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Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
| Time |
Event |
| 1:47a |
Civilization's lifeblood scorched
This July in the US was the hottest month ever, and it caused
unprecedented damage
to US food production, covering land and sea.
| | 2:01a |
Hope for whistleblower's trial, AUS
A campaign
is raising funds to support whistleblower David McBride,
who revealed war crimes by Australia's military.
| | 10:17a |
Co-official languages, Spain
Spain has permitted speaking to Parliament in
Basque, Catalan and
Galician,
in addition to as Castilian (what is known as Spanish outside Spain).
Those three have long been official languages for people to use in Spain.
It may feel like a great victory to the activists of those ethnic
groups to have gained this added prestige for their languages. In
practically terms, though, that right is useless because exercising it
is self defeating: if you speak to Parliament in one of those other
languages, you ensure that most of Parliament will not understand you.
| | 10:17a |
Carbon footprint study on remote working
Working from home makes it possible to
save over 50%
of one's greenhouse gas emissions, by avoiding commuting, but achieving that
much savings requires taking significant steps to make your activities around home greener.
We should not forget that most employers demand use of unjust
technology that people should never tolerate. Starting with things like
Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams,
Google Docs,
and lots of imposed
employer-operated spyware.
| | 10:17a |
Leaked: France complicit in Egypt's assassinating civilians
France accused of trampling freedom of the press for arresting
investigative journalist Ariane Lavrilleux, who reported on leaked
documents alleging
French intelligence targeted civilians in Egypt.
She has been arrested,
France is becoming ever more repressive. Long-distance buses now
require passengers' names, just like long-distance trains; next year,
all trains that travel from city to city will impose the same demand.
It is becoming difficult to pay for the Paris Metro with cash.
Pervasive tracking and surveillance is
the foundation for pervasive
repression.
| | 10:17a |
Immigrant detention system, UK
*I warned ministers about our
disgraceful
UK detention centres. Their solution? Stop the inspections.*
| | 10:17a |
An election theory very base
The wrecker is using criminal indictments
as a campaign strategy.
His supporters hate government, justice and democracy so much
that he can turn them against any honest manifestation of them.
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