A small cartel controls scientific publishing, charging extortionate fees to access research which the public has funded. Following the example of Aaron Swartz, a young scientist called Alexandra Elbakyan created Sci-Hub, which allows free access to 70 million papers hidden behind paywalls. (theguardian.com)
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How Reddit Was Destroyed and how SaidIt can Change the future. — Reddit died with Aaron Schwartz. It's only gotten worse since then. Today I'd like to take you through the steps how Reddit was destroyed and how sites like SaidIt can change the world (steemit.com)
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“Nearly 25% of mothers go back to work within two weeks of giving birth. To give you a sense of where human mothers fall on the legal protection hierarchy, it’s illegal to separate a dog from her newborn pups before 8 weeks in several states.” The law protects dogs more than human women. (theguardian.com)
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The only power that truly scares the establishment. (i.redd.it)
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Just a reminder that DC police attending the scene were wearing body cams & found Seth Rich alive, conscious & talking but the DC police have not released body cam footage of the incident. His laptop *in his apartment* was confiscated as "evidence" The laptop promptly disappeared" (old.reddit.com)
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Pres Trump on Twitter: "John Kerry had illegal meetings with the very hostile Iranian Regime, which can only serve to undercut our great work to the detriment of the American people. He told them to wait out the Trump Administration! Was he registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? BAD!" (twitter.com)
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What You Don’t Know About 9/11 Could Fill A DVD | In 9/11 Trillions and 9/11 War Games, James Corbett sheds light on two of the greatest 9/11 mysteries: The simultaneous war games taking place that morning and the trillion dollar money trail that leads back to the highest levels of government. (corbettreport.com)
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