Prof Communication @NewsMediaRC, @UniCanberra | Digital commons, civic information literacy | Director, Digital Commons Policy Council @peer_production
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I’ve just done my #eXit! the X exodus is massive. Don't lose any of your followers. Thanks to #OpenPortability I've registered 2045 new passengers for a journey to #BlueSky & #Mastodon. Join us on https://t.co/HwmRmwa38z and automatically find your communities on better networks!
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Many migrated to BlueSky. I felt bad staying on a platform used to destabilize democracy but needed a push to leave for good. Push is here! Spread the word: if people download their X contact lists the folks at HelloQuitX will sync us all up on 20 Jan! https://t.co/VZ6LofVosm
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
& more!
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Around the world hundreds of health practitioners are calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Sayya.
This is people’s power, non-violent and humanitarian, human-rights driven, against the strongest military force in the region supported by the strongest military force in the world.
Will world leaders listen and act? Will they stop supporting, arming Israel; will they stop turning a blind eye to the extermination of Palestinians in Gaza?
Will they demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Sayya?
So in a new twist, the IDF now acknowledges detaining Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyyah, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, insisting he is investigated for links with Hamas. Please join @amnesty in calling for Dr. Hussam to be granted access to a lawyer and his family, and for his release.
A few facts on Dr. Hussam
Kamal Adwan hospital was raided previously in December 2023, with several medical staff arbitrarily detained and disappeared. Back then, Dr. Hussam was interrogated briefly. At the time, not a single Israeli source accused Dr. Hussam of anything.
After the initial raid on Kamal Adwan, which put the hospital out of service, Dr. Hussam and other staff managed, with the support of international organizations, to get the hospital to function again. It played an indispensable role in treating children suffering from malnutrition and dehydration-related issues. The hospital also received those wounded from a series of Israeli attacks on starving people as they waited for flour trucks, known as flour massacres.
Between the months of February 2024-September 2024, Dr. Abu Safiya was the go-to source for human rights and humanitarian organizations investigating the situation of the healthcare sector in north Gaza and the impact of the mixture of disease and hunger on children in particular, providing accurate, non-sensationalist and credible information, coordinating with international health organisations , providing media briefings, all whilst obviously working as a dedicated pediatrician.
The only time even the Israeli army brought up the Hamas link was following his disappearance last Friday.
They told journalists this morning 03/01 that "Hussam Abu Sufaya was apprehended for suspected involvement in terrorist activities, and for holding a rank in the Hamas terror organization, while hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were hiding inside the Kamal Adwan Hospital under his management. He is currently being investigated by Israeli security forces."
Dr. Abu Safiya’s unlawful detention is emblematic of the broader attacks on the healthcare sector in Gaza and Israel’s attempts to annihilate it. It is part and parcel of Israel's genocidal intent and genocidal acts - meant to inflict conditions of life CALCULATED TO BRING ABOUT DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIANS.
Dr. Abu Safiya has been acting as a leading voice for the healthcare sector in the north of Gaza since October 2024 and refusing to abandon the hospital and his patients. He has stood against Israel's genocidal act and his arrest along with that of 100s of Palestinian medical staff further provides evidence of genocidal intent.
None of the medical staff abducted by Israeli forces since November 2023 from Gaza during raids on hospitals and clinics has been charged or put before a trial; those released after enduring unimaginable torture were never charged and did not stand trial. Those still detained remain held without charges or trial under inhumane conditions and at risk of torture.
And there was me thinking it would all wash away with the festive drinks and the summer sun ...
Bishop declares responsibility for Bell’s Intel role, rebukes council https://t.co/wbRoErD8Kl