Notices by Andrew Ducker (andrewducker@mastodon.scot)

Link Post: ‘Segregated facilities’ are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5326118/segregation-federal-contracts-far-regulation-trump

Link Post: Turkey proposes radical new "reforms" to attack LGBTQ+ marriage, media, & trans people https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/turkey-proposes-radical-new-reforms-to-lgbtq-marriage-media-trans-people/

Link Post: Now British lawyers are using AI (and not checking that the cases they cite actually exist) https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/barrister-using-ai-citied-cases-that-were-entirely-fictitious-in-asylum-appeal-5HjdFXg_2/

Link Post: How Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels https://grist.org/buildings/how-germany-outfitted-half-a-million-balconies-with-solar-panels/

Link Post: Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance https://theonion.com/talk-of-fascism-dangerous-warns-ministry-of-compliance/?mc_cid=bf4aba4e70

Link Post: Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads (and so I will never buy one) https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-confirms-smart-refrigerator-ads-are-coming-3598848/

Link Post: Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England https://news.sky.com/story/facial-recognition-vans-to-be-rolled-out-across-police-forces-in-england-13410613

Link Post: The real reason why modern media is making us dumber https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/eat-5

Link Post: When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/07/31/634442195/when-the-u-s-government-tried-to-replace-migrant-farmworkers-with-high-schoolers

Link Post: UK asylum plans shows post-Brexit Britain is ‘in very dark place’, Albanian PM warns https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-asylum-brexit-albania-edi-rama-starmer-b2777378.html

The advice in the UK over teachers and AI is baffling to me https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4575854.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Link Post: Two astronauts stranded in space by Boeing Starliner may return on SpaceX in 2025 (8 day trip turns into 6 months!) https://www.independent.co.uk/space/nasa-boeing-starliner-butch-wilmore-sunita-williams-b2593041.html

Link Post: Google decides to let advertisers keep tracking you across the web (unlike Safari and Firefox) https://arstechnica.com/?p=2038576

Link Post: During the pandemic a museum asked people to recreate art at home. The results are incredible https://www.tumblr.com/bellsandbuttons/755334569648111616/museum-asks-people-to-recreate-paintings-at-home?source=share

Link Post: What would 'GB Energy' mean for Scotland's green economy? (not much) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyxxxljq070o

Link Post: Why do lorries hit bridges? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1786850445119394261.html

Link Post: This is how crime reporting feels to me nowadays https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/coverage-2

Link Post: Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town https://newatlas.com/energy/sand-battery-finland/

Link Post: You're being targeted by disinformation networks that are vastly more effective than you realize. And they're trying you more hateful and depressed. https://old.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1bfto4a/youre_being_targeted_by_disinformation_networks/

Link Post: Who wants to see the dreadful AI script given to the actors for the abysmal Wonka experience that ended with the police being called? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1762849884485353695.html