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Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil, after the country's data protection authority ordered it last week, saying Discord failed to protect children and teens (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-discord-children-social-me…

Discord suspends Brazil livestreams after suicide raises child protection concerns
Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said it suspended its livestreams in Brazil. The move Monday takes place in the wake of a suicide case and after a body of the country’s justice ministry accused it of failing to protect for children and adolescents. Discord said in a statement that it is implementing the suspension of livestreams after a decision by Brazil’s national agency of data protection last week and added it is in conversations “to seek a solution tha…

Discord suspends livestreams in Brazil, after the country's data protection authority ordered it last week, saying Discord failed to protect children and teens (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/brazil-discord-children-social-me…

Discord suspends Brazil livestreams after suicide raises child protection concerns
Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, said it suspended its livestreams in Brazil. The move Monday takes place in the wake of a suicide case and after a body of the country’s justice ministry accused it of failing to protect for children and adolescents. Discord said in a statement that it is implementing the suspension of livestreams after a decision by Brazil’s national agency of data protection last week and added it is in conversations “to seek a solution tha…

The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project.
Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback.
The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security waived req…

Bipartisan Outcry Forces Trump to Pause Border Security Project in Big Bend National Park in Texas
The Trump administration has paused construction of border infrastructure in Big Bend National Park in Texas following public criticism of the controversial project. Crews were filmed bulldozing pristine desert wilderness earlier this month, sparking rare bipartisan pushback. The construction is part of a larger plan for the Big Bend region to build hundreds of miles of walls, vehicle barriers and other border infrastructure. The Department of Homeland Security waived requirements that federal …

Cowboys’ CeeDee Lamb Expressed His Blunt 4-Word Feelings Before Commanders Game https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/ceedee-lamb-4-word-feelings-commanders/

This is encouraging but,
1) Land use emissions have fallen less than the rise in fossil fuel emissions: global emissions are still rising.
2) There is uncertainty in the data (other than for deforestation) which is greater than the decrease.
3) It's unclear to me what the overall flux is - the balance of sequestration Vs emissions. We know some forests have become net emitters.
Why

Why land-use emissions have fallen by a third this century – in six charts - Carbon Brief
Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling over the course of the 21st century.

We really don’t need another post on decorative images, so you won’t hurt my feelings if you don’t click on through:
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/10/decorative-images.html

Decorative Images…
…aren’t a thing. Three hand-drawn lines curling together like an S or three skinny snakes trying to spoon. At least not as far as people are concerned. Yes, this is an absolutist take, but sometimes it’s necessary to take the absolutist position to force someone to justify their own reasoning.…

#AI creates all sorts of threats to #wellbeing and #ecosystems. Maybe a short term challenge for AI: Design AI hardware within the constraints of a

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

#AI creates all sorts of threats to #wellbeing and #ecosystems. Maybe a short term challenge for AI: Design AI hardware within the constraints of a

Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

Had a bit of an unpleasant surprise on Saturday. Luckily the disk is still in warranty, and UPS picked it up this morning. Let's see how well Toshiba's RMA process performs.
No smart warnings or other signs, though, it just fell off the bus, started making weird noises and never came back. And it's the newest of the 4 disks in my NAS, too. Really glad I bought this model from two different vendors now to avoid clustering risks.

Lawyers for the Los Angeles Police officer charged with multiple felonies for secretly recording his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments
issued a scathing response to Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman,
-- accusing the D.A. of making
“a desperate effort to save face”
and attempting to discredit their client ahead of his arraignment Monday.
Officer Daniel Flores has said he heard co-workers refer to Black people as “monkeys” who like gra…

Lawyer for LAPD officer slams D.A.'s handling of eavesdropping case
LAPD Officer Daniel Flores pleaded not guilty Monday to 16 counts of felony eavesdropping, and his lawyer accused Dist. Attny. Nathan Hochman of making "a desperate effort to save face" with a motion last week that sought to justify the prosecution of man who documented racist remarks by his peers.