🚲 The Mayor of Greater Manchester has been accused of a “flagrant misuse” of taxpayer money on preparations for an Ultra Low Emission Zone Read more about the scrapped scheme ⬇️

The Indian Govt has tightened the FCRA Rules despite American lawmakers lobbying hard against them. These are great steps to prevent the misuse of foreign funds! -NGOs will now have to choose their purpose from a pre-defined list -Proselytisation is not included in the list -NGOs will have to declare the areas they operate in -NGOs that have foreign nationals apart from those of Indian origin as key members will not be considered for registration or prior permission to receive foreign funds -Minimum Spending limit of Rs. 10 lakh on chosen activities over last two financial years has been introduced -NGOs receiving foreign funds under prior permission must utilise at least 75% of previous instalment to be eligible for the release of later instalments of foreign funds -The Government will conduct field inquiries to verify the utilisation -NGOs must now disclose the source of the money (the Ultimate Donor) if the funds are received through intermediaries -Annual returns must include a detailed activity report along with financial statements -The NGOs will have to declare if they publish any books or articles as they are barred from producing or broadcasting "news or current affairs"

Switzerland’s Breel Embolo shouldn’t have been sent off against Argentina in World Cup quarters, says IFAB. The IFAB, which governs the rules of the game, has issued a statement on the misuse of VAR during the World Cup in favor of Argentina. Messi got the semifinal spot, Switzerland got an apology. VAR is not fit for purpose as having a system that can be applied sporadically is insane. They hide behind it too…can’t act as referee saw it etc. Then other times they will take 10 minutes drawing lines and guessing to get the outcome they want. Would prefer they just had a one challenge card for the manager, let the refs actually ref and make a call and if you don’t like it, there’s your review…what do you want us to look at? Get it wrong, you lost your review. And so many other sports have challenges: NFL, basketball, tennis, cricket, all have been proven to work effectively.

🚨ANTHROPIC CEO: OPEN SOURCE AI IS GETTING DANGEROUS Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told lawmakers that open-source AI is moving down a “very dangerous path.” His warns that once powerful models are released openly, companies lose the ability to monitor misuse, revoke access, or update safety guardrails.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 U.S. Lawmakers reportedly left shaken after closed-door Mythos AI demo showed potential for sophisticated cyber and criminal misuse​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.

Title IX, signed 54 years ago today, launched a new era in women’s sports. But it’s now being misused to destroy that progress, forcing girls to compete with boys—or even sit on the sidelines. I pray SCOTUS will soon rule for common sense—and restore the meaning of Title IX.

The Nowak case clearly highlights that we need to stop treating racism as an ~infinite evil, not because Nowak was racist (no evidence of this) but because any time you create a social superweapon like accusations of racism are now, it’ll be misused horribly. What is racism? Ask 10 people and you’ll get 12 opinions. Historically, it meant someone who treats people badly in interpersonal interactions because of their race. Which is just, like, kinda annoying and slightly boorish. It’s not the apocalypse. There are many personal traits that are equally or more annoying. Now the definition has been ludicrously expanded to include a bunch of things even less objectionable than that, including belief in very plausible scientific claims and policy preferences that were near-universal for almost all of human history. Racism just isn’t a big deal. We have to take it off its pedestal. If Nowak had said something racist, it would morally change exactly nothing about the horror of what happened to him. He didn’t, but I feel over-focusing on that distracts from the fact that it wouldn’t matter if he had. Murder is worse than racism. Hell, shoplifting is worse than racism. Enough. Who cares.