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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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fishing</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FishnChips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FishnChips</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Shite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quoteoftheday</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harm</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fitsthetimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fitsthetimes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BeingHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeingHuman</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>"Bigger cars<br> mean bigger costs for everyone else. Larger vehicles – no matter how they are powered – generally impose bigger costs on society than smaller cars." </p><p>"Now, SUVs and light commercial vehicles comprise almost 80% of the market. Four in five new vehicles sold in Australia today are an SUV, ute, van or light truck. Drivers of SUVs and pick-ups should pay more to be on our roads. Here’s how to make the system fairer." <br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/drivers-of-suvs-and-pick-ups-should-pay-more-to-be-on-our-roads-heres-how-to-make-the-system-fairer-252381" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/drivers-of</span><span class="invisible">-suvs-and-pick-ups-should-pay-more-to-be-on-our-roads-heres-how-to-make-the-system-fairer-252381</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SUVs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUVs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RoadDamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadDamage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/TrafficJams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrafficJams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/congestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congestion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SpacialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpacialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedestrians</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@cdarwin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cdarwin</span></a></span> and yes, with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BuyBorrowDie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyBorrowDie</span></a> the ultra-wealthy can basically skirt any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> merely take their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shares</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/collateral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collateral</span></a> and by the time they're due to pay their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/loans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loans</span></a> they've already gotten new shares and they just get the taxes on selling off shares written up against the <em>"debt" incured</em>.</p><ul><li>Just like their corporations legally avoid any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CorporateTaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateTaxes</span></a> by pulling accounting tricks to claim they ain't profitable, they too avoid <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IncomeTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncomeTax</span></a> or anything else that would offset the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> they cause to society.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6V9i8fFADI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=t6V9i8fFADI</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pBPZMUcsh0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=8pBPZMUcsh0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XinWJC9C06E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=XinWJC9C06E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPdMvreKMTM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=DPdMvreKMTM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH-xzo5hZfY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=TH-xzo5hZfY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5d9K579d6A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=o5d9K579d6A</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHCwDcbUmgg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=KHCwDcbUmgg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2M4QTHSKDU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=b2M4QTHSKDU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkRpwGpY1C8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=zkRpwGpY1C8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR565U9BYA8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=DR565U9BYA8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Koalas face death, attacks and mass starvation from monoculture plantations<br>Cost-effective management techniques for Australian wildlife</p><p>"...Displaced animals were sometimes still up in trees that were felled and ended up with broken bones, or were orphaned babies left behind. Others were attacked by cows or dogs."</p><p>"A 2023 study of reported wild koala deaths in south-east Queensland found vehicles were responsible for about half (1,431) of all fatalities."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/11/koalas-face-death-attacks-and-starvation-as-blue-gums-chopped-down-in-victoria" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/11/koalas-face-death-attacks-and-starvation-as-blue-gums-chopped-down-in-victoria</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Livestock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/RoadTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadTrauma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/KillingZones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillingZones</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/monoculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monoculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a></p>
Dr. Samuel Iff<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Anabolika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anabolika</span></a> </p><p>Vorgestern war der Tag der <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harm</span></a> Hashtag#Reduction - der <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Schadensminderung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schadensminderung</span></a> bei Suchterkrankungen. Dies wird oft im Zusammenhang mit Projekten zu Suchtbehandlung für z.B. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Kokain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kokain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Heroin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heroin</span></a> oder <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Cannabis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cannabis</span></a> verwendet und es wurde dazu gepostet. Ich bin dankbar für solche Angebote, welche die Leute da abholen, wo sie sich befinden und medizinische Hilfe und Schadensminderung anbieten.</p><p>Jedoch gehen 100'000 Personen in der Schweiz komplett vergessen - die Anabolika-Anwendenden.</p>
BellingenNSW<p>Welfare of koalas living in plantations: Aerial and ground-based shooting of koalas </p><p>"..The ongoing chronic animal welfare crisis facing koalas in southwest Victoria that has been unfolding for decades. The root cause being rampant habitat loss and the relentless expansion of the blue gum plantation industry. With their natural habitat diminished, koalas are left with nowhere safe to go...Only one animal was rescued and taken into care, while 1,061 were euthanised."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/photos-expose-fresh-blow-after-1061-koalas-shot-in-national-park-sad-truth-063055245.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.news.yahoo.com/photos-expos</span><span class="invisible">e-fresh-blow-after-1061-koalas-shot-in-national-park-sad-truth-063055245.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/marsupials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marsupials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/monoculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monoculture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/euthanasia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>euthanasia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Mass aerial culling of koalas<br>The mindset of culling everything in this country is a colonial mentality.</p><p>"In the weeks leading up to the 2025 Federal Election, the Victorian Labor Government's approval of a barbaric slaughter by helicopter shooters, which killed 1,100 koalas, was comprehensively ignored. Mainstream media failed to report the killing, raising major censorship issues, which need to be addressed."</p><p>"I went to one small area of a cleared plantation, with about 30 eucalypts left and around 20 koalas clinging to the branches. This is the scene after harvesting, koalas trying to survive in little pockets of trees."</p><p>"There’s no excuse for Australia not to get it right. You can’t treat the environment like this. The mindset of culling everything in this country is a colonial mentality. Wildlife is suffering from our neglect. We have given nothing back to wildlife for all the good things they have done for us."