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geteilt von: https://feddit.org/post/30521857 Yesterday, the Protect Our Games Act (AB 1921) has passed on the California State Assembly floor with a 43–16 vote! Now it heads to the California State Senate, and this is where it needs your help! If you live in California, or know someone who does: Find your State Senator here, then go to their ‘Contact Me’ page and submit your support for AB 1921 - the Protect Our Games Act. Please include a short explanation as to why you support games preservation. If you live in another state, or know someone who does: Send your support to the Chair of the Senate Privacy Committee here. Everyone around the world can also help! Help exposure by reposting / sharing one of these links in your circles: Reddit X / Twitter YouTube - Broadcast Yourself Instagram Tik Tok You can e-mail the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Agency at [email protected] and express your interest and support for this bill internationally. French volunteer needed in Paris… SKG is in urgent need of a French gamer that can meet us in Paris on June 8th. This is for a brief television interview - for a story that is being prepared. Beyond the SKG representative, they also wish to interview a local / French gamer and film some seconds of gaming. If you fit the profile and availability, please contact us urgently! You can open an ‘inquiries’ ticket on the unofficial community server at: (https://discord.gg/TCE6uXwsBe). Supplementary… We would like to thank our supporters from all over the world for their continued efforts. It is with you that we have together paved the way for a tomorrow where we have a choice to keep the things we buy and play the games we love when we want to play them. Please remember that your strength is our strength and now we need it more than ever. This is your movement. We are here to give you - the gamer, the consumer - a voice that can be heard by those who we have elected globally to make a difference. Let us call on them together and make sure that the industry with whom we are petitioning against will stop killing games once and for all. SKG Forever!!! Update from the SKG Discord
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When we seal our homes to keep heat in, we also capture moisture and allergens, affecting the air we breathe. Here’s a few simple ways to fix it In Germany, there is a practice called Lüften. Or as popularised on TikTok, House Burping. It is the simple act of opening windows and doors for a short 10-15 minute burst twice a day, letting the house breathe in clean, fresh air. Because dry air is easier (and cheaper) to heat than damp air, a quick burst of fresh air could actually make your heater more efficient.
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Clemen Avalos, school psychologist, addressing crowd at Downtown Business Magnet (5/14/26) The second-largest school district in the country has brought down the hammer on social justice educators following last year’s passage of AB 715, an “antisemitism” bill sponsored by the California Israel lobby and rubber-stamped by its minions in the state legislature and Governor Gavin Newsom. CODEPINK Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has ordered Ethnic Studies and social studies teachers at the Downtown Business Magnet (DBM) to remove Palestinian and Black Lives Matter flags and require themto undergo training on the use of “neutral terms” to describe sensitive topics, including Israel’s slaughter and starvation of Gaza. The order from the District’s Office of Student Civil Rights came after Emet Legal Services, contacted by another teacher at DBM, filed a complaint of antisemitism last February objecting to social studies and health teacher Tiffany Do’s display of a Palestinian flag and anti-genocide poster, as well as the wearing of a keffiyeh in class. In its 19-page “Report of Findings,” which Do said was not shared with DBM teachers, the District said the keffiyeh could stay, but advocacy posters had to go. Community rallies in solidarity with Do At a lively after-school protest in front of the Downtown Business Magnet on May 16, teacher and Union del Barrio organizer Ron Gochez said the District’s silencing of teachers in the face of a U.S.-subsidized genocide was like telling teachers in Nazi Germany to take a neutral stance on the Holocaust. School psychologist Clemen Avalos also spoke at the rally sponsored by LA Educators for Justice in Palestine, Association of Raza Educators, Union del Barrio, Community Self-Defense Coalition and others. Avalos said, “Palestinian students, Mexican students, students born north or south of the border, Black students, Indigenous students–all of our students deserve the right to learn about the truth about their history, their identity and their culture.” Ethnic Studies under attack Avalos’ comments speak to AB 715’s threat to Ethnic Studies as an interdisciplinary study of decolonization that centers stories and struggles of people of color. The California Department of Education’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) underscores solidarity with the oppressed as a foundational value of Ethnic Studies, a course originally required for high school graduation under 2021 legislation, but now stalled due to zero funding in the state budget. From the start, the Israel lobby – JPAC/Jewish California and the California Legislative Jewish Caucus (LJC) — has objected to the mere mention of Palestine in Ethnic Studies, introducing one bill after another to either restrict Ethnic Studies to domestic issues or otherwise police the discipline’s teachers with AB 715, authored by Assemblymember Rick Chavez-Zbur (D-Santa Monica). DBM Ethnic Studies and health teacher