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🏄 Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/experiment-will-attempt-to-counter-climate-change-by-altering-ocean/

Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean
Gulf of Maine will be site of safety and effectiveness testing.

Record numbers expected at Budapest Pride march despite attempts to ban it.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/28/europe-latest-news-budapest-pride-march-hungary-orban-ukraine-russia-updates

Watching 'Ocean' with David Attenborough and it's amaaazing

It’s pretty clear that
-- in his desperation and decline
-- Trump is doing whatever it takes to save his ass,
And the corrupt Supreme Court and quisling Congress are doing everything they can to help him.
Trump’s weaponizing of the Department of Justice and FBI took a very dark and dangerous turn this week;
their lawless attempt to forge ideological control over universities and the media grew far more ambitious and malevolent;
his attempt to get Fed Ch…

I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
Once they win elections, it's already too late.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop

I researched every attempt to stop fascism in history. The success rate is 0%.
Once they win elections, it's already too late.

The Trump administration rescinds VOA layoff notices due to document errors that could have delayed or nullified the layoffs, plans to attempt the layoffs again (Minho Kim/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/us/politics/trump-voa-layoffs…

Trump Administration Rescinds Voice of America Layoffs After Errors in Notices
The errors in the layoff notices could have derailed President Trump’s effort to dismantle the news organization. The administration said it would attempt the layoffs again.

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Here we go,
Developer uses "Grey Belt" argument to justify building on green space / #GreenBelt
Developer offers ‘grey belt’ argument in attempt to build 80 homes on green belt - Manchester Evening News

Developer offers ‘grey belt’ argument in attempt to build 80 homes on green belt
New rules can enable development of protected areas which do not 'significantly contribute to the green belt’s core purposes

At its core, #CCSignals is an attempt by Creative Commons, a Silicon Valley-based organisation, to legitimise the AI grifts of its donors – Google, Microsoft, and Meta (Zuckerberg).
Creative Commons was always a thinly-veiled attempt at enabling Big Tech data farmers to get more data (that’s why the whole “open data” realm is so well funded/popular – open as in “open for business” not fre…

In its first-ever strategic plan, The 19th announces the creation of a $30M "quasi endowment" it can use in case of crisis, for which it's raised $25M so far (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/the-19ths-first-ever-strategic-plan-is-an-attempt-to-play-it-safe-in-a-precarious-media-age/
http://mediagazer.com/250828/p12#a250828p12