Glyn Moody

writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture), journalist, blogger. on #openness, the #commons, #copyright, #patents and #DigitalRights. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com; PGP: E4962A75 #London #UK

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2024-11-22 19:47:51

#OpenAI is thinking about building its own browser - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3611399/openai-is-thinking-about-building-its-own-browser.html we need a new #OpenSource browser to replace the failed #firefox...

2024-10-29 07:55:42

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@npub1pm6…lae2 well, if they stayed in #ukraine, they would boost the economy and help fill jobs

2024-10-29 07:48:44

#Russia to deploy 10,000 North Korean troops against Ukraine within ‘weeks’, Pentagon says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/29/russia-north-korean-troops-ukraine-war a smart move would be for #ukraine to announced political asylum for any north korean soldier that defects...

2024-10-25 13:05:01

10 stunning James Webb Space Telescope images show the beauty of space - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452297-10-stunning-james-webb-space-telescope-images-show-the-beauty-of-space/ breathtaking for what they show, and stunning for how they show it #space #science #jwst

2024-10-23 06:54:43

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@npub13uu…pvgs exactly

2024-10-03 07:53:53

#NHS England to screen 100,000 babies for more than 200 genetic conditions - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/03/nhs-england-to-screen-100000-newborn-babies-for-more-than-200-genetic-conditions exciting science, but I'm not sure people are fully aware of the #privacy implications of doing this on a large scale... #genomics #DNA

2024-10-01 07:19:44

Most soft #plastic collected for #recycling is burned, campaigners say - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/01/soft-plastic-collected-for-recycling-burned-tesco-sainsburys-campaigners "Everyday Plastic calls supermarket takeback schemes a diversion and says there is too much plastic packaging"

2024-09-17 08:36:13

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@npub1wyq…992m yes, struck me too...

2024-09-17 08:22:01

River otter attacks child on dock and pulls them underwater - https://boingboing.net/2024/09/16/river-otter-attacks-child-on-dock-and-pulls-them-underwater.html perhaps they have been talking to the orcas...

2024-09-15 08:04:16

NHS cannot embrace AI until its basic IT systems are up to scratch - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/15/nhs-cannot-embrace-ai-until-its-basic-it-systems-are-up-to-scratch "Prof Sir Martin Landray: clinical IT functions are slow and ‘devastatingly user unfriendly’" and windows-based...

2024-09-12 08:14:58

#Consumerism and the #climatecrisis threaten equitable future for humanity, report says - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/12/consumerism-and-the-climate-crisis-threaten-equitable-future-for-humanity-report-says ya think...?

2024-09-11 09:54:35

Sausage rolls and Oasis: ‘#Britishcore’ #TikTok trend drives interest in UK culture - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/11/sausage-rolls-and-oasis-britishcore-tiktok-trend-drives-interest-in-uk-culture "From crummy pubs to a ‘cheeky #Tesco run’, some of the most mundane aspects of British life are going viral"

2024-09-10 12:32:43

Activist killed in the #WestBank was likely unintentionally shot by Israeli forces, says Israeli military - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/sep/10/israel-gaza-middle-east-crisis-war-live-israeli-strike-airstrike-khan-younis-humanitarian-zone-al-mawasi?page=with:block-66e033378f08766de018b073#block-66e033378f08766de018b073 yeah, right, sure #Ezgi

2024-09-10 07:58:27

#Australia plans to ban children from #socialmedia. Is checking and enforcing an age block possible? - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/10/australia-children-social-media-ban-age-limit-under-16-details nope, next question...

2024-09-09 18:20:21

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@npub186t…88v9 it's tricky...