Do (Tido) told teachers, students, parents and community members gathered in the blistering sunlight in front of the school, “AB 715 is an erasure of marginalized people. The order to remove a Palestinian flag during an active genocide is actually Islamophobic, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian.” The Institute for the Understanding of Anti-Palestinian Racism (IUAPR) is a non-profit of scholars and researchers that encourages victims of anti-Palestinian racism to report incidents to the organization for “education” and “advocacy.” IUAPR defines anti-Palestinian racism as a form of racism that “silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames or dehumanizes Palestinians or their narratives.” Its list of examples of such racism includes “failing to acknowledge Palestinians with a collective identity, belonging and rights in relation to occupied and historic Palestine”… “pressuring others to exclude Palestinian perspectives” … and “defaming Palestinians and their [non-Palestinian] allies with slander such as being inherently anti-semitic.” Back at the rally Against a backdrop of teachers holding signs that read “Protect Ethnic Studies” and “Defend Palestinian Voices,” Do animatedly addressed an estimated 40 people — including Colin Hernandez, Zbur’s challenger in the June 2nd primary. “AB 715 weaponizes civil rights advocacy against the people it was meant to protect, so that just the mere existence of a Palestinian flag is now considered antisemitic, but the overreach of AB 715 does not stop with Palestinians,” said Do. The crowd shouted, “That’s right! That’s right!” Do continued. “Under AB 715, the statement ‘Black Lives Matter’ is painted as discriminatory bias. Under AB 715, historical injustices like the theft of Native American land cannot be righted under the banner of ‘Land Back.’” Since the District began its investigation, Do says she has removed the Palestinian flag, along with the BLM flag, Landback flag, and Puerto Rico flag. Daniel, a member of Roybal Learning Center’s Social Justice Club, said students in the club stand behind Do in their outrage over AB 715’s straitjacket on speech and attack on Ethnic Studies. “From the Nakba to the current genocide, AB 715 is a violation of the First Amendment,” said Daniel, who noted Israel had infiltrated the US government, from the federal to the state level. Following its investigation, the District determined that Do’s conduct “subjected students to discrimination on the basis of shared ancestry or ethnic characteristic in violation of the Civil Rights Act.” The report also noted, however, that “Students generally described her classroom environment as open, nonjudgmental, comfortable.” The charge of discrimination based on “shared ancestry” assumes that all Jews and Israelis identify and support the State of Israel and perceive solidarity with Palestine or a Palestinian flag as antisemitic. Not everyone agrees. Jewish Voice for Peace, an anti-Zionist organization that features keffiyehs and watermelon caps on its website, argues that both Jewish and Arab peoples have ancient, ancestral, and spiritual ties to the land in West Asia. According to JVP, asserting exclusive Jewish rights to Palestine inevitably leads to the displacement of Palestinians and the erasure of their connection to the same ancestral land. Thousands of JVP members and supporters – some carrying Palestinian flags — have occupied state capitols, subway stations, and lawmakers’ offices to demand the US stop funding what Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry have all termed Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Daniel, the DBM student, also challenged the notion that expressing solidarity with Palestine was antisemitic or discriminatory. “A Semite is someone who speaks a Semitic language, of which includes Arabic,” said Daniel, adding that a Semite is not just limited to Jewish people. Being a Semite extends to the same people being murdered every day by Israeli bombs. To want Palestinians to live a peaceful life and talking ill of the Israeli government–that is not antisemitic; it is the opposite.” “Israeli genocide bill” Educator unions, administrator associations, Jewish Voice for Peace chapters and the ACLU all opposed AB 715 due to concerns over the chilling of instruction and conflation of anti-Zionism with antisemitism — yet the state legislature approved AB 715 after midnight on 9/13/25, prompting a protester to shout from the Senate balcony, “This is an Israeli genocide censorship bill and you all know it … this bill is aiding and abetting a genocide that is ongoing. You all have blood on your hands.” AB 715 establishes a politically-appointed antisemitism coordinator to monitor teacher training and in-class instruction beginning with four-year-olds in transitional kindergarten, and to follow up on complaints which can be filed anonymously by those not directly harmed by alleged discrimination. So in theory, an IDF soldier in occupied Palestine could file a complaint against California teachers based on hearsay, and demandLAUSD administrators drop what they’re doing to pursue investigations of educators. The District’s corrective actions, with a June 10th deadline for compliance, include administrative review of all DBM history, social science and Ethnic Studies displays and content; department-wide professional development on addressing sensitive topics; and implementation of a site-based review process for supplemental instructional materials. According to Do, DBM’s principal has already delivered the mandated professional development, reviewing the corrective actions, including follow-up monitoring to, in the District’s words, “verify continued compliance with nondiscrimination neutrality.” Such mandates