Israel appears to be in breach of ICJ orders on Gaza, senior UN official says. (amp.theguardian.com)
AI machines aren’t ‘hallucinating’. But their makers are | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
Tech CEOs want us to believe that generative AI will benefit humanity. They are kidding themselves
State guard set up by DeSantis is being trained as personal militia, veterans say | Ron DeSantis | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
State guards are used by many states. Since the national guard can be federalized, states need a force to protect the states while the guard is gone....
AOC leads call for federal ethics investigation into Clarence Thomas | Clarence Thomas | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu as Gaza war reaches six month mark | Israel | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
Ukraine-sceptic government ally Peter Pellegrini wins Slovakian presidential election (amp.theguardian.com)
TIL Ecuador has constitutional protections for the rights of nature, and those protections are actively determining environmental legal cases. (amp.theguardian.com)
A landmark case was won in 2021 ruling against the rights of a mining company to mine los cedros’ cloud forest, a high altitude rainforest, because it would harm the biodiversity of the area....
The Brexit ‘red tape’ illusion has been exposed by the Tories’ CE mark climbdown | Business | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
Despite claims over taking back control, UK is forced to comply with rules on which it has no say
Tough Crowd by Graham Linehan review – all joking aside (amp.theguardian.com)
Wading into other people’s fights has proved a theme for the co-writer of Father Ted and writer-director of The IT Crowd. A vociferous critic of the transgender rights movement, Linehan’s views have, in recent years, cost him friends, his livelihood and, he claims, his marriage. But, despite having been given a verbal...
‘Out of reach’: median home price in Los Angeles nears $1m (amp.theguardian.com)
Eurovision viewing parties in England cancelled over Israel’s participation (amp.theguardian.com)
Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI | Fungi | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
I saw a news article going around recommending that people grow their own vegetables to stretch their food budget and thought people might also consider foraging, which is why I’ve been posting resources for how to do those things with lower risk....
The Immortals: meet the billionaires forking out for eternal life (amp.theguardian.com)
The Brexit ‘red tape’ illusion has been exposed by the Tories’ CE mark climbdown (amp.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: fedia.io/m/brexit@lemmy.world/t/160547...
How to handle Australia’s ‘plague’ of cabbage-chomping moths | Australia news | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
I’ve certainly had plenty of these butterflies around my place. I’m hoping that there are enough predatory insects built up from snacking on my aphids that will cross over to butterfly larvae.
‘Unsustainable’ for ADF to help with natural disasters and defend Australia, inquiry told | Australian military | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
Teen dies in sawmill accident as US states aim to roll back child labor laws (amp.theguardian.com)
Investigation underway after police were called to find unresponsive teenager last week at Florence Hardwoods sawmill
‘It’s fun to cook up the stupidest idea’: the people competing to make the worst computer games possible | Games | The Guardian (amp.theguardian.com)
The annual Crap Games Competition has been bringing Spectrum fans together for more than 25 years. It all began with an April fool’s joke in a magazine called Your Sinclair …
Eurovision hits out at ‘targeted social media campaigns’ against artists (amp.theguardian.com)
Victoria to expand vacant residential land tax across state in bid to increase housing supply (amp.theguardian.com)
Tim Pallas told an industry breakfast on Tuesday that he planned to introduce legislation to parliament this week, which will see the vacant residential land tax expanded to include the whole state from 1 January 2025.
NSW police officer said ‘na bugger it’ before tasering Clare Nowland, court documents allege (amp.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors will allege officer Kristian White’s actions were ‘grossly disproportionate’ and ‘excessive’ after 95-year-old grandmother died after the incident
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Starlight Express is roaring back and I’m ready to be transported (amp.theguardian.com)
This daffy musical about racing trains inspired countless stage careers, including my own. A child’s imagination made real, it is a perfect introduction to theatre....
Trans teen loses Texas high school’s theater role over gender policy (amp.theguardian.com)
Weeks into his senior year of high school in Texas, Max Hightower earned a key male role for his campus’s production of Oklahoma! the musical. But the trans teen’s principal has since stripped the teen of the part, citing a new policy requiring students to only portray characters who align with the gender identity assigned...