A new study finds that Afro-descendant communities in four Amazonian countries are linked to lands with high biodiversity and 29-55% less deforestation compared with protected and unprotected areas.

More than 130 million people in Latin America identify as Afro-descendant peoples (ADP), descendants of those forcibly brought to the Americas during the slave trade.

by Bobby Bascomb
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/07/study-links-afro-descendant-communities-to-less-deforestation-more-biodiversity/

#news #deforestation #communities#Amazon

A journalist/activist friend has finally begun the process of exiting Google. She's also working on exiting the other tech-predators. Progress, one person at a time!!

She asked: What about the people I email with that still use gmail?

Me: We have to convince them to quit as well. And for sensitive data we have to INSIST on it. We must stop tolerating the use of companies that we have no reason to trust, especially those in the US.

DROP THEM ALL.

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It records everything you say (and what people around you say, too).

The company behind the #Bee bracelet is being bought by #Amazon. Think of it as Copilot+ Recall for the real world. It seems like Jeff Bezos (pictured) just can’t get enough of knowing everything about you and your life.

Naturally, this raises a ton of privacy questions. In #SBBlogwatch, we have more questions than answers.

@TheFuturumGroup @TechstrongGroup @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/07/amazon-buys-bee-ai-privacy-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is expanding its search for partners to build the Golden Dome missile defense system as tensions with billionaire Elon Musk threaten SpaceX's dominance in the program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/23/tech/trump-golden-dome-musk-spacex/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #spacex #us #donaldtrump #republicans #elonmusk #amazon #defense #missiles

Three Republican House lawmakers on Monday asked the CEOs of Alphabet, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft if they have adopted adequate safeguards to address growing national security concerns on submarine communications cables. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/22/tech/us-tech-ceos-submarine-cables/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #alphabet #facebook #meta #amazon #microsoft #internet #oceans #us #china #russia

There are no words for how garbage this is. If you currently give money to Amazon in any capacity, please stop.

"Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices.

[Ring founder Jamie] Siminoff has announced in a memo seen by Business Insider that the company will now be reimagined from the ground up to be “AI first”—whatever that means for a home security camera that lets you see who is ringing your doorbell. We fear that this may signal the introduction of video analytics or face recognition to an already problematic surveillance device."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance

#Surveillance#Privacy#Police#Security#InfoSec#CivilRights#Amazon

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De USA Cloud act is ook op de "soevereine"-cloud oplossingen van Microsoft, Google en Amazon van toepassing, al is er nog zo'n leuke joint venture constructie met een lokale partij opgetuigd.
Dat verklaart Microsoft onder ede in een hoorzitting voor de Franse senaat: https://ppc.land/microsoft-cant-protect-french-data-from-us-government-access/

#CloudAct #privacy#Microsoft#Google#Amazon #DigitaleSoevereiniteit

Amazon wants to rule the world
We love our customers.
Amazon only your data!
Booksellers work with ~ 25% margin,
Amazon wants 60% from the publishers.
We pay fees and taxes in our city, Amazon doesn't.
We have fair working conditions, Amazon doesn't. Why do people buy books from Amazon? We have fixed prices in Germany, whether in Munich, Buxtehude or on Amazon - new books cost the same!

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#JeffBezos#Amazon #data#WorkingConditions #taxes #books

Amazon will die Welt beherrschen
Wir lieben unsere Kunden.
Amazon nur Ihre Daten!
Buchhändler arbeiten mit ~ 25% Spanne,
Amazon will 60% von den Verlagen.
Wir bezahlen in unserer Stadt Abgaben und Steuern, Amazon nicht.
Wir haben faire Arbeitsbedingungen, Amazon nicht. Wieso kauft man Bücher über Amazon? Wir haben in Deutschland Preisbindung d.h. ob in München, Buxtehude oder bei Amazon - Neubücher kosten das Gleiche!

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#Amazon#JeffBezos#Buchhändler#München

Jeff Bezos threats to buy Conde Nast should absolutely be taken seriously.

It would give him control over a number of media outlets that are strong voices in opposition of fascism (like Wired and Teen Vogue)

Under the oligarchs control they would be forced to become right wing propaganda.

Now more than ever we must support independent journalists… many of whom are speaking truth to power despite the personal risk.

If you can boycott Amazon, please do it. Send a strong message with your wallet that you don’t support fascism or the billionaire class.

If you can’t boycott, please don’t feel guilty. Many disabled people and those in poverty may be reliant on Amazon for supplies they can’t get elsewhere.

Trust that your community is boycotting on your behalf.

We’ve got you, and you need to take care of yourself in order to survive.

No guilt. We all resist in whatever way we can.

#uspol #bezos #amazon #fascism #authoritarianism