God, this bubble burst is going to be so brutal

Doctors without Borders (MSF): "Israeli authorities are suffocating Gaza with deliberate shortages of food, medicine and fuel"
https://www.msf.org/israeli-authorities-are-suffocating-gaza-deliberate-shortages
A historic low point of humanity.

We are ending the era of Russian fossil fuels in Europe for good!

We have proposed a gradual phase-out of Russian gas and oil imports, to be completed by the end of 2027.

This will cut energy and economic risks tied to Russian supply, while ensuring stable and secure energy for all EU countries.

Our proposal protects markets, limits price impacts, and strengthens the EU’s energy independence.

Let's turn off the tap on Russian fossil fuels in Europe for good.

ℹ️ https://europa.eu/!CrrR3m

There's some coverage from public/state owned media here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-15/donald-trump-no-kings-protests-united-states/105418228

But saying 'tens of thousands' attended seems to downplay it to the point of misrepresentation, based on the photos here on Mastodon.

The huge protests in the US have been scarcely covered in the Australian media. The world should know the US is resisting. #nokings

@kate
Does it tell your health fund what you take out of it?

According to the Ukrainian security services, AI-powered autonomous systems allowed drones to continue along a pre-planned route even after losing signal. Upon approaching and contacting a designated target, the warhead was automatically triggered. This indicates that autonomous AI capability in detection, engagement, and triggering destruction IS ALREADY HERE. But this is only the beginning of autonomous capability. This raises urgent questions about international humanitarian law compliance

Tired of software tracking you, and using your content to feed AI services? Switch to free and open source software – like #LibreOffice, which is backed by a non-profit (@tdforg) and has zero interest in your data: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/06/10/libreoffice-for-end-user-privacy-tdfs-annual-report-2024/ #foss #OpenSource #privacy

President Trump’s so-called “big beautiful bill,” includes a 3.5% tax on remittances by non-citizens. New analysis by The Continent shows this could raise transaction costs to over 9% in at least eight African countries, especially for small transfers. https://continent.substack.com/p/trump-tax-will-cost-some-african

The Israel-US plan to kill all the men in Gaza is pretty obvious.

Whether they know it or not, Boston Consulting Group set GHF up as bait for men specifically.

Gaza is blockaded for decades, then completely cut off to put people into famine, meaning the men are the only people strong enough to carry heavy things great distances. GHF comes in with 20kg boxes of aid.

A mother with multiple kids (if they're still alive after Israel has been targeting kids) will not be able to get food, but a teenage boy, or a man, will.

For the past few weeks I've been calling them "kill zones", because from what I've seen, the Israeli troops have created a traditional "kill zone" in the area leading up to the GHF distribution point.

As Gaza’s Government Media Office calls it: “human slaughterhouses”

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/8/gaza-aid-sites-branded-human-slaughterhouses-under-deadly-israeli-fire

#Israel #Gaza

@brainwane @leonardr @ThePSF

Learning how to use Beautiful soup as a new programmer was a great joy.

I'm proud of my spouse @leonardr for his decades of service to the world. The #Python Software Foundation recently recognized some of that service by naming him a @ThePSF Fellow, and giving him the Community Service Award.

A few photos of the ceremony at #PyConUS 2025: https://harihareswara.net/posts/2025/congratulating-leonard-psf-award/

Calls to ban e-scooters from footpaths after death of Perth father https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-04/calls-for-e-scooter-footpath-ban-after-perth-pedestrian-death/105374060 #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #PublicTransport #Transport #Safety

So here is one of the effects of the #climatecatastrophe that people don't associate with #climate collapse.

It's not just floods, fires and heatwaves.

Here in South #Australia we had algea bloom for the last 10 weeks. It's is a result of a marine heat wave where the temperature of water is 2.5 degrees higher. We had them before, but this one is the longest ever.

Marine life is being washed dead on the shore, sharks are attacking people because their food webs are dying, jellyfish sting people in areas where they were not a problem.
When you go to the beach you will have difficulty breathing and have an allergic reaction. Some people living on the coastline are experiencing respiratory symptoms constantly.

The rich usually think they can survive the climate collapse because air-conditioning and food deliveries (actually I have no idea what's going on in their heads).

But this is one of the many, many, many #catastrophies we have no name for yet.

So you can now add "Algea Bloom" to "Fire Tornadoes" and "Rain Bombs".

Welcome to the end of #anthropocene .

Have a lovely Sunday and be excellent to each other.

P.S. The Government is trying to keep this very low key as we are trying to get tourists here. But here is the official page: https://www.pir.sa.gov.au/research/research_areas/aquatic_sciences/marine_ecosystems/harmful_algal_bloom

@Daojoan at work this holds up. We've got all sorts of communications methods, but if it was important, it would have been in an email.

Which are the most plastic polluting corporations?

From https://brandaudit.breakfreefromplastic.org/brand-audit-2023/

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This really did let the stress out:

https://open.spotify.com/track/7KDSbZL4r1vwhRNhGkMOg2?si=54053c60071b4f68

#music

A software engineer, except trees instead of computers.

The AI bubble is a stunningly designed grift. Here's a machine that promises to automate the alienation of labor for knowledge workers, built on their past work, marketed to a buying class who has none of the skills to evaluate the output of these tools or the talent they promise replace.