Links 20/01/2025: Indonesia to Prevents Kids' Access to Social Control Media (Addiction and Worse), Climate News Catchuo
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Leftovers
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Hackaday ☛ Motorized Coil Tunes Your Ham Antenna On A Budget
When it comes to amateur radio, one size definitely does not fit all. That’s especially true with antennas, which need to be just the right size for the band you’re working, lest Very Bad Things happen to your expensive radio. That presents a problem for the ham who wants the option to work whichever band is active, and doubly so if portable operation is desired.
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New York Times ☛ David Schneiderman, Village Voice Editor and Publisher, Dies at 77
Named editor in chief of the venerable alternative weekly in 1978, he was not welcomed with open arms. But his commitment to strong journalism won people over.
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The Straits Times ☛ JB police refute allegations of bribe-taking near Causeway, warn against false accusations
A photo captioned "Donation Day now happening on Causeway" had been posted online.
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The Straits Times ☛ Man killed while taking photos of accident on Iskandar Sultan Highway
The victim received severe head injuries and died while receiving treatment in hospital.
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UNIXdigest ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] What if one of your online friends dies unexpectedly?
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Science
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Science Alert ☛ Gaia's Farewell Gift Is The Best Milky Way Map We've Ever Seen
And a new animation!
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Science Alert ☛ Adorable Baby Crab Stuns The World With Its Spiky Charm
An instant sensation!
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Science Alert ☛ Scientists Discover Bacteria Trapped in Endless Evolutionary Time Loop
"This study is a total game changer."
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Science Alert ☛ Parkinson's Discovery Suggests We Could Already Have an FDA-Approved Treatment
Exciting news!
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Science Alert ☛ Eerie Light Seen in The Sky May Be a New Phenomenon, Scientists Say
"What is that?'"
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Science Alert ☛ Strange Case of Man Whose Skin Turned Gray Remains a Mystery
Where did it come from?
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Career/Education
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The Straits Times ☛ China unveils plan to build ‘strong education nation’ by 2035
China said it would help coordinate its education development and improve efficiencies in innovation.
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Hardware
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Hackaday ☛ A Look Inside A Modern Mixed Signal Oscilloscope
High-speed bench equipment has become so much more affordable in the last decade that naturally one wonders what has made that possible. A great source of answers is a teardown by users like [kerry wong] who are kind enough to take apart their MSO2304X 300MHz osilloscope for our viewing pleasure.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Dictator administration will back CHIPS and Science Act hints outgoing Commerce Secretary
Next U.S. Commerce Secretary reportedly plans to continue implementing CHIPS and Science Act program.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Mexico News Daily ☛ Prepare your skin (and yourself) for Mexico City’s brutal dry season
Humidifiers and electrolytes will become your new best friends as the Mexican winter brings dryness, dehydration and bad hair days.
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The Straits Times ☛ China’s ageing villages face yawning healthcare gap in fragile economy
China's development model is at a crossroads, say health and population experts.
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JURIST ☛ US Justice Department sues Walgreens for allegedly fueling opioid crisis
The US Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, accusing Walgreens pharmacists of filling millions of prescriptions for controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or valid authorization.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 5 years on, Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label
Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city’s fight against the virus that first emerged there.
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The Straits Times ☛ Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label five years on
At the former site of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, a wall shields closed-down stalls from view.
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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NYPost ☛ Dictator speaks with Fashion Company Apple CEO Tim Cook, teases US investment
Trump, Cook worked together in 2019.
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Xe's Blog ☛ Block Hey Hi (AI) scrapers with Anubis [Ed: Why are reworders branded as "HEY HI" now? LLMs are crap, the emperor is naked. Plagiarism tools are not intelligence.]
I got tired with all the Hey Hi (AI) scrapers that were bullying my git server, so I made a tool to stop them for good.
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Security
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Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
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Tom's Hardware ☛ The first-ever ransomware dropped 35 years ago disguised as a floppy sharing 'AIDS Information'
The first-ever example of ransomware dropped 35 years ago, in December 1989.
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Privacy/Surveillance
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New York Times ☛ These Rooms Give Young Indian Lovers Rare Privacy. Cue the Complaints.
