Australia is considering approving large fossil fuel projects that could emit 10 times Australia's remaining greenhouse emissions budget.

Many Australian industries are emitting just as in 2003.

The Labor government was a big step om from the previous right-wing government that would tell basically any lie to wreck Earth as a place to live. But it is still surprisingly bad compared with what civilization needs to survive.

When Tracy McCarter's estranged husband came to attack her, and fell onto the knife she was pointing at him to keep him away, there was evidence to prove she had not intentionally stabbed him. But a thug claimed she had said so. Then the prosecutor subpoena'd her email, did not inform her, and did not share the evidence with her defense.

Hackers tricked ChatGPT into outputting personal data contained in its training materials.

If it were intelligent, it would have noticed this and hushed up. To refer to these language models as "artificial intelligence" misleads the public, so please don't.

The UK is proposing to investigate supermarkets' practice of charging more to customers that won't help track them.

Instead of investigating them, the right thing to do is prohibit stores from charging more if they don't identify themselves.

The article cites "defenses" for stores "right" to pressure people to help stores track them, but those are irrelevant because tracking people is doing wrong to them. Buying anonymously does not do wrong to a seller; it is everyone's right.

New EPA rules will require replacement of all lead water pipes in the US.

This is worth doing because lead in childrens' drinking water permanently reduces their intelligence.