kim_harding ✅

Trained ecological scientist (B.Sc., MPhil), dyslexic thinker, blogger, bicycle rider, sometimes driver, ex ADI, bla-de-bla-de-blaa...

I have a tendency to head off down cyber rabbit holes, follow if you want to see where I go ;-)

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2026-05-08 18:05:01 UTC

Iran war hits datacentre building supply chains, upping costs
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/08/iran-war-disrupts-datacenter-construction-supply-chains-raises-material-costs/5235852
BCS says builders face up to 20% material hikes and patchy deliveries

2026-04-30 09:58:11 UTC

Are you a chip stealer? They really do taste better from someone else’s plate, study finds
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/30/are-you-a-chip-stealer-they-really-do-taste-better-from-someone-elses-plate-study-finds

2026-04-26 14:07:51 UTC

#SilentSunday
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/470/781/515/214/412/original/c68a7a01b2168307.jpg

2026-04-24 15:09:17 UTC

‘The damage is done’: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol
International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol, the world’s leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion

2026-04-24 08:23:14 UTC

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The article doesn't do that if you bother to read it.
Yes, genocide is wrong, as are the pogroms of Palestinians by Zionist in the West Bank.
That doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to understand why is happens. It is not about trying to make excuses, there can be no excuses for genocide.
But learn about why some Zionist treated the survivors of the Holocaust so badly, and how that has been transmitted down the generations today.

2026-04-24 07:59:00 UTC

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There are always lessons to learn from history. Including why and how the Nazi rose to power in Germany.
If you don't understand why things happen, you don't have the tools to do something about it when you see it happening again. Ignorance is never a good position to take.

2026-04-24 07:32:25 UTC

How Israel’s history has shaped the way it wages war
https://theconversation.com/how-israels-history-has-shaped-the-way-it-wages-war-281194
[W]hy has [Israel] chosen such brutal military aggression?

2026-04-23 18:31:48 UTC

Slovenia to air films about Palestine instead of Eurovision song contest
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/23/slovenia-to-air-films-about-palestine-instead-of-eurovision-song-contest
Ireland and Spain will also not broadcast Eurovision after decision to boycott event over Israel’s participation

2026-04-22 15:19:14 UTC

Voting for the first time? Here’s how the Scottish electoral system works
https://bylines.scot/politics/voting-for-the-first-time-heres-how-the-scottish-electoral-system-works/
In Scottish Parliament elections, you cast two votes under the Additional Member System for a mix of local and regional MSPs – an explainer

2026-04-22 13:00:27 UTC

Psychology asserts that children of the 1960s and 1970s did not become emotionally strong thanks to better parenting, but because they grew up with enough daily neglect to learn to self-regulate, solve problems on their own, and develop a resilience that modern comforts make difficult to build
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/psychology-asserts-that-children-of-the-1960s-and-1970s-did-not-become-emotionally-strong-thanks-to-better-parenting-but-because-they-grew-up-with-enough-daily-neglect-to-learn-to-self-regulate-solv/30948/

2026-04-22 12:43:01 UTC

Forty years after Chornobyl, more nuclear disasters are inevitable — plan for them
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01255-8
Civil nuclear technology comes with unlikely but dangerous risks that shouldn’t be overlooked.

2026-04-22 12:35:40 UTC

‘Staggering’ number of people believe unproven claims about vaccines, raw milk and more
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01285-2
Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.

2026-04-22 12:31:41 UTC

Polanski’s Greens are Labour’s worst nightmare come true
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/polanskis-greens-labours-worst-nightmare-4368283
Cabinet members will be worried when they see the areas in which local Labour councillors are decimated

2026-04-22 12:29:11 UTC

Scotland Yard can keep using live facial recognition on Londoners, say judges
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/high_court_gives_thumbs_up/
Judges say cops face-slurping not a problem under current human rights laws

2026-04-22 12:26:05 UTC

War in Iran is causing biggest energy crisis in history, IEA says
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/war-iran-is-causing-biggest-energy-crisis-history-iea-says-2026-04-21/
The conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel is creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the ‌world, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

2026-04-22 12:16:00 UTC

Google Maps is about to get a big dose of AI
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/google-maps-is-about-to-get-a-big-dose-of-ai/
Just what we need, more AI slop to make Google Maps even less usable than they already are... Sadly Google fails to understand how and what real people actually use maps for...