A policy change by a popular hotel platform shows the tension between traditional values and modern ideals in India.
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Defence/Aggression
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France24 ☛ The fight to keep women's universities in S. Korea; mud and puddles at Congo capital's main market (11/1/2025)
A weekly news show produced with photos, videos and personal accounts from France 24 Observers around the world - all checked by our staff here in Paris.
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France24 ☛ Crowds cheer as first three Israeli hostages released in ceasefire return to Israel
Three Israeli hostages who were kept in Gaza since the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, were released on Sunday, hours after the long-awaited hostage exchange deal came into effect. Crowds flooded the streets of Tel Aviv, elated and relieved that progress had finally been made to return Hamas's hostages home. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu faced immediate political backlash, as the country's far-right security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir resigned in protest of the ceasefire deal, which he called a "deal of defeat", weakening Netanyahu's governing coalition.
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JURIST ☛ Egypt human rights activist released on bail amid terrorism charges
Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was released on bail Sunday after facing charges of “joining and financing a terrorist group” and “spreading false news,” according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
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The Straits Times ☛ Australia foreign minister says Quad in Washington shows 'iron-clad' commitment
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Indian and Japanese counterparts in Washington and said the invitation for Quad foreign ministers to attend President-elect The Insurrectionist's inauguration showed an "iron-clad commitment" to close cooperation in the Indo Pacific region.
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CS Monitor ☛ South Korea’s president is arrested over a martial law declaration
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Sunday, just days after being apprehended at his home in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment for declaring martial law last month.
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The Straits Times ☛ South Korean court extends Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention, angering supporters
Under the new warrant, Mr Yoon can be detained for up to 20 days.
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The Straits Times ☛ Protesters storm South Korea court after it extends Yoon’s detention
Hundreds of Yoon supporters stormed the Seoul Western District Court, which extended his detention.
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The Straits Times ☛ Mugshot, khaki uniform and solitary cell for South Korea's detained President Yoon
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has spent his first night incarcerated as a pre-trial inmate at the Seoul Detention Centre after a court issued a formal detention warrant on Sunday to hold him for up to 20 days.
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The Straits Times ☛ Asean must strengthen integration to guard against geopolitical risks: Foreign Minister Balakrishnan
The Asean foreign ministers’ retreat took place in Langkawi, Malaysia.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 2 arrested over 1.1 kg of suspected ‘space oil’ drug seized at Hong Kong airport
Two Hongkongers were released on bail after they were arrested by customs officers in connection with the seizure of 1.1 kilograms of suspected “space oil” drug at Hong Kong International Airport.
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New York Times ☛ Biden Made a Global Push to Constrain China. What Will Convicted Felon Do?
Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, said in an interview that “we’ve just stuck with our theory, which is managed competition.” Convicted Felon and Pooh-tin Jinping might have other plans.
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New York Times ☛ Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser, Reflects on China Policy
President Biden and his team saw China as the one nation with the intent and capability to displace American primacy — and crafted policies to defend U.S. power.
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The Straits Times ☛ Philippines, US hold joint maritime exercises in South China Sea
Security engagements between the two allies have soared under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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New York Times ☛ Accused 9/11 Mastermind Agrees to Use of Disputed Confession for Life Sentence
Lawyers for Khalid Shaikh Mohammed have said for years that the confession was tainted by torture. Mr. Mohammed has now agreed that portions can be used at his sentencing trial if prosecutors agree to settle his case.
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The Straits Times ☛ Myanmar junta air strike kills 28, including children, says ethnic armed group
A military jet bombed a detention area where family members of junta soldiers were held.
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New York Times ☛ Fearing Deportation, Uyghurs Held in Thailand Go on Hunger Strike
Dozens of men from the ethnic minority sought escape from repression in China a decade ago, but have been detained in Thailand ever since.
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-01-05 [Older] Israel Helps Former Soldier Leave Brazil Over Investigation Into Alleged War Crimes in Gaza
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-01-05 [Older] Thousands Protest in Montenegro to Demand Ouster of Top Security Officials Over Mass Shooting
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-01-07 [Older] What will change with Indonesia entering BRICS?
