Leftovers

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Banana farm pesticides back in focus after sterility ruling

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] US: Cheeto Mussolini's EPA sued by environmentalist, health groups

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Bayer agrees to pay billions to settle Roundup lawsuits

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] 'Remarkable' new cat cancer genome could benefit humans

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] Brazil's soy industry gives deforestation a green light

• Proprietary

  • 41 layoffs at Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride maker Halfbrick

    Australian developer and publisher Halfbrick has laid off 41 staff, we can confirm.

    The maker of Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja said on LinkedIn over the weekend that it would be making a number of roles redundant in Australia, and concluding a number of international engagements.

    We requested further detail, and the company confirmed that 41 staff will be cut in total.

    “This was not a decision we made lightly,” the company said. “Like many studios, we are navigating a challenging period for the games industry, and we’ve had to make some hard choices about how we move forward. These changes are driven by organizational and strategic priorities, not individual performance.”

  • Social Control Media

    • BIA Net ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] Turkey to introduce compulsory ID verification for all social media users, says minister

    • BIA Net ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] Turkey probes social media platforms over child users' data

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Germany news: Merz open to social media ban for under-16s

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] For a healthy break, don't check your ex's social media

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] EU governments look to Australia's social media ban for kids

• Security

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Deutsche Bahn says cyberattack hit ticket and info systems

• Defence/Aggression

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Turkey’s Mexico embassy urges vigilance amid cartel violence

  • TruthOut ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Banner Hung Outside DOJ Headquarters Prompts Outrage From Legal Observers

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] From Iran to Afghanistan: Women's cinema of resistance

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] Saudi Arabia May Have Uranium Enrichment Under Proposed Deal With US, Arms Control Experts Warn

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Ramadan to begin Wednesday in Saudi Arabia, while others start Thursday

  • New Yorker ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Taliban Frees Three Pakistani Soldiers in Saudi-Mediated Move

  • HRW ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Iraq: ISIS Detainees Transferred from Syria at Risk of Abuse

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Few People Left at Syria Camp That Held Islamic State Families, Former Director Says

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Turkey Pleased With Alignment Steps by Syria and Kurdish Forces, Erdogan Says

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Chaos in Syria: Where are German 'Islamic State' members?

  • HRW ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Iraq: Alleged ISIS Detainees Transferred from Syria at Risk of Abuse

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] 'Hallmark of genocide' found in Sudan's el-Fasher — UN

• Environment

  • Scheerpost ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’

  • The Revelator ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Will Your State Bird Disappear?

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Supreme Court Agrees to Hear From Oil and Gas Companies Trying to Block Climate Change Lawsuits

  • Vox ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] The 15 foods destroying rainforests, in one simple chart

  • The Conversation ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] This waterlogged corner of England was once only habitable during summer. Climate change could make it so again

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] An Unsettling Climate Warning for Homeownership

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Climate Health Rollback Likely to Hit Poor, Minority Areas Hardest, Experts Say

  • Mexico News Daily ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] Heat, drought and division: climate change in the borderlands

  • DagHammarskjöld ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] From Berlin to Belém: what it will take to unlock youth leadership in climate and peace

  • University of Michigan ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] Can climate change be humorous? Erb Institute hosts climate comedian Stuart Goldsmith to discuss fear, hope and action

  • The Age AU ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] ‘The water was completely dead’: Inside the grim race with a microscopic enemy

  • Vox ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] The hottest new winter sport is about to get even hotter

  • CBC ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] U.S. environment agency sued over scrapping scientific rule behind climate protections

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Climate change threatens coffee-growing regions — study

  • HRW ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Philippines: Planned Climate Relocations Threaten Rights

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Public Health, Green Groups Sue EPA Over Repeal of Rule Supporting Climate Protections

  • Vox ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires

  • Vox ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] The world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back.

  • CBC ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Why an Arctic icon, the snowy owl, must wait so long for legal protection

  • Truthdig ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] A Massive Climate Resilience Project Escapes Florida’s DOGE Purge

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini’s EPA Says Climate Change Doesn’t Risk Public Health – Science Says Otherwise

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] U.S. Energy Chief Warns U.S. Could Quit IEA if Agency Keeps Focus on Climate

  • Energy/Transportation

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] US to West's Energy Watchdog: Scrap Net Zero Focus or We'll Quit

    • The Conversation ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] Fish use more energy to stay still than previously thought

    • Bridge Michigan ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] Matt Hall pitches $4B Michigan tax overhaul, $1B energy bill savings

    • CBC ☛ 2026-02-21 [Older] India is going all-in on AI data centres. The environmental costs will have to wait

    • Off Guardian ☛ 2026-02-21 [Older] WATCH: Escaping Energy Poverty – #SolutionsWatch

    • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-22 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Says Indo-Pacific Energy Meeting to Be Held in Tokyo in March

• Finance

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] ECB's Christine Lagarde planning early exit — report

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Vox ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] The FCC (probably) didn’t censor Stephen Colbert

  • Project Censored ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] The Project Censored Newsletter—January 2026

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-02-17 [Older] HBO Max removing 'Jasmine' series in Turkey following sanctions

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-18 [Older] FCC Chair Denies Censoring Colbert Interview, Confirms Investigating ABC's 'The View'

  • University of Michigan ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] SACUA survey reveals 30.7% of professors have self-censored or been censored in their teaching

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-21 [Older] US and EU battle over online censorship

  • Scheerpost ☛ 2026-02-15 [Older] When a Deportation Case Falls Apart, Free Speech Is on Trial

  • HRW ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] Olympic Ban Raises Thorny Free Speech Issues

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] US Supreme Court Won't Revive NRA Free Speech Suit Against NY Ex-Official

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini's Big Speech Will Be Delivered to a Changed Nation and a Congress He Has Sidelined

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • CPJ ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Deutsche Welle reporter Alican Uludağ arrested in Turkey for ‘insulting’ president

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Judiciary responsible for nearly 70% of violations against journalists in Turkey, says MFRR report

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-02-23 [Older] Iranian journalist leaves Turkey for third country to avoid deportation to Iran

  • US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] Journalist With Germany's Deutsche Welle Arrested in Turkey

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-20 [Older] DW correspondent arrested in Turkey

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-19 [Older] Palestinian journalists tortured in Israeli prisons — report

Monopolies/Monopsonies