Scientists record the #soundscape of a healthy #reef and play it to #corals in a disturbed #environment: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/68553058
Study: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231514

I spontaneously thought of David Goulson's book Silent Earth about the #insectApocalypse https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/443405/silent-earth-by-goulson-dave/9781529114423
Humans are #silencing #nature. Will we also need sound recordings to survive one day? Or for our children to know what is lost?

The #Truth Always Finds a #Leak. When truth becomes a #threat, #power hides; #Trump #crackdown on #congressional #oversight isn’t about #leaks—it’s about #silencing #accountability before the questions even begin. https://www.meidasplus.com/p/the-truth-always-finds-a-leak #democracy #constitution #law #ruleoflaw

In eigener Sache, ein Longthread

Seit 2022 bin ich auf Mastodon aktiv, seit November 2022 auf dem Server von #digitalcourage.
Digitalcourage macht wichtige Arbeit die uns hilft digital mündige Bürger*innen zu werden und zu bleiben. Das war auch meine ursprüngliche Motivation um auf die Server dieses Vereins zu wechseln. Seit November 2022 habe dort über 4k Posts verschickt (https://digitalcourage.social/@bhaug/). Das ist jetzt vorbei.

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#Silencing #GermanyGazaShitshow #Digitalcourage,

Rebekka Endler erklärt, warum Zitieren feministisches Handeln sein kann!

"Dass sich dahinter [dem Zitieren] auch ein Werkzeug für feministische Geschichtsschreibung versteckt, erschließt sich mir erst jetzt, Jahre später. Korrektes Zitieren, innerhalb und außerhalb der akdademischen Welt, ist eine Praxis, die dazu dienen kann, Hierarchien zu ebnen und das Patriarchat zu bekämpfen. ..." (1/2)

@historikerinnen @histodons #silencing #academia #wissenschaftlichesSchreiben

Kann man sich mit Spenden an #Codeberg eigentlich #Karma-Punkte verdienen?

https://codeberg.org/

#Softwareentwicklung #Code #FOSS #OpenSource #Gemeinnützig #DDoSAngriff #Silencing

#Auschwitz80: Never Forget! (#Musk)

One year ago, Musk did not perform the Hitler-salute. Instead, how wore a kippah.

He did that while lighting a candle in former concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau.

He was in "good" company: the maintainers of that camp are hypocrits too. In https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/auschwitz-council/ they state, among other things:
❝
Threatened in its existence, the State of Israel has the right to self-defense in accordance with international law and the principles of humanitarianism.
❞

Both Musk and them make a joke of "Never Again". They don't care that Gaza is a concentration camp. Neither that Palestinians on the Westbank are robbed and murdered (including a "terrorist", a 2 years old girl who was shot in the head, see https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/113896121666875015).

Musk was invited to Auschwitz by the EJA (remember that name if you favor equal human rights for every person - the #EJA does *NOT* represent all Jews).

And Musk does *NOT* hate Jews (he earns money from them too). He is a populist and demands attention 24x7. He hates people who cannot or do not make him even richer and powerful than he already is.

He just HELPED Zionists worldwide by FAKING an increase in antisemitism - which is a LIE.

OTOH, (hopefully) an increasing number of people hate Zionists because the Israeli Destruction Forces commit genocide ordered by Netanyahu et al.

Western governments, enticed (or bribed, think #AIPAC) by Zionists, WANT everyone to believe that being anti-genocide and pro-equal-human-rights means you're an antisemite.

YOU. ARE. NOT. AN. ANTISEMITE!

It's a TRICK, see the image in https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/113379001154934065 (I stole that image from @LALegault).

The screenshot below was taken from https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2024/01/23/elon-musk-says-he-was-naive-on-antisemitism-as-he-visits-auschwitz_6456954_13.html.

Powerful and moving. A *must read*!

“Letter to Refaat Alareer”

by Chris Hedges on Substack

@palestine
@israel

“A year ago on Dec. 6, 2023 Israel murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer in Gaza. His poems, however, remain, condemning his killers and beseeching us to honor our shared humanity”

https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/letter-to-refaat-alareer?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

@dorotheegoetze

dabei darf man aber das GUTE SILENCING nicht vergessen: das silencing von nazis.

@academicchatter

#silencing
#NazisSilencen

Btw, do you know how the modern version of the #internet #censorship in #Russia started? In 2012, an organization branded as "League of Safe Internet" (mimicking to be an #NGO, but with obvious #government affiliation) developed a bill enforcing a list of sites forbidden in the country.

The "explanation" was to "protect kids" from #abuse, calls to commit #suicide and information how to get narcotic #drugs (sounds familiar, doesn't it?).

Obviously, after the technical possibility of #blocking was achieved, and the procedure elaborated, they started to use the list for everything, including fight with Western sites, #silencing the remnants of their so called opposition and finally creating their own alternative reality.

Well, regarding kids... these folks are wanted for #genocide for what they do with kids now...

The largest shit in this world is made in order to "protect" your safety and "save" kids from abuse.

Interesting: I just tried following someone on mastodon.ie with an unlocked account and it got turned into a follow request.

Has mastodon.ie silenced me?

If so, I’d like to know why.

CC @mastodonie

PS. This won’t affect you if you’re already following me. It will mean my posts would get hidden from the public timeline and wouldn’t show up in trending posts, etc., on your instance. Hence “silenced.”

This is the tweet of John Cusack that Elon #Musk 's #X suppressed with a "potentially sensitive content"-warning..... - #sabotage #harassment #trolls #zionists #silencing #ceasefire #socialmedia #twitter

If you've ever received a grant from #UKRI* - and you're appalled by their total capitulation to govt #silencing - please do sign this open letter before Monday

& pass it along!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDDolguyxn8mORWg6riqM-F6VHm2pENyyZL_t1whBLE/edit

*i.e. ANY funding from AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, Innovate UK, MRC, NERC, Research England or STFC

@academicchatter #FreeSpeech #Solidarity #Israel #Gaza #Academia #Histodons #Mapstodons #Geography #Divestment #SocialJustice #Peace #AcademicFreedom #McCarthyism #Repression #UKPolitics #UKHE

FAO UK academics concerned about academic freedom and/or #Palestine:

Tory minister Michelle Donelan is trying to intimidate UKRI into silencing #academics who have expressed legitimate criticism of the genocide in #Gaza. She appears to be succeeding.

If you want UKRI to stand up for us, please sign this open letter.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQuP_mvDHNjryNd2gnenQJ0ffUMZ_1SdVL-2RnWdYJZdw5CGIAuyG00-KzCBLWiYwvBD2Xear-hGSsX/pub

@academicchatter #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Silencing #Israel #Islamophobia #Zionism #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #McCarthyism #Academia #Universities

The Marxist (Student) Society at University College London has been suspended by the Student Union for putting up pro-Palestine posters & social media posts.

They’re requesting signatures in their support.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmUIkabGr6jSzGEZAlys6PchPa-PIzcrUpbhHVHxMLCnyqdQ/viewform?usp=send_form