(2021-01-06). EMERGENCY TWITTER/PHONE CALL ALERT! Alabama prison hunger striker beaten. workers.org 
On the morning of Jan. 4, a prisoner participating in the #Alabama11 hunger strike was beaten and bloodied by a guard, Officer Landrum, at the instructions of Sgt. Williams, for his participation in the hunger strike. The prisoner's name is Ronnie Miller, #244648. He is out of the infirmary, but . . . |
(2021-01-05). Covid-19: Egypt health minister under fire for attending wedding amid pandemic. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: Egypt health minister under fire for attending wedding amid pandemic | Social media users have contrasted the minister violating lockdown measures with the dire state of Egypt's overwhelmed hospitals | Tue, 01/05/2021 – 11: 47 | The large wedding was compared to scenes of hospitals and medical staff facing shortages in Egypt (Screengrab/Twitter) | Egypt's Health Minister Hala Zayed has come und…
(2021-01-05). 'Exhausted' university student in tears over 'lack of support' during pandemic. thecanary.co An "exhausted" university student has gone viral after sharing an emotional post about the lack of support she says students have received during the pandemic.Kiera Murrell, who studies psychology at the University of Bournemouth, shared a photo of herself in tears and wrote: "In case anybody wondered how it looked or felt to be a university student in a pandemic."I am so exhausted and drained. I have spent my afternoon crying into a Terry's chocolate orange because I have received not a single bit of support since university moved online in March, just like everybody else on my course." | A university student in…
(2021-01-05). Wednesday 1/6: Arctic is Not For Sale! Day of Solidarity to Protect Arctic Refuge & Indigenous Cultures. indybay.org Virtual action on social media…
(2021-01-05). Antiviral Drug Approved for Postexposure Flu Prevention. jamanetwork.com The approved indication for baloxavir marboxil has been expanded to include postexposure influenza prevention for patients 12 years or older.
(2021-01-04). The ABC's Of Google's New Union. popularresistance.org Google workers have organized for pay equity, opposed unethical uses of machine learning, protested sexual assault, and more. Our small team at Collective Action in Tech has been archiving these organizing events for years. Now the workers of Google's parent company, Alphabet, are building worker power through a non-contract union they've named The Alphabet Workers Union. | This isn't the first time Google workers are unionizing. In 2017, Security guards at Google and Facebook had their union recognized and fought through a long contract negotiation. In 2019, Google cafeteria staff employed by vendor Bon Appetit…
(2021-01-04). Conservatives Spent 2020 Accusing Facebook of Being Biased Against Them, but Engagement Data Tells a Different Story. commondreams.org In 2020, right-leaning Facebook pages consistently earned more interactions than ideologically nonaligned and left-leaning pages—again. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/facebook-google-privacy.jpeg …
(2021-01-04). "Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings stumbles into more controversy after defending "Bean Dad" on Twitter. salon.com Jennings' podcast co-host John Roderick went viral for a parenting story; then his anti-Semitic tweets resurfaced…
(2021-01-04). Caribbean volcano rumbles back to life, MSM fake news about evacuation orders spread panic. rt.com 
After decades of inactivity a volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent has rumbled back to life. As authorities brace for a potential eruption, misinformation about evacuation orders on major news outlets is spreading panic. | Contrary to reports in the local and international media, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency has unequivocally stated that no evacuation orders have been issued amid increased activity at the Soufriere volcano. | The National Emergency Management Organization of St. Vincent and The Grenadines issued an urgent tweet Sunday to deny reports that evacuation orders had b…
(2021-01-04). London police hassle old woman for feeding birds, tell her to 'DISPERSE' because of Covid-19 restrictions. rt.com 
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag? Not in the new UK coronavirus lockdown. A video circulating on social media shows an elderly woman, who was feeding bread to pigeons, being told by London police to 'disperse.' | The video, which was posted on YouTube late Sunday, shows an old woman with a pushcart feeding the birds near London's Marble Arch. Two police stand near the woman and her grey-bearded male companion, and one of the officers urges them to leave the area voluntarily because of restrictions on gathering. | "Feeding the birds, and getting hassled," says an onlooker filming the encounter from behind the…
(2021-01-04). Australian woman activist arrested in Tanzania over social media post. laprensalatina.com Sydney, Australia, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- An Australian activist, who has renounced her Islamic faith and now campaigns for women's rights, has been arrested and charged in Tanzania over a social media post. The activist had criticized the president of the African country for his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. A Foreign Ministry official told EFE …
(2021-01-03). Prayer Walk Demands Justice For Native Man Assaulted By US Feds. popularresistance.org Native groups have taken to Petroglyphs National Monument in Tiwa Territory, commonly known as Albuquerque, New Mexico, to demand justice for Darrell House, a native man who was brutally tasered by rangers of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), while he offered prayers on a hike with his sister and dog one week ago. | A prayer walk from Ogahpogeh (Santa Fe) arrived to the site on Saturday afternoon, as reported by The Red Nation's Nick Estes, who tweeted, "#JusticeforDarrell walk ended at Petroglyphs National Park. Askia Trujillo from Ohkay Owingeh led the prayer walk. Walkers are demanding the firing of the tw…
(2021-01-03). Morales hailes martyr Soleimani's braveries. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — In a tweet on Sunday, ex-Bolivian president Evo Morales hailed Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani's struggles against imperialism and in defense of the sovereignty of nations suffering from foreign aggression.