Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social)

@jwi lucky indeed

Unidentified #drones spotted over three UK airbases, US air force confirms - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/23/unidentified-drones-spotted-over-three-uk-airbases-us-air-force-confirms probably just a coincidence... #russia

‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon #Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/23/we-live-in-a-climate-of-fear-graphic-novelists-elon-musk-book-cant-find-uk-or-us-publisher "Darryl Cunningham blames fear of ‘legal consequences’ for reluctance to take on book, now only available in French"

#SaudiArabia accused of modifying official #Cop29 negotiating text - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/23/revealed-saudi-arabia-accused-of-modifying-official-cop29-negotiating-text "a persistent obstructor of action at UN climate summits to cut the burning of fossil fuels and has been described as a “wrecking ball” at Cop29."

Dear @EUCommission — a proposal for a new directive called the

#CIA, the Consumer Information Act.

Once a year on a fixed date, 1st of November, all companies with which you have a contract that involves payment must inform you via the consumers preferred contact method (e-mail, post) about what contract you have, the amount per year and the current conditions to cancel said contract. Inspired by https://fosstodon.org/@grueproof/113527526441323269

#WaPo Enthusiastically Joins #Trump’s Attack on Rule of Law - https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/11/23/wapo-enthusiastically-joins-trumps-attack-on-rule-of-law/ "WaPo just couldn’t be bothered to conduct the least little act of journalism on that point, and so simply repeated Trump’s false claims of grievance with no correction."

‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves are killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/23/catastrophic-marine-heatwaves-are-killing-sealife-and-causing-mass-disruption-to-uk-fisheries awful, but sadly no surprise given #ClimateCrisis

Meet three incoming #EU lawmakers in charge of key tech policy areas - https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/23/meet-three-incoming-eu-lawmakers-in-charge-of-key-tech-policy-areas/ Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Henna Virkkunen, Ekaterina Zaharieva

Anti-racism campaigner’s London book events cancelled amid threat of far-right violence - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/23/anti-racism-talks-cancelled-amid-threat-of-far-right police too busy arresting peaceful climate campaigners to deal with real threats of violence, it seems...

#KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK - https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/nov/23/kfc-drops-pledge-to-stop-using-frankenchickens-in-the-uk this is on greedy farmers who don't give a damn about #animalwelfare

‘It’s boorish’: E-scooter firms threaten to leave Italy after highway code updated - https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2024/nov/23/its-boorish-e-scooter-firms-threaten-to-leave-italy-after-highway-code-updated "Fear for jobs after parliament votes for helmets, insurance and big fines for ‘wild’ riders and rogue parking, amid rise in traffic accidents" a global problem

‘The very thought of it repelled me’: how a skiing accident left me unable to read - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/23/the-very-thought-of-it-repelled-me-how-a-skiing-accident-left-me-unable-to-read " I remember thinking, as I got up from that icy slope, that this fall would exact some price, though back then I did not know its currency."

‘It’s not drought - it’s looting’: the Spanish villages where people are forced to buy back their own drinking water - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/nov/23/spanish-villages-people-forced-to-buy-back-own-drinking-water-drought-flood "Spain is increasingly either parched or flooded – and one group is profiting from these extremes: the water-grabbing multinational companies forcing angry citizens to pay for it in bottles" madness

Dispatch – November 23: Great Expectations - https://civil.ge/archives/637314 "Are we there yet? Not quite. #Tbilisi is yet to see protests on the scale of the mass rallies in April and May. " #georgia

@greenpete that too would be good

AGCOM #PiracyShield Critic Receives Ominous Warning, Comes Out Fighting - https://torrentfreak.com/agcom-piracy-shield-critic-receives-ominous-warning-comes-out-fighting-241122/ extraordinary #bullying over the failed Italian #copyright enforcement system

Molten lava and piles of cuddly toys: #photos of the day – Friday - https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2024/nov/22/molten-lava-and-piles-of-cuddly-toys-photos-of-the-day-friday some amazing images

Man’s leg amputated in near 20-hour effort to free him from rocks in #Tasmania’s Franklin River - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/23/leg-amputated-tasmania-rafting-franklin-river "His #smartwatch made a call for assistance about an hour later and triggered an emergence response, providing rescuers with his location."

A proposed climate tax on crypto mining is gaining momentum - https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24302303/crypto-mining-climate-change-levy-tax-bitcoin "A levy on energy-hungry crypto mining could raise billions of dollars for climate action. " #sensible

#VPN Company #Cyberghost Says We Infringed Its Copyright In An Advertisement We Ran For Them A Decade Ago - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/22/vpn-company-cyberghost-says-we-infringed-its-copyright-in-an-advertisement-we-ran-for-them-a-decade-ago/ "When companies can blithely claim copyright over content promoting their own products, it shows how little checks there are on false claims." #CopyrightMadness #techdirt