Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)

"#Palantir jumped about 8% on Thursday, bringing its valuation to $281 billion. That puts it ahead of Salesforce, which closed at a $268 billion and had previously been ranked tenth." - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/08/palantir-joins-top-10-most-valuable-tech-companies-stock-at-premium.html troubling

Russian spies attended Brexit event in Parliament - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqj4kze7kvdo oh look: those russian links to #brexit again; maybe #starmer should get a clue and order an inquiry into this

Israeli ministers approved a plan to capture all of #Gaza and remain there – two officials say - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/05/israel-gaza-yemen-middle-east-crisis-live-updates?page=with%3Ablock-681874428f088a65239d1e93#block-681874428f088a65239d1e93 great; so a few hundred thousand more deaths of innocent civilians as a result? #gazagenocide

A grizzly #bear comeback in #California? An old dream gets new legs - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/return-of-the-grizzly-california "A feasibility report using historical maps and ecological data is raising excitement: ‘It would be a slow process’" #rewilding

"Last year, Pakistan installed an incredible 22 gigawatts of solar power—more than Canada has ever built, and more than the UK has added in the past five years combined." - https://www.talkingclimate.ca/p/break-the-climate-silence just amazing; #kudos to #pakistan #renewables

#Wikipedia says it will use #AI, but not to replace human volunteers - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/__trashed-4/ new features that “remove technical barriers,” allowing editors, moderators, and patrollers tools that allow them to accomplish what they need to do, without worrying about how to “technically achieve it.”

The Hallucinating #ChatGPT Presidency - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/the-hallucinating-chatgpt-presidency/ "for all the hype about generative AI systems “hallucinating,” we pay much less attention to the fact that the current President does the same thing" great spot by @mmasnick #trump

"The bond between #Europe and #Canada is strong — and growing stronger. I look forward to working closely together, both bilaterally and within the G7.

We’ll defend our shared democratic values, promote multilateralism, and champion free and fair trade." https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/apr/28/canada-election-polls-mark-carney-liberals-pierre-poilievre-conservatives-donald-trump-live-updates?page=with%3Ablock-681083b48f08212bfafe160e#block-681083b48f08212bfafe160e #carney

Dozens of members of UK Jewish body facing disciplinary action over criticism of Israel - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/23/dozens-of-members-of-uk-jewish-body-facing-disciplinary-action-over-criticism-of-israel "Members of Board of Deputies who signed open letter about war in Gaza are now ‘subject to a complaints procedure’" absurd bullying

Non-compliance decision on #Meta's “consent or pay” model - https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1085 "did not give users the required specific choice to opt for a service that uses less of their personal data but is otherwise equivalent to the ‘personalised ads' service." #privacy #surveillance #eu

"Great news, Americans! Thanks to your god-emperor and his loyal billionaire sidekick, your Freedom Milk, is now fortified with listeria and brain parasites!" - https://boingboing.net/2025/04/22/got-contamination-fda-skips-milk-safety-tests-after-elon-fires-20000-health-and-human-services-employees.html another reason not to visit #murica: the poor quality, untested milk

How Big Tech hides its outsourced African workforce - https://restofworld.org/2025/big-tech-ai-labor-supply-chain-african-workers/ "New data reveals the hidden network of African workers powering AI, as they push for transparency from the global companies that employ them indirectly." #africa

‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion-pound energy heist - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/22/fight-against-britain-billion-pound-energy-heist "From raids on marijuana farms to illegal bitcoin miners, suppliers are finding new ways to tackle the rise in gas and electricity theft" amazing

US dollar falls to three-year low and gold hits $3,500 after Trump intensifies attack on Fed chair #Powell - https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/apr/22/us-dollar-yen-pound-gold-stock-markets-trump-attack-powell-imf-growth-forecast-business-live #trump just doesn't understand how these things work, and thinks he can bully his way out

Controversial doc gets #measles while treating unvaccinated kids—keeps working - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/controversial-doc-gets-measles-while-treating-unvaccinated-kids-keeps-working/ "Ben Edwards has grown popular in Texas for providing unproven measles treatments." #antivaxxers are such idiots

#Wikipedia has a solution for the deluge of AI training bots hogging its servers - https://mashable.com/article/wikipedia-ai-training-dataset-offsets-bots-overloading-servers "Non-human traffic has strained the nonprofit's servers, but the organization may have a fix."

Take Action: Defend the @internetarchive - https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/take-action-defend-the-internet-archive/ "This lawsuit is an existential threat to the Internet Archive and everything we preserve—including the Wayback Machine, a cornerstone of memory and preservation on the internet." please sign the open letter if you can

@aral he's weak, I think is the main problem

Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/britain-america-ministers-donald-trump "Ministers are insisting that #Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie" #starmer failing this key moment

The White House’s Cuts To Scientific Research Will Cut Short American Lives - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/09/the-white-houses-cuts-to-scientific-research-will-cut-short-american-lives/