2024-09-09 10:55:33

‘If journalism is going up in smoke, I might as well get high off the fumes’: confessions of a #chatbot helper - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/sep/07/if-journalism-is-going-up-in-smoke-i-might-as-well-get-high-off-the-fumes-confessions-of-a-chatbot-helper "Journalists and other writers are employed to improve the quality of chatbot replies. The irony of working for an industry that may well make their craft redundant is not lost on them" #ai

2024-09-06 18:52:42

Campaigners press US to ban #Israel arms sales after UK’s partial halt - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/06/campaigners-press-us-ban-israel-arms-sales-uk-partial-halt "Activists say Britain’s decision bolsters case for Congress to follow suit and may embolden opposition to #Biden policy"

2024-09-05 18:51:15

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@npub10p4…jn3m yes, can be tricky. once, when I was in Tbilisi, I had to use an old lady as a shield to cross the road - no way I could get there on my own...

2024-09-05 12:21:59

Britons are most considerate drivers in the world. There – I said it - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/sep/05/britons-are-most-considerate-drivers-in-the-world "A wave of the hand, a flash of the lights – we’re always letting each other in and thanking each other for it. We don’t know how lucky we are" I'm it's not just me thinks so

2024-09-04 11:39:49

#NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn #AI. All Hell Broke Loose - https://www.wired.com/story/nanowrimo-organizers-classist-and-ableist-to-condemn-ai/ "Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing." this will run and run...

2024-09-03 09:13:47

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@npub1l0x…ckv7 home office use it frequently...

2024-09-02 10:38:03

Met officer from same unit as David Carrick and Wayne Couzens charged with rape - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/02/met-officer-mark-tyrrell-from-same-unit-as-david-carrick-and-wayne-couzens-charged-with-rape "charged with 21 offences including sexual assault and misconduct in public office" it's almost as if the Met has a systemic problem...

2024-09-01 08:02:58

#Volkswagen Plans To Shift From Selling Cars To Offering ‘Vehicles On Demand’ – And Grabbing Even More Data About Drivers - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/29/volkswagen-plans-to-shift-from-selling-cars-to-offering-vehicles-on-demand-and-grabbing-even-more-data-about-drivers/ it's the future - you don't own it, you only drive it

2024-08-30 16:31:13

Salesforce might start charging for each #AI chat - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3499250/salesforce-might-start-charging-for-each-ai-chat.html most will probably be forced to do the same - before going bankrupt

2024-08-30 10:09:20

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@npub16hs…6kj5 certainly not

2024-08-30 10:08:00

Workers in UK could get right to request four-day compressed week - https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/30/workers-uk-four-day-week-compressed-hours-flexible-working "Employees could work longer hours over fewer days under government proposals for flexible working"

2024-08-29 12:00:53

#Netanyahu hints at partial #Gaza truce to allow #polio vaccination campaign - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/netanyahu-gaza-polio-vaccination whoa, Mr Generosity...

2024-08-28 10:49:46

Water bills must rise if Labour is to hit housebuilding target, industry claims - https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/28/water-bills-must-rise-if-labour-is-to-hit-housebuilding-target-industry-claims the greed of the water industry knows no bounds

2024-08-20 07:56:28

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@npub16hs…6kj5 as usual

2024-08-20 07:56:10

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@npub16lm…nr8z probalby think no one cares what happens up there

2024-08-18 10:00:16

Rise in #DNA tests being used to claim citizenship of other countries - https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/18/rise-in-dna-tests-used-to-claim-citizenship-of-other-countries-brexit-eu "Many people want to uncover their ancestry, but – driven by Brexit – others also hope to regain access to the EU" #brexit

2024-08-17 11:26:54

#Gove’s free schools increase segregation and harm nearby schools, says study - https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/17/goves-free-schools-increase-segregation-and-harm-nearby-schools-says-study gove will go down in history as one of tories' biggest disasters #education

2024-08-16 07:21:08

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@npub1pm6…lae2 you mean against it? lots of people are posting similar calls already

2024-08-16 07:16:15

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@npub1sjy…4h8p I agree; somebody obviously was desperate for something to write about, and couldn't think of anything better

2024-08-16 07:15:16

‘From the river to the sea’: six words that are testing freedom of speech in Germany - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/16/germany-free-speech-israel-gaza-war "police have banned singing, chants and speeches in languages other than German and English at some demonstrations." #germany is losing its mind

2024-08-16 06:34:51

In cancelling his family summer holiday, Keir #Starmer has made his first serious mistake - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/15/keir-starmer-summer-holiday-break-politics seriously? if that's his worst blunder, he's clearly doing pretty well...

