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No sincere demonstration of "benefits" of being a slave
Abraham Lincoln pointed out that no one who proclaimed the "benefits"
of being a slave has ever demonstrated sincerity in that belief by
asking to be a slave. |
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Removal of "In God We Trust" from license plate
*American Atheists claims victory for removal of “In God We Trust” from
Mississippi's standard license plate.* |
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Resistance to surveilled digital payments
Resistance to pressure in the UK to use surveilled digital payments
is found in various groups,
including young people living on limited incomes and foreign
visitors, as well as the usually cited group (old people who
find digital technology confusing).
Alas, the article doesn't mention the group I belong to: people who
value privacy and understand that the way to prevent personal data
from being misused by companies is not to allow companies to
collect that data.
The UK needs a political campaigning group to demand laws requiring
that certain important kinds of stores accept cash.
Last time I had a connection in Heathrow Airport, I wanted to buy a
snack from a store which accepted only tracked payments. Since that
store would not accept my money, I bought something else from another
store. |
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Writing patterns detected by "AI"
*[purported] AI detectors tend to be programmed to flag writing as
[LLM-generated" when the word choice is predictable and the sentences
are more simple. As it turns out, writing by non-native English
speakers often fits this pattern.*
So their work tends to be falsely flagged.
The article describes the systems these students are accused of using as "AI",
but that is a confusion. |
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Vice Media censoring for ruler of Salafi Arabia
Vice Media made a deal for funds from Salafi Arabia and began
censoring stories that its ruler might dislike. |
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Sri Lanka's malnourished children
*No milk, no eggs, small hope: fears rise for Sri Lanka’s malnourished
children.*
I've been told that Sri Lanka's economic collapse was due to a
government policy that made farming uneconomical, but I can only
consider that a rumor. Can anyone show me reliable information? |
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Driverless taxis stopped traffic
10 or more driverless taxis on Vallejo Street in San Francisco blocked
traffic on that street for 15 minutes, simply by stopping in the
street. All the human drivers in cars on that street were stuck.
The company's explanation makes it clear that these cars are not
"autonomous" — they depend on receiving orders via cellular data
networks.
The possibility of stopping traffic is, of course, a pain in the neck,
and people are right to point out it could be dangerous if an
emergency occurs. But I see that as the secondary danger, because
improvements in technology will tend to correct it over time.
The biggest danger of automated taxis is that of massive surveillance:
tracking the passengers because they must identify themselves to pay,
and recognizing people on the street using facial recognition.
Improved technology will tend to make these dangers worse. |
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Effort to avoid confronting planet roasters
In a Greek town that was devastated by a wildfire in 2018, Christy
Lefteri found that people sought small and proximal causes or enemies
to blame for it, in a desperate effort to avoid confronting the great
enemy: the planet roasters. |
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Eating meat and cattle associated with masculinity
Eating meat, and raising cattle, are associated in the US with masculinity.
Big Food takes thorough advantage of this.
The article linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by
capitalizing "indigenous" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing
bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I denounce bigotry,
and normally I will not link to articles that promote it. But I make
exceptions for some articles that I consider particularly important.
That article is one of the exceptions. |
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Bank of England blames pay for inflation
*Biased Bank of England blames pay for inflation, never profit.*
*Data suggests prices are rising even though production costs are flat.
Yet wages remain policymakers’ chief concern.*
This makes evident the bias that Robert Reich pointed out for the US a
year ago.
I must conclude that central banks have an ulterior motive:
to knock workers down. |
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Freedom of speech and words used to carry out crime
Freedom of speech, under the US First Amendment, does not cover
the words used to carry out a crime.
It does not cover setting up criminal conspiracies, perjury, fraud,
or intimidation of witnesses.
Therefore, freedom of speech is not a defense for the crimes that the
corrupter/insurrectionist is charged with, or the ones he might commit
now. |
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