An update on political advertising in the European Union - https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/political-advertising-in-eu/ "#Google will stop serving political advertising in the EU ahead of new regulation in October 2025." Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising #TTPA #eu

#Canada passes new right to repair rules with the same old problem - https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/12/canada_right_to_repair/ "No mention of how to get the tools to bypass software locks means owner still legally beholden to OEMs" utterly useless non-solution #drm #copyright

We Need To Fight For #FreeSpeech More Than Ever - https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/07/we-need-to-fight-for-free-speech-more-than-ever/ and @mmasnick is on it... #trump

Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children #reading for pleasure - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/05/report-fall-in-children-reading-for-pleasure-national-literacy-trust "National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time, a sharp drop on last year to the lowest figure yet recorded"

Israeli assault has caused ‘apocalyptic’ situation in northern Gaza, UN warns - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/un-northern-gaza-israel "entire population of northern Gaza ‘at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence’" also demonstrates #israel's continuing failure, despite horrendous civilian losses in #gaza

#Wikipedia Goes Live for Five Languages through the Future of Language Incubation Initiative - https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/10/31/wikipedia-goes-live-for-five-languages-through-the-future-of-language-incubation-initiative/

21,000 laborers so far dead building #NEOM, #SaudiArabia's futuristic city in the desert - https://boingboing.net/2024/10/31/21000-laborers-so-far-dead-building-saudi-arabias-futuristic-city-in-the-desert.html "Locals have been violently evicted from traditional lands, and workers are faring even worse, according to a new documentary."

‘Israel is trying to erase our presence’: Palestinians say ‘generals’ plan’ to clear north Gaza is under way - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/26/israel-generals-plan-clear-north-gaza-palestinians then they will do the centre, then the south, then #gaza won't exist #israel

Want to feel old? #Excel just entered its 40th year - https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/excel_enters_its_40th_year/ I was given a private demo of the Excel beta by some #Microsoft bloke - Bill Gates I think his name was. I wonder what happened to him...

Moldovans back joining the #EU by razor-thin majority - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/21/moldova-vote-join-eu-razor-thin-majority frighteningly narrow, shows the malign power of putin here... #moldova

@glynmoody Would be even better if they put the solar panels on the flat roofs of their supermarkets and cover their parking lots with solar, add some local batteries and go partly independent of the grid that way ...