Forwarded from The Black Lives Revolution (BLM)
So I found out that tear gas lasts in the air for months after its been fired. In some cases it can last for years.
Has there been ANY effort by any city government to cleanup the shit they pumped into the air?
Should we collectively sue their asses for giving us all health problems?
At what point can we realize that the government is literally impacting our health without our consent?
Has there been ANY effort by any city government to cleanup the shit they pumped into the air?
Should we collectively sue their asses for giving us all health problems?
At what point can we realize that the government is literally impacting our health without our consent?
Forwarded from ＡＮＡＲＣＨＯｂｏｉｓ [mostly inactive]
Forwarded from NoGoolag
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzeb5/this-senator-is-seemingly-obsessed-with-threatening-the-internet-archive
#InternetArchive
In the wake of a raging pandemic, the Internet Archive has been working overtime to preserve internet history and expand the public’s access to digital library collections. That recently culminated in the creation of a National Emergency Library that made 1.4 million ebooks available to the public at a time when traditional libraries pose a health risk.
Increasingly, the organization’s reward has been a parade of headaches. Both from the entertainment industry and their loyal allies in Congress.
Last week, the archive’s emergency library was forced to dramatically scale back the effort thanks to a publisher lawsuit and political pressure from politicians like North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, who accused the organization of violating the country’s often draconian—and frequently ridiculous—copyright laws.
Now Tillis is taking aim at another Internet Archive effort, the Great 78 Project.
The Great 78 Project is a communal effort geared towards the preservation, research and discovery of the 3 million 78rpm discs produced between 1898 and 1950. Often made from far more fragile shellac than the resin commonly used today, many of these recordings are fragile, and the digitization effort has created a historical archive of some amazing work.
#InternetArchive
In the wake of a raging pandemic, the Internet Archive has been working overtime to preserve internet history and expand the public’s access to digital library collections. That recently culminated in the creation of a National Emergency Library that made 1.4 million ebooks available to the public at a time when traditional libraries pose a health risk.
Increasingly, the organization’s reward has been a parade of headaches. Both from the entertainment industry and their loyal allies in Congress.
Last week, the archive’s emergency library was forced to dramatically scale back the effort thanks to a publisher lawsuit and political pressure from politicians like North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, who accused the organization of violating the country’s often draconian—and frequently ridiculous—copyright laws.
Now Tillis is taking aim at another Internet Archive effort, the Great 78 Project.
The Great 78 Project is a communal effort geared towards the preservation, research and discovery of the 3 million 78rpm discs produced between 1898 and 1950. Often made from far more fragile shellac than the resin commonly used today, many of these recordings are fragile, and the digitization effort has created a historical archive of some amazing work.
Vice
This Senator Is Seemingly Obsessed With Threatening the Internet Archive
While the country deals with a pandemic and mass protests, Sen. Thom Tillis has repeatedly sent letters to the Internet Archive that warn its projects may be illegal.