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Dear Mihaela,
Stating, as you have just done, that all Jews are pro-genocide and pro-apartheid and thereby that anyone who opposes genocide and apartheid is a “Jew-hater” is both factually wrong and terribly antisemitic. https://mastodon.social/@mihaelamj/112049454953033203<…

#Verpasstodon
Neuer Rekord in der Fusionsforschung: Südkoreanischer KSTAR erreicht Meilenstein
Fortschritt in der Fusionsenergieforschung: KSTAR erreicht 48 Sekunden Plasma-Stabilität bei 100 Millionen Grad.

"Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds"
#Meat #Food #Misinformation

Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds
The agriculture sector has spent millions of dollars on discrediting plant-based diets, a new report has claimed.  The report, published by the consumer advocacy organisation Freedom Food Alliance on Thursday (29 February), found that multinational meat companies and lobby groups were using industry-funded research, public ad campaigns and educational materials to sway public opinion on […]

Remember in the Obama administration there was a fake scandal about the IRS “targeting” conservative nonprofits—and the press fell for it more or less wholesale?
Since then, it’s been hands off. So now we have a vast web of illegitimate right-wing nonprofits using tax-exempt dark money for influence-peddling, covert electioneering, and nest-feathering. Today’s case in point from the tireless David Fahrenthold. (Gift link.)

Trump-Allied Nonprofit Paid Millions to Companies Run by Insiders
The Conservative Partnership Institute’s three highest-paid contractors had connections to the group’s leaders or their relatives, raising concerns about self-dealing.

This makes my blood run cold. Horrifying: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00616-5

Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet
An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge.

The fundraising law of #Finland, which requires everyone to ask prior approval from the police before asking for donations in public, is very problematic.
On the bright side, the police keeps losing in court.

Elokapinalle merkittävä voitto oikeudessa – jatkaa kesällä aiempaa vahvempana uudessa kampanjassa | Elokapina, Extinction Rebellion Finland
Perustuslaki suojaa Elokapinan mielenosoituksia, linjaa Helsingin käräjäoikeus tänään 5.4. antamassaan tuomiossa. Annamaija Hakama, Jessica Piasecki ja Elonv...

We were promised flying cars https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/three-million-malware-infected-smart-toothbrushes-used-in-swiss-ddos-attacks-botnet-causes-millions-of-eur…

Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks — botnet causes millions of euros in damages
Dental IoT devices caused millions of Euros in damages for Swiss company, says report.

Robots still can't outrun the fastest animals because millions of years of evolution tissue and bone make for more agility, flexibility, etc. 🤯 Fascinating stuff https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-surprising-reason-why-robots-c…

There's a Surprising Reason Why Robots Can't Outrun The Fastest Animals
We've made some significant steps forward in robotics and AI in recent years, but haven't yet built robots that can outpace the best that nature has to offer – and new research explores the key reasons why.

"New illegal logging threatens Liberia’s forests amid vague ban"
#Liberia #Trees #Logging

New illegal logging threatens Liberia’s forests amid vague ban
MONROVIA — Chainsaw-milled timber is emerging as a damaging new form of illegal logging in Liberia. Chainsaw milling is legally permitted only for small-scale production of boards for the country’s domestic market, but larger operators may be using it as a means to evade regulations governing the sourcing and tracing of wood, and to avoid […]

"‘Killed in vast numbers’: horseshoe crabs under threat from overharvesting"
#HorseshoeCrabs #Crabs #Animals