It's unbearable. The Free Software community can no longer remain silent about the #genocide in #Palestine.
As the author and project leader of @gnuhealth , I ask any freesoftware project to join forces and publicly condemn this atrocity. Our values must go beyond coding. ❤️
#GNU#FreeSoftware#OpenSource#HumanRights
As a physician, this is one of the saddest and frustrating pictures I get to watch. Just sit down and cry. 💔
Premature newborns taken off their incubators are facing death because Israel has cut energy, oxygen and fuel to hospitals in #gaza. Five newborn babies have died already because of this.
My heart goes to our colleagues inside Al Shifa that are risking their lives and desperately trying to save these little angels.
Israel targeting Hospitals, children and health professionals is beyond cruelty. There are no excuses to justify this barbaric atrocity. None. We will never forget.
"One metric used by the IPC to measure acute malnutrition is the mid-upper-arm circumference of children under five. By this measure some 15% of children in the governorate of Gaza are acutely malnourished, a level consistent with the IPC’s definition of phase four (an emergency) and phase five (a famine). This percentage has doubled every four weeks over the past three months. If current trends continue, more than half of children there could be acutely malnourished by the end of September.
The declaration of famine will probably change little on the ground. The food flowing into Gaza is far less than what is needed. Domestic production has collapsed. More than 98% of cropland is damaged or inaccessible. Only 26% of sheep, 34% of goats, 4% of cattle and 1% of poultry have survived the war. Fishing has ceased under Israeli restrictions. Food prices are ruinous: in July they rose by another 25%, pushing the cost of staples to nearly 100 times their level during a February ceasefire and 150 times their pre-war level. It does not help that there is little fuel or clean water with which to cook. A catastrophic situation is getting worse by the day."
#Palestine#Gaza #Israel#Starvation#HumanRights#Genocide#EthnicCleansing
"One metric used by the IPC to measure acute malnutrition is the mid-upper-arm circumference of children under five. By this measure some 15% of children in the governorate of Gaza are acutely malnourished, a level consistent with the IPC’s definition of phase four (an emergency) and phase five (a famine). This percentage has doubled every four weeks over the past three months. If current trends continue, more than half of children there could be acutely malnourished by the end of September.
The declaration of famine will probably change little on the ground. The food flowing into Gaza is far less than what is needed. Domestic production has collapsed. More than 98% of cropland is damaged or inaccessible. Only 26% of sheep, 34% of goats, 4% of cattle and 1% of poultry have survived the war. Fishing has ceased under Israeli restrictions. Food prices are ruinous: in July they rose by another 25%, pushing the cost of staples to nearly 100 times their level during a February ceasefire and 150 times their pre-war level. It does not help that there is little fuel or clean water with which to cook. A catastrophic situation is getting worse by the day."
#Palestine#Gaza #Israel#Starvation#HumanRights#Genocide#EthnicCleansing
How #Maine churches are reckoning with fear of #ImmigrationRaids
by Sean Scott, August 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a family member’s involvement in a #HumanRights group.
" 'As a Christian, I was praying, and then God just gave me direction, which was Maine,' she said.
"She joined a nondenominational Christian church in Portland right away, and she and her two children have been regular attendees ever since. After President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, her 12-year-old daughter asked if it was still safe to go to school.
"As immigration enforcement efforts have increased dramatically this year, many migrants have also reckoned with whether it’s safe to go to places of worship, whether they’re congregants or faith leaders like one Westbrook pastor detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month.
"In one of his first acts in office, Trump rescinded a policy that essentially barred #ICEAgents from making arrests at sensitive locations like #churches, #hospitals and #schools. A coalition sued the Department of Homeland Security over the policy in February, arguing it violated #ReligiousFreedom. A judge declined to block the policy, citing a lack of evidence that churches were 'singled out as special targets' for immigration enforcement.
"Faith leaders are preparing for the possibility of enforcement regardless, and several other lawsuits have been filed on similar grounds, including one in late July with a New England plaintiff.
"#MichelTshimankinda, a Westbrook man who founded a church in South Portland, has been in ICE detention in New Hampshire since Aug. 14, according to the Portland Press Herald. He wasn’t arrested on church property, but his detention has shaken his family and congregation."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-churches-reckoning-fear-immigration-100000727.html
#ICESucks#ICEKidnapping#MaineNews#DHS#Gestapo#FascismInTheUSA#Racism#Fascism#Authoritarianism#TrumpIsARacist
How #Maine churches are reckoning with fear of #ImmigrationRaids
by Sean Scott, August 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a family member’s involvement in a #HumanRights group.
" 'As a Christian, I was praying, and then God just gave me direction, which was Maine,' she said.
"She joined a nondenominational Christian church in Portland right away, and she and her two children have been regular attendees ever since. After President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, her 12-year-old daughter asked if it was still safe to go to school.
"As immigration enforcement efforts have increased dramatically this year, many migrants have also reckoned with whether it’s safe to go to places of worship, whether they’re congregants or faith leaders like one Westbrook pastor detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month.
"In one of his first acts in office, Trump rescinded a policy that essentially barred #ICEAgents from making arrests at sensitive locations like #churches, #hospitals and #schools. A coalition sued the Department of Homeland Security over the policy in February, arguing it violated #ReligiousFreedom. A judge declined to block the policy, citing a lack of evidence that churches were 'singled out as special targets' for immigration enforcement.
"Faith leaders are preparing for the possibility of enforcement regardless, and several other lawsuits have been filed on similar grounds, including one in late July with a New England plaintiff.
