Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

#Estonia PM @KajaKallas

"We should not give in to pessimism. Victory in #Ukraine is not just about territory. If Ukraine joins NATO, even without some territory, then that’s a victory because it will be placed under the NATO umbrella"

#UkraineWar

‘Once in a lifetime’: UK and European space scientists urged to join Nasa mission to Uranus - https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/01/once-in-a-lifetime-uk-and-european-space-scientists-urged-to-join-nasa-mission-to-uranus

Benjamin Netanyahu is not interested in a #Ceasefire #Gaza #Rafah #Palestine #Israel #Warcrimes #CeasefireNow https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/01/no-end-to-gaza-war-until-destruction-of-hamas-says-netanyahu-israel

7 Countries Apply To Join #BRICS Before 2024 Summit.

The seven countries that want to join the alliance before the 16th summit in October are:

#Cameroon
#Pakistan
#SriLanka
#Syria
#Thailand
#Venezuela
#Zimbabwe

"If there’s one thing #Labour likes more than picking a fight with the #Tories, it’s picking a fight with itself. Nothing beats an ideological ground war with its own team."

#UKpolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/01/election-diary-tory-campaign-going-exactly-as-planned-say-tories

@randahl it is refreshingly different than X, every day is for following not just Friday, people chat here and are more authentic, no monopolizing, pile ons or fake accounts no agenda just being.

To those saying "If it can happen to trump, it can happen to anyone.", yes you are correct.

If trump can be held accountable for his crimes, that means everyone can be held accountable for their crimes.

This isn't a flaw or a mistake, it's literally how the law is supposed to work.

Vermont legislator shares lessons from the front lines of big tech’s lobbying proxies & her note-sharing efforts with peers in other states.

“Big Tech Tried to Kill My State’s Privacy Bill. Here’s What I Learned.”

https://www.techpolicy.press/big-tech-tried-to-kill-my-states-privacy-bill-heres-what-i-learned/

#privacy #BigTechLobbying

Donald Trump has been attacking the US legal system for legitimately convicting him of a felony.
Joe Biden has been attacking the International Court of Justice for legitimately seeking to try Netanyahu for genocide.

#Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the #AI Nightmare

https://www.lifewire.com/install-linux-avoid-ai-8655664

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01493-8
"The Japanese government is pushing ahead with a plan to make #Japan’s publicly funded research output free to read. This month, the science ministry will assign funding to universities to build the infrastructure needed to make research papers free to read on a national scale. The move follows the ministry’s announcement in February that researchers who receive government funding will be required to make their papers freely available to read on the institutional repositories from January 2025."
#OpenAccess

"Just use your robots.txt", the "AI" grifters sneer. That does not stop them; please have a firewall and utilize user-agent blocking. Neil Clarke has a good post on how to do both. https://neil-clarke.com/block-the-bots-that-feed-ai-models-by-scraping-your-website/

Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison. But he only served 9 months due to a sympathetic judiciary and massive public outcry from his political supporters. If that sounds uncomfortably familiar, it should.

Bird feeder currently overrun by starlings with babies (always said in a Brummie accent in my mind) screeching their heads off. The jackdaw pops in now and then. #Starlings #GardenBirds

‘Smart’ antibiotic can kill deadly bacteria while sparing the microbiome: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01566-8

@RickiTarr The samurai were officially abolished as a caste in Japanese society during the Meiji Restoration in 1867.

The first ever fax machine, the “printing telegraph”, was invented in 1843.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

Which means there was a 22 year window in which a samurai could have sent a fax to Abraham Lincoln.

#GBOD

Next UK government must forge better trade relations with EU, says lobby group

https://on.ft.com/3R2TLfa

#RejoinEU

#Brexit