Tuesday is Orange Shirt Day, when communities honor the survivors of U.S. Indian boarding schools and their descendants.

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This is the most complete information I've seen about the Anthropic copyright settlement — dates of when things are likely to happen, what to do now, and what it all means for different types of writers. nwu.org/anthropic/

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Defamation is harming someone's reputation by spreading false information about them. Libel is defamation that's recorded - in a newspaper, email, or social media post. There are two things to keep in mind. Is it true? If it's true it's not defamation. Is it free speech? Well, who knows these days 🙄

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ICE detention is notorious for dangerous conditions, medical neglect, and human rights abuses. Instead of using ICE's ballooning budget to provide safe conditions, the Trump administration is detaining even more people and opening facilities plagued with the same inhumane environments.

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The first details on the Anthropic copyright settlement just came out: $1.5 billion dollars. Covers 500,000 books that were pirated and used to train AI models. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...

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From helping carry out deportations to tracking people who have an abortion, police are using automatic license plate readers to surveil us more and more. State lawmakers need to enact strong, meaningful, and enforceable privacy protections.

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Your face is yours, but Big Tech doesn’t want it to stay that way. Take a look at the state of facial recognition, as well as some steps you can take to avoid having your likeness sold to the highest bidder on our blog: https://proton.me/blog/blog-facial-recognition-technology

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We cannot let them steal our joy. Write damn it! Sing. Make art. Dance. Play that instrument. Loud.

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Also-- Writers, unite! You do not need to be SFWA to be eligible for a lawsuit under the LibGen & PiLiMi Pirated Books Class - but you do need to act soon! Deadline: September 1, 2025. Read more about it here, and spread the word widely: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

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