#Norway moves to #ban #AI #smartglasses in public
"move comes amid escalat'g European #safety #warnings. E-enfance, a French child welfare org'n, reported rcv'g ~20 cases in 2026 involv'g #women & #children who were secretly recorded in public spaces us'g predominantly #Meta 😡AI models.. Norway's decisive action cld set a crucial #precedent for #regulating AI #wearables. As #pervertglasses gain popularity.. #governments r facing urgent pressure to protect public #privacy"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/tech/3335080/norway-moves-to-ban-ai-smart-glasses-in-public

Malaysian king allows jailed ex-PM #Najib Razak to serve house arrest🤦‍♂️
"Najib, PM from 2009 to 2018, was found guilty of #corruption in relation to the #embezzlement of #billions of dollars tied to #1MDB, a state investment fund he ⁠co-founded while in power.. It was the second #pardon for Najib🤬, ⁠who under the previous king in 2024 had his 12-year sentence halved & the fines imposed on him reduced"
👉 #Malaysia has gone down the filthy drain to become a #failedState..⚠️👎
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3321990/malaysian-king-allows-jailed-expm-najib-razak-to-serve-house-arrest

One Plant Tripped in #Kyrgyzstan, Four Countries Go Dark
" #CentralAsia’s #interconnection is also a major strength, enabling it to pool diverse #energy #resources across borders. The task for te coming decade is to strengthen this grid together. August 14 served as an unplanned stress test, & #power returned within hours. Why a local fault crossed four #borders remains an open question about te #system, not te plant"
👉Useful to understand CA's burdens of #Soviet legacy.🧐
https://astanatimes.com/2026/09/one-plant-tripped-in-kyrgyzstan-four-countries-go-dark/

#American Airlines #passenger duct-taped after alleged #racist outburst
"passenger's dropped by real estate firm aft alleged racist & #homophobic outburst.. Arthur Layne Lundeen, 67, was affiliated w Long Realty in Tucson.. Passengers said Lundeen became aggressive, shouted vulgar, racist & homophobic remarks & behaved threateningly towards women seated nearby.. Lundeen was charged w 2nd-degree #assault & disorderly conduct"
👉 #Racism, #misogyny, #homophobia personified🤦‍♂️
https://thethaiger.com/news/american-airlines-passenger-duct-taped-racist-outburst

RE: https://mstdn.social/@GeriAQuin/117218492138428736

👇 #StateOfTheNation 👇 #bananarepublic

#TruthTuesday 👇
This bears repeating till governments do the work to corral unbridled #AI development: 👇

I Was Trapped in #Chinese #Mafia #Crypto #Slavery | Hacklab @wired
🧐"It began with a message in WIRED #technology journalist Andy Greenberg's inbox, sent fr a lawless stretch of #Laos bordering #Myanmar & #Thailand. A computer engineer fr India, trapped far fr home inside an isolated compound, forced to work long hours luring western victims into fake crypto investments. Tis is how he exposed te never-before-seen inner workings of a modern #forcedlabor operation" #scammer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A

It is increasingly evident that #America's #democracy has been #captured and sullied by #bigmoney #political #donations to the extent that a #criminal can be re-elected as #POTUS & #antitrust #laws repeatedly trampled. Nowhere on earth does money talk louder than in #USA. The ROW can only hope that the US-style #corruption of #politics stop with #UK & doesn’t infect any more countries.

The #Americanisation of British political donations
"Nigel Farage’s Reform party..."🤔
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-americanisation-of-british-political-donations

#Seoul to send #taskforce to #Cambodia following #abductions of Koreans
👍"Korean govt plans to send a joint response team to CAM, led by 2nd vice foreign minister & incl'g officials fr National #Police & National #Intelligence Svce, to oversee te #repatriation of Koreans held against their will there.. Min of #Justice aims to enhance int'l collaboration to crack down on #criminal compounds operating abroad, utiliz'g #transnational crime response mechanisms est'd w #ASEAN"
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/foreignaffairs/20251014/seoul-to-send-task-force-to-cambodia-following-abductions-of-koreans

#SouthKorea summons Cambodian envoy over job #scams targeting nationals
"# of reported kidnappings of Sth Koreans in #Cambodia – prev'ly aver'g 10-20 cases/year – surged to 220 in 2024 & 330 as of Aug 2025.. Per #AmnestyInternational, abuses in Cambodia’s #scamcentres r happening on a “mass scale”, & there're at least 53 scam compounds where organised criminal groups carry out #humantrafficking.. report accused Cambodian #government of being #complicit in te exploitation"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-summons-cambodian-envoy-over-job-scams-targeting-nationals

