#harm — Public Fediverse posts

(And how to name the structure without tokenizing the people most harmed by it) #invisible #trans #harm

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/08/13/16-why-gender-neutral-framing-often-erases-the-most-vulnerable-single-parents-copy/

(And how to name the structure without tokenizing the people most harmed by it) #invisible #trans #harm

https://survivorliteracy.com/2026/08/13/16-why-gender-neutral-framing-often-erases-the-most-vulnerable-single-parents-copy/

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-quietly-reveals-how-universal-credit-flaws-were-linked-to-multiple-claimant-deaths-and-serious-harm/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has been forced to publish #details of multiple #flaws within its #universalcredit working-age #benefits #system that led to #deaths & serious #harm to #claimants."

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/dwp-quietly-reveals-how-universal-credit-flaws-were-linked-to-multiple-claimant-deaths-and-serious-harm/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has been forced to publish #details of multiple #flaws within its #universalcredit working-age #benefits #system that led to #deaths & serious #harm to #claimants."

Restore nature?
From abundance to degradation
A shifting baseline means it’s hard to see what has been destroyed

"Nature is not doing well in Australia. Many unique mammals, birds and insects are struggling. Entire ecosystems are collapsing"

"The tireless burrowing of millions of bandicoots and bettongs once shaped the grassy woodlands of southeast Australia. But foxes and cats, coupled with logging, farming and mining, have largely put an end to their work as ecosystem engineers."

"The global target is to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems. But Australia hasn’t announced a numerical target...Aiming to restore 30% of degraded land would mean working across private lands, public reserves and the Indigenous estate. It would likely take decades and come with a substantial price tag. Our ballpark figure is a little over A$7 billion a year over 30 years. "

"That’s less than a third of what the federal government spends subsidising activities which damage nature annually." >>
https://theconversation.com/australia-has-pledged-to-restore-nature-but-could-we-ever-bring-back-lost-ecosystems-286141
#biodiversity #conservation #ecosystem #degradation #harm #loss #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #experience #extractivism #farming #logging #mining

Restore nature?
From abundance to degradation
A shifting baseline means it’s hard to see what has been destroyed

"Nature is not doing well in Australia. Many unique mammals, birds and insects are struggling. Entire ecosystems are collapsing"

"The tireless burrowing of millions of bandicoots and bettongs once shaped the grassy woodlands of southeast Australia. But foxes and cats, coupled with logging, farming and mining, have largely put an end to their work as ecosystem engineers."

"The global target is to restore 30% of degraded ecosystems. But Australia hasn’t announced a numerical target...Aiming to restore 30% of degraded land would mean working across private lands, public reserves and the Indigenous estate. It would likely take decades and come with a substantial price tag. Our ballpark figure is a little over A$7 billion a year over 30 years. "

"That’s less than a third of what the federal government spends subsidising activities which damage nature annually." >>
https://theconversation.com/australia-has-pledged-to-restore-nature-but-could-we-ever-bring-back-lost-ecosystems-286141
#biodiversity #conservation #ecosystem #degradation #harm #loss #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #experience #extractivism #farming #logging #mining

Focus on Coffs Harbour and Nambucca Valley

"NSW modern slavery report calls for urgent reform to protect migrant workers."

"A NSW parliamentary report into modern slavery has detailed "harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm..The report asked the government to investigate allegations of systemic labour exploitation in Coffs Harbour and the Nambucca Valley."

"NSW Anti-slavery commissioner Dr James Cockayne said in a statement the report was "informed by evidence from almost 100 witnesses across NSW, including victim survivors of modern slavery, and 60 submissions"." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/nsw-anti-slavery-report-urgent-reform-to-protect-migrant-workers/107003130
#exploitation #PALM #MidNorthCoast #HorticulturalIndustry #blueberries #CoffsHarbour #NambuccaValley #food #harm #slavery #plantations #regulation

Focus on Coffs Harbour and Nambucca Valley

"NSW modern slavery report calls for urgent reform to protect migrant workers."