2026-04-19 18:41:39 UTC

Proposed parking experiment in Edinburgh
https://kimharding.net/blog/proposed-parking-experiment-in-edinburgh/
Another opportunity that small-minded Cllrs fail to understand the value of...

2026-04-16 20:53:17 UTC

Google Chrome lacks protection against one of the most basic and common ways to track users online
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/16/google_chrome_lacks_browser_fingerprinting/
Browser fingerprinting is everywhere

2026-04-16 09:51:19 UTC

He is Seriously, Frighteningly, Utterly, and Completely Losing His Mind
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/hes-losing-all-his-marbles
We are in great danger.
Thought from @npub1xjw…3c9q about a President who is loosing his marble in public...

2026-04-15 19:13:41 UTC

Sweden foiled pro-Russian cyberattack on thermal power plant in 2025, minister says
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/15/sweden-foiled-pro-russian-cyberattack-on-thermal-power-plant-in-2025-minister-says

2026-04-15 07:40:56 UTC

EU imports of Russian fossil fuels in third year of invasion surpass financial aid sent to Ukraine
https://energyandcleanair.org/publication/eu-imports-of-russian-fossil-fuels-in-third-year-of-invasion-surpass-financial-aid-sent-to-ukraine/
Tighter sanctions that undercut Russian countermeasures can slash Kremlin revenues by 20% annually

2026-04-15 07:35:57 UTC

Financing Putin’s war: Fossil fuel imports from Russia during the invasion of Ukraine
https://energyandcleanair.org/financing-putins-war/
Global reliance on burning fossil fuels perpetuates conflict and energy insecurity, as well as air pollution and climate change.

2026-04-11 10:13:21 UTC

Microsoft's Copilot strategy is just more user abuse from Redmond, says Mozilla
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/mozilla_microsofts_copilot_strategy/
Firefox maker warns old web tactics are now shaping AI at the expense of user choice

2026-04-10 13:53:30 UTC

Project Glasswing and open source software: The good, the bad, and the ugly
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/10/project_glasswing/
Just what FOSS developers need – a flood of AI-discovered vulnerabilities.
Oh boy! Just what we needed. Not just AI security bug slop, but automated, dedicated AI security bug slop!

2026-04-08 08:10:05 UTC

JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/jd-vance-eu-interference-hungary-election-viktor-orban
US vice-president rails against ‘bureaucrats in Brussels’ interfering in Sunday’s vote during Budapest visit.
Putin's sock puppets, Vance and Orbán...

2026-04-08 07:42:09 UTC

Japan relaxes privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop AI’
https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/japan_privacy_law_changes_ai/
Opting out of personal data use won't be an option because Minister says that's a 'very big obstacle' to AI adoption

2026-04-07 09:04:37 UTC

The UK avoided the need for gas imports worth £1bn in March 2026 thanks to record electricity generation from wind and solar, reveals Carbon Brief analysis.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-record-wind-and-solar-saved-uk-from-gas-imports-worth-1bn-in-march-2026/
Wind generation hit a new record for the month of March on the island of Great Britain, up 38% year-on-year, while solar nearly matched the output of last year’s exceptionally sunny spring.

