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if you need some background on how this (horrible) decision will affect the Internet Archive, controlled digital lending, and the future of online preservation, you can read the explainer Emma Wallenbrock and I wrote two years ago on this case: slate.com/technology/202…

Why this matters 👇👇👇 documentedny.com/2024/09/04/ube…

If you are a student journalist at a high school or college in the Appalachian region and want info about a paid reporting opportunity this fall, please DM me and I'll email you details & FAQ!

Fellas is it ESG to invest in weapons manufacturers newrepublic.com/article/185611…

🚨🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: FBI Raids Homes of Two Top Eric Adams Aides, Sheena Wright and Phil Banks, sources tell THE CITY thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/fbi…

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Scoop: When Nassau County passed its mask ban, the police department claimed there would be training. But as an information request from NYCLU reveals, there doesn't really appear to be any! New from me at Mother Jones. motherjones.com/criminal-justi…

As asylum seekers coming over the border have become more diverse, and as the Biden admin insists on putting even rare language speakers in expedited removal, this happens. I just spoke to a man from Darfur who has been in a Texas ICE facility since May. He passed his CFI

three separate IKEA POÄNG chairs SPOTTED on .75 mile stretch of crown heights sidewalk tonight

A 26 year old American peace activist was just shot in the head and killed by an Israeli sniper in the West Bank

4 weeks ago: Israeli forces shoot American teacher protesting illegal settlements *US silence* This week: Settlers attack, Israeli forces throw stun grenades at, American peace demonstrators *US silence* This morning: Israeli forces kill 26-year-old American peace demonstrator

Please look at the differences in these statements: An Israeli-American gets a full story and tribute from President Biden himself with condemnatory language. An American citizen killed in the West Bank gets “we need to learn more” & the IDF pretending like they’ll investigate.

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Longtime Israeli activist Jonathan Pollack describes the “intentional killing” of American Aysenur Eygi in the West Bank: “It was quiet. There was nothing to justify the shot. The shot was taken to kill.”

Her name is added to the 17 Palestinian protesters slain in Beita in the past 4 years

Surely the NY Times, the Atlantic, the Post will all now run stories on cancel culture and anti-Palestinian racism?