"A NSW parliamentary report into modern slavery has detailed "harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm..The report asked the government to investigate allegations of systemic labour exploitation in Coffs Harbour and the Nambucca Valley."

"NSW Anti-slavery commissioner Dr James Cockayne said in a statement the report was "informed by evidence from almost 100 witnesses across NSW, including victim survivors of modern slavery, and 60 submissions"." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/nsw-anti-slavery-report-urgent-reform-to-protect-migrant-workers/107003130
#exploitation #PALM #MidNorthCoast #HorticulturalIndustry #blueberries #CoffsHarbour #NambuccaValley #food #harm #slavery #plantations #regulation

Court fines Bucca blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam

"The unauthorised dam construction disrupted a creek and removed native vegetation on a property in Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour."

"Two farmers have been fined $100,000 for building an unapproved dam on their property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour.The pair has now received regulatory approval for the dam and no orders for its removal or demolition were made." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/bucca-blueberry-farmers-fined-for-illegal-dam/107003136
#water #extractivism #rivers #artificialisation #harm #NSW #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #HorticulturalIndustry #regulation #CoffsHarbour #Bucca #LandClearing

Court fines Bucca blueberry farmers $100,000 for building an illegal dam

"The unauthorised dam construction disrupted a creek and removed native vegetation on a property in Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour."

"Two farmers have been fined $100,000 for building an unapproved dam on their property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour.The pair has now received regulatory approval for the dam and no orders for its removal or demolition were made." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/bucca-blueberry-farmers-fined-for-illegal-dam/107003136
#water #extractivism #rivers #artificialisation #harm #NSW #MidNorthCoast #blueberries #HorticulturalIndustry #regulation #CoffsHarbour #Bucca #LandClearing

Pesticide exposure at work may increase motor neurone disease risk – new study

"A new study, published today, has found that being exposed to pesticide at work can increase the risk of developing ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) by 61–71%. The study brings together the findings of eight other studies – but not all of them assess risk in the same way. Here’s why we need to interpret the findings with caution....Overall, the study supports the case that being exposed to pesticide at work increases your risk of developing ALS." >>
https://theconversation.com/pesticide-exposure-at-work-may-increase-motor-neurone-disease-risk-new-study-289043
#pesticides #fungicides #herbicides #insecticides #harm #OHS #work #NeuroDegenerativeDiseases #conservation #weeding #councils #HorticulturalIndustry #ALS

Pesticide exposure at work may increase motor neurone disease risk – new study

"A new study, published today, has found that being exposed to pesticide at work can increase the risk of developing ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) by 61–71%. The study brings together the findings of eight other studies – but not all of them assess risk in the same way. Here’s why we need to interpret the findings with caution....Overall, the study supports the case that being exposed to pesticide at work increases your risk of developing ALS." >>
https://theconversation.com/pesticide-exposure-at-work-may-increase-motor-neurone-disease-risk-new-study-289043
#pesticides #fungicides #herbicides #insecticides #harm #OHS #work #NeuroDegenerativeDiseases #conservation #weeding #councils #HorticulturalIndustry #ALS

Major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

"Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage."

"Eight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (£67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves."

"Carbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms were directly linked to fatal spells of hot weather for the first time by scientific analysis published last September. It found the emissions from any one of the 14 biggest companies were each enough to cause more than 50 heatwaves that would otherwise have been virtually impossible." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/aug/04/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/rising-heat-kills-one-person-a-minute-worldwide-lancet-countdown
#FossilFuels #climate #heatwaves #ExtremeHeat #war #disasters #harm #ClimateCosts #mortality #destruction #FossilFuelIndustry

Major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

"Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage."

"Eight of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90bn (£67bn) in just three months as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring and the emissions-fuelled climate crisis caused deadly heatwaves."

"Carbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel firms were directly linked to fatal spells of hot weather for the first time by scientific analysis published last September. It found the emissions from any one of the 14 biggest companies were each enough to cause more than 50 heatwaves that would otherwise have been virtually impossible." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/aug/04/revealed-major-oil-firms-make-93bn-profits-amid-war-and-climate-crisis

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/29/rising-heat-kills-one-person-a-minute-worldwide-lancet-countdown
#FossilFuels #climate #heatwaves #ExtremeHeat #war #disasters #harm #ClimateCosts #mortality #destruction #FossilFuelIndustry

In SERRC Moti Mizrahi reviews Sven Nyholm's book The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction,

https://social-epistemology.com/2026/07/30/a-review-of-nyholms-the-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence-a-philosophical-introduction-moti-mizrahi/

#serrc #ai #tekoaly #ethics #ethicsOfai #book #kirjat #filosofia #etiikka #philosophy #agi #vastuu #responsibility #cognition #consciousness #sentience #aiAgents #human #yhteiskunta #society #ieee #computing #engineers #harm #welfare #magnificaHumanitas #turing #llm

In SERRC Moti Mizrahi reviews Sven Nyholm's book The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction,

https://social-epistemology.com/2026/07/30/a-review-of-nyholms-the-ethics-of-artificial-intelligence-a-philosophical-introduction-moti-mizrahi/

#serrc #ai #tekoaly #ethics #ethicsOfai #book #kirjat #filosofia #etiikka #philosophy #agi #vastuu #responsibility #cognition #consciousness #sentience #aiAgents #human #yhteiskunta #society #ieee #computing #engineers #harm #welfare #magnificaHumanitas #turing #llm

The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

* "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

"More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

"In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

"It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

"This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/03/hendra-virus-australia-sentinels-book-extract-animal-to-human-disease-spread
#pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

The role of ecological disruption in disease emergence.

* "Global commodity markets drive deforestation in Australia, one byproduct of which is the spillover of Hendra virus."

"More than one in five bat species globally are under severe threat from human pressures such as habitat loss and degradation, climate change, overexploitation and disease. Their population numbers and collective health, including the constellation of viruses they carry as a group, respond to these disturbances. Australian flying foxes are no different. The emergence of Hendra virus suggested that something had tipped the ecological balance."

A wildlife ecologist believes "that the virus was being driven out by rapid changes in bat ecology, specifically in the loss of trees that traditionally provided them with food."

"In the short history of European settlement in Australia, around half the woodlands and forests have been modified or removed for agriculture or urban development. At the turn of the century, the period when things began to change in the researchers’ accumulated data, Australia’s deforestation rate was the sixth highest in the world."

"It is no coincidence that, of all places, Hendra virus emerged in Queensland. Nowhere else in the country had seen more of its blossoming native trees removed.In some parts of subtropical Australia, more than 95% of their winter foraging area has been destroyed."

"This modified interface between people, horses and bats explain why the disease was being detected with a greater frequency." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/03/hendra-virus-australia-sentinels-book-extract-animal-to-human-disease-spread
#pathogens #LandClearing #DiseaseEmergence #bats #horses #sprawl #HabitatDestruction #wildlife #harm #destruction #extractivism #deforestation #beef #meat #logging #mining #roads #hendra #VirusSpillover #forests #HWI #Australia

Image: Cleared land and native vegetation in the Brigalow Belt in central Queensland. Photograph: Auscape/UIG/Getty Images/ Guardian

Broadscale clearing in NSW

'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."

"Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code."

"NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."

"The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nature-conservation-council-invasive-native-species-farmers/106945940
#LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance

Broadscale clearing in NSW

'Invasive native species' "is a term unique to NSW and it's creating a legal pathway to destroy native vegetation."

"Land-clearing concerns spark call to scrap NSW invasive native species code
It has released a report showing more than 3.2 million hectares of native vegetation in NSW are approved for land clearing under the INS code."

"NSW government data released last week showed land-clearing rates rose 16 per cent from 2023 to 2024, with nearly half of authorised native vegetation clearing carried out under the INS provisions."

"The term 'invasive native species' is meant to conjure up images of a threatening, nasty wasteland that we need to somehow improve … but in fact, it's become a backdoor method for broadscale clearing, as far as I'm concerned." Professor Eldridge >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/nature-conservation-council-invasive-native-species-farmers/106945940
#LandClearing #NSW #pastoralism #overgrazing #meat #extractivism #Conservation #INS #biodiversity #harm #extinctions #destruction #governance

How media covers death and destruction in nature
Explicit content warnings needed for ecological disasters?

