"The coincidence of MLK Day and Inauguration Day is not a harbinger of doom but a profound reminder of the choice before us—to despair or to act."
NewsOne
Two Americas, One Day: The Truth We Must Speak Now
This inauguration day honors Dr. King’s vision of multiracial justice amid fears Trump's presidency will be antithetical to Dr. King’s dream.
About 20% of jobs openings are “ghost jobs,” meaning they’re posted online, but no hiring activity occurs. “Some hiring managers even admitted they post fake jobs to keep their own employees on their toes, saying they want workers to feel ‘replaceable’ so they will work harder.”
Quartz
1 of every 5 job postings is actually fake, study says
The epidemic of "ghost jobs" spells bad news for job seekers
Today’s breakfast at a Budapest hospital. This is the reality of #Hungary under authoritarian Orbán. (photo from a trusted source) image
New UK coin pays tribute to Orwell's novel, 1984, with an image of what appears to be an eye but is in fact a camera lens at the centre; the quote, 'Big Brother is Watching You', encircles the camera lens..."
the Guardian
George Orwell to be honoured on new £2 coin by Royal Mint
Author of Nineteen Eighty-Four to be commemorated on coin to coincide with 75th anniversary of his death
 Meanwhile, police in the UK have widened & normalized the use of facial recognition surveillance technologies...
Human Rights Watch
Time to Ban Facial Recognition from Public Spaces and Borders
We are at a fork in the road regarding states’ approaches to facial recognition surveillance. On the one hand, governments in places like Israel ...
“Scores of universities and research institutions in Germany and Austria on Friday announced their intention to drop their presence on the online messaging platform X (formerly Twitter), saying its algorithms were opposed to a discourse based on scientific and democratic integrity.”
dw.com
German institutions depart X, a day after Musk
More than 60 German and Austrian academic organizations say they will leave the messaging platform X owned by Elon Musk. The German government has ...
"the same Brexiters who once insisted EU refrigeration standards for exported kippers, which turned out not to exist, were an intolerable violation of British sovereignty are now untroubled by a foreign oligarch openly engaged in overturning a British election"
the Guardian
Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone | Jonathan Freedland
The president-elect’s hostility towards other democracies is already clear. There will be no special relationship with him: we should look to Eur...
How do you mark the anniversary of past mass atrocity crimes? How do you show respect for the millions of victims of those mass atrocity crimes? Surely not by declaring you won’t arrest a man wanted for mass atrocity crimes today. A truly terrible and deeply disrespectful move by Poland’s government here. #Auschwitz80
euronews
Poland says Netanyahu won't be arrested if he attends Auschwitz event
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu will not be detained despite the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest ...
FRIDAY POLL: Are people who support respect for human rights...
"According to findings announced by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and published in The Lancet journal, there were an estimated 64,260 'traumatic injury deaths' in #Gaza between October 7, 2023 and June 30, 2024. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza put the figure at 37,877 at the time." https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/middleeast/gaza-death-toll-underreported-study-intl/index.html
POLL: Why is Trump threatening Greenland?
the Guardian
Germany and France warn Trump against use of force over Greenland
Olaf Scholz says borders are inviolable after president-elect talks of using US military or tariffs to take control of island