"Biden is looking to lift virtually all the meaningful restrictions on the stockpile and the transfer of its arms to Israel, with plans to remove limitations to obsolete or surplus weapons, waive an annual spending cap on replenishing the stockpile, remove weapon-specific restrictions, and curtail congressional oversight. All of the changes in the Biden budget plan would be permanent, except for lifting the spending cap, which is limited to the 2024 fiscal year."

https://theintercept.com/2023/11/25/biden-israel-weapons-stockpile-arms-gaza/

The online movements of students from kindergarten to college are being monitored by Meta's pixel tracking, according to an investigation by The Markup. Websites students need to visit to participate in school activities or apply for college are sending back information to Meta for advertising purposes. The tech giant collects the data regardless of whether they have an account or not.

https://flip.it/1sF9vs

#Meta #Facebook #Privacy

Cargo Bikes vs Vans

Study claims cargo bikes are twice as fast and ten times cheaper to operate than vans when delivering goods in cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owXRhoj1XXA

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EvvtRRos-w4K63XNXqe5YPwd_bT2C59Y/view

#cargoBikes #lastMileDelivery

Here’s how many fossil fuel lobbyists have attended U.N. climate talks

The industry has increased its presence at the negotiations over the past two decades, according to new research by advocacy groups

Representatives of the fossil fuel industry have attended U.N. climate talks more than 7,200 times over the past two decades, according to research released Tuesday by a coalition of advocacy groups

https://archive.ph/acrLX

#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #UN