2026-04-06 08:11:14 UTC

Over 100 Scottish terrorism charges have been linked to Palestine Action. That's more in seven months than all other groups faced in 25 years
https://www.theferret.scot/more-palestine-action-supporters-charged-terrorism/
The number of Scottish terrorism charges in relation to Palestine Action in the last seven months is more than all the other charges put together since the 2000 Terrorism Act came into force, new figures reveal

2026-03-31 09:43:53 UTC

Gas companies may have breached competition law by ‘undermining’ the uptake of heat pumps, lawyers have warned.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/30/heat-pumps-facing-a-wave-of-disinformation-do-they-work-in-cold-weather-and-old-buildings
Lawyers from environmental charity ClientEarth have warned that 10 companies may have worked together to damage the development of the UK home heating market by “potentially misleading consumers” into thinking that heat pumps are not a viable option for them.

2026-03-26 12:03:59 UTC

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Genomic history of early dogs in Europe
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10112-7

2026-03-26 12:03:31 UTC

Who let the wolves in? Genetic record for domestic dogs pushed back by 5,000 years
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00900-6
The oldest ancient dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across Europe and the Middle East.

2026-03-23 11:39:47 UTC

As the tRump-Netanyahu war continues, there has been no price spikes for sunlight or wind, renewable energy is clearly the way ahead...

2026-03-23 11:33:56 UTC

tRump's disdain for renewables will make US 'biggest short-term loser' of Iran war, warns expert
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/20/trumps-disdain-for-renewables-will-make-us-biggest-short-term-loser-of-iran-war-warns-expe

2026-03-22 15:43:12 UTC

May you live in interesting times... https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian Three weeks into the Iran war, reality has passed through the looking glass, out the other side, and is now selling tickets to the gift shop. What follows is not satire. Satire requires exaggeration, and you cannot exaggerate something that is already operating at maximum absurdity. This is simply the news, and nothing but the news. Told straight, in a universe that has clearly stopped taking its medication.

2026-03-21 19:31:19 UTC

‘Europe learned the wrong lesson’ by doubling down on fossil fuels while India and China went green
https://www.euronews.com/2026/03/20/europe-learned-the-wrong-lesson-by-doubling-down-on-fossil-fuels-while-india-and-china-wen
Countries that invested in renewable energy in 2022 are better able to withstand the current fuel crisis

2026-03-21 18:15:21 UTC

Starmer says US strikes on Iran won’t be launched from Cyprus after row over UK bases
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-iran-us-war-raf-cyrpus-base-akrotiri-starmer-b2943195.html
Cyprus has called for talks over the future of the UK military bases located on the island

2026-03-21 15:50:08 UTC

Don't Just Tax the Uber Rich, Reform the Corporate Structure That Creates Them
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/reform-corporate-structure
The real engine of inequality is structural: corporate and financial practices that concentrate wealth among shareholders while shortchanging other stakeholders who should be benefiting from corporate profits

2026-03-21 13:43:02 UTC

We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2026/feb/12/capitalist-model-climate-growth-capitalism-species-humanity
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp

2026-03-21 13:34:29 UTC

Paul R. Ehrlich obituary: pioneering ecologist who caused controversy by predicting a ‘population bomb’
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00939-5
The environmentalist founded the field of co-evolution, and warned that rapid human expansion would cause biodiversity collapse and famine.

2026-03-17 16:53:00 UTC

Don’t ‘blackmail’ us: Europe rejects tRrump’s demand to help clean up Hormuz mess
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-donald-trump-strait-of-hormuz-war-iran/
“This is not Europe’s war,” the EU tells Washington in a bruising rebuke on Iran even as oil prices rise.
This is a mess of Donut tRump's making, it is his problem to sort out, he cannot expect Europe to help him out!

2026-03-16 11:53:14 UTC

Horizon redress still a mess, MPs say – and Fujitsu hasn't paid a penny
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/16/horizon_redress_still_a_mess/
System compensating victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal still slow, thousands of ex-subpostmasters waiting for payments

2026-03-16 11:25:45 UTC

tRump threatens ‘very bad’ future for NATO if allies fail to help secure strait of Hormuz
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/16/iran-war-live-updates-news-oil-trump-hormuz-dubai-airport-israel-targets
Does Donut tRump really not understand that NATO is not going to come to his rescue? Especially after he threatened to invade other NATO countries...

