Vanishing Culture Episode #5: A Language Worth Saving with Peter Scholing
Languages can vanish just as easily as books, websites, or archives—and when they do, entire ways of understanding the world can disappear with them. In…
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Hunger hampers Ebola response as cases top 3,200 in DR Congo
The UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate funding on Wednesday, warning that deepening hunger is undermining the response to an Ebola outbreak in the…
World News in Brief: Rohingya refugees, Bahá’ís in Iran, disarmament in the Central African Republic
Independent UN experts on Wednesday called for urgent action to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh after reports indicated two boats carrying more than 500 passengers may…
Vietnam Uses HiAnime Arrests As Defense Against U.S. Trade Sanctions
Facing potential U.S. trade sanctions over online piracy, Vietnam is using the recent shutdown and its criminal prosecution of the HiAnime piracy ring as a…
Why We Wake Up at 4 AM to Save Baby Deer
That’s how real mission of saving baby deer in Austria look like. Become a member of Be Brave To Act: https://www.patreon.com/BeBraveToAct Donate via paypal…
Pluralistic: Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs go global (29 Jul 2026)
Today’s links Enshittification and Reverse Centaurs go global: The good globalism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Fonz thumps x Linux; CBC…
The Alleged Mastermind of a $2 Billion U.S. Telemedicine Scam Is Enjoying the Luxury Life in Russia
Brian Sutton, accused of masterminding one of the largest fraud schemes to ever be unraveled in the United States, is living freely in Russia. Among…
Owner of Company Spearheading Kyrgyzstan’s Planned ‘Eco-City’ Had Business Links with Gov’t Official’s Son
A company selected to construct Kyrgyzstan’s Asman eco-city is owned by a Chinese man who previously was co-owner of a company alongside the son of…
San Francisco: Don’t Fall for Industry Defense of Surveillance Pricing
The concept of “surveillance pricing” is just one part of a much larger problem and business model: corporations maximizing their profits by invading our privacy….
Meta’s Training Camp for Building Data Centers is an Anti-Union Scheme
“Learn coding, teach ai, get replaced by AI, go learn electrical work to build ai’s building, get laid off after building complete.” That’s how one…