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Russias censorship agency (Roskomnadzor) threatened to block the website of the investigative journalism outlet iStories over a report on Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezovs connections in the waste removal industry.

According to iStories editor-in-chief Roman Anin, Roskomnadzor attributed its actions to the fact that the investigation was prepared jointly with Proekt, an investigative outlet the Russian authorities outlawed as an undesirable organization in July 2021. The censorship agency demanded that iStories take down the report within 24 hours.

Anin added that he made the decision to delete the investigation, in order to prevent the authorities from blocking all [iStories] articles both past and present. The editor-in-chief also apologized to the outlets readers for having been forced to obey the censors demands and promised that the article would soon be restored.

The iStories investigation, titled How Sergey Chemezovs people got the garbage business for cheap, was published in September 2020. It uncovered that the largest companies that benefited from Russias garbage reform were actually sold to Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezovs trusted associates for next to nothing.

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Filmmaker Danish Aslams Aslams recent web show The Reunion: Chal Chalein Apne Ghar was released on the YouTube Channel of Zoom Studios. The show tells the story of a dysfunctional family coming back under one roof. Talking about the new show Aslam says, The idea was presented to me by Zoom and Shiny Shetty (writer). I really loved the idea and worked on it. Shiny and I developed the screenplay and dialogues."

Featuring Lillete Dubey, Kashmira Irani, Prabal Panjabi, KK Raina among others, Aslam feels that the definition of a family has changed in recent years, A Dysfunctional family is the new normal. The emotional dynamics between parents and their children have changed drastically due to jobs and other factors. These things exist in reality and for me, as a filmmaker that is the exciting part. Dysfunctional families and dysfunctional relationships are something that I particularly enjoy a lot. Its something Ive explored in a couple of my previous shows as well."

The show was shot in an unconventional location of Odisha which according to the filmmaker was also a blessing in disguise, It was tough to shoot as we had to follow all the necessary protocols due to the ongoing pandemic. We had a start to finish schedule in Odisha. We also got lucky that the cases in Odisha were low, unlike Mumbai where everything was locked up. We shot in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and Puri. We also shot in a house at Dalijoda in the middle of nowhere. Once we created that bubble everything was sorted."

Aslam made his first web series Its Not That Simple with Swara Bhasker in 2016 when the concept of OTT was still at a nascent stage. Since then he has successfully made a web series like Flesh and more recently his short film was part of the anthology Feels Like Ishq which received a lot of appreciation. The director feels that streaming platforms have given opportunities to many new talents, One of the biggest positives to come out of OTT as a medium is that actors are now recognised for their talent and not just this ephemeral thing called star power. The streaming platform has allowed a lot of writers, directors, and filmmakers to tell the stories in a particular way. It is no longer about superstars or box office collections. If you have a good story people will appreciate that."

As a director, Aslam made his debut in 2010 with Break Ke Baad featuring Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone. Since then he has dabbled with all mediums including televisions and web series. Personally I have grown a lot. Professionally, it has been a great learning experience," he says adding, I like the fact that I can now tell stories in different mediums. I can tell stories in 90 minutes or make it into a full-length feature film. And I can also tell stories in an episodic format. I didnt use to write when I started my first movie, I just had the outline and the rest was done by Renuka Kunzru. With this series, Ive worked on the story. I co-wrote the screenplay, and I co-wrote the dialogue as well. So I think thats another evolution that happened."

In the last few months, one of the debates that has picked up in the industry is whether OTT platforms should be subjected to censorship. Aslam says he is against the idea of censorship and feels that the audience is mature enough to select what they want to watch, If you dont want to see something because it offends you, please dont watch it. I am totally against the idea of censorship. I believe there should be no censorship regardless of the medium. Films and series can be age certified and classified but a free and democratic country should let its adult citizens decide what they would like to watch or not watch in a theatre, or on their phones and computers. The choice must belong to the audience."

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In the wake of David Suzuki's incitement on pipeline violence, Friends of Science calls for the Canada Revenue Agency Charities Directorate to rein in climate rhetoric by charities in an open letter. The letter also calls for tax-subsidized Canadian media to be required to host dissenting views of the 'consensus' on climate and energy policies, instead of censoring as outlined in the journos' recent "Climate Coverage in Canada Report".

