| Time |
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| 6:02a |
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| 7:17a |
Senior officers unlawful to protesters
*Senior officers ordered "unlawful" arrests of journalists at Just
Stop Oil protests.*
They didn't explicitly say "arrest journalists", but they gave orders
to arrest protesters, and did not mention that journalists were a
special case.
I don't think they should be in a position of authority if they disregard
freedom of the press. Meanwhile, arresting protesters is bad too. |
| 7:17a |
Stakeholder capitalism is broken
"Stakeholder capitalism" turns out to do little for the groups
it is supposed to benefit
— it is at best lip service, sometimes
even a fraud. |
| 7:17a |
Oregon pardons marijuana convicts
Oregon's governor pardoned everyone convicted in Oregon of possessing a small
amount of marijuana.
Unlike Biden's pardons, this included non-US-citizens.
Many states and territories still need to do legalize marijuana
and pardon everyone convicted of possessing it. |
| 7:17a |
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| 7:17a |
World Cup players plan to support the queer
Some players in the football world cup in Qatar planned to wear armbands
to support equal rights for queer people. Qatar said it would respond by
taking a step to expel them from the game, so they abandoned these plans.
Qatar violates human rights egregiously — this is one example, but the
mistreatment of workers who built the facilities is even more blatant.
We should not allow Qatar any sort of position of special power over
any international activity.
*By consenting to Qatar's illiberal policies for residents and guests alike,
FIFA has further besmirched its already tainted reputation.*
The EU would have the power to make FIFA yield to various human rights
rules and agree to require all future world cup hosts to accept them. |
| 7:17a |
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| 7:17a |
An ironically misguided petition
An ironically misguided petition asks the US government to require
communication platforms to encrypt all private messages.
It would sure be wise for users to encrypt those messages. But that
won't be secure if the platform sets up the encryption and the
decryption. If you do that with software that the platform provides,
the platform could put in a back door to bypass it, making it
ineffective for security against snooping by that platform.
If you want encryption to provide real security, install the GNU
Privacy Guard and use it -- to encrypt a message before you send it,
and to decrypt a messafe after you receive it. |
| 7:17a |
Railroad workers reject contract
Major US railroad workers' unions have rejected a contract offer that
didn't offer them enough.
The railroads are profitable and they should share these profits with
their workers. I'm disappointed with Biden for proposing a contract
that didn't give them enough. |
| 7:17a |
(satire) Landlord Tenant Infestation
(satire) *Landlord Pledges To Address Tenant Infestation.* |
| 7:17a |
(satire) World Cup Alcohol
(satire) *British World Cup Attendees Accused Of Smuggling Alcohol
Into Stadium Through Bloodstreams.* |
| 8:47a |
(satire) STEM program curricula
(satire) *New STEM Program Teaches Students Skills To Appease Whims Of
Capricious Tech CEO.*
I find this especially on target because the absurdity it attacks
is the basis of the buzzword " [ Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<a [...] </a>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] <p>
(satire) *New STEM Program Teaches Students Skills <a href="https://www.theonion.com/new-stem-program-teaches-students-skills-to-appease-whi-1849799017">To Appease Whims</a> Of
Capricious Tech CEO.*
<p>
I find this especially on target because the absurdity it attacks
is the basis of the buzzword "<a href="https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#STEM>STEM"</a> itself. |
| 12:02p |
Urgent: Investigate merger of Kroger and Albertsons
US citizens: call on the FTC to thoroughly investigate supermarket
giant Kroger's proposed merger with Albertsons.
A court already ruled against it, but that's not inevitably final. |
| 12:02p |
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