| Time |
Event |
| 3:31a |
Scientists Arrested Demanding Climate Action
Over 1000 scientists and academics carried out nonviolent protests
calling for a rapid
decrease in carbon emissions.
Some of them face criminal charges, basically "annoying protest" but stated in
different words. |
| 3:31a |
Erdoğan is now on course to extend his rule into a third decade
Erdoğan finished first in the first state of the
Turkish presidential
election.
It is not certain who will win the runoff, but each day gives Erdoğan
more chances to cheat or to throw over the board.
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| 3:31a |
Intensive farming study
Scientists report that the main cause of the 25% decrease in wild
bird populations in Europe is the heavy use of pesticides and
fertilizers in intensive farming.
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| 3:31a |
Credit Cards and Forced Arbitration Clauses
*Most Credit Cards Still Deny Access to Justice with Forced
Arbitration Clauses.*
This requirement makes it unlikely that the cardholder will get a fair
outcome. It also keeps the public in the dark about the substance and
outcomes of the disputes.
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| 3:31a |
2024 GOP Dream Team
Proposing George Santos as the bullshitter's
next running mate.
They are just made for each other.
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| 4:02a |
‘Sustainable’ pension funds accused of greenwashing
"Sustainable" investment funds are accused of greenwashing fossil fuel
businesses by
investing almost $400 billion in them.
The article explains the system's perverse incentives.
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| 4:02a |
Martin Lewis: ‘We must stop calling it a student loan’
The UK system of "student loans" is really a tax on graduates. But
not a fair one: graduates who get higher incomes will end up paying
less than
graduates with lower incomes.
There is no need for the state to establish separate taxes to pay for
various state activities. One unified set of taxes — income tax and
inheritance tax — can pay for all state expenditures, provided it
taxes people with high incomes at a high effective rate. Those who get
more income due to their education will, indeed, pay more.
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| 4:02a |
How Stochastic Terrorism Uses Disgust to Incite Violence
*Disgust is an emotion that evolved to keep us out of danger, but people have long misused it to inflict cruelty and
catastrophic harm.*
Right-wing fanatics apparently fail to feel disgust for lies.
I reproach the author for advocation flat-out censorship, such as
"laws against hate speech". Under the First Amendment, unpopular
opinions, whether fascist or progressive, are not prohibited.
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| 4:02a |
Twitter limits access to some tweets in Turkey ahead of tight election
Musk announced that Twitter would censor access to
tweets in Turkey to
placate Erdoğan.
This is the same excuse that Apple used for helping to carry out
Chinese censorship in China. But is Turkey really better off having
Twitter keep operation under Erdoğan's censorship, than having him
very visibly shut it down? I don't think so.
*Musk, with business relationships in Turkey, comes under fire for
Twitter censorship aiding [Erdoğan]
whom he knows personally.*
Is Musk's excuse bogus as well as wrong? Others claim he is censoring
Twitter more than the Turkish regime demands of other media. Maybe
Musk simply desired to boost autocracy in Turkey, and only pretends he
is doing so under threat.
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| 4:02a |
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