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LALegault

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:verifiedjourno: Intersectional Feminist. Former print (research)/television/comms. ≠Legal advice. Liberté, égalité, fraternité
(And that includes you.)

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LALegault, to Amsterdam
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Yesterday, had a violent crack down on as there has been in Germany and America. Today, the Dutch took to the streets to actually object to the beating of their students. What a difference when the community cares:

Massive protests against police brutality

LALegault, to random
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This is what Israel is branding as antisemetic these days, both of which are true, read the whole article:

“Israel must be vigilant and keep its eyes open. We cannot accept statements like ‘Israel is an apartheid state’ or ‘Israel is an occupying state,’ which have persisted since [PLO Chairman Yasser] Arafat’s speech in 1974 at the U.N. General Assembly,” said Diker, who has published a series of books on the danger of campus antisemitism and BDS organizations.

https://www.jns.org/knesset-committee-warned-us-campus-riots-direct-threat-to-israel/

LALegault, to random
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More footage of the IDU firing at civilian tents with TANKS in https://x.com/aldanmarki/status/1788139519411130412?s=46

LALegault, to Amsterdam
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Major props to #Amsterdam students for kettling and then fencing in the police 😂 #StudentProtests

LALegault,
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The Dutch do not mess around
#Amsterdam #StudentProtests 2/2

LALegault, to random
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While politicians wax poetic about the ‘impending’ invasion in to , it has already begun, here is a look at some of the damage caused:

Footage of Destruction in Rafah

LALegault, to random
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New level unlocked: Faculty encampment!

LALegault, to random
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" is willing to sacrifice reelection for Israel. That's shocking, heartbreaking and dangerous"

🔗 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/podcasts/2024-05-08/ty-article-podcast/biden-is-willing-to-sacrifice-reelection-for-israel-thats-heartbreaking-and-dangerous/0000018f-5821-d0ec-a9cf-de3face30000

LALegault, to random
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Joe Biden’s erasure of anti-zionist Jews is antisemitism.

LALegault, to random
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Nearly 700 Jewish professors call on Biden not to sign controversial antisemitism legislation

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4651826-jewish-professors-biden-antisemitism-legislation/

LALegault, to random
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Professionals through professors are now contacting students who have been protesting to offer them mentorships to help them when they graduate. It is another way to help.

LALegault, to Toronto
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Modern art installation at the U of T encampment:

LALegault, to random
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I will never be able to unsee the ease at which Israel will kill children, and the disingenuous concern America has shown, each time.

LALegault, to random
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We know he heard them, then he sent militarized police to beat the hell out of them.

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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Israel began its invasion of Rafah, ordering the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. "I do not feel safe in any place in Gaza," Saadi Salem tells Mondoweiss as he attempts to flee Rafah. "The killing is in every corner around the Gaza Strip."

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/rafah-invasion-everything-thats-happened-so-far/


@palestine @israel

LALegault,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel @BegoniaArizona

Cc: all western news media and politicians still speaking in the future tense about an invasion that is underway.

LALegault, to random
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The Israeli Justice Minister said today Al Jazeera was the only place he was getting his news 😂

Miro_Collas, to Palestine
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US will stop supplying some weapons to Israel if it invades Rafah, Biden warns | Joe Biden | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/08/biden-israel-weapons-shipment-rafah-invasion

Hum. We shall say. Not sure I trust Biden to follow through.


@palestine

LALegault,
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@Miro_Collas @palestine it doesn’t matter, State Dept. officials confirmed to the WSJ Israel has all the weapons it needs for an invasion

LALegault,
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@Miro_Collas @palestine 🎯

brennansv, to random
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Biden finally admits that bombs supplied by the US have been used by Israel to kill civilians. Tanks have already been shelling civilians who are in tents with no way to defend themselves.

“Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah” https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-bombs-us-has-paused-sending-israel-have-killed-civilians-2024-05-08/

LALegault,
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@brennansv @DeliaChristina

I am so confused. Rafah has been invaded already, they are currently carpet bombing it. Furthermore the State Dept. confirmed to the WSJ they had enough weapons for an invasion?

LALegault, to random
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The Irish 🇮🇪 students at Trinity have won divestment 🎉:

“TCD said that the university "will complete a divestment from investments in Israeli companies that have activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and appear on the UN blacklist in this regard".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2jlp9yl7zo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_link_id=4DCF22AA-0D6D-11EF-9204-96DD71D5F805&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_campaign=Social_Flow

LALegault, to Eurovision
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We’re boycotting because Moroccan Oil is the title sponsor, an Israeli company

mondoweiss, to Palestine
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"We're prepared to starve ourselves on the lawn of the administration building," Princeton divestment activist David Chmielewski tells Mondoweiss. "They're ignoring the urgency of the situation, which is that there's a genocide actively occurring."

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/we-are-doing-this-in-solidarity-with-the-people-of-gaza-a-princeton-student-explains-why-hes-currently-part-of-a-hunger-strike/


@palestine @israel

LALegault,
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@mondoweiss @palestine @israel @IveyJanette

A Princeton student was taken to the hospital today because of their hunger strike. They’re committed.

LALegault, to random
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ryanrandall, to random
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The contorted excuses people concoct to excuse not adding boggle my mind.

Case in point: even if alt text is "now primarily used to train AI" [citation desperately needed], as I've just seen claimed, there are still real-world humans who benefit from it, just as there have been since the web emerged.

If AI tech is now being trained on alt text, it's also now being trained on all the rest of your whatever.

By only concerning yourself with the alt text, you're routing all the AI-related harm to screen reader users, actual humans who already experience massive social & technical marginalization.

Solve the image issues for humans.

Then, in parallel, solve your more widespread AI problem (like adding rules to your robots.txt https://darkvisitors.com/docs/robots-txt ).

It's much simpler to just start adding "cute cat" to your cute cat photos than it is to invent new excuses for behaviors that ultimately just harm screen reader users.

Here's a great alt text guide! https://axesslab.com/alt-texts/

LALegault,
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@ryanrandall

I don’t think it is an excuse as to why people aren’t using it? Is it? I believe that the alt text push is for AI training, but there needs to be larger conversations or a format that can be used that can provide a service and not lend more free labour to AI training

LALegault, to random
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