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Monday briefing: As Just Stop Oil disbands, how will we remember the radical climate activist group?

In today’s newsletter: Notorious for its disruptive protests, the group’s radical tactics may be best known as a turning point in climate resistance

The Guardian - UK

What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’?

After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaign

The Guardian - UK

Climate Demo Shuts Down Hague Motorway During Police Strike

Hundreds of climate activists blocked a major motorway running through The Hague Saturday, urging an end to billions of euros in Dutch fossil fuel subsidies in their "most disruptive" action yet.

International Business Times

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Olympic champion joins climate activists for Windsor protest

Etienne Stott among Extinction Rebellion protesters to call for citizens’ assembly to tackle climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

XR Extreme Reach, Roku Expand Streaming Ad Partnership

The expanded collaboration allows advertisers to link all ads on the Roku platform to performance outcomes

TV Tech

Xreal's Beam Pro is a new cheap spatial computer doesn't quite stick the landing

The Xreal Beam Pro delivers a solid portable TV experience, but it's not yet the spatial computer we need it to be.

TechRadar

Accedo, Qualcomm and HBS Form XR Sports Alliance

Partnership aims to bridge the technology gap between sports and XR

TV Tech

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IAB Tech Lab Releases Ad Creative ID Framework

XR Extreme Reach and Ad-ID will be the first to implement the ACIF which will improve cross platform measurement and the CTV advertising

TV Tech

Google abandoned VR years ago, but now it wants to run things again

Google is reportedly trying to impress partners with AndroidXR, but the strategy seems to be backfiring.

Android Central

‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?

The long read: More people have been imprisoned for rioting during a single day in Bristol in 2021 than in any other protest-related disorder since at least the 1980s. What was behind this push to prosecute so harshly?

The Guardian - UK

XR protester who broke window in Government building spared jail

Gail Bradbrook was joined by Game Of Thrones star Jerome Flynn outside court after she received a suspended prison sentence

Evening Standard

Extinction Rebellion protest Shell deal at British Cycling AGM

Group promises more action against governing body’s controversial Shell sponsorship

Cycling Weekly

Extinction Rebellion plots another British Cycling protest

Around 20 protesters will target the governing body's AGM this weekend to denounce its deal with Shell

Cycling Weekly

Extinction Rebellion’s future is far less radical than its past

Now that the alarm has successfully been raised, the organisation could help unite people in positive action, says author Rupert Read

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Al Jazeera

‘Driving us to ruin’: Netherlands climate protesters fight fossil fuels

Sieger Sloot convicted for social media appeals to block motorway to protest huge subsidies for fossil fuel companies.

Al Jazeera

‘We’re going to be unpopular’: Do sports protests help or harm activism?

Climate activists are increasingly seeking to disrupt sports in protest, but how effective is their civil disobedience?

The Guardian - UK

Rage against the machine? Why AI may not mean the death of film

Generative technology is Hollywood’s current arch nemesis, but as exhibitors on Venice film festival’s ‘immersive island’ will tell you, AI, VR and XR could lead to a brighter future

The National (Scotland)

Ofcom accused of 'ignoring complaints' about climate denial on GB News

MEDIA watchdog Ofcom has been accused of “ignoring” complaints about climate change denial on GB News.

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The Guardian - UK

Green revolution: how I learned to be an eco warrior, one step at a time

I was in denial about climate action – until I realised that you might just have to despair to care…

The Guardian - UK

My Extinction review – cheerfully dishevelled film-maker gets stuck into climate crisis

The deadpan director joins Extinction Rebellion and asks why are we so concerned with our careers when the planet is in mortal danger?

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh climate activists in city centre protest over pension investments

Around 20 protestors have been spotted with banners outside of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre as they demonstrate over a pension event that is being sponsored by BlackRock.

The Independent UK

Demonstrators condemn ‘draconian’ and ‘authoritarian’ protest laws

Hundreds of people gathered in Parliament Square on Saturday to protest against recent legislation including the Public Order Bill.

The Conversation

Climate change protest: a single radical gets more media coverage than thousands of marchers

Gil Scott Heron argued that the Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Yet recently in the UK that statement is being challenged by disruptive environmental protesters unexpectedly gatecrashing live sporting broadcasts.

The Conversation

Extinction Rebellion gave it 'the Big One' with a four-day peaceful protest – now what?

The banners have been packed away, the face paint washed off and the Instagram accounts updated. The latest four-day demonstration by environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) – dubbed “the Big One” as it aimed to be the largest climate protest in UK history – ended without a single arrest.

Bristol Post

Extinction Rebellion ‘to step up climate campaigns’ after four-day demonstration

“Never before have so many people come to the centre of power in London to demand meaningful action"

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