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News live: parents of Australian surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules
By Guardian staff

Follow the day’s news live

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb

#AnthonyAlbanese #Laborparty #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #Parentsandparenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff

Australia news live: parents of Australians surfers killed in Mexico fly in for trial; Labor pressured to toughen lobbying rules https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/07/anthony-albanese-labor-lobbying-rules-greens-social-media-fines-ntwnfb #AnthonyAlbanese #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Mexico #Lobbying #ParentsAndParenting #AustralianGreens #Coalition #SocialMediaBan

https://www.europesays.com/afrique/202006/ Nigeria: la présidentielle de 2027 se joue aussi à Washington #AtikuAbubakar #BolaTinubu #Lobbying #Nigeria #Présidentielle2027

https://www.europesays.com/people/217308/ Mark Zuckerberg killed the bill that could have saved my son #BigTech #children #Congress #Facebook #Internet #Legislation #Lobbying #MarkZuckerberg #Meta #SocialMedia

https://www.europesays.com/ch/125920/ Swiss invention helps Tibet’s diaspora make election choices #Article #BeatGlobalElections #BeatInformationWars #CitizensInitiativeAndRecall #government #HumanRights #lobbying #Multi #parliament #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Swiss #Switzerland #UserNeedGiveMePerspective

https://www.europesays.com/ch/125780/ Swiss invention helps Tibet’s diaspora make election choices #Article #BeatGlobalElections #BeatInformationWars #CitizensInitiativeAndRecall #government #HumanRights #lobbying #Multi #parliament #ProductionTypeAdaptation #Swiss #Switzerland #UserNeedGiveMePerspective

@crazyeddie @aworkinglibrary
It is probably about car dependency, car-centered areas. Like in the US where in many towns without a car one would struggle to do anything: getting to the grocery store, getting back from the store, reaching the other river bank as many bridges are motor vehicles only.

People can’t live without cars in such places. Even food banks have huge lines of cars, four "lanes". Some homeless people drive cars as well. Imagine the closest grocery store being 1 hour walking distance away, and the weather may be extremely hot/cold.

Many such areas don’t even have sidewalks or anything for walking at all. At the same time so called "jay-walking" is prohibited by law. The term "jaywalking" actually was invented by the cars lobby in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
Moving around by walking is extremely inconvenient, dangerous, taking ridiculous amounts of time, basically incompatible with everyday activities.

Also the parking lots, roads, intersections take up huge chunks of the city. Consider how much longer it takes to walk somewhere compared to what it could be without all these. Urban areas could look very different if they were human-centered and Points Of Interest were packed tightly.

And the bigger the city, the more space car infrastructure takes up. More lanes, wider intersections, parking lots can have up to many thousands spots, highways, freeways, interchanges of ridiculous sizes and shapes.

The topic is huge, what I mentioned is just the tip. Think of what you see around every day. Also all the noise. And danger it brings to everyone, not just drivers. The number of so called "accidents", another convenient term for the horrible things that happen everyday.

The areas which are pedestrian-friendly, bicycle friendly, have public transportation tend to have happier residents, more attraction points, more small businesses, more street life, way better air quality, less noise among other benefits.
Also social connections and interaction happen there and not on a 4-lane highway.

#Cars #Car #City #Urban #Streets
#Cities #CarFree #Roads #CarDependancy #StreetLife #Safety #Bycicles #Walking #UrbanSprawl #OneMoreLane #InducedTraffic #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #Access #PublicTransportation #Accessibility #Accessible #PublicSpaces #Socialization #Capitalism #Subsidies #Lobbying #WordsMatter #History #CarsAreDangerous #FuckCars

"In 2023, 60 per cent of Australians rejected a constitutionally recognised Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A body that could only make representations, only on matters concerning the people whose ancestors have been here sixty thousand years.
"Too much, the No campaign shrieked. Division. Privilege. Special treatment.
"Nine months later, Anthony Albanese handed Jillian Segal what the Voice never dreamed of asking for. Not a right to be heard. Power. No election. No parliamentary vote. No hearing. A three year commission reporting personally to the Prime Minister, with a mandate reaching into every campus, newsroom, classroom, gallery, charity, arts contract and visa file in the Commonwealth."