"Disasters that affect our ecosystems can generate anxiety, grief and a sense of helplessness, which media reporting can amplify."

"SA’s experience with the algal bloom suggests it’s time to extend the logic of existing media guidelines into the environmental domain. A dedicated framework for reporting on environmental disasters would not censor or dilute journalism. It would strengthen it." >>
https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-environmental-disasters-doesnt-come-with-a-content-warning-its-time-for-change-286564
#ecocide #trauma #destruction #harm #ecosystems #grief #EmotionalBracing #news #HABs #MSM #narrative #experiences #exposure #TriggerWarnings #ContentWarnings #DistressingContent #MassMortalities #FossilFuels #extractivism #environmental #disasters #biodiversity #extinctions

How media covers death and destruction in nature
Explicit content warnings needed for ecological disasters?

"Disasters that affect our ecosystems can generate anxiety, grief and a sense of helplessness, which media reporting can amplify."

"SA’s experience with the algal bloom suggests it’s time to extend the logic of existing media guidelines into the environmental domain. A dedicated framework for reporting on environmental disasters would not censor or dilute journalism. It would strengthen it." >>
https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-environmental-disasters-doesnt-come-with-a-content-warning-its-time-for-change-286564
#ecocide #trauma #destruction #harm #ecosystems #grief #EmotionalBracing #news #HABs #MSM #narrative #experiences #exposure #TriggerWarnings #ContentWarnings #DistressingContent #MassMortalities #FossilFuels #extractivism #environmental #disasters #biodiversity #extinctions

Indian mynas were introduced to control pest insects but now they are the pest: Collateral harm

The Indian myna out-competes native birds for food and nesting sites, destroying eggs and chicks.

They are rapidly spreading over the entire Bellingen Shire and no one is actively doing anything to control the pest... >>

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-25/indian-mynas-introduced-control-pest-insects-now-the-pest/106954824 >>
#birds #pests #InvasiveExotics #harm #CollateralDamage #EuropeanColonisation #KnockOnEffects #BellingenShire #NativeBirds #conservation #biodiversity

Indian mynas were introduced to control pest insects but now they are the pest: Collateral harm

The Indian myna out-competes native birds for food and nesting sites, destroying eggs and chicks.

They are rapidly spreading over the entire Bellingen Shire and no one is actively doing anything to control the pest... >>

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-25/indian-mynas-introduced-control-pest-insects-now-the-pest/106954824 >>
#birds #pests #InvasiveExotics #harm #CollateralDamage #EuropeanColonisation #KnockOnEffects #BellingenShire #NativeBirds #conservation #biodiversity

“Runaway” land-clearing in NSW

"Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed e v e r y d a y in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in."

“Given there’s been no policy change since the government were elected in 2023 it’s no surprise to see that land clearing hasn’t been fixed."

“Every hectare of trees bulldozed means fewer homes for wildlife and more carbon pollution in the atmosphere." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

“Runaway” land-clearing in NSW

"Almost 90 football fields of woody habitat were bulldozed e v e r y d a y in NSW – despite pledges to rein it in."

“Given there’s been no policy change since the government were elected in 2023 it’s no surprise to see that land clearing hasn’t been fixed."

“Every hectare of trees bulldozed means fewer homes for wildlife and more carbon pollution in the atmosphere." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/nsw-land-clearing-increase-report
#biodiversity #climate #harm #LandClearing #NSW #LoggingIndustry #crime #destruction #extractivism #regulation #wildlife #ScorchedEarth

Mistakes
1. Coming down from the trees
2. Language
3. Mass communications
4. The internet

Humanity, who would have it? 🤔

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/764-network-gamification-of-harm-the-com-cybercrime-ntwnfb

Edit. And then I saw this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/20/dollar-tree-sexual-assault-gooner

