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Sunday, June 5th, 2022

    Time Event
    1:04a
    The G7 countries published new, stronger climate defense pledges.

    The G7 countries published new, stronger climate defense pledges.

    1:04a
    Businesses are buying large tracts of land in the UK to "rewild" the land

    Businesses are buying large tracts of land in the UK to "rewild" the land, but often this makes residents homeless.

    1:04a
    Several Australian states imposing punishments against effective environmental defense protests

    Several Australian states have imposed or are imposing heavy punishments for some effective kinds of environmental defense protests.

    1:04a
    *Canada investigates after Tesla catches fire*

    *Canada investigates after Tesla catches fire, forcing driver to "smash the window".*

    I don't think the maker of autonomous car would intentionally design the capability to ignite so as to kill the passengers. Someone might insert malware to do that.

    However, I expect that they will be designed with the capacity to forcibly take passengers to an externally-chosen destination under command. Don't trust an autonomous car in China or Russia! Whether you could trust one in the US, I am unable to forecast.

    1:04a
    Human rights investigators say that Putin's invasion is indeed carrying out genocide in Ukraine.

    Human rights investigators say that Putin's invasion is indeed carrying out genocide in Ukraine.

    Putin is talking about calling the Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol "Mazis" and putting them on trial for "war crimes".

    They could not have committed much in the way of war crimes while defending Mariupol, so I expect these accusations would be fabricated and the Putin forces would torture them into false confessions.

    Putin's forces are systematically stealing art from Ukrainian museums to present Ukrainian artists as "Russian".

    They are also stealing ancient Scythian art. That was neither Ukrainian nor Russian -- it was made by a basically people with a very different culture. The Scythians lived in a region nowadays split between Ukraine, Russia, and some neighboring countries. Both Ukraine and Russia can validly say that the Scythians were part of their prehistory. However, that's no justification for Putin to steal Scythian relics from museums.

    1:04a
    Intrusive Asian jumping worms spread easily and can destroy US forests.

    Intrusive Asian jumping worms spread easily and can destroy US forests.

    1:04a
    New documents reveal emergency powers of US Governement.

    Since the Cold War, US presidents have given themselves broad power in "emergencies". Neither the public nor Congress know where it stops, but it probably includes jailing anyone, shutting down phones and the internet, and stopping anyone from leaving the US.

    And that doesn't include secret powers for the miitary.

    The "emergency" declared in September 2001 is still continuing.

    1:04a
    DOJ, and other agencies continue to defend and advance positions held by previous administration

    *The Department of Justice and other agencies continue to defend and advance legal positions held by the corrupter's administration.*

    1:04a
    Proprietary malware accused a student of cheating in an exam

    Proprietary malware accused a student of cheating in an exam, based on the fact that it saw her look down at her lap.

    Merely installing that malware on your computer sabotages it. You can't trust it at all after that, though since it has to be running Windows, you couldn't trust it before that point either.

    If a school wanted me to take a test this way with my computer, I would reply that that is both practically impossible (since my computer does not run Windows) and immoral (since no one should run malware).

    I would agree to take the test on a computer run ny the school itself (if the school runs nonfree software on its computers, that hurts the school but not me) in a room set up by the school. That way the school could make sure I brought nothing to cheat with, and would know I'm not looking at other people or posters in the room.

    1:04a
    Some teachers feel silenced on racist mass shooting in Buffalo

    Teachers in states with don't-discuss-racism laws were afraid to talk with students about the Buffalo race massacres.

    Some states have laws against teaching anything that is likely to "disturb" students. What about lockdown drills?

    1:19a
    Thugs shoot man in vicinity of some schools

    Toronto thugs shot and killed a man for "carrying a rifle" in the vicinity of some schools.

    It turns out to have been a pellet gun, Those can occasionally cause serious injuries, but are not very effective for killing a lot of people.

    His presence there called for quick action, but not that quick. They had time to shout, "Police! Drop the gun!"

    1:19a
    Canada supreme court rules life without parole is cruel and illegal

    Canada's Supreme Court ruled that every convict must have a chance to apply for parole after at most 25 years.

    1:19a
    Georgians want federal election monitors to protect black voters

    Georgians ask for federal election monitors to ensure blacks are allowed to vote.

    1:19a
    Awards to activists for local victories

    Awards to activists who won significant local victories against destruction of nature.

    1:19a
    Gun lobby pays off Republicans to block gun control

    The gun lobby blocks gun control by paying off Republicans in Congress.

    Across the board, plutocracy is the general obstacle to every change that the US needs.

    1:19a
    US spends 2/3 of a trillion dollars on fossil fool suicide

    The US spends $2000 per person each year on subsidizing fossil fool suicide. That is 2/3 of a trillion dollars.

    This has to stop.

    1:19a
    Teachers unions reject Republican plans to hand guns out to teachers

    The two main US teachers unions have rejected Republican plans to deal with school shootings by handing out guns to teachers.

    The presence of a gun in a home goes with increased danger someone living there will be shot, so teachers have reason to think that the official presence of guns in the school will have the same effect for the same reasons. Meanwhile, we have seen just now in Uvalde, and many times before, that armed thugs in a school don't prevent school shootings.

    1:19a
    How the UK dealt with a school shooting

    The UK reacted to a school shooting by strengthening gun control, including prohibiting owning handguns. There was never another school shooting there.

    The US can do this too, if it has the courage to take control of the Supreme Court away from the right wing, and restore free and fair elections.

    1:19a
    Women tricked by seducer-cops

    Women tricked by British undercover seducer-cops who pretended to love them have written a book about their experience, and the cops' tactics of lies.

    The most shocking thing I learned from the article was not _how_ the cops went about this, but what purposes they did it for — such as, helping McDonalds sue environmentalists for leaflets that criticized it. (Most of the criticisms were ultimately found to be true.) Those environmentalists were not coming even close to a breach of the peace. The police have no business getting involved in such a case, not even if they limited themselves to _methods_ that are totally legitimate.

    In effect, the thug/trickery department was serving as a tool to boost the power of big business. Meanwhile, it disregarded the sometimes violent right-wing extremists.

    1:19a
    Texas cops explain waiting for SWAT team to attack the Uvalde shooter

    Texas cops explained their decision to wait for a SWAT team to attack the Uvalde shooter, rather than intervene sooner: they assumed he was no longer a threat to anyone.

    That seems to be a failure of thinking, since they knew some children in the room with him were alive.

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