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Bolsonaro and rainforest destruction
*Further destruction under Bolsonaro could push vital rainforest past
irreversible tipping point.*
To stop the deforestation will not be easy even with Lula's support.
The Workers' Party presidents governed for around 13 years, and their
laws slowed the rate of deforestation, but never succeeded in stopping
it.
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Ukraine applied for NATO membership
Zelenskiy said that Ukraine has applied for membership in NATO.
That threatens to embarrass Ukraine's supporters, since they can't
possibly accept. They have good reasons not to get involved in actual
fighting with the Putin forces -- to avoid a step down a path that could
lead to nuclear war.
It might be useful for NATO to announce that it will treat Ukraine as
a NATO member, for the duration of this war, if Putin uses nuclear
weapons. That might convince him not to take the risk.
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Copyright claims over vague similarities
Big hit songs are hit with copyright infringement claims over vague
similarities to other songs.
I think this is a sign that the criteria for infringement are too
loose. But it is also a consequence of the increased practice of
songwriters' or their heirs' selling their whole catalogs to
companies. I speculate that they are using AI to search databases of
thousands of songs to find opportunities to sue.
Copyright lasts far too long. A 1973 work should not be copyrighted
today.
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Torture against opposition and human rights defenders
A UN investigative team concluded that Venezuelan government officials
are using torture against oppositionists and human rights defenders,
sometimes at the direct request of high officials including the president.
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Human-made disasters
Hurricanes today are no longer natural disasters. These disasters are
augmented by human-made global heating, which causes stronger winds,
stronger rain for a longer period of time, and bigger storm surges
starting from a higher mean sea level.
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