#PRC’s #UN envoy accuses US of ‘abusing’ veto power over Gaza
"Beijing’s frustration w te system.. “How much longer must we wait before te #SecurityCouncil can fulfil its responsibilities?” Te #resolution had te backing of all 14 other members of #UNSC. Te doc described te humanitarian situation in #Gaza as “catastrophic”.. Te vote on Sept 18 marks te 6th #veto tt #USA has used to block a resolution on Gaza since 2023"
🤔Only #China has balls to #callout #US hypocrisy? #EU
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-un-envoy-accuses-us-of-abusing-veto-power-over-gaza

#TGIF to fellow #fediversers 🙏 - it's a bright and sunny Friday now in #Bangkok 😊. Sharing an old photo I took on another bright sunny day, in beautiful #Chiran old town of #Kagoshima on #Kyushu, #Japan - this was in the vicinity of old Chiran Samurai Residences #Gardens Street aka Chiran Bukeyashiki #知覧 武家屋敷通り. 😋Tip: "mossy" green chiran-cha is a hedonistic #umami brew. #mastophoto #mosstodon #moss #sencha

#TGIF and have a wonderful weekend dear #fediversers 🙏🍀
#mosstodon #mastophoto

They lie, fabricate, hallucinate or even feign amnesia, but retribution hell awaits #Netanyahu, #Putain, #HunSen - the cold-blooded tyrants who ordered the callous #murders of innocent #women and #children with weapons of war, in flagrant violation of #GenevaConventions and devoid of basic human decency.
#justice #truth #UNHRC #StopGenocide
#JailNetanyahu
#StopPutin
#CambodiaOpenedFire

#Gaza: 'I witnessed #warcrimes,' former worker at GHF aid site
"retired #US #specialforces officer has revealed to BBC why he resigned from his work w #GHF aid distribution centres. "I witnessed #IDF shooting at the crowds of #Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told BBC. He added tt in his entire career he's never witnessed such a level of " #brutality & use of indiscriminate & unnecessary force against a #civilian population, an unarmed, #starving population"" #JailNetanyahu
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cy8k8045nx9o

#Thai #river turns orange as dangerous toxins fr #Myanmar #mines flush #downstream
"urgency of #health #crisis for #riverside #communities warned not to wash, drink or eat fish fr contaminated #waterway they depend on, is compounded by te fact tt te mines r located in territory controlled by te Wa, an ethnic armed gp notorious for drug prod'n, unchecked resource extraction & opaque biz ties to #China.. satellite imagery suggests #contamination began as early as last Sept"
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3312120/thai-river-turns-orange-dangerous-toxins-myanmar-mines-flush-downstream

🧐AP Describes #Musk’s #Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’
"AP (2/4/25) evidently needed e work of 10 reporters to produce “Elon Musk Tightens Grip on #Federal #Government as #Democrats Raise Alarms”.. “in charge of retooling the federal government.” Is tt a thing? #AP suggests we believe tt it is.. If u rely on #reporting fr #nominallyneutral outlets like #AssociatedPress, u might imagine tt’s only a concern of partisan Democrats, not regular folks like you & me" #journalism
https://fair.org/home/ap-describes-musks-coup-as-penchant-for-dabbling/

Major #Asian #Investment Firms Caught by #Fraud
🧐"swindled by #eFishery, an #Indonesian #unicorn supposedly providing #technology & data to improve operations of fish & shrimp farmers, likely forcing them to #writeoff an unknown amt. Its e 2nd major recent writedown for #Temasek Holdings & #Softbank both also lost millions in 2022 failure of #FTX, the #bankrupt #cryptocurrency exchange.. eFishery inflated revenue by ~US$600m ie, >75% of 2024 figs were bogus" #duediligence
https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/major-asian-investment-firms-caught-by-fraud

Australian dictionary picks #enshittification as 2024’s word of the year🏆
"coined by writer @pluralistic C #Doctorow, refers to a process in which apps or #digital #platforms start off as incredibly useful, but gradually worsen as they seek to make a #profit. #Socialmedia platforms like X & ride-sharing app Uber are frequently cited examples.. It was chosen as #wordoftheyear by the dictionary’s committee of experts, & was also voted “People’s Choice Winner”"
#mastowriter
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-dictionary-picks-enshittification-as-2024s-word-of-the-year

#ClimateChange
The world is headed towards uncharted waters
"The "aspirational" goal of never allowing the average #global #temperature to rise more than 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial norm (+1.5C) has been #breached for a whole year - & probably forever.. Something has gone wrong & there is a scramble to cover it up.. After 30 years of trying, our #emissions are still growing almost every year (altho we may start to make a little progress soon)" #IPCC
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2866657/the-world-is-headed-towards-uncharted-waters