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Friday, June 2nd, 2023

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    1:47a
    Cory Doctorow recommended same debt ceiling approach

    Cory Doctorow

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    <p> Cory Doctorow <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/26/mint-the-coin-etc-etc/#blitz-emrecommended the same approach</a> for dealing with the debt ceiling <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2023-mar-jun.html#31_May_2023_(Keeping_the_government_running_under_threat_of_debt_ceiling)">that I recommended</a>.
    6:47a
    Plastic waste responsibility

    Kenya has adopted a law making companies responsible for the plastic waste that they generate.

    6:47a
    Urgent: protect the Pacific Remote Islands

    US citizens: call on Biden to protect the Pacific Remote Islands.

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    6:47a
    Lab leaks happen every week

    Lab leaks of potentially dangerous pathogens happen every week. (This is because there are many such labs around the world.) Usually the labs cover them up. Usually no lasting harm is done.

    Backup lines of defense, if any disease should start spreading, are not very strong.

    6:47a
    UK welfare limit failure

    The Tories limited welfare benefits to supporting two children per family. This was supposed to pressure parents to get jobs. All it did was throw children into poverty.

    6:47a
    Buyback limits

    Comparing two proposed laws to limit stock buybacks by corporations.

    The Stock Buyback Accountability Act of 2023 would impose a tax on buybacks, as well as certain situations when this tax would not apply (i.e. if the buyback were part of an employer-sponsored retirement plan or employee stock options plan).

    The Reward Work Act would prevent issuers from buying their own securities on a national exchange:

    I think the two are complementary.

    6:47a
    War "hero" killed civilian prisoners

    An Australian "hero" of the war in Afghanistan was found in court to have intentionally killed civilian prisoners.

    He was not on trial; the trial was over his accusation of libel against newspapers which published accusations against him. The court found the newspapers not liable because they proved the accusations were true.

    Will he now be accused of murder? That sounds like the next step.

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