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Nick Young :tinoflag:<p>Fish dumping is disgustingly wasteful.</p><p>This is what Shane Jones and his fishing industry donors want to allow with their proposed changes to fishing laws. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZOverFishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZOverFishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a></p>
Nick Young :tinoflag:<p>The far-reaching changes would restrict public access to cameras on boats footage, remove the requirement for fishers to land all their catch, and stop legal challenges to catch limits that have been successful in protecting species in recent years👇<br><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/jones-moves-to-green-light-ocean-destruction-through-reforms/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=nickofnz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-</span><span class="invisible">release/jones-moves-to-green-light-ocean-destruction-through-reforms/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=nickofnz</span></a></p>
Global Voices<p>Israel destroys Palestine’s last surviving seed bank, echoing a colonial legacy of erasure<br><a href="https://globalvoices.org/2025/08/07/israel-destroys-palestines-last-surviving-seed-bank-echoing-a-colonial-legacy-of-erasure/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalvoices.org/2025/08/07/is</span><span class="invisible">rael-destroys-palestines-last-surviving-seed-bank-echoing-a-colonial-legacy-of-erasure/</span></a></p>
Col<p>Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of an expected meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin that Europe must participate in the peace process between Ukraine and Russia. As the Kremlin refused a three-way meeting with Zelenskyy and Trump, the Ukrainian president said: “Ukraine is not afraid of meetings and expects the same brave approach from the Russian side.”</p>
Col<p>Amnesty International has warned the Met police against arresting participants protesting this Saturday in London in support of Palestine Action.</p>
Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives<p>New one</p>
The Verge<p>OpenAI gives some employees a ‘special’ multimillion-dollar bonus <a href="https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/756561/openai-employees-bonus-sam-altman-ai-talent-wars" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/command-line-news</span><span class="invisible">letter/756561/openai-employees-bonus-sam-altman-ai-talent-wars</span></a></p>
Ukrainska Pravda<p>EU dismayed that Trump has not put "a single iota of pressure" on Putin </p><p>The Washington Post has reported that European capitals were left bewildered after news broke that US President Donald Trump is planning to meet with Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.Source: The Washington Post, citing an unnamed European official, as reported by European Pravda <br>Details: The WP source noted that Europe was extremely worried when they learned that Trump intended to personally meet with Putin.</p>
Low Quality Facts<p>Bro you gotta join ICE, the benefits are insane. Free diapers in case you shit your pants when you see a brown person. Everyone gets protective sunglasses not just for the job but also for when a girl pepper sprays you because you tried to talk to her. Roofies in the kidnapping van are up for grabs.</p>
ABlueView<p>🧵3/3 Firing the Messanger<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ablueview.bsky.social/post/3lvop5e7vax2x" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/ablueview.bsk</span><span class="invisible">y.social/post/3lvop5e7vax2x</span></a></p>
Louise Auerhahn 🏳️‍🌈<p>"Another farmworker, Gabriel, who came out to speak, brought a backpack full of yellow envelopes containing all his tax documents over the decades.</p><p>“These are my taxes. I have been paying my taxes for 19 years, without rights,” he said, as he pulled out each envelope and threw them on the ground in front of the podium. “I’ve been doing this year, after year, after year. For a promise that I would get my citizenship, this is my testimony that I am not a criminal. We are not criminals.”"<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/farmworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farmworkers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a><br><a href="https://lamag.com/news-and-politics/farmworkers-call-for-worker-led-strikes-and-boycotts-amid-recent-raids-targeting-farms-at-a-press-conference-on-monday" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lamag.com/news-and-politics/fa</span><span class="invisible">rmworkers-call-for-worker-led-strikes-and-boycotts-amid-recent-raids-targeting-farms-at-a-press-conference-on-monday</span></a></p>
Jay Kuo<p>The New Fighting Democrats understand that negotiation with Trump bootlickers is futile. The GOP, like Russia, only understands power.</p>
Robert Sanscartier<p>The Southwest is rapidly losing groundwater due to overpumping and climate change, study finds</p><p>They found the Southwest U.S. – including Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Nevada, Colorado, Utah and California – has lost massive amounts of groundwater. That’s due to overpumping by cities and farmers &amp; persistent drought</p><p><a href="https://knpr.org/2025-08-07/the-southwest-is-rapidly-losing-groundwater-due-to-overpumping-and-climate-change-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knpr.org/2025-08-07/the-southw</span><span class="invisible">est-is-rapidly-losing-groundwater-due-to-overpumping-and-climate-change-study-finds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colorado</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IrreversibleOverheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrreversibleOverheating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>ACLU: Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are “Suspicious” </p><p>"...the company is also now apparently analyzing our driving patterns to determine if we’re “suspicious.” That means if your police start using Flock, they could target you just because some algorithm has decided your movement patterns suggest criminality...."</p><p><a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aclu.org/news/national-securit</span><span class="invisible">y/surveillance-company-flock-now-using-ai-to-report-us-to-police-if-it-thinks-our-movement-patterns-are-suspicious</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policing</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/alpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alpr</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a></p>
Jay Kuo<p>I can’t think of anything that has united the far political ends—as well as the center—of this country.</p>
Indivisible ❌👑<p>But Texas Dems can’t win this fight alone. Let’s get to work: <a href="https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/redistricting?source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bluestatedefiance.org/redistri</span><span class="invisible">cting?source=mastodon</span></a></p>
Unicorn Riot<p>General Mills Sued for Racial Discrimination and Retaliation</p><p>As corporations across the US gleefully regress back to their racist roots with the second Trump term, a fired worker in Minnesota is fighting back. General Mills, headquartered in a western Minneapolis suburb, is facing a lawsuit filed by a Black worker who claims he was fired as retaliation for speaking out against racist Black History Month literature that General Mills passed to employees.</p><p>Read in full: <a href="https://unicornriot.ninja/2025/general-mills-sued-for-racial-discrimination-and-retaliation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unicornriot.ninja/2025/general</span><span class="invisible">-mills-sued-for-racial-discrimination-and-retaliation/</span></a></p>
Robert Sanscartier<p>Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’</p><p>Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governments</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/climate-assessments-chris-wright-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">ug/07/climate-assessments-chris-wright-trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IrreversibleOverheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IrreversibleOverheating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UpheavalClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UpheavalClimate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalBurning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateDestruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDestruction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateSuicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSuicide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassExtinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p>After Donald's Stormy Daniels lawyer reminded Epstein's "Child Catcher" that Epstein was dead, and moved her to a "Club Fed" horses and knitting prison, she issued a statement that "Donald always kept his hands in his pockets."</p><p>What will she say when Donald releases her?</p><p>Watch tonight on Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Epstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epstein</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Maxwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maxwell</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pedo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pedo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a></p>
The Bulwark<p>Anne Applebaum: What USAID's Absence Looks Like on the Ground<br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/anne-applebaum-what-usaids-absence?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/anne-applebau</span><span class="invisible">m-what-usaids-absence?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub </span></a></p><p>Posted into Bulwark Latest <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@thebulwark/bulwark-latest-d7e6a4qaz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bulwark-latest-TheBulwark</span></a></span></p>