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Friday, March 24th, 2023
| Time |
Event |
| 12:02p |
Border surveillance, US-Mexico
The EFF has published a complete
list of the locations
of the highly
visible US surveillance towers on the border with Mexico.
The US government has a list but has refused to publish it.
These towers surveil everyone in the border region constantly, but
they are not the only method. Citizens that live in or visit the
border are frequently stopped or harasssed while they drive.
| | 12:02p |
Prison time for doctors, brain drain, ID
A hospital in Idaho will no longer deliver babies, as Idaho's
repressive laws make it
risky for doctors
to work there.
It is the only hospital in Sandpoint, which is at the northern tip of
Idaho. I wonder what is happening elsewhere in that state.
| | 11:47p |
Calls for ban on light-polluting mass satellite groups like Elon Musk’s Starlink
Astronomers call for people to support banning projects that involve
putting large number of satellites into low Earth orbit, to
preserve
the darkness of night.
| | 11:47p |
UN Chief Calls for Halt to New Fossil Fuel Development Ahead of Climate Ambition Summit
Secretary General Guterres has set up a climate summit for September,
with a new demand for earnestness: for a country to be invited, it
will have to pledne to end licensing and funding of new oil and gas
reserves and
expansion of old ones.
Bravo, Gutierres! It is heart-warming to see someone in a position of
importance who recognizes what priorities are needed for survival.
With his influence, he has a chance of overcoming the power of fossil
fools. It won't be easy to beat tham, but civilization depends on it,
and every young person's life is at risk.
| | 11:47p |
US maternal mortality is more than 10 times higher than in Australia. Why?
*US maternal mortality is more than ten times
higher than in Australia.*
It is not easy to measure the causes of this, but we know that they
include consequences of the pandemic of Covid-19, a general attitude
of disregard for women's medical needs and health, and racism (black
American mothers are even more likely to die).
| | 11:47p |
Economic growth is not a magic wand for ending poverty
*Economic growth is not a
magic wand for ending poverty.
our focus should be on reducing inequality not increasing GDP.*
| | 11:47p |
Met police found to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic
A government-commission report found that the "Metropolitan Police",
which is the thug depart ment for London and does other things
nationally, is
pervaded by racism and sexism and other forms of
bigotry.
This includes harsh bullying by thugs against thugs, as well as
against everyone else. In London, polls find that most people do
not trust it.
Here'a a description of the
bad things it does.
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