'The [U.S.] Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, a move that DOJ says effectively shields Attorney General Merrick Garland from any criminal exposure as the Republican lawmakers move toward trying to hold him in contempt of Congress."

ABC News reports the Justice Department has already released a full transcript of the interview. The White House believes the audio would be used for "partisan political purposes."

https://flip.it/GThbUj

#Biden #ExecutivePrivilege #USPolitics #Elections #News

Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur

The DOJ says it shields Attorney General Garland from contempt of Congress.

^{Alexander Mallin (ABC News)}

from #NewYorkTimes [expires in 30 days]
The Unpunished: How Extremist Settlers Took Over #Israel

[This is a blockbuster 3-part article, which gives much detail and background.]

#SanctionSettlerOrganizations
#BoycottDivestSanction
#SolidarityWithPalestine #NotAntisemitism #CeasefireNow #EndUSAidToIsrael #DivestFromIsraelNow
#EndTheOccupation #PalestinianLivesMatter
#FreePalestine #LetGazaLive #StopGazaGenocide
#Gaza #Palestine
#news #press @palestine @israel

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/magazine/israel-west-bank-settler-violence-impunity.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.TezS.2uZeKjNXYIvU&smid=url-share

Poverty researcher Sherri Lawson Clark has been asking Americans for 25 years if they are poor.

Nobody ever replies ‘Yes, I’m poor’.

But there are tens of millions of Americans who the government defines as ‘poor’. Clark takes a look at how that’s measured and how the poverty rate has changed in the Trump and Biden administrations.
https://theconversation.com/why-some-people-receiving-federal-benefits-dont-consider-themselves-poor-even-though-poverty-rates-have-increased-since-the-covid-19-pandemic-224227
#News #Society #Poverty #USPolitics

Why some people receiving federal benefits don’t consider themselves poor − even though poverty rates have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic

Eliminating poverty has not been a major campaign issue during the 2024 presidential campaign.

^{The Conversation}

Large forest fires break out in Canada

The fire covered about 21 thousand hectares. Due to the approach of the fire to populated areas near the city of Fort McMurray, the evacuation of more than 6 thousand local residents has been announced, CBC News reports.

70 firefighters and 14 helicopters were involved in extinguishing the fire.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Canada

@fediversenews new music account https://mastodon.uno/@radiodeejay

#Radio #Italy #Italia #Uno #RSS #Music #News #NewsRadio

Though they agreed to reduce microplastics in drinking water at the source they handed out water in plastic bottles.🤦

"Canadian and U.S. mayors promise 'blue-green corridor' along Great Lakes and St. Lawrence"

"The declaration constitutes a commitment to "attract blue and green industries" to the basin's communities, such as high-tech companies that have strict standards for water consumption."

@gemelliz
#news #Pollution #LessonsInLogicNeeded #Plastic

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/canadian-and-u-s-mayors-promise-blue-green-corridor-along-great-lakes-and-st-lawrence

Montreal Gazette

The declaration constitutes a commitment to "attract blue and green industries" to the basin's communities.

^{La Presse Canadienne (Montreal Gazette)}

Putin is preparing physical attacks on Western countries, according to the head of Britain's Center for Government Communication, Anna Kist-Butler

Since being appointed to head Britain's radio intelligence service last May, Kist-Butler has insisted that there is a real threat from the Kremlin.

Kist-Butler insisted that Moscow was "nurturing and inspiring" cybercriminal groups and "in some cases appears to be coordinating physical attacks against the West".
#AureFreePress #News #press

Hackaday Supercon 2024 Call for Participation: We Want You!

#cons #hackadaycolumns #news #2024hackadaysupercon #2024hackadaysuperconference #callforparticipation #talks #workshops #hackaday
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Brian Ó Donnell / pod_feeder_v2 · GitLab

Publishes RSS/Atom feeds to Diaspora*

^GitLab

No #internet, no #phone: #Canada #wildfires expose fragility of rural #infrastructure

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/internet-access-rural-canada-wildfires

Northwestel, which provides telecommunications for the #Yukon, Northwest Territories, #Nunavut and northern #BritishColumbia announced on Friday that a wildfire had damaged a critical fibre optic cable near the town of #FortNelson. The company said it had also lost its redundancy cable due to a separate wildfire burning near Jean Marie River and #Kakisa in the Northwest Territories.

#news #disaster #climate #environment

No internet, no phone: Canada wildfires expose fragility of rural infrastructure

Remote communities suffer total loss of communications after fires damage critical fibre optic cables

^{Leyland Cecco (The Guardian)}

#Canada: #Evacuation order issued as #wildfire threatening Fort #McMurray draws closer

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-grande-prairie-fort-mcmurray-1.7203695

#alberta #news #emergency #climate #environment #disaster

#News: Major mortgage lenders are sharing sensitive user data with Facebook.

