Leftovers

• Science

  • The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Narcissism, immorality and lack of empathy: the dark psychology that can poison elites

  • The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Red Arrows: narcissism, immorality and lack of empathy are behind the dark psychology that can poison elites

  • The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Is some of the body that collided with Earth to form the Moon still recognisable inside our planet?

  • The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Earth has many objects in orbit but definitely only one Moon – despite what some people think

  • The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] How we're building the world's biggest optical telescope to crack some of the greatest puzzles in science

  • The Conversation ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Many physicists assume we must live in a multiverse – but their basic maths may be wrong

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Urgency of food security ecosystem

Defence/Aggression

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] A Philippine Radio Anchor Is Fatally Shot While on Facebook Livestream Watched by Followers

• CBC ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] The bombshell moments in Cameron Ortis's national security trial, so far

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] German Airport Closed After Armed Man Breaches Security With His Car

• Defence Web ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Lesotho/SA migration “model” to be researched amid high levels of illegal migration

• Defence Web ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Ghana’s sophisticated artisanal firearms trade needs regulating

• Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Are China, Russia ahead of U.S. in UFO retrieval, research?

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] EU Weighs Advancing Ukraine's Membership Bid as Russia War Drags On

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Five Injured, Arts Museum Damaged in Russian Strikes on Odesa - Ukraine

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Russia, Ukraine Give Conflicting Zaporizhzhia Frontline Accounts

  • NL Times ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Russian hackers attack public transport chip card website, temporarily inaccessible

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Moldova Holds Local Elections Overshadowed by Accusations of Russian Interference

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] A Ukrainian Missile Strike on a Shipyard in Crimea Damages a Russian Ship

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Moldova Holds Local Elections Amid Russian Meddling Allegations

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Russian Forces Strike Drone Warehouse in Syria's Idlib - Interfax Agency

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Russia Says It Test-Fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile From a New Nuclear Submarine

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Russian Nuclear Submarine Test Launches Bulava Intercontinental Missile

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Ukraine Orders Investigation Into Russian Attack on Assault Brigade

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Russia-Equatorial Guinea: Matters Arising

  • CBC ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] How made-in-Ukraine 'Shark' drones are keeping a predatory watch on battlefield targets

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Moldova holds elections amid suspected Russian meddling

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Russia boosts efforts to recruit female fighters

  • International Business Times ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Russia Conducts Largest Strike On Ukraine In Weeks

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Zelenskyy Hosts EU Official Von Der Leyen as Russian Attacks Wound at Least 14 People in Ukraine

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Ukraine Hits Shipyard in Crimea's Kerch, Damages Ship - Russian Defence Ministry

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Ukraine Hits Russian Shipyard in Crimea Port, Damages Ship

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] US Working With Allies Over Sanctions on Russian Arctic LNG Project -State Dept

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Russia's VTB in Europe Changes Name as It Liquidates

  • HRW ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Russia: Inadequate Response to Antisemitism in North Caucasus

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Blinken in Seoul for Talks Focused on North Korea and Its Military Cooperation With Russia

  • CBC ☛ 2023-11-11 [Older] For Ukrainian students at Winnipeg school, Remembrance Day isn't only about past conflicts

  • NL Times ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] The Netherlands to open F-16 training center for Ukrainian, Romanian pilots on Monday

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Ukraine updates: NATO chief warns war may be a 'long haul'

  • Spiegel ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Forgotten in Kyiv: Support Slides for Ukraine Following Attack on Israel

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Ukraine Military Says Onslaught on Avdiivka in the East Intensifies

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] EU's 20 Billion Euro Plan for Ukraine Military Aid Hits Resistance

  • Latvia ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Latvia, Estonia stress joint approach on defense and Ukraine

  • HRW ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Ukraine: War’s Toll on Schools, Children’s Future

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] North Korea on Blinken's Agenda in Seoul Under Shadow of Gaza, Ukraine

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Ukrainian Forces Hold Line in Shattered Eastern Town of Avdiivka -Military

  • NL Times ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] First Dutch F-16s heading to Romania training center for Ukrainian pilots

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] EU Commission recommends opening membership talks with Ukraine

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] Ukraine: F-16 deliveries moving closer to the battlefield

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy welcomes support from G7, EU

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] Zelenskyy says Ukraine will one day join the European Union

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy says time not right for elections

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Ukraine: What does it actually mean to start EU accession talks?