#SocialMedia #Harm

Mistakes
1. Coming down from the trees
2. Language
3. Mass communications
4. The internet

Humanity, who would have it? 🤔

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/764-network-gamification-of-harm-the-com-cybercrime-ntwnfb

Edit. And then I saw this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/20/dollar-tree-sexual-assault-gooner

#SocialMedia #Harm

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/pip-review-dwp-removes-pip-deaths-and-harm-figures-from-annual-report-just-as-timms-publishes-findings/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) hid #figures showing how many cases of #death & serious #harm of personal independence payment (PIP) #claimants it had investigated, on the same day it published the interim report of its major #PIP #review."

https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/pip-review-dwp-removes-pip-deaths-and-harm-figures-from-annual-report-just-as-timms-publishes-findings/. "The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) hid #figures showing how many cases of #death & serious #harm of personal independence payment (PIP) #claimants it had investigated, on the same day it published the interim report of its major #PIP #review."

OpenMandriva's accused repo wrecker says it wasn't #sabotage – it was a message

source: theregister.com/os-platforms/2…

He acknowledged deleting the #GNOME and #COSMIC repositories from #GitHub, removing the corresponding packages from the Cooker #development branch, and publishing a package that obsoleted them. But he said the changes were intended as a protest after #maintainers removed #OneDev #configuration files from multiple #repositories without consulting him, effectively disabling work he had been doing on a new build and mirroring #infrastructure.

#news #linux #openmandriva #distro #distribution #foss #floss #dispute #development #developer #coder #coding #fail #problem #communication #repository #git #management #maintain #harm

THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK

When harm appears, it should be named.

Sometimes a door must close.

Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.

Sometimes, consequences are necessary.

Forgiveness does not deny what happened.

It does not call harm love.

But condemnation is not clarity.

And worship is not love.

The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.

The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.

One is not a monster.

The other is not an idol.

The halo and the horns are both projections.

Harm can be stopped without hatred.

Goodness can be honoured without worship.

No one needs to be made more or less than human.

Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.

#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

THE PEDESTAL & THE PITCHFORK

When harm appears, it should be named.

Sometimes a door must close.

Sometimes the truth must be spoken plainly.

Sometimes, consequences are necessary.

Forgiveness does not deny what happened.

It does not call harm love.

But condemnation is not clarity.

And worship is not love.

The one behaving badly is still a human being, not the sum of the harm.

The one called a saint does not become greater because others kneel before his image.

One is not a monster.

The other is not an idol.

The halo and the horns are both projections.

Harm can be stopped without hatred.

Goodness can be honoured without worship.

No one needs to be made more or less than human.

Just clear sight, firm boundaries, and a heart left free.

#harm #door #truth #plainly #deny #clarity #harm #condemnation #halo #saint #monster #halo #horns #idol #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum #kitchen #cooking #AI

Meta is on the decline. For the first time ever, they’ve shown a decline in active users. They’ve lost ungodly amounts of money on projects that have gone nowhere. Could their stranglehold on our society finally be loosening?

#meta #Zuckerberg #harm #moribund #Facebook

youtube.com/watch?v=5LtL...

Is Facebook Finally Dying? wit...

Meta is on the decline. For the first time ever, they’ve shown a decline in active users. They’ve lost ungodly amounts of money on projects that have gone nowhere. Could their stranglehold on our society finally be loosening?

#meta #Zuckerberg #harm #moribund #Facebook

youtube.com/watch?v=5LtL...

Is Facebook Finally Dying? wit...

"The Trump administration finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the
#EndangeredSpeciesAct and eliminates a key protection for imperiled #wildlife against logging, oil drilling and other activities. The administration narrowed the definition of #harm under the landmark law — a change with broad implications":
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/11/nx-s1-5890025/trump-administration-imperiled-wildlife
#extremism #greed #WildlifeProtection

"The Trump administration finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the
#EndangeredSpeciesAct and eliminates a key protection for imperiled #wildlife against logging, oil drilling and other activities. The administration narrowed the definition of #harm under the landmark law — a change with broad implications":
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/11/nx-s1-5890025/trump-administration-imperiled-wildlife
#extremism #greed #WildlifeProtection

#SCOTUS upheld this interpretation in 1995, ruling against property owners who argued that #harm should only mean directly killing or injuring an #endangered #animal.

