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Greek Acropolis closed: sun heat danger
Extreme heat in Greece made it necessary to close the Acropolis
to protect
tourists
from the sun.
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Layoffs as retaliation for unionizing, Google
*Google lays off contractors who
unionized last month.
Suspecting retaliation, the discharged workers have begun a hearing with the NLRB.*
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(Satire) Shareholders demand double
(satire)
*Chevron Promises Shareholders
It Will Double Temperatures.*
One must ask, "In which temperature scale?" If it is Celsius, many
places will merely be uncomfortable. If it is Kelvin, most of what our world
would combust or melt.
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| 7:32a |
Economy v. ecology, a how to
Governments tend to treat preserving the environment as a luxury
and consider it only when there is no pressing crisis. Now that
the environment includes the climate crisis,
we cannot afford that.
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Sudan RSF as malicious militia
Reports from Sudanese
who opposed the military coup, and now oppose both military factions.
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Labour as typical British politics
*Starmer’s Labour
are not simply defined by what it will stand up for
but what it won’t. If the Labour party isn’t comfortable coming out
for decent child benefits, universal social care or tackling climate
change, it hardly needs a manifesto to show voters what its values
are. It has made that quite clear already.*
In effect, Starmer has made Labour into a "centrist" party — one
which labels any adequate solution as "too radical".
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| 7:32a |
Christian Nationalism in GOP
Republicans are directly attacking
freedom of religion
in the US by giving privilege to Christianity.
They aim to demolish our country's "wall between church and state"
so that there will be nothing to shield us from them.
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| 7:32a |
Anti-abortion rhetoric strategy
The latest antiabortionist strategy is to
leave some narrow exceptions
in their prohibitions,
and cite them to claim that "abortion isn't banned."
Those exceptions do make some difference, but they don't alter the fact
that abortion is banned in the normal case.
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| 7:32a |
Preempting state disclosure-laws: toolkits, playbooks
*Seventeen states
have enacted broad anti-disclosure laws since 2018
that will further conceal the influence of dark money in politics.*
This is organized by ALEC.
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| 7:32a |
Portland Antifa shooter's family: lawsuit
A lawsuit alleges that US thugs killed Michael Reinoehl by shooting
him repeatedly
as soon as they saw him,
without even shouting "Police!"
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