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No-kings protests today
Today there is a No Kings protests at a city near you.
The No Kings protests are specifically aimed at the President of the US,
but also the masterminds behind a
unitary
executive theory, playing the roles of White House Deputy Chief of
Staff for Policy, and director of Office of Management and Budget.
Millions will be out sounding and presenting emergency-messages
assertively.
Certain people at any organized protest will have the training and skills for
peaceful protesting and de-escalating in order to avoid stirring up traps,
and to maintain an emotional
intelligence.
Tomorrow is the President's birthday and a military parade near the Whitehouse.
Today is also
US
Flag Day. Show the world what we stand for. We live in a
democracy, we're informed, we exercise our right to protest for the sake
of our nation.
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| 2:38p |
Muskrat invention of "golden dome"
The muskrat invented a boondoggle called "golden dome" which would
develop antimissile to defend against nuclear attack.
I would be delighted if the US had an antimissile system for nuclear
defense, provided that (1) we could expect it to succeed reliably in
doing its defensive job, and (2) we could count on US leaders not to
rejoice by threatening a nuclear first strike.
But (1) is unlikely to happen, because the job is so hard that the
system will probably never achieve the goal. The money spent would be
wasted, from the nation's point of view. By contrast, the principal
contractors (Musk?) would find the system quite lucrative, whether it
is adequate or not.
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| 2:38p |
New South Wales nature reserve for koalas
New South Wales has a commitment to create a new nature reserve
to protect endangered koalas, but it has left out an area of land
that is home for many koalas.
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| 2:38p |
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| 2:38p |
University of Michigan surveillance contracts
*University of Michigan ends undercover surveillance contracts after Guardian
revelations.*
However, the university put the blame entirely on excessive zeal by one
employee of the company. Based on reports,
it was more than one employee. More deeply, the wrong was not
limited to the methods used by the company. The decision to snoop on
students and staff preemptively to quash protests was the root of the
evil. The university must repudiate that practice, not just the
methods used.
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| 2:38p |
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Netanyahu defends arming Palestinian clans
*Netanyahu defends arming Palestinian clans accused of ties with jihadist
groups.*
Arming and supporting Palestinian groups opposed to HAMAS is not
necessarily a bad thing to do. Depending on what those groups stand
for, it could be bad, or it could be good.
It seems that Netanyahu has chosen religious fanatics who could
be like HAMAS only worse.
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| 2:38p |
Rights for Antarctica
Arguing that Antarctica should have "rights" and be designated a "person".
I support legal protection for Antarctica, enforced by a world body
which has the necessary power to achieve the goal. But it is absurd
to treat Antarctica, or a river, or a forest, as a person. Exercise
of the rights of a person requires will, but that is something that
neither Antarctica, nor a river, nor a forest actually has.
Does Antarctica wish to remain ice-covered, or would it prefer to melt
the ice and have forests with fruit trees? If Antarctica were a person,
it could have a preference and we would be obliged to ask what that is.
We should protect Antarctica as a major part of a climatic system,
whose stability is crucial for that system. That is even more
important to protect than one person.
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| 2:38p |
TikTok users in Taiwan likely to agree with pro-China narratives
*Frequent TikTok users in Taiwan more likely to agree with pro-China
narratives, study finds.*
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| 2:38p |
Neo-Nazi group seeking to grow in the US
*Neo-Nazi group "actively seeking to grow in US" with planned paramilitary
training event.*
This reflects the bully's general practice of supporting and
recruiting neo-Nazis.
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| 2:38p |
AI systems that can determine location based on a photo
There are AI systems that can determine, from almost any photo, what
place it was taken in. This leads to even more danger of tracking
people.
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| 2:38p |
Theft of antiquities in Syria
Syria is suffering a wave of theft of antiquities, and the new government
is not strong enough to stop it.
I wonder if other countries could win friendship in Syria by paying to hire
cops to stop this.
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| 2:38p |
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| 2:38p |
Urgent: Oppose the JUDGES bill
US citizens: phone your congresscritter to oppose the JUDGES bill
which would let Republicans pack the federal courts.
If you phone, please spread the word!
Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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| 2:38p |
Urgent: Reject cuts in funding for medical treatment
US citizens: call on Congress to reject cuts in funding for medical
treatment, and instead extend this to a universal national medical
system.
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| 2:38p |
Urgent: Defund DOPE (so-called "DOGE")
US citizens: call on Congress to defund DOPE (so-called "DOGE").
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| 2:38p |
Urgent: Call on Smithsonian to stand firm against pressure to slant history
US citizens: call on the Smithsonian Institution to stand firm against
pressure to slant American history.
Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above
work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. (See
https://gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for why that issue
matters.)
First, make sure you have deactivated JavaScript in your browser or
are using the LibreJS plug-in.
I have done the next step for you: I added `?nowrapper=true' to the
end of the campaign URL before posting it above. That should bring
you to a page that starts with, "Letter campaigns will not work
without JavaScript!"
They indeed won't work without some manual help, but the following
simple method seems adequate for many of them, including this one.
To start, fill in the personal information answers in the box on the
right side of the page. That's how you say who's sending the letter.
Then click the "START WRITING" button. That will take you to a page
that can't function without nonfree JavaScript code. (To ensure it
doesn't function perversely by running that nonfree code, you can
enable LibreJS or disable JavaScript by visiting that page.) You can
finish sending without that code By editing its URL in the browser's
address bar, as follows:
First, go to the end and insert `&nowrapper=true'. Then tell the
browser to visit that URL. This should give you a version of the page
that works without JavaScript. Edit the subject and body of your
letter. Finally, click on the "SEND LETTER" button, and you're done.
This method seems to work for letter campaigns that send the letters
to a fixed list of recipients, the same recipients for every sender.
Editing and revisiting the URL is the only additional step needed to
bypass the nonfree JavaScript code. I'm sure you'll agree it is a
small effort for the result of supporting the campaign
without opening your computer to unjust (and potentially malicious)
software.
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| 2:38p |
Urgent: Revert cancellation of bird flu vaccine contract
US citizens: call on RFK Jr to revert the cancellation of the bird flu vaccine
contract.
Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above
work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. (See
https://gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for why that issue
matters.)
First, make sure you have deactivated JavaScript in your browser or
are using the LibreJS plug-in.
I have done the next step for you: I added `?nowrapper=true' to the
end of the campaign URL before posting it above. That should bring
you to a page that starts with, "Letter campaigns will not work
without JavaScript!"
They indeed won't work without some manual help, but the following
simple method seems adequate for many of them, including this one.
To start, fill in the personal information answers in the box on the
right side of the page. That's how you say who's sending the letter.
Then click the "START WRITING" button. That will take you to a page
that can't function without nonfree JavaScript code. (To ensure it
doesn't function perversely by running that nonfree code, you can
enable LibreJS or disable JavaScript by visiting that page.) You can
finish sending without that code By editing its URL in the browser's
address bar, as follows:
First, go to the end and insert `&nowrapper=true'. Then tell the
browser to visit that URL. This should give you a version of the page
that works without JavaScript. Edit the subject and body of your
letter. Finally, click on the "SEND LETTER" button, and you're done.
This method seems to work for letter campaigns that send the letters
to a fixed list of recipients, the same recipients for every sender.
Editing and revisiting the URL is the only additional step needed to
bypass the nonfree JavaScript code. I'm sure you'll agree it is a
small effort for the result of supporting the campaign
without opening your computer to unjust (and potentially malicious)
software.
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