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Nando161<p>""Defund the <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a>" has gotta be one of most unhinged liberal <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideas</span></a>. You're telling me you recognise the <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/cops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cops</span></a> do to <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communities</span></a>, across the board, and especially the harm done already marginalised or at-risk <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a>, and your <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/solution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solution</span></a> is to partially reduce the amount of resources we funnel to the source of <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a>. Let's also <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/defund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defund</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/concentrationcamps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concentrationcamps</span></a>, but we can't get rid of them entirely, that would be <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchy</span></a>!"</p><p><a href="https://www.tumblr.com/nando161mando/790175932583477248" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tumblr.com/nando161mando/79017</span><span class="invisible">5932583477248</span></a></p>
1TE.CH ᳇ Tech News<p>Global Policy Challenges 🌐 Nations debate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethicalstandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethicalstandards</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> concerns, and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/societalimpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>societalimpact</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, seeking a balance between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a>.</p><p>Regulation and Responsibility ⚖️ Lawmakers craft policies to ensure AI is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transparent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparent</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fair</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accountable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountable</span></a>, while preventing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misuse</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> through AI.</p><p>Competition and Collaboration 🤝 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Countries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Countries</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techgiants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techgiants</span></a> compete for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIleadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIleadership</span></a>, but also recognise the need for global cooperation.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://AIPolitics.EU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">AIPolitics.EU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <br>👉 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@ai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ai</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Countries must prevent harm to the climate system and tackle fossil fuels to ensure the right to life.</p><p>"...The international court of justice (ICJ) said countries must prevent harm to the climate system and that failing to do so could result in their having to pay compensation and make other forms of restitution."</p><p>"The unanimous opinion covers a wide range of matters under international law. It says states are liable for all kinds of activities that harm the climate, but it takes explicit aim at fossil fuels. It says that a state’s failure to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from greenhouse gas emissions, including through the production and consumption of fossil fuels, the granting of fossil fuel exploration licences or the provision of fossil fuel subsidies, “may constitute an international wrongful act which is attributable to that state”.</p><p>"The court said a clean, healthy and sustainable environment was a precondition for exercising many human rights, such as the right to life, the right to health and the right to an adequate standard of living, including access to water, food and housing."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/23/healthy-environment-is-a-human-right-top-un-court-rules" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/jul/23/healthy-environment-is-a-human-right-top-un-court-rules</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICJ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/consumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/reparations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reparations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/restitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restitution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RightToLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToLife</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Clearing rainforest for cattle farming is far worse for nature than previously thought, finds landmark bird survey</p><p>"In the largest ever survey of rainforest birdlife, scientists have discovered that deforestation to create pastureland in Colombia is causing around 60% more damage to biodiversity than previously estimated...We found that the biodiversity loss caused by clearing rainforest for pastureland is being massively underestimated.”<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/clearing-rainforest-for-cattle-farming-is-far-worse-for-nature-than-previously-thought-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cam.ac.uk/research/news/cleari</span><span class="invisible">ng-rainforest-for-cattle-farming-is-far-worse-for-nature-than-previously-thought-finds</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pasture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pasture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pastoralism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pastoralism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingAndLandclearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingAndLandclearing</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Damage cause by prescribed burns</p><p>"100 trees were felled in a prescribed burn on WA's south coast last year...The full extent of damage caused by a prescribed burn that felled hundreds of rare native trees along Western Australia's south coast...The Leeuwin group, a consortium of WA's top environmental scientists, has urged the government to amend its burn program to avoid another mass felling."<br>&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/giant-red-tingle-trees-felled-controlled-burn-wa-south-coast/105512970" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/gia</span><span class="invisible">nt-red-tingle-trees-felled-controlled-burn-wa-south-coast/105512970</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/fires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fires</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/PrescribedBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrescribedBurns</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destruction</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/taleb-nassim-nicholas/77501/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</b></a></p><blockquote>Know how to rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.</blockquote><p><b>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</b> (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist<br><i>The Black Swan</i>, Part 2, ch. 13 “Appelles the Painter, or What Do You Do If You Cannot Predict” (2007)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/taleb-nassim-nicholas/77501/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/taleb-nassim-nichola…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=blackswan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackswan</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conclusion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=danger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>danger</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=plausibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plausibility</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=potential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>potential</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=prediction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prediction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=riskanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>riskanalysis</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>"According to the Invasive Species Council, about 75% of Australia’s invasive weeds started as garden plants." &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/06/gazania-daisies-invasive-species-council-australian-nurseries" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jul/06/gazania-daisies-invasive-species-council-australian-nurseries</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/gardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/horticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>horticulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>invasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Syngonium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syngonium</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Gazania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gazania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> passed through the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> Tuesday stands apart in its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>, analysts say. Not only did an initial analysis show it adding at least $3.3 trillion to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalDebt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalDebt</span></a> over the next 10yrs—making it among the most expensive bills in a generation—but it would also reduce the amt of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revenue</span></a> the country collects for decades. Such a shortfall could begin a seismic shift in the nation’s fiscal trajectory &amp; raise the risk of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crisis</span></a>.</p>
