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Weather tracker
I suspect that flooding in East Africa was caused by
atmospheric
rivers.
I think it can happen anywhere that the prevailing winds arrive over a large
body of water.
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Important litmus test
Robert Reich warns that SCROTUS are already warning that they might arbitrarily
override the next congressional election as a stepping stone to
stealing the presidency. |
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Torres Strait Islanders
Torres Strait Islanders, who live on islands between Australia and New Guinea, are
suing about the damage that sea-level rise will do to their homes if we don't curb
global
heating in 20 years.
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Cashless society
China reaffirmed its plan to eliminate cash, and thus keep track of
all
purchases anyone makes.
Despite some recent compromises, the government remains dead set on
tracking everything that people do.
The anonymous use of cash is the basis for other freedoms. If you think that using
cash is too inconvenient, please approach the matter with a problem-solving spirit.
Can you find a way to make it convenient enough to bring enough cash with you
whenever you leave the house?
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Project 2025 Noaa
*Climate experts fear [the wrecker] will follow a blueprint created by his allies to
gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), disbanding its
work on climate science and tailoring its
operations
to business interests.*
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| 8:46a |
Political arrest
Professor Shalhoub-Kevorkian of Hebrew University in Jerusalem was
arrested and treated quite harshly, and charged with
publishing
unacceptable views.
(They are similar, in grand lines, to my views and the views of many of my readers.)
Many colleagues and other academics have condemned the arrest as
political repression. Even Hebrew University condemned it.
The cruel treatment of Shalhoub-Kevorkian in jail adds to the nastiness of this, but
the core of the issue is the intention to prosecute people in Israel who demand a cease-fire.
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Nepinak’s headdress
A leader of an indigenous tribe brought a headdress onto an Air Canada
flight and was told it had to be put in the baggage compartment.
She objected that her headdress was sacred and
therefore deserved special treatment.
That demand for privilege should be refused. We all face the
possibility of being required to check some item rather than carry it
into the cabin, and
we deserve equal treatment.
The rules don't have to be rigid; it is good if they are somewhat flexible. However,
that flexibility should apply equally to all passengers, not in a discriminatory way
based on a passenger's ethnicity or religion.
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| 2:47p |
Thermonator, a robotized flamethrower
A four-legged robot with a flamethrower is now available for anyone to
purchase
in the US. Supposedly it is not intended for war. Maybe that means it is
intended for criminal gangs?
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A suicide around an ELIZA effect
Chatbots can lead people to suicide.
What
should we make of that?
It seems that chatbots can build, with susceptible people, various sorts of
self-reinforcing loops of conversation, such that both get stuck in the loop together.
Of course, this happens to people in interactions with other people. Getting
out of them is a challenge.
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| 2:47p |
A long wait in the casualty dept, UK
Inga Rublite died after waiting 8 hours in an emergency room in Britain.
None of the staff
had even looked at her or taken her blood pressure.
The fault does not belong to the overloaded staff. It belongs to the Tories,
who have cut medical spending over and over, simply so the rich can pay less taxes.
Now that Labour has also caved to the rich and their demand for low taxes,
Britain needs a party to champion what Labour used to stand for.
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