Brazilian supreme court Minister to take legal action against Telegram ~tech Article 346 words 3 votes
Indiana governor signs “Don’t Say Gay” bill that forces teachers to out trans kids to their parents ~lgbt transgender Article 517 words 12 votes
F1 star Lewis Hamilton blasts Florida’s anti-LBGTQ measures ~lgbt transgender Article 681 words 8 votes
US lawmakers are being silenced for speaking out against anti-trans bills ~lgbt transgender Article 1368 words 10 votes
Colorado becomes first state to pass “right to repair” law for farmers ~transport Article 645 words 14 votes
The high-wire drama of raising the US debt ceiling is making headlines again. Is there a better way? Perhaps Denmark has the answer. ~finance economics Article 908 words 5 votes
By more than two-to-one, Americans support US government banning TikTok ~tech social media privacy Article 1136 words, published Mar 31 2023 17 votes
Norway wants to raise taxes on its aquaculture industry, which could provide a model for how to better manage the marine environment ~enviro sustainability Article 761 words 4 votes
Residents of Greenland have switched to daylight saving time this weekend for the very last time ~life Article 230 words 11 votes
Swedish court has given Greta Thunberg and climate activists the go-ahead to proceed with a class action lawsuit against the government for insufficient climate policy ~enviro climate change Article 477 words 11 votes
AI can fool voice recognition used to verify identity by Centrelink and Australian tax office ~tech security Article 1108 words, published Mar 16 2023 11 votes
Producers of the latest Mission: Impossible film have dropped their attempt to obtain permission for dozens of helicopter landings on Svalbard ~movies Article 869 words 3 votes
Nebraska lawmaker three weeks into filibuster over trans bill ~lgbt transgender Article 1176 words 21 votes
How Californians are weaponizing environmental law ~enviro Article 1728 words, published Mar 12 2021 9 votes
Bergen is gearing up to open the world's longest purpose-built pedestrian and bicycle tunnel – 2.9km tunnel takes 30-45 minutes to walk through ~transport Link 8 votes
Sacramento recycle center shutters, blames California agency for ‘irate’ customers ~enviro recycling Article 1118 words 8 votes
Alaska says it’s now legal “in some instances” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals ~lgbt Article 2601 words 12 votes
Giant California greenhouse signals a big bet on cannabis legalization ~enviro Article 1785 words 4 votes
Danish parliament urges lawmakers and employees to remove TikTok on work phones as a cybersecurity measure, saying “there is a risk of espionage” ~tech social media security.cyber privacy Article 263 words 4 votes
Tennessee becomes the first state to pass a ban on drag shows. The bill is so vaguely worded it could also target trans people and Pride celebrations generally. ~lgbt transgender Link 12 votes
The greatest tax system in the world – why can't America be as great as the Faroe Islands? ~finance business Article 1242 words, published Jan 2 2023 14 votes
The incentive problem at the heart of the American justice system ~finance Article 3961 words, published Jan 11 2023 7 votes
Some Californian cities to lose zoning powers in two days ~design urban planning Article 1725 words 19 votes
British Columbia embarks on bold experiment to decriminalize hard drugs - Possession of small amounts of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and other hard drugs will be allowed in Canada’s westernmost province ~health.mental Article 10 votes
California fires back at other Western states with its own Colorado River plan ~enviro Article 2012 words 9 votes
Norway's fossil fuel bonanza stokes impassioned debate about how best to spend its 'war profits' ~finance Article 4 votes
Government refuses to fund UK students at new medical school despite ‘chronic’ doctor shortage ~health healthcare Article 852 words, published Jan 14 2023 6 votes
First Navajo woman becomes Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council ~news usa.az Article 541 words 3 votes
Why the ground under Colorado solar panels is ripe for growing food ~enviro energy.renewable Article 2196 words 7 votes
Denmark has managed to anger the Evangelical Lutheran Church and hundreds of thousands of Danish voters – all because of a public holiday ~humanities religion Article 928 words 6 votes
Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation has formally withdrawn its bid to host the 2027 IIHF World Championship ~sports.hockey Article 223 words 5 votes
Battle for the nation's soul – Norway faces debate about gas and oil wealth ~finance Article 1519 words 8 votes
Norwegian Jehovah's Witnesses no longer registered as religious community – due to exclusionary practices when someone breaks religious rules ~humanities religion Link 7 votes
San Francisco will allow police to deploy robots that kill ~news usa.ca.san francisco law Article 687 words 14 votes
Thousands of women in Greenland, including some as young as twelve, had a contraceptive device implanted in their womb, often without consent ~health healthcare Article 1851 words 16 votes
Peru's president says will dissolve Congress, calls for elections ~news peru politics Article 107 words 8 votes
Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices. CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data. ~tech security.cyber Article 696 words 12 votes
Young Australians just won a historic human rights case against an enormous coal mine ~enviro Article 1123 words, published Nov 25 2022 5 votes
Welsh council bids to print McDonald’s customer car number plates on wrappers ~enviro Article 345 words 12 votes
Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of other youth activists to file a lawsuit against the Swedish government over its alleged inaction on climate change ~enviro climate change Article 278 words 3 votes