Andrew Brown writes: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-segal-state-the-office-australia-never-voted-for/

#academicFreedom #influence #lobbying #policing #silencing #genocideSupport #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #manipulation #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission #AusPol #JillianSegal #Segal #AnthonyAlbanese

JP Morgan boss pressed by US senator about contact with Jeffrey Epstein
By Simon Goodley

Elizabeth Warren asks Jamie Dimon if he was advised to ‘mildly threaten’ UK chancellor over tax on bankers’ bonuses

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/13/jp-morgan-boss-jamie-dimon-us-uk-jeffrey-epstein-elizabeth-warren

#JPMorgan #JamieDimon #Banking #Business #ElizabethWarren #USnews #JeffreyEpstein #UKnews #USpolitics #Worldnews #PeterMandelson #AlistairDarling #Lobbying #Politics #TheGuardian #SimonGoodley

RE: https://techhub.social/@estelle/116804111381589798

"If the Royal Commission is serious about investigating the nature of antisemitism and its 'key drivers', it should begin with Australia’s Israel lobby – the leading proponents of the conflation of antisemitism with antizionism."
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/if-the-royal-commission-is-serious?utm_source=substack&publication_id=4434423&post_id=203508596&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=2jzucl&triedRedirect=true

By Louise Adler, former Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week:

#influence #lobbying #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

A quotation from John Adams

Your “ἄρiςτοi” [aristocrats] are the most difficult Animals to manage, of any thing in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not Suffer themselves to be governed. They not only exert all their own Subtilty Industry and courage, but they employ the Commonalty, to knock to pieces every Plan and Model that the most honest Architects in Legislation can invent to keep them within bounds.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas Jefferson

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/84725/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #aristocracy #aristocrat #classwarfare #government #lobbying #politicalinfluence #politicaltheory #politics #power #propaganda #ruleoflaw #upperclass

As you know @eric, the US system was created as an improvement on the British system.

What function has a higher house of parliament?
1. A higher house of parliament recycles the social circles of executives.
2. A higher house of parliament lobbys the government.

"Almost one in six peers holds a political advisory role that presents a significant lobbying risk": https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/house-lords-has-become-lobbying-network-hire

#lobbying #UKPol #USPol #HouseOfLords #Senate

Foreign influence in Australia

"The reach [of the Israel lobby] extends into the newsrooms and it has been there for decades. Veteran ABC journalist John Lyons documented it in his 2021 book Dateline Jerusalem, writing that in forty years of journalism he had never encountered a lobby as formidable, well-funded, or relentlessly effective as the pro-Israel lobby in Australia, and that material the lobby succeeded in suppressing here was routinely published in Israel without consequence or controversy."

Andrew Brown: https://michaelwest.com.au/the-enforcement-the-lobby-that-bought-australian-democracy/

#influence #lobbying #media #policing #respectability #Zionism #silencing #PalestinianLivesMatter #fragility #genocide #JewishSupremacy #hasbara #hasbara #grievability #conflation #confusion #recycling #manipulation #coOpting #proZionism #StandWithIsrael #lineOfColor #Australia #RoyalCommission

RE: https://aus.social/@mojo/116453455095944748

Corporate energy giants (mostly foreign not Australian): “endless funding for lobbying and spin, but resistance when asked to pay a fair return on public resources.”
WHY? IS? IT? SO? 🤔

#AusPol #energyCompanies #lobbying #notPayingFairTaxes #AustralianResources #socialLicense #advertising #arrogance

WSJ: Lobbyists Easily Destroyed Any Semi-Serious Antitrust Enforcers Left In MAGA

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/02/wsj-lobbyists-easily-destroyed-any-semi-serious-antitrust-enforcers-left-in-maga/

Total a obéit aux menaces du Trumpistan, le doigt sur la couture du pantalon.

Le projet du géant français de l'énergie, créer 2 fermes éoliennes capables de produire de l'électricité pour 1 millions d'americains.

Oui mais voilà, BigOil et ses donations/corruption aux politiciens US en avait décidé autrement.
À force de lobbying et de menaces des sanctions US, ,Total a accepté d'abandonner ces 2 projets, déjà entamés, en échange d'un plat de lentilles dorées.
1 milliard, c'est visiblement le coût de la probité de l'entreprise française.

En échange, Total achètera aux USofA du pétrole issu de la fracturation, qui confisque les terres des autochtones et pollue les nappes phréatique au point de rendre l'eau des communautés alentour impropres à la consommation humaine.

Sans l'autorisation de Macrotte, rien de tout cela n'aurait été possible.