"#MichelTshimankinda, a Westbrook man who founded a church in South Portland, has been in ICE detention in New Hampshire since Aug. 14, according to the Portland Press Herald. He wasn’t arrested on church property, but his detention has shaken his family and congregation."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-churches-reckoning-fear-immigration-100000727.html
#ICESucks#ICEKidnapping#MaineNews#DHS#Gestapo#FascismInTheUSA#Racism#Fascism#Authoritarianism#TrumpIsARacist
School closures as a result of funding cuts are pushing Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/asia-pacific/society/school-rohingya-refugee-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #unhcr #myanmar #children #humanrights #usaid #un #unicef
I know we're all tired,
And we all wish someone would come to save us (anytime now), and that we could just ignore everything and continue life as usual.
But nobody is coming to save us.
We have to save us.
We have to get together, organize, and take concrete actions to push back against authoritarianism and fascism. We have to fight for human rights, or we will lose them all.
It's exhausting, I know.
But the alternative is so much worse.
#HumanRights#DigitalRights#Privacy#MassSurveillance#USpol#UKpol#EUpol#CanPoli
I know we're all tired,
And we all wish someone would come to save us (anytime now), and that we could just ignore everything and continue life as usual.
But nobody is coming to save us.
We have to save us.
We have to get together, organize, and take concrete actions to push back against authoritarianism and fascism. We have to fight for human rights, or we will lose them all.
It's exhausting, I know.
But the alternative is so much worse.
#HumanRights#DigitalRights#Privacy#MassSurveillance#USpol#UKpol#EUpol#CanPoli
Don't Let Them Trick You Into Thinking We Have No Power
📷 Brooklyn, NY
#antifa #antinazi #antizionist #classwar #art #streetart #antiauthority #humanrights #animalrights #eattherich
Don't Let Them Trick You Into Thinking We Have No Power
📷 Brooklyn, NY
#antifa #antinazi #antizionist #classwar #art #streetart #antiauthority #humanrights #animalrights #eattherich
Yesterday: He survived the treacherous Darien Gap to come to the U.S. Then #ICE agents called him a member of Tren de Aragua. No criminal record, no gang tattoos, he was deported over the sneakers he wore. https://www.texasobserver.org/a-venezuelan-was-detained-as-a-documented-gang-member-by-ice-which-refused-to-provide-proof/
Yesterday: He survived the treacherous Darien Gap to come to the U.S. Then #ICE agents called him a member of Tren de Aragua. No criminal record, no gang tattoos, he was deported over the sneakers he wore. https://www.texasobserver.org/a-venezuelan-was-detained-as-a-documented-gang-member-by-ice-which-refused-to-provide-proof/
A U.S. federal judge has ordered a halt to new construction at "Alligator Alcatraz" and barred bringing more detainees to the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/world/crime-legal/alligator-alcatraz-halt-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #immigration #humanrights
Millions of dollars of funding cuts from donors and U.N. cost-cutting could hamper evidence gathering and undermine efforts to seek justice for Rohingya who fled Myanmar, the head of a U.N. investigation said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/asia-pacific/un-probe-rohingya-cost-cuts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #un #myanmar #rohingya #humanrights
"Trans creators on Bluesky are raising the alarm after multiple users were suspended for posts expressing negative sentiments about J.K. Rowling—including ones that didn’t mention violence or threats"
#bluesky #trans #humanrights
https://www.advocate.com/transgender/bluesky-jk-rowling-2673905189?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=68a62e08d3e93400010d6586&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
🚆 Your rights should travel with you.
We’re working to make rail journeys across the EU fairer, proposing stronger passenger rights when combining tickets from different railway operators, including rights to:
✅ Reimbursement
🔁 Re-routing
🆘 Assistance
💶 Compensation
Currently, these rights don’t fully apply here, and we are seeking a fix.
Got any ideas or views to share?
Have your say 👉 https://europa.eu/!WNbQTd
Please fellow EU's folks, join the @chatcontrol campaign:
https://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool
#fightchatcontrol#ChatControl #privacyrightsarehumanrights #privacyright #privacyrights #privacy#GDPR #europeanunion #europe #humanrights #democracy #democracynow#Surveillancesystem #masssurveillance #massurveillance #MassSurveilance
Watch Louis Rossmann’s powerful and urgent video: "GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU"
on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3NyUgv6dpJc
or Google-free on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/gdpr-meant-nothing-chat-control-ends:8
HOW TO FIGHT BACK:
If you are in the EU or a citizen of it, now is the time to act:
- Use https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ to email your MEPs in seconds. The site provides pre-written templates and contact details—just click and send!
- Spread the word: Share, post on social media, and talk to friends. Awareness is our best weapon.
- Support orgs fighting back: #EDRihttps://edri.org/, #EFFhttps://www.eff.org/, #Tutahttps://tuta.com/, #Wirehttps://wire.com/.
#Germany and #France are CRUCIAL—if they oppose, the law fails. Pressure them now!
This isn’t just about “privacy for criminals.” It’s about whether liveinng in a free society or a surveillance state.
Encryption protects everyone—dissidents, journalists, abuse survivors, and YOU.
Act now before it’s too late.
Big thanks to the unknown heroes behind @chatcontrol and @fightchatcontrol.
#tracking #surveillance #digitalrights #privacy #cybersecurity #freedom#StopChatControl#ChatControl#FightChatControl#EU #encryption#NoMassSurveillance#SavePrivacy#Germany#France#TechPolicy#HumanRights#ActNow #digital #spying #corporate #corporategovernance #data
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