| Time |
Event |
| 3:20a |
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| 6:20a |
Organizing a broad campaign against large fossil fuel extraction projects
Organizing a broad campaign to defuse "carbon bombs" -- large fossil fuel
extraction projects
that are enough to ensure global disaster.
Many of them are in China and India. What can we do about those? |
| 6:20a |
Proud Boys leaders charged with seditious conspiracy in 6 January riot.
*Proud Boys leaders charged with seditious
conspiracy in 6 January riot.* |
| 6:20a |
Authors weigh the meaning of authenticity at the hay festival
A thoughtful discussion among writers advances beyond the idea
that only people in some demographic group should be allowed
to
write about people in that group.
I think "Do you know this well enough to write it well?" is a good
way to look at that issue.
However, we need to be careful about demanding diversity in the
characters of any particular book. If an author who is white and
straight doesn't know other groups well enough to write such
characters well, per writings will perforce be limited to straight,
white characters. |
| 6:20a |
Study reveals carbon dioxide levels are 50% higher than during pre-industrial era
*Carbon dioxide levels are now 50% higher than
during the pre-industrial era.* |
| 6:20a |
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| 8:20a |
Biden will use the Defense Production Act to boost US production of
renewable energy systems
Biden will use the Defense production Act to boost US production of
solar panels and other
renewable energy systems.
This is an important thing to do, but when the means for getting
businesses to do what the country needs includes tax breaks, it has
the long term tendency to reduce tax revenue.
So we should rather increase taxes on business that goes in the wrong direction. That is what a carbon tax would do. |
| 8:20a |
The Tories' tax contains a self-sabotaging tax break
for new fossil fuel infrastructure.
The Tories' proposed windfall tax contains a self-sabotaging tax break
for building new
fossil fuel infrastructure. |
| 8:20a |
Almost as good as banning military-style rifles would be to put a
very large tax on them
Almost as good as banning military-style rifles would be to put a
very large tax on them, such as
10 times the sales price.
This could be passed via budget reconciliation, avoiding the filibuster.
One weakness is that right-wing extremist billionaires, or states such
as Texas, could defeat the purpose of the measure by paying the excise
tax on behalf of the individual gun purchasers. Better make the tax 100 times
the sales price.
The state government of Texas protects gun companies from pressure
by boycotting companies (such as banks)
that boycott them.
I like the solution of having California boycott the banks that fail
to boycott gun companies, because it uses for the cause of life the
same instrument that Texas uses for the cause of death. |
| 8:20a |
(satire) *Americans Explain Why Assault Weapons Must Stay Legal.*
(satire) *Americans Explain Why
Assault Weapons Must Stay Legal.*
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| 8:20a |
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