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Just 10 Days Before Another Government Shutdown, Congress Expands To-Do List With Ukraine, Border

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] G7 Foreign Ministers Plan Talks With Ukrainian Counterpart This Week

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Ukraine: Ecstasy and mushrooms to fight war trauma

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Ukraine updates: Kyiv decries awards ceremony deaths

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Senate Republicans Outline Border Security Measures They Want as a Condition for Aiding Ukraine

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] US Senate Republicans Unveil Border Plan as House Ukraine Bill Looms

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Ukraine Commander's Assistant Killed in Accident, Says Interior Minister

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Dismisses Talk of Wartime Election as Irresponsible

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] On Ukraine the question is not ‘who started it’, but ‘who is going to end it’

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Near Donetsk Front Line, Ukraine Artillery Crew Face Intensifying Fire

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Ukrainian War Veterans With Amputated Limbs Find Freedom in the Practice of Jiu-Jitsu

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Zelenskiy Pushes US for More Aid, Invites Trump to Ukraine

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy denies stalemate claims

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Ukraine Minister Says He Wants to Turn His Country Into a Weapons Production Hub for the West

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says War Not in 'Stalemate', More Air Defence Help Needed

  • Scheerpost ☛ 2023-11-03 [Older] Only Israel, the United States, and Ukraine Refuse to Stand With Cuba

Environment

• Green Party UK ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] 2023 set to become warmest year on record: response from co-leader Carla Denyer

• The Kent Stater ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Amazon deforestation falls more than 20% to its lowest levels in 5 years

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Amazon: Brazil records five-year low in deforestation

• BIA Net ☛ 2023-11-11 [Older] Turkey’s new climate bill ‘a contract with the capital,’ warns climate group

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Australia, Tuvalu agree to security and climate deal

• The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Australia news LIVE: PM to offer Australia as climate refuge to Tuvalu; Labor industrial relations bill split by Senate; Joe Biden urged to drop Julian Assange charges

• The Age AU ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] PM announces historic climate refugee deal with Pacific Island

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Australia to Offer Climate Refuge to All Residents of Tuvalu - Report

• Counter Punch ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Fixing the Climate Crisis, Part 2

• TruthOut ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] New Report Reveals Big Oil’s Playbook to Silence Climate Protests

• uni Emory ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] Shining a light on environmental bright spots: Climate optimism fosters hope

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] China's E-Commerce Platforms Not Doing Enough on Climate -Greenpeace

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] UN Nuclear Chief Says Nuclear Energy Must Be Part of the Equation to Tackle Climate Change

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Pacific Leaders to Meet on Beautiful Island to Discuss Climate Change and Other Regional Concerns

• Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's First Trailer Makes Climate Change the True Fear

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] How the climate crisis is affecting elite sport

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] Cheetahs Become More Nocturnal on Hot Days. Climate Change May up Conflicts Among Africa's Big Cats.

• CBC ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Quebec finance minister unveils plan to address hunger, homelessness and climate change

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Chile Shuts Down a Popular Glacier, Sparking Debate Over Climate Change and Adventure Sports

• CBC ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] 'Sponge cities': An absorbing idea in the face of climate change

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] World Bank Poised to Host Climate Loss and Damage Fund, Despite Concerns

• Energy/Transportation

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Rivian to End Exclusivity With Amazon, Allow Other Companies to Buy Its Electric Vans

  • TruthOut ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Exporting US Fracked Gas Is Far Worse for the Climate Than Coal, Study Finds

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] New Mexico Energy Regulator Who Led Crackdown on Methane Pollution Is Leaving Her Post

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Exclusive-Over 60 Countries Back Deal to Triple Renewable Energy This Decade -Officials

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] First-Of-A-Kind Nuclear Project Is Terminated in a Blow to Biden's Clean Energy Agenda

  • Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-11-08 [Older] Michigan Senate votes to override local decisions on wind, solar energy

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] South Africa’s Transition to Democracy Left Neoliberalism in Place

  • Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] What to Know About the Coming U.S. Hydrogen Energy Boost

  • Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Flagship IEA energy efficiency conference set for Nairobi in May 2024

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Offshore Wind Projects Face Economic Storm. Cancellations Jeopardize Biden Clean Energy Goals

Finance

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] DR Congo: Graduates grapple with unemployment crisis

• Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Private Banks Are Trapping Their Customers, and They Want to Keep It That Way

