Monthly Archives: April 2023

2023-04-21: News Headlines

channelnewsasia (2023-04-22). What does the future of social media look like? Well, it will be a lot less social. channelnewsasia.com Facebook, TikTok and Twitter seem to be increasingly connecting users with brands and influencers. To restore a sense of community, users are turning to smaller platforms.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-04-21). Today In Empire: War Machine-Funded War Games, Facebook Censors Hersh, And More. thealtworld.com

cameron orr (2023-04-21). Paul Robeson mural in D.C. vandalized. cpusa.org This article originally appeared in People's World. On the late evening of Sunday, April 16, bypassers caught a young white graffiti artist tagging and defacing the Paul Robeson mural on the historic U St. corridor in northwest D.C. A video was widely shared on social media by the Washingtonian Problems account on Instagram and …

trtworld (2023-04-21). Twitter's legacy blue ticks start vanishing from verified accounts. trtworld.com Social media platform also dropped "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels from media accounts. | Twitter's legacy blue ticks start vanishing from verified accounts…

trtworld (2023-04-21). Ailing elephant sparks debate about future of Pakistan's Karachi Zoo. trtworld.com Despite public outcry after video of elephant Noor Jehan limping and struggling to stand went viral on media, government says it has no plans to close Karachi Zoo. | Ailing elephant sparks debate about future of Pakistan's Karachi Zoo…




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2023-04-20: News Headlines

Chris Walker (2023-04-19). LGBT Allies Are Working Together to Jam Missouri's Anti-Trans "Tip Line" truthout.org Social media users are urging people to protest against an online form created by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, which solicits responses from state residents who claim to have knowledge of questionable practices relating to gender-affirming care for transgender people. The form in question urges Missourians to "submit a complaint or concern about gender transition intervention you have… |

Editor (2023-04-19). Editorial: Pentagon takes a leak. workers.org The top story in the capitalist media is the arrest of a 21-year-old member of the Air National Guard in Massachusetts over the leak of some 100 "classified" state documents. They were purportedly shared to a chat for gamers on the Discord social media platform and later shared by Russians . . . |

Amanda Katz, Labor Notes. (2023-04-20). In Los Angeles Schools, Solidarity Strike Scores Big For Both Unions. popularresistance.org When Los Angeles educators joined school support staff on the picket lines last month, our solidarity strike helped them clinch a contract with a 30 percent raise. | Riding that wave, yesterday educators reached a tentative agreement of our own, with a 21 percent raise, smaller classes, and improved staffing. | Superintendent Alberto Carvalho had scoffed in February when support staff voted by 96 percent to authorize a strike. On Twitter he belittled the threat as empty theatrics. "1, 2, 3…Circus," he wrote, "a predictable performance with a known outcome, desiring of nothing more than an applause, a coin, and…

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). 'Travel squad' becomes a popular trip style among tight schedule and low budget youth. ecns.cn The super-tight schedule of a Beijing trip immediately went viral after being shared online, with people suspecting its authenticity since it is not a supposedly relaxing trip but more like an intense "special forces" training.

Chris Walker (2023-04-19). LGBT Allies Are Working Together to Jam Missouri's Anti-Trans "Tip Line" truthout.org Social media users are urging people to protest against an online form created by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, which solicits responses from state residents who claim to have knowledge of questionable practices relating to gender-affirming care for transgender people. The form in question urges Missourians to "submit a complaint or concern about gender transition intervention you have… |

Editor (2023-04-19). Editorial: Pentagon takes a leak. workers.org The top story in the capitalist media is the arrest of a 21-year-old member of the Air National Guard in Massachusetts over the leak of some 100 "classified" state documents. They were purportedly shared to a chat for gamers on the Discord social media platform and later shared by Russians . . . |

Amanda Katz, Labor Notes. (2023-04-20). In Los Angeles Schools, Solidarity Strike Scores Big For Both Unions. popularresistance.org When Los Angeles educators joined school support staff on the picket lines last month, our solidarity strike helped them clinch a contract with a 30 percent raise. | Riding that wave, yesterday educators reached a tentative agreement of our own, with a 21 percent raise, smaller classes, and improved staffing. | Superintendent Alberto Carvalho had scoffed in February when support staff voted by 96 percent to authorize a strike. On Twitter he belittled the threat as empty theatrics. "1, 2, 3…Circus," he wrote, "a predictable performance with a known outcome, desiring of nothing more than an applause, a coin, and…

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). 'Travel squad' becomes a popular trip style among tight schedule and low budget youth. ecns.cn The super-tight schedule of a Beijing trip immediately went viral after being shared online, with people suspecting its authenticity since it is not a supposedly relaxing trip but more like an intense "special forces" training.

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