Notices by JuneSim63 💚 (junesim63@mstdn.social), page 3

#Wales #Vegan
Wales' first fully vegan hotel opens for bookings
https://nation.cymru/news/wales-first-fully-vegan-hotel-opens-for-bookings/

"At the heart of the claims is that while the underlying data may remain under the MoD’s control, any insights derived from that data do not. The implications of this, the insiders say, are far-reaching, especially because of the vast quantity of personal and other data the company has access to across UK government departments"

#Palantir #UKPolitics #MoD

"A second source, who has a background in intelligence, said Palantir probably has “a complete profile on the whole UK population. They have visibility into wildly different focus areas, yet their data is all condensed into one foreign supplier’s control/visibility. At the very least I’d call that a security risk.”

#Palantir #UKPolitics

Palantir, the US AI surveillance and security firm with hundreds of millions of pounds in UK government contracts, poses “a national security threat to the UK”, according to two anonymous MoD senior systems engineers with knowledge of the Palantir software systems the MoD is using.

#Palantir #MoD #Security #UKPolitics

‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security
https://www.thenerve.news/p/palantir-technologies-uk-mod-sources-government-data-insights-security-state-secrets

If anyone has a few quid spare, please consider donating to the Nottingham Refugee Centre's garden appeal. They need to raise £5k to keep it open. It's an oasis of peace and wildlife in the heart of Nottingham and has helped many refugees and asylum seekers in the past.

#Refugees #AsylumSeelkers #Gardening #Nottingham

Grassroots Garden Appeal - JustGiving
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/grassrootscommunitygarden#supportersList

"The study found that the reasons given by officers for subjecting black people to the controversial power were more likely to be vague, with examples including that a black person gave a “furtive glance”

#Racism #MetPol #London #Policing #StopAndSearch

Black people up to 48 times more likely to be stopped and searched in richest areas of London | Stop and search | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/10/black-people-up-to-48-times-more-likely-stop-and-search-london-richest-areas

"Beirutification” should become a word if it is not already. By that, I mean the slow normalisation of periodic attacks on a city by a capricious and violent state, until blasts and death become woven into the fabric of urban life. It is urban death by a thousand knives. It is the suffocation of imagination and the thwarting of any civil attempt at a better life, and the gradual dilapidation of a nation to the point where it can no longer stand again"

#Israel #Iran #US
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/07/iran-tehran-demolished-bombs-israel-us

"Unlike oil, solar panels and wind turbines can avoid being shipped through maritime chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz. Renewables are not traded in the same globally centralised way. Power is generated locally and increasingly across many smaller sites"

#Oil #Iran #War #Renewables

The strikes on Iran show why quitting oil is more important than ever
https://theconversation.com/the-strikes-on-iran-show-why-quitting-oil-is-more-important-than-ever-277192

"The back-to-back barrage of storms this winter has provided little respite for seabirds that must struggle with strong winds, torrential rain and high seas, desperately hungry but apparently unable to feed. The bodies of birds washed up in wreck events are skinny and their muscles are very hard (indicated by high levels of lactate). Despite paddling hard amongst the waves, they were unable to catch enough prey to survive"

#Seabirds #Birds #ClimateEmergency

https://theconversation.com/thousands-of-dead-puffins-are-washing-up-on-europes-beaches-why-its-been-such-a-dangerous-winter-for-seabirds-276545

This is brutal. Labour is going beyond anything the Tories did. In a futile bid to appease racists, they are using asylum seekers as political pawns. They have learned nothing from the Gorton and Denton by-election and deserve obliteration in the next election.

#AsylumSeekers #Refugees #UKPolitics

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/01/shabana-mahmood-to-limit-refugees-to-30-months-in-uk

"Short-term leave means refugee families who have survived war, persecution and unimaginable danger will face renewed uncertainty every 30 months, damaging integration in the long term.
These men, women and children should be able to put down roots: settle into communities, learn English and find work.”
Iran Khan, The Refugee Council

#AsylumSeekers #Refugees #UKPolitics #ShabanaMahmood

"One immigration expert said that the change in policy may have a deterrent effect “at the margins” but could struggle to result in large-scale returns.

Peter Walsh, a senior researcher at Oxford University’s Migration Observatory, said: “Out of 30,000 Syrian refugees in Denmark, only about 1,200 cases were reassessed, a few hundred statuses revoked, and as of early 2024, no one had been reported to have been removed to Syria"

As with the Tories, performative cruelty.

#Refugees #UkPolitics

Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage.

#AI #FacialRecognition #Racism #Policing

Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away | Facial recognition | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/25/facial-recognition-error-prompts-police-to-arrest-asian-man-for-burglary-100-miles-away

"So undecided voters break clearly in favour of the Greens and against Labour and Reform - but it remains a race against time to reach them and make sure they make their mind up and vote"

#GortonAndDenton #GreenParty #ReformUK

New poll: Greens ahead in Gorton and Denton
https://www.owenjones.news/p/new-poll-greens-ahead-in-gorton-and

"Donald Trump wants ISIS and its allies to police Gaza on his behalf. This is not an exaggeration.

This is an exclusive in the Telegraph of all newspapers - it’s a staunchly pro-Israel rag"

#Trump #Netanyahu #Israel #Gaza #ISIS

Trump and Israel ally with ISIS-linked gangs
https://www.owenjones.news/p/trump-and-israel-ally-with-isis-linked

"As two professors of energy studies – one British, the other Swedish – we have long puzzled over the stark contrast in how winter is experienced inside our homes in the north of England (Sheffield) and southern Sweden (Lund)."

#Energy #Heating #Sweden #UK

Cold and expensive v hot, cheap and eco-friendly: the contrasting histories of home heating in the UK and Sweden
https://theconversation.com/cold-and-expensive-v-hot-cheap-and-eco-friendly-the-contrasting-histories-of-home-heating-in-the-uk-and-sweden-275417

"Over the past decade an increasing amount of research has shown that illuminating night skies is bad for a wide range of species, including insects, birds and amphibians – disrupting their feeding reproduction and navigation"

#Darkness #LightPollution #Streetlights #Belgium #Wildlife

‘The normal should be darkness’: why one Belgian national park is turning off ‘pointless’ streetlights | Biodiversity | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/11/lights-belgian-park-lamps-light-polluted-night-time-environment-wildlife

This is why the government wants to abolish jury trials.

#PalestineAction #ElbitSystems #UKPolitics #Law #Justice

Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wxlv99xrjo

"It is all about slowing the flow of water. And the reason we get really passionate about beavers is because they do all of this naturally..
When humans do it, it’s a long process that involves mapping and modelling, specialist consultancies and getting permission through different agencies. It’s long and expensive. Beavers do it for free.”

#Floods #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Environment

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/01/storm-chandra-uk-floods-impact-wildlife-birds-butterflies-dormice-beavers-aoe

Zeteo reports the murder of Renee Good in Minnesota in the manner of mainstream media reporting on a global south country.

#ICE #Trump #USPolitics

US Regime Executes Civilian as Ruler Grows More Isolated
https://zeteo.com/p/trump-us-regime-executes-civilian-isolated