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May 5, 2020

Venezuela detains two Americans allegedly involved in failed raid to remove Maduro | Venezuela | The Guardian
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"Maduro showed what he said were the US passports and other identification cards belonging to Airan Berry and Luke Denman, who he said were in custody and had been working with Jordan Goudreau, an American military veteran who leads a Florida-based security company called Silvercorp USA."

Contact Tracing in the Real World | Light Blue Touchpaper

There have recently been several proposals for pseudonymous contact tracing, including from Apple and Google. To both cryptographers and privacy advocates, this might seem the obvious way to protect public health and privacy at the same time. Meanwhile other cryptographers have been pointing out some of the flaws.

'We're going to be stronger': Local 594 members reflect as lockout enters Month 5

Curtis Baht hasn’t been sleeping much.

Since he and his 700 colleagues were locked out of the Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) on Dec. 5, 2019, Baht has been struggling — struggling with how he can fill his days and struggling to find motivation.

Scared and sick amid Covid-19: US nursing home workers afraid to blow the whistle | World news | The Guardian
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"A pattern has emerged across America: workers on the frontlines – primarily people of color and immigrants – have been abandoned with insufficient PPE. Nurses and nursing assistants, meanwhile, are terrified that if they blow the whistle, they’ll lose their jobs."

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"The Silvercorp owner, Jordan Goudreau, a retired Green Beret, and a retired Venezuelan army captain, Javier Nieto, said in a video posted on social media that “Operation Gedeon” had been successfully launched “deep into the heart of Caracas.” They added that other armed cells had been activated throughout the country."

How a New Breed of Union Activists Is Changing the Rules (and Newsrooms)
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Cheered on by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others, a new generation is making gains on everything from layoff protections to gender-neutral pronouns. Can they help save the industry?

No Going Back - People over Profit
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On International Nurses Day, millions of nurses around the world will be calling on governments to make genuine gestures of solidarity and commit to universal public health once and for all.

Biden's edge evaporates as Trump seen as better suited for economy, coronavirus response, poll shows - Reuters
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Joe Biden's advantage over President Donald Trump in popular support has eroded in recent weeks as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee struggles for visibility with voters during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters

Venezuelan authorities detain U.S. citizens allegedly involved in incursion - Reuters
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Guaido’s communications team on Monday denied media reports that Guaido had hired Silvercorp to remove Maduro by force, adding the opposition leader and his allies “have no relationship with or responsibility for the actions of the company Silvercorp.”

High level privacy and security design for NHS COVID-19... - NCSC.GOV.UK
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NCSC technical paper about the privacy and security design of the NHS contact tracing app developed to help slow the spread of coronavirus.

Prague revamp reveals Jewish gravestones used to pave streets | Czech Republic | The Guardian
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"The names of the dead are unidentifiable because the headstones have been broken to form cobblestones. One person appears to have died in 1877, when Prague was part of the Habsburg empire, while the most recent death is shown to have happened in the 1970s, during the height of communism."