #malicious ads & #online #tracking"
👉 Will #governments stop forcing #Chrome down their citizens' throats?🤔
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/3271710/chrome-tightens-grip-as-ad-blockers-fade-away -
The #Irresistible #Force of #Fascism: Why #People and #Governments Seem To #GiveIn?
#Fascist #ideology can appeal to individuals #disenchanted with #mainstream #society
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
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Alongside nearly 23,000 civilians, including health workers, and UN personnel... at least 109 #Journalists were killed by IOF in Gaza since Oct 7th...
Still, this #Genocide will not be silenced...By the actions of #Ultrafascist #Governments - supported by US and EU - the state of #Israel lost any #MoralHighGround
#Victims who became #Perpetrators won't be trusted or rehabilitated any soon#WhoseDemocracy #NotInAnyone'sName
#StopTheMassacre
#ICJ
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#Lawsuits Have Become the Weapon of Choice Against #Activists
Legal intimidation suits known as “#SLAPPs” are becoming the norm for private #corporations and #governments trying to silence those who speak out on matters of public interest.
by Katie Redford
July 17, 2023“On May 31, #Atlanta #SWAT teams with riot gear and battering rams broke down #MarlonKautz’s door. Police dragged Kautz and two colleagues to jail in their pajamas, charging them with #MoneyLaundering and charity fraud.
“Kautz, Adele MacLean, and Savannah Patterson, are volunteer board members of the #NetworkForStrongCommunities Inc., which was incorporated in 2020. Through it, they are able to raise funds for the #AtlantaSolidarityFund (#ASF). Since 2016, the fund has bailed out people arrested in #Georgia while exercising their First Amendment right to protest and helped them find legal help.
“Recently, the ASF has supported Atlanta activists who have been protesting a new $90 million police training center known as '#CopCity,' arguing that it will rob Atlanta of a #VitalGreenLung and increase inequality in surrounding neighborhoods. The state of Georgia, on the other hand, has charged dozens with 'domestic terrorism' for participating in largely peaceful protests.
“Georgia authorities claim that the money laundering charge is based on evidence of a fund transfer to another organization, but they haven’t shared any other details about their allegations. Magistrate Judge Altman, who presided over the bail hearing, described the state’s evidence as 'unimpressive,' reinforcing the defendants’ claims that the arrests are politically, not legally, motivated.
“Shortly after the arrest, Governor Brian Kemp announced that the state would go after everyone involved, and Attorney General Chris Carr tweeted that the funders of the bail and legal defense fund were next. As an executive director at a climate philanthropy who made charitable donations to the ASF for legal defense, I had to wonder: Was my door going to be battered down next?
“Some of the accused may have trespassed or destroyed property, but to charge protesters with 'domestic terrorism' and a legal defense fund with money laundering is a cynical political act that bears no relation to the misdemeanors alleged. Any American committed to democracy should be interested in making sure these charges lose in both the court of law and the court of public opinion.
“These charges seek to silence and stop opposition to an unpopular development project. They also telegraph a message to others in the state and nationwide: We will not tolerate lawful protest in Georgia. This strategy is known as strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPP), which is an intimidation lawsuit, typically used by private corporations against those who speak out on matters of public interest. Various state governments are increasingly deploying this tactic, too.
“SLAPPs don’t usually win in court, but that’s not what they’re intended to do. Instead, they set out to threaten activists and drain the financial resources of social movements. They often unfold as years-long wars of attrition, where corporations and governments with disproportionately large resources grind down the financial, emotional, and legal capacities of activists. The threat of such a suit—typically brought against individuals or groups that confront powerful people or institutions—discourages free speech and association, chilling democracy itself.
“As a lawyer on the front lines of climate justice activism, I witnessed firsthand how a SLAPP was used to weaponize the law against free speech and association. During the mass protests by Indigenous water protectors and environmentalists campaigning against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, SLAPPs were used widely.
“As #StandingRock became a global cause célèbre, the pipeline’s owners brought a $900 million #racketeering case against individuals and #NGOs like #BankTrack and #Greenpeace, alleging a vast global conspiracy to damage the company’s reputation and bottom line through fraud and #defamation.
“A federal court ultimately dismissed the lawsuit. But despite its eventual failure in court, the SLAPP tactic served its intended purpose: intimidation. #KrystalTwoBulls, one of the Standing Rock organizers that my organization represented, said that being sued tangled her up, practically and emotionally, in a legal battle that diverted her attention, taking her away from her work on the climate crisis and #Indigenous #LandRights.
“She began to #censor herself; she withdrew from her community and the movement, fearing that conspiracy allegations might extend to anyone she touched. And that, of course, is the point of these suits: to send out the message to either shut up or suffer the consequences.
“The case against #Kautz in #Atlanta similarly seeks to spark fear in activists and donors against supporting #FirstAmendment rights and legal defense. There is reason to believe that prosecutors may also be preparing #RICO charges against anti–Cop City activists, another dangerous use of the legal system to quell #grassroots movements.
“Since Standing Rock, over 20 states have passed '#CriticalInfrastructure' laws, which dramatically increase civil and criminal penalties related to protests at or near #FossilFuel projects. #DomesticTerrorism laws like that in Georgia have a similar intention: to weaponize the legal system against critics and stifle #DissentingVoices.
“I have no doubt that the majority of the domestic terrorism charges around Cop City will fail. But in the process, a political point will have been made, at the expense of the constitutional right to free speech. People protesting to protect the #environment and #climate will have been publicly accused of being harmful to America’s security, and they will have been forced to defend themselves—likely at exorbitant cost—against a 30-year jail sentence. Other potential activists will surely remember these charges when they consider whether it’s worth it to attend a concert, sit-in, or protest.
"The best strategy for stopping SLAPP suits in their tracks, whether they emanate from the private sector or are used by the state, is to keep speaking out, to support defamed activists, and to make the litigants pay a price. About 30 states have introduced legislation that protects against SLAPPs. And last year, #Jami Raskin introduced the #SLAPPProtectionAct of 2022 to #Congress. It must be reintroduced.
“My organization, #EquationCampaign, created a fund to provide lawyers and legal support for people who face this kind of legal retaliation for their environmental and climate work. I’m astonished at the wide range of people who need our help: from #farmers and ranchers to #journalists and #IndigenousActivists. All of them are on the receiving end of David vs. Goliath legal tactics that have long served powerful interests with near-endless resources.
“Absent federal protections, we all must be vigilant in the face of the egregious proliferation of #antiprotest laws and lawsuits.
“#Democracy and the future of this #planet require people to speak up. The law should serve—not silence—those of us who do."
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/slapp-legal-intimidation-activists/
#ForestDefenders #DefendTheForest #StopCopCity #DirectAction #Fascism #RICO #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas #EnvironmentalRacism #NoDAPL #DakotaAccess #StandingWithStandingRock
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#Governments #worldwide are eager to attend #global #climate meetings to solidify their #environmental commitment. Their #political #agendas , however, rarely mirror anything near what they profess.
Whether it's #CliimateChange , #Canada ’s #international #mining , #BritishColumbia #OldGrowth #forests , #TarSands, #LaBayDuNord - outcome will be the same. There isn’t an area in this, or in most other jurisdictions, that isn’t under some form of environmental attack.
https://www.westmountmag.ca/ecological-hypocrisy-and-point-of-no-return/
