Daily Archives: December 1, 2022

2022-12-01: News Headlines

LaborFest (2022-12-01). Saturday 12/10: Get Your Ticket To Mars. indybay.org Twitter Headquarters San Francico | 1355 Market St. | San Francisco…

Michael Petrelis (2022-12-01). Anti-hate, anti-Trump LGBTQ people protest at Twitter building. indybay.org Twitter protest report back to the community…

Staff (2022-12-01). Abrirá sus puertas nuevo hotel en Varadero. cubadebate.cu Gaviota-Grupo Turismo anunció a través de la red social Facebook la entrada en operaciones el primero de dos hoteles de la parcela Oasis en Varadero. La Plaza Oasis capta la atención de visitantes nacionales y extranjeros desde hace algunos meses con ofertas gastronómicas y de esparcimiento compatibles con la calidad de los productos turísticos de la Península de Hicacos.

Anonymous669 (2022-11-30). Senior Syrian Air Force Officer Survives Assassination Attempt Near Damascus. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Via Facebook. | On November 28, a senior officer of the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) survived an assassination attempt near the capital, Damascus. | The officer, identified as Colonel Basil Ibrahim Wassouf, was reportedly lightly wounded when an explosive device ripped through his car in the district of Kiswah to the south of the capital. | Col. Wassouf is hardened fighter jet pilot of the SyAAF. The nature of his current work wi…

Anonymous103 (2022-11-30). Musk: Twitter Has "Interfered In Elections" southfront.org Originally published on Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday confirmed what everyone with two functioning brain cells and intellectual honesty already knew; the social media giant has "interfered in elections." | In a discussion over a Reuters article in which the company's former head of trust and safety says Twitter is 'not safer' under Musk, user @EvaFoxU posted: "Twitter has sho…

Brittani Banks (2022-11-30). Is Russia Really the Reason Why Mali Continues to Push France Away? independentmediainstitute.org On , Mali's interim Prime Minister Colonel Abdoulaye MaàØga posted a statement on social media to say that Mali has decided "to ban, with immediate effect, all activities carried out by NGOs operating in Mali with funding or material or technical support from France." A few days before this statement, the French government …

En.mehrnews (2022-11-30). US national team forward Timothy Weah praises Team Melli. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — United States national football team forward Timothy Weah has sent a message on social media praising Iran's team in the 2022 World Cup.

Rosalind English (2022-11-30). The Weekly Round-up: Scottish independence referendum, retained EU law and social media. ukhumanrightsblog.com In the News… The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the Scottish parliament does not have the power to pass legislation that would allow for a second referendum on Scottish independence. Such legislation, the Supreme Court found, would touch on 'reserved matters', that is, matters affecting the United Kingdom as a whole. The Scottish government unsuccessfully argued …

WSWS (2022-11-30). UK: Communication Workers Union agrees sellout deal to end BT strike, pledges itself as partners in £3 billion cost-cutting agenda. wsws.org On the union's own social media platforms, workers described the deal as "shameful" and a "stab in the back".

WSWS (2022-11-30). UK: Communication Workers Union agrees sellout deal to end BT strike, pledges partnership in £3 billion cost-cutting agenda. wsws.org On the union's own social media platforms, workers described the deal as "shameful" and a "stab in the back".

Yves Engler (2022-11-30). Hey CIJA! Conflating Jews with Israel is Racist. dissidentvoice.org Charges of "antisemitism" have been degraded to the point where they often sound like a 6-year-old telling other kids not to play with Johnnie because he has cooties. Recently federal NDP executive member Ryan Painter quote-tweeted me saying "Don't listen to anything Yves Engler says. He's Canada's leading antisemite and doesn't want anything more than …

_____ (2022-11-30). Cryptome Founder Asks To Be Indicted With Assange. popularresistance.org The founder of a U.S.-based website that earlier published the same un-redacted documents that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was later indicted for has invited the U.S. Department of Justice to make him a co-defendant with Assange. | "Cryptome published the decrypted unredacted State Department Cables on September 1, 2011 prior to publication of the cables by WikiLeaks," John Young wrote in a Justice Department submission form, which Young posted on Twitter on Tuesday. | "No US official has contacted me about publishing the unredacted cables since cryptome published them," he wrote. "I respectfully request t…

Brett Wilkins (2022-11-30). Evidence Grows of Left-Wing Twitter Purge Directed by Musk. commondreams.org "Elon Musk appears to have outsourced decisions about who to ban from Twitter to the platform's right-wing extremists," said The Intercept's Micah Lee.

