Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social), page 3

Rapid ice melt in west Antarctica now inevitable, research shows - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/23/rapid-ice-melt-in-west-antarctica-now-inevitable-research-shows "The ice sheet of west Antarctica would push up the oceans by 5 metres if lost completely." #ClimateCrisis

Musk mulls removing X, formerly Twitter, from EU to dodge disinformation laws - https://thenextweb.com/news/musk-might-remove-x-twitter-from-eu-disinformation-law musk taking the #brexit approach of sawing his own leg off...

£20B plan to power the UK with Moroccan sunshine might actually go ahead - https://thenextweb.com/news/20b-plan-uk-morocco-solar-energy-subsea-cable let's hope so, exactly the kind of thing we need to do everywhere....

EU-Funded ‘Automated Deception Detection’ Border Security Project Concludes, But Public Aren’t Allowed To See Research Details - https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/21/eu-funded-automated-deception-detection-border-security-project-concludes-but-public-arent-allowed-to-see-research-details/ unacceptable

@aral I have this naive belief in facts, truth, rationality...

Net zero not at expense of ‘bankrupting the British people’, says Braverman - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/20/suella-braverman-net-zero-not-bankrupting-british-people stupid framing - it's not achieving Net Zero that will bankrupt people with the costs of heatwaves, floods, droughts and environmental refugees...

@aral also confirms that they really don't know what they are doing... @hkrn

UK Government Serves Up Possibly-Illegal Amendments To The Investigatory Powers Act - https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/28/uk-government-serves-up-possibly-illegal-amendments-to-the-investigatory-powers-act/ good summary of UK gov's latest delusions of grandeur... #encryption

Owners of ‘#LGBT’ Swatch watches could be jailed for three years in Malaysia - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/owners-lgbt-swatch-watches-could-jailed-malaysia go home, #malaysia, you're drunk...

The Fear Of AI Just Killed A Very Useful Tool - https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/08/the-fear-of-ai-just-killed-a-very-useful-tool/ and it won't be the last time...

#5G Was An Over-Hyped Dud. Prepare For Nobody To Learn Absolutely Anything From The Experience - https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/23/5g-was-an-over-hyped-dud-prepare-for-nobody-to-learn-absolutely-anything-from-the-experience/

Cop28 president’s team accused of Wikipedia ‘greenwashing’ - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/30/cop28-president-team-accused-of-wikipedia-greenwashing-sultan-al-jaber #cop28 will be an unfunny joke... #UAE is a disgrace

@aral indeed; meanwhile, have as good a summer as is possible in the circumstances...

@aral commiserations, I was hoping for a different result too, but not quite so engaged as you, obviously...

UK allows emergency use of bee-toxic pesticides after EU tightens rules - https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/uk-allows-emergency-use-of-bee-toxic-pesticides-after-eu-tightens-rules/ oh look: #brexit leading to lower environmental standards, just as we warned, just as #brexiters lied would never happen...

@aral yes, I boosted that earlier...

#Medium embraces Twitter alternative #Mastodon with launch of its own community - https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/12/medium-embraces-twitter-alternative-mastodon-with-launch-of-its-own-community/

#Venice’s lagoon of 2,000 lost boats: the true cost of dumping small vessels - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/10/venices-lagoon-of-2000-lost-boats-the-true-cost-of-dumping-small-vessels appalling and irresponsible selfishness #italy