2024-08-16 06:32:34

Welcome to the Liz #Truss school of free speech: you can criticise anyone – except her - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/16/liz-truss-school-free-speech

2024-08-16 06:27:59

New round of Gaza ceasefire negotiations begin without Hamas - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/15/new-round-of-gaza-ceasefire-negotiations-begin-without-hamas maybe I'm missing something here, but that seems a little...pointless #gaza

2024-08-12 11:05:55

Pro-#foxhunting group says UK hunters should be protected ethnic minority - so torturing animals for pleasure makes you an ethnic minority?on your bike/horse, you bunch of sadists, you should all be in prison

2024-08-11 12:42:35

Child #rape survivors face extraordinary barriers in states with #abortion bans - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/11/child-rape-survivors-abortion-ban “Her little body was unable to carry the pregnancy, and she started to have a uterine rupture before the fetus was at a viable gestation.” #sickening #murica

2024-08-11 09:04:15

Labour go-ahead for march of the pylons promises to spark conflict - https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/11/labour-go-ahead-for-march-of-the-pylons-promises-to-spark-conflict long overdue infrastructure projects #renewableenergy

2024-08-11 06:29:48

UK children to be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online - https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/aug/10/uk-children-to-be-taught-how-to-spot-extremist-content-and-misinformation-online should have been done 10, maybe 15 years ago...

2024-08-10 08:24:45

Call for tougher policing of Scottish grouse moors on eve of ‘Glorious Twelfth’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/10/call-tougher-policing-scottish-grouse-moors-eve-glorious-twelfth "488 persecution incidents in Scotland from 2007 to 2022 involving shooting, poisoning, snaring, trapping and nest destruction of birds of prey." ban it

2024-08-08 13:31:53

It Always Gets Dumber: #Elon Sues The Ad Coalition He Just Rejoined Because He Thinks It’s Illegal To Not Advertise On ExTwitter - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/08/07/it-always-gets-dumber-elon-sues-the-ad-coalition-he-just-rejoined-because-he-thinks-its-illegal-to-not-advertise-on-extwitter/

2024-08-08 13:18:50

Fossil fuel industry using ‘disinformation campaign’ to slow green transition, says UN - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/08/fossil-fuel-industry-using-disinformation-campaign-to-slow-green-transition-says-un "talk of a global “backlash” against climate action was being stoked by the fossil fuel industry, in an effort to persuade world leaders to delay emissions-cutting policies."

2024-08-01 12:38:40

Casualties on Welsh roads fall after 20mph speed limit, figures show - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/01/casualties-on-welsh-roads-fall-after-20mph-speed-limit-figures-show "Number of people injured and killed on 20 and 30mph roads from January to March reduced by more than a quarter" it saves lives, anyone against it wants more people killed

2024-07-27 08:23:27

Extreme heat poses ‘real risk’ to #Spain’s mass tourism industry - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/27/extreme-heat-poses-real-risk-to-spains-mass-tourism-industry "Public health adviser says higher temperatures caused by climate crisis pose danger for visitors not used to them" and not only there... #ClimateCrisis

2024-07-22 19:16:14

Failed #Rwanda deportation scheme cost £700m, says Yvette Cooper - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/22/failed-rwanda-deportation-scheme-cost-700m-says-yvette-cooper "Home secretary describes Tory policy that Labour has axed as ‘the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen’" - "ministers had intended to spend £10bn on the policy"

2024-07-21 13:03:37

Real-time water quality monitors installed at wild swimming spots in southern England - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/21/real-time-water-quality-monitors-installed-at-wild-swimming-spots-in-southern-england should have been done years ago...