Editor (2022-11-30). New York Times Fails To See Its Own Hypocritical Practices. scheerpost.com In a long and detailed Twitter thread, Scott Hechinger dives into the malpractices of the New York Times when it comes to reporting on certain criminal justice elements.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-30). At Stake in Ukraine Is the Future of Globalized Capitalism. libya360.wordpress.com Samir Saul and Michel Seymour Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces/Twitter Ukraine is only one front in an all-round confrontation The far-reaching war in Ukraine is only one phase of a world-wide conflict that began earlier. In international relations, the driving forces are often obscured by surface occurrences, such as immediate military events and the din…

Staff (2022-11-30). Meet Puerto Rican Journalist Bianca Graulau, Featured in Viral Bad Bunny Video on Injustices in PR. democracynow.org Puerto Rico's financial oversight board has voted to extend a contract with LUMA Energy — the private U.S.-Canadian corporation that took over the island's power grid and is widely denounced by residents on the island for its inconsistent service and high prices. The privatization of Puerto Rico's power grid, supported by an unelected board appointed by the U.S. government, represents the "everyday consequences of colonialism," says independent reporter Bianca Graulau, whose latest documentary is called "País de Apagones," or "Country of Blackouts."…

Victoria Torres (2022-11-30). Signing Contracts With Chevron Will Promote Oil Industry Development in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister of Oil Tareck El Aissami announced through social media that he will be signing contracts with the Chevron company. | El Aissami published photographs of the moment he met with Javier La Rosa, president of Chevron Venezuela, stressing that Chevron will celebrate 100 years of operations in Venezuela next year. | The meeting between El Aissamu and La Rosa was possible thanks to the second partial agreement for the protection of the Venezuelan people, which was recently signed in Mexico. Additionally, the US government is to issue permits for Chevron Corp to resume its imports of oil and oil prod…

Dean Baker (2022-11-29). OMG, a Right-Wing Jerk Can Buy Twitter! Media Concentration Matters. cepr.net It's more than a bit bizarre that until Elon Musk bought Twitter, most policy types apparently did not see a risk that huge platforms like Facebook and Twitter could be controlled by people with a clear political agenda. While just about everyone had some complaints about the moderation of these and other commonly used platforms, …

Ramzy Baroud (2022-11-29). Xi vs Trudeau: How China is Rewriting History with the Colonial West. dissidentvoice.org Though brief, the exchange between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia on November 16 has become a social media sensation. Xi, assertive if not domineering, lectured the visibly apprehensive Trudeau about the etiquette of diplomacy. This exchange can be considered another watershed …

En.mehrnews (2022-11-29). SA jails social media activist for criticizing unemployment. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) — The Saudi regime authorities arrested an activist for critical tweets about the House of Saud and unemployment in the kingdom, in yet another sign of the Riyadh regime's aggressive crackdown on dissent on social media.

Tim Karr (2022-11-29). Serious Question: Is Twitter Worth Saving? commondreams.org This particular social media giant may be beyond saving, but the idea of a public-interest social network is something worth fighting for.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-11-29). Legendary Singer and 'Sparkle' Actress Irene Cara Passes Away at 63. moguldom.com Irene Cara, the beautiful and incomparable actress and singer known for her roles and songs in "Sparkle," "Fame" and "Flashdance" has died. She was 63. Cara's death was announced by her publicist, Judith Moose, in a tweet shared from Cara's official account on Friday, Nov. 26. "It is with profound sadness that on behalf of …

_____ (2022-11-29). 60-80% of Twitter accounts posting on Russia-Ukraine war are bots, 90% pro-Ukraine. strategic-culture.org Between 60 and 80 percent of Twitter handles posting on the Russia-Ukraine war may be bot accounts, research by scholars from the University of Adelaide, Australia, has found. Among other influences, these bot accounts may have been pushing people to flee their homes during the conflict between these two countries, the researchers added.

Ana Perdigón (2022-11-29). FANB Deployed in Bolívar State to Tackle Illegal Mining. orinocotribune.com The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) remains deployed in Bolívar state to confront illegal armed organizations, many of whom operate networks involved in black market mining interests. As part of this patrol, FANB troops detained seven rustlers who were transporting 204 stolen cows on a barge to sell them illegally in Bolívar state. | The arrest of the seven subjects took place in the Orinoco River, as reported by the Twitter account of the GNB No. 62 Zone Command of the Bolívar state. |

Mike Ludwig (2022-11-29). Global Coalition Calls for More Advertisers to Boycott Twitter. truthout.org

Sharon Zhang (2022-11-29). Warren, Sanders Lost Over 100k Twitter Followers Each After Elon Musk Takeover. truthout.org In the weeks following right-wing billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter in late October, Republican members of Congress gained hundreds of thousands of followers on the platform, while Democrats experienced a purge of followers, a new report finds. | According to

Staff (2022-11-29). Kun Agàºero se vuelve viral al bailar con un grupo de niños en Doha. cubadebate.cu El futbolista argentino Sergio Agàºero bailó con un grupo de niños en Doha y se viralizó en las redes. Triplets Ghetto Kids es un grupo de baile formado por niños ugandeses de barrios pobres que hace furor en Internet. El Kun Agàºero apareció en un centro comercial en Doha junto a su amigo, el chef turco Burak àñzdemir, y coincidieron con los niños.

Staff (2022-11-29). Reto viral: øDónde está el volumen 6 del libro? cubadebate.cu Cubadebate vuelve a proponer un nuevo reto viral que está poniendo a prueba a muchos usuarios de las redes sociales.Pon a prueba tu lógica. Encuentra el volúmen del libro que falta, en solo 15 segundos. En esta ocasión tomamos un reto de la página de Instagram de RTplayes.Déjanos saber en los comentarios si lograste resolver el reto.

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