raise the question: What is neutral language for Israeli slaughter, starvation, and torture of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, for Israel’s obliteration of every school in Gaza and killing of over 200 journalists? The District’s condemnation of classroom bias also raises the question of whether the District’s repeated description of the genocide as a“conflict” reflects a pro-Israel bias. A conflict suggests two equal sides. Israel is a nuclear-armed state controlling over four million Palestinians living under military occupation. The “two sides” are not equal. The avalanche The controversy at DBM is not an isolated example of the Israel lobby’s attempt to chill debate over Israel’s colonization of Palestine. The District’s mandates come amid an avalanche of Public Record Requests from Israel supporters seeking copies of hundreds of LAUSD teacher lesson plans, according to one LAUSD high school teacher contacted by the District. In addition, the lobby is asking the Governor to approve $10 million more for the California Teachers Collaborative on Holocaust and Genocide Education to deliver Anti-Defamation League curriculum that includes a definition of contemporary antisemitism as demonization of Israel of Israel and that excludes the Gaza genocide from lesson plans. As the State and District seek to silence teacher opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza, annexation of the West Bank, and bombardment of Lebanon and Iran, Gochez suggests that instead of removing Palestinian flags from classrooms, teachers might all post Palestinian flags in a collective act of resistance. Similarly, the four teachers at DBM who, according to the District, removed their “Stop Genocide” posters might display them once again, with other teachers at the high school and across the District displaying the same message. Or imagine faculties and students all wearing keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestine. Dr. Lupe Carrasco Cardona, an Ethnic Studies adjunct professor and chair of the Association of Raza Educators, seconded the call for solidarity with all educators who “courageously, honorably and respectfully teach young people the truth about what is happening in our world.” Said Cardona, “Education should never be about fear, censorship, or intimidation. We cannot accept the banning of books, posters or flags, nor can we accept attacks on academic freedom and the professional integrity of educators.” Ready to challenge Zionist brainwashing in our schools? Join our Summer Workshops June 15-18! Marcy Winograd is a retired public high school teacher and coordinates CODEPINK’s Drop the ADL campaign. Subscribe now From CODEPINK Substack via This RSS Feed.
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Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Conservation journalists are facing a new issue: AI-generated wildlife imagery. The issue is not just that fake images exist. That has long been true. What has changed is how convincing synthetic wildlife photos and videos have become, how cheaply they can be made, and how quickly they can spread. A clip can move through Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, or even LinkedIn before anyone has checked whether it shows a real animal, a real place, or a real event. That matters because wildlife images carry an implicit claim. A photograph of a rare animal, a camera-trap still, or a video of unusual behavior usually tells the viewer: this happened. As generative AI improves, that assumption needs more scrutiny. The risks are not theoretical. False videos of animal attacks can deepen fear in places where human-wildlife conflict is already difficult to manage. Fabricated images of wild animals behaving like pets can feed demand for the exotic pet trade. Misleading footage of rare species can absorb the time of researchers, journalists, NGOs, and public agencies that have to determine whether an event actually occurred. It also changes the work of newsrooms. At Mongabay, we now spend more time looking at sourcing, provenance, metadata, reverse-image searches, forensic tools, and whether a photographer, researcher, or institution is known and trusted. AI detectors can occasionally help in some cases, but they cannot settle the question. False positives and false negatives…This article was originally published on Mongabay From Conservation news via This RSS Feed.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/53891813 Archived [The article links to several social media accounts as examples for Chinese propaganda.] Behind seemingly harmless videos of young Chinese women speaking fluent Greek, sharing everyday moments, cultural stories and cheerful messages about China, a more complex influence operation appears to be taking shape. A network of Greek-language social media accounts, some officially labelled by Meta as China state-controlled media, has built a significant audience in Greece and Cyprus through polished lifestyle content, paid promotion and a carefully cultivated image of authenticity — while maintaining links to Chinese state media and amplifying narratives favourable to Beijing. […] In the case of China, propaganda on social media platforms such as Facebook often does not appear as political or state-driven communication. Instead, it is channelled through female influencers who show entirely everyday and seemingly authentic moments. One key element is what is known as “role concealment.” Many of these content creators present themselves as travel vloggers, food bloggers, or people simply showing their life in China. However, in several cases, it has been revealed that they are linked to, or cooperate with Chinese state media. Their content is mainly lifestyle-oriented, but it follows a