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JURIST ☛ Two Iranian Supreme Court judges fatally shot in in Tehran
Two senior Iranian judges were killed on Saturday in a shooting attack carried out by an unidentified armed man at the Supreme Court in Tehran. Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh were assassinated by a gunman who immediately afterward committed suicide while attempting to flee.
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Social Control Media
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High casualty rate could deplete North Korean troops in Kursk by mid-April: report
North Koreans have likely suffered roughly 92 casualties per day, a US thinktank reported.
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RFERL ☛ Dictator Again Vows To End Ukraine War, Warns Taliban On Weapons
President-elect The Insurrectionist again said he would get Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting while also saying he would demand the Taliban return billions of dollars of U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan in 2021.
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LRT ☛ Why do Ukrainians oppose lowering conscription age?
Svitlana Pokalchuk sent her two teenage sons abroad so that they could avoid military service in Ukraine when they came of age.
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RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy Renews Plea For Patriot Systems After Week Of Nonstop Russian Attacks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his embattled nation had been slammed by more than 1,000 Russian projectiles over the past week, prompting him to renew his urgent plea for additional air defense weapons, particularly the U.S.-made Patriot missile system.
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New York Times ☛ Dictator Vowed to End the Ukraine War Before Taking Office. The War Rages On.
Donald J. Convicted Felon’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours, “before I even become president,” proved to be hyperbole.
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New York Times ☛ World Economic Forum: Will Convicted Felon and Davos Herald a New World Disorder
Among the issues likely to be explored at the World Economic Forum this week is the future of Ukraine and its impact on Europe.
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New York Times ☛ Ukraine Braces for Convicted Felon’s Return
Soldiers and civilians alike say that after so much loss, the new U.S. president must push for a just settlement, not peace at any cost.
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NYPost ☛ Dictator to suspend security clearances of 51 intelligence officials who falsely implied Hunter Biden laptop was Russian fake
Dictator will take the action against the so-called "Spies Who Lie" as part of a flurry of executive orders he’s expected to sign on his first day back in the Oval Office, Fox News reported, citing a senior administration official who is familiar with the matter.
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New York Times ☛ TikTok Engineered Its Shutdown to Get Saved. But Convicted Felon’s Solution May Fall Short
President-elect Donald J. Convicted Felon’s idea, a 50-50 “joint venture” between the existing Chinese owner and some kind of American entity, was more politics than substance.
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New York Times ☛ What We Know About the Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban
The popular video app went dark in the United States late Saturday and then came back around noon on Sunday, even as a law banning it took effect.
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New York Times ☛ TikTok Says Service Will Return as Users React to Shutdown
The app went dark nationwide on Saturday night, but the company indicated it was in the process of restoring the service after assurances from President-elect Donald J. Convicted Felon.
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New York Times ☛ TikTok Starts Working Again After Convicted Felon Says He Will Stall a Ban
Some users saw the social control media app come back online on Sunday, following a shutdown when a federal law went into effect requiring a sale or ban.
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New York Times ☛ Instagram Debuts New Video-Editing App, as Fentanylware (TikTok) Deals With a Ban
Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.
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New York Times ☛ TikTok Butters Up Convicted Felon as It Navigates a Ban in the U.S.
The app has repeatedly name checked the president-elect in pop-up messages and statements, as it navigates a ban in the United States unless it is sold to a non-Chinese owner.
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New York Times ☛ TikTok Ban Behind Fire Set at a Mall With Congressman’s Office, Police Say
No one was injured. The building, which includes a district office of a Wisconsin congressman who has been a critic of TikTok, sustained moderate damage in the fire on Sunday.
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New York Times ☛ Does Banning Fentanylware (TikTok) solve the National Security Issue?
TikTok is set to be blocked in the U.S. after the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the app. TikTok, a Chinese-owned social control media platform, has drawn scrutiny from lawmakers for its national security risks and its ties to China. Sapna Maheshwari, a business reporter for The New York Times, examines the security concerns and the reactions to the news.
