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Amazon brings robots into warehouses
*Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses.*
Amazon already destroyed a large fraction of US jobs in retail by
driving competing other stores out of business. The jobs that remain
in Amazon warehouses, which often lead to injury and illness,
are few by comparison.
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Evacuation of al-Shifa hospital
The Israeli army forced doctors and patients to evacuate al-Shifa
hospital.
Aside from 32 babies that will be taken to Egyptian hospitals,
there is nowhere safe for them to go. I expect the number of
Palestinians killed in Gaza far exceeds 12,000. I would not be
surprised if it were double or triple that.
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Delay in redrawing Louisiana map
*US supreme court allows delay in redrawing Louisiana map that dilutes Black
voters’ power.*
That means that Louisiana's congressional delegation elected in 2024
will be gerrymandered in favor of Republicans.
Republicans only "win" elections nationally with the help of cheating:
gerrymandering
and voter-suppression.
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Children with lead poisoning
*Half of children in poorer countries have lead poisoning, says
study.*
The number of people that die from lead poisoning fails to measure the
harm it does. Lead exposure damages a child's brain and leads to
lower intelligence. The US suffered a decades-long crime wave
at the hands of the young men who, due to lead exposure as children, were not
smart enough to recognize that crime would lead to consequences that
would ruin their lives.
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Corbyn recognizes HAMAS as terrorist group
Jeremy Corbyn was reluctant to call HAMAS a terrorist group, but now has
publicly recognized that it is one.
I'm glad, because it means that he and I are more or less in
agreement now. I was disappointed that he disagreed with me on this
point. However, I still supported him rather than Starmer. The UK
government is not in charge of either HAMAS or Israel, but it is in
charge of whether to make poor people in the UK suffer for the sake of
the rich. Starmer refuses to tax the rich to reverse their
multi-decade neoliberal wealth grab. Corbyn wants to do that.
I've already contrasted HAMAS and the Israel.
Both are committing war crimes, but they are not similar, not mirror images of each other.
It is not that simple.
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Democracy's vital feedback mechanism is broken
*The news has become intolerable and inhumane. Democracy’s vital
feedback mechanism is broken.*
It helps, I find, to read news articles rather than watching video.
With text, it is easier to stay calm while finding out what happened.
Then you can react emotionally to what you have learned, rather than whatever
image someone shows you.
Another advantage is that you can read words faster than you can hear
someone speak them.
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| 10:05a |
Claims that anonymous posts are a threat
*Nikki Haley Says Anonymous Social Media Posts Are a "National Security
Threat," Demands All Users Verify Identity.*
Right-wing disinformation and hate are the main "national security
threat" in antisocial media platforms, but Republicans have become
experts at spreading those messages under their own names and avoiding
punishment or obstacles. I guess Haley thinks this new censorship requirement will hit only progressives.
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| 10:05a |
Climate crisis harms human health
*The climate crises harms [human] health. Diseases will spread faster and
further, and kill more people, as the effects of record heat,
floods, drought and storms escalates.*
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Urgent: Commit to 100% renewable energy
US citizens: phone the White House and call on Biden to commit
to 100% renewable energy as the target for COP28.
If you phone, please spread the word!
White House: +1-202-456-1111
and (TTY/TDD) +1-202-456-6213
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Urgent: Israeli use of white phosphorus
US citizens: call on Biden to demand the Israeli government ban the use
of white phosphorus (except for generating fog).
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Urgent: Stop big tech taking over auto industry
US citizens: call on the Federal Trade Commission to Stop Big Tech
from taking over the auto industry (through "connected cars").
The actions this advocates would be a step forward, but nowhere near
enough.
We should prohibit systematic tracking of the location or
movements of any vehicle or vehicles that can lawfully be used on
public streets, except when authorized by a search warrant that must
specify the vehicles to be tracked, the geographical of such tracking,
and the period of time within which it may be done.
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