Wednesday, October 4th, 2023

Time	Event
3:19a	McCarthy V Gaetz McCarthy allowed a stopgap funding resolution to be voted on; most Democrats and most Republicans voted for it. The only harmful part was that it aids Putin (and global fascism) by denying funds for Ukraine's defense. (Comment on this)
10:49a	Tory voters who switch parties: 34% The Tory Party is suffering disaster among its supporters. If only there were a party that supported democracy, human rights, and partial socialism that they could vote for. (Comment on this)
6:05p	Results of slowing climate defense Slowing down climate defense action will result in increased heat and increased damage, even if it still reaches "net zero" by 2050. *Approving new oil and gas fields only increased the already large amount of reserves that will have to be kept in the ground if global heating limits are to be reached.* But what's the point of developing more reserves if it doesn't lead to extracting a larger quantity? Obviously the planet roasters will extract more, meaning they are lying if they claim they won't. (Comment on this)
6:05p	Revisions to Danish dictionary Denmark is revising its dictionary of Danish to achieve more gender equality by coining words to balance out points of inequality. I support this, because the goal is a good one and there is no wrong in it. Contrast this with the demand made in Spain to delete antisemitic word definitions from the official dictionary. Using those words expresses bigotry, and those who use them deserve criticism for that. But hiding their existence by deleting them from the dictionary is dishonesty about facts. (Comment on this)
6:05p	Disparaging nature of the term "content" Artists and actors are recognizing the disparaging nature of the term "content". And "creator", too, when it is stretched to included all sorts of participation in making works of authorship. I have condemned these terms since 2002. (Comment on this)
6:05p	Boycott of Russian fossil fuel exports The European boycott of Russian fossil fuel exports has greatly cut Russia's sales and income. I expected Russia to sell to its new friends, India and China, all it wished to sell. It seems that is not possible, but I don't know why. (Comment on this)
6:05p	Fears Azerbaijan will conquer more land Some Azeris attack Armenians living near the border between the two countries. The latter fear Azerbaijan will conquer more land, (Comment on this)
6:05p	Hints at support for white supremacism DeMentis's ally Christopher Rufo hints at support for white supremacism. This is no surprise to me. The US fascist movement has made supporting white supremacism normal, along with antisemitism, antimuslimism, as well as fascist political violence. (Comment on this)
6:05p	Calls for robbers to be shot *[The fascist] calls for store robbers to be shot.* How about election stealers and voter suppressors? (Comment on this)
6:05p	Taxing inheritance is vital Why taxing inheritance is vital for a good society. (Comment on this)
6:05p	Hard to identify accused Nazi war criminals It has proved very hard to identify accused Nazi war criminals well enough to convict them of participation in the Holocaust. Things may be different for today's war crimes — it seems that there is far more data nowadays to identify Putin-forces war criminals. (Comment on this)
6:05p	2003 violence in Bolivia * [Bolivian ex-president] Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and former defense minister agree to pay for 2003 violence in which 60 protesters were killed [by the Bolivian military].* This was the outcome of a lawsuit in US court by the victims. (Comment on this)

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