LGBTQ+ Legislative Tracking project has compiled anti-LGBTQ+ US legislation stretching back more than twenty years ~lgbt transgender Link 22 votes
European Parliament approves new rules for gene-edited plants ~enviro Article 972 words, published Feb 2 2024 14 votes
Ten US states pass balcony/plug-in solar legislation this year (three more expected soon) ~enviro energy.renewable Article 440 words, published Jul 10 2026 21 votes
Parliament of the Faroe Islands voted on Thursday to legalise abortion until the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, overturning a decades-old law that prohibited abortions in most cases ~health Article 633 words 17 votes
New York City Council pushes to legalize bodega cats, giving them ‘purr-fect’ legal status ~life.pets Article 688 words 34 votes
Denmark wants to champion the EU's beleaguered green deal in its presidency. But convincing other states won't be easy. ~enviro energy.renewable climate change Article 1210 words 11 votes
Pedro Pascal slams JK Rowling’s celebration of anti-trans bill: ‘Heinous loser behavior’ ~lgbt transgender Article 397 words 57 votes
Secret Ink - South Korea's underground tattoo scene: The women defying the law | BBC 100 Women ~life.women Video 25:50, published Feb 4 2025 14 votes
‘Paper or plastic?’ will no longer be a choice at California grocery stores ~enviro pollution.water pollution.ground plastics Article 750 words, published Aug 30 2024 32 votes
Swedish government says excessive screen time is causing a severe health crisis for youth – new legislation in the works to require schools to ban access to digital devices ~health.mental Article 1212 words 14 votes
US Republicans are sneaking anti-trans amendments into beneficial bills ~lgbt transgender Article 1732 words 21 votes
Sweden and Finland have moved to relax strict laws that govern the sale of alcohol, while preserving wider state monopolies ~food drinks Article 294 words 9 votes
Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: June 2024 edition ~lgbt transgender Article 1676 words 11 votes
Networked geothermal is catching on in Minnesota ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1379 words, published Apr 5 2024 19 votes
US rail safety legislation still stalled one year after East Palestine Ohio disaster ~transport Article 856 words 36 votes
A Meta engineer known as an expert at curbing online harassment saw his own child face harassment on Instagram. Now, he’s testifying before the US Congress ~tech social media Article 817 words 19 votes
After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril ~life work Article 1236 words 3 votes
Paddington in Peru films in Colombia – sparking row over legislation in Peru ~movies Article 600 words, published Oct 5 2023 7 votes
Australia tells dating apps to improve safety standards to protect users from sexual violence ~tech Article 631 words 12 votes
Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it ~tech apple Article 817 words 67 votes
The US tech industry has largely co-opted the once-dreaded “patchwork” of state rules through effective lobbying— and its success is sapping momentum for federal legislation ~tech privacy Article 1674 words 7 votes
UK House of Lords votes to modify proposed legislation to target 'harmful' algorithms ~tech Link 9 votes
ACT passes Australian-first legislation banning irreversible medical procedures for young intersex children ~lgbt Article 245 words 12 votes
Covid backlash hobbles US public health and future pandemic response ~health Article 2189 words 8 votes
Spain approves menstrual leave, teen abortion and trans laws ~health healthcare Article 453 words 7 votes
UK proposes making the sale and possession of encrypted phones illegal ~tech privacy Article 10 votes
Meet the man building a thousand wheelchair ramps in Iceland – Ramp Up Iceland aim to make everyday life less challenging for people with physical disabilities ~life Article 659 words 4 votes
Germany moves ahead with plan to legalize cannabis sales ~news germany politics law Article 346 words 17 votes
Federal government introduces legislation to ban conversion therapy in Canada ~lgbt Article 593 words 13 votes
Legislation to criminalise gender affirming care for trans children is dangerous ~lgbt transgender Link 12 votes
Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options ~tech google apple.app store Article 1684 words 7 votes
Facebook to lift Australia news ban after government agrees to amendments to proposed legislation requiring them to pay publishers ~tech facebook social media Article 6 votes
One of the most robust laws on climate change yet has been created in Denmark – can legislation really make failing to act on climate change illegal? ~enviro climate change Article 2752 words 5 votes
Finland has demonstrated that it is possible to reduce the number of smokers without seeing a surge in e-cigarette users ~health Article 801 words, published May 4 2020 7 votes
Got lacteal secretions? Virginia tries to limit the legal definition of milk. ~food drinks Article 416 words 7 votes
Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid’s puberty ~lgbt transgender Article 2727 words 14 votes
Prohibition was a failed US experiment in moral governance ~humanities.history Article 475 words 13 votes
Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video ~tech social media Article 482 words 13 votes
We should opt into data tracking, not out of it, says DuckDuckGo CEO Gabe Weinberg ~tech Article 9747 words, published May 27 2019 10 votes
Defeating the voters: Across the United States, state autocrats are spurning democratic majorities ~humanities Article 2142 words, published May 14 2019 15 votes
Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks fight in DC to unravel state-level consumer privacy protections ~tech privacy Article 1381 words 5 votes
Internal documents show Apple is capable of implementing right to repair legislation ~tech apple Article 1158 words 7 votes
New Zealand bans military style semi-automatics and assault rifles ~news new zealand law Link 15 votes
FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws ~tech privacy security Article 365 words 15 votes