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Happy #NewstodonFriday! Here's our thread of work from newsrooms that are active in the fediverse. Please read, boost, comment, follow profiles, subscribe, donate money and show your support in any way you can.

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Happy #NewstodonFriday! Here’s our weekly selection of stories from newsrooms that are active in the fediverse. The goal is to amplify their work and help them raise funds, so please follow them, boost posts, subscribe to their sites, donate money, and join in the conversation in the comments.
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“In recent weeks, #police across #California have threatened journalists with arrests for covering evictions of homeless encampments. It’s unclear why — the journalists aren’t interfering with the evictions. But they are documenting them, and clearly officers don’t want that.”
#news #media #press

https://freedom.press/news/california-officials-must-let-journalists-cover-encampment-sweeps/

Update time! #LibreOffice 24.8 is our latest stable branch, with many new features. Today we're releasing LibreOffice 24.8.1 – the first minor update – with bugfixes and compatibility improvements: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/09/12/libreoffice-24-8-1/ #foss #opensource #news

We’re baaaaaack! After a hiatus due to vacation, we’re resuming our regular #NewstodonFriday thread. In case you’ve forgotten, its purpose is to highlight the work of newsrooms that are active in the fediverse. Please boost the posts you like, follow the profiles you discover, donate money, comment, and let us know about other newsrooms and journos that we should feature.

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Mars News

The Mastcam team of the Curiosity rover is hoping to capture a special celestial event above the Martian skyline as one of Mars’ moons, Phobos, will be in conjunction with Earth on the evening of this Martian day. So everyone look up, and smile for the camera!

https://science.nasa.gov/blog/sols-4295-4296-a-martian-moon-and-planet-earth/

#Mars #Phobos #Earth #Curiosity #rover #Sol4295 #news #Astronomy #Astrodon #space #science #STEM

10 views captured today by the navigation cameras of Perseverance as she steadily climbs the slopes of Jezero Crater

Where No One Has Gone Before

#Mars Aug. 29, 2024 (Sol 1253)
Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/

#Perseverance #rover #Sol1253 #Martian #landscape #Jezero #crater #JezeroCrater #Solarocks #PerseveranceRover #space #news #Astrodon #science #STEM #geology #engineering #StarTrek

from #MiddleEastEye
#Israel launches largest occupied #WestBank offensive since Second Intifada

Drones bomb #Jenin, #Tulkarm and #Tubas as the military begins major assault

By #FayhaShalash in Ramallah, occupied #Palestine and #HuthifaFayyad
Published date: 28 August 2024 05:35 BST

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-launches-largest-occupied-west-bank-offensive-second-intifada

#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#PalestinianLivesMatter
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #politics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

Israel has launched a massive assault on the West Bank. Why and why now? https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/28/israel-launched-a-massive-assault-on-the-west-bank-why-and-why-now?traffic_source=rss #News

Morning message (after three minutes of news)

#Life #News #FFS

SCOOP from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio: Texas Department of Public Safety is committing to a five year, $5.3 million contract for Tangles, an AI #surveillance tool that can track cell phones without a court order. (🧵 1/2) https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-tangle-cobwebs/

#Texas #politics #USpol #news #police #tech #privacy #HumanRights #activism #AI

"In #Britain, the canary has sung. This summer we have witnessed something new and unprecedented. The #billionaire owner of a #tech platform publicly confronting an elected leader and using his platform to undermine his authority and incite #violence. Britain’s 2024 summer #riots were #ElonMusk ’s trial balloon.

He got away with it."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/18/inciting-rioters-in-britain-was-a-test-run-for-elon-musk-just-see-what-he-plans-for-america

#SocialMedia #Disinformation #Propaganda #Lies #Twitter #Musk #Politics #US #USPol #USA #News

BREAKING: Founder Of Telegram ARRESTED For Not "Moderating" - what they really mean is not creating backdoor for enacting censorship

Translates into further war on encryption - I'll probably talk about it on a video coming up

#censorship #telegram #PavelDurov #crypto #encryption #e2ee #socialMedia #backdoor #France #Paris #News #tech #freedom #freespeech #arstechnica

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/shocker-french-make-surprise-arrest-of-telegram-founder-at-paris-airport/

New major release! #LibreOffice 24.8 is the private, free office suite which includes:

✅ Handy "Quick find" deck in the Sidebar
✅ New spreadsheet functions, including XLOOKUP
✅ Better presentation templates

...plus many other new features, fixes and compatibility improvements. Find out more and download it: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/08/22/libreoffice-248/ #foss #opensource #news

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It’s been a newsy week, so this #NewstodonFriday we’re zigging where others zag, and focusing on fascinating stories that didn’t dominate this week’s headlines. We’ve got a mix of thought-provoking, hard-hitting, sad and uplifting articles, but it’s a Biden- and Trump-free zone, folks. This thread is where we highlight the work of newsrooms that are active in the fediverse and ask you to boost the posts you like, follow publications’ profiles and subscribe or otherwise support them. Feel free to comment, discuss and recommend!

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We're getting closer and closer to #LibreOffice 24.8, our next major release – due in late August! The first Release Candidate is now available for testing: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2024/07/16/libreoffice-24-8-rc1-is-available-for-testing/ #foss #opensource #news

Update time! #LibreOffice 24.2.5 is now available – the fifth minor update to our current major release. It includes over 70 bug fixes and compatibility improvements: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/07/11/libreoffice-24-2-5/ #foss #opensource #news

OceanGate co-founder wants to colonize the moon by 2063 https://thehill.com/homenews/space/4760918-oceangate-co-founder-wants-to-colonize-the-moon-by-2063/ #GuillermoSöhnlein #mooncolonization #OceanGate #Space #News #Moon