UK becomes first country to outlaw easily guessable default passwords on connected devices ~tech Article 391 words 37 votes
Climate policy is working – double down on what’s succeeding instead of despairing over what’s not ~enviro climate change Article 4740 words, published Apr 23 2024 48 votes
The reckless policies that helped fill our streets with ridiculously large cars ~transport Article 2400 words 39 votes
Ireland plans to send asylum seekers back to UK under emergency law ~news ireland united kingdom politics rwanda crime law.emergency Article 588 words 14 votes
British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces ~news canada.bc politics Article 918 words 35 votes
Net neutrality is back as US FCC votes to regulate internet providers ~tech internet Article 65 votes
Ronald Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the US Supreme Court ~health Article 358 words 18 votes
China and California are leading the way on climate cooperation. Others should follow. ~enviro climate change Article 900 words, published Nov 28 2023 12 votes
US Congress approves bill banning TikTok unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells platform ~tech social media Link 69 votes
The Anglosphere has an advantage on immigration – English-speaking countries generally do better at both attracting and integrating talent ~misc politics Article 709 words 13 votes
UK asylum seekers will be deported to Rwanda ~news united kingdom politics law rwanda Article 144 words 18 votes
American non-compete clauses could become a thing of the past thanks to a new ruling ~life work Video 11:43 15 votes
US FCC to vote to restore net neutrality rules years after the agency voted to repeal them ~tech internet Article 1236 words 82 votes
HHS strengthens privacy of US reproductive health care data ~health healthcare Article 917 words 10 votes
How Sweden is failing its spacetechs – it's not about the budget, says one founder who moved his company to Finland ~space Article 1215 words 7 votes
The persistence of the Venezuelan migrant and refugee crisis (2023) ~misc politics Article 2043 words 5 votes
Venezuela to accelerate cryptocurrency shift as oil sanctions return ~finance cryptocurrency Article 774 words 8 votes
European Commission approves creation of an environmental zone in the city centre of Stockholm, where petrol and diesel cars will be banned entirely from 2025 ~transport Article 440 words 25 votes
Inflation in times of overlapping emergencies: Systemically significant prices from an input–output perspective ~finance economics.macro Article 7974 words 7 votes
Two years to save the planet, says UN climate chief ~enviro climate change Article 566 words 53 votes
Hawaii lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals after Lahaina wildfire amplifies Maui housing crisis ~life housing Article 14 votes
California sets nation-leading limit for carcinogenic chromium-6 in drinking water ~enviro pollution.water water.drinking Article 1321 words 17 votes
All roads lead to Romania, as PM vows motorway to Moldova will open this year ~transport Article 400 words, published Apr 13 2024 6 votes
Swedish parliament passed a law Wednesday lowering the age required for people to legally change their gender from 18 to 16 ~lgbt Article 202 words 34 votes
In the years after World War II, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb ~humanities.history Article 16 votes
Networked geothermal is catching on in Minnesota ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1379 words, published Apr 5 2024 19 votes
German parliament votes to make it easier for transgender people to change their name and gender ~lgbt transgender Article 634 words 39 votes
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen's domestically popular tough immigration stance could prove to be a weakness with European Social Democrat colleagues in the upcoming EU elections ~misc politics Article 5 votes
US Senate Republicans furious over Donald Trump derailing FISA bill ~misc politics Article 1366 words 27 votes
Fortress Europe isn’t working – Europe needs a workable migration strategy. Instead it’s attacking asylum seekers to placate the right. ~misc politics Article 650 words 28 votes
Joe Biden administration sets first-ever limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in US drinking water ~enviro water.drinking pollution.water Article 1181 words 26 votes
Norway's top authority revokes decision by city to only take Ukrainian refugees – was contrary to the constitution and the Scandinavian country's discrimination laws ~misc politics Article 330 words 13 votes
German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice ~tech linux microsoft Article 592 words 56 votes
Scandals blight Denmark's buildup of its armed forces as it eyes possible threats from Russia ~misc politics Article 656 words 15 votes
Historian Avi Shlaim: ‘I remain hopeful Israel will start to act rationally’ ~misc politics Link 2 votes
Long untouchable, fire departments are causing death and homelessness in American cities by advocating for bad policies ~transport Article 2318 words 28 votes
Finland's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been to move away from policy of self-reliance and embrace the alliance ~misc politics Article 1067 words 12 votes