Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)

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

‘I’ve never been so driven’: Led By Donkeys on mocking Liz Truss, duping Matt Hancock and renaming Michelle Mone’s yacht - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/16/ive-never-been-so-driven-led-by-donkeys-on-mocking-liz-truss-duping-matt-hancock-and-renaming-michelle-mones-yacht modern heroes...

Special relationship at risk if UK bans arms sales to Israel, says #Trump adviser - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/29/special-relationship-at-risk-if-uk-bans-arms-sales-to-israel-says-trump-adviser "Robert O’Brien says UK could face US counter-embargos and put its role in F-35 fighter jet project in danger" so how's that #brexit #sovereignty coming along?

"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

#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...

‘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"

Rebuilding homes in #Gaza will cost $40bn and take 16 years, #UN finds - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/rebuilding-homes-in-gaza-will-cost-40bn-and-take-16-years-un-finds staggering waste of innocent lives and money, and this is the result

#Israel has yet to provide evidence of #Unrwa staff terrorist links, Colonna report says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/israel-unrwa-staff-terrorist-links-yet-to-provide-evidence-colonna-report oh, what a surprise; so reinstate the funding... #gaza

Jared #Kushner Has Big Plans for Delta of Europe’s Last Wild River - https://e360.yale.edu/features/jared-kushner-albania-vjose-vjosa-river-hotel " #Albania’s Vjosë River is known as Europe’s last wild river, and its pristine delta is a haven for migratory birds. As plans for luxury developments there — spearheaded by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — move ahead, conservationists are sounding the alarm." appalling, destructive greed

#Roku has patented a way to show #ads over anything you plug into your TV - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/hdmi-customized-ad-insertion-patent-would-show-rokus-ads-atop-non-roku-video/ "System would detect paused content on external devices and show ads on top."

MPs and peers sign letter urging UK government to ban arms sales to #Israel - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/27/mps-peers-sign-letter-urging-uk-government-ban-arms-sales-israel "Ministers under growing pressure to act amid signs Israel intends to ignore UN ceasefire resolution" #gaza

Sci-fi video shows how NASA might fly a plane — yes, a plane — on #Mars - https://mashable.com/article/nasa-mars-plane-video looks wild