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#Cyberculture agenda: “A history of the tech worker uprising
A history of the tech worker uprising Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Tech-sector workers have enormous market-power: companies find it easier to raise cash than to use it to hire qualified developers. Twitter’s ‘Russia-Iran’ troll... Read more
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An image sums it all- updates in the Khashoggi Case
Suspects in Khashoggi Case Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince The New York Times – David D. Kirkpatrick ( @kirkpatricknyt ) – Oct 16, 3:25 PM ISTANBUL — One of the suspects identified by Turkey... Read more
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updates: “Turkish police say ‘murder evidence’ found at Saudi consulate on Khashoggi case…
Here’s John Oliver’s take on the disappearance of Saudi journalist in Istanbul Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder As usual, John Oliver does a great job of explaining the circumstances surrounding the likely... Read more
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#anthropology roundup: “Interview: John Postill on his new book The Rise of the Nerds….
Interview: John Postill on his new book The Rise of the Nerds anthro{dendum} by Adam Fish I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. John Postill about his new book, The... Read more
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Jamal Khashoggi murder updates- “Tech Backs Away From Saudis After Journalist’s Alleged Murder…. Khashoggi Wasn’t the First…
Tech Backs Away From Saudis After Journalist’s Alleged Murder Wired Top Stories by Nitasha Tiku Silicon Valley executives suspended participation in a Saudi advisory committee and cancelled plans to attend a high-profile... Read more
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Thanks to Saudi-Turkish political tensions, we can get leaks about the murdered journalist, Khashoggi….
Turkish press trail Khashoggi’s last steps at Saudi consulate BBC News | Europe | World Edition Many of Turkey’s newspapers lead with what are thought to be the last picture of... Read more
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Tragedy in Istanbul. “Disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi – timeline
Disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi – timeline World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Bethan McKernan / Dissident went missing after visiting Saudi consulate in Istanbul to collect paperwork The longer the Saudi... Read more
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#anthropology roundup: “Recovering relationships in early anthropological research…
Confronting the Specter of Cultural Appropriation SAPIENS by George Nicholas [no-caption] kokouu/Getty Images Humans celebrate many things—from rites of passage to religious events to groundhogs. One of the most intriguing, anthropologically speaking, is... Read more
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#journalism agenda: 2 reports- Trust in news organizations…. the state of nonprofit news in 2018….
Here’s how much Americans trust 38 major news organizations (hint: not all that much!) Nieman Journalism Lab by Joshua Benton Surveys about “media trust” suffer from a definitional problem. “Do you trust... Read more
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Cyberpunk (1990) [Full documentary in high quality]
Cyberpunk: a 1990 documentary featuring William Gibson, Timothy Leary, and Brenda Laurel In other news: Some important technical (and skeptical) notes about the Chinese-backdoored-servers story Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow / Yesterday,... Read more
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Why leather? “We calculated how many cows HP will murder to make its new leather laptop
I like my HP Spectre laptop a lot. But I guess there is no need to kill cows for leathery version… We calculated how many cows HP will murder to make its... Read more
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Google Search is at 20 -#Cyberculture agenda…
I know Google is hated by many but i so love and rely on its products at the moment. From Drive to Photos to Google Trips… I got really pissed off... Read more
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#anthropology roundup: “Wikipedia Leads Effort to Create a Digital Archive of 20 Million Artifacts Lost in the Brazilian Museum Fire…
Wikipedia Leads Effort to Create a Digital Archive of 20 Million Artifacts Lost in the Brazilian Museum Fire Open Culture by Josh Jones The staggering loss of a possible 20 million artifacts... Read more
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UNESCO publication: #Journalism, ‘Fake News’ and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training
For pdf version: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002655/265552E.pdf Journalism, ‘Fake News’ and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training This new publication by UNESCO is a timely resource and highly topical subject for... Read more
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It looks like the EU has terrible regulation plans on copyright issues… #Europe agenda.
Not In Our Name: Why European Creators Should Oppose the EU’s Proposal To Limit Linking and Censor The Internet EFF.org Updates by Cory Doctorow The European Copyright Directive vote is in three... Read more
