🇧🇷 Le site de la COP30 à Belem a été évacué jeudi en raison d'un incendie important, sur l'ordre des agents de sécurité. Des flammes ont démarré sur le stand d'un pays près de l'entrée et ont dégagé d'importantes fumées à l'extérieur. Le feu a ensuite été maîtrisé ⤵️

Just saw another video, fire spreads quickly because of the cloth ceiling. A wall burns completely in secs.

Latest report is that the #COP30 Host Country Fire Chief ordered the evacuation of the entire premises, which are now under the authority of Brazil and are no longer considered a Blue Zone.

Video isn't mine, but was shared in a group chat just a few minutes ago. Seems like the fire was in the state delegation pavilion area.

There's a fire inside/near the #COP30 Blue Zone building in #Belém right now. I hope everyone is OK.

New Post: Before our Attention Was a Commodity: Memories of a Pre-Web Internet.

How public terminals, old Macs, and a programming teacher in the South during the 1990's shaped a broke Mexican kid's political imagination and tech skills […]

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I'm working on a post about my earliest recollections of the Internet. Pre-Web, pre-Mosaic, pre-Eternal September. I'm digging back through memories of the FTP servers I used, the Usenet groups I followed, and the version of VAX/VMS running on the terminals. Some deep mental archaeology here.

Rep the #BayArea with your very own @baysky.social handle. Pick one, register it and activate it. That's it!

baysky.social

Even though I don't really use #bluesky, I'm glad I created HandleD to offer users a non-corporate handle of their choice. The server (built in pure C and SQLite) has been running for months without a hitch. For now, only https://www.baysky.social/ is available, but more options are on the way […]

THIS is why fast food workers in San Jose are fighting for access to know-your-rights training. #workersrights #labor #union #restaurants #mcdonalds #metoo #sanjose #santaclara
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mcdonalds-sexual-harassment-brand-standards/

If Google Can Break My Pixel, They Can Break Yours

Back in January, Google pushed an update that broke my working Pixel phone. Support failed. I was forced to get a new phone, but it didn't feel like an upgrade. Here's the story […]

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A reflection on what Zapata’s Nahuatl manifestos can teach us today about dignity, struggle, and how we live resistance today.

Hint: it’s not ideology, it’s practice.

https://asanfranciscan.substack.com/p/those-who-come-striking-with-stones

#mexico #politics #resistance #indigenous

Birthright citizenship is under threat in the United States, and Europe’s restrictive laws offer a clear warning of what’s at stake.

https://asanfranciscan.substack.com/p/europe-is-a-cautionary-tale-on-birthright

#politics #democracy #citizenship #uspol

Birthright citizenship is under threat in the United States, and Europe’s restrictive laws offer a clear warning of what’s at stake.

#politics #democracy #citizenship #uspol

https://blog.sanfranciscan.org/2025/02/26/a-cautionary-tale/