Illégitimes, corrompus, autorisant l'armée fasciste US à utiliser ses installation ET pollueurs, le bilan du macronisme fait vraiment rêver, non ?

https://www.franceinfo.fr/replay-radio/le-brief-eco/totalenergies-abandonne-deux-concessions-eoliennes-aux-etats-unis-pour-investir-dans-le-gaz-naturel_7857464.html

#Pollution #Eoliennes #TotalEnergies #BoycottTotal #Chantage #Lobbying #BigOil

I traced $2B in grants and 45 states' lobbying behind age‑verification bills

https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

#HackerNews #I #traced #$2B #in #grants #and #45 #lobbying #behind #age‑verification #bills

grants #ageverification #lobbying #politics #nonprofit

#Wedding #PhotoBooth Company Exposes Customers’ #Drunken #Photos

A photo booth company that caters to weddings, #lobbying events in D.C., and #engagement #parties has exposed a cache of peoples’ photos, with the revellers likely unaware that their sometimes drunken antics have been collected and insecurely stored by the company for anyone to download.
#privacy

https://www.404media.co/wedding-photo-booth-company-exposes-customers-drunken-photos/

Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI – Gizmodo

Artificial Intelligence

Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI

“[It’s] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we’ve done a lot of damage,” he said.

By AJ Dellinger, Published January 12, 2026

Reading time 3 minutes

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has seen his net worth skyrocket by nearly $100 billion since the AI boom started a couple of years ago, would really appreciate it if you would stop talking about the potential harms of the technology that’s supercharged his fortune. It’s really harshing his vibe.

In an appearance on the No Priors podcast hosted by Elad Gil and Sarah Guo, Huang took aim at people who have suggested AI may have some significant, detrimental impact, from job displacement to expanding the surveillance state. “[It’s] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we’ve done a lot of damage with very well-respected people who have painted a doomer narrative,” he said.

According to Huang, considering the potential existential risks of unleashing AI on society may do more harm than good. “It’s not helpful. It’s not helpful to people. It’s not helpful to the industry. It’s not helpful to society. It’s not helpful to the governments,” he said. He particularly took issue with other people in the industry going to the government and asking for regulation and mandatory safeguards. “You have to ask yourself, you know, what is the purpose of that narrative and what are their intentions,” he asked rhetorically. “Why are they talking to governments about these things to create regulations to suffocate startups?”

Huang isn’t totally off-base about some of what he’s suggesting. Regulatory capture is a real risk, especially as multi-billion-dollar companies look to lock in their lead by using their absurd wealth to sway politicians and cement favorable policy. And there’s no doubt that AI players have been getting into the lobbying business. According to the Wall Street Journal, Silicon Valley firms have already poured more than $100 million into new Super PACs to push pro-AI messaging in the lead-up to midterm elections in 2026. There is also zero doubt that industry players use societal-scale risks as a marketing tactic: it makes their product seem full of endless potential, and it suggests they need to maintain control of it to keep everyone safe rather than letting this powerful tool fall into the wrong hands or be controlled by some government regulator. 

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI

Airbnb will finance work for improvements on the historic Lycabettus Hill in Athens, GIVING MONEY to the City of Athens Municipality via the Athens Partnership

https://www.amna.gr/en/article/949548/Airbnb-to-finance-improvements-to-Lycabettus-Hill-paths-and-facilities

Generosity? Sponsorship?
Municipal Lobbying?

#Greece #Athens #Airbnb #Lobbying #ShortTermRentals #HousingShortage #HousingCrisis #RealEstate #residential #housing #rents #HousePrices #Ελλάδα #ακίνητα #σπίτια #ενοίκιο #ΒραχυχρόνιεςΜισθώσεις

A recently retired #PublicServant who headed up safety management for Can­ada’s #NuclearRegulator is now #lobbying his former agency on behalf of the #NuclearIndustry. Brian Torrie left his post at the #Canadian #NuclearSafety #Commission #CNSC in October, according to a post on LinkedIn. He spent nearly 18 years at the commission, which regulates the use of #NuclearEnergy and materials, most recently serving as the director general of the directorate of safety management, and then as an acting vice president.

https://theijf.org/former-federal-nuclear-safety-head-starts-lobbying-for-nuclear-industry

#ConflictOfInterest #CDNpoli #DirtyDeeds #ShadyDeals #Corruption #GovernmentOfCanada #BanCorporateLobbyists #NuclearSafety #ExposeLobbyists #PublicTransparency #PublicAccountability #PublicScrutiny #Canadian #NuclearSafety #ShadyMenInSuits #PublicInterest

