A great good news story on how the RSPB transformed Wallasea Island in Essex from farmland into a nature reserve using excess soil from the Crossrail project tunnels in London. #WallaseaIsland #RSPB #Crossrail #Environment #Nature Muddy marvellous: celebrating 10 years of transformation at Wallasea Island
Muddy marvellous: celebrating 10 years of transformation at Wallasea Island
"Both judges and juries bring biases to the courtroom. The critical difference is that juries are more diverse than a single judge. Today, 89% of judges are white, 61% are men, and around a third attended private school. Fewer than 10% come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds" #JuryTrial #Juries #Law #Justice #UKPolitics Jurors aren’t impartial – that’s exactly why they are so important to justice
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Jurors aren’t impartial – that’s exactly why they are so important to justice
If a judge makes a decision on their own, only their own biases will influence the verdict. In a jury, consensus needs to be reached.
A public relations firm for major U.S. polluters worked to dismantle EU laws that require large corporations to make plans for cutting emissions and appear to have succeeded as the EU has voted to water down its environmentlaws. #EU #Environment #USPolitics #EUPolitics ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws - DeSmog
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws - DeSmog
Fascinating experiment on body consciousness. "If information about our own body is almost always admitted into awareness, this supports the idea that maintaining a stable, embodied self may be one of the core functions of conscious experience. This perspective ultimately highlights a key gap between humans and current artificial systems, challenging the idea that AI – at least in its current forms – could resemble human consciousness" #AI #Consciousness
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Why our physical bodies may be a core part of conscious experience – new research
The brain’s sense of “this is my body” is tightly bound to conscious awareness – far more than many theories assume.
"Equipped with Azure’s near-limitless storage capacity and computing power, Unit 8200 had built an indiscriminate system allowing its intelligence officers to collect, play back and analyse the content of cellular calls of an entire population" #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #IDF #Microsoft Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF | Microsoft | The Guardian
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Irish authorities asked to investigate Microsoft over alleged unlawful data processing by IDF
Move follows Guardian revelations of Israel’s mass surveillance of Palestinians using Microsoft cloud
"Asked if the WI was facing legal threats, Green said it had received fewer than 100 pieces of communication on the issue, many from the same people or outside the organisation, but confirmed there had been “reference to legal challenge”." Rowling strikes again? #Trans #WomensInstitute #UKPolitics #SLAPP Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April | Women's Institute | The Guardian
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Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
"This part of Midtown will soon resemble a huddle of bloated bankers squeezed into stilettos, casting ever longer shadows down the canyons of Manhattan and obliterating views of the city’s cherished peaks, while crushing a generation of handsome, usable buildings beneath them." #Architecture #Bankers #NewYork #ClimateEmergency #Greed An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline | Architecture | The Guardian
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An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline
It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this $4b...
Yet another dodgy Reform UK member. #ReformUK #Gambling #Betting #UKPolitics Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims | Nigel Farage | The Guardian
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Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
Fascinating article on how fonts/typefaces affect perception of what is written. #Fonts #Typefaces #Psychology It’s not you – some typefaces feel different
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It’s not you – some typefaces feel different
The different personalities of typefaces and how it affects our psychology.
Cowards. "Girlguiding had been facing legal action from a parent over its policy allowing transgender girls to join as members and trans women to volunteer in roles reserved for women, claiming it “exposes girls to harassment”, the Times reported" Is this another Rowling funded action? #Trans #GirlGuides #TransGirls Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding | Guides | The Guardian
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Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girls’ adventure charity says it made decision after seeking legal advice in wake of supreme court ruling on gender