2026-03-15 18:06:30 UTC

Say no to Palantir in the NHS
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir – a US spy-tech firm that has supported mass deportation in the US and enabled genocide in Gaza.

2026-03-15 17:36:19 UTC

Here’s the news from Iran – Donut tRump is making America lose wars again
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/15/us-iran-war-donald-trump-failure
Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq

2026-03-07 21:09:17 UTC

Sick of Microsoft and Google? This new European office suite is a private, open-source alternative
https://www.zdnet.com/article/europe-open-source-office-suite-alternative-to-microsoft-google/
Built on open-source software, this European cloud office suite aims to keep your data out of Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

2026-03-07 13:29:12 UTC

Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2025GL118804
▪️During the last decade, the rate at which Earth warmed increased substantially
▪️After removing the influence of known natural variability factors, the increase of the warming rate is statistically significant
▪️At the present rate, we will exceed the 1.5°C limit of the Paris Climate Accord by 2030
If only someone had warned us this was going to happen...
#DontLookUp #ClimateCrisis
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/188/123/517/157/684/original/8d4c8337a60f7ede.jpg

2026-03-07 11:08:58 UTC

‘An epidemic of suffering’: Why are conservationists breaking down?
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/an-epidemic-of-suffering-why-are-conservationists-breaking-down/
▪️ Research finds that more than 27% of conservationists are struggling with moderate to severe distress, as conservationists tell Mongabay the industry is in a mental health “crisis.”
▪️ Conservationists are struggling with their mental health for many reasons, but one of the largest is watching ecological destruction in real time.

2026-03-05 19:33:44 UTC

Analysis: UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-2-4-in-2025-as-coal-hits-400-year-low/
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 2.4% in 2025 to their lowest level in more than 150 years, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.

2026-03-05 13:17:36 UTC

UK watchdog eyes Meta's smart glasses after workers say they 'see everything'
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/ico_meta_glasses/
Contractors tasked with improving AI reportedly had access to intimate footage captured through wearables

2026-03-05 13:05:30 UTC

Reform’s local councils are bringing climate denial into the mainstream
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-02-25/reform-local-councils-climate-denial-uk
Top polling party’s moves to ‘undeclare’ the climate emergency and scrap net zero targets could be a sign of things to come

2026-03-04 16:56:40 UTC

US DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/missing-epstein-files-justice-department-b2931925.html
Justice Department expects to restore missing documents that were taken offline for review

2026-03-04 16:43:25 UTC

Beat the coming fuel crisis, buy a cargo bike! If you are in Edinburgh and looking for a second hand one, [@edfoc.bsky.social](https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/edfoc.bsky.social ) has a very nice on for sale 😉
https://edfoc.org.uk/2026/03/04/urban-arrow-family-cargo-bike-for-sale/
#note1a4k…4mh8

2026-03-03 17:42:30 UTC

Two Reform councillors leave party as one hits out at ‘misogynistic undertones’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-west-northamptonshire-council-b2930920.html
Joanne Blythe raised concerns about ‘what I perceive to be misogynistic undertones in the treatment I have received’

2026-03-03 11:03:00 UTC

US strikes on Iran triggered by Israel’s plan to launch attack, Rubio says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/rubio-us-attack-israel-iran
Democrats disturbed by rationale that Trump ordered pre-emptive strikes out of concern about Tehran retaliation.
Yet again, we are seeing the Israeli tail wagging the US dog... Who's the Superpower?

2026-03-01 19:42:48 UTC

Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/
Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't share this story, it makes them look even more stupid if you do...

