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RonSupportsYou<p>Devin Duke: "It's crazy how Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez going to space for ten minutes is supposed to inspire women, but the women who already worked at NASA are getting fired and having their bios removed from NASA's website." <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/womensrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womensrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/purges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purges</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads | <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> | The Guardian </p><p>Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> off shelves, particularly <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ titles <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bannedbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bannedbooks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/alt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alt</span></a></p>
Emmegi Reporters Freelance<p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reddit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> strikes again. They banned an English <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> news site. Unfortunately it continues to be a popular <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> network, maybe users don't know that <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> exists?</p>
michael<p>Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a>, as influence of US pressure groups spreads<br>Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ titles</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> professors sue <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration over funding cut threats</p><p>by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WBUR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WBUR</span></a></p><p>"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>.</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a> announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a> discrimination on campus.</p><p>"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.</p><p>"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleVI</span></a> of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRightsAct</span></a>, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.</p><p>"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.</p><p>" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AAUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAUP</span></a> chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'</p><p>"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/inquiry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inquiry</span></a> at Harvard.'</p><p>"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MahmoudKhalil</span></a> and students that engaged in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProPalestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPalestinian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harva</span><span class="invisible">rd-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BibiIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibiIsAWarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeMahmoudKhalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeMahmoudKhalil</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erasure</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
Vida Latina :mastodonworld:<p>📌 "The Little-Known Bureaucrats Tearing Through American Universities:</p><p>A new task force formed to combat antisemitism is using funding threats to force broader changes on campus"</p><p>🎁 🔗 <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/anti-semitism-task-force-who-247c234e?st=vzuR1u&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/us-news/education/anti</span><span class="invisible">-semitism-task-force-who-247c234e?st=vzuR1u&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink</span></a></p><p>🏷️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Bureaucrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bureaucrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FederalFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalFunds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a></p>
Freezenet<p>Online News Act, Online Streaming Act, Digital Services Tax Listed as US Trade Barriers</p><p>The United States has listed the Online News Act, Online Streaming Act, and Digital Services Tax as trade barriers (longstanding trade irritants).</p><p><a href="https://www.freezenet.ca/online-news-act-online-streaming-act-digital-services-tax-listed-as-us-trade-barriers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">freezenet.ca/online-news-act-o</span><span class="invisible">nline-streaming-act-digital-services-tax-listed-as-us-trade-barriers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/International" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>International</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CUSMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CUSMA</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/DigitalServicesTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalServicesTax</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/OnlineNewsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineNewsAct</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/OnlineStreamingAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineStreamingAct</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/USMCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USMCA</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MontyPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MontyPython</span></a> “Well, I didn’t <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> for you.” – Peasant Woman to King Arthur. But... Every Day we read this - 'This is the crisis moment': Political scientist says Trump crossed a crucial red line (April 14) - No he crossed it on Jan 20 and every day thereafter <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackmail</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/insidertrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insidertrading</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wallstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wallstreet</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a></p>
NotImpressed<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br>Another quality article by Council Estate Media.<br>"Meta says it runs free speech platforms" But Drop Site News "have obtained data showing Meta has complied with 94% of censorship requests from the Israeli government"<br>"Israel has made far more censorship requests than any other country. This is because the most dangerous weapon Zionists face is the truth"<br>I don't understand how people can be on Facebook. Anything Meta is wrong</p><p><a href="https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/israel-is-working-with-meta-to-censor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">councilestatemedia.uk/p/israel</span><span class="invisible">-is-working-with-meta-to-censor</span></a></p>
Russia-Ukraine Daily News<p>🇺🇸 In Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, he bragged about restoring “free speech” to the United States.</p><p>Now he has a “hope” for his Federal Communications Commission: that the agency will punish CBS for airing “60 Minutes” reports he doesn’t like.</p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/14/media/trump-fcc-60-minutes-cbs/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2025/04/14/med</span><span class="invisible">ia/trump-fcc-60-minutes-cbs/index.html</span></a></p><p>What a hypocrite.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a></p>
