“The ecological kindness of hackers”
I liked this short article on the Coolguy site. https://coolguy.website/the-future-will-be-technical/ecological-kindness.html
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Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey
History is littered with stories of the psychoactive properties of deli bal, still produced today in the Kaçkar mountains Source: Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey | World news | The Guardian Of course, the Sanskrit word for honey, madhu, like mead (the ancient drink made with honey) …
Aatish Taseer stripped of OCI status
“A British Indian author and journalist has been stripped of his Indian overseas citizenship after he wrote an article criticising the regime of the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi.” The Guardian
Social media links for US visa applicants
Trump administration to force US visa applicants to hand over social media details (Was optional the last couple of years, but will now be required.) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-visa-application-social-media-accounts-details-esta-check-a8940381.html Nearly all travellers to the US will be required to produce details of social media accounts they have used in the previous five years, as well as present and …
Conscientious objection in Israel
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/25/teenage-war-resister-israel Very inspiring article, pretty accurate, as far as I know. Usually what happens, or what has happened in the past, is that young COs who won’t budge from their objection, eventually get released on medical/psychological grounds, sometimes following prison. I know at least two like that. The army tries to discourage objections but to …
Scientists create decoder to turn brain activity into speech
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/24/scientists-create-decoder-to-turn-brain-activity-into-speech-parkinsons-als-throat-cancer
Dare to declare capitalism dead
“Dare to declare capitalism dead – before it takes us all down with it” “The economic system is incompatible with the survival of life on Earth. It is time to design a new one” George Monbiot article in the Guardian – I know not everybody likes the guy, but this article really speaks to me.
World’s first malaria vaccine launched in Africa
https://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/worlds-first-malaria-vaccine-launched-in-africa/article26946013.ece
e-waste
Philippine president to ‘declare war’ on Canada in waste dispute ‘More than 100 containers of waste were shipped in batches from Canada to the Philippines in 2013 and 2014. Most of the containers remain in local ports, sparking protests from environmental activists. Philippine officials say they were falsely declared by a private firm as recyclable …
Blacklist of the companies working to the 996 work schedule
Blacklist of the companies working to the 996 work schedule (Google English translation)https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F996icu%2F996.ICU%2Ftree%2Fmaster%2Fblacklist from https://github.com/996icu/996.ICU Alibaba, Kingsoft, Huawei, Baidu are among the recognizable names.