Ukraine cyber-conflict: Hacking gangs vow to de-escalate
“The International Committee of the #RedCross (#ICRC) issued the first list of rules for civilian #hackers ever created.
Dubbed a "Geneva Code of cyber-war", it was initially criticised as unworkable.
But now Ukrainian and Russian hackers say they will comply with the rules.” #cyberwar #ukraine #russia
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67029296
Canada's buildings have an emissions problem. Could fish skin provide an answer?
“The idea of a building with veins came to Kay during his master's degree at the Univ of Toronto, where he studied how marine organisms like squid and krill release pigmented fluids in their bodies to change the opacity of their skin to regulate exposure to heat and light. “
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/what-on-earth-building-emissions-fish-skin-1.6988165
A certificate to own a car in Singapore now costs $106,000
“The cost of a certificate to own a large family #car in Singapore has jumped to a fresh record high of S$146,002 ($106,619; £87,684).
The city-state introduced the 10-year certificate of entitlement system in 1990 as an anti-congestion measure.
Prospective car owners in #Singapore must have a COE in order to be able to purchase a vehicle.”
#tootsea
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67014420
Record 400K U.S.-bound #migrants trek through dangerous #Darién jungle this year
“Crossings of the dangerous Darién Gap have reached another record, as migrants seek protection or a better future in the United States but lack safer routes to get there.” #usa
https://www.npr.org/2023/10/05/1203045232/migrants-darien-jungle-panama-to-us
Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring that took #kidneys from over three hundred victims
“The transplants were carried out in private homes - often without the patient knowing
A car mechanic is said to have worked as Mr Mukhtar's surgical assistant and helped lure vulnerable patients from hospitals.
The kidneys were then sold for up to 10 million rupees (£99,000; $120,000) each” #punjab #pakistan #kashmir #organtheft
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66988933
Greenland women seek compensation over involuntary birth control
“A group of 67 women from #Greenland are seeking compensation from the #Danish government over a campaign of involuntary birth control.
At least 4,500 women, some teenagers, were fitted with coils to limit birth rates among the #indigenous #inuit population.
An inquiry is due to conclude in 2025, but the women, some of whom are in their 70s, want compensation now” #denmark
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66990670
“#Indonesia has inaugurated its first high-speed railway, a $7.3bn (£5.9) project backed by #China under its Belt and Road Initiative.
President Joko Widodo launched the service, which connects the capital #Jakarta to #Bandung, a top economic hub.
The #railway is named #Whoosh, a Bahasa Indonesia acronym that translates to time-saving and reliable.” #trains
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66979810
Bear attack in Banff National Park leaves two dead
“A #Grizzly bear attack in #Alberta ‘s #Banff National Park has left two people dead, Parks Canada announced late Saturday.
Parks Canada received an alert from a GPS device originating from the Red Deer River Valley at approximately 8 p.m. on Friday, indicating a bear attack.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9997933/bear-attack-in-banff-national-park-leaves-two-dead-parks-canada/
University of New Brunswick permanently raises Wolastoqey flag
“The flags of the #Wolastoqey Nation and the #WabanakiConfederacy rose for the first time on the #UNB #Fredericton campus, where they’ll stay permanently as a reminder of the land the university sits on.
It’s one of the ways the university decided to mark #TruthandReconciliation Day.”
#nb
#indigenous
https://globalnews.ca/news/9997037/university-of-new-brunswick-wolastoqey-flag-reconciliation/
Mandatory #masks are back at #Montreal ‘s Hospitals
“In recent days, mandatory mask rules have been brought back in many of #Quebec ‘s health-care facilities.
The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (#CHUM) and the regional health board for the city's centre-west region are following suit.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/mandatory-masks-health-boards-1.6983837
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/no-fault-divorce-laws-republicans-repeal/675371/
“But now conservative politicians in states such as Texas and #Louisiana as well as a devoutly #catholic husband who tried to halt his wife’s divorce efforts in #Nebraska are attacking no-fault divorce.
One of the more alarming steps came from the #texas Republican Party, whose 2022 platform called on the legislature to “rescind unilateral #nofaultdivorce laws and support covenant marriage.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66920855
“One of Thailand's most prominent political activists, #arnonnampa has been sentenced to four years in prison under the country's much-criticised royal defamation, or lese-majeste law.
He was convicted by a court in #bangkok over comments he made during a protest in October 2020.
#thailand lese-majeste law forbids anyone from insulting the #monarchy on pain of harsh jail sentences.” #HumanRightsLaw
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/strange-maps-uneven-gravity
“The earth is not perfectly round: It’s flatter nearer to (and flattest at) the poles and bulges more towards (and most along) the equator.
As a result, the distance from the earth’s center to sea level is 13 miles (21 km) greater at the equator than at the poles.
The latitude you’re at has an effect on #gravity with polar and equatorial extremes: Newton’s apple (and you) weigh 0.5% more at the poles than at the equator.”
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-museum-excavation-designated-unesco-world-heritage-site
“Digs at Gordion revealed that the fabled King #midas in Greek mythology cursed with the “golden touch,” was an actual historical figure who ruled #phrygia from #gordion during the 8thC BCE.
New discoveries also support the story that #alexanderthegreat traveled to Gordion in 333 BCE & cut the proverbial “Gordian knot,” thereby fulfilling the prophecy that whoever did so would rule Asia.” #unesco
@461ee028 Jane, I watched it at the start of Covid. Never seen anything like it. Utterly engrossing character sketches. And the costumes!!! At the end, I couldn’t watch anything else for a week. I didn’t want to mess my memory of it up. Hope u like it!
If you watch only one #cdrama please make it Winter Begonia (2020) with the brilliant Yin Sheng in the role of a famous Peking Opera star during the Republican era as Japan invades.
It is now on Viki.
You learn so much about Opera and the competing music troops. It is roughly based on actual historical opera stars. With musical scores from the era.
But you also get to watch a truly gifted actor given room to just fill the screen with his power. A great great role.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/16/garrick-could-admit-women-after-barrister-u-turns-on-club-rules
“One of #London ‘s last gentlemen’s clubs, the #garrick may be edging towards admitting #women after a barrister performed a U-turn on a previous legal judgment ruling that they were ineligible for membership.
Michael Beloff KC first concluded that women could not be proposed under the club’s rules after #joannalumley was denied membership in 2011.
He stated rules used ‘he’ only.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66816560
“A #bangladesh court has sentenced two prominent human rights activists to two years in jail, in what critics say is part of a crackdown ahead of elections.
Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan from rights group #Odhikar always denied decade-old charges that they published a report with false information.
But prosecutors said their report on security force killings in 2013 "undermined" the country's image.”
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/the-humidex-canadians-didnt-invent-humidity-but-we-labeled-it
“Although Canadians had coined the term “humidex” in 1965, Masterton and Richardson were the Atmospheric Environment Service scientists who created the formula for it in 1979.
The service has since morphed into Environment #canada but the formulation remains essentially the same, producing a “scale of discomfort” that Canadians cling to with frustration and pride” #humidex #montreal
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