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Saudi influence strategy, US
*Saudi Arabia's
Huge U.S. Investments Lose Money
— but Buy Influence.*
The influence extends to the US government, and will help Crown Prince
Bone Saw next time he has a journalist murdered or starts a war.
Or, even worse, lobbies against saving the world from the climate crisis.
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(Satire) Micky Mouse fantasy crackdown
(satire) *Disney Cracks Down On Copyright Infringement [by] People
Picturing Mickey Mouse While Masturbating.*
This is only a joke, but there is a real push to make reading and
understanding a text be considered as copyright infringement.
Training a natural language system involves having it read many texts
and learn from each one about what is reasonable English.
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| 10:47a |
(Satire) Bridesmaids' matching plastic surgery
(satire)
*Bride Requiring
All Bridesmaids To Get Matching Plastic Surgery For Wedding Day.*
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False electors charged
The corrupter's slate of false electors for Michigan have been
charged with
eight felonies each.
He recruited them to claim, falsely, to be the official electors of
the state and to assert, falsely, that the corrupter had won the Michigan election.
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Fires in Greece
The heat wave in Greece has caused rapid wildfires that are
almost impossible
to stop.
This is similar to what is happening in many other countries.
Keep in mind that five years from now it will be much worse.
Ten years from now it will be much worse again, if we let
the fossil fuel companies continue to increase their output.
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| 10:47a |
Refugee crisis: EU-Tunisia deal
The EU agreed to
pay Tunisia a billion euros
to try to stop refugees
from sailing to the EU. Now the dictator of Tunisia says that the
deal does not include deporting anyone there other than Tunisians.
Tunisia is ruled by a president who was elected democratically, then
effectively abolished the legislature and human rights. It is a variation
on the usual fascist takeover.
The EU plans to set up official paths for Tunisians to request work
and study visas. As for people seeking asylum — and surely under a
dictator some people will need that — there may not be any way.
Neither Algeria nor Libya
is a safe place for them to get asylum.
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Two-child benefit cap, UK
*There's no point to
Labour as a party
if it won't [spend state funds]
to pull children out of poverty.*
I agree. The Starmerian Labour Party is a fundamentally change from
the past. It somewhat resembles Tony B'liar's "New Labour", but goes
further because it won't allow anyone but centrists is allowed to be a
candidate.
*The party claims its demands will be met with more economic growth —
an argument no different to that of the Tories. Growth without
redistribution merely shovels more wealth into the bank accounts of
the already well off: that is what our economic model — which
Labour plans to leave untouched — achieves in spades.*
This shows how fully the Labour Party has adopted the
business-prioritizing policy that Tories used to follow
before they went totally nuts.
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| 10:47a |
Urgent: End ICE detention agreements in Massachusetts
Massachusetts residents:
call on State lawmakers
to end ICE detention agreements in Massachusetts.
Here's what I put in the text area. It suggests small enhancements
to the bill.
An Act Relative to Massachusetts State Sovereignty" (H.1401/S.997) would:
1. Ensure that Massachusetts money and resources are used for state and local priorities, not federal immigration enforcement;
2. Prohibit all Massachusetts entities, including sheriffs, from starting or renewing contracts with ICE to rent bed space for immigration detention;
3. Prohibit all Massachusetts entities from donating state employee time to ICE via 287(g) agreements;
4. Require local law enforcement to seek and receive authorization from the Governor before signing any contracts with the federal government
[[SHOULDN'T THIS CANCEL ALL EXISTING CONTRACTS UNLESS THE GOVERNOR
AUTHORIZES THEM TO CONTINUE?] ] ; and
5. Empower state officials to ensure a proper, lawful, and productive relationship with the federal government that promotes the interests of the Commonwealth.
I hope you will co-sponsor this bill and urge your colleagues to pass
this important legislation this session.
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Urgent: Stop the defunding of IRS audits of rich people
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and urge per to vote against
Republican plans to defund IRS auditing of rich people.
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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| 10:47a |
Shift energy from top to bottom, EU
*Europe should cap "luxury" energy use
to meet emissions targets,
study says.* Limiting demand of richest 20% saves seven times greenhouse gases
required to meet needs of poorest 20%, researchers find.*
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| 10:47a |
Student debt relief
Biden said he
will cancel
a remaining student debt for some low-income
former students who have been paying for 20 or 25 years.
They may well be the people most harmed by student debt in the US, so
starting with them is reasonable. I hope he is not going to stop with them.
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Talc with asbestos
*Johnson & Johnson
sues researchers
who linked talc (more precisely, asbestos found in talc) to cancer.*
Airport increase not economical, UK
UK travel deficit £32bn
*Airport expansion
does not boost UK growth or productivity — report.*
"Give funds to our industry and the country will benefit" is a common thing
for businesses to say, but we should never trust them.
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