CAB To CRTC: Streamers Must Give News Orgs Free Money Because Reasons

The pure nonsense talking point that streamers must pay news organizations free money is back at the CRTC thanks to the CAB.

https://www.freezenet.ca/cab-to-crtc-streamers-must-give-news-orgs-free-money-because-reasons/

#Business #Censorship #News #BillC11 #CAB #Canada #CRTC #hearing #lobbying #OnlineStreamingAct

CAB To CRTC: Streamers Must Give News Orgs Free Money Because Reasons

The pure nonsense talking point that streamers must pay news organizations free money is back at the CRTC thanks to the CAB.

https://www.freezenet.ca/cab-to-crtc-streamers-must-give-news-orgs-free-money-because-reasons/

#Business #Censorship #News #BillC11 #CAB #Canada #CRTC #hearing #lobbying #OnlineStreamingAct

Lobbyists for a coalition of six groups succeeded in getting changes into a 2021 Portman-Cardin bill governing IRS #oversight of #private #retirement #plans.

Fact sheets provided to POLITICO
— which a Hill staffer said the lobbyists distributed to advocate for their proposal
— sold the changes as fixes that would help elderly Americans, such as retired government and factory workers,
who had inadvertently put too much in their retirement accounts and could face penalties from the IRS.

But the lobbyists were also targeting benefits for a different demographic.

The head of the coalition, according to his biography, specializes in tax planning for🌟 “ultra-high-net-worth clients.” 🌟

The coalition also included an advocacy group that has previously been tied to the #Koch #network
— and which engaged in a massive lobbying campaign against efforts to restructure Puerto Rico’s debt that was owned by hedge fund managers in 2015.

Tax lawyers who reviewed the statutory changes said they would in fact
👉 make it far more difficult for the IRS to penalize supersized retirement accounts where owners avoided millions of dollars in taxes. 👈

“The lobby power of these groups is tremendous,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee.

“There has been little lobby effort for [low-income taxpayers] and plenty of lobbying from those people in the financial services industry that benefit from those retirement plans

#Secure #financial #services #industry #tax #advantaged #retirement #savings #taxes #Cardin #Portman #Neal #lobbying

Five months before Congress faced a near-catastrophic 2022 standoff over the debt ceiling,
with Republicans demanding restrictions to food and Medicaid programs to rein in spending,
a bill that raised the cost of private retirement savings accounts to $282 billion per year was quietly signed into law.

In this era of deeply divided politics, the 2022 bill known as "#Secure 2.0" was hailed as a bipartisan success — a victory for average Americans.
It had sailed through the House by a whopping 414-5 vote.
It followed four other major bills passed between 1996 and 2019 that 🔸dramatically expanded taxpayer savings 🔸– all equally lauded as bipartisan victories.

But that rare issue that brought a divided Washington together also 💥increased wealth disparities and the federal deficit. 💥

And the victory was most strongly applauded by the burgeoning #financial #services #industry, for whom #tax-#advantaged #retirement #savings has transformed a $7 trillion retirement market in 1995 to a $38.4 trillion behemoth in 2023.

👉Tax-advantaged savings has become a staple of the American retirement system, with 60 million savers squirreling away $6.6 trillion in their 401(k)s, alone.

But a yearlong POLITICO investigation found that Secure 2.0 and its predecessor bills have expanded the system well beyond its goal of helping the middle class.

Today, ⭐️wealthy taxpayers can protect up to $452,500 per year ⭐️in tax-advantaged accounts in a single year, 👉saving up to $203,600 on their #taxes.

And they can keep their money in tax-advantaged accounts far longer.

More striking is how these victories were achieved:
A quarter-century partnership between two senators
— Democrat Ben #Cardin of Maryland and Republican Rob #Portman of Ohio
— joined more recently by the former House Ways and Means Committee Chair Richard #Neal (D-Mass.).

Backed by one of the most highly skilled and lavishly funded industry #lobbying teams, and greased by campaign contributions, Portman, Cardin and Neal turned what could have been a deeply controversial giveback to higher-income taxpayers into a staple of the American Dream.

They appealed to core beliefs in both parties
— free enterprise for Republicans, economic security for Democrats
– to enact what is arguably the most costly series of non-Defense bills in recent decades.

Indeed, that success now vexes many retirement experts, alarmed by how easily Congress acquiesces to tax breaks for retirement savings that 🔹disproportionately help the wealthy 🔹while treating the benefits relied upon by most retirees
— Social Security and Medicare
— as "budget-busters ripe for reform".

