Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)

@aral the project couldn't survive that

How this weekend’s ‘#Tesla Takeover’ protests against Elon #Musk came together on #Bluesky - https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/14/how-this-weekends-tesla-takeover-protests-against-elon-musk-came-together-on-bluesky/ hugely important that bluesky is now big enough to take on the role that #twitter had before it descended into toxic madness

#Trump’s data deletions pose a stark threat to public health - https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-02-05/trumps-data-deletions-pose-a-stark-threat-to-public-health/ "By gutting government records, the president is obscuring information about life-and-death issues"

Trudeau: #Canada will bring ‘forceful but reasonable’ retaliation to #Trump #tariffs - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/31/trump-tariffs-canada-trudeau "Officials in Ottawa and Mexico city draw up plans to retaliate with tariffs of their own after Trump’s demands" every nation must do this, face down the bully

@zdl same is true of Europeans

European Commission Fined For Violating Its Own Data Protection Rules; Also Found To Have Used Privacy-Violating Ads - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/22/european-commission-fined-for-violating-its-own-data-protection-rules-also-found-to-have-used-privacy-violating-ads/ bad @EUCommission #gdpr

‘A risk to life and limb’: residents of Germany and Netherlands rue dangers of #fireworks - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/10/a-risk-to-life-and-limb-residents-of-germany-and-netherlands-rue-dangers-of-fireworks ban them for private use; they terrify animals, injure people. better still, replace with public #drone displays...

Steve #Bannon: #Musk’s money will help us make Europe a populist haven - https://www.politico.eu/article/us-steve-bannon-elon-musk-wealth-and-influence-are-weapons-to-advance-maga-aligned-goals-in-europe/ this is arguably the most serious threat to European democracy now, and I doubt leaders there understand the seriousness of the threat... #adtech

#Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’ - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/05/antibiotic-emergency-could-claim-40-million-lives-in-next-25-years "70% of all antibiotics are given to livestock, creating a pool of animals in which resistance can evolve." #farmers mostly to blame, again...

#Volkswagen leak exposed precise location data on thousands of vehicles across Europe for months - https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/30/volkswagen-leak-exposed-precise-location-data-on-thousands-of-vehicles-across-europe-for-months/ #privacy #surveillance

#Israel orders remaining residents of Beit Hanoun to leave - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/29/israel-orders-remaining-residents-of-beit-hanoun-to-leave "Order triggers new wave of displacement and there are reports of damage to two more #Gaza hospitals" this is manifestly ethnic cleansing...

Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/23/anti-racism-talks-cancelled-amid-threat-of-far-right police too busy arresting peaceful climate campaigners to deal with real threats of violence, it seems...

How winter makes #recycling harder with 40% jump in contamination - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/17/how-winter-makes-recycling-harder-with-40-jump-in-contamination "New data reveals an extra 5,000 tonnes of waste is sent to landfill or incineration from November to March"

@aral pity about the murdered journo, though...

21,000 laborers so far dead building #NEOM, #SaudiArabia's futuristic city in the desert - https://boingboing.net/2024/10/31/21000-laborers-so-far-dead-building-saudi-arabias-futuristic-city-in-the-desert.html "Locals have been violently evicted from traditional lands, and workers are faring even worse, according to a new documentary."

World must act to prevent ‘ethnic cleansing’ of #Gaza, António Guterres warns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/30/antonio-guterres-warns-israel-could-carry-out-ethnic-cleansing-of-gaza it hasn't and clearly won't #israel

‘Israel is trying to erase our presence’: Palestinians say ‘generals’ plan’ to clear north Gaza is under way - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/26/israel-generals-plan-clear-north-gaza-palestinians then they will do the centre, then the south, then #gaza won't exist #israel

#UN rights chief says 'darkest moment' of Israel's war on #Gaza is unfolding in the north - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/oct/25/israel-lebanon-gaza-hamas-hezbollah-middle-east-latest?page=with:block-671ba1178f08d3f94c2b9a98#block-671ba1178f08d3f94c2b9a98 "Unimaginably, the situation is getting worse by the day. The Israeli government’s policies and practices in northern Gaza risk emptying the area of all Palestinians."

“Surrender or Starve”: Israel Weighs Plan to Liquidate Northern #Gaza as Siege on Jabaliya Intensifies - https://www.democracynow.org/2024/10/14/israel_gaza if only there were a word to describe this kind of thing...

Man who sent girl to Iraq for #FGM jailed in legal first for England and Wales - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/03/man-who-sent-girl-to-iraq-for-fgm-jailed-in-legal-first-for-england-and-wales good to see, but many more convictions needed to stamp out this abuse