consistent direction: presenting China in a positive light while avoiding or countering criticism on issues such as human rights. […] The fact that these are often female influencers is not accidental. This particular style of communication is “softer,” more personal, and aims to build trust. Through everyday moments, an emotional tone, and direct contact with the audience, a sense of familiarity is created. Within this framework, even political messages can be easily conveyed and with less resistance. […] This is a more modern form of propaganda, in which state narratives are not conveyed directly by official outlets, but are “dressed up” as personal stories and experiences from people who appear independent and authentic. In reality, they are often employees of state media outlets such as CGTN, Xinhua, and China Radio International. As an example, two Facebook pages targeting a Greek-speaking audience carry Meta’s official label for “China state-controlled media”. This means that “Meta has labelled this publisher as state-controlled media because it believes that it may be partially or wholly under the editorial control of the state. The assessment is based on various factors, such as funding, organisational structure, and journalistic standards”. […] China has created an extensive network of “influencers” on social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where journalists and employees of state media outlets such as CGTN, Xinhua, and China Radio International present themselves as independent travel bloggers, lifestyle vloggers, and “life bloggers.” The AP identified, in 2022, dozens of such accounts operating in 38 languages and collectively having more than 10 million followers. […] These influencers build trust as “friends” with excellent knowledge of the local language. They avoid discussion with critics and interact only with positive comments. Microsoft Threat Analysis Center stresses that this tactic is more effective than traditional propaganda because it reaches the audience first, uses “authentic” voices, makes rebuttal harder because it spreads propaganda indirectly, and exploits platforms that often struggle to detect this kind of “grey” content. The two specific reports can be found on the Miburo website, here and here. Sometimes, these individuals adopt a more serious way of interacting with their audience, for example when they want to comment on geopolitical issues such as American positions on the port of Piraeus in Greece and the control exercised on it by COSCO, the biggest Chinese state-owned shipowner. […] [Social media profiles also advertise] content portraying a highly positive image of life in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. However, there are many reports of serious human rights violations by China in this region, something the profile ignores, as well as reports of attempts to whitewash life and culture in the region. […]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/53891813 Archived [The article links to several social media accounts as examples for Chinese propaganda.] Behind seemingly harmless videos of young Chinese women speaking fluent Greek, sharing everyday moments, cultural stories and cheerful messages about China, a more complex influence operation appears to be taking shape. A network of Greek-language social media accounts, some officially labelled by Meta as China state-controlled media, has built a significant audience in Greece and Cyprus through polished lifestyle content, paid promotion and a carefully cultivated image of authenticity — while maintaining links to Chinese state media and amplifying narratives favourable to Beijing. […] In the case of China, propaganda on social media platforms such as Facebook often does not appear as political or state-driven communication. Instead, it is channelled through female influencers who show entirely everyday and seemingly authentic moments. One key element is what is known as “role concealment.” Many of these content creators present themselves as travel vloggers, food bloggers, or people simply showing their life in China. However, in several cases, it has been revealed that they are linked to, or cooperate with Chinese state media. Their content is mainly lifestyle-oriented, but it follows a consistent direction: presenting China in a positive light while avoiding or countering criticism on issues such as human rights. […] The fact that these are often female influencers is not accidental. This particular style of communication is “softer,” more personal, and aims to build trust. Through everyday moments, an emotional tone, and direct contact with the audience, a sense of familiarity is created. Within this framework, even political messages can be easily conveyed and with less resistance. […] This is a more modern form of propaganda, in which state narratives are not conveyed directly by official outlets, but are “dressed up” as personal stories and experiences from people who appear independent and authentic. In reality, they are often employees of state media outlets such as CGTN, Xinhua, and China Radio International. As an example, two Facebook pages targeting a Greek-speaking audience carry Meta’s official label for “China state-controlled media”. This means that “Meta has labelled this publisher as state-controlled media because it believes that it may be partially or wholly under the editorial control of the state. The assessment is based on various factors, such as funding, organisational structure, and journalistic standards”. […] China has created an extensive network of “influencers” on social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where journalists and employees of state media outlets such as CGTN, Xinhua, and China Radio International present