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Zoom updated its Terms of Service to permit training AI on user content without opt-out, a thread 🧵

This year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin showed that female participation in the labour market did not have an upward trend over a 200 year period, but instead forms a U-shaped curve. The participation of married women decreased with the transition from an agrarian

Palestinian Youth Movement has compiled a running list of literature about Palestine. I highly recommend adding these texts to your reading list: docs.google.com/document/d/1Rs…

Israel and Gaza are not two countries at war. Gaza is a territory under siege, where every aspect of life is controlled by Israel. Palestinians didn’t break through a “border” to enter Israel. They destroyed a fence separating them from the homes they were forced out of.

Verified document from Israeli Ministry of Intelligence on October 13 suggests forced displacement of Gaza civilians to Egypt would "yield positive and long term strategic results" The advisory document envisions a three stage process including the establishment of tent cities

The internet has become a battleground for our attention—let’s change that. In partnership with WE3, IDEO CoLab Ventures is incubating ventures focused on the new intention economy. Building something relevant? Apply for the incubator: buff.ly/47dtWP4

BREAKING: Belgian transport unions will stop all weapons shipments to Israel. "While a genocide is underway in Palestine, workers at various airports in Belgium see weapons leaving for a war zone. Loading and unloading these weapons helps provide organizations with the ability

theguardian.com/world/2023/nov… Yes, even in Berlin

Thrilled to share our latest report 👇 bit.ly/40sXxBW Building on the expertise of 100+ local leaders & global experts the playbook develops practical recommendations to successfully manage the 3 pillars of #SmartCity #Governance: Strategy, Collaboration & Technology.

Very excited for this opportunity! #coops4digital

"Companies worth billions of dollars are, without permission, training generative AI models on creators’ works, which are then being used to create new content that in many cases can compete with the original works."

NOPE.

The irony that I'm a social innovation practitioner and social impact designer who suffers social anxiety is not lost on me. 😏 #Neurodivergent

“Infrastructure is key to sustainable development & the achievement of the #SDGs. Our research shows infrastructure effects 92% of #SDG targets & is key to building community resilience“ said Samantha Stratton-Short, UNOPS Head of Strategic Initiatives, in her opening remarks

✨ Launch Alert! „Gentle Dismantlings" is out now! This issue celebrates posthuman feminisms and asks how we can gently dismantle the structural forces that prevent us from interacting with each other—and all other life on earth—with care and celebration. dingdingding.org

Better yet, let's have best mechs for data OWNERSHIP and distribution, commoning, and justice

Cooperatives must proliferate all markets and return power and control to community scales which are human-scale

If you're, say, occupying space somewhere with other people, you'll need to have a way to make hard decisions—like, say, how to face attacks by fascists or police. That's why my lab is building CommunityRule.info, a tool for designing self-governance practices, grounded...

Fun fact: "The Tragedy Of the Commons" is a hoax created by the white nationalist Garrett Hardin to justify stealing land from colonized people. 1/