Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

It is high time to establish high quality working conditions for trainees!

We’ve just put forward proposals to ensure fairer and more inclusive traineeships for all.

In particular, we are pushing for:
💶 fair remuneration;
📈 increased employability;
🔒 access to adequate social protection;
💼 equal access to traineeship opportunities;
🤝 systematic appointment of a mentor to provide specific support;
💻 provision of all necessary equipment for hybrid and remote working.

#EUdelivers

#Gaza #Westbank
#StopfundingIsrael
#Endtheoccupation

🇮🇱 An armed Israeli settler dressed in combat gear and face covering was filmed on Monday while he threatened to kill a Palestinian villager from Qawawis in the occupied West Bank if they refused to leave the land.

“Go away… Do you want us to kill all of you?” he said.

The settler claimed the land belongs to the Mitzpe Yair settlement, which is one of many illegal under international law in the occupied West Bank.

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Looking for a career change – maybe in technical writing? Join the #LibreOffice documentation community, and improve our help content and guidebooks! You can pick up valuable experience along the way. Dione Maddern explains more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/03/18/community-member-monday-dione-maddern-libreoffice-docs-team/ #foss #opensource

@GeriatricGardener @TheGuardian_uk

Have you seen this?
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… “Behaviour that could constitute extremism” is “Advocating that the UK’s parliamentary democracy and democratic values and rights are not compatible with their ideology, and seeking to challenge, overthrow, or change our political system outside of lawful means.”

This is the criminalisation of opinion and thought, rather than actions taken.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/14/bvnr-m14.html

Biologists use machine learning to classify fossils of extinct pollen https://phys.org/news/2024-03-biologists-machine-fossils-extinct-pollen.html #science

Many people are scared of insects, but you know what's scarier than insects...?

No insects

The unique and unusual chess pieces have been discovered under the floor of one of the historical buildings of the former Auschwitz I camp.

The collection comprises 35 cardboard boxes of different sizes containing hand-drawn chess pieces.

Read more: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/camp-chess-pieces-found-in-one-of-the-historic-buildings,1678.html

we're getting close to the deadline for applications on your next sysadmin job! https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/system-administrator/

i know people might be hesitant in sending their resume on a third-party platform, talk to me directly if that's a concern, we can either track you separately or add you manually.

also absolutely let me know if you had trouble submitting your application, we're hopefully going to start contacting people for interviews next week or so.

my focus on this hire is to find some skilled person who will help diversify our team, and so far we've had a lot of white dudes apply, so if you've been hesitant because you lack the self-confidence, skill set, or anything else, still give it a shot, and make sure you give us a good reason to hire you in your cover letter :) even if you don't *quite* fit all requirements, i typically at least read the resume and cover letter

#tor #gethired #job

Latest from Doctors without Borders (MSF):
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EU-sponsored shameful abuses in the central Mediterranean must end

Over the weekend of 16-17 March, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team on board the rescue vessel Geo Barents witnessed two violent incidents involving the European Union (EU) funded Libyan Coast Guard that deliberately endangered the lives of hundreds of people seeking safety.

MSF calls on the EU and its member states to immediately suspend financial and material support to the Libyan Coast Guard and stop intentionally fuelling the forced returns of people to Libya.
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Read the rest on their website here:
https://www.msf.org/eu-sponsored-shameful-abuses-central-mediterranean-must-end

🇨🇦 Trudeau government will stop sending arms to #Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says #Canada

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/trudeau-government-will-stop-sending-arms-to-israel-foreign-affairs-minister-m-lanie-joly-says/article_da41c41c-e60e-11ee-8cb4-874d0836cd34.html