Notices by Anna Anthro (annaanthro@mastodon.social)

Peter #Thiel has bought a mansion, met Mieli, and moved to #Argentina As #Trump popularity Falters

https://www.thenerdreich.com/peter-thiel-flees-to-argentina/

"Trump is out of money": Republicans fear #Trump will drain RNC funds to pay his own legal bills

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/15/trump-is-out-of-money-fear-will-drain-rnc-funds-to-pay-his-own-legal-bills/

#Trump Admin Aims to Strip US Citizenship From Hundreds of Naturalized Americans per month

“It also comes just months after Trump administration officials ordered Department of Homeland Security staffers to refer upward of 200 denaturalization cases a month to the DOJ.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html

Black children in #England and #Wales almost eight times more likely to be strip-searched than white peers, Asian kids five times more.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/22/black-children-in-england-and-wales-almost-eight-times-more-likely-to-be-strip-searched-than-white-peers-report

#Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of government’s post-WW2 pacifist policy

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/21/japan-lifts-ban-on-lethal-weapons-exports-in-major-shift-of-pacifist-policy

Trump’s DoorDash Arkansas Grandma isn’t a plant — the truth is much darker

https://www.salon.com/2026/04/17/trumps-doordash-grandma-isnt-a-plant-the-truth-is-much-darker/

A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in #Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a #Robot

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-1897-film-discovered-in-an-old-trunk-in-michigan-features-the-first-on-screen-appearance-of-robot-180988547/

Why Glasses Cost $800: The EssilorLuxottica Eyewear Monopoly

“Quality frames, he reported, cost $4 to $8 to produce.

Designer-quality frames, the kind that carry a Prada or Chanel label, run about $15.

First-quality lenses cost $1.25 each.

Those same frames and lenses sell in the United States for $800.”

https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-glasses-got-worse-on-purpose

US Treasury Sec Bessent says #China has been ‘an unreliable partner by hoarding oil’ during #Iran war …

Pretty every country including USA has an oil reserve. What a bizarre remark.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260415/us-treasurys-bessent-says-china-has-been-unreliable-partner-by-hoarding-oil-during-war

#Beijing 'distressed' by Chinese semiconductor researcher's death at University of #Michigan

“US media have identified the researcher as Danhao Wang from the University of Michigan.

Wang died shortly after talking to federal investigators, CBS News reported.

The University of Michigan said in a statement that it was investigating "a possible act of self-harm", after a researcher's fatal fall from a campus building on 19 March.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge0xd4g21qo

80% of Hong Kong fishing vessels grounded due to high fuel prices created by #Iran war

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3349339/80-hong-kong-fishing-vessels-grounded-moratorium-due-high-fuel-prices

Reform party, under #Farage, now leading in polls, said it would deny visas to people from countries seeking slavery reparations settlements from #UK

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4w722peyo

#Korea: Special counsel seeks 15-yr jail term for ex-first lady in corruption appeals trial

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260408/special-counsel-seeks-15-yr-jail-term-for-ex-first-lady-in-corruption-appeals-trial

#Trump wanted to nuke North #Korea

“NYT’s Schmidt alleged that in 2017, when Trump warned Kim Jong-un on social media that NK would be “met with fire & fury & frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before,” behind closed doors he was talking about a preemptive strike against NK, using a nuclear weapon against it and blaming others for the strike.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-discussed-using-nuclear-weapon-north-korea-2017-blaming-someone-rcna65120

South #Korea’s ex-President Yoon slammed for invoking Jesus in his message sent from prison

“…jailed former president Yoon Suk-yeol has drawn sharp criticism for an Easter message from prison that opponents say amounted to comparing his downfall to the suffering of Jesus and showing his lack of remorse for his criminal acts.”

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3349150/south-koreas-yoon-slammed-invoking-jesus-his-message-sent-prison

#Korea: Seoul Police set up teams to investigate Middle East-related fake news

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260406/police-investigate-middle-east-related-fake-news

#Trump Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

“They’re ripping the HQ out of DC and shipping it to Salt Lake City, #Utah — the beating heart of the anti-public-lands movement in America.

They’re shuttering every single one of the ten regional offices that have governed this agency since Pinchot built the system over a century ago…”

https://www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/04/02/breaking-trump-administration-orders-dismantling-of-the-u-s-forest-service/

#Tesla Admits Its #Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven by Remote Humans

“Six of the firms insisted that their remote assistance workers, who work across the US and even, in the case of #Waymo, in the Philippines, never actually drive the vehicles directly.

Instead, the humans provide input that the autonomous vehicle software then decides to use or ignore.”

https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-says-its-robotaxis-are-sometimes-driven-by-humans/

#Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris who pleaded guilty to child sex abuse freed from #Oklahoma jail

“Morris pleaded guilty last year to five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child as part of a plea agreement under which he received a 10-year suspended sentence with the first six months to be served in the Osage County Jail.

The abuse began in 1982 when the victim was 12.”

https://apnews.com/article/texas-megachurch-pastor-sexual-abuse-oklahoma-ac17d1fd200f5c8af99c469486862150

Nestle says 12 tonnes (over 413,000 bars) of #KitKat stolen in Europe

“The stolen truck had left central #Italy and was making its way to #Poland, with a plan to distribute the bars in countries along the way.

KitKat did not say where specifically the goods had gone missing, but said “the vehicle and its contents remain unaccounted for”.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/sweet-heist-nestle-says-12-tonnes-of-kitkat-stolen/