[conspire] Public service announcement: May 9 event at Computer History Museum

[Rick Moen]

To anticipate objections:  I'm _not_ opening this list up to political
advocacy.  In the case involved, I judge this to be a matter of
base-level humanity.  (Anyone who doesn't agree, I don't wish to argue,
but also would rather not hear about it.)

When the Tree of Life murders happened, I attended Shabbat services for
the first time ever (I am not Jewish, nor any type of theist), in
solidarity with local congregants, as a representative of my family and
of the local Sons of Norway lodge at which I'm President.  It seemed the
bare minimum I could do.  This (below) would be another, and I'd be
there if I weren't scheduled that day to be in Copenhagen.


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Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 22:00:42 +0000 (UTC)
From: The Humanities Institute <thi at ucsc.edu>
To: rick at linuxmafia.com
Subject: Join us in Mountain View: Anti-Semitism and the Internet
Reply-to: thi at ucsc.edu

May 9, 2019

Anti-Semitism and The Internet: Old Hatred and New
May 9, 2019

6:30 p.m. doors open - 7:00 p.m. program begins
Computer History Museum, Mountain View

                                   Register
Registration Required

More info: https://thi.ucsc.edu/

It has been called the world's oldest hatred.  And the recent shooting at
the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh proves that anti-Semitism
remains potent -- both in the darkest corners of the Internet and,
tragically, around the world.  Is there something new about
anti-Semitism today or is it just a continuation of old images and
fears?

Here in Silicon Valley, we are in a unique position -- and possess a unique
responsibility -- to confront the hardest questions about the relationship
between anti-Semitism and the Internet.  How do social media platforms create
fertile environments for the viral spread of global antisemitism?  Do these
vicious strains relate to past forms of anti-Jewish hatred?  Does the internet
deepen the conspiracies that lie behind anti-Semitism?  And, most importantly,
how can members of the tech community harness new technologies against such
hatred?

A conversation with Co-Directors of the UC Santa Cruz Digital Jewish Studies
Initiative, Nathaniel Deutsch (Director of The Humanities Institute and Center
for Jewish Studies at UC Santa Cruz) and Rachel Deblinger (Founding Director of
the Digital Scholarship Commons at UC Santa Cruz).

 

Event info:

o  Registration is required for this event.  If you do not receive an email
   confirmation, then you may have not finished registering.  Please contact
   thi at ucsc.edu if you have any trouble with registration.

o  Doors open at 6:30pm.  Program begins at 7:00pm.

o  Please note that this event takes place at the Computer History Museum in
   Mountain View.

o  If you have disability-related needs, please contact the THI at thi at ucsc.edu
   or call 831-459-1274 by May 6, 2019.
                        The Humanities Institute UCSC

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