Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

Time	Event
8:03a	CEOs "tired of pushing for gun control" CEOs of big businesses are tired of pushing for gun control, especially since Republicans don't heed them. Reportedly they don't know what else they can do at the moment. How about this: stop supporting the campaigns of right-wing candidates? That won't take much time, and it will save them money. Of course, we know why they don't do this. (Comment on this)
8:03a	Stress and danger causes physical illness The stress and danger of being in a demographic that is a target for prejudice tends to make people get old fast. I presume that those demographics tend to have trouble getting a good night's sleep. It now appears that they predisposes people to asthma. (Comment on this)
8:03a	People furthering the climate crisis *New York Governor Hochul (D) is pushing to gut the state.s signature climate law after raking in nearly half a million dollars from the corporations and lobbyists pushing the move.* *UAE plans huge oil and gas expansion as it hosts UN climate summit.* (Comment on this)
8:03a	Internet of Stings enabling domestic abusers "Smart" devices are designed to enable companies to abuse people, but it turns out domestic abusers take advantage of them too. Even if your present and former lovers don't mistreat you through the Internet of Stings, those companies will eagerly do so. (Comment on this)
8:03a	Tornadoes in the US southeast Global heating is expanding the territory were tornadoes usually strike. The expansion is into the US southeast. (Comment on this)
8:03a	Urgent: Protect old-growth and mature trees on federal land US citizens: call on Biden to protect old-growth and mature trees on federal lands. They absorb more carbon than the smaller young trees. To see the confirmation of your signature, you need to strip all the CSS from it. Icecat has a command in the right-click menus to do that. (Comment on this)
8:03a	Norwegian salmon farming tax Norway is raising the tax rate on salmon farming so that the companies will have to share the profits with people that live in coastal regions. Those quoted as objecting to the tax increase base their arguments implicitly on the trickle-down theory of economics. The owners would like us to believe that if we let them get richer, they will share it with us. But when the time comes to do that, they always argue for postponing it. (Comment on this)
8:03a	Sentencing in secret trials I've read about two people convicted and sentenced anonymously in Australia for crimes that the government refuses to describe. It seems almost Stalinist. (Comment on this)

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