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by k1m 7y ago
In the U.K. outright TV and print media bias is the new normal. The UK already has one of the least trusted media in Europe, and I think it's safe to say the hostile and one-sided coverage (relentlessly attacking Jeremy Corbyn and the
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by k1m 7y ago
This looks really great. Thank you for making it. Will be trying it out on a WordPress site very soon.
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The lies about Assange must stop now(consortiumnews.com)
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Worth noting that Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, did visit Assange. "Melzer was accompanied during his prison visit on 9 May by two medical experts specialised in examining potential victims of torture and other ill
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Doctors tell UK authorities Julian Assange 'could die' in jail(aljazeera.com)
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It's funny that when it comes to Assange, suddenly the UN group's findings become "non-binding". Did you read what they had to say about it? > The Opinions of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention are legally-bindi
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I don't know how to respond to this. UN experts on human rights have looked into his situation and been quite alarmed by it. I can't think of a group of people more respected in the field of human rights than the experts at the UN
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I find it remarkable that so many here feel they are in a better position to assess whether Assange's human rights have been violated than experts on the topic at the UN who've spent considerable time looking into his situation.
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Melzer: "Mr. Assange was about as free to leave as someone sitting on a rubber boat in a shark pool." In 2016 another group of UN experts found his situation to be "arbitrary detention": > In its official Opinion, the
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by k1m 7y ago
You're assuming he had a lot of choice in the matter and that the UN didn't take that into account. Nils Melzer when asked about it responded: "Mr. Assange was about as free to leave as someone sitting on a rubber boat in a s
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Melzer was asked about that. He responded: "Mr. Assange was about as free to leave as someone sitting on a rubber boat in a shark pool." - https://twitter.com/NilsMelzer/status/1134400849097220102
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"Melzer was accompanied during his prison visit on 9 May by two medical experts specialised in examining potential victims of torture and other ill-treatment." Are you saying we should take your word over theirs?
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Worth mentioning that Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, visited Assange and described his treatment as psychological torture: > “It was obvious that Mr. Assange’s health has been seriously affected by the extremely hosti
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by k1m 7y ago
Agree. Although I don't really understand gorhill's refusal to take donations for his work. I hope it's just that he doesn't need it.
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The irony they were highlighting was the Guardian's stated position on privacy, "The Guardian view on privacy online: a human right", and their own complete disregard for that position. That's quite different from what y
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That's why I find uBlock Origin so refreshing. The entire ad-blocking universe is so tainted with business interests it's hard to trust any of them. The uBlock Origin developer is genuinely principled from what I've seen.
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It is. I don't use them and recommend uBlock Origin to anyone who asks. But they are correct on this.
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The Guardian website is horrible when it comes to tracking. They don't tend to mention that in their privacy-focused articles. Here's a tweet that sums it up: 'The irony is real... @Guardian headline, "The Guardian view
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That's not a likely explanation when it comes to Assange. The Guardian has been terrible, and even its previous star reporter Glenn Greenwald (who won them a Pulitzer on the Snowden reporting) has been extremely critical. See for examp
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Related: Julian Assange's judge and her husband's links to the British military establishment exposed by WikiLeaks https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-11-14-julian-as...
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This looks interesting. I work on a project to help convert articles into printable PDFs. Created a video a few years ago showing how CSS can be used to control columns based on paper size and orientation: https://www.youtube.com
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by k1m 7y ago
This is great! A nice way to encourage people to start using an ad blocker. I worked on a site to promote ad blocking some time ago. It runs a simple test to see if an ad blocker is installed and recommends uBlock Origin if it doesn't
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Thank you! Happy to hear you find it useful! :)
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The send-to-kindle email is a nice feature which I wish other e-readers supported. The only other one I know of which supports it is PocketBook. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=247639 I've worke
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Assange in Court(craigmurray.org.uk)
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The 1992 documentary film based on Herman and Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent book is also worth watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrBQEAM3rE
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> If there was no merit to the complaint, the Guardian would tell Schmidt to sod off. The Guardian published a viral (>25,000 shares on Facebook alone) fake news story about Assange meeting Manafort. Many complaints about it, and yet
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Because some, like, Adblock Plus and I assume all the other ad blockers who take part in the ridiculous "Acceptable Ads" programme, receive money from Taboola to allow those ads to show. Here's an entry where Taboola was adde
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Whistleblower: Google Boss' Daughter Scrubbed from Guardian Exposé(thedailybeast.com)
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Spanish Security Company Spied on Julian Assange in London for the United States(elpais.com)
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