2024-07-20 08:59:57

‘I wanted to do pulpy, hyper-violent action’: Keanu #Reeves on his novel with China #Miéville and the afterlife of The #Matrix - https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jul/20/i-wanted-to-do-pulpy-hyper-violent-action-keanu-reeves-on-his-novel-with-china-mieville-and-the-afterlife-of-the-matrix "What happens when a Hollywood actor and SF author join forces on a novel? The pair talk about their literary bromance – and their quest to turn Reeves’s comic book series into something deeper"

2024-07-19 12:13:36

Celebrities add voice to outcry over severity of Just Stop Oil sentences - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/19/chris-packham-celebrities-outcry-over-severity-just-stop-oil-sentences indeed, absurdly punitive; must be overturned and law repealed

2024-07-19 10:12:00

UK to resume #Unrwa funding - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/19/israel-gaza-war-live-idf-explosion-tel-aviv-benjamin-netanyahu-visit-rafah?page=with:block-669a35158f083fc6a54797a9#block-669a35158f083fc6a54797a9 finally; how many have died because of unjustified withdrawal of funds?

2024-07-19 09:53:43

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@npub1r08…r6ta pretty clear why

2024-07-19 08:17:52

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@npub1aky…4pnw thanks, me too, but things aren't looking good at the moment...

2024-07-19 08:12:29

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@npub1aky…4pnw if....

2024-07-18 18:51:56

J.D. #Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here’s What It Shows - https://www.wired.com/story/jd-vance-venmo/ "reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against." well, of course...

2024-07-18 16:05:12

The #Covid inquiry report makes it clear: Britain was completely and fatally unprepared - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/18/uk-government-covid-covid-inquiry-report-britain-pandemic "The UK must never succumb to such shocking complacency again. Planning for the next pandemic must start now" we used to be good at this sort of thing...

2024-07-18 08:11:38

UK ‘turning a blind eye’ to threats to kill Saudi activists living in exile - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/18/saudi-arabia-uk-exiles-threats-transnational-repression-human-rights appalling if confirmed

2024-07-15 18:28:10

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@npub1y98…7wt0 it was a terrible idea

2024-07-15 16:28:42

MPs in the #Gambia vote to uphold ban on female genital mutilation - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jul/15/mps-the-gambia-vote-uphold-ban-on-female-genital-mutilation-fgm "Campaigners applaud decision not to repeal law in west African country with one of the highest rates of #FGM"

2024-07-15 10:07:31

The promise and peril of ‘agentic #AI’ - https://www.computerworld.com/article/2514480/the-promise-and-peril-of-agentic-ai.html "Agentic systems can plan, “understand” intent, and more fully integrate with a much wider range of third-party systems and platforms." what could possibly go wrong...?

2024-07-14 07:33:35

Labour’s ‘rooftop revolution’ to deliver solar power to millions of UK homes - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/labours-rooftop-revolution-to-deliver-solar-power-to-millions-of-uk-homes this is really good news; keep it up, Ed.... #renewables

2024-07-13 13:06:11

London’s Science Museum forced to cut ties with oil giant – and faces pressure over other sponsors - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/13/science-museum-equinox-drops-oil-giants-sponsorship-over-their-climate-record "Campaigners welcome ‘seismic shift’ and urge museum bosses to review links with other fossil fuel sponsors" finally

2024-07-12 16:01:34

$2,350 Amazon ‘Astro’ Business Robots To Become Pointless Paperweights 11 Months After Release - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/11/2350-amazon-astro-business-robots-to-become-pointless-paperweights-11-months-after-release/ ha!

2024-07-12 15:11:28

"there are surely few countries in the world where the Rwanda policy and other fatbergs of accumulated economic and political dysfunction can begin to be dissolved the very day after a transfer of power as smooth, rapid and mercifully bloodless as we saw on 5 July." - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/12/civil-servants-gaslit-government-14-years-labour-keir-starmer

2024-07-11 19:03:11

Large pod of pilot whales almost wiped out after stranding on Orkney beach - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/11/large-pod-of-pilot-whales-almost-wiped-out-after-stranding-on-orkney-beach so sad...

2024-07-11 15:51:18

Nigel #Farage stirs tensions in #Reform UK as he ousts deputies - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/11/nigel-farage-stirs-tensions-in-reform-uk-as-he-ousts-deputies I see they have already reached the rats in a sack phase....