themselves as independent travel bloggers, lifestyle vloggers, and “life bloggers.” The AP identified, in 2022, dozens of such accounts operating in 38 languages and collectively having more than 10 million followers. […] These influencers build trust as “friends” with excellent knowledge of the local language. They avoid discussion with critics and interact only with positive comments. Microsoft Threat Analysis Center stresses that this tactic is more effective than traditional propaganda because it reaches the audience first, uses “authentic” voices, makes rebuttal harder because it spreads propaganda indirectly, and exploits platforms that often struggle to detect this kind of “grey” content. The two specific reports can be found on the Miburo website, here and here. Sometimes, these individuals adopt a more serious way of interacting with their audience, for example when they want to comment on geopolitical issues such as American positions on the port of Piraeus in Greece and the control exercised on it by COSCO, the biggest Chinese state-owned shipowner. […] [Social media profiles also advertise] content portraying a highly positive image of life in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. However, there are many reports of serious human rights violations by China in this region, something the profile ignores, as well as reports of attempts to whitewash life and culture in the region. […]
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Archived [The article links to several social media accounts as examples for Chinese propaganda.] Behind seemingly harmless videos of young Chinese women speaking fluent Greek, sharing everyday moments, cultural stories and cheerful messages about China, a more complex influence operation appears to be taking shape. A network of Greek-language social media accounts, some officially labelled by Meta as China state-controlled media, has built a significant audience in Greece and Cyprus through polished lifestyle content, paid promotion and a carefully cultivated image of authenticity — while maintaining links to Chinese state media and amplifying narratives favourable to Beijing. […] In the case of China, propaganda on social media platforms such as Facebook often does not appear as political or state-driven communication. Instead, it is channelled through female influencers who show entirely everyday and seemingly authentic moments. One key element is what is known as “role concealment.” Many of these content creators present themselves as travel vloggers, food bloggers, or people simply showing their life in China. However, in several cases, it has been revealed that they are linked to, or cooperate with Chinese state media. Their content is mainly lifestyle-oriented, but it follows a consistent direction: presenting China in a positive light while avoiding or countering criticism on issues such as human rights. […] The fact that these are often female influencers is not accidental. This particular style of communication is “softer,” more personal, and aims to build trust. Through everyday moments, an emotional tone, and direct contact with the audience, a sense of familiarity is created. Within this framework, even political messages can be easily conveyed and with less resistance. […] This is a more modern form of propaganda, in which state narratives are not conveyed directly by official outlets, but are “dressed up” as personal stories and experiences from people who appear independent and authentic. In reality, they are often employees of state media outlets such as CGTN, Xinhua, and China Radio International. As an example, two Facebook pages targeting a Greek-speaking audience carry Meta’s official label for “China state-controlled media”. This means that “Meta has labelled this publisher as state-controlled media because it believes that it may be partially or wholly under the editorial control of the state. The assessment is based on various factors, such as funding, organisational structure, and journalistic standards”. […] China has created an extensive network of “influencers” on social media platforms such as TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where journalists and employees of state media outlets such as CGTN, Xinhua, and China Radio International present themselves as independent travel bloggers, lifestyle vloggers, and “life bloggers.” The AP identified, in 2022, dozens of such accounts operating in 38 languages and collectively having more than 10 million followers. […] These influencers build trust as “friends” with excellent knowledge of the local language. They avoid discussion with critics and interact only with positive comments. Microsoft Threat Analysis Center stresses that this tactic is more effective than traditional propaganda because it reaches the audience first, uses “authentic” voices, makes rebuttal harder because it spreads propaganda indirectly, and exploits platforms that often struggle to detect this kind of “grey” content. The two specific reports can be found on the Miburo website, here and here. Sometimes, these individuals adopt a more serious way of interacting with their audience, for example when they want to comment on geopolitical issues such as American positions on the port of Piraeus in Greece and the control exercised on it by COSCO, the biggest Chinese state-owned shipowner. […] [Social media profiles also advertise] content portraying a highly positive image of life in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. However, there are many reports of serious human rights violations by China in this region, something the profile ignores, as well as reports of attempts to whitewash life and culture in the region. […]
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