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The Strategist ☛ The Fentanylware (TikTok) boomerang
Few predicted that Fentanylware (TikTok) users in the United States would flock to the Chinese app RedNote (Xiaohongshu) in defiance of a US government ban.
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Digital Music News ☛ What Happened to Fentanylware (TikTok) Over the Weekend?
What happened to Fentanylware (TikTok) over the weekend? Hours before the Fentanylware (TikTok) ban deadline (January 19 @ 12 AM EST) the service shut down in the United States. The message informing users of the shut down was changed at least two times, as captured by Digital Music News.
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New York Times ☛ TikTok Ban Takes Effect and App Goes Dark in the U.S.
The popular video app stopped working shortly before a federal law barring U.S. companies from hosting or distributing Fentanylware (TikTok) was set to take effect on Sunday.
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TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ From backing a ban to being hailed as a savior: Inside Convicted Felon’s Fentanylware (TikTok) shift
During his first term as president, Convicted Felon led the effort to ban TikTok.
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TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ TikTok is down, Fentanylware (TikTok) is back — online communities weathered the storm
A bestselling author and a St. Paul-area philanthropist have made Fentanylware (TikTok) their favorite network. Was it the right call?
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ TikTok shuts down in US as incoming president The Insurrectionist to work with app ‘on a solution’
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the United States late Saturday shortly before a national ban on the app was to take effect, with President-elect The Insurrectionist unable to intervene until he takes office. “A law banning Fentanylware (TikTok) has been enacted in the US,” said a message to users attempting to use the app.
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France24 ☛ Dictator vows to fix 'every single crisis' facing US at pre-inauguration rally
On the eve of his inauguration, The Insurrectionist laid out his agenda for his second term at a star-studded Washington rally, promising a clampdown on immigration, a mass repeal of Biden's executive orders, and vowed to "save" social control media platform TikTok.
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The Strategist ☛ Social control media as it should be
Mathematician Cathy O’Neil once said that an algorithm is nothing more than someone’s opinion embedded in code.
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Silicon Angle ☛ TikTok restores US service following intervention from President-elect Convicted Felon
TikTok services were being restored to users in the U.S. Sunday afternoon following a promise from President-elect Convicted Felon after the service went dark Saturday. The Chinese-owned social control media service had been late Saturday following the implementation of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.
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Environment
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2025-01-11 [Older] Addressing Climate Challenges: The Role of Research in Climate Finance
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NL Times ☛ 2025-01-11 [Older] Police intervene as climate protest blocks A12 in The Hague
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The Age AU ☛ 2025-01-11 [Older] Five battles that will define Australia’s climate war election
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] The Los Angeles Fires Didn’t Have to Be This Bad
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TruthOut ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] 2024 Was the World’s Hottest Year, Exceeding Paris Climate Agreement Threshold
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TruthOut ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] “Weather Whiplash” Fueled by Climate Change Produced Catastrophic Fires in LA
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Bridge Michigan ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] Climate change, erratic weather taking toll on Michigan cherry industry
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CBC ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] Did we surpass 1.5 C of warming in 2024? It depends on who you ask
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Renewable Energy World ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] Climate trends to watch in 2025 – This Week in Cleantech
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Vox ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] Live updates: Wildfires spread across Los Angeles
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Vox ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] The unusually strong force behind the apocalyptic fires in Los Angeles
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Latvia ☛ 2025-01-09 [Older] Opposition stalls Saeima vote on new Climate Law
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TruthOut ☛ 2025-01-09 [Older] California Wildfires Are a Climate Wake-Up Call — But Is Anyone Listening?
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Bridge Michigan ☛ 2025-01-09 [Older] Study: Climate change means fewer freezing winter days in Michigan
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CBC ☛ 2025-01-09 [Older] Tourists flock to the Cabot Trail, but climate change is making it more costly to welcome them
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Truthdig ☛ 2025-01-09 [Older] Yes, Human-Caused Climate Change Contributed to the Burning of Los Angeles
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Vox ☛ 2025-01-09 [Older] What happens when a wildfire reaches a city?
