"More than four years after it was first introduced, the Online Safety Act (OSA) was passed by the U.K. Parliament in September 2023. The Act seeks to make the U.K. 'the safest place' in the world to be online and provides Ofcom, the country’s communications regulator, with the power to enforce this. EFF has opposed the Online Safety Act since it was first introduced. It will lead to a more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The Act empowers the U.K. government to…
The ICJ just took the Holocaust monopoly away from Israel – @…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/01/the-icj
TIL that the awesome captain of the South African research ship SA Agulhas II is, brilliantly, called Captain Knowledge Bengu.
#NominativeDeterminism?
https://www.sanap.…
The Crime at Camp Ashwood 🕵🏼♀️👻🏕
Dramatized crime mystery series | Desperate to finally solve the decades-old cold case of her best friend’s murder, Margot Ingell returns to the scene of the crime. Will the discovery of a long-lost diary reveal the killer, or will the secret forever remain at the bottom of Camp Ashwood’s lake?
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Finally! A year after this #hiking day, I decided to finalize the #photos and share the selected one with you. It was a snowshoeing day into the #mountains. Crisp
The Trump Purge has begun at the RNC: "Dozens" let go - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2024/03/11/the-trump-purge-has-begun-at-the-rnc-dozens-let-go/
Back in the day when I was 2yrs out of high school and decided to backpack in Australia/NZ for a winter, I made the trip off the Island and to a friend's house in Vancouver only to realize I left my passport behind at a friend's house on the other side of the water in Nanaimo.
Today was not dissimilar. We got 20min of the way to the ferry only to discover I forgot our bag with all our documents.
After a bit of panic and wrangling and a kind assist from family bringing th…
The rise of the bee rustlers;
Every year, the bloom of thousands of almond trees in California spurs one of the world’s largest, albeit artificial, migrations of animals; as billions of #honeybees are loaded onto trucks and sent to deliver lucrative pollination fees for their human keepers.
This insect odyssey ensures paydays for often struggling beekeepers, the production of most of the wor…
TIL that the awesome captain of the South African research ship SA Agulhas II is, brilliantly, called Captain Knowledge Bengu.
#NominativeDeterminism?
https://www.sanap.…