2023-03-12: News Headlines

americanthinker (2023-03-12). BBC sports broadcaster suspended for violation of 'impartiality' guidelines in a social media post. americanthinker.com Thank goodness for the First Amendment in the states.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-12). Battling Cancel Culture at Adelaide Writers' Week. dissidentvoice.org Writing festivals are often tired, stilted affairs, but the 38th Adelaide Writers' Week did not promise to be that run-of-the-mill gathering of yawn-inducing, life draining sessions. For one thing, social media vultures and public relations experts, awaiting the next freely explosive remark or unguarded comment, were at hand to stir the pot and exhort cancel …

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Ecowatch. (2023-03-11). Tiktok Campaign Targets Controversial Alaska Willow Oil Project. popularresistance.org With 161.5 million views and counting on TikTok alone, the #StopWillow social media campaign has left no question of the groundswell of opposition to the proposed oil development project Willow on Alaska's remote North Slope. | Social media users have been using the hashtag to voice their resistance to President Joe Biden's failure to keep his campaign pledges to reduce oil drilling. | "With all of the progress that the U.S. government has made on climate change, it now feels like they're turning their backs by allowing Willow to go through," said climate activist Hazel Thayer, who posted TikTok videos using the…

Andy Worthington. (2023-03-11). Global Vigils For The Closure Of Guantánamo On Women's Day. popularresistance.org Monthly vigils — or even weekly vigils — for the closure of Guantánamo were a noticeable feature of the London protest scene for many years, while British prisoners were still held there, although, with the release of Shaker Aamer, the prison's last British resident, in October 2015, it became impossible to sustain the impetus, and the Trump years, of course, were bleak for protestors, because Trump had tweeted, even before he took office, that "there must be no more releases from Gitmo," and he was largely true to his word, releasing only one man in his nearly 1,500 days in office.

Anonymous103 (2023-03-11). Dems Blast "Threat" Of "So-Called Journalists" As Taibbi, Shellenberger Expose "State-Sponsored Thought-Policing" southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Originally published by Update (1300ET): Well, that escalated quickly… | As one might expect, the Judiciary hearing on the "weaponization" of federal agencies, featuring Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger as witnesses was full of fireworks, facts, and ad hominem friction. | Out of the gate, Ranking Member Democratic Del. Stacey E. Plas…

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-03-11). Dan Runcie: Here Are The Potential Challenges For Tyler Perry Buying BET Media Group. moguldom.com The internet has been abuzz lately with news that Paramount Global may be selling the Black Entertainment Television network, affectionately known to viewers as BET. Tyler Perry is rumored to be considering a bid and Trapital founder Dan Runcie had some thoughts about the challenges and opportunities Perry may encounter. Runcie expressed his opinions in a Twitter …

americanthinker (2023-03-12). BBC sports broadcaster suspended for violation of 'impartiality' guidelines in a social media post. americanthinker.com Thank goodness for the First Amendment in the states.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-12). Battling Cancel Culture at Adelaide Writers' Week. dissidentvoice.org Writing festivals are often tired, stilted affairs, but the 38th Adelaide Writers' Week did not promise to be that run-of-the-mill gathering of yawn-inducing, life draining sessions. For one thing, social media vultures and public relations experts, awaiting the next freely explosive remark or unguarded comment, were at hand to stir the pot and exhort cancel …

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Ecowatch. (2023-03-11). Tiktok Campaign Targets Controversial Alaska Willow Oil Project. popularresistance.org With 161.5 million views and counting on TikTok alone, the #StopWillow social media campaign has left no question of the groundswell of opposition to the proposed oil development project Willow on Alaska's remote North Slope. | Social media users have been using the hashtag to voice their resistance to President Joe Biden's failure to keep his campaign pledges to reduce oil drilling. | "With all of the progress that the U.S. government has made on climate change, it now feels like they're turning their backs by allowing Willow to go through," said climate activist Hazel Thayer, who posted TikTok videos using the…

Andy Worthington. (2023-03-11). Global Vigils For The Closure Of Guantánamo On Women's Day. popularresistance.org Monthly vigils — or even weekly vigils — for the closure of Guantánamo were a noticeable feature of the London protest scene for many years, while British prisoners were still held there, although, with the release of Shaker Aamer, the prison's last British resident, in October 2015, it became impossible to sustain the impetus, and the Trump years, of course, were bleak for protestors, because Trump had tweeted, even before he took office, that "there must be no more releases from Gitmo," and he was largely true to his word, releasing only one man in his nearly 1,500 days in office.

Anonymous103 (2023-03-11). Dems Blast "Threat" Of "So-Called Journalists" As Taibbi, Shellenberger Expose "State-Sponsored Thought-Policing" southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Originally published by Update (1300ET): Well, that escalated quickly… | As one might expect, the Judiciary hearing on the "weaponization" of federal agencies, featuring Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger as witnesses was full of fireworks, facts, and ad hominem friction. | Out of the gate, Ranking Member Democratic Del. Stacey E. Plas…

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-03-11). Dan Runcie: Here Are The Potential Challenges For Tyler Perry Buying BET Media Group. moguldom.com The internet has been abuzz lately with news that Paramount Global may be selling the Black Entertainment Television network, affectionately known to viewers as BET. Tyler Perry is rumored to be considering a bid and Trapital founder Dan Runcie had some thoughts about the challenges and opportunities Perry may encounter. Runcie expressed his opinions in a Twitter …

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-03-11). Sube a 47.932 la cifra de muertos por terremotos en Türkiye. twitter.com Según las autoridades, de momento hay 1.619 personas cuya identidad intenta establecerse.

Staff (2023-03-11). Reto viral: Encuentra qué objeto no tiene su par en la sala. cubadebate.cu En la ilustración que verás deberás identificar al objeto que no tiene su par dentro de la sala, es decir, el siguiente desafío consiste en hallar a la cosa que no se repite en la imagen. La superficie de apoyo o el sillón no cuenta. Recuerda que solo tienes 15 segundos. øCrees que puedas lograrlo?. Déjanos saber en los comentarios si lograste vencer el reto.

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