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Particulate air pollution in the US
The level of PM2.5 particulate air pollution in the US causes a large
increase in cardiovascular disease.
Even at the WHO-recommended (lower) concentration limit, the
contribution to disease is significant.
It also seems to increase the rate of dementia.
As global heating continues, there could be more and larger wildfires.
They create this pollution and spread it widely.
So, if my memory serves, does burning wood in a stove in your home.
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China crushed thriving independent cinema movement
China has crushed a thriving independent cinema movement. Many of the films
have been preserved in an archive in the UK.
If Republicans take over the US, they will crush independent cinema here.
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Victims of cop Derek Ridgewell
Racist, crooked cop Derek Ridgewell went on framing man after man, as
the thug department protected him. Then he was caught and convicted
of thefts like those he had framed others for — but nothing was done
to find all his victims and exonerate them.
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UK economy held back by long-term disabled workers
The UK economy is held back by a record number of workers who
are disabled by long-term illness.
Two important causes are the Tory-beset NHS, so damaged that it cannot
treat all the disabled workers so they can return to work, and long
Covid.
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British troops' war crimes in Afghanistan
A UK minister, given the job of investigating whether British troops
in Afghanistan committed war crimes, said he has found no evidence to
deny it — and information suggesting that they did.
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Lobbying firms representing perpetrators of climate disaster
* Lobbying firms work double-duty, representing political interests of
victims and perpetrators of climate [disaster] in state capital.*
We must expect any one lobbying company to work for many clients. And
normally that is not particularly scandalous. But continuation of
global heating will destroy almost anything, and using the same
lobbyist will help that lobbyist become better known and more
influential with officials.
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Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine murdered
A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine, then went to live in Spain,
has been murdered.
I see little reason to doubt that Putin organized the killing.
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Disentangling the wrong of racist prejudice
Disentangling the wrong that racist prejudice does to people from the
benefit that cultural mixing between racial groups gives to culture.
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Mass media influence on Americans view on child kidnapping
How the mass media mislead Americans to think their children are
in real danger of being kidnapped on the street.
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UK tax agency investigating rich people less
The UK's tax agency is following the path of the US IRS: investigating
rich people less.
I conjecture that the reason is the same in both countries:
the state has surrendered to the demands of the rich,
who demand to be allowed not to pay their taxes.
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Businesses required to report ownership
Most US businesses are now required to report who effectively owns them.
However, some big businesses won a special exception by expensive lobbying.
They include venture capital funds, hedge funds and private equity
funds.
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Urgent: Reject "fiscal commissions"
US citizens: call on Congress to reject "fiscal commissions" to cut
programs that non-rich Americans depend on.
SCROTUS have expanded this; the targets now include many government programs
that either benefit the non-rich or inconvenience the powerful.
If you phone, please spread the word!
Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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Urgent: Pass bill to limit book bans
US citizens: call on the Florida Legislature to pass Rep. Dana
Trabulsy's bill to limit book bans.
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