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

US dollar falls to three-year low and gold hits $3,500 after Trump intensifies attack on Fed chair #Powell - https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/apr/22/us-dollar-yen-pound-gold-stock-markets-trump-attack-powell-imf-growth-forecast-business-live #trump just doesn't understand how these things work, and thinks he can bully his way out

Controversial doc gets #measles while treating unvaccinated kids—keeps working - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/controversial-doc-gets-measles-while-treating-unvaccinated-kids-keeps-working/ "Ben Edwards has grown popular in Texas for providing unproven measles treatments." #antivaxxers are such idiots

#Wikipedia has a solution for the deluge of AI training bots hogging its servers - https://mashable.com/article/wikipedia-ai-training-dataset-offsets-bots-overloading-servers "Non-human traffic has strained the nonprofit's servers, but the organization may have a fix."

Take Action: Defend the @internetarchive - https://blog.archive.org/2025/04/17/take-action-defend-the-internet-archive/ "This lawsuit is an existential threat to the Internet Archive and everything we preserve—including the Wayback Machine, a cornerstone of memory and preservation on the internet." please sign the open letter if you can

@aral he's weak, I think is the main problem

Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/britain-america-ministers-donald-trump "Ministers are insisting that #Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie" #starmer failing this key moment

The White House’s Cuts To Scientific Research Will Cut Short American Lives - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/09/the-white-houses-cuts-to-scientific-research-will-cut-short-american-lives/

Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/wealthy-americans-have-death-rates-on-par-with-poor-europeans/ and they are going to get even worse

"Four years of medical school notes vanished with my device, and my flight was due to take off in 45 minutes" - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/04/experience-i-held-up-a-plane-to-catch-a-thief not wishing to be critical, but have people heard of these things called backup copies...?

‘I heard them take their last breath’: survivor recounts #Gaza #paramedic killings - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/03/i-heard-them-take-their-last-breath-survivor-recounts-gaza-paramedic-killings "Munther Abed, 27, was in the first ambulance on the scene of an airstrike near Rafah when Israeli soldiers opened fire" a brutal, cowardly murder #israel #warcrime

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top #insurer - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer "The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks" #ClimateCrisis

The #CDC buried a #measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/the-cdc-buried-a-measles-forecast-that-stressed-the-need-for-vaccinations/ utterly irresponsible - people will dies because of this #trump #rfkjr

@aral aren't we all...? @fj

‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/20/chronic-wasting-disease-spread-zombie-deer-global-us-aoe another #bse heading towards us; great time for #trump and #musk to shut down science and health in #murica

Israeli strikes on #Gaza add to soaring child death toll - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/20/israel-strikes-gaza-child-death-toll "At least 58 people die overnight but toll expected to rise – with timing of strikes blamed for high number of women and children killed" #gazagenocide #israel

Automated ‘Pravda’ #Propaganda Network Retooled To Embed Pro-Russian Narratives Surreptitiously In Popular #Chatbots - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/17/automated-pravda-propaganda-network-retooled-to-embed-pro-russian-narratives-surreptitiously-in-popular-chatbots/ a subtle but serious problem; latest by me fwiw...

Macron says Russia’s permission not needed to deploy troops in Ukraine - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/16/macron-says-russias-permission-not-needed-to-deploy-troops-in-ukraine "French president says France, UK and others could each deploy ‘a few thousand troops’ to key locations to show Ukraine ‘long-term support’" damn right

Baby #wombat grabber Sam Jones leaves #Australia after intense backlash including from PM and immigration minister - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/sam-jones-baby-wombat-australia-backlash-leaving-australia great headline

Elon #Musk targeted me over #Tesla protests. That proves our movement is working - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/13/elon-musk-tesla-takedown-protest "I’ve always believed the people are powerful. Now we know the world’s richest man does too"

#DOGE Has Become What It Claimed To Destroy - https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/10/doge-has-become-what-it-claimed-to-destroy/ #musk #trump