Women walking Camino de Santiago speak of ‘terrifying’ sexual harassment -

the Guardian

Women walking Camino de Santiago speak of ‘terrifying’ sexual harassment

Sexual aggression said to be ‘endemic’ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at risk

"Sexual aggression said to be ‘endemic’ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at risk"

‘Anticyclonic gloom’ blamed as English village sees no sunshine since October -

the Guardian

‘Anticyclonic gloom’ blamed as English village sees no sunshine since October

UK has had average of just three hours of sun over past week, but skies should start to clear from Sunday

air quality in #london bad too...

World's deadliest spot: the horror of Lake Karachay -

Boing Boing

World's deadliest spot: the horror of Lake Karachay

Visit Lake Karachay, the most radioactive place on Earth, where just one hour of exposure could be fatal!

"Standing for just one hour at the shore of Russia's Lake Karachay ("black water") in 1990 would have killed you."

Large funds are too invested in the energy transition to turn back now -

TechCrunch

Large funds are too invested in the energy transition to turn back now | TechCrunch

The recent U.S. election might appear bad for climate tech, but the energy transition has enough financial momentum that experts aren’t expecting...

" Limited partners like pension funds and endowments have committed $892 billion over the last decade to the energy transition" #ClimateCrisis

Watchdog finds #AI tools can be used unlawfully to filter candidates by race, gender -

AI tools can be used to filter candidates in unlawful ways

UK data regulator says some devs and providers are operating without a 'lawful basis'

also finds that water can be wet

After #Trump's Victory, the #4B Movement Is Spreading Across #TikTok -

WIRED

After Trump's Victory, the 4B Movement Is Spreading Across TikTok

The 4B movement, from South Korea, calls for women to not date, marry, sleep with, or have children with men. Women are calling for the movement to...

"The 4B movement, from #SouthKorea, calls for women to not date, marry, sleep with, or have children with men. Women are calling for the movement to take off in the US after Donald Trump won the election."

Ulysses is using robots to restore seagrass populations -

TechCrunch

Ulysses is using robots to restore seagrass populations | TechCrunch

Seagrass plays a big role in marine ecosystems but is being rapidly destroyed due to climate change, Ulysses wants to help.

"autonomous robot can be loaded with seeds and programmed to go to specific areas of the ocean floor to plant seagrass." seems sensible

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops #advocacy division -

TechCrunch

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox...

the decline and fall of #mozilla continues inexorably....

Alarm grows over Trump and Musk’s blizzard of baseless voter-fraud claims -

the Guardian

Alarm grows over Trump and Musk’s blizzard of baseless voter-fraud claims

Falsehoods swirling on X and other platforms undermine trust and create potential for violence, critics warn

#musk is vile, obsequious and cowardly individual

Leaks from #Netanyahu’s office may have compromised a peace deal, an Israeli court finds -

Middle East crisis live: Leaks from Netanyahu’s office may have compromised peace deal, Israeli court finds – as it happened | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

Breakdown in peace negotiations may have been caused by leaked and falsified documents involving close aide to Israeli PM

definitely not done on purpose, of course...