Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)

New Google Maps images reveal massive scale of devastation in #Gaza - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/new-google-maps-images-reveal-massive-scale-of-devastation-in-gaza "Satellite imagery shows further destruction of homes, businesses and places of worship since fragile ceasefire" history will not forgive

Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they cover ‘social topics’ - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/meta-ban-virginia-woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-barcelona-teatre-raval "Facebook and Instagram ads mentioning ‘civil rights or feminism’ are filtered out" #meta's #infantilising #censorship

European Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/von-der-leyen-mark-carney-canada-eu-first-associate-member underlines self-harming stupidity of #brexit

‘It’s really taking off’: #hedge revival as farmers rediscover ancient tools - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/conservation-gateway-drug-farmers-embrace-ancient-craft-of-hedge-laying "Grant applications in England surge as interest grows in habitat that captures carbon and helps reduce flood risk" that's good

Leading legal experts say sanctions on #Israel ‘fall far short’ of UK obligations - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/15/legal-experts-say-sanctions-israel-fall-far-short-uk-obligations "More than 130 counsels and KCs sign letter to PM saying international law requires further measures to stop illegal settlements" #bsd

A Polish developer built an app that detects nearby Meta smart glasses over Bluetooth - https://thenextweb.com/news/zuckoff-app-detects-meta-smart-glasses-bluetooth "Five thousand people installed it in a month. It is called Zuckoff, which turns out to be a real person’s name."

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Mediagazer/117229979679986203

when #murica stops censoring science, we can talk... until then, shut it.

Charlie Pierce Was Right in 2009, and More Right in 2026 - https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/03/charlie-pierce-was-right-in-2009-and-more-right-in-2026/ "Documenting the atrocities (to borrow an old school blogging phrase) is easy in a target-rich world like the Idiot America under Trump in 2026, but providing hope by pushing back and pointing the way forward is even more critical."

RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/117171566603371463

this is just the start of a general attack on EU organisations...

RE: https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/117161933071747284

#kudos

NHS England admits its paperwork hid that #Palantir staff can see identifiable patient data - https://thenextweb.com/news/nhs-england-palantir-patient-data-disclosure-error just as we warned

Ireland stalls €1B Microsoft tender amid digital sovereignty questions - https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/07/22/ireland-stalls-1b-microsoft-tender-amid-digital-sovereignty-questions/5276149 "Government plans another Redmond-only procurement despite calls to consider European rivals"

All the trade promises the EU and the US never meant to keep - https://www.politico.eu/article/trade-promises-ursula-von-der-leyen-donald-trump-eu-us-never-meant-to-keep/ "Any breach risks triggering retaliation by Brussels in line with the safeguard mechanisms that EU lawmakers baked into the Turnberry deal."

"Copa Cogeca’s documents show the organisation immediately began drawing up a list of other animals and birds it wanted targeted next." these monstrous farmers must be fought - they will destroy eu nature

how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/how-europe-most-powerful-farming-lobby-copa-cogeca-killed-eu-pesticide-law Big Ag some of the most evil people on the planet

‘They want to break our will’: Gaza flotilla activist tells of #rape in Israeli detention - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/15/gaza-flotilla-activist-rape-complaint-israel-anna-liedtke "I cannot stress enough that it is way, way less than what Palestinian prisoners experience" #israel

US congressman says ‘#IDF is lying’ about his detention by settlers and soldiers - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/12/ro-khanna-israel-detention-reaction surely not....?

“BioShocking” tricks #AI browsers into leaking your passwords - https://thenextweb.com/news/bioshocking-ai-browser-credential-leak-layerx " LayerX convinced six AI browsers, including ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity’s Comet, and Anthropic’s Claude, that stealing your credentials was just the next level of a puzzle. Most of them still fall for it. " great

Digital sovereignty at the UN: Inside the global push to replace US cloud giants with #opensource tech - https://www.zdnet.com/article/digital-sovereignty-un-global-push-to-replace-us-cloud-giants-with-open-source-tech/ "with many arguing that open source is now core critical infrastructure and that proprietary American companies can't be trusted. "

‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest #datacentre hub leaves town sweltering - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/slough-is-like-an-experiment-europes-largest-datacentre-hub-leaves-town-sweltering "Emerging research suggests datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C" #ai