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Glyn Moody
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writer (Rebel Code, Digital Code of Life, Walled Culture - free ebook download - https://walledculture.org/the-book/), journalist, blogger. On #DigitalRights, #privacy, #surveillance, #openness, #copyright, and #patents. email: glyn.moody@gmail.com

57 swimmers fall sick and get diarrhoea at world triathlon championship - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/investigation-after-57-world-triathlon-championship-swimmers-fall-sick-and-get-diarrhoea-in-sunderland-race "Northumbrian Water said it did not consider any of its infrastructure was involved in any pollution incidents that could have affected the triathlon events." it never does

Replying to b779626b...

nostr:npub15zu89j2k6sja8qgcs5qdu2pfra5kemhlgeern2cpcw2svkuvkudqu3s7lx would the #GDPR 'right to be forgotten' apply to such a case?

nostr:npub1ha47eu6t6rtc0ru0pw0rng3hg2fc9l8aq5rv2ur3h3dg0lef8s8sun0dhh IANAL but maybe the fact that it was notable enough for wikipedia would argue against right to be forgotten...

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nostr:npub15zu89j2k6sja8qgcs5qdu2pfra5kemhlgeern2cpcw2svkuvkudqu3s7lx https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/03/florida-bans-ap-psychology-class/

Since you seem interested in this, for more Floridian stupidity, the education board has effectively banned the AP Psychology course in schools, because it contains elements pertaining to gender and sexual orientation.

It just gets worse.

nostr:npub1fc866rs4pywjf8dy65tk5aywqg4cxkptr5z3wzkjkuzfkpgz794q792ur4 thanks - would be entertaining if it weren't so worrying...

#Wikipedia Fighting Overseas SLAPP Suit Because Someone Didn’t Like The Factual Info Posted About Them - https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/04/wikipedia-fighting-overseas-slapp-suit-because-someone-didnt-like-the-factual-info-posted-about-them/

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nostr:npub15zu89j2k6sja8qgcs5qdu2pfra5kemhlgeern2cpcw2svkuvkudqu3s7lx Those posts may attract the sort of people they might pursue, as a safe niche.

And like Orwell's inner party.

‘Free Speech Absolutist’ Elon Musk Hides Effective Political Ad That Calls Out GOP - https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/04/free-speech-absolutist-elon-musk-hides-effective-political-ad-that-calls-out-gop/ so it was all cant and hypocrisy...?

Secret life of high-ranking officials of #Iran's morality police exposed — leaked videos of drugs and gay sex - https://boingboing.net/2023/08/04/secret-life-of-high-ranking-officials-of-irans-morality-police-exposed-leaked-videos-of-drugs-and-gay-sex.html gosh, what a surprise - theocrats are massive hypocrites..

The Beginning of the End for #Surveillance Advertising: #Meta Will Seek User Consent for Behavioral Ads in Europe - https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/the-beginning-of-the-end-for-surveillance-advertising/ sounds great in theory, but the devil is in the details... #privacy

Outrage after #DeSantis says he’d ‘start slitting throats’ if elected president - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/04/ron-desantis-slitting-throats-federal-jobs-president-campaign this man is deeply sick

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nostr:npub15zu89j2k6sja8qgcs5qdu2pfra5kemhlgeern2cpcw2svkuvkudqu3s7lx Hmm... I think diffusion models have positive uses (including therapeutic or recreational ones, although the anti-sex leaning of Utah based OpenAI has a negative impact there).

It is unfortunate that some people choose to do evil (as in that article) with it.

nostr:npub1fc866rs4pywjf8dy65tk5aywqg4cxkptr5z3wzkjkuzfkpgz794q792ur4 it's inevitable, I think - tech can always be abused

Wild #Donkeys Are on the Vanguard of Ukraine’s Ecological Recovery - https://www.wired.com/story/ukraine-scientists-ecological-legacy-conservation/ "#Ukraine occupies less than 6 percent of Europe’s land mass, it’s home to 35 percent of the continent’s biodiversity"

‘A horrible way to die’: how extreme heat is killing Italian workers - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/22/extreme-heat-in-italy-takes-workers-lives-as-temperatures-pass-40c this is the problem: it's the poor and powerless who will suffer most from the #ClimateCrisis; the rich and powerful will be least affected, and thus least motivated to act...