Richard Stallman's Political Notes' Journal
[Most Recent Entries]
[Calendar View]
Sunday, September 3rd, 2023
| Time |
Event |
| 9:32a |
Polar bears' climate
The
loss of sea ice
is endangering polar bears in some regions of the Arctic,
but in other regions they have adapted to the changes … so far.
Whether the species will survive this century somewhere is not clear.
Since we don't know exactly what changes will result from global heating,
we can't assert with certainty that it will be wiped out. But we also
cannot assert it will survive.
We can be sure that more heating makes more chance of extinction.
| | 9:32a |
| | 9:32a |
| | 9:32a |
Tibetan culture vs China
China is trying to erase the Tibetan culture and Tibetans as an ethnic
group, with
forced assimilation.
| | 9:32a |
| | 9:32a |
Doctors as gig workers, UK
NHS doctors are now led to work in a gig economy system,
without
lasting relationships with patients
or other personnel.
Labour has a plan to change this by applying
financial incentives and
disincentives
to doctors. The insistence on making this change "cost neutral" forces the
decision to make the disincentives equal the incentives. But we know
the NHS personnel need raises.
Labour is screwing itself with its decision to bow down to the rich by not taxing them more.
| | 9:32a |
German official accused of antisemitism
*Bavaria’s deputy leader faces accusations over antisemitic
pamphlet*
published 35 years ago
when he was 17 years old. At the time, he was determined to be the author of it.
From the descriptions in the article, the pamphlet repeatedly mocked
the holocaust, and that's undeniably antisemitic. But people's views
often change from age 17 to age 52. He may not be antisemitic today.
As an official, in recent years, he has endorsed various far-right
views. Even if he has dropped antisemitism, those other statements
are enough to make him a bad person to have as an official.
| | 9:32a |
School dress codes, FR
*France to
ban girls from wearing abayas
in state schools.* Abayas are long dresses worn by many Muslim girls.
I was astounded to see kameez in the list of Muslim "sectarian"
clothing. In India, lots of urban women (not necessarily Muslim) wear
the salwar-kameez combination.
This gives me an idea for restoring laïcité without any ban: recruit
couturiers to develop abayas as a fashion, for any and all women
regardless of religion. If that style of dress catches on, you won't
be able to determine a schoolgirl's religion from her abaya.
|
|