‘It’s an abomination’: battle brewing over proposed US laws to protect pesticide companies
Exclusive: Even as juries decide against a herbicide maker, proposed industry-backed measures would limit lawsuits and local use restrictions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/03/pesticide-regulation-cancer-bayer-roundup-law-legislation
Hairy Woodpecker looking for all the nuthatch cachets.
#woodpecker #hairywoodpecker #gardenbirds #winterbirds #wildlifegardening #birds #birdphotography
I suspect that Israel thinks this is how Hamas got their detailed intel on the kibbutzes that were attacked last Oct 7.
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“#Israel is severing all contact with #Gaza. There will be no more Palestinian workers from Gaza,” the Israeli security cabinet announced in a statement late Thursday.
Israel 'severing all contact’ with Gaza and sending labourers back: govt
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/nov/02/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-gaza-jabalia-refugee-camp-strikes-today-latest-news?page=with:block-654456408f08af73b5ca75fd#block-654456408f08af73b5ca75fd
After US newspaper accuses Wall Street execs of ‘kissing John Lee’s ring,’ Hong Kong gov’t slams ‘biased’ editorial https://hongkongfp.com/2023/11/03/after-us-newspaper-accuses-wall-street-execs-of-kissing-john-lees-ring-hong-kong-govt-slams-biased-editorial
> The Alberta government is proposing changes to the Public Health Act to allow politicians to make final decisions in public health emergencies.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10067536/alberta-government-public-health-act-covid/
There are limits around what Australia might hope to achieve and what it should expect in Beijing, but there is room for cooperation.
https://theconversation.com/the-drums-of-war-are-receding-but-anthony-albanese-still-faces-many-uncertainties-on-his-trip-to-china-216727?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1698963411
An urbex video from this monastery and nursing home: https://youtu.be/wbwUghgIxb4
Abandoned monastery and nursing home (Agnus dei) Belgium Sep 2009
#urbex #fotografie #urbanexploration #world #youtube #abandoned
Netanyahu’s Government Takes a Turn Toward Theocracy
The Israeli Prime Minister’s new coalition includes members who would enforce religious prohibitions over democratic liberties.
By Bernard Avishai
January 7, 2023
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/netanyahus-government-takes-a-turn-toward-theocracy
Ugly cars that are all of a sudden cool looking now?
I present, the 1978 Ford Pinto Cruising Wagon. I mean, come on - a porthole window! YES!
Just hope it doesn't explode if you ever get rear-ended.
More deets: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44676431/ford-pinto-cruising-wagon-auction/
“In Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, nine-year-old Rafif Abu Ziyada said she was drinking dirty water and getting stomach pains and headaches.…‘There is no cooking gas, there is no water, we don't eat well. We are getting sick,’ she said. ‘There's garbage on the ground and the whole place is polluted.’”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gaza-says-israels-strikes-refugee-camp-kill-more-than-195-people-2023-11-02/
"Besides the climate crisis, beekeepers in #Gaza also face other challenges. #Honey production is fast declining as a result of Israeli attacks on the enclave, which are killing off native vegetation."
Saw Killers of the Flower Moon tonight in IMAX - incredible film - went in not seeing any trailers or anything and was such a powerful film … but in trailers … how the hell did a new Hunger Games movie get made and coming out this month without me knowing this is a thing at all?!! Wild! (Based on the prequel book)
How Microsoft’s AI is making a mess of the news | CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/tech/microsoft-ai-news/index.html
G+ refugee and simply want my instance to work reliably.