From the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker:

Protests remain the most dangerous place for journalists in the U.S.

In 2024, nearly half of all arrests were at hands of NYPD, spiking from April through May during protests at Columbia University.

Our annual arrest report:

pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/jo…

Journalist arrests surge in 2024 amid Israel-Gaza war protests

While revelers and protesters alike gathered near New York City’s Times Square on Dec. 31, 2023, a freelance reporter rang …

^{U.S. Press Freedom Tracker}

Norway’s two governing parties want to scrap an electricity interconnector to Denmark, with the junior coalition partner also calling for a renegotiation of power links to the UK and Germany, as sky-high prices trigger panic in the rich Nordic country.

ft.com/content/f0b621a1-54f2-4…

Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar

Country’s energy minister describes ‘shit situation’ as domestic prices hit highest level since 2009

^{Richard Milne (Financial Times)}

Q: Under what legal authority does the US have a force posture in Syria
Singh: I’m sorry, what is the question
Q: What legal authority, either national or international, does the US have a true presence of force posture in Syria
Singh: We’ve had a true presence and arrangement there for a number of years

In other words, it's an illegal occupation. Welcome to the rules based world order.

#us #syria

Reminder for the diseased centrists and bothsiders

#BrianThompson of #UnitedHealthCare killed more Americans than any terrorist.

His decision on policies that denied life saving critical care, to preserve his fat paycheck and shareholders winnings killed as much as any WMD could.

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The W3C @tag has published a Statement of Ethical Web Principles to guide the community to build a better web.

@torgo and @wz43rtx noted:

The web is a fundamental part of our lives, shaping how we work, connect, and learn. We understand that with this profound impact comes the responsibility to ensure that the web serves as a platform that benefits people and delivers positive social outcomes. 1/4

w3.org/blog/2024/w3c-statement…

W3C Statement on Ethical Web Principles guides the community to build a better web

The Ethical Web Principles, which build on W3C’s core values and principles in the web and its architecture, are a call to action for the web industry and for W3C itself, aiming to deliver positive social outcomes.

^W3C

How many of your members violate these policies and what action will you take against them?

Google?
Meta?
Adobe?
Microsoft?
US Department of Homeland Security?
TikTok?
IAB?
IBM?
Oracle?
Samsung?
Snap?
Yahoo!?

Or, how about UnitedHealth Group?

Hmm? 🤔

#w3c #EthicalWebPrinciples #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #ethicsWashing w3c.social/@w3c/11364006232522…

So, 47 years ago today, a couple of coal faced socialists decided they'd had enough arguing with the government (they hadn't) and would rather argue with each other. Officially on paper. For the rest of their lives.

Five years ago today they welcomed their 8th grandchild, who through linguistic trickery, is named after both of them.

So, mam, dad, offspring...here's to you.

#Linux/ #Gnome's #Evolution email client is blowing #Thunderbird out of the water when it comes to #SPAM and #Junk #Mail classification.

This is purely anecdotal but when I was running #Thunderbird, I'd get up every morning and have to manually flag messages as SPAM in my Inbox and move messages to my Junk folder (and the reverse!)

I use a #SelfHosted #MailCow VPS for my email, as well as the Email for my Company and domains.

MailCow uses #rspamd for it's SPAM detection, and it's usually very good, and rspamd adds a bunch of headers to your Email message about what the current SPAM status is for the message.

For some reason Thunderbird wasn't doing that great of a job deciphering those headers for something that might have been SPAM but ended up in my Inbox none-the-less.

Still, manually moving messages into Junk had the added benefit of continuing to train rspamd about what was SPAM and what wasn't.

Fast-forward to Evolution.

For the second morning in the row I haven't had to manually move any messages from my Inbox into Junk in the morning. Evolution (along with rspamd) has completely taken care of my Junk mail problem.

It's super early so not sure if this good pattern of Junk mail classification will keep up, but it's a pleasant start.

I would gladly pay money for a Windows native port of Evolution. If Evolution ever made its way onto Windows it would blow #Outlook out of the fucking water.

Maxwell Mustardo’s ceramic vessels glow with personality.

thisiscolossal.com/2024/12/max…

#ceramics #arthistory #sculpture

Fantastic news for the #Fediverse ! Congrats to @Framasoft @peertube on this great solution for the community!

howtogeek.com/peertube-now-has…

#tech #Technology #OpenSource #PeerTube

PeerTube, the Open-Source YouTube, Now Has Mobile Apps

Watch videos without becoming a product.

^{Christian Zibreg (How-To Geek)}

Welcome to the wonderful world of 🌟Node.js🌟

A drop-in replacement library for a drop-in replacement library for a built-in library that should've worked in the first place.

#programmerhumor #nodejs

The lack of digital privacy safeguards has been used to intimidate, harass + destroy the lives of abuse victims. The DEFIANCE Act is a step in the right direction + we need to push lawmakers to get it passed- call now!

fightforthefuture.org/actions/…

Pass the DEFIANCE Act!

^{Fight for the Future}

#Syria
@palestine @lebanon

Brilliant, concise report from Richard Medhurst

One point I'd like to add:
HTS and their associated groups will only go to Israel to get medical care. They will NEVER attack Israel. They're on the same side, just in case anybody thinks that being "Islamists" will make them support Palestinians. No, they're funded by US. They couldn't care less about Gaza, Lebanon or about Syria.

No more celebrations please

youtube.com/watch?v=NrNgLd7RGr…

The Syrian Revolution Was a Lie

Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/richardmedhurst Donate on PayPal: https://paypal.me/papichulominDonate on GoFundMe: http://tiny.cc/GoFundMe-Richard...

^YouTube

I don’t understand, Meta are our friends. They’re a partner with Mastodon at the Social Web Foundation. They can’t be bad, can they? Why would Mastodon partner with them if they were bad?

socialwebfoundation.org mastodon.social/@burningbird/1…

Social Web Foundation

Towards a bigger, better fediverse

^{Social Web Foundation}