Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)

Philippines officials offer cash for mosquitoes amid rise in #dengue cases - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/20/philippines-officials-offer-cash-for-mosquitoes-amid-rise-in-dengue-cases "one Philippine peso (1.7 US cents) for every five mosquitoes." innovative

How #Vance unsettled the Europeans - https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/18/jd-vance-at-the-munich-security-conference-a-speech-by-gaslight/ " Being from a country where the most common cause of death in child is a bullet, Vance’s sentiment of “tak(ing) our shared civilization in a new direction” misses that a lot of Europeans don’t consider America very civilized, largely because of peculiar cultural norms like gun violence."

#Meta’s LLaMa license is still not #OpenSource - https://opensource.org/blog/metas-llama-license-is-still-not-open-source "call on Zuckerberg and Yann LeCunn to change the Llama license and comply with the Open Source Definition." #ai

Netanyahu ‘committed’ to Trump’s plan to take over #Gaza - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/netanyahu-committed-to-trumps-plan-to-take-over-gaza how convenient that trump gave netanyahu permission for ethnic cleansing...

In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/16/nhs-britain-immigrants-dad the poisoned fruit of #brexit

@aral the project couldn't survive that

How this weekend’s ‘#Tesla Takeover’ protests against Elon #Musk came together on #Bluesky - https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/14/how-this-weekends-tesla-takeover-protests-against-elon-musk-came-together-on-bluesky/ hugely important that bluesky is now big enough to take on the role that #twitter had before it descended into toxic madness

#DOGE's Race to the Bottom - https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-fast-cuts/ "Democracy doesn’t die in darkness after all; it dies in #JIRA tickets filed by #Palantir alums." #musk

#EU’s Disinformation Code moves closer to becoming #DSA benchmark - https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/13/eus-disinformation-code-moves-closer-to-becoming-dsa-benchmark/ "the voluntary Code that Elon #Musk pulled X (formerly Twitter) out of back in 2023. "

US should not have made concessions to Russia over Ukraine, German minister says
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/13/us-should-not-have-made-concessions-to-russia-over-ukraine-german-minister-says confirms #trump is a terrible negotiator

Court action over #Trump's gutting of #USAid agency to continue on Wednesday - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/12/trump-musk-modi-tariffs-usaid-us-politics-live-news?page=with:block-67ac668e8f080659711d15c7#block-67ac668e8f080659711d15c7 keep them coming...

#Trump administration to cut billions in medical research funding - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/08/trump-administration-medical-research-funding-cuts after all, who needs health provided billionaires can become even more obscenely rich?

The #USAID Shutdown Puts Millions of African Lives at Risk - https://www.wired.com/story/the-usaid-shutdown-puts-millions-of-african-lives-at-risk/ but they are brown ones, so #trump and #musk don't give a damn... #africa

#Cambridge risks losing ‘unbelievable talent’ amid #PhD funding cut - https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/feb/08/cambridge-risks-losing-unbelievable-talent-amid-phd-funding-cut madness; maybe losing all those european students because of #brexit wasn't so bright...

Dear Mr. Vice President, Please Take Off Your #Apple #Watch - https://www.watchesofespionage.com/blogs/woe-dispatch/vice-president-jd-vance-apple-watch-smartwatch-intelligence-risks "We do not doubt that hostile intelligence services are working around the clock to exploit (“hack”) your devices and would be genuinely surprised if they haven't already." #vance

Launch of the #Hiatus Coalition, to Resist #AI and its World - https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/02/07/launch-of-the-hiatus-coalition-to-resist-ai-and-its-world/ "aims to denounce the subjugation of public policy to the interests of tech, as well as the human and environmental costs of AI"

#DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers - https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-tesla-sexy-path-networks-doge/ "Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems." as if that is even a question #musk

#Greenpeace is under attack. We need your help. - https://action.greenpeace.org.uk/greenpeace-under-attack "Energy Transfer, an American oil company, is suing Greenpeace in the US and Greenpeace International for $300 million.

Lose, and Greenpeace in the US could be forced to close their doors, after more than fifty years of protecting people and planet." outrageous

Palestinians ‘must be allowed home’ in #Gaza, says Keir Starmer - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/05/uk-disagrees-with-donald-trump-proposals-for-us-takeover-of-gaza-david-lammy "PM’s comments come after David Lammy said UK disagreed with Donald #Trump’s proposals for US takeover of territory" now keep it up

"Half-good new Polish #ChatControl proposal to be discussed on Wednesday" says MEP Breyer -
https://cdn.netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2025/01/2025-01-30-conseil-pl-compromis-reglement-csam.pdf