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Counter-terror police investigate claim UK university halted research after Chinese pressure Sheffield Hallam University ordered professor to cease human rights study into Uyghurs forced labour in China An investigation into allegations that a British university was subjected to pressure from Beijing authorities to halt research about human rights abuses in China has been referred to counter-terrorism police. The Guardian reported on Monday morning that Sheffield Hallam University, home to the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (HKC) research institution, had ordered professor Laura Murphy to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in the country in February. Continue reading...

Counter-terror police investigate claim UK university halted research after Chinese pressure

Oh that's not good

Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and more from YouTube TV as talks break down Other channels that vanished from Google’s pay TV platform include the Disney Channel, FX and Nat Geo.

You might not be able to watch Monday Night Football tonight.

Why? When companies get too big, they have the power to cut off your favorite channels.

That's what's happening here.

And what's Trump done about it? He's let them get away with it.

😂😂😂

USDA prohibits SNAP discounts during shutdown unless retailers have waivers The SNAP Equal Treatment Rule prevents retailers from treating food stamp customers differently, but using it in this way appears to be unprecedented.

The USDA told retailers they cannot offer special discounts to SNAP recipients without a waiver. The reason? The SNAP Equal Treatment Rule. Here's what it says. 👇
www.snopes.com/fact-check/u...

Police cameras track billions of license plates per month. Communities are pushing back. Flock contracts with more than 5,000 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. and scans over 20 billion license plates per month.

Every day, millions of people across the country are being tracked without their consent by Flock Safety's automatic license plate readers.

Our leaders must listen to the outcry and stop using this invasive surveillance tech in our communities.

Thank you Mollie for this piece.

A MUST read .

The #NHL & #NHLPA must do better in helping their players. The man couldn't even be released from the #LAKings until he paid debts back to former staff and teammates.

It's only going to get worse

#readandplay 518

#SleafordMods - The Wage Don't Fit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhkl...

publications I write for stop shutting down due to lack of funding for indie media or leadership's capitulation to billionaire authoritarians challenge

Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89 The death of the three-time Oscar nominee, whose starred in films including Chinatown, was announced by her daughter Laura Dern Oscar-nominated actor Diane Ladd has died at the age of 89. The actor, whose credits included Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Chinatown and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, died at her home in Ojai, California. The news was announced in a statement shared by her daughter, Oscar-winning actor Laura Dern. Continue reading...

Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actor of Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, dies aged 89

Reporter: SNAP is so stimulative to our economy. There are lots of rural stores where 60% of their sales are SNAP sales. So that rural store might have to shutter its doors. This is our collective struggle. All of us do better when people experiencing hunger do better. All of us lose when they don't

Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.

“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”

1994 Rangers are the GenX of sports *sigh*

Wait they also forgot the fishsticks dynasty but included the devils??

What the actual fuck??

For years, we’ve been quietly working on Cabernet SauvignJohn. Made from the finest Napa Valley grapes with notes of vanilla, plush tannins, and the essence of a TV host who needed something named after him. We’ll be donating $50k of sales to food banks in California! Visit cabernetsauvignjohn.com!

Trocheck wearing red today.

Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost “We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.

Libraries matter. Access matters.

After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.

@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Ross Bryant wearing a big fuzzy white hat and sunglasses, being picked up and moved around by Lou Wilson. Followed by a photo from the music video "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroqui.

make some noise is rebranding to the jamiroquai reeducation hour

Grateful Dead Singer Donna Jean Godchaux Dead at 78 Donna Jean Godchaux, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead and provided vocals on an Elvis Presley hit, has died at the age of 78.

She shaped music history before the Grateful Dead thanks to her work as a background singer in Muscle Shoals & Memphis. Then she became a crucial complement/counterpoint to the Dead's boys club in one of their most fertile periods. Here's to a true pro & forever leader of the Heart of Gold Band.

“I'm His Girl” by Friends #nowplaying #6music

‘It’s just all unfair’: Michigan mother given 48 hours to leave country after living in US for 20 years A Michigan mother was told to leave the United States within 48 hours after living there for 20 years.

"Throughout their time in the U.S., the family has kept up with immigration requirements.

'She’s never done anything and she’s just the nicest person in the world. I don’t get it'.”

www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...

Rangers fmr asst coach.

this seems like a thing that should raise a lot of eyebrows but it's just going to get glossed over like everything he does

#SheffJobs

Words cannot express how much I hate this.

The first-ever cell phone call was made in 1973 by Richard Nixon. He called the Prime Minister of France and said "I am sweater than you could ever imagine"

That's so interesting.

Congrats to Racing Louisville for clinching its first NWSL playoff spot!

Matthew Schaefer is having a great time living with Matt Martin and his family this season. 😆

(📸: /sydneyemartin)