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Leif Ryge retweeted
Signal is providing what @wiretapped calls a "pinky-promise" architecture, saying sure we have access to your contact list and upload it to our severs on the AWS, but it's only to help you find your friends! Trust us! Meanwhile, they have no obvious business model.
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We won for everyone! Every journalist/citizen in the world can litigate a #FOIA in UK no matter nationality/residency/territoriality!
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Julian Assange darf nicht an USA ausgeliefert werden. Völlig unerwartet urteilte heute so die Richterin in London. Das ist auch ein Sieg der Solidarität. Die Begründung ist etwas daneben. Egal. Jetzt muß Assange sofort raus aus dem Knast. Freiheit für Julian.
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The rejection by the UK court of the US Govt's request to extradite Julian Assange to stand trial on espionage charges is obviously great news. But the judge endorsed most of the USG's theories, but ultimately found the US prison system too inhumane to permit extradition.
Leif Ryge retweeted
Breaking: UK judge rules against extradition of Assange to US #AssangeCase
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You know the human rights situation in your prisons is becoming internationally untenable when the glass box show trial people refuse to hand over defendants.
Leif Ryge retweeted
Today, the Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in Tanzin v Tanvir case, finding that Muslims who were put on the No-Fly list after they refused to become FBI informants and spy on their communities, *can* sue the government for damages
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Speaking of stealing, here are US billionaire wealth gains during the pandemic:
Elon Musk: $118,500,000,000
Jeff Bezos: $71,400,000,000
Mark Zuckerberg: $50,100,000,000
Larry Page: $28,900,000,000
Sergey Brin: $28,500,000,000
MacKenzie Scott: $23,800,000,000
Stealing to survive: More Americans are shoplifting food as aid runs out during the pandemic wapo.st/39ZI2JQ
Leif Ryge retweeted
Zoom shuts down an NYU academic event on zoom censorship. Facebook asks NYU researchers to stop doing research on political ads. NYU’s response will be interesting to see how even powerful universities can struggle to maintain institutional autonomy vis a vis tech companies.
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#GlassFire East of Calistoga In Napa county is 67,484 acres and 97% contained. Unified Command: @CALFIRELNU, @sonomasheriff, @NapaSheriff, and @SantaRosaFire
fire.ca.gov/incidents/2020/9…
Leif Ryge retweeted
Firefighters-for-hire flooded into the Glass Fire as it threatened expensive homes and multimillion-dollar wineries.
This has been happening for years, but officials say the number of private crews is rising, and with it the potential for conflict. trib.al/KvkzCc8
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#GLASSFIRE FIRST NIGHT: This harrowing photo was taken on the night the Glass Fire broke out. This image was captured just after 7:00pm facing hillside flames above a vineyard off of Crystal Springs Road in Napa County.
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🚩RED FLAG WARNING 🚩 You’re looking at video taken just now from HELCO over Division W, near Bothe State Park. The #GlassFire has been very active. We’ll have several updates coming shortly.
Leif Ryge retweeted
XAL 2016A, comprised of ACFD, Fremont Fire, Hayward Fire, and Oakland Fire, have been working for the last 72 hours as part of the initial attack at the Glass Fire. Crews are assigned to the Calistoga/St Helena region to save homes, wineries, and vineyards...
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AIR OPERATIONS: Tonight, as the sun set, this was the view from the north end of the #GlassFire just northwest of the town of Angwin.