2026-03-01 13:15:19 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116153966102966398
Frogface wants to stop people living in the UK from being able to vote, but at the same time he is happy to take millions of pounds in donations from a Thailand-based businessman https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-reform-uks-donations-have-come
#note1pep…2u70

2026-03-01 12:41:07 UTC

Reform UK unveils proposals for "electoral reform" after by-election result
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-farage-postal-votes-b2929654.html
The policy was born out of Mr Farage’s belief that allowing Commonwealth citizens to vote ‘undermines national sovereignty’
He lost an election, so now he wants to undermine democracy...

2026-02-28 21:47:55 UTC

Explosions rock Bahrain, Dubai, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/28/dubais-famous-fairmont-hotel-in-flames-after-iranian-air-strike
War launched by US and Israel on Iran has quickly escalated prompting anxiety and concern in whole region.

2026-02-28 11:02:02 UTC

Mood for today...
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/116/147/910/078/232/258/original/2b3d4eccfd2258d4.jpg

2026-02-28 10:20:16 UTC

‘Truly spectacular’ drug for sleeping sickness simplifies treatment, raising hopes for eradication
https://www.science.org/content/article/truly-spectacular-drug-sleeping-sickness-simplifies-treatment-raising-hopes-eradication
European regulators greenlight new one-dose compound that could help African countries get rid of an ancient burden

2026-02-27 19:13:58 UTC

50 GW of datacentre demand queues up for UK grid access
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/datacenter_uk_grid_demand/
To put that into perspective, 45 GW was peak electricity use for Britain so far this year

2026-02-27 10:35:22 UTC

UK Greens trounce far right in key election as Labour fall to disastrous third place
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/27/uk-greens-trounce-far-right-in-key-election-as-labour-fall-to-disastrous-third-place
The Green Party of England and Wales has won a stunning victory in the most pivotal UK by-election in years, establishing itself as a major political force and beating Nigel Farage's far-right Reform UK into second place while the governing Labour Party suffered a humiliating defeat.

2026-02-26 09:38:05 UTC

France’s Engie strikes deal to buy UK Power Networks for £10.5bn
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/25/frances-engie-strikes-deal-to-buy-uk-power-networks-for-105bn
French utility to acquire owner of electricity cables and power lines across London, south-east and east of England

2026-02-24 20:41:08 UTC

The age-verification trap: verifying user’s ages undermines everyone’s data protection
https://www.osnews.com/story/144475/the-age-verification-trap-verifying-users-ages-undermines-everyones-data-protection/

2026-02-24 12:17:05 UTC

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-280-million-electric-bikes-and-mopeds-are-cutting-demand-for-oil-far-more-than-electric-cars-213870
Your occasional reminder that e-cars are about saving the automotive industry and not about saving the planet... #FuckCars

2026-02-21 13:54:52 UTC

Goldman Sachs launches AI-free index
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/ai-goldman-sachs-stocks-index
Goldman Sachs has launched an S&P ex-AI index, SPXXAI, which that lets you invest in the S&P 500 benchmark index minus all things AI.
This product is proof of the demand among investors for a way to hedge their exposure to the AI trade.

2026-02-21 09:16:05 UTC

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

2026-02-17 15:53:08 UTC

You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/password_managers
Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options

2026-02-17 14:20:06 UTC

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/17/tech-companies-traditional-ai-generative-climate-breakdown-report
Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

2026-02-10 12:21:40 UTC

From Oct last year: ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jmzd972leo
This year: Discord wants to collect the data from you for "security" to evaluate you via ID... Time to ditch Discord...

2026-02-09 13:43:08 UTC

The security blind spot: Cascading climate impacts and tipping points threaten national security
https://www.ippr.org/articles/security-blind-spot
How climate change poses both immediate and long-term threats that are at least as serious as the Covid-19 pandemic.

