Friday, October 25th, 2024

Time	Event
8:57p	North Korean soldiers training in Russia South Korean intelligence reports that North Korean soldiers are training for combat in Russia, and that Russian ships transported them from North Korea to Russia. The US should help Ukraine operated forces there to sink future transports. That will be far more efficient than fighting them on a front on land. </li> (Comment on this)
8:57p	Israel bombed residential building Another bomb, another atrocity: Israel's air force bombed a residential building in Gaza and killed at least 73 people in it. </li> (Comment on this)
8:57p	UK "safer phones" bill * The UK "safer phones" bill could ban companies from applying [addicting] algorithms for young "doomscrolling" teens.* This is a wise idea, but why limit this protection to "young" teens? These "algorithms", more precisely described as recommendation engines, draw millions of people into disinformation which aids right-wing demagogues, plutocratist servants of big business and business associations, and enemies of your country (whichever country that is). We should protect everyone from these. </li> (Comment on this)
8:57p	Wrecker threatens to send military after "very bad people" The wrecker threatened to "send the military" after "some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics." He won't be able to do that this year, but if he captures the presidency he or Vance will do it in 2028. </li> (Comment on this)
8:57p	Global heating damage to Finland forests In Finland, global heating effects are damaging forests so much that they are no longer carbon sinks. </li> (Comment on this)
8:57p	Urgent: Facial recognition in Google doorbell cameras US citizens: call on Google to remove the facial recognition feature from its doorbell cameras. While at it, the company should eliminate unlimited network access to the images in the camera. Access to them should be limited to images from the past minute. </li> (Comment on this)

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