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Wikipedia is now live in five additional languages. Welcome, Pannonian Rusyn, Tai Nüa, Iban, Obolo, and Southern Ndebele!

Five new languages are now live on Wikipedia, thanks to the Future of Language Incubation initiative! 

Southern Ndebele, Pannonian Rusyn, Iban, Obolo, and Tai Nüa are now part of the platform, making it easier for diverse communities to share knowledge. 

Learn more ➡️ w.wiki/C9fX

Responsible Tech Guide — All Tech Is Human Download All Tech Is Human's Responsible Tech Guide, a free resource that maps the people, organizations, and ideas of the Responsible Tech movement!

📖If you are looking to get more involved in the Responsible Tech movement, give our Responsible Tech Guide a read.

💡It provides an overview of the people, orgs, and ideas of the ecosystem and ways for you to get plugged in!

alltechishuman.org/responsible-...

White text on black background with juxtapositions of words, like “memorialization v whitewashing” and a dozen others. Published by Humanity Archive.

Thanks for this, Humanity Archive

Cultural genocide in Ukraine— conversation organized by the Museum of Stolen Art in #Kyiv #culture #genocide @memria-org.bsky.social @boell.de

Angola, the U.S. and a Slavery Connection Few Talk About When President Biden visits the country this week, he is expected to highlight a largely overlooked bond between Angola and the United States that was born out of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

Powerful story

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/w...

Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic' Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.

“Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter. Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.” - @ashtonpittman.bsky.social.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...

"We need action now, not in two months."

Continued arms transfers to the Israeli government are contrary to US law. HRW's Federico Borello discusses the need to halt arms sales to Israel:

UN Report Portrays Afghanistan’s Destroyed Media Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, they have largely destroyed Afghanistan’s media landscape, creating such a climate of fear that Afghan journalists cannot genuinely investigate or report. ...

Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, they have largely destroyed Afghanistan’s media landscape, creating such a climate of fear that Afghan journalists cannot genuinely investigate or report.

So what is Memria? And what do we do? 👀

#oralhistory #storytelling #storysharing #storycollecting
#audio #stories #memory #memria

The second scramble for Africa: The EU’s Global Gateway Strategy The EU is looking to offer an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But will it's Global Gateway Strategy be a boon for the continent or perpetuate colonial patterns?

The EU is looking to offer an alternative to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). But will it's Global Gateway Strategy be a boon for the continent or perpetuate colonial patterns?

This is a multi-year local history project that collects and organizes audio stories and related photographs from Igiugig community members to share social/cultural history on the banks of Alaska's Kvichak River.

To support Yup'ik language learning, the stories are available in Yup'ik

On #NativeAmericanHeritageDay, our featured story is one remembering Alice Zackar from the #Igiugig tribe.

This is a Our Story Bridge initiative, sponsored by the Igiugig Tribal Library, called Niraqutaq Qallemcinek.

Listen to the full story here: app.memria.org/igiugiglibra...

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