(Nolan Barton) California Assembly Members Evan Low (D-Cupertino) and Cristina Garcia (D-Los Angeles) on Feb. 18 introduced Assembly Bill 1084 (AB 1084) a bill that would require a gender-neutral retail department in stores across the state.
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Amazon Quietly Banning More Conservative, Patriotic Books by Claiming They Contain “Hate Speech”
(JD Heyes) Truths that some people may find uncomfortable or inconvenient are still truths, but if you’re an all-powerful big tech oligarch who has an iron grip on information, only your version of ‘the truth’ gets to be told.
It’s Black History Month… Yet Amazon Removes Justice Thomas Documentary From ‘Prime’ Video Store
(The Scoop) Amazon Prime Video recently dropped “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words” [2020], a popular PBS documentary on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. It was effectively canceled during Black History Month. Thomas is the only Black American in the Supreme Court.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Set To Step Down…But Did You Know Its Next CEO Is Responsible For Blacklisting Free-Speech Parler?
(Allan Miller) Amazon’s Jeff Bezos announced that he will be stepping down and Amazon Web Services (AWS) boss Andy Jassy — who was ultimately responsible for blacklisting Parler —will take over as CEO.
HYPOCRISY: Amazon Claims In-person Vote Only Way to Ensure ‘valid, Fair’ Union Election
(Chris Enloe) Amazon employees are voting on unionization.
Parler Says Amazon Intentionally Let Hackers Attack Data Centers
(Franz Walker) Parler is accusing Amazon of deliberately leaving a back door open in their data center, leaving the former open to attack from hackers.
MI Judge Orders Dem Sec of State To Release All Communications With Dominion, Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google
(Patty McMurray) The fight in Michigan to expose what really happened in the November 2020 election is far from over.
Parler Claims Amazon ‘Repeatedly Asked’ If President Donald Trump Joined Free Speech Platform
(Allan Miller) Parler says in a legal filing that a representative from Amazon Web Services had “repeatedly asked whether the President had joined or would join Parler now that he was blocked by Twitter and Facebook.”
Parler Sues Amazon Over Ban from AWS Servers, Says They’re Colluding with Twitter, Leaked Emails to Buzzfeed
(JACK HADFIELD) “It will kill Parler’s business – at the very time it is set to skyrocket,” the lawsuit reads
Emergency Alert: Parler Could Shutdown AT Midnight After Amazon Kicked Parler Off Their Web Hosting Service
(Anthony T) There’s an all-out war against free speech right now. Amazon has just decided to kick Parler off their web hosting service by midnight tonight which could lead to Parler being shut down for about a week.
Black Friday Traffic in Stores Craters 52% During Pandemic
(LAUREN THOMAS) Traffic at stores on Black Friday fell by 52.1% compared with last year, as Americans by and large eschewed heading to malls and queuing up in lines for shopping online, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions.
An Amazonian Tea Stimulates the Formation of New Neurons
(Neuroscience News) One of the main natural components of ayahuasca tea, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), promotes neurogenesis (the formation of new neurons) according to research led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).
Amazon Nixes New Documentary from Celebrated Black Author Shelby Steele
(Christian Toto) “What Killed Michael Brown?” dissents from the mainstream narrative surrounding the 2014 police shooting death that ignited riots in Ferguson, Mo.
Mysterious Pyramids in the Amazon, Spotted by NASA Satellite in 1976
(Humans Are Free) In 1976, NASA’s Landsat Satellite was orbiting Earth when it photographed mysterious dots in southeast Peru, at 71 degrees, 30 minutes west longitude in the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon.
Why Has Amazon Just Appointed The Former Director of The NSA To Its Board?
(Steve Watson) Amazon has appointed former NSA head General Keith Alexander to its board of directors, prompting privacy advocates to suggest the move could be connected to Alexander’s previous experience in overseeing mass surveillance operations.