glynmoody

glynmoody, 1 hour ago to random

#NHS trial uses daily doses of food #allergens to tackle severe reactions - https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/08/nhs-trial-uses-daily-doses-of-food-allergens-to-tackle-severe-reactions "‘Life-transforming’ trial giving children and young people with milk or peanut allergy small doses to train their bodies to tolerate it" makes sense

glynmoody, 3 hours ago to Fashion

Castoffs to catwalk: #fashion show shines light on vast #Chile clothes dump visible from space - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/08/castoffs-to-catwalk-fashion-show-shines-light-on-vast-chile-clothes-dump-visible-from-space "The #Atacama desert has become a ‘global sacrifice zone’ of used fast fashion. Activists and designers organised an event to raise awareness of the devastation to the land and people"

glynmoody, 5 hours ago to random

I’m a non-dom millionaire living in Britain. Taxing me fairly won’t make me leave - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/08/non-dom-tax-millionaire-britain-leave-uk "After all, living somewhere is about so much more than the taxes you pay. There are so many benefits from living in this country. "

glynmoody, 5 hours ago to random

Judge scraps date for Trump Mar-a-Lago documents trial without rescheduling - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/07/donald-trump-florida-trial-postponed how blatant can you get in your bias?

glynmoody, 5 hours ago to random

Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/renewable-energy-passes-30-of-worlds-electricity-supply "Report says humans may be on brink of cutting fossil fuel generation, even as demand for electricity rises" good, but the seas are still boiling... #renewables

glynmoody, 5 hours ago to China

Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’ - https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/may/08/chinese-network-behind-one-of-worlds-largest-online-scams "Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests" #china

glynmoody, 20 hours ago to random

#Bullfighting firm in Seville to give free tickets to under-eights - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/bullfighting-firm-in-seville-to-give-free-tickets-to-under-eights "Company says move is best way to introduce tradition but critic claims it could psychologically damage young children" pretty sick

glynmoody, 20 hours ago to linguistics

Sperm whale ‘alphabet’ discovered, thanks to machine learning - https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/07/machine-learning-aids-in-discovery-of-sperm-whale-alphabet/ great: soon we will be able to apologise to #whales for hunting them almost to extinction... #linguistics

glynmoody, 21 hours ago to Palestine

There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: #Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/07/ceasefire-negotiations-gaza-netanyahu-hamas he doesn't want peace, he wants annihilation of palestinians and #palestine...

glynmoody, 1 day ago to Amazon

#Amazon’s Delivery #Drones Won't Fly in Arizona's Summer Heat - https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-delivery-drones-heat-grounded-summer/ "Heat, in particular, forces motors to work harder to keep drones aloft, and their batteries are only so powerful." useless, then... #ClimateCrisis

glynmoody, 1 day ago to Israel

Israeli forces say they have operational control of Palestinian side of #Rafah crossing in Gaza - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/israel-idf-control-rafah-crossing-gaza-palestine-side-hamas-war-latest-update which means they can throttle the flow of vital aid even more now... #gaza #israel

glynmoody, 1 day ago to random

‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: the Saudi sisters jailed and intimidated for wanting equal rights - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/07/family-three-sisters-saudi-arabia-fawzia-manahel-mariem-al-otaibi "One was sentenced to 11 years, another had to flee the country, a third could be arrested at any moment. And what were Manahel, Maryam and Fawzia al-Otaibi’s ‘crimes’? A few social media posts that outraged Saudi Arabia’s conservatives"

glynmoody, 1 day ago to Insurance

Welcome To The Brave New World Of Vehicle #Insurance #Fraud Powered By #Shallowfakes - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/06/welcome-to-the-brave-new-world-of-vehicle-insurance-fraud-powered-by-shallowfakes/ just wait until they add #AI

glynmoody, 1 day ago to random

Scottish salmon industry challenged over move to drop ‘farmed’ from labels - https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/scottish-salmon-industry-challenged-move-drop-farmed-labels not content with animal abuse, #salmon industry now wants to greenwash its cruel practices...

glynmoody, 1 day ago to fishing

Scaling up: the app that’s transforming lives in South African #fishing communities - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/07/scaling-up-the-app-thats-transforming-lives-in-south-african-fishing-communities "Abalobi provides a real-time marketplace for fishers to sell their catch, while also monitoring fish populations, and the tech could go global" tech doing what it should do by the sound of it...

glynmoody, 1 day ago to random

"No Going Back" author Kristi #Noem already going back on her made-up encounter with Kim Jong-Un - https://boingboing.net/2024/05/06/no-going-back-author-kristi-noem-already-going-back-on-her-made-up-encounter-with-kim-jong-un.html

glynmoody, 17 days ago to random

‘He erased the entire project’ … the book Stanley #Kubrick didn’t want anyone to read to be published - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/21/stanley-kubrick-director-book-block-flaws-films-published "Half a century since the perfectionist director vowed to block it, a critique that dared to discuss flaws in his films is to be published" sad he did this