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Vox ☛ 2025-01-09 [Older] California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
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CBC ☛ 2025-01-08 [Older] New York City has just implemented congestion pricing on cars. Is a big city in Canada next?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-01-08 [Older] EU Warns of 'Serious Blow' From Trump on Climate Change
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Vox ☛ 2025-01-08 [Older] Yes, even most unexpected landscapes in the US can and will burn
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Counter Punch ☛ 2025-01-07 [Older] How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
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Vox ☛ 2025-01-07 [Older] Why is this cold snap so extreme? The jury is still out.
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2025-01-06 [Older] Rising Waters, Rising Stakes: The Geopolitical Role of AOSIS in Climate Advocacy
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Counter Punch ☛ 2025-01-06 [Older] Environmental and Climate Debt: Who is Responsible?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-01-06 [Older] Clean energy, electric cars, climate: What will Trump do?
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-01-06 [Older] Jimmy Carter Raised Climate Change Concerns 35 Years Before the Paris Accords
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Energy/Transportation
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Ruben Schade ☛ The Tennant S960 Battery Ride-on Sweeper
This blog just reached 960 pages of posts. At ten posts per page, that’s even more than 960 posts. Neat.
I used to do this thing here where I’d look at the Tennant industrial cleaning site whenever I reached a pointless numeric milestone like this. To celebrate like old times, I checked to see if Tennant had something for me. Of course they did!
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JURIST ☛ Republican-led states and oil industry groups file lawsuit challenging US President Biden’s offshore drilling ban
A coalition of US states and energy industry organizations filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Biden administration, challenging two presidential memoranda that withdraw over 627 million acres of offshore waters from future oil and gas leasing.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2025-01-06 [Older] Biden to ban offshore drilling before Trump's inauguration
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Wildlife/Nature
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The Straits Times ☛ Jumbo roadblock: Family has harrowing encounter with wild elephants on Malaysia highway
A group of seven elephants had surrounded the family's car.
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BBC ☛ Biodiversity: Wales 'lacks plan' to tackle scale of nature loss - BBC News
One in six species - such as water voles and curlews - are at risk of vanishing from Wales.
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Finance
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The Straits Times ☛ New products, new stores: China goes for novelty factor to boost consumption, but will it work?
Some say it's China’s latest desperate attempt to salvage its economy while others say too early to dismiss it.
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-01-05 [Older] Higher Social Security Payments Coming for Millions of People From Bill That Biden Is Signing
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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The Straits Times ☛ Indonesia’s plan to restrict children from social control media lauded, but some concerns raised
Around 89% of Indonesian children above five use the internet and most have access to social control media.
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Censorship/Defamation/Suppression
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JURIST ☛ CNN reaches $5M settlement with US Navy veteran in defamation case
CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor on Friday after the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled the network liable for defamation.
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Bodyguard for Vietnamese monk controls his every move
The former security official is minder, manager and press handler for Thich Minh Tue on pilgrimage to India.
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John Gruber ☛ 2025-01-10 [Older] From the DF Archive: ‘Life as a Facebook Moderator’
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The Age AU ☛ 2025-01-11 [Older] Biden labels end of Facebook fact-checking ‘anti-American’
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CBC ☛ 2025-01-08 [Older] Once focused on friends and family, Facebook's parent company Meta has a new vision
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US News And World Report ☛ 2025-01-08 [Older] Meta Tries Letting Facebook Marketplace Users View EBay Listings as Way to Resolve EU Charges
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CBC ☛ 2025-01-07 [Older] Meta to end fact-checking program on Facebook, Instagram in U.S.
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Civil Rights/Policing
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Digital Music News ☛ Diplo Revenge Porn Lawsuit Voluntarily Dismissed After Court Rules Jane Doe Accuser Must Reveal Her Identity
The Jane Doe plaintiff who made revenge porn accusations against Diplo has officially dropped her lawsuit. This dismissal just recently came to light in a notice from the unnamed accuser’s counsel, who indicated that the suit was being pulled “in its entirety.”
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Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
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APNIC ☛ IXP from scratch: Part 3 — The peering LAN
Guest Post: How we connected our two PoPs and which security and safety mechanisms (L2 and L3) we configured to ensure reliable operation.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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