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| 11:09a |
Norway's salmon collapse
Salmon escaping from fish farms in Norway are overwhelming
the
wild salmon population and could wipe it out.
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| 11:09a |
River- and lake-fish status
*Almost half of all fish species and 10% of mammals rely on rivers and lakes for survival but a
combination of [global heating effects]
and pollution is
threatening
their existence.*
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| 11:09a |
Book-reading punishment sued, GA
The federal government and 16 states have joined as friends of the court in suing Georgia for firing
a teacher for
reading
a banned book aloud in class.
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| 11:09a |
Book-ban sued, FL
*Major
publishers sue Florida over "unconstitutional" school book ban.*
The ban is disgusting, but the article does not explain how it violates the US or the Florida
constitution. I think the extreme court will find an excuse to uphold it.
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| 11:09a |
Urgent: School-kid's free lunch
US citizens:
call
on state governments to pass Tim Walz's Free Lunch For Kids Program in every state.
Please find your state governor's phone number at
USA.gov
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| 11:09a |
US history of slave-labor in sugar
*A Horrid
History of
Sugar.* For instance, Indian sugar farm workers today are effectively slaves, as they are
permanently in debt.
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| 11:09a |
Urgent: NO more Elon Musk in US Military
US citizens:
call
on the US military to make no more contracts with Musk's companies.
I don't know whether the executive branch to has the authority to make this decision arbitrarily.
However, it is surely possible in principle to pass a law to impose a suitable morally valid
criterion. If it excludes some companies in addition, for the same reason, that would not be a bad
thing.
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| 11:09a |
Urgent: Billionaires overly empowered
US citizens: Elon Musk and other billionaire CEOs have too much power.
Call on Congress to
Tax the ultra-wealthy.
If you phone, please spread the word!
Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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| 11:09a |
Columbia U. tried to forgive protesters
Columbia University has bowed to
threats from
right-wing extremists in Congress by agreeing to rush to judgment of various students who were
accused of participating in protests on campus.
The university administration is making a cowardly surrender to fanatics who do not believe in
trials or justice — exactly the sort of enemies that a loyal American should resist.
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| 11:09a |
Republican hawk threatens Labour doves
An associate of the bully turned his bullying on the UK, threatening enormous punishment if
it should decide to
stop
delivering arms to Israel.
It makes sense to try to pressure Biden and Harris to take a stand and pressure Israel to stop the
killing in Gaza. But threatening to stand aside and maybe help
the bully become president again is
advocating self-mutilation.
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| 11:09a |
Urgent: The AT&T strikers
In the US:
call
on AT&T to negotiate in good faith with the union workers that are now striking.
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| 11:09a |
TDU drivers union well-timed strike, TN
*Uber and Lyft drivers in
Nashville
vote to strike after forming a union.*
Those companies exploit workers so I hope they win some better treatment.
If that increases the prices of rides from Uber and Lyft, that will be good as well, since it will
improve the availability of real taxis that you can ride anonymously without carrying a snoop-phone.
But I don't expect that the drivers will demand anything for the freedom and anonymity of
passengers, so I will continue to consider Uber and Lyft completely unacceptable. As far as I am
concerned, this is a fight to the very end. See uber.html for why I refuse
to enter an Uber car even if someone else orders it.
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| 11:09a |
Urgent: News standards, media practices
Everyone:
call on media executives to
follow standards of good journalism that will avoid spreading hate.
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