Monday, May 8th, 2023

Time	Event
2:02a	Erdoğan law about "fake" news Erdoğan is passing a law that would imprison people for spreading news that Erdoğan calls "fake". (Comment on this)
2:02a	Voters blocked in UK Only a few instances of voters blocked in the UK by lack of the new voter ID were actually counted, but since the system was not designed to count them, there could be more than it seems. Some were denied the right to vote because they are immunocompromised and did not dare remove their masks in the polling place. (Comment on this)
2:02a	Florida might prohibit teaching critical race theory Florida is about to prohibit teaching critical race theory for real, even in universities where it really might be taught. It goes with other laws that censor education for many age levels. (Comment on this)
2:02a	Copyright lawsuits in music industry Pop music nowadays is sufficiently limited that almost any song could be seen as a take-off on many others. This led rapidly to charges of copyright infringement which could have turned the music industry into a mess of lawsuits. Fortunately this threat was rejected for the moment. (Comment on this)
2:02a	Danger of bills that allow snooping The ACLU told the Senate about the danger of various bills that would "protect children" by snooping on the communications of all adults. The ACLU opposes KOSA, too, because it would require even more data collection about every user to figure out who is a minor. (Comment on this)
2:02a	Media ignores nondisruptive protests The mainstream media ignore nondisruptive protests, so protests against plans that amount to mass murder need to be disruptive enough to be heard. (Comment on this)
2:02a	Clarence Thomas' Grandnephew *Billionaire Also Paid for Clarence Thomas' Grandnephew to Attend $74k/Year Private School.* (Comment on this)
2:02a	Four "Proud Boys" convicted *Four "Proud Boys" Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy for Jan. 6 Attack.* (Comment on this)
2:02a	Bernie Sanders plan for $17 minimum wage *Bernie Sanders unveils plan for $17-an-hour US minimum wage.* (Comment on this)
2:02a	Putin told Clinton he might attack Ukraine Putin told Clinton in 2011 that he might attack Ukraine. I wonder who Clinton told this too. (Comment on this)
2:02a	Execution of Richard Glossip canceled The US Supreme Court canceled the execution of Richard Glossip, who seems to have had an exceedingly unfair trial. (Comment on this)
2:02a	Species threatened by Neonicotinoid Insecticides *EPA Confirms Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Insecticides Threaten Extinction for More than 200 Endangered Species [aside from bees].* (Comment on this)
2:02a	New buildings in New York state New York State has prohibited building new buildings to use fossil fuels. The same law allocates funds to convert some old buildings to use electricity instead. This will result in substantial reductions in fossil fuel use, provided the state builds enough renewable generating capacity to feed the resulting higher demand for electricity. (Comment on this)
2:02a	(satire) Lifesaving medication at U.S. border (satire) *Federal Agents Intercept 500 Kilos Of Lifesaving Medication At U.S. Border.* (Comment on this)

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