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#NASA , #Yale , & #Stanford Scientists Consider 'Scientific #Exile ,' French #University Says

Last week, #AixMarseille University, France’s largest university, invited American scientists who believe their work is at risk of being #censored by #Trump admin’s anti-science policies to continue their research in #France. Today, the university announced that it is already seeing great interest from #scientists at NASA, Yale, Stanford, & other American schools & gov agencies

404media.co/nasa-yale-and-stan

404 Media · NASA, Yale, and Stanford Scientists Consider 'Scientific Exile,' French University Says“We are witnessing a new brain drain.”

#Meta Agrees to Pay #Trump $25 Million to Settle His Lawsuit

#PresidentTrump had sued Meta and other tech firms in 2021, arguing that he had been wrongfully #censored by them. Meta also reported a 21 percent increase in quarterly revenue.

> interesting timing. Is this a capitulation or a payoff? 🤔

nytimes.com/2025/01/29/technol

The New York Times · Meta Agrees to Pay Trump $25 Million to Settle His LawsuitBy Mike Isaac

Exclusive: #LuigisManifesto (HT @LeftistLawyer )

Read the manifesto the media refused to publish

Ken Klippenstein, Dec 10, 2024

“To the Feds, I'll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn't working with anyone. This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience. The spiral notebook, if present, has some straggling notes and To Do lists that illuminate the gist of it. My tech is pretty locked down because I work in engineering so probably not much info there. I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming. A reminder: the US has the #1 most expensive healthcare system in the world, yet we rank roughly #42 in life expectancy. United is the [indecipherable] largest company in the US by market cap, behind only Apple, Google, Walmart. It has grown and grown, but as our life expectancy? No the reality is, these [indecipherable] have simply gotten too powerful, and they continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has [allowed] them to get away with it. Obviously the problem is more complex, but I do not have space, and frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument. But many have illuminated the corruption and greed (e.g.: Rosenthal, Moore), decades ago and the problems simply remain. It is not an issue of awareness at this point, but clearly power games at play. Evidently I am the first to face it with such brutal honesty.”

Original article:
kenklippenstein.com/p/luigis-m

Archived version:
archive.ph/sOgoT

Ken Klippenstein · Exclusive: Luigi's ManifestoBy Ken Klippenstein

'...Pew Research Center found that the majority of Israelis, 59 percent, are in favour of #censorship of #socialmedia posts that show sympathy to #Palestinians civilians in #Gaza amid #Israel's war on the besieged enclave.

An even larger majority, 72 percent, of #Israelis say posts that include videos or images of violence in the war should be #censored.'

"Majority of Israelis want censorship of social media posts sympathetic to Palestinians in Gaza"
middleeasteye.net/news/majorit @palestine @israel

Middle East EyeMajority of Israelis want censorship of social media posts sympathetic to Palestinians in GazaSeventy percent of Israelis say videos or images of violence depicting the war should be censored

In 2013, I was #censored by #Facebook for my coverage of the annual #RedUmbrella awareness day in solidarity with local & global #SexWorkers. I actually never violated any of their TOS. My performer friend was clothed but wore nude bodysuit & pasties. Red Umbrella march & rally is to advocate for sex workers' rights & their safety & to honour the lives of sex workers lives lost & bring awareness to a marginalized population of our society.

I decided to do a cookies protest against FB #censorship & they censored my cookies too.
I'm so glad to have deleted my FB.

Cop Killer - #BodyCount

youtu.be/yg_S4JJMxPU?si=mpviAV

Fab live coverage from 1992.

When talking about #controversial #music, there are few more shining examples than #CopKiller. Recorded by #IceT’s rock group Body Count, “Cop Killer” is a heated #song about a victim of #PoliceBrutality who violently takes matters into his own hands. The song faced criticism from #LawEnforcement agencies, the Parents Music Resource Center #PMRC, President #GeorgeHWBush and the public in general. Some people responded through #protests and #boycotts of any company associated with the distribution of the record. This caused sales to skyrocket, but also prompted certain stores to take the album off their shelves. Some countries, such as #NewZealand, attempted to have the song and the #rap group itself completely #banned. Stockholders threatened to pull out from #WarnerBrosRecords and executives received #DeathThreats. While Ice-T stood by his work, stating that it was a #ProtestSong meant to reflect hateful emotions rather than encourage violence, he subsequently decided to recall the album, removing the trouble-making song upon re-release.

youtu.be/yg_S4JJMxPU?si=mpviAV

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - #RollingStones

youtu.be/bG8L3CnjmBo?si=ThNGLG

In 1965, during a performance of this world-famous chart-topper on #ABC’s #music variety show, Shindig!, the song’s line “trying to make some girl” was #censored. Not surprisingly, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” had faced much criticism for its #SexualInnuendo and critical statements about #commercialism. However, when the Rolling Stones performed the song again 40 years later during the February 2006 #SuperBowlXL halftime show, this was the only song that wasn’t censored.

Physical - #OliviaNewtonJohn (September 1981)

youtu.be/vWz9VN40nCA?si=isq-QB

“Physical” was very popular in the US & UK but some radio stations #banned the #song due to #SexualContent & they #censored lines - “There’s nothing left to talk about unless it’s horizontally.”
#Controversy also surrounded this song because the #MusicVideo featured a #GayCouple holding hands (who ignored Olivia’s advances). That one scene caused it to be banned by some broadcasters & #MTV censored it.