Notices by Glyn Moody (glynmoody@mastodon.social), page 2

Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/05/canada-goose-bald-eagle-political-symbolism "Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions" #nature is against #trump

UN secretary general supports Arab-led initiative for #Gaza reconstruction - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/04/arab-league-summit-gaza-strip-donald-trump-middle-east-crisis-live-news?page=with%3Ablock-67c7190c8f08806c6891facf#block-67c7190c8f08806c6891facf "$53bn plan is counters Donald Trump’s widely condemned call to remove Gaza’s around two million Palestinians permanently"

Israel prepares Gaza ‘hell plan’ to pile pressure on Hamas – reports - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/03/israel-prepares-gaza-hell-plan-to-pile-pressure-on-hamas-reports innocent gazans have already been living in #israel's hell for over a year...

#Microsoft unveils finalized #EU Data Boundary as European doubt over US grows - https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/03/microsoft_unveils_a_finalized_eu/ "Some may have second thoughts about going all-in with an American vendor, no matter where their data is stored" exactly, a boundary isn't enough now... #trump #privacy #surveillance

The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/02/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-movement-trump/681092/ "Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state." oh, how nice... #nutters

#Citigroup erroneously credited client account with $81tn in ‘near miss’ - https://www.ft.com/content/9921925e-5a32-48cc-a3e3-3f77042477d2?accessToken=zwAGLzEio1OAkdOZIZJeWjJIzNOj4z93BCR30g.MEYCIQCQ1YfdBxh9GBWAkPTScL1aHW6fWLT9QJl6fU7cEBlIAQIhAPE-7xobt0d8QXzkcjnL9CxecBvinlD3hE_HlnMn8iXH&sharetype=gift&token=51108145-d1c3-403b-bf3e-e8c5d8435644 a trillion here, a trillion there - it soon adds up...

@tinydoctor I sense you are not best pleased...

Zelenskyy 'disrespected the US' and 'not ready for peace,' Trump says - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/feb/28/volodymyr-zelenskyy-donald-trump-us-minerals-deal-russia-ukraine-live-news?page=with%3Ablock-67c200138f081ffa02a936d5#block-67c200138f081ffa02a936d5 oh dear...

Elon #Musk’s Takeover Is Being Aided by a Trumpworld Power Couple - https://www.wired.com/story/katie-stephen-miller-elon-musk-takeover/ "Stephen and Katie Miller—he's “the prime minister,” sources say; she’s DOGE’s comms guru—liaise between the White House and Elon Musk, and are centrally involved as he tears the government apart."

Hey Elon: You Don’t Just ‘Ooopsie’ The Destruction Of Ebola Prevention - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/27/hey-elon-you-dont-just-ooopsie-the-destruction-of-ebola-prevention/ "Elon decided to share a cute little anecdote about his #DOGE team’s approach to governing. Just a fun little story about how they “accidentally canceled” Ebola prevention efforts. What a knee slapper!"

Seized, settled, let: how #Airbnb and #Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land - https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/feb/27/seized-settled-let-how-airbnb-and-bookingcom-help-israelis-make-money-from-stolen-palestinian-land "As Israel deploys tanks in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, we reveal how two of the world’s biggest travel companies are helping settlers commercialise stolen land" #shame #palestine

@lxo but pigeons can follow certain rules (if they are trained pigeons). maybe AI is still too primitive to do that

More Research Showing #AI Breaking the Rules - https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/more-research-showing-ai-breaking-the-rules.html "These researchers had LLMs play chess against better opponents. When they couldn’t win, they sometimes resorted to cheating." ruh-roh

@lxo well spotted...

#AI ‘inspo’ is everywhere. It’s driving your hair stylist crazy. - https://wapo.st/4h0dDcR (gift link) "From bridal shops to med-spas to hardware stores, AI-generated photos are warping our sense of reality and hurting small businesses along the way." it seems "inspo" is an anagram of "slop"

‘We’ve lost some parts of nature for ever’: #Ukraine war’s impact on environment – photo essay - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/ukraine-war-impact-on-environment-nature-photo-essay "catastrophic environmental effect, killing wildlife, felling trees and increasing emissions" hidden victims of #russia's #barbarism

"There is some good news. In July 2024, Mamo photographed a forest that had sprung up in the Soviet-era Kakhovka reservoir after its vast supplies of water had been released by the dam explosion. " nature is resilient

#Norovirus outbreak on the cruise ship Iona sounds like real-life vomiting scene from "Triangle of Sadness" - https://boingboing.net/2025/02/24/norovirus-outbreak-on-the-cruise-ship-iona-sounds-like-real-life-vomiting-scene-from-triangle-of-sadness.html cruise ships are just very large buckets of bacteria and viruses waiting to propagate

#JohnOliver is trolling #Meta with a new, memorably-named website - https://mashable.com/video/john-oliver-facebook-content-moderation-meta-ads "If you'd be interested in a step-by-step guide on how to do that, simply visit johnoliverwantsyourraterotica.com."

It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds - https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/ "it is very scary to make yourself 100% dependent on the goodwill of the American government merely because it is convenient. So let’s not." #gdpr #privacy #surveillance