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Event |
| 9:17a |
Drivers force "Just Stop Oil" protesters off road
Drivers in London forcibly moved Just Stop Oil protesters out of the
road.
I agree fully with the Just Stop Oil's arguments for these protests.
If you think being delayed for half an hour is painful, wait and see
what food rationing feels like, or a flood or wildfire smoke or heat
prostration.
But if this approach to protesting inspires the passersby to fight the
protesters, it is not useful or constructive.
Here are suggestions for new tactics for climate protesters. |
| 9:17a |
Qatar paid for support
Qatar paid British MPs to give Qatar support in Parliament.
I find it hard to understand how this could be lawful, but in my sense
of justice this is outright bribery and ought to land the participants
in prison. |
| 9:17a |
Effort to prevent repeat of Hurricane Sandy damage is inadequate
New York City is spending a lot of money to prevent a repeat of some
of the damage done by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, but the overall effort
is far inadequate.
For the longer term, there is no hope of protecting New York City from
future inundation with local measures. The only way is to curb global heating. |
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TSA facial recognition
The TSA has a "pilot program" to use facial recognition to identify
airline passengers. And a second generation coming which will do the
matching against a database.
Widespread use of facial recognition enables the sort of tracking that
China's pervasive repression is based on. We cannot allow such systems
to exist.
For now, you can refuse to participate in the TSA's facial matching.
Please refuse! To maintain even a little privacy, we must fight tooth
and nail against massive surveillance systems, both new systems like
this one and existing systems such as Clearview AI. |
| 9:17a |
(Satire) Santa institutionalized
(satire) *Fate Of Christmas Uncertain After Eric Adams
Institutionalizes Real Santa.*
If an Onion page appears blank, try disabling Javascript entirely or
telling LibreJS to blacklist all scripts in the page, then
right-click and select item "Reveal hidden HTML". Or use a browser
such as lynx that doesn't implement Javascript and CSS. |
| 9:17a |
Yoon threatened protesters with prison time
South Korean President Yoon threatened truck drivers with years in prison
if they didn't end their strike. They defied him.
The way to end a strike that causes great inconvenience for society is
to make the employers pay proper wages and offer proper working
conditions. Whose side are you on, Yoon? |
| 9:17a |
Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud
*Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud, New York jury finds.*
The corrupter was not personally charged with the crime, but if
prosecutors have evidence that he knew about the scheme, they should
charge him too.
More explanation. |
| 9:17a |
US "REAL ID" requirement delayed again
The US has delayed yet again the requirement for "REAL ID" drivers
licenses for purposes such as getting on an commercial flight.
There is too much identifying and tracking people in the US.
Let's keep resisting, and see how many years we can block this. |
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Labour reforms
Labour has proposed some good reforms for the structure and rules
of the UK government. |
| 9:17a |
Australia citizenship-stripping law overturned
*Australian government overturns decision to cancel citizenship of man
on death row in Iraq.*
It is very good news that Australia has overturned the law used to
cancel people's citizenship over alleged crimes. That law was an
inspiration for various other countries with right-wing governments
that base their popularity on performative cruelty.
Those other countries remain to be convinced to eliminate those unjust
policies. |
| 9:17a |
Mone PPE scandal deepens
In 2020, when much of the world was desperate for masks and other
Covid-19 protective equipment, the Tories gave contracts to companies
owned by their cronies. Many of those companies had no experience or
manufacturing capacity. |
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