The UK Lawyers for Israel state that the boycott could potentially be in breach of the UK Equality Act. In the letter, seen by Variety The Equality Act 2010 is the key legislation in the UK protecting against racism and discriminatory treatment”.

They added: “If the UK television and film industry colludes with acts contrary to this legislation, organisations are themselves likely to be in breach. It also creates a dangerous precedent: one that condones the exclusion of individuals and/or organisations based solely on their nationality, ethnicity, and/or religion.”

These people are delusional. After wiping away the Gaza Strip, leaving not one tree or building standing, they want to talk about exclusion based on nationality, ethnicity and religion? Over movies? Holy shit!

For those not reading the article it’s about Proton’s new Data Breach Observatory Initiative. They actively monitor forums and notify companies when someone posts about credentials or other information. It mentions that often only the biggest attacks get reported but they want to help make it easier to see those that may not get announced.

Further down there’s a list of 10 recent breaches with company names, quantity of records found and the kind of data. There’s nothing pointing to them trying to sell or offer anything but information they’ve found.

Proton’s blog about the new initiative: https://proton.me/...

Data Breach Observatory: https://proton.me/business/pass/breach-observatory

They’re unnecessary, distracting, some try to track you and others can have malware. No thanks.

With the exception of not being low cost items, Tesla blended with a little SpaceX could become Spacers Choice from The Outer Worlds.

"At Spacer's Choice, we cut corners so you don't have to”.

"It's not the best choice, it's Spacer's Choice”.

“Taste the freedom”.

How profound! I would have thought a group of poor people were sure to snag it up.

A ten percent stake in the company and suddenly those concerning Chinese ties Trump mentioned aren’t a thing.

Coming from the person who publicly commits objectively illegal and unchecked acts.

“Trumps says” = here’s some more bullshit lies and single sided personal opinions.

Some choices to help would be to avoid using precise location for weather apps. Course is usually very good unless you're a weather tracking hobbyist. If you're not using ad blocking it's never a bad time to start.

Ad blocking in browser is good but combined with a DNS service that offers block lists like Hagezi's options it's great. These lists can block a lot of tracking and telemetry data and not just the ads themselves. ControlD and NextDNS are two solid options. NextDNS doesn't offer Hagezi Threat Intelligence Feeds specifically but have their own proprietary version. The company claims it covers much of Hagezi's lists but I haven't compared.

ControlD has a 30 day free trial period with two plans either $20 or $40 per year. The $40 per year option has a future called Redirect. Their description "Spoof various web services, apps and platforms to geo-distributed proxy locations and appear to be in a different country".

NextDNS has a free plan that can be used on multiple devices. Paid is $20 per year for unlimited. The catch to the free plan is it's good for 300,000 queries per month. If you get close they email a warning and if you go over the service will still work as a DNS but without the blocking. It will automatically start again the next cycle.

Here's the Hagezi GitHub but other lists are good too like OISD and AdGuard lists.

https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists

I use Ultimate but that may be too restricted for some. It will break websites and apps like FaceBook, WhatsApp, Instagram. If you use those a slightly less strict list a better choice. You'll still get protection but there's a balance to everyone's needs so do read up on each list and what makes sense for you.

All that wrapped in a trusted VPN and you're doing pretty well. Nothing is perfect and if a government power wants to know where you are this isn't going to stop them. For me that's not what this is for. I use this stuff against the ads and tracking crap everywhere. I'm not trying to hide and can't really offer much regarding that.

I'm maybe a bit over the top compared to some. If this all sounds crazy a simple ad blocker (AdGuard, uBlock Origin) in browser and course location for weather and anything else location based that makes sense is a solid start. You can always whitelist websites you wish to support via ad revenue if that's an interest.

Someone didn’t learn lessons from Wall-E. Who am I kidding, his ego is too inflated to learn.

Hollywood studios famously don't pay taxes and make their accounting show no profits so maybe there's a possibility to figure a way around this.

Thanks for sharing!

It seems less about legal costs and more about siding with the head asshole of the US. The legal expert in the article mentions that all three of the recent lawsuits had no legal merit and likely would have gone nowhere.

My guess is that they’re paying up front now to hopefully get away with something else later.

Cold as ice.

Crystalline clear.

Exciting news! Posting from the PWA now. 🎉

If I’m not mistaken when you install the TestFlight version it replaces the stable App Store version. For those with the App Store version installed you can use the PWA at the same time without disturbing your main setup.

Backing up settings and restoring them works too. Just mentioning an another way in case it helps someone.

No, her quote from the article says:

Hannah-Kim told an officer stationed in the VIP area that after she tapped Kove on the shoulder to say hello, he suddenly grabbed her arm and bit her “so hard he nearly drew blood.” Although Hannah-Kim declined to press charges, she requested that a report be filed “in case this continues.”

It’s wrong and a very strange thing to do to someone but no blood.

I believe the scientific name is Fluffious Rearendous 🤓

I agree and even though users should be concerned I think a large amount of people using that platform already don’t care where their data goes, how it’s used or what harmful algorithms can do to a person.

I feel that way too. The show continues to be good but the first season has its own magic.

What he says here makes sense to me.

Pope Leo said cinema, which marks its 130th anniversary this year, had grown from a simple play of light and shadow into a form capable of revealing humanity's deepest questions.

"Cinema is not just moving pictures; it sets hope in motion," he said, adding that entering a theatre was "like crossing a threshold" where the imagination widens.

A culture shaped by constant digital stimuli, however, risks reducing stories to whatever algorithms predict will succeed, he said.

"The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what works, but art opens up what is possible," he said, urging filmmakers to defend "slowness, silence and difference" when telling their stories.

The pope also encouraged artists to confront violence, war, poverty and loneliness with honesty, saying good cinema "does not exploit pain; it recognises and explores it".