2024-07-11 15:06:10

Meet Tim Dunn: the ultraconservative billionaire pastor spending millions to protect his oil – and elect Trump - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2024/jul/11/tim-dunn-texas-oil-billionaire-trump what a combo: an extreme right-wing fossil fuel billionaire religious nut

2024-07-11 13:38:57

Starmer raises hopes of extra bank holiday if England win Euros - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/11/starmer-raises-hopes-of-extra-bank-holiday-if-england-win-euros absurd...

2024-07-10 17:52:31

AOC introduces articles of impeachment against Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/10/aoc-articles-of-impeachment she seems to be the only one doing anything here...

2024-07-10 13:44:57

"Britain’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, indicated that #Ukraine can use long-range missiles supplied by the UK to strike military targets in Russia, AFP reported." - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jul/10/nato-summit-live-ukraine-on-the-agenda-as-leaders-gather-in-washington?page=with:block-668e75d68f0837e48ab11905#block-668e75d68f0837e48ab11905

2024-07-10 12:17:20

Thames Water fails to complete 108 upgrades to ageing sewage works - https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/10/thames-water-fails-to-complete-108-upgrades-ageing-sewage-works-legal-pollution-limits we've already paid for these, now they want price increases and lower fines. the entire management team belongs in prison.

2024-07-09 13:25:14

"Close to 300,000 minors were married between 2000 and 2018 in the US, according to a study conducted by Unchained at Last; a small number of them were as young as 10." - https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/09/child-marriage-laws #murica

2024-07-09 12:44:20

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@npub16kv…r053 natural monopolies should never be privatised...

2024-07-08 20:54:08

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@npub1wfx…8uy3 alas, it is not quite as picturesque as it was

2024-07-06 10:39:14

Former Tory minister may become Labour’s ‘planning tsar’ - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/06/labour-nick-boles-planning-tsar "Approach made to Nick Boles as #Starmer prepares to announce immediate changes to regulations"

2024-07-04 12:25:53

US Government Awards Moderna $176 Million for #mRNA #BirdFlu Vaccine - https://www.wired.com/story/moderna-mrna-vaccine-bird-flu-h5n1/ I hope the UK is doing something similar, or we are in big trouble here...

2024-07-04 10:08:04

Rapid results: UK ballot counters braced for race to declare first winner - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/04/rapid-results-uk-ballot-counters-braced-for-race-to-declare-first-winner "Boundary changes, paper thickness and ace returning officer’s transfer could have a bearing on who declares first" #GeneralElection2024

2024-07-04 09:23:26

Yet more examples of how #copyright destroys culture rather than driving it [Updated] - https://walledculture.org/yet-more-examples-of-how-copyright-destroys-culture-rather-than-driving-it/ a slight improvement, but not a solution

2024-07-04 08:12:38

Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/japan-train-robot-maintain-railway-lines "The 12-metre high machine has coke bottle eyes and a crude Wall-E-like head, as well as large arms that can be fitted with blades or paint brushes" well, of course it was in japan...

2024-07-01 18:39:31

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@npub1sal…qfcg thanks for that - RSS feed looks about right here...

2024-07-01 16:04:53

This #AI video of gymnastics might be the freakiest I've seen yet - https://boingboing.net/2024/07/01/this-ai-video-of-gymnastics-might-be-the-freakiest-ive-seen-yet.html whoa, yeah, insane...

2024-07-01 09:50:06

Starmer will try to set up ‘permanent Labour government’ if he wins, James Cleverly claims - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/jul/01/uk-general-election-live-starmer-permanent-labour-government-james-cleverly-claims-rishi-sunak-conservatives?page=with:block-668252568f081d94ff3d38d8#block-668252568f081d94ff3d38d8 such hypocrisy: that's what tories have been trying to do with voter ID and boundary changes...

2024-06-29 16:06:14

Nigel #Farage to boycott BBC over ‘biased’ Question Time audience - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/29/nigel-farage-to-boycott-bbc-over-biased-question-time-audience he's weak - he can't take the pressure.

2024-06-29 12:59:57

‘Disbelief’ as US-UK trade deals under threat after Britain axes negotiators - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/29/disbelief-as-us-uk-trade-deals-under-threat-after-britain-axes-negotiators so how's that mega-wonderful trade deal with the US going now, #brexiters?

2024-06-29 08:01:03

‘Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungs-aufgabenübertragungsgesetz’: how viral tongue-twisters lightened up German language - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/how-viral-tongue-twister-lightened-up-german-language Germans have a sense of humour - who knew...? #linguistics

2024-06-27 14:50:20

#India’s supreme court to rule on new penal code permitting marital #rape - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/27/india-supreme-court-new-penal-code-permitting-marital-rape "Rights groups protesting at Modi government’s view that criminalising sexual assault violates ‘sanctity’ of marriage"

2024-06-27 08:18:26

#EU’s ‘Going Dark’ Expert Group Publishes 42-Point #Surveillance Plan For Access To All Devices And Data At All Times - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/26/eus-going-dark-expert-group-publishes-42-point-surveillance-plan-for-access-to-all-devices-and-data-at-all-times/ lots of really bad ideas here...

2024-06-27 08:04:46

The diabolical rise of ‘dine and dash’: ‘It feels like a betrayal’ - https://www.theguardian.com/food/article/2024/jun/27/diabolical-rise-dine-and-dash-feels-like-betrayal some people are so shabby and pathetic

2024-06-26 15:08:00

Let Readers Read: An Open Letter to the Publishers in Hachette v. Internet Archive - https://www.change.org/p/let-readers-read-an-open-letter-to-the-publishers-in-hachette-v-internet-archive please sign and share if you can #copyright

2024-06-24 07:50:01

‘I feel sorry for them’: how the mood among British voters is seen around Europe - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/24/mood-among-british-voters-election-europe "Correspondents covering the UK election find Brexit amnesia bemusing, Nigel Farage’s return surreal and the sense of public disillusionment overwhelming"

2024-06-21 08:01:55

‘You cannot do mass #surveillance privately, full stop’: Signal boss hits out at government #encryption-busting moves - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/20/meredith-walker-signal-boss-government-encryption-laws "A ‘legitimate grievance’ with big tech firms is being used by police as a pretext to undermine privacy, Meredith Whittaker says"

2024-06-20 11:59:30

The Tories will leave one great #green legacy that few noticed – Labour must build upon it - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/20/tories-green-legacy-labour-government-climate-green-energy-uk-offshore-wind "This government had many climate failures, but its 2014 boost to green energy made the UK an offshore wind superpower" interesting

2024-06-19 07:35:39

#ChatControl is Pure Surveillance State - https://netzpolitik.org/2024/client-side-scanning-chat-control-is-pure-surveillance-state/ "makes the world less secure and more authoritarian, as it is directed against private and encrypted communication. Proponents are using disinformation, lies, and sleight of hand to push through the project."

2024-06-18 10:42:17

Indian engineers warn of prolonged blackouts amid searing heatwave - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/18/india-engineers-blackouts-heatwave-north "Increasing use of fans, air coolers and air conditioners is placing ‘serious’ strain on grid in north of country" the worse it gets makes it even worse.. #ClimateCrisis

2024-06-18 09:13:03

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@npub16kv…r053 you never know these days...

2024-06-15 01:39:05

Asked by ITV’s Paul Brand what he had had to go without as a child, the best that #Rish! could come up with was that his parents never had a Sky dish. - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/14/election-diary-the-manifestos-drop-and-rish-reveals-a-childhood-without-sky-tv truly a man of the people

2024-06-08 03:03:02

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@npub162c…l0z4 very true, it's almost as if they don't understand this stuff...

2024-06-07 11:46:18

Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/06/investors-awarded-billions-of-dollars-for-losses-related-to-climate-laws-analysis-finds well, we did warn them about #isds 10 years ago, maybe they should have listened

2024-06-05 16:27:14

Bowel disease breakthrough as researchers make ‘holy grail’ discovery - https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/05/bowel-disease-hope-researchers-find-biological-pathway yet more exciting science stuff #ibs #crohns