As Julian Assange's extradition hearing begins in London today, CPJ reiterates that the WikiLeaks' founder extradition to face espionage charges in the US would deal a blow to #FirstAmendment rights and #pressfreedom The UK should not extradite Assange. cpj.org/2020/02/wikile…

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I hate to hate on languages... but in this case that's a challenge!

Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them. And yet that day has arrived.

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Now that they charge $11K for open-access, can we finally agree that the Nature tabloids are a scam and we're fools for granting them prestige? nature.com/articles/d4158…

Wenn ich also CDU Politik will, dann kann ich einfach die SPD wählen...

Mici - a new and flexible HMC library with higher-order integrators and Riemannian MC can be easily used on #PyMC3 models. github.com/matt-graham/mi… by Matt Graham.

This is one thing Americans should really reflect on. The British are as authoritarian as it gets in W. Europe, deeply subservient to the US. Yet this is the third time they're refused to extradite on the grounds that the US prison system is barbaric:

We welcome the fact that Julian Assange will not be sent to the USA, but this does not absolve the UK from having engaged in this politically-motivated process at the behest of the USA and putting media freedom and freedom of expression on trial.

Aus der Reihe: Dinge, die es nicht in die Sendung schafften. (Long Thread) Dies ist die Geschichte, von einem (bekannten aber derzeit ehemaligen) Abgeordneten des Deutschen Bundestages, der vor dem Bundesverfassungsgericht gegen ein Gesetz argumentierte - und DADURCH...

"This should shock and concern everyone..this decision is a grave threat to freedom of speech, not just for Julian but for every journalist and editor and media worker in this country" Assange lawyer Jen Robinson #FreeAssangeNOW

Wait, is pm.ZeroSumNormal merged?? 🤯 What a wonderful group effort involving the whole PyMC Labs team, especially Adrian Seyboldt Luciano and Ricardo Vieira !

Genuine sympathy for Biden looking at this line on the teleprompter and being like "I'm sorry, what? 'The dark forces that thirst for power?' I thought we fired that speechwriter."

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