300 DeepMind employees in the UK are unionizing to protest their AI being sold to defense groups, especially Israel. In the US, such activism is dead, the NLRB’s been gutted and anti-Israel critics often face firing or deportation. Employees activism here effectively means sacrificing your job.

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the... 🧵⬇️

"I wish I was a journalist to carry on your work." The grieving father of Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour bids farewell to his son, who was killed by Israeli forces.

Signal is an end-to-end encrypted messaging app, meaning that no one but your device and conversational partners' devices can read the messages you send. Learn more in our @signal.org guide for beginners. ⤵️

European Union lawmakers are pushing enforcers to resist any U.S. pressure over laws that curb Big Tech.

Training materials obtained by @theintercept.com include specific examples of permitted hate speech that “demonstrate that Meta’s policy changes are political in nature and not intended to simply allow more freedom of expression,” EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social said.

BREAKING: 750+ musicians are now calling on major labels to drop their $621 million lawsuit against @archive.org — a suit that could destroy the entire nonprofit. Letter sign ons remain open until Wednesday at SaveTheArchive.com

Our documentary with 100 Days in Appalachia on student encampments in the Rust Belt will be screened at the 2024 Backyard Docs Film Festival in Pittsburgh on Saturday, December 7! More info: https://interc.pt/3CMMlIN Not in Pittsburgh? Watch it here now: https://interc.pt/3ZqHLZD

That journalist is @annodea.com and the interview got published in @siliconrepublic.bsky.social. Ann captured my thoughts perfectly. The success of this platform isn't solely on the Bluesky team, it's a shared responsibility, the community has a role to play. www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/k...

Donald Trump's pro-Israel cabinet, a thread 🧵:

While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network. I blogged about it here: