"The @bangordailynews reprinted King's "I Have a Dream" speech but they cut out a bunch of parts they apparently deemed too divisive."
Too divisive? In 2023? Too divisive for whom?
"Many Philadelphians may have heard of King’s role in the fight to desegregate Girard College, of his 1965 speech at the Baptist Temple (known today as the Temple Performing Arts Center) or that with less than 12 hours notice he drew a crowd of 10,000 to the corner of 40th and Lancaster in West Philadelphia for a historic speech now marked by Cliff Eubanks’s mural “MLK at Lancaster.”
#mlk #philadelphia #bapisttemple #lancaster #temple
https://news.temple.edu/2021-01-14/philly-roots-mlk-s-legacy
"From the Birmingham jail, where he was imprisoned as a participant in nonviolent demonstrations against segregation, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in longhand the letter which follows. It was his response to a public statement of concern and caution issued by eight white religious leaders of the South."
"The Rev. Bernice King, who leads The King Center in Atlanta, said leaders — especially politicians — too often cheapen her father's legacy into a "comfortable and convenient King" offering easy platitudes."
Novelist, essayist, and activist Louise Jenkins Meriwether at a protest in 1957, wishing a MF would… She's still with us at 99 years old. #BlackMastodon
The NFL players, coaches and their union did the NFL's PR work for them by refusing to play that game. The commissioner's office did nothing but delay and try to get the wrong thing done
New year new passwords people!
NortonLifeLock warns that hackers breached Password Manager accounts
""Our own systems were not compromised. However, we strongly believe that an unauthorized third party knows and has utilized your username and password for your account," NortonLifeLock said.
"This username and password combination may potentially also be known to others.""
"Hornetsecurity on Thursday reported that 33% of companies are not offering any cybersecurity awareness training to users who work remotely.
The study also pointed out that this causes security issues because nearly three-quarters, 74%, of remote staff have access to critical data, which creates more risk for companies in this new hybrid-working world."
Millions of Vehicles at Risk: API Vulnerabilities Uncovered in 16 Major Car Brands
"Multiple bugs affecting millions of vehicles from 16 different manufacturers could be abused to unlock, start, and track cars, plus impact the privacy of car owners."
https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/millions-of-vehicles-at-risk-api.html
"All 17 vulnerability updates are dealt with by a single Chrome patch"
"Buchanan, MacLean notes, was incensed at what he saw as a move toward socialism and deeply suspicious of any form of state action that channels resources to the public. Why should the increasingly powerful federal government be able to force the wealthy to pay for goods and programs that served ordinary citizens and the poor?"
"And it for me was very difficult because it opened a lot of mental wounds. I've experienced my own injuries. Of course, I've lost consciousness. Once it was I didn't remember what happened till the next day when I watched game film about titanium plating for screws in my neck. So I remember how scary injuries can be."
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/one-thing/episodes/99669f30-7786-4c6d-a837-af8300f09095
"Before entering politics, the 35-year-old southwestern Pennsylvania native graduated from Howard University School of Law with a focus on civil rights, worked as a labor organizer in the fight for a $15 minimum wage, and was a proud advocate for her working-class Pittsburgh community for years. “
"To combat AI plagiarism and keep the tool in check, Princeton computer science and journalism student Edward Tian spent his winter break building GPTZero, an app that attempts to detect whether or not a body of text was human-written or AI-written."
Cybersecurity tip: Change the default password on your devices, even your car!
"Believe it or not, this incredibly creepy hack hinged on the fact that the companies were giving users the default password of “123456.”"
"One of Cobb’s most well-known articles was “Race and Runners” which appeared in 1936. He sought to refute the idea that Jesse Owens, a quadruple gold medalist in the 1936 “Nazi” Olympics, was superior because of African Americans’ innate physical prowess that corresponded to a decreased intelligence."
#scienceandenvironment #intelligence #jobs #anthropology
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/cobb-w-montague-1904-1990/
Thinker. Coffee drinker. @jaysonmassey on Twitter. #cybersecurity #student in #Philadelphia