Alex0007<p>Сегодня цензор начал блокировать мой VPN который использует протокол v2ray + vless + reality + xtls-rprx-vision (у клиентов использующих мобильные операторы, Пермский край)</p><p>Блокировка выглядит как таймаут соединения при подключении к VPN, при том что IP на котором находится VPN остается доступным 🤔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/v2ray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>v2ray</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B7%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>цензура</span></a></p>
Peter Suber<p>1/ Kudos to <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Harvard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harvard</a> for standing up to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin. 🧵 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AcadSky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcadSky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AcademicSky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicSky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23EduSky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EduSky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AcademicFreedom" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicFreedom</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Censorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DefendResearch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendResearch</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Universities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Universities</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23USPolitics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/academic-chatter.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academic-chatter.bsky.social</a></p>
petersuber<p>Kudos to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> for standing up to the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin.</p><p>Friday, April 11, the Trump admin expanded its list of demands to Harvard. (Note that Harvard made the govt letter public on the Harvard website.)<br><a href="https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harvard.edu/research-funding/w</span><span class="invisible">p-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Letter-Sent-to-Harvard-2025-04-11.pdf</span></a></p><p>Today, Harvard President Alan Garber issued a public letter to the university community, explaining the latest Trump demands and the university's 𝙣𝙤 answer. "The University will not negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights."<br><a href="https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/the-promise-of-american-higher-education/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harvard.edu/president/news/202</span><span class="invisible">5/the-promise-of-american-higher-education/</span></a></p><p>Also see Harvard's official answer to the Trump admin, through its lawyers. "Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an agreement in principle."<br><a href="https://www.harvard.edu/research-funding/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Harvard-Response-2025-04-14.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harvard.edu/research-funding/w</span><span class="invisible">p-content/uploads/sites/16/2025/04/Harvard-Response-2025-04-14.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DefendResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefendResearch</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>academicchatter</span></a></span></p>
Steve ( He / Him ) 🏴 🦇 🇵🇸<p>In case you need another reason to delete your <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> accounts</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/whatsapp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whatsapp</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zuckerberg</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freepalestinr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freepalestinr</span></a> <a href="https://www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/israel-is-working-with-meta-to-censor?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">councilestatemedia.uk/p/israel</span><span class="invisible">-is-working-with-meta-to-censor?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=other</span></a></p>
Niklas Pivic<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads</span></a></p><p>I'm a middle-aged white male. I'll say this about censorship of so-called LGBTQIA+ books:</p><p>If you're offended by books about sexuality, perhaps especially other sexualities than what you feel is your own, you're the problem. Sexuality isn't a problem. Trying to limit other peoples' choices is a problem.</p><p>This has nothing to do with 'oh, they're older, things were different then' or any other kind of psychobabble to excuse this type of censorship.</p><p>This is xenophobia, nothing else; it's about trying to forbid what you've perhaps not experienced or considerably thought through, which is appalling and anti-intellectual.</p><p>We should always speak out when people try to limit the rights of others.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
LordWoolamaloo<p>“It’s vital that libraries feel able to provide access to a wide range of perspectives if they are to facilitate the free exchange of ideas.” </p><p>Exactly. Back our librarians against those attempting to ape the trend in the US to demand censorship. I understood this concept when I was just a child, first using libraries.</p><p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Livres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Livres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a></p>
Ally Miller<p>Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> Look right to see where the real threat is coming from</p>
Kent Pitman<p>incompetent king<br>impotent to fix problems<br>can't but deny them</p><p> bankruptcy's oft his next tool<br> but grace won't likely follow</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tanka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tanka</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ShortPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDenial</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/incompetent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetent</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/forgiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forgiveness</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/grace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grace</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a></p><p>I've attached some notes as a comment.</p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1994282/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1994282/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ‘My Favourite Cake’ directors given suspended prison sentence in Iran for showing unveiled woman <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cin%C3%A9ma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinéma</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreedomOfSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PrisonSentence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrisonSentence</span></a></p>