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FTC suing a data broker
The Federal Trade Commission is suing a data broker for selling
location data and including data about visits to "sensitive"
locations. This shows how fundamentally weak the US approach
to privacy is.
Any location data record can be sensitive for some people. The way to
truly protect people's privacy is to ensure that people's locations
are not tracked.
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Right-wing women won't help feminism
A feminist recognizes that having women elected to office is not going
to help women's rights, if the women who are elected are right-wing. |
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Illegal exploitation of indigenous lands in Brazil
*Invasions and illegal exploitation of indigenous lands in Brazil tripled
under Bolsonaro, says advocacy group.* |
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Darya Dugina was an important figure in Russian disinformation campaigns
Darya Dugina, who was killed by a car bomb recently, was reportedly
an important figure in Russian disinformation campaigns.
Perhaps the car bomb attack was aimed at her rather than her father,
but I think it would have been an unreliable plan. I don't think
Ukraine would have burned such a capability on a propoagandist or
a philosopher. |
| 10:47p |
US government cannot seize funds of Afghan central bank
A US judge ruled that the US government cannot seize the funds of the
Afghan central bank, and that they belong to the Afghan people, but
not (if I understand correctly) to the Taliban.
The arguments cited are legal arguments, not moral ones. Nonetheless,
I'm happy with the outcome — I hope it will not be reversed. |
| 10:47p |
Sea level will rise from Greenland's ice
Greenland's ice will melt enough to raise sea level about one foot.
It is too late to prevent this, but we may be able to prevent further
melting in Greenland.
Ice is melting elsewhere too, so the actual rise that is now inevitable
will be more than one foot. |
| 10:47p |
Bogus Johnson arranging a comeback
Bogus Johnson is trying to arrange a comeback, aided by the fact that
the two contenders from which Tory Party members will soon choose a
new prime minister are inclined to make poor people suffer, and likely
to lead to a big Tory defeat in the next election. |
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Wooden imitations of missile launchers
Ukraine has built wooden imitations of US HIMARS missile launchers,
to use as decoys. The Putin forces fire expensive missiles at them.
It was a good hack, but I'm afraid that whoever revealed it has ruined
it. What a pity. |
| 10:47p |
California gives fast-food workers more power
*California approves landmark bill to give fast-food workers more
power.*
Restaurant owners argued that improving low-paid workers' pay and
treatment would increase the prices of restaurant food. I am sure
that will happen, to some extent, but we restaurant customers can live
with that. I also expect that the restaurant owners are exaggerating. |
| 10:47p |
Water supply of Jackson, Mississippi
The water supply of Jackson, Mississippi, has broken down and is out
of service. The immediate cause was flooding that affected the water
purification plant.
Mississippi is a Republican-controlled state, and many of the
residents of Jackson are black. I suspect that the state has underfunded
all civic systems in Jackson for a long time, and that this is the
underlying reason for the failure. |
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Culling cows to meet climate target
*Irish farmers say they will be forced to cull cows to meet climate targets.*
Most of us will have to make sacrifices in the effort to avoid total
disaster. Would those farmers prefer collapse of civilization?
Let's just make sure that the billionaires don't dump their share of
the sacrifices onto the rest of us. |
| 10:48p |
Chipotle Union in Michigan
*Chipotle Workers in Michigan Vote to Form Fastfood Chain's First
Union.*
Officially forming a union is just the first step. A bigger hurdle follows:
getting the company to negotiate with the union in good faith. |
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