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Forget Apple's fight with the FBI – our privacy catastrophe has only just begun The privacy crisis is a disaster of our own making – and now the tech firms who gathered our data are trying to make money out of privacy

10 years ago - Apple vs FBI: The privacy disaster is inevitable, but we can prevent the catastrophe
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This week on KALX Live! Polly Vinyl hosts Mama Deemons, tune in for your own private concert Saturday at 9pm buff.ly/vJuk8am

By a vote of 47-53, the Senate voted down war powers resolution S. J. Res. 104.

Sen. Paul (R-KY) voted Yes with Democrats, while Sen. Fetterman (D-PA) voted No with Republicans.

The House is set to vote on war powers resolution H. Con. Res. 38 tomorrow, March 5th.

3/5/1927
U.S. Marines land in China to protect U.S. citizens and property in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Chinese Revolution

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Electric Buses Have Passed a Brutal Cold-Weather Test Overhead chargers on key bus routes in Madison, Wisconsin are enabling the zero-emissions vehicles to run despite freezing conditions.

Overhead chargers on key bus routes in Madison, Wisconsin are enabling the zero-emissions vehicles to run despite freezing conditions
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3/4/1969
Union of Concerned Scientists founded out of concern for U.S. government misuse of science

3/4/1916
Montana elects Jeannette Rankin first woman to sit in House of Representatives. Rankin votes against WW I-II, protests Vietnam War

"You will rouse an appetite for transformation that will consume outdated ideas and situations. Whatever disintegrates will become fuel for new stories. You will convert old pain and decay into vital energy. Your luminous vigor will return even stronger."

Los Angeles recognizes Long COVID Awareness Day - The Sick Times Local advocates pushed America’s second largest city to formally observe the day on March 15.

Los Angeles recognizes Long COVID
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Adblocking is a 'modern-day protection racket', says culture secretary John Whittingdale offers support to the newspaper and music industries and others hit by the software, adding he will set up a round table on the issue

10 years ago - UK minister compares adblocking to piracy, promises action
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Our current DJ Training class is now live on the airwaves. Tune in to catch our latest KALX DJs!

Sure. “Annihilate their Navy” = no war

3/3/1991
African American Rodney King is videotaped being beaten by L.A. police officers. Four officers are acquitted on 4/29/92, sparking widespread rebellion and rioting

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An exploration of Oakland’s trash The Trash Falcons have selected some odd, and sometimes creepy finds from their years of collecting trash around Lake Merritt for two new exhibits.

The Trash Falcons, who clean up around Lake Merritt, have two exhibits up at the Junior Center of Art and Science that turn their gleanings into art.

This hand-drawn flyer is the most-shared ICE resource in the Bay Area When immigration enforcement intensified, artist Winsor Kinkade responded with a red-ink drawing that quickly became a widely-shared ICE hotline resource.

This hand-drawn flyer is the most-shared ICE resource in the Bay Area (via our partner @eltecolotesf.bsky.social) url-media.com/this-hand-dr...

More than socks and tents: Street Spirit is building a resource guide - Street Spirit Street Spirit is building a comprehensive resource guide for Alameda County’s unhoused communities.

Street Spirit is building a comprehensive resource guide for Alameda County’s unhoused communities
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People We Meet: Junior keeps watch at Mission and 30th Junior has lived at Mission and 30th streets for at least 21 years, nearly half his life, maybe longer. He mostly survives on odd jobs.

"With a shuffle and a bellow, he’s his own parade"
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What's the Weirdest Thing You've Found at Oakland's White Elephant Sale? Our intrepid correspondent found a haunted clown, a 125-year-old crib, and Boots Riley in the kitchenwares section.

A haunted clown cookie jar, IT'S IT neon, a frog you can pee on: @nuala.bsky.social scoured Oakland's White Elephant Sale in pursuit of its weirdest items. Read about what she found — and why she thinks this is the gayest event of the year! www.coyotemedia.org/weird-oaklan...

If You Build It, They Will Come: How Neighborhood Sports Club Built a New Field in Oakland Oakland historically lacks soccer fields. But a group of local players and community advocates hopes to kick off a brand-new space — featuring soccer, coffee, retail, and more.

Oakland historically lacks soccer fields — and when a group of friends first approached the city with their aspiration to build one, they were literally laughed at. But now, their org has become a leading force for soccer advocacy and community in the East Bay.

Napa’s Biggest Black Culture Festival Didn’t Pay Several Chefs Until They Threatened to Sue Blue Note's Black Radio Experience drew sold-out crowds to Napa Valley. Months later, some contractors were still chasing their money.

"It almost was like a slap in the face," said Napa chef Jammir Gray. "You are here under the guise of wanting to be a part of telling this story of Black music, radio, culture, and food... And then you treat us like dirt."
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The Spark: How to Make Parenting Fun Again In the March edition of our newsletter about creating positive change, we look at babysitting co-ops and wild (early) nights out on the town.

The Spark: How to Make Parenting Fun Again
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"The buck stops... somewhere over there, I dunno, I got a tee time to get to"

3/2/1955
Months before Rosa Parks's action, teenager Claudette Colvin arrested in Montgomery, AL for refusing to give up bus seat to white person

Sea spray with an undercurrent of leather, Bay Rum, and salty, dry woods

Trump Iran airstrikes decision to be guided by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s advice Exclusive: Trump’s decision will be driven by envoys’ judgment on whether Iran is stalling on a nuclear deal

From last week
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Somehow the USA baseball cap is the thing that made me finally throw up. I think we should depose the mad king y’all