2026-02-08 09:34:23 UTC

Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment
https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-crashing-miners-unplugging-equipment
Bitcoin is crashing hard, reaching historic lows of well below the $70K mark. At the time of writing, the token is hovering just above $63K, levels we haven’t seen since Oct 2024.
The ongoing plunge has made it far less economical to mine the digital token, a notoriously compute- and energy-intensive process — to the point that large-scale computing companies are starting to unplug their equipment

2026-02-07 10:18:15 UTC

Germany warns of Signal account hijacking targeting senior figures
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/germany-warns-of-signal-account-hijacking-targeting-senior-figures/
Germany's domestic intelligence agency is warning of suspected state-sponsored threat actors targeting high-ranking individuals in phishing attacks via messaging apps like Signal.
The attacks combine social engineering with legitimate features to steal data from politicians, military officers, diplomats, and investigative journalists in Germany and across Europe.

2026-02-04 14:47:04 UTC

DeGoogle list with best private alternatives | 2026
https://tuta.com/blog/degoogle-list
2026 is the year to deGoogle! In this guide, we take a look at the best private Google alternatives so that you can say hello to privacy!

2026-02-03 13:22:15 UTC

The Aztec empire’s collapse shows why ruling through coercion and force fails https://theconversation.com/the-aztec-empires-collapse-shows-why-ruling-through-coercion-and-force-fails-273528

2026-02-02 22:03:43 UTC

Firefox will soon let you block all of its generative AI features
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/firefox-will-soon-let-you-block-all-of-its-generative-ai-features/
People who don’t want access to any AI features from Firefox can turn on the “Block AI enhancements” toggle. When this setting is turned on, they won’t see pop-ups or reminders to use existing or upcoming AI features.

2026-02-01 19:08:43 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@jschauma/115996603019518312
Let's face it, if we taxed billionaires back to being merely multi-millionaires, their lifestyles wouldn't change, but the Governments we elect, would have the money to make all of our lives better...
#note1lpm…8cnw

2026-01-31 12:42:24 UTC

"It is clear that the issue of Scotland’s moratorium on new nuclear power will be a key battle line in May’s Scottish Parliament election."
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25813385.spent-decades-energy-problems-uk-nuclear-plans/
Scotland has vast amounts of renewable power, why would we need nuclear? How many Scots want to live next to a nuclear power plant?
Answers on a postcard to Messes Sarwar and Shanks...

2026-01-30 12:34:10 UTC

Did a tsunami hit the Bristol Channel four centuries ago? Revisiting the great flood of 1607
https://theconversation.com/did-a-tsunami-hit-the-bristol-channel-four-centuries-ago-revisiting-the-great-flood-of-1607-274135

2026-01-28 13:32:58 UTC

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00254-z
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

2026-01-28 12:00:39 UTC

“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/tiktok-settles-hours-before-landmark-social-media-addiction-trial-starts/
A loss could cost social media companies billions and force changes on platforms.

2026-01-27 17:39:24 UTC

Pick-up trucks don't belong in Britain
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/pick-up-trucks-dont-belong-in-britain-4190355
Oversized, overbearing and over here: this is our worst import from America

2026-01-22 12:28:02 UTC

"I grew up in the world’s coldest city without central heating. Here’s what the world can learn from us"
https://theconversation.com/i-grew-up-in-the-worlds-coldest-city-without-central-heating-heres-what-the-world-can-learn-from-us-271657

2026-01-18 19:33:18 UTC

Greenland Suggests Trump Acquire Epstein’s Island Instead
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/greenland-suggests-trump-acquire

2026-01-16 17:40:43 UTC

Carney to Trump: Back off on Greenland
https://www.politico.eu/article/carney-to-trump-back-off-greenland/
Canadian PM urged NATO allies including the U.S. to “respect their commitments.”

2026-01-15 11:31:57 UTC

Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/signal-creator-moxie-marlinspike-wants-to-do-for-ai-what-he-did-for-messaging/
Introducing Confer, an end-to-end AI assistant that just works.

2026-01-12 13:59:06 UTC

The oceans just keep getting hotter
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/the-oceans-just-keep-getting-hotter/
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025.

