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'The most commonly believed falsehoods were that the vaccine was developed too fast and that there was not enough information about whether the vaccine was effective or not. Educational campaigns targeted at misinformation and tailored to suit each country are recommended to build trust in COVID-19 vaccines and reduce hesitancy.'

https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000713

Israel has had Palestinians under occupation for decades, and that allows weapons companies to test and develop new technologies on them that can then be sold abroad.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Antony Loewenstein about how that tech is developed, what it means for Palestinians, and how the Israeli government uses oppressive tech for diplomatic leverage.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13212302-how-israel-uses-occupation-to-develop-military-tech-w-antony-loewenstein

#tech #israel #weapons #military

Remember To avoid straining your eyes when you're continuously working, follow the 20-20-20 rule. After 20 minutes of work, look at something 20 feet away, then spend 20 years in the forest.

Somewhere safe...

"Though laws vary state to state, most require that advertisements for any roles that could be based in those jurisdictions contain #salary ranges in hopes of reducing #discrimination. But because many organisations do not share internal salary data, the postings have given workers their first glimpse at how their peers might be paid. Many...were unhappy with what they learned."

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/work/2023/03/31/us-pay-transparency-laws-result-in-worker-discontent/

Chaima Issa and Lazhar Akremi released nearly 5 months after arrest for allegedly conspiring against state security.
Tunisian judge frees two leading opponents of President Saied

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When living under military occupation, something as simple as driving can often be a situation of life and death. On roads in the West Bank, Palestinians face heavily militarized checkpoints, armed soldiers, and violent settlers. From 2018-2023, Mondoweiss documented at least 45 cases of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces while in their cars. This number doesn't include those killed by settlers, or those who have been attacked in their cars and left traumatized with life-altering injuries.

In case you missed it, all links on Mastodon count as 23 characters towards your limit, no matter how many characters the link really is.

So, you don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon as they won't actually affect the link's length.

Mastodon does this because it's better for everyone's privacy to avoid link shortener services, it means people can see what they're clicking on, and the link won't stop working if the shortener service shuts down.

More info at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/you-dont-need-link-shorteners-on-mastodon/

If you need to be delighted by something this morning, I present the tree goats of Morocco.

I was driving near Essaouira the first time I saw this and literally slammed on my brakes because I thought I was suddenly hallucinating. But then you learn how common it is and after a day or two it's, oh, yeah, more goats in trees.

ceci est votre rappel trimestriel que tronquer les libellés est certes pratique mais toujours aussi potentiellement casse-gueule

Mar 29, 2023, Elon Musk and others urge six month AI pause, citing 'risks to society'

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-experts-urge-pause-training-ai-systems-that-can-outperform-gpt-4-2023-03-29/

104 days later, on July 12, 2023, Elon Musk's launches new xAI company 'to accelerate risks to society'

https://x.ai/

A lot of people who make big decisions in Silicon Valley think that having taken a comp sci class 20 years ago is the same thing as being a commercial developer.

http://scripting.com/2016/07/12/1374.html

Become ungovernable https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/11/crows-and-magpies-show-their-metal-by-using-anti-bird-spikes-to-build-nests