CALGARY, AB, Nov. 24, 2021 /CNW/ - In the wake of David Suzuki's incitement on pipeline violence, as reported in the National Post on Nov. 22, 2021, Friends of Science Society has issued an Open Letter to the Canada Revenue Agency Charities Directorate (CRA), calling for the agency to rein in climate catastrophe rhetoric and false statements by environmental charities (ENGOs). This unbridled rhetoric is now putting Canadian lives at risk.

The letter notes that the CRA explicitly told Friends of Science Society that 'climate' is not an acceptable charitable cause. The CRA stated that charities must present balanced views and must not be partisan in communications. The Friends of Science open letter questions why the CRA allows unelected, unaccountable tax subsidized 'charity' ENGOs to ramp up partisan climate catastrophe rhetoric that is not balanced or based on fact. The letter refers to Ecojustice as an example of one Canadian charity that promotes inaccurate, false and misleading climate catastrophe hype, including in its public communications and climate court cases.

The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6) report does not see catastrophe in humanity's future, as explained by climate policy expert Roger Pielke, Jr. The presumed 'climate emergency' it turns out, has been based on the misuse of an implausible scenario known as RCP8.5, according to peer-reviewed research by Pielke, Jr. and Canadian researcher Justin Ritchie.

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CLINTEL the climate intelligence group out of The Netherlands with over 900 signatory scientists and scholars worldwide, agrees that there is no climate emergency and that natural factors are more influential on climate than human industrial emissions and activity.

Major philanthropies in Canada are also proposing to act on climate change, which Friends of Science Society says is contrary to what the CRA set as a suitable charitable cause that is 'local, tangible and measurable' such as the Halifax food bank, serving X number of hampers to X numbers of Haligonians per year.

As noted in the Allan Inquiry/Alberta Inquiry's adjunct Deloitte report, which is summarized here by Robert Lyman, on top of being tax-subsidized as federally registered charities, from 2010 to 2018 "31 ENGOs accumulated over $2.5 billion in assets, received $897.5 million in foreign funding and received $2.1 billion in government funding."

Friends of Science Society asks why these wealthy tax subsidized charities and philanthropies, many of which are based in British Columbia, have not stepped up to use their substantial financial resources for 'capacity building' to help people and communities across BC dealing with the catastrophic flooding caused by recent atmospheric river downpours, and the consequent flooding due to unmaintained dike and drainage systems in the Fraser Valley.

Meteorologist Cliff Mass published an article that presents rainfall data showing no trend towards more extreme precipitation. The flooding event originated from a narrow plume of water vapor from the Pacific Ocean. Mass wrote "It was cooler than normal immediately off our coast and near normal for virtually the entire path of the atmospheric river." Both metrics show that the heavy rain event was not caused by global warming.

Likewise, Friends of Science Society's open letter addresses the fact that Canadian media are heavily subsidized by taxpayers. Recently Canadian media issued a biased survey, resulting in a report advocating for press censorship on climate change, a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Section 2b) as well as the UN Charter of Human Rights (Article 19).

Friends of Science Society is proposing that preferential tax status or charitable status be removed if the charities and media continue the partisan climate catastrophe propaganda campaigns and censorship.

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One Call of Duty: Vanguard setting has the entire competitive community in disarray. While casuals and Warzone pros use Auto Tac Sprint, CDL and Challenger pros are arguing about its ban.

Auto Tac Sprint (or, as its more typically known, ATS) was introduced with Modern Warfare 2019 and immediately became a point of debate in the Call of Duty League. In the inaugural season, the setting was banned by players, but, two years later, its up for discussion again.

Essentially, the MW engine which Vanguard is also built on allows for slide-canceling movement mechanics that are much easier with ATS enabled. Using ATS makes maintaining maximum speed a lot easier on the hands and controller, but some pros think its too easy.

While ATS isnt part of the CDLs initial ruleset, its become a divisive topic among pros Gentlemens Agreements (GAs). Apparently, Doug Censor Martin is now fighting a war to keep it from being banned.