</p><p>"Experts have suggested retaining 30% of the plantation blue gums, ensuring corridors for koala movement. The extent of current laws, plans and guidelines in place to protect koalas in Victoria can best be described as completely ineffective, whether they are forests, plantations or urban development habitats."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/labors-election-win-hopefully-a-turning-point-for-environment,19707" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">independentaustralia.net/polit</span><span class="invisible">ics/politics-display/labors-election-win-hopefully-a-turning-point-for-environment,19707</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plantations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LoggingImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LoggingImpacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EPBCAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPBCAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koalas</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Extreme heat - harm from fossil fuels<br>Will it ever be possible to sue anyone for damaging the climate?</p><p>"Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds"</p><p>"Five of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel producers could be on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars in damages after a US research team developed a method to link individual companies to specific climate harms and put a dollar figure to the impact. US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/05/cost-of-emissions-from-five-major-australian-resource-companies-more-than-900bn-study-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/05/cost-of-emissions-from-five-major-australian-resource-companies-more-than-900bn-study-finds</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GHG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GHG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/liability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AttributionSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AttributionSci</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/heatwaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatwaves</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Trump's deep-sea mining executive order sparks condemnation by scientists and conservationists</p><p>'US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to open both US and international waters to deep-sea mining, ignoring a global treaty that controls the high seas.."</p><p> "The deep sea and the minerals belong to everyone … and so one country cannot go there and expropriate the minerals and keep them for themselves."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/deep-sea-mining-us-executive-order-sparks-condemnation/105224062" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/dee</span><span class="invisible">p-sea-mining-us-executive-order-sparks-condemnation/105224062</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>“𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝.”</p><p>― 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘔. 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘸</p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Boy they make those instructions seem tough, here I’ve simplified it by directly linking you to the correct proposed rule comment page. </p><p>Comment on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EndangeredSpeciesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpeciesAct</span></a> proposed rule change redefining the word “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a>” here:</p><p><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0034-0001" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-</span><span class="invisible">HQ-ES-2025-0034-0001</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Habitat</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In the 1990s, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/timber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>timber</span></a> companies that wanted to harvest those old-growth <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a> challenged the govt's broad interpretation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> ultimately upheld that interpretation in a 6-3 decision.</p><p>Justice Antonin Scalia dissented w/that interpretation. He argued that in the context of wild <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>, "take" should be interpreted more literally, as an affirmative act directed against a particular animal, not an act that indirectly causes injury to a population.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a>' habitat at risk under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> proposal </p><p>The Trump admin is proposing to significantly limit the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EndangeredSpeciesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpeciesAct</span></a>'s power to preserve crucial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/habitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitats</span></a> by changing the definition of one word: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-5366814/endangered-species-act-change-harm-trump-rule" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/04/17/nx-s1-53668</span><span class="invisible">14/endangered-species-act-change-harm-trump-rule</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Paris Bike Boom Leads to Steep Drop in Air Pollution</p><p>"The French city’s air quality has improved dramatically in the past 20 years, coinciding with a growth in cycling...Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — two of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.”</p><p>"City leaders including Mayor Anne Hidalgo have been making a concerted effort to pedestrianize parts of the city, improve bike infrastructure, and promote active transportation in the French capital."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.planetizen.com/news/2025/04/134769-paris-bike-boom-leads-steep-drop-air-pollution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">planetizen.com/news/2025/04/13</span><span class="invisible">4769-paris-bike-boom-leads-steep-drop-air-pollution</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>air</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pedestrians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pedestrians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BellingenShire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BellingenShire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ActiveTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActiveTransport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Experts in govt, consumer rights &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> said the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s action is illegal. Labeling people dead strips them of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> protections granted to living individuals—&amp; knowingly classifying living people as dead counts as falsifying govt records. This is in addition to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> inflicted on those declared dead,who become unable to legally earn a living wage or draw benefits… <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> itself has acknowledged that an incorrect death declaration is a “devastating” blow.</p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"When we talk about the unfair practices and <a href="https://mato.social/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> done by training <a href="https://mato.social/tags/largelanguagemodels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>largelanguagemodels</span></a>, we usually talk about how they were trained on other people’s creative work without permission. But this is an ongoing problem that’s just getting worse.</p><p>If you’re using the products powered by these attacks, you’re part of the problem.</p><p>Don’t pretend it’s somehow being technologically open-minded to continuously search for nails to hit with the latest "<a href="https://mato.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>” hammers."</p><p><a href="https://adactio.com/journal/21831" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">adactio.com/journal/21831</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>Seven wedge-tailed eagles have been found shot on a property in southern New South Wales. </p><p>"Six of the birds were found dead on the property at Eurongilly, about 60 kilometres from Wagga Wagga, while a seventh was injured but had to be euthanased.Wedge-tailed eagles are a protected species in New South Wales and mainland Australia under the Birds and Animals Protection Act". <br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/seven-wedge-tailed-eagles-die-after-being-shot-near-wagga-wagga/105150464" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-10/sev</span><span class="invisible">en-wedge-tailed-eagles-die-after-being-shot-near-wagga-wagga/105150464</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/mindsets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindsets</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/livestock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>livestock</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/BirdsOfFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdsOfFediverse</span></a></p>