Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)

@aral well, he's a good scientist, maybe he doesn't get social media

#RoyalSociety president reignites Elon #Musk row by defending lack of action - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/14/royal-society-president-reignites-elon-musk-row-defends-lack-of-action #nurse is clueless; he should go

UK government rolls back key part of #digitalID plans - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/13/government-rolls-back-digital-identity-card-plans shows that protest works. keep it up

Brussels plots #opensource push to pry Europe off Big Tech - https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/11/eu_open_source_consultation/ should have done this years ago as we urged....

UK ministers considering leaving X amid concern over AI tool images - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/uk-ministers-anna-turley-considering-leaving-x-grok-sexualised-ai-images do it: " it would be “unconscionable” to use it “for another minute”." #twitter #csam

‘A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit from global climate treaties will have little effect outside US - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/09/a-colossal-own-goal-trumps-exit-from-global-climate-treaties-will-have-little-effect-outside-us this is good news: "withdrawing from the IPCC will mean the US no longer has a veto over the “summary for policymakers” that accompanies its seven-yearly reports."

@lxo sure, don't use it. I don't...

#Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X - https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-generating-sexual-content-far-more-graphic-than-whats-on-x/ "outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors." #musk #csam

@digidomus grok only does what it is asked to do; it's on the people asking, but it's also on musk making it possible

@lxo well, that's capitalism. I don't say it's good, but it's the way things are...

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115815154381241804

hilarious (not really) how trump has to order non-viable coal plants to stay open, so desperate is he to roll back the #renewables revolution

@Infoseepage absolutely; ridiculous this has taken so long when the growing problems were evident years ago

The “#Breton affair” and its questionable timing - https://radiobruxelleslibera.com/2025/12/24/the-breton-affair-and-its-questionable-timing/ "The US action therefore risks becoming a resounding political own goal, as well as appearing as a belated and poorly calibrated gesture compared to the real centers of regulatory power in Brussels." #trump

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/115768570702234064

it will be great when one of these sinks...

RE: https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/115750841852269394

indeed, many countries do this, makes sense for EU to introduce such a requirement

#TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-deal-done-and-its-somehow-the-shittiest-possible-outcome-making-everything-worse/ "This was never about addressing privacy, propaganda, or national security. " #ellison

#Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro #cloud - https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/airbus_sovereign_cloud/ "but estimates only an 80/20 chance of finding a suitable provider." absurd if it isn't possible

Secrecy Tracker: The EU’s plan to classify (almost) everything - https://euobserver.com/rule-of-law/arba44006d "we are ending the year with some dire news. The right to access documents in the EU is potentially coming to an end." #foi

@katzenberger @EUCommission harsh

X deactivates @EUCommission ad account after the company was fined €120M - https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/07/x-deactivates-european-commissions-ad-account-after-the-company-was-fined-e120m/ so much for freedom of speech, musk. EU should close down all its #twitter accounts now