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>Many class action lawsuits related to data breaches get dismissed for lack of standing when plaintiffs cannot show concrete injury or imminent harm. Or when they do allege concrete harm like fraud or IDtheft, they may have trouble showing it was due to that specific <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> and not any of a gadzillion other breaches that have occurred.</p><p>In Webb v. Injured Workers Pharmacy, the lower court dismissed the suit because it didn't think the plaintiffs made a clear enough showing of tracing the harm to the breach. </p><p>The appellate court reversed and remanded. </p><p>After that, the case settled for more than $1M. </p><p><a href="https://databreachtimes.com/healthcare/patients-allege-home-delivery-pharmacy-failed-timely-notification-of-data-breach/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">databreachtimes.com/healthcare</span><span class="invisible">/patients-allege-home-delivery-pharmacy-failed-timely-notification-of-data-breach/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/classaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classaction</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/standing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>standing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/injury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injury</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/traceability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traceability</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/idtheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>idtheft</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>The sentencing of Cassius Turvey’s killers shows courts still struggle to deal with racism</p><p>"The brutal homicide of 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, Cassius Turvey, by a group of white men revealed the racial schisms in Western Australian society. Turvey was walking home from school in October 2022 when he was abruptly beaten to death."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-sentencing-of-cassius-turveys-killers-shows-courts-still-struggle-to-deal-with-racism-259541" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/the-senten</span><span class="invisible">cing-of-cassius-turveys-killers-shows-courts-still-struggle-to-deal-with-racism-259541</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FirstNationsPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNationsPeoples</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RacialViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RacialViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/motorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motorists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarMinds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarMinds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AustralianPsyche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustralianPsyche</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>IMPACT: 170 patients harmed as a result of Qilin’s ransomware attack on NHS vendor Synnovis:</p><p><a href="https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/national/25248263.170-patients-harmed-result-cyber-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/na</span><span class="invisible">tional/25248263.170-patients-harmed-result-cyber-attack/</span></a></p><p>This updates numbers reported in January. HSJ article is behind paywall though.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HealthSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@brett" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>brett</span></a></span></p>
John Colagioia<p>On my blog: Go Nowhere Fast <a href="https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/06/15/go-nowhere-fast.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/15/go-nowhere-fast.html</span></a><br>Thinking about the use of certain bring-your-own-interpretation key phrases in technology, political, and other spaces.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Shamed New Zealand pornographer Michael Pratt speaks from US prison cell <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1106194/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1106194/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/20plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20plus</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/admitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>admitting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/after" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>after</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/agents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>agents</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/apologises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apologises</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/appearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appearing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bayer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/broken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>broken</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/causing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>causing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cell</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Charges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Charges</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exclusively" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exclusively</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/faces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faces</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finally</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/from" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>from</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fugitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fugitive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Global</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/herald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>herald</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/inside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inside</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/into" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>into</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kurt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kurt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Michael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Michael</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/notorious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notorious</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pedlar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedlar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/porn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>porn</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pornographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pornographer</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/pratt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pratt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prison</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/reports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reports</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scores</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/shamed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shamed</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/silence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/speaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/speaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>speaks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/special" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>special</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/spent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spent</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tricked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tricked</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Videos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Videos</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/where" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>where</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/years" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>years</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/zealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zealand</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>When <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heaven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heaven</span></a> Justifies <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harm</span></a> - Why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belief</span></a> in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Afterlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Afterlife</span></a> Makes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BadPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadPolicy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPmtovLUtls" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=TPmtovLUtl</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iowa</span></a></p>
John Colagioia<p>On my blog: Generative AI Wish List <a href="https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/06/08/ai-wish-list.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/08/ai-wish-list.html</span></a><br>Thinking about the things that large language models could plausibly do, if companies cared.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Mining the ocean for fish n chips <br>"Humans have done "unspeakably awful" damage to the planet's oceans."<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/david-attenborough-prince-william-oceans-/105390896" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/dav</span><span class="invisible">id-attenborough-prince-william-oceans-/105390896</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FishnChips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FishnChips</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a></p>
John Colagioia<p>On my blog: One Fight <a href="https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/06/01/one-fight.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">6/01/one-fight.html</span></a><br>Looking at attacks on sex work as an attack on everyone.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Can you live without a car in the mountains? Yes, with planning and a few different bikes <br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2025/may/30/can-you-live-without-a-car-in-the-mountains-yes-with-planning-and-a-few-different-bikes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/bi</span><span class="invisible">ke-blog/2025/may/30/can-you-live-without-a-car-in-the-mountains-yes-with-planning-and-a-few-different-bikes</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RoadTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoadTrauma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/carfree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>carfree</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Tik Tok - a shite mine</p><p>Who would have though it - but no one will be held responsible for the harm it causes.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/may/31/more-than-half-of-top-100-mental-health-tiktoks-contain-misinformation-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/31/more-than-half-of-top-100-mental-health-tiktoks-contain-misinformation-study-finds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Shite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shite</span></a></p>
Tim Mocarski<p>“Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.”</p><p>T.S. Eliot</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/quoteoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quoteoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Harm</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fitsthetimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fitsthetimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BeingHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeingHuman</span></a></p>