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Event |
| 12:18a |
Childhood independence dwindling
Parents let their child walk to a nearby store and gave her all sorts
of protection as precautions. A busybody called the city thugs, who
threatened her parents.
Now they keep her a prisoner at home.
When I was 6 years old, I walked to nearby stores with just some money
and my house keys. When I crossed a street, I took advantage of the
traffic lights, which in midtown Manhattan are found at every
intersection. There was nothing difficult about it.
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| 12:18a |
Pride marketing
Organized right-wing bullies making threats have convinced businesses from
trying to demonstrate they are
friendly to queer folk.
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| 12:18a |
Tory history, a reckoning
Remaining Tories aim to convince the public that
Bogus Johnson was
a fluke,
rather than the natural culmination of Tory subservience to the callous rich.
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| 12:18a |
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| 12:18a |
Subsidies as a key world metric
*World Bank says subsidies costing as much as
$23m a minute
must be repurposed to fight climate crisis.* Its report says that
these subsidies are harmful. They measure the power of business to
corrupt governments.
Will the World Bank take concrete steps to stop this?
I am sure it plays some role in those subsidies.
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| 1:47a |
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| 10:17a |
Journalist a political target, GT
*Outrage in Guatemala as crusading journalist given
six-year prison term.*
Many countries nowadays silence opposition activists with charges of
financial or sexual impropriety. It is hard to see in a glance that
such charges are false, and that makes them serve repression's purpose.
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| 10:17a |
Renewable energy rules delayed, DE
The German government has
backed down on a law
to prohibit
installation of new oil and gas heating systems in buildings.
I support shifting the payment for protecting the climate from
individuals to cities, but postponement of change needed for survival is most unfortunate.
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| 10:17a |
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| 10:17a |
US youths suing over climate change
The lawsuit against the State of Montana for allowing businesses to
contribute to ruining the climate for humans in the future
has reached
the stage of courtroom trial.
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| 10:17a |
Urgent: Save millions of Americans from losing medical coverage
US citizens:
call on Congress
to save millions of Americans from losing medical coverage — by passing Medicare for All.
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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