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Flaw in the Morandi Bridge in Genoa
The flaw in the Morandi Bridge in Genoa was brought to the attention
of the company responsible 8 years before it collapsed.
Autostrade began discussing what to do about the problem years before
2018. However, such a large maintenance job can't be done with cash
on hand. The state needs to authorize the funds. According to
Wikipedia,
Autostrade asked for 20 million euros for repairs to this bridge in
2018. Perhaos that was the right action, but it was too slow.
Is it reasonable to entrust maintenance of bridges to a company owned
by a fashion retail business? To me, that seems risky. The
executives and board of the parent company would not have learned, in
their line of business, the proper values for civil engineering. |
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Upset about Netflix account sharing
There is an international upset about Netflix, because it effectively
raised prices by disabling a feature that allowed many users to use
friends' and relatives' accounts at no extra charge.
A higher price on something that is not a necessity of life is not a
disaster. What's really bad about Netflix are the injustices of how it
treats all users:
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Making customers identify themselves, and keeping track of what they watch.
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Making them accept an evil contract which includes a commitment not to
share copies.
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Using unjust technology (DRM) designed to restrict them.
Everyone, flick off Netflix! |
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China's loans crushing poor countries
China's loans are crushing poor countries.
China refuses to cooperate with other lenders to reduce poor
countries' debts when those become desperate. Instead it uses tricks
to pay make them China ahead of the other lenders, and to conceal the
amount of debt.
The IMF is famous for causing terrible damage to the education and medicine
in countries that it "helps".
But "help" from China is even worse. |
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Rich graduates in England will pay less for degree
Under new Tory reforms, *richer graduates in England will pay less for
degree than poorer students.*
That's to be expected, since the Tories are party that works for the rich. |
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Urgent: Demand fair wages for nurses
US citizens: demand fair wages for nurses.
Giving nurses a raise is the right thing to do, but won't protect them
from being overworked to the point that they can't cope with the
overload. That requires a different solution: hiring more nurses. |
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Urgent: Repeal the Comstock Act
US citizens: call on Congress to repeal the Comstock Act.
That law imposes censorship on writing and art that is mailed, and
also prohibits mailing birth control and abortion drugs. It had
become a dead letter because every part had been found
unconstitutional, but the part about abortion drugs may have become
dangerous again.
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are
+1-202-224-3121,
+1-888-818-6641 and
+1-888-355-3588.
If you phone, please spread the word! |
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Urgent: Call on George Santos to resign immediately from Congress
US citizens: call on George Santos to resign immediately from Congress
because of the criminal charges against him. |
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Urgent: Call on Amazon to phase out plastic packaging
Everyone, call on Amazon to phase out plastic packaging.
You may need to wipe out the CSS in the site's reply to see it. |
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Urgent: Remove obsolete dams and protect Chinook salmon
US citizens: call on Biden to remove obsolete dams and protect Chinook
salmon and the southern resident orcas that eat them.
To see the response to signing, delete all CSS in that page. |
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Urgent: Support The Greater Chaco Protection Act
US citizens: call on your senators to support The Greater Chaco
Protection Act.
It would prohibit oil and gas drilling within 10
miles of Chaco Canyon.
To see the response to signing, disable CSS in that page.
I urge you to read about the ancient abandoned towns of Chaco Canyon. |
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Aboriginal delegates decry cashless, controlling, welfare-cards, AU
Australia is now paying welfare benefits through a bank card that will
track
all spending of them.
A large fraction of those affected by this new system of surveillance
are indigenous, and they are campaigning to put an end to this.
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