But on Friday, the #Trump #Interior Dept & the #Commerce Dept announced a final rule that rescinded this longstanding interpretation. Under the rule, destroying an #EndangeredSpecies’ nest or #habitat would no longer be considered illegal.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #wildlife #habitats #ecosystems #ClimateChange

#SCOTUS upheld this interpretation in 1995, ruling against property owners who argued that #harm should only mean directly killing or injuring an #endangered #animal.

But on Friday, the #Trump #Interior Dept & the #Commerce Dept announced a final rule that rescinded this longstanding interpretation. Under the rule, destroying an #EndangeredSpecies’ nest or #habitat would no longer be considered illegal.

#law #EnvironmentalLaw #regulations #wildlife #habitats #ecosystems #ClimateChange

For more than 50 years, the federal government has used a broader definition of #harm to #animals under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct, a bedrock #EnvironmentalLaw. It included any significant “modification or degradation” of habitat that kills or injures animals by impairing their ability to eat, shelter or breed.

#Trump #law #regulations #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #habitats #farming #drilling #mining #RealEstate #development #ecosystems #ColonyCollapse #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

For more than 50 years, the federal government has used a broader definition of #harm to #animals under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct, a bedrock #EnvironmentalLaw. It included any significant “modification or degradation” of habitat that kills or injures animals by impairing their ability to eat, shelter or breed.

#Trump #law #regulations #EndangeredSpecies #wildlife #habitats #farming #drilling #mining #RealEstate #development #ecosystems #ColonyCollapse #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

All new in SEP, Philosophy of Psychotherapy, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychotherapy/

#terapia #psykoterapia #psychotherapy #filosofia #philosophy #mentalhealth #wellbeing #therapy #psychology #harm #epistemicInjustice #biomedicine #cognitiveScience #disability #self #medicine #psykiatria #psychiatry #mentalDisorder #mieli #mielenhäiriö #tieteenfilosofia #philosophyOfScience #sep

All new in SEP, Philosophy of Psychotherapy, https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/psychotherapy/

#terapia #psykoterapia #psychotherapy #filosofia #philosophy #mentalhealth #wellbeing #therapy #psychology #harm #epistemicInjustice #biomedicine #cognitiveScience #disability #self #medicine #psykiatria #psychiatry #mentalDisorder #mieli #mielenhäiriö #tieteenfilosofia #philosophyOfScience #sep

“A federal judge rejected #Meta Platforms' bid to dismiss a lawsuit by 29 U.S. state attorneys general ‌accusing it of designing #Facebook and #Instagram to #addict children and knowingly #concealing the #harm from the public.”

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-loses-bid-dismiss-us-states-claims-that-facebook-instagram-addict-children-2026-06-30/

“A federal judge rejected #Meta Platforms' bid to dismiss a lawsuit by 29 U.S. state attorneys general ‌accusing it of designing #Facebook and #Instagram to #addict children and knowingly #concealing the #harm from the public.”

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/meta-loses-bid-dismiss-us-states-claims-that-facebook-instagram-addict-children-2026-06-30/

Tommaso Piazza reviews Gabriele Contessa's book Science Denial in SERRC, https://social-epistemology.com/2026/06/12/a-review-of-gabriele-contessas-science-denial-tommaso-piazza/

An eralier review was by Maya Goldenberg, https://social-epistemology.com/2026/04/29/science-denial-post-trust-and-epistemic-blame-a-review-of-contessas-science-denial-maya-goldenberg/

#science #tiede #denial #scienceDenial #epistemology #socialScience #climateDenial #pseudoscience #postTruth #truth #misinformation #trust #motivatedInquiry #evidence #reasoning #motivatedReasoning #harm #egoism #collectiveResponsibility #society #futures #planetEarth #resistance #belief #ideology #epistemicSecurity #psychology #philosophyOfScience #philosophy #filosofia