2026-01-09 19:07:41 UTC

EU Parliament eyes freezing US trade deal over Trump’s Greenland threats
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-parliament-eyes-freezing-us-trade-deal-over-donald-trump-greenland-threats/
Unpopular trade agreement could be blocked because of U.S. president’s rhetoric on seizing Greenland.

2026-01-08 21:15:46 UTC

Why hedgehogs used to be hated
https://theconversation.com/why-hedgehogs-used-to-be-hated-272376
Hedgehogs have been part of human culture for thousands of years. Across different societies, they’ve been symbols of fertility, protection and healing, as well as fear, superstition and suspicion.

2026-01-07 13:33:47 UTC

tRump says he could be impeached if Republicans lose Congress in midterms
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/6/trump-says-he-would-be-impeached-if-republicans-lose-congress-in-midterms
There is still some hope that the US constitution will act the way in which it was designed to do... And enable the impeachment of the Tangerine Tyranny...

2026-01-02 18:35:49 UTC

A Decade of BBC Question Time Data Reveals Imbalance in Journalist Guests
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/02/1542232/a-decade-of-bbc-question-time-data-reveals-imbalance-in-journalist-guests
A new study [PDF] from Cardiff University analyzing a decade of the popular topical debate programme BBC Question Time found that the broadcaster's flagship political debate show relies disproportionately on journalists and pundits from right-wing media outlets, particularly those connected to The Spectator magazine

2026-01-01 12:42:03 UTC

Infant screen time linked to anxiety, slower cognition
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/30/ipad_kids_are_more_anxious/
The solution? Lock up the screens and read to your kids

2026-01-01 12:29:44 UTC

[Motor] Traffic Has a Curious Effect on The Atmosphere's Electric Field, Study Shows
https://www.sciencealert.com/traffic-has-a-curious-effect-on-the-atmospheres-electric-field-study-shows
Original research paper here https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809525007537

2026-01-01 09:51:56 UTC

France fears ‘era of Trumpism’ as public broadcaster comes under fire from right
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/31/french-public-broadcaster-under-parliamentary-inquiry-into-neutrality-workings-and-financing-udr
Investigation established by [the Russian and US billionaire funded] UDR party to look at ‘neutrality, workings and financing’ of state TV and radio

2025-12-31 12:27:10 UTC

The hidden health dangers of electric scooters: how ‘assisted mobility’ is making us less mobile
https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-health-dangers-of-electric-scooters-how-assisted-mobility-is-making-us-less-mobile-272476
You think this is bad, wait until you find out about cars...

2025-12-31 12:15:28 UTC

UK moves to ban boiling lobsters, shrimp, crabs and langoustines alive, recognizing their capacity for pain
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2025/12/31/uk-moves-to-ban-boiling-lobsters-shrimp-crabs-and-langoustines-alive-recognizing-their-capacity-for-pain_6748952_114.html
The measure, to be implemented by 2030, would also apply to crustaceans and cephalopod mollusks, including octopuses, all of which are recognized as sentient beings under British law.

2025-12-24 11:49:19 UTC

They said there would be snow at Christmas, but there is only the thinnest scattering...
https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/115/774/383/675/764/671/original/404ad03edc19f084.jpeg

2025-12-23 17:33:33 UTC

How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/how-europes-new-carbon-tax-on-imported-goods-will-change-global-trade/
The new regulation arrives on New Year’s Day.

2025-12-22 19:56:44 UTC

The process of trying to undo Brexit has begun
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/process-trying-undo-brexit-begun-4106581
As 2025 draws to a close, Britain is closer to the EU than it has been for almost a decade.
Shame it has taken so long to start...

2025-12-19 22:06:27 UTC

Mysterious Shipwreck Discovered in ‘Pristine’ Condition in Lake Ontario—With Its Masts Still Standing
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-shipwreck-discovered-in-pristine-condition-in-lake-ontario-with-its-masts-still-standing-180987868/
Divers found the well-preserved vessel while searching for a different wreck called the “Rapid City,” which sank near Toronto in 1917