Monday, August 7th, 2023

Time	Event
1:47a	Urgent: Do not authorize betting on elections US citizens: call on Federal regulators not to authorize betting on elections by rich people and companies. (Comment on this)
1:47a	Urgent: Expand voting by mail US citizens: call on state legislators to expand and facilitate voting by mail. (Comment on this)
1:47a	Advanced psychology class gone, FL The Florida Board of Education asserted that teaching the Advanced Placement Psychology course would violate Florida's school censorship law. That's because parts of it cover aspects of psychology and various sorts of people who may not be mentioned in schools. (Comment on this)
1:47a	Facebook bans news, CAN Facebook has responded to Canada's law requiring it to pay a small amount for having a link to news articles by banning those links. This could mean that the only links useds of Facebook see are disinformation. (Comment on this)
1:47a	Forced citizenship, RUS *Russia "systematically" forcing Ukrainians to accept citizenship, US report finds.* (Comment on this)
1:47a	Antarctic heatwaves *Antarctica’s heatwaves are a warning to humanity — and we have only a narrow window to save the planet.* The heat waves and fires around the world are a broader warning of the same kind. (Comment on this)
1:48a	Great Barrier Reef management *Expert panel calls for urgent rethink on Great Barrier Reef management amid "unremitting" climate crisis.* The rethink has to reach the conclusion that preventing total loss of the Great Barrier Reef is the least of all reasons to hurry up in cutting greenhouse emissions, and especially CO2 which will chemically wipe out all coral. (Comment on this)
1:48a	Plastic-based fuel cancerous The EPA approved use of a new chemical in fuel whose chance of causing cancer, over a lifetime of exposure to exhaust from jets or boats, is close to 1. (Comment on this)
1:48a	Anti-food-sharing law, Houston enforcement Volunteers in Houston ticketed for offering food to homeless people face the threat of fines of thousands of dollars. San Francisco engaged in similar repression of Food not Bombs. (Comment on this)
1:48a	Urgent: Boston rally for ranked choice voting In Boston: rally on Aug 10 for ranked choice voting.</br> 6 - 7:30 PM at Sam Adams Park, 1 Faneuil Hall Sq, Boston (Comment on this)

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