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China’s censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state media
Read more: China’s censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state mediaThe Guardian By Tania Branigan In the opaque world of Chinese censorship, a few red lines shine through the murk. One of the clearest is: no gossip about top political leaders, their families or internal party affairs. But just as…
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Artists4Ceasefire
Read more: Artists4CeasefireArtists4Ceasefire is a collective of actors, filmmakers, and other artists calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire during the Gaza war in Gaza, the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians, and the release of all hostages.The collective was started on…
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Experimental Wall #27
Read more: Experimental Wall #27This action was suggested in the workshop assembly by a neighbor of Arrayán street itself. At the end of this street giving the market there was a wall in a state of collapse that concerned the neighborhood. On several occasions,…
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“Rice Bunny” (米兔) #MeToo Code on Chinese Social Media
Read more: “Rice Bunny” (米兔) #MeToo Code on Chinese Social MediaWomen in China are covertly resisting government crackdowns on discussions over their Me Too movement with a clever workaround. The phrase “rice bunny” (米兔), pronounced as “mi tu,” has popped up on social media networks after censors removed posts that…
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Monopoly Man
Read more: Monopoly ManOn Tuesday morning, when Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified before the House Judiciary Committee about his company’s data collection practices, there was a familiar mustachioed face in the crowd. To most people, this person — also wearing a monocle and…
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Red Paint Splashed on Roosevelt Statue after second “Anti-Columbus Day Tour”
Read more: Red Paint Splashed on Roosevelt Statue after second “Anti-Columbus Day Tour”Just weeks after activists staged an alternative tour of the American Museum of Natural History to call for its removal, among other things, the equestrian statue of Teddy Roosevelt was vandalized early Thursday morning. The base of the statue, which…
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“Jesus Was The First To Decriminalize Sex Work”
Read more: “Jesus Was The First To Decriminalize Sex Work”A big yellow banner hangs off the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town, South Africa proclaiming that *”Jesus was the first to decriminalise sex work – John 8:7″* “Reverend Alan Storey of the Central Methodist Mission, together with members of…
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Colectivo Sublevarte Retrospective
Read more: Colectivo Sublevarte RetrospectiveSublevarte, a Collective of Mexican artists, was born out of the ENAP (National School of Fine Arts) of UNAM (the National Autonomous University of Mexico), during the student strike of 1999-2000, the longest student strike in history. With more than…
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Los Palcos del Descubridor (The discoverer’s box seats)
Read more: Los Palcos del Descubridor (The discoverer’s box seats)“Los Palcos del Descubridor” (The Discoverer’s Box Seats) was a project created by Sebastian Burga and José Aburto in 2012 that consisted of a large-scale installation on the street and a media campaign on the Internet. The work simulated the…
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Art activists decorate bandanas to protest violence against women farmworkers
Read more: Art activists decorate bandanas to protest violence against women farmworkersSitting at a folding table in the basement of Trinity Episcopal Church in downtown Columbus, Monica Jacobo used a felt tip marker to write the words “No means no!” on a white bandana. Jacobo, 57, was among nearly a dozen…
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Coursera
Read more: CourseraDaphne Koller and Andrew Ng founded Coursera, a social entrepreneurship company that partners with top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. Coursera envisions a future where the top universities are educating millions…
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Snake
Read more: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little SnakeNatalie Ball’s work challenges dominant stories of Native American identities, taking to task the historical and visual legacies that misrepresent what it means to be “Indian.” She dives deeply into Indigenous histories and forms of knowledge, the use of language,…