Tommaso Piazza reviews Gabriele Contessa's book Science Denial in SERRC, https://social-epistemology.com/2026/06/12/a-review-of-gabriele-contessas-science-denial-tommaso-piazza/

An eralier review was by Maya Goldenberg, https://social-epistemology.com/2026/04/29/science-denial-post-trust-and-epistemic-blame-a-review-of-contessas-science-denial-maya-goldenberg/

#science #tiede #denial #scienceDenial #epistemology #socialScience #climateDenial #pseudoscience #postTruth #truth #misinformation #trust #motivatedInquiry #evidence #reasoning #motivatedReasoning #harm #egoism #collectiveResponsibility #society #futures #planetEarth #resistance #belief #ideology #epistemicSecurity #psychology #philosophyOfScience #philosophy #filosofia

Elon Musk faces more trouble over Tesla data for Europe launch as traffic safety researchers accuse the company of cooking safety numbers to get approved for FSD features in Sweden and the Netherlands.

#fraud #negligence #Tesla #harm #deaths #FSD #vaporware #lies #EU

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No roaming cats, more native wildlife.
Successful cat trapping effort leads to spike in Tasmanian devil population

"A dedicated group of Landcare volunteers is behind a five-year feral cat trapping program that has led to an increase in native animals and birdlife in the area. The estuary and reserves that hug the coastline are home to a range of vulnerable native species, including the hooded plover, Tasmanian devils, spotted-tailed quolls and eastern barred bandicoot."

"The scientists will tell you that the feral cats will eat about 100 kilos of native wildlife a year...Feral cats also spread diseases to humans and livestock." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/cat-trapping-northern-tasmania-devil-population-increase/106813282
#biodiversity #wildlife #cats #harm

No roaming cats, more native wildlife.
Successful cat trapping effort leads to spike in Tasmanian devil population

"A dedicated group of Landcare volunteers is behind a five-year feral cat trapping program that has led to an increase in native animals and birdlife in the area. The estuary and reserves that hug the coastline are home to a range of vulnerable native species, including the hooded plover, Tasmanian devils, spotted-tailed quolls and eastern barred bandicoot."

"The scientists will tell you that the feral cats will eat about 100 kilos of native wildlife a year...Feral cats also spread diseases to humans and livestock." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-28/cat-trapping-northern-tasmania-devil-population-increase/106813282
#biodiversity #wildlife #cats #harm

People take advantage of those they find to be bad. Because people find some individuals to be bad, they retaliate with badness towards the person they consider to be bad, using the justification that the person is bad. This is truly concerning.

#humanrights #justice #accountability #morality #ethics #systems #cycle #retaliation #revenge #truth #awareness #society #humanity #compassion #dignity #harm #cycle #power #oppression

People take advantage of those they find to be bad. Because people find some individuals to be bad, they retaliate with badness towards the person they consider to be bad, using the justification that the person is bad. This is truly concerning.

#humanrights #justice #accountability #morality #ethics #systems #cycle #retaliation #revenge #truth #awareness #society #humanity #compassion #dignity #harm #cycle #power #oppression

How an Ohio vending machine has become a harm-reduction lifeline

Caracole in Cincinnati introduced the machines in Ohio as an always-open, judgment-free doorway to connection, care and education.

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/52h5w...

#caracole #gay-ohio #harm-reduction #harm-reduction-vending-machine #health-&-wellness #lgbt-ohio #lgbtq-ohio #transgender-ohio
https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/06/23/how-an-ohio-vending-machine-has-become-a-lifeline/

How an Ohio vending machine has become a harm-reduction lifeline

Caracole in Cincinnati introduced the machines in Ohio as an always-open, judgment-free doorway to connection, care and education.

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/52h5w...

#caracole #gay-ohio #harm-reduction #harm-reduction-vending-machine #health-&-wellness #lgbt-ohio #lgbtq-ohio #transgender-ohio
https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/06/23/how-an-ohio-vending-machine-has-become-a-lifeline/