"The victims, aged 13 and 14, were wearing the uniform of the #Uruguayan #Hebrew Comprehensive #School when two men—described as “in their twenties”—recognized them as #Jews and began to harass them, the report said.

“You are Jews, we know what you did,” the aggressors told the boys, according to Jaime Apoj, secretary of Legal Affairs for the Central Israelite Committee of Uruguay (#CCIU). The men pushed them and added: “Get lost or we'll get you.”

As the teenagers tried to flee, the attackers grabbed loose tiles from a nearby construction site and chased them for a block, threatening to use the fragments as weapons.

The pursuit continued to the home of one of the boys, where his mother—who was standing outside—was also targeted.
“Jewish woman, call whoever you want, now we know where you live,” the attackers shouted, before retreating, El Observador reported." 👀

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"On a frigid winter’s day in #1906, tens of thousands of #Jewish parents in #NewYork’s #LowerEastSide and #Brooklyn kept their #children home from #school.

It wasn’t a snow day, but a protest: Activists and the #Yiddish press had called for a #boycott of the #Christmas assemblies and pageants that they knew Jewish children would be obliged to attend on the day before the holiday.

“#Jews Object to Christmas in the #Schools,” blared the #NewYorkTimes. The Brooklyn Eagle warned that “agitators” sought to rob Christian children of their traditions. The boycott was, depending on the source, a valiant cry for #religiousfreedom, or the first shot in the 100-year-plus “#waronChristmas.”

The episode is the subject of #historian Scott D. Seligman’s new #book, “The Great Christmas Boycott of 1906,” which reconstructs how a seemingly local dispute in one Brooklyn school exploded into a test case for religious freedom and civic belonging."

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The real problem with AI-generated artworks...

First of all, I would like to assure you that I am completely open to and enthusiastic about #technology. I don't believe that Pandora's box can be closed again. However, #AI will change our #society forever, and I #fear that no one is aware of the real implications.

A major problem with AI is interpersonal alienation. With every #online #communication, I can no longer be sure whether I am even talking to a #human being, and if so, how much AI that person is using. AI #advertising even shows us how to score points with the perfect AI responses during #dating. You can have the other person screened by AI and then respond perfectly to their wishes and hobbies. But is the other person even real anymore, or do they just want to manipulate me for quick pleasure and then throw me away?

Even when friends show me their #artwork, it could always contain AI. The perfect vacation photos or the painted picture. Even at #school, I no longer know whether the presentation is real or generated by AI. In the past, you could copy something, but you still had to make the effort to find good material. Today, AI does all the work, and I no longer know whether the funny introduction or the punchline is even real. Assuming that this is all real and true work, then I can no longer appreciate it because I consider it to be AI. This totally alienates me from my friends.

Our #society is based on understanding and interpersonal intimacy. To find your place in society, you need #feedback but also #acceptance. But if everyone optimizes themselves to the max with the help of AI, what is there left to accept? This will make society cold and apathetic, and more than “you have tried your best” is no longer possible. If someone does have a genuine flash of inspiration or develops something groundbreaking, everyone will just shrug their shoulders because they suspect it's the next AI #hype. This makes it impossible to reveal oneself to others or to understand them, which destroys a fundamental human requirement.

Before the AI era, #art was a form of communication for which words were insufficient. #Music, in particular, has the power to touch your heart. But today, I always find myself wondering: isn't this AI music designed to trigger these emotions in me in order to manipulate me, and isn't there actually a real musician expressing their heartbreak in this #song? In future films, I won't be able to tell whether humans were involved in writing the script at all, or whether humans even wrote the #lyrics for the songs on the new album in the charts.

We will be trapped in a #matrix where it doesn't matter whether you take the red or blue pill. Either something is clearly AI, or you can't be sure how much AI is in it. We simply won't be able to tell anymore. This is exactly what is intended. People are already falling in #love with AI or having #therapy sessions with it. The corporations at the forefront of AI want precisely this #dehumanization in order to #control us more easily and turn us into mindless consumer victims. #SiliconValley #ideology seeks immortality in artificial bodies, with the future of #humanity playing only a subordinate role as a means to that end.

#politics #future #mankind #science #problem #fail #apocalypse #doomsday #world #education #emotion #internet #dystopia #mindset #propaganda #fake #manipulation #power #economy #cyberspace #cyberpunk #warning #danger #news

"Die österreichische Datenschutzbehörde (DSB) hat in einer Entscheidung festgestellt, dass Microsoft 365 Education Schüler illegal trackt und Daten von Schüler:innen auch für eigene Zwecke verwendet. Der Software-Riese hat auch das Recht auf Auskunft bei Microsoft 365 Education ignoriert."

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"Während der COVID-Pandemie stellten viele Schulen schnell auf die „Cloud” um und Big Tech lieferte umgehend „Schulversionen” ihrer Produkte. Dabei schob Microsoft jedoch die gesamte Verantwortung für die Einhaltung der Datenschutzgesetze auf die Schulen und nationalen Behörden ab – die jedoch kaum oder gar keine tatsächliche Kontrolle über die Verwendung der Schülerdaten in der Cloud haben. Lokale Schulen haben normalerweise nicht die Verhandlungsmacht, um sich gegen Microsoft durchzusetzen – und müssen auch rechtswidrige Verträge akzeptieren, wenn sie die Microsoft Cloud nutzen wollen."

#Microsoft #Tracking #Schule #school #Datenschutz #Privacy #Datensicherheit #Tech #Technology

Anyone who is blind, or who has worked with the blind, knows how expensive our technology can be. This couldn't be more true with relation to braille displays. Even the cheapest costs at least $799, and it's already behind the newest in that line, at $899. This is the Orbit Reader 20 and 20+. Now, a student in India wants to change that by creating a display that is truly affordable (under $50)! Please pass this on, so that we can give him greater recognition within the blind community. Even if it costs a bit more than he initially suspected it would, there is no excuse for the $2,000 to $5,000 average price of such technology when cheaper alternatives can be designed! He is determined to bring this to market, so let's help him do it and show our appreciation for his hard work on this life-changing project!

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#access #ACB #accessibility #affordability #blind #braille #BrailleDisplays #children #education #employment #independence #India #learning #NFB #ocr #parent #reading #science #school #students #teachers #technology #work #writing