I’m not a big petition signer but this is a really important one for #EU citizens to get behind:
“We ask the EU to recognise the crime of ecocide in its Environmental Crime Directive.”
https://act.wemove.eu/campaigns/oil-spill-deforestation
“Ecocide” is any human activity that massively damages and destroys our environment, like an oil spill, deforestation, or soil pollution. Our planet needs this one.
The heat wave scorching much of Mexico, Texas and parts of New Mexico is forecast to worsen and last into the week of July 4. https://t.co/brsdflxa3G
“The Russian army is retreating in all directions and shedding a lot of blood … What they tell us is the deepest deception.” Prigozhin also said Russia’s leadership could have avoided the war by negotiating with Ukraine’s president Zelenskiy. #Ukraine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/wagner-chief-accuses-moscow-of-lying-to-public-about-ukraine-yevgeny-prigozhin
Missing: 16-year-old Alexander Baines https://haligonia.ca/missing-16-year-old-alexander-baines-292854/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #halifax #novascotia #canada
Seven years after Brexit vote, public opinion has shifted towards re-joining the EU, according to new poll by @UKandEU. What factors have contributed to this change of mood? Read more here: https://ukandeu.ac.uk/seven-years-on-why-has-brexit-become-less-popular/
Brexit!
... not like that!
"#LyingFlatism is a trending philosophy that has emerged in #China and is practiced by young adults who choose to live a minimalist lifestyle and reject the pressures of society...refuse to participate in consumerist lifestyles, such as pursuing high-paying jobs, purchasing material possessions, getting married, or having children. They believe that personal efforts are no longer effective in improving their lives due to structural and societal factors."
Canadians will no longer have access to news content on Facebook and Instagram, Meta says (Jessica Mundie/CBC News)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-news-act-meta-facebook-1.6885634
http://www.memeorandum.com/230623/p54#a230623p54
Google plans to update Android's Emergency SOS after UK police blame the feature, activated after repeated side button presses, for an influx of false 999 calls (Chris Vallance/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65962942
http://www.techmeme.com/230623/p15#a230623p15
Know your #programming variable style conventions:
camelCase
PascalCase
snake_case
kebab-case
ceiling¯case
There is a very natural hushing effect that comes with power too, the captains and leaders in cyber security industry are very often aligned with directly, their own state militaries or government. They are very often one and the same.
You don't talk about a lack of reporting without at least mentioning how power actually works in a very controlled environment that purposefully serves to exacerbates itself.
Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as 'baseless cries', emails show https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65998914?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #news #bbc
#TPUSA influencers hawk weapons and ammunition to Instagram followers, circumventing Meta rules | Media Matters for America https://www.mediamatters.org/turning-point-usa/tpusa-influencers-hawk-weapons-and-ammunition-instagram-followers-circumventing
Judge temporarily blocks Wyoming's 1st-in-the-nation abortion pill ban https://www.npr.org/2023/06/23/1183924567/judge-temporarily-blocks-wyomings-1st-in-the-nation-abortion-pill-ban?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
"Now I was actually out of a job because of AI." https://t.co/aLzsvYt3lo
@wikipedia doesn't miss either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_inventors_killed_by_their_own_invention
Georgia President pardons prominent pro-opposition anchor https://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/georgia-president-pardons-prominent-pro-opposition-anchor/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.