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Bayou Preservation Association hosting 19th annual symposium

The Bayou Preservation Association, a Houston-area nonprofit dedicated to the education and preservation of the region’s bayous, is holding its 19th annual symposium virtually Sept. 28-29.

The theme of the event, “The Cost of Doing Nothing—Opting for Resilience,” will focus on the building of “resilient, sustainable communities,” according to outreach and engagement manager for the BPA, Ryan Francisco.

Part of the two-day symposium will focus on an “action agenda,” covering the ways residents can become involved in regional resilience to climate-related changes to the bayous.


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West Broad Village hosting ‘The Giving Table’ weekly in September

Food donation drive to benefit FeedMore

Every Saturday in September, West Broad Village will host The Giving Table, a food donation drive to benefit FeedMore.

The event will run noon to 5 p.m. each day, and WBV also will host “Feed the Plate,” an educational craft-based event Sept. 17 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

“Our corporate philanthropic initiative is fighting hunger,” said Wesley Sin, marketing manager at ShopCore Properties, which owns and manages the community. “We are dedicated to eliminating the growing problem of childhood hunger by feeding young bodies and minds through our corporate initiative, CoreGiving. We are honored…


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Explained | Why web hosting providers are de-platforming Kiwi Farms?

The story so far: Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare caved in to pressure on Saturday. The U.S.-based company blocked the notorious messaging board Kiwi Farms from its platform. Their decision to de-platform the site came after Canadian activist Clara Sorrenti and her supporters strongly criticised the company for providing security to the site against DDoS attacks. Ms. Sorrenti claimed that Kiwi Farms organised a swatting campaign against her, which led to her arrest in August. While the web-hosting service first expressed its discomfort with the idea last week, Cloudflare confirmed on September 4 that it had blocked Kiwi Farms. A day later, the Russia-based DDoS-Guard also announced it was terminating DDoS protection services for a version of the Kiwi Farms website.

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Russian company is second web-hosting provider to drop harassment site Kiwi Farms

A Russia-based provider has cut web protection services to the notorious stalking and harassment website Kiwi Farms, making the forum inaccessible on the public internet

A Russia-based provider has cut web protection services to the notorious stalking and harassment website Kiwi Farms, making the forum inaccessible on the public internet

A Russia-based provider cut web protection services on Monday to Kiwi Farms, becoming the second provider in two days to abandon the notorious stalking and harassment site and leaving it inaccessible on the public internet.

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DDoS-Guard said it doesn’t have to decide whether…


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Russian company is second web-hosting provider to drop harassment site Kiwi Farms

A Russia-based provider has cut web protection services to the notorious stalking and harassment website Kiwi Farms, making the forum inaccessible on the public internet

A Russia-based provider has cut web protection services to the notorious stalking and harassment website Kiwi Farms, making the forum inaccessible on the public internet

A Russia-based provider cut web protection services on Monday to Kiwi Farms, becoming the second provider in two days to abandon the notorious stalking and harassment site and leaving it inaccessible on the public internet.

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DDoS-Guard said it doesn’t have to decide whether…


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