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Ryebank Fields: the battle against development continues
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/nature-and-wildlife/ryebank-fields-the-battle-against-development-continues/?fsp_sid=5087

Ryebank Fields: the battle against development continues
Green space, contamination fears, and local residents’ resistance: no end in sight in the battle to save Ryebank Fields

Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Hitzewelle: Satellitenaufnahme zeigt Oberflächentemperaturen wie im Sommer

Hitzewelle: Satellitenaufnahme zeigt Oberflächentemperaturen wie im Sommer
In weiten Teilen Europas war es zuletzt so heiß wie sonst im Hochsommer. Eine Satellitenaufnahme macht das Ausmaß anhand der Oberflächentemperaturen deutlich.

The June issue of the Canadian Historical Review is out (and not a day too soon!). It features articles on the HBC and the Northwest Passage in the 18th century, Chinese Canadian Imaginaries of China in the 19th and 20th centuries, gossip in the mid-20th-century Canadian state, and government-backed medical experimentation on Inuit in the 1960s and 70s. It also includes a roundtable on one of the most important books in Canadian history of the past 50 years, Joy Parr's The Gender of Brea…

Source: Situational Awareness has a $5B stake in Anthropic, and will continue to run as a private investment firm after suffering heavy losses in recent days (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5fb44089-ecdf-4b48-bc14-1e8b4682b142

Top 11 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year candidates in 2026: Cowboys boast two contenders https://www.nfl.com/news/top-11-nfl-defensive-rookie-of-the-year-candidates-in-2026-cowboys-boast-two-contenders

Common personal care products widely contain unlabeled toxic chemicals,
results from a new peer-reviewed study suggest.
The testing of more than 110 items ranging from shampoo to baby lotions found evidence of unlabeled toxic chemicals in about 85%.
Many contained multiple ingredients known to be #carcinogens or health hazards,
and even 26% of products labeled “eco”, “green” or…

Personal care products are awash in unlabeled toxic chemicals, study finds
Even products labeled ‘eco’, ‘green’ or ‘natural’ can contain dangerous compounds including Pfas

Good piece on AI-enabled crimes
"The age of the populist financial scam"
https://www.ft.com/content/bacf81cc-3340-417b-bb6d-c1dc89fb3a34?desktop=true&segme…

Though Google's SynthID tech for watermarking AI images is hard to break, there will always be ways to create AI-generated content without any labeling (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/tested…

Google's SynthID watermark is hard to break, but it doesn't solve AI misinformation
Deciding what's real on the Internet won't be easy in the future.

Snap says its recommendation systems will be adjusted so only videos created by real people, not AI-generated ones, are eligible for Spotlight recommendations (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/31/snapchat-no-longer…

Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content | TechCrunch
Snapchat has adjusted its recommendation systems to ensure that only videos created by real people are eligible for Spotlight recommendations, taking a stance against AI slop.

AI-generated images, video, audio, and text on matters of public interest designed to look authentic must be labeled in the EU under the AI Act from August 2 (Jennifer Rankin/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rules
Companies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look real