If you’ve been on the market for a #home, the platform could know about your credit, your address, and more.
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2024/05/15/mortgage-brokers-sent-peoples-estimated-credit-address-and-veteran-status-to-facebook

Mortgage Brokers Sent People’s Estimated Credit, Address, and Veteran Status to Facebook – The Markup

More than 200 national and regional lenders share sensitive user data with Facebook. Experts say it might be illegal

^{themarkup.org}

#NewCaledonia: three dead in French territory in unrest over voting change

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/new-caledonia-protests-law-constitution-changes

As anger spread over the French parliament’s decision to approve changes to voting rules on the Pacific archipelago, public buildings were torched, roads blocked and vehicles set alight.

#riot #protest #politics #France #news

New Caledonia: three dead in French territory in unrest over voting change

Macron holds crisis meeting after riots over plan to increase number of French nationals eligible to vote in Pacific territory

^{Angelique Chrisafis (The Guardian)}

Content warning: Longish Thread, H5n1 Reveal/hide

Not The Onion

1/

The institute's founder, Mark McAfee, told the Los Angeles Times this weekend that his customers are, in fact, specifically requesting raw milk from #H5N1-infected #cows. According to McAfee, his customers believe, without evidence, that directly drinking high levels of the #avianinfluenza #virus will give them immunity to the deadly pathogen

#usa #news #birdflu #milk #cdc

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/

Raw-milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus

Raw milk fans called warnings "fear mongering," despite 52% fatality rate in humans.

^{Ars Technica}

#IvoryCoast: Summit coordinates road maintenance #investment and strategy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9tUQB8_weE

#infrastructure #news #Afrika #Afrique #Africa

Ivory Coast: Summit coordinates road maintenance investment and strategy

''It's to have a positioning that allows all African countries to have at least one road maintenance fund that meets the standards. Why not one like Côte d'I...

^YouTube

Google I/O wrapped up, and I have a LOT of thoughts. Shot a quick reaction video on the keynote here https://somegadgetguy.com/b/455
Some really interesting AI tools are coming, but will Gemini search continue hurting website traffic?

#tech #technology #business #news #technews #bbtg #geek #google #googleio #search #AI

Google I/O 2024 Reactions: Will AI Search Destroy YOUR Website Traffic?

Google I/O is here! I just finished the keynote, and I have a LOT of thoughts. We’re seeing some fun demonstrations of Gemini services. New ways to help people sort and organize their informa…

^{SomeGadgetGuy}

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Here is an Interactive Dashboard so you can track Canadian Active Wildfires and the Smoke.

You may want to bookmark it because we are in for a rough year.

The Climate Dashboard

#ClimateCrisis #Wildfires #News

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2023/climate-dashboard/

Why is #Mozilla collecting our #search data?

source: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-search-update/

Sensitive topics, like searching for particular health care services, are categorized only under broad terms like health or society. Your search activities are handled with the same level of confidentiality as all other data regardless of any local laws surrounding certain health services.

Hello Mozilla, I use Firefox because my privacy is important to me. The best security is still achieved if you don't collect the data. That is why I will use a fork that does not collect search data. It would be nice if Mozilla took user privacy more seriously.

#privacy #news #browser #web #internet #firefox #security #cybersecurity #surveillance #statistics #bigdata #bigbrother

See what’s changing in Firefox: Better insights, same privacy

We’re ramping up our efforts to enhance search experience by developing new features like Firefox Suggestions.

^{Mozilla (The Mozilla Blog)}

It's happening for a second straight year: Dozens of wildfires are burning across Canada and sending unhealthy smoke blowing into the northern U.S., and at the same time, the southeastern U.S. is getting smoke from fires in Mexico.

Is this the new normal for summers? Why air quality scientists say yes:
https://theconversation.com/wildfire-smoke-is-back-fires-burning-across-canada-are-already-triggering-us-air-quality-alerts-in-the-midwest-and-plains-229992
#News #BreakingNews #wildfires #Smoke #Climate

Wildfire smoke is back – fires burning across Canada are already triggering US air quality alerts in the Midwest and Plains

States could be in for another summer of unhealthy wildfire smoke as ‘zombie fires’ resurface in western Canada and more blazes break out in the dry conditions.

^{The Conversation}

"Conceived as a testament to the power of art to transcend physical barriers."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/09/style/art-installation-dublin-new-york-scli-intl/

Kind of a fun idea. Here are all the Portal locations: https://www.portals.org/portals

#ArtInstallation #portal #nyc #dublin #ireland #news