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At this summer's HOPE conference, Joshua Aaron spoke about ICEBlock, his iPhone app that allows users to anonymously report ICE sightings within a 5 mile radius, and to get notifications when others report ICE sightings near them. You can see the full talk, and the lively/infuriating Q&A, here, starting at 6:12:10.

French investigative reporter and data journalist Raphaëlle Aubert shares the methods and the data behind her team's major investigation into Europe’s polluted groundwater crisis.

As a side note, there's work on WiVRn using this which is one of the main VR streaming options on Linux: https://github.com/WiVRn/WiVRn/tree/proto/pyrowave

Author: Simon Speakman Cordall
Published on: 02/09/2025 | 00:00:00

AI Summary:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been able to rely on the United States’ absolute backing throughout his country’s war on Gaza. The Donald Trump administration has yet to exhibit similar qualms, even going so far in February as to suggest that all of Gaza’s population be ethnically cleansed. It uses its veto on the UN Security Council to block demands for a ceasefire in Gaza, despite mounting death toll. Ori Goldberg What would happen regionally? Would Israel be attacked, as it claims? "I think you suddenly removed the US from the equation, you’d be removing the one largest single [impediment] to some kind of settlement there’s been" Israel is very dependent on the US financially, but it wouldn’t collapse entirely. Ori Goldberg What would happen in Israeli politics? “Not as much as you think. Israel’s settler community is already high on its own stash. They’re going to continue with what they see as their God-given mission, whatever happens. Daniel Levy What would happen to its military? "If the US vanished tomorrow, Israel could probably sustain its war on Gaza for around a year, but its priorities would change as it became significantly more vulnerable. "Without the US, the blocking of the commercial satellites that Israel relies upon to obscure its territory would end. This would allow its adversaries to see into its territory immediately. Europe is already having a weapons shortfall in relation to what it sees as the threat from Russia. Israel isn’t going to be able to afford to purchase weapons on anything like the scale it has.

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Sydney (AFP) – An Australian state has banned plastic fish-shaped soy sauce containers, reeling in a sushi lovers' favourite that is washing up in drains and beaches.

South Australia is the first state in the country to cast a net over the pervasive piscine plastic, known as shoyu-tai.

Invented in Japan in the 1950s, they have become a popular way for diners to season their takeaway sushi.

But the fishy delights are too small to be captured by sorting machinery and often end up in landfills or as fugitive plastic, South Australia's Environment Minister Susan Close said.

"Single-use plastics are often used for seconds but they last a lifetime in our natural environment," she said.

"The small size of the fish-shaped soy containers means they're easily dropped, blown away, or washed into drains, making them a frequent component of beach and street litter."

South Australia is the first state in the country to ban the plastic soy fish, joining single-use cutlery, bags, coffee cups and takeaway containers on the list of prohibited items.

Manufacturer Asahi Sogyo makes a variety of other novelty soy-sauce containers -- originally known as lucky charms -- including small pigs and tiny bottles, according to the company's website.

The factory produces around a million "lucky charms" each day.

The South Australian government said restaurants will need to use alternative soy sauce carriers like sachets, squeezable packs, refillable or compostable containers.

Japanese restaurant owner Abby Zhang said the ban was a "positive step forward".

"We made a significant change a while back by switching from soy sauce fish containers to more sustainable alternatives, such as compostable sauce containers," Zhang said in a statement, adding customers were "incredibly supportive".

More than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced globally each year, half of which is for single-use items.

While 15 percent of plastic waste is collected for recycling, only nine percent is actually recycled.

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