This is quite an incredible read, a longform piece on #China's #energytransition that, despite being 5000+ words, had scant mention of #forced #labor, #humanrights violations, or the role of colonialism in resource-rich #Tibet and #Xinjiang, key to China's ability to produce cheap cleantech. Why only call out western imperialism but ignore Chinese imperialism?

From a European organization that does great work, but has a giant, China-sized, blindspot.

https://www.tni.org/en/article/china-and-the-geopolitics-of-the-green-transition

If you’re currently using an older version of Windows 11, Microsoft has plans for you. Those with qualifying PCs will be updated to version 24H2 and those using devices managed by organizations won’t be affected.

#microsoft #windows11 #forced #upgrade
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/it-looks-like-microsoft-is-forcing-its-controversial-windows-11-24h2-update-on-people-and-plot-twist-it-might-be-for-the-best

​Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 11 24H2 to eligible, non-managed systems running the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2.

#microsoft #windows11 #forced #update
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-starts-force-upgrading-windows-11-22h2-23h3-devices/

'I didn't see a #future': #Trans #veteran #forced to #hide true self for decades under #homophobic #armedforces #ban on #gay #servicemembers.

A new #comicbook tells the #stories of #LGBTQ+ #veterans impacted by the #ban on #homosexuality in the #armedforces. That includes #transgender #fighterpilot #CarolinePaige, who speaks to the #BigIssue about her #story

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #MilitaryService #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/lgbtq-veterans-armed-forces-gay-ban-comic/

LA fires: Adam Brody, Leighton Meester lose home; Jamie Lee Curtis, Mark Hamill, Mandy Moore, James Woods and other celebrities forced to flee https://www.inbella.com/846899/la-fires-adam-brody-leighton-meester-lose-home-jamie-lee-curtis-mark-hamill-mandy-moore-james-woods-and-other-celebrities-forced-to-flee/ #actors #Adam #affected #among #and.. #Angeles #Brody #Celebrities #CelebritiesNews #Curtis #fires #flee #forced #Hamill #home #James #Jamie #la #Lee #leighton #Lose #Mandy #mark #Meester #Moore #musicians #other #people #tearing #tens #terrifying #Thousands #through #to.. #We're #Wednesday #wildfires #Woods #worldfamous

#LukeEvans’ #memoir shows why there’s no such thing as a #gay #JehovahsWitness

The only #documented #experiences we have about #growingup #LGBTQ+ as a #JehovahsWitness comes from former #members, like Evans, who have #left – or been #forced to #leave.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/news/luke-evans-memoir-gay-jehovahs-witness

#Australian #BorderForce #profiling impacts #Young #Asian #Women & #GenderDiverse #Travellers as potential #migrant #SexWorkers.

"I was #unfairly #targeted, #questioned, and #forced to #grant #access to my #phone without #reasonable #cause.” #transgender #woman #claims

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Travel #Tourism #PinkTourism #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://lucyfromnaarm.com/p/australian-border-force-profiling

#Starmer should consider replacing #WesStreeting given his view that #forced #medical #treatment is acceptable. To even #voice it indicates a poor understanding of the #history of mass non-medical decisions without #patient #inclusion.
It's not clear if he'd make it #mandatory but the mere suggestion is #offensive & potentially #dangerous.
Refusal of #care is a basic #ethical #principles of #medicine.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/17/ethical-alarms-should-be-ringing-over-weight-loss-jabs-for-the-jobless
#health #obesity #benefits #work #NHS #weightloss #Government #doctor

#Florida’s #MaternityHomes Made #Single #Mothers Feel Like “#Criminals.”

Some #programs #forced #residents to be at #morningprayers, hand over #foodstamps, and #surrender #phones at #bedtime.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Discrimination #Misogyny #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/floridas-dehumanizing-maternity-homes-made-single-mothers-feel-like-criminals/

#Posters for #queer #artist’s #EdinburghFringe #show the #target of ‘repeated #vandalism’

#SarahAliceShull’s #onewomanshow #SomethingToBelieveIn is playing at #theSpaceontheMile and #focuses on her #experience at an #allgirls #Catholic #school in #Kentucky where she was “#forced to reconcile her undeniable #queerness with the #religion that raised her”.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Scotland #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/08/23/edinburgh-fringe-something-to-believe-in-vandalism/

‘I’ve had to become my own #doctor’: #trans #youngpeople on #life after the #Transphobic #CassReview

With #pubertyblockers now #banned in much of the #UK, those hoping for #gender #treatment say they have been #forced into making #difficult #decisions.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #Labour #TERFS #NHS #GateKeeping #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/15/ive-had-to-become-my-own-doctor-trans-young-people-on-life-after-the-cass-review

Their #grandmothers were ‘#comfortwomen’ in #WWII. This is how it changed their lives.

Most of the girls were #Korean, while others were of #Taiwanese, #Chinese, #Filipino or other #Asian #descent. They were #forced to perform #sex #acts with up to five to 60 men per day.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #Japan History #WWII #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #SexualAssault #Rape #Misogyny

https://www.reckon.news/honey/2024/08/their-grandmothers-were-comfort-women-in-wwii-this-is-how-it-changed-their-lives.html

I’m a #queer #mom with #cis #stepkids & I’m #fighting for #trans #equality. It’s hard.

I listened to a #trans #girl who would be #forced to #quit #soccer before #celebrating my #stepson's #soccer #season.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Parents #Allies #Entertainment #Sports #Representation #Culture #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/im-a-queer-mom-with-cis-stepkids-im-fighting-for-trans-equality-its-hard/

#Black #family receives million-dollar #home that was #confiscated from them during #JimCrow #era.

In 1924, #CharlesBruce and #WillaBruce were #forced to #sell their #beachfront #property owing to #racialsegregation. Today, their #descendants stand to inherit it, estimated to be worth $75 million.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #History #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #BlackMastodon

https://scoop.upworthy.com/black-family-receives-million-dollar-home-that-was-confiscated-from-them-during-jim-crow-era-ex1

The #forced #outing of #queer #students is now #illegal in #California’s #publicschools.

"#LGBTQ+ #students across California can breathe a sigh of relief" now that the first-of-its-kind law was passed, one #LGBTQ+ #org said.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/the-forced-outing-of-queer-students-is-now-illegal-in-californias-public-schools/