🔥“The 401(k) industry owns Congress,” 🔥said Daniel Hemel, a professor and tax law scholar based at NYU School of Law.
“Either lawmakers were trying to pull a fast one on the American people or lobbyists were trying to pull a fast one on Congress.
I don’t know which story is better. I don’t know which one I should want to believe.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/13/how-your-401k-ate-the-federal-budget-00150319

Elizabeth Warren Pushes Back at Blockchain Lobbying Efforts - In a letter to the Blockchain Association, the U.S. senator accuses the group of undermin... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/12/19/elizabeth-warren-pushes-back-at-blockchain-lobbying-efforts/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #blockchainassociation #elizabethwarren #washingtondc #lobbying #policy #news #us

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Drug-resistant infection - The agricultural sector has escaped scrutiny

"The issue of untreatable infections is no longer an abstract notion; it is now a reality."

"The Joint Expert Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) said "the transfer of antibiotic-resistant bacteria along the meat chain is believed to be one of the most significant sources of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from animals", and the scientific consensus since then has only hardened."

"For decades, the meat industry used the drugs with relative abandon. The majority of this use had been not to treat sick animals, but as a key ingredient in animal feed to promote rapid growth and act as a prophylactic."

"JETACAR revealed two-thirds of Australia's antibiotics were being used in animals, and most of that for "subtherapeutic doses" to increase growth, prevent disease and "reduce feed requirements"."

"It was only a few weeks ago, three years into the new strategy, that the Department of Health finally awarded a $438,000 contract to big-four consultancy KPMG for the design of the surveillance system."
>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-28/antibiotic-resistance-amr-growing-threat-no-data/103154464

The emergence and diversification of a zoonotic pathogen from within the microbiota of intensively farmed pigs
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2307773120
#antibiotics #mdr #EmergingPathogens #meat #MeatChain #livestock #industry #animal #antimicrobials #Streptococcus #food #AnimalIndustry #lobbying #BigFour #regulation #OneHealth

Most of arguments against anti-encryption don't mention the very possible fact that high-profile criminal will still pursue encrypted communication (remember EncroChat?); what backdoor effectively does is to provide low-hanging fruits, aka petty crimes, for law enforcement via mass surveillance.

Plus how police and social media employees tend to abuse their access.

Eliciting "fuck the police" hatred is another effective, though not necessary preferable, way to gain more traction on public support.

Revealing that corporates benefit from surveillance tech are behind lobbying firms is nevertheless good effort, but that has been in the tobacco playbook all along.

https://techpolicy.press/five-eyes-campaign-against-encryption-threatens-democracy/

#encryption #infosec #infosecurity #cybersecurity #Signal #whatsapp #EncroChatHack #backdoor #masssurveillance #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #lobby #lobbying #skyecc #csam

What Has the Blockchain Association Actually Achieved? - - https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/09/13/what-has-the-blockchain-association-actually-achieved/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines #blockchainassociation #consensusmagazine #newsletters #lobbying #opinion #thenode #sec

#nationalize the #railroads
Ban #lobbying

https://youtu.be/JbYtrovtJ7U

#Apple is boosting its #lobbying might as President #Biden nears a decision next week on whether to block a potential Apple Watch ban.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (#ITC) ruled in December that Apple infringed on medical device company #AliveCor's wearable #electrocardiogram #patents. The commission's ruling could result in an import ban on popular Apple Watch models, unless the Biden administration steps in.

#AppleWatch #AppleWatchBan
https://thehill.com/lobbying/3862071-apple-flexes-lobbying-power-as-apple-watch-ban-comes-before-biden-next-week/

The fight over rewilding - Tortoise

“ …#parliamentaryGroup has resisted efforts to restore the #UK #countryside to #nature at a time when the government is preparing its #post_Brexit plans for #farming”
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2023/01/08/the-fight-over-rewilding/

#rewilding #RewildScotland #bigAg #BigPharma #IndustrialFarming #Pesticides #Herbicides #biodiversity #ecocide #SilentSpring #Westminster #Lobbying

@DaveyDelimbo
Sadly, these terrible collapses like the #MiamiTower are just a tip of the iceberg.

We wrote something recently on another device and will get it out in the days ahead.

In #Australia we've been struggling with our own #propertyDeveloper and #privateEquity craze since #Sydney2000, and yes, a lot of dodgy #construction.

The #realEstate and #propertyCouncil have been aggressively #lobbying #selfRegulation for as long as we can remember too.

#rentseeking #cronyism #assetInflation