Interesting Links for 02-08-2023

[andrewducker]

1. UK's first drone mail service begins in Orkney

(tags:royalmail postoffices scotland drone )

2. The Good Omens graphic novel is now on Kickstarter

(tags:kickstarter CrowdFunding neilgaiman terrypratchett comics )

3. Covid breach MP loses seat after recall petition

(tags:UK politics Pandemic )

4. Meta loses battle in EU, will ask for consent to show personalized ads on Facebook and Instagram

(tags:advertising surveillance Facebook Europe )

5. UK to keep EU safety mark in post-Brexit climbdown

(tags:UK Europe standards )

6. Trump indictment: a brief introduction

(tags:USA politics republicans crime )

Comments

[cmcmck]

1. It'll be a huge improvement on having to wait for the first morning plane in from the mainland!

[andrewducker]

Yeah, parcel delivery with drones strikes me as an obvious winner for Orkney. I wonder what other uses they'll come up with!

[ninetydegrees]

#2 Glad it got funded. The project looks great.

#4 Excellent article and good news. Thanks!

[andrewducker]

My pleasure! I hope other countries follow suit!

.. But not the UK ?

[bens_dad]

4 In a blog today, Meta explained that there will be "no immediate impact" on services, but in the future, the changes will impact app users located in the EU, the European Economic Area, and Switzerland.

.. But not the UK ?

If accurate, this is another Brexit loss :-(

Re: .. But not the UK ?

[andrewducker]

Oh yes, definitely a Brexit loss.

Re: .. But not the UK ?

[hairyears]

...No mention, at all, of paid-for distortion of political discourse.


I can see why Panopticrapolypse inc. might've supported UKIP.