• NL Times ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Netherlands one of few countries where social security increased last year

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

• Engadget ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] TikTok is shutting down its $2 billion Creator Fund and steering users to the Creativity Program

• Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] TikTok Owner's VR Headset Company Pico Lays Off Hundreds of Staff: Report

• HRW ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] DR Congo: System Vulnerability of The Kivu Security Tracker

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Israeli National Team Arrives in Kosovo for Soccer Game Under Tight Security Measures

• US News And World Report ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Israel, Social Security and ‘Scum’ Dominate Third GOP Debate

• Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Israeli threat to attack Gaza with nuclear weapons and its impact on Egyptian national security

• Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] EU launches TikTok, YouTube child protection probe

• After layoffs, social network X is many times inferior to its competitors in terms of the number of content moderators

  The Digital Services Act (DSA), which came into force on August 25, 2023, imposes additional liability on tech giants and other companies for the content posted by users. The European Union has named 19 online platforms, including Google, X, TikTok, Apple, Meta✴ Platforms and Microsoft that undergo special review for DSA compliance.

  According to data submitted by companies to the EU in September, the number of content moderators in the EU for Google YouTube is 16,974, for Google Play 7,319 and for TikTok 6,125, a senior European Commission official told the resource. Reuters under the condition of anonymity. That’s significantly more than the social network X, which laid off the lion’s share of moderators after it came under the ownership of Elon Musk.

Censorship/Free Speech

• Truthdig ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] We Must Not Restrict Free Speech on College Campuses

• Vox ☛ 2023-11-05 [Older] The Gaza war reveals how colleges lost their way on free speech

• Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] US Workers Lack Free Speech Protections on Palestine or Anything Else

Monopolies

• New Yorker ☛ 2023-11-10 [Older] Will the Government Put the Reins on Amazon?

• Patents

  • 2023-11-09 [Older] International Trade Commission Issues Report of COVID-19 IP Waiver [Ed: Too late now. Crappy vaccines released to the wild to profit from patent monopolies without actually tackling the issue, just profiting a lot from it]

  • 2023-11-03 [Older] FDA Signals Willingness to Approve CRISPR-Based Treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia [Ed: Patents on life mean that the patent system completely lost its sanity and purpose]

  • IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Benefits and pitfalls of functional patent claims (and why the UK is out of step with the EPO on claim construction): Astellas v Teva [2023] EWHC 2571 (Pat)

  • IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] Should you need at least a 4-year scientific degree to be a patent attorney? [Ed: At the EPO one does not even need a degree anymore one one can become Vice-President based on a fake/forged degree.]

  • IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] [Guest post] Georgia becomes 5th validating state to the EPO [Ed: EPO is hugely corrupt, so it is open to any random corrupt country too]

• Copyrights

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] 'The Mystery of Banksy': The unauthorized exhibition

  • Michael Geist ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 183: Andres Guadamuz on the Battle Over Copyright and Generative AI

  • Creative Commons ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] CC Responds to the United States Copyright Office Notice of Inquiry on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

  • IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-07 [Older] A plea for EU copyright unification coming from … the EUIPO? [Ed: EUIPO is a den of corruption and the EU tolerates this, just like at EPO]

  • Gizmodo ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] Marc Andreessen on AI Copyright Issues: But What About Muh Money?

  • Creative Commons ☛ 2023-11-09 [Older] CC’s Key Insights from WIPO’s Meeting on Copyright

  • IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-06 [Older] Can authors waive their right of attribution?

  • IP Kat ☛ 2023-11-04 [Older] Book review: Walled Culture

Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • A wee bit ambivalent

    Last night we were out for dinner with my sister, brother, and sister-in-law.

    It was okay in ways, but for the most part yet another case of experiential cost overwhelming experiential value.

    Even merely trying to describe it feels a waste of time given how well communication between separate instances of individuality tends to go.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Proposal: an HTML element for spoilers

    Spoilers are already implemented in several places around the Web, but without a standard set of semantics.

    A useful reference is the markup used in the Matrix protocol. Matrix messages may include a standardized subset of HTML, with some additional features provided by HTML attributes.

  • online guilt

    It's been about 5 or 6 years since I started to question and change my online activities and my tech use, and soon later modded the nosurf subreddit¹ as well as the related forum that existed back then, plus writing blog posts for the website. I deleted a lot of online presences, had blockers on my devices, and had other rules.