DeSmog revealed in March that the Conservative Party received £3.5 million from fossil fuel interests, high-polluters and climate science deniers last year alone.
I’ve tried to like Mastodon, but each time I end up deleting my account in frustration, vowing never again. Mastodon is horrible to use, and they like it that way.
Ok, imagine this, you are on reddit (say, a slow hobby focused subreddit), everybody there is nice and knowledgeable, and one day, the mods there announced that since there is not enough "content" on the sub, they are going to use a bot to repost content from 9gag in order to "bolster engagement" and "grow the community"....
The jobs of around 160 workers are uncertain after an Adelaide plastics manufacturer and supplier of wheelie bins to councils entered voluntary administration after 30 years of trading.
St Clair-based Trident Plastics cited manufacturing and supply chain challenges, the impact of COVID-19 and “unplanned and unexpected relocation costs” of a recent acquisition for its decision to call in administrators.
Trident Plastics is one of the largest custom moulders in Australia with services from development and design to manufacturing of plastic products like wheelie bins and rainwater tanks.
Politicians believe voters to be more conservative than they really are (theconversation.com)
Rishi Sunak Boasts That Oil Funded Think Tank ‘Helped Us Draft’ Crackdown on Climate Protests (www.desmog.com)
Reddit Migration
The real #redditmigration starts the 30th or the 1st, I hope lemmy and kbin are ready for the traffic!
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Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out (arstechnica.com)
Don't like this article 😠 posting it in search of rebuttals. The word "moderation" is not to be found anywhere in it.
The Google AR glasses project gets a taste of the company's axe (www.androidheadlines.com)
YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (www.androidauthority.com)
YouTube starts rewarding the loyalty of Premium subscribers with pointless badges (www.androidpolice.com)
Uganda passed one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws. LGBTQ people describe living there as 'hell' | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
New Zealand bans thin plastic fruit and vegetable bags in world first (www.standard.co.uk)
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO’s cancer research agency to say-sources (www.reuters.com)
Air Pollution Is Deadlier Than You Think (www.wired.com)
A seed survival story: How trees keep 'friends' close and 'enemies' guessing (phys.org)
To Stay Sharp as You Age, Learn New Skills (www.scientificamerican.com)
Humans Are Predators of at Least One Third of All Vertebrate Species (www.scientificamerican.com)
The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST): A psychometrically validated measure of news veracity discernment - Behavior Research Methods (link.springer.com)
Bigger bottles keep champagne bubbly for decades - American Chemical Society (www.acs.org)
McMaster University team discovers hormonal pathway that increases calorie burning during weight loss (healthsci.mcmaster.ca)
Reddit repost bots are spam, and that needs to be stopped.
Ok, imagine this, you are on reddit (say, a slow hobby focused subreddit), everybody there is nice and knowledgeable, and one day, the mods there announced that since there is not enough "content" on the sub, they are going to use a bot to repost content from 9gag in order to "bolster engagement" and "grow the community"....
Adelaide wheelie bin maker rolls into administration (indaily.com.au)
The jobs of around 160 workers are uncertain after an Adelaide plastics manufacturer and supplier of wheelie bins to councils entered voluntary administration after 30 years of trading.
What are some good biking ponchos? Preferably not too expensive.
Trying to prepare for the day where I'm out and I get caught in the rain.