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Event |
| 2:17a |
Written statement by champions of campaign against racism
Here's a clear statement, written by prominent educators and champions
of the campaign against racism, of how the pressure to censor the
Advanced Placement African-American Studies course is an attack on
freedom of thought and education, and part of a much broader campaign
against education and to cover up important areas of Americans
history.
It says nothing to suggest that today's young Americans should feel
guilty about crimes that American whites in the past committed against
Americans blacks (though some people do that). Rather, it says that
we should teach young Americans these aspects of their country's
history, so they can carefully draw moral lessons from those past
events and apply the conclusions today and in the future.
That goal applies to other issues besides racism. If democracy and
schools exist 50 years from now, they will teach what has been learned
from investigations based on critical environment theory and critical
computation theory, showing how powerful interests distorted laws and
institutions to poison the Earth and make computing subjugate its
users.
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| 2:17a |
Meat, dairy and rice production will bust climate target
*Meat, dairy and rice production will bust 1.5C climate target,*
those being the high methane emission foods. |
| 2:17a |
Biden approves fossil fuel development in Alaska
Biden approved the "Willow" fossil fuel development in Alaska,
which will have deadly consequences around the world.
He thought that protecting other areas of Alaska would somehow compensate
for the damage of these additional emissions.
But environmental activists are not going to forgive damaging our
air and nature in one place on account of choosing not to damage it
somewhere else. |
| 2:17a |
Hospitals and clinic web sites share patient data
Many US hospitals' and clinics' web sites give data about
patients and their medical conditions to Facebook.
Tracking tokens are especially dangerous when they send medical
information, but they are always an injustice. They ought to be
prohibited in all web sites, or even better, blocked from functioning.
I use a browser, IceCat, which blocks tracking tokens in a very
general way by blocking third-party resources.
Some plug-ins for Firefox also block tracking tokens. |
| 2:17a |
Call for clawing back pay for Silicon Valley Bank executives
*Warren Calls for Clawing Back Pay, Bonuses for Silicon Valley Bank
Executives.* |
| 11:32a |
Dishonest pricing, UK
Most of the major companies
in the UK have imposed big price increases
simply because the system has nothing to hold them in check.
Raising interest rates, supposedly to reduce inflation, does nothing
to stop them. But it is very useful for the rich, and inflation makes
a great excuse.
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| 11:32a |
The class warfare of Bank-regulating
Robert Reich explains the history of US bank regulations since the
great depression: a
conflict between the public and the rich,
with politicians choosing which side to take.
He concludes with calling for a return to the New Deal regulations
including the Glass-Steagall Act, to "make banking boring again."
Bernie Sanders has called for
this too.
In my view, the 2000s bail-out of the rich might have been ok if
combined with a bailout of homeowners plus increasing taxes on the
wealthy and on businesses so as to pay for it. |
| 11:32a |
Sunak's new, economic, climate policy
In the name of "energy security", UK prime minister Sunak wants to
focus on slow, inefficient and iffy
approaches.
It looks like the real goal is to continue the extraction and
combustion of carbon as long as possible. Is this an example of
"carbon capture"?
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| 11:32a |
Full, big RR, reparations
*Ohio sues Norfolk Southern
over toxic train derailment.*
That selfish and greedy organization is happy to profit by putting the
public at risk. But if it loses this lawsuit, that could compel it to
adopt better safety standards.
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| 1:02p |
Bank regulating as class warfare
Robert Reich explains the history of US bank regulations since the
great depression: a
conflict between the public and the rich,
with politicians choosing which side to take.
He concludes with calling for a return to the New Deal regulations
including the Glass-Steagall Act, to "make banking boring again."
Bernie Sanders has called for
this too.
In my view, the 2000s bail-out of the rich might have been ok if
combined with a bailout of homeowners plus increasing taxes on the
wealthy and on businesses so as to pay for it. |
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