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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Facebook faces fresh questions over when it knew of data harvesting

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Allegations come as US prosecutors investigate claims of cover-up

Facebook is facing explosive new questions about when senior executives knew of Cambridge Analytica’s abuse of users’ data, one year on from when the scandal first broke, as federal prosecutors investigate claims that the social media giant has covered up the extent of its relationship with the firm.

The Observer has also learned that a Facebook board member and confidant of its CEO Mark Zuckerberg met Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, in the summer of 2016 just as the data firm started working for the Trump campaign.

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The extreme right was once a loose group of loners. Not any more

Facilitated terror via Facebook and Google: Christchurch has turned everyone’s attention to the phenomenon of extreme rightwing terrorism. But it is an alarm bell that authorities in the UK have been ringing for some time, having seen an ascendant extreme-right threat. Our collective attention, when thinking about terrorism, may be dominated by Isis, but given the rich vein of references to the UK in Brenton Tarrant’s screed, there are clearly other concerns to which we should pay attention.

Around the turn of the century and during the early noughties, the extreme-right threat in the UK tended to consist of a ragbag of isolated loners. For the most part middle-aged white men, they tended to be discovered by chance – violent characters with spotty employment histories, a few of them picked up as a result of investigations into online paedophilia. Some particularly shambolic cases, such as that of Neil Lewington, were uncovered by accident. Lewington was arrested by British Transport p

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The pattern has changed and must not be ignored

Christchurch has turned everyone’s attention to the phenomenon of extreme rightwing terrorism. But it is an alarm bell that authorities in the UK have been ringing for some time, having seen an ascendant extreme-right threat. Our collective attention, when thinking about terrorism, may be dominated by Isis, but given the rich vein of references to the UK in Brenton Tarrant’s screed, there are clearly other concerns to which we should pay attention.

Around the turn of the century and during the early noughties, the extreme-right threat in the UK tended to consist of a ragbag of isolated loners. For the most part middle-aged white men, they tended to be discovered by chance – violent characters with spotty employment histories, a few of them picked up as a result of investigations into online paedophilia. Some particularly shambolic cases, such as that of Neil Lewington, were uncovered by accident. Lewington was arrested by British Transport police after urinating on a train platform in 2008. Subsequent investigations uncovered an aspirant one-man terror campaign, planning pipe-bomb attacks and gathering Nazi memorabilia.

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Daughter of Christchurch victim: ‘My dad is a real hero. He got shot in the back to shield my brothers’ | World news | The Guardian

A 52-year-old father, Adeeb Sami, took a bullet to save his sons at al Noor mosque. He dived over his sons Abdullah, 29, and Ali, 23, as the gunman burst into the mosque. “My dad is a real hero,” Adeeb’s daughter, Heba, said. “He got shot in the back near his spine in an attempt to shield my brothers, but he didn’t let anything happen to them.” Adeeb was rushed to hospital where he underwent surgery to remove the bullet.

Source: Daughter of Christchurch victim: ‘My dad is a real hero. He got shot in the back to shield my brothers’ | World news | The Guardian

Library of Alexandria…way more than just a library – nadiaharhash

I always wonder when I see people waiting in a long queue waiting for anything… food, stores, etc… but with a long queue to enter a library that was not something I expected anywhere , not to emphasize my overwhelming feelings … Alexandria- egypt.of course , the library of Alexandria stands for more than just…

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Gaza… a nation revolting starvation

This time in Gaza was different when observing people’s louder voice of expressing the deterioration of their lives. From one side you cannot but see the heartfelt scenes of poverty , of humanity being taken to its edge , and from another side you see buildings,hotels, pochi restaurants and cafes, new cars, youth dressed with Nike and Adidas.

One of the most compelling comments I heard was from a taxi driver who expressed his concern and others rage on the building of another mosque . We don’t need more mosques .img_4428.png?resize=672%2C1455&ssl=1 I keep stressing on all the time as a Moslem who sees expensive built mosques where no cultural centers or services provided in paces where people lack the basics. As a secular person-maybe- I thought I am just another bad moslem when I complain .but hearing this is Gaza for me was beyond my expectations.

It came with no surprise that people are taking the streets in distress asking for better life.

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Rabbit virus proves a killer but questions remain over failure to spread

Whoops – the planned man-made virus was knocked out by nature evolved virus that “escaped” from a previous project. The rabbits are a manmade “plague” that people are still trying to control with methods they make believe they can control. This could be a huge oops, if it gets to a cross over point and jumps to another vector and then us!

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Released two years ago, the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus RHDV1-K5 reduced rabbit numbers on some sites by about one third, but failed to spread further — and scientists say an exotic rogue virus is largely to blame.

The untold tale of the woman who dug up ancient sea monsters

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Born poor and nonconformist, Mary Anning’s contributions to the birth of palaeontology had been forgotten. But not any longer

A few months ago a stylish set of rooms were opened in London’s Natural History Museum. They include a restaurant, a study and a floor-to-ceiling cabinet displaying biological treasures and curiosities. Here, patrons of the museum gather to relax and contemplate nature’s wonders in a setting named after one of the most remarkable of all explorers of Earth’s ancient marvels: Mary Anning.

“We could have named the rooms after many ‘greats’: Alfred Waterhouse, who designed the museum, or David Attenborough. But in the end there was really only one choice. The Anning Rooms it had to be,” said museum executive Christina Heap.

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