On default PS4 settings without ATS, a player would need to double-tap the left stick to initiate Tac Sprint, then double-tap slide and press jump to slide cancel, then double-tap left stick again to continue tac sprinting. In doing so, youre able to constantly sprint at full speed since the slide cancel resets it.

With ATS enabled, all you have to do is hold forward on the left stick, slide cancel, and continue holding forward. It saves a bunch of extra clicks, making moving and finessing at top speeds a lot easier.

Somewhat understandably then, some like the setting. Like the Warzone scene, Censor wants CDL Challengers to allow ATS. Unfortunately, hes fighting a war against many pros who despise Tac Sprint generally.

The Atlanta FaZe are, until proven otherwise, the best team in Call of Duty. So it holds weight when their AR, Alec Arcitys Sanderson, takes to Twitter to roast ATS. The 2021 champ said he was so glad tac sprint is back.

In the replies, his speedy SMG teammates, Tyler aBeZy Pharris and Chris Simp Lehr both similarly mocked the setting. Simp dropped a big smiley face, while aBeZy added a so fun.

It should go without saying that if pros dont like Tac Sprint, theyre unlikely to enjoy a setting that makes it even easier to pull off. With just under two weeks until the first Challengers event, the time is ticking for Censor to convince his opposition that ATS shouldnt be banned.

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To the editor:

Last night a meeting was held in Johnston, where parents challenged two books that teachers were using as part of the curriculum.

Following the meeting, Sen. Jake Chapman posted on Facebook that he intended to introduce a bill that would amend a section of the Iowa Code that deals with the distribution of obscene materials and that would make it a felony for teachers to use any book that meets the definition (for the record, none of the books in question would meet the standards that courts have followed).

A longtime teacher contacted me and asked me to post the letter below that they wrote in response to Sen. Chapman. The teacher has experience at every grade level and has an MA. They asked me to publish the letter anonymously so that they wouldnt face possible disciplinary action in their current district.

Randy RichardsonDes Moines-Dear Sen. Chapman,

Can you just . . . not?

I read 1984 by George Orwell in my high school literature class. Orwells telling of an authoritarian dystopia changed my life. Not because of the doublespeak or punitive enforcement of traditional values but because it was the first book that I read where there wasnt a happy ending. The hero (spoiler alert) didnt take down the state. Instead, he embraced it.

One of the scenes in the book tells how the two main characters, who were not allowed to be romantically involved by Big Brother, go to a field where they believe that they are away from Big Brothers prying eyes and make love. The book doesnt give any details, but after seeing your crusade on books with inappropriate content, I am convinced that 1984 would fall in that category if it isnt already at the top of the list.

Im not going to try to appeal to your logic or your ethics. Instead, Im going to try to appeal to your empathy if there is any remaining.

I dont know whether youve noticed, but teachers are not okay right now. We havent been for a while, but I sincerely believe were at a breaking point. Every year there is more and more put on the backs of schools, and every year we have taken it in stride. Last year we even changed everything on how we taught in an instant.

We did all this while you stripped us of our collective bargaining, ostracized us for teaching Critical Race Theory (which, by the way, is not actually happening) and paved the way for our state to bring in substandard charter schools run by corporate entities that pay teachers an average of 15% less than public school teachers.

You have beaten us senseless, but were still in the fight because the kids are worth it. I dont blame the teachers, bus drivers, associates and substitute teachers that have left in droves because we are not getting any support from our state legislature.

And now, instead of providing any help, your next big task is to burn books in the name of firing up your base. You have lobbed attack after attack when all were trying to do is teach our students to be decent human beings and prepare them for the next step.

So I ask you, as a tired teacher who needs a nap and in order to stop being labeled as Public Enemy Number One, I humbly ask you: Can you just . . . not?

Editors note: According to Sen. Chapmans Facebook post, These are teachers of Johnston School District who are defending the distribution of what I believe to be obscene material and what I believe to be in violation of state law. These are also our so called mandatory reporters. Our schools should be one of the safest environments, its for that reason I have legislation being drafted to create a new felony offense under Iowa Code 728. There will also be additional mechanisms to force prosecutions or allow civil remedies.

In another post, Chapman said, Parents are fed up with being dictated to by the left! From mask mandates to critical race theory to sexually explicit material being disseminated to students . . . enough is enough.

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