Urgent: Lula and Brazil as climate leaders
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
US citizens: call on Lula and Brazil to be the world's climate leaders in COP 30 next year.
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Urgent: Seeking speaking invitations
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
I'm looking for speaking invitations for a trip in January and February that will include some part of Europe, then India, then some other part of Europe. The first visit to Europe will be roughly Jan 16 to 22. The visit to India will start Jan 22 and…
Urgent: Oppose cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
US citizens: call on Congress to oppose any cuts to, and any efforts to privatize, Social Security and Medicare.
Urgent: Don't allow wrecker to make recess appointments
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
US citizens: call on the Senate: don't allow the wrecker to make recess appointments. Don't abdicate your duty to vet the wrecker's nominees.
Mangione's political views
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#20_December_2024_(Mangione's_political_views)
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
Mangione's political views are a mixture of right-wing and left-wing, and he has crystallized hatred of US medical deinsurance companies among both sides. Right-wing leaders are trying to attach that to "wokism", but it doesn't stick. In fact, most…
Urgent: Pardon Edward Snowden and Julian Assange
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
US citizens: call on Biden to Pardon Edward Snowden and Julian Assange.
Rainfall patterns changing
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#20_December_2024_(Rainfall_patterns_changing)
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
* Rainfall patterns are changing, crops are ripening earlier, and the normal rhythms of farming have fallen off — exactly as climate scientists warned.* We are already encountering the next step, which is shortages of some foods. That can lead,…
Bird flue strain circulating in dairy cows
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
* A strain now circulating in dairy cows appears to carry little risk for humans at present, but we need to develop an effective strategy before it mutates* In particular, we will need vaccine for whatever strain becomes a threat. Now the US…
Freedom status of Signal client
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#20_December_2024_(Freedom_status_of_Signal_client)
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
The Signal client's own code is free/libre, but it farms out some activities to Google services. Depending on what Signal uses each of those services to do, using it might be SaaSS, which is as subjugating to the user as locally running a nonfree…
Balance of gov. powers, US
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#20_December_2024_(Balance_of_gov._powers,_US)
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
The bully is trying to bully the judge who refused to dismiss civil claims against him.
(satire) Exonerated after execution
Published: December 21, 2024 10:38
(satire) *Wrongly Convicted Death Row Inmate Exonerated Mere Hours After Execution.*
Urgent: Protect Social Security and Medicare from the wrecker
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
US citizens: call on Congress to protect Social Security and Medicare from the cuts that the wrecker, the musk-ox, and that wiseacre of Oz want to make. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard:…
Urgent: Extend the premium tax credits
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and senators urging them to extend the premium tax credits in the current session of Congress. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
Whole Foods workers file to unionize
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
Workers at a Whole Foods store have filed to unionize. The next step will be for the company to harass them to change their minds before the actual vote.
Priority of environmental protection
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
Australia's Labor Party said it was going to prioritize environmental protection — but dropped the proposed law at the last minute. This decision, shocking to Labor supporters, strikes me as entirely consistent with the policy of allowing major expansion…
Ecology of places humans abandoned
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
Studying the ecology of places that humans have abandoned. Sometimes human presence enables many species to make a complex ecosystem, where otherwise a suffocating monoculture of one dominant species could take over and exclude all else.
Iran's threat to finish building nuclear weapons
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
Iran has threatened to finish building nuclear weapons if the West resumes trade sanctions against Iran. It looks like the West and Iran agree that the better choice is no sanctions and no Iranian nuclear weapons. Obama negotiated an agreement to…
Medical records systems
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(Medical_records_systems)
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
How Epic medical records systems help hospitals cheat medical insurance companies by finding opportunities to exaggerate what treatments were done, so as to charge more. This requires doctors to spend more time entering additional data that are…
Polio vaccine approval
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(Polio_vaccine_approval)
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
One of RFK Jr's close associates filed to revoke approval of polio vaccine. Loss of the polio vaccine would produce an epidemic after a few years. I wonder how billionaires' families would respond to this. Get vaccinated in other countries, while…
Mistake to let companies analyze your genetic data
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
It is a terrible mistake to let a company analyze your genetic data. If that company goes bankrupt, as 23 And Me has done, it will be forced to see that data to people who will use it against you.
Allowing Syria to recover
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(Allowing_Syria_to_recover)
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
To enable Syria to recover, the US should cancel sanctions on Syria. Those sanctions were meant to defeat Assad. Now that Assad's enemies have defeated him, the sanctions don't make sense any more. I can imagine the US negotiating an agreement with the…
Abortion pills mailed into Texas from New York doctor
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
Texas is suing a New York doctor for mailing abortion pills to a woman in Texas. Texas has passed a law prohibiting mailing abortion pills into the state; meanwhile, New York State has passed a law meant to protect against any such lawsuits from Texas. …
Musk-rat's conflicts of interests
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(Musk-rat's_conflicts_of_interests)
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
*The musk-rat's six major conflicts of interest with the federal government.*
BBC complained to Apple over fake news
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
*BBC says it has complained to Apple over fake news [output from a bullshit generator] attributed to [BBC].*
Democrats must dump neoliberal economics
Published: December 18, 2024 16:38
Joseph Stiglitz: *The message to Democrats is clear: you must dump neoliberal economics [and become progressive].*
Syrian rebel offensive
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(syrian_rebel_offensive)
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
Syrians backed by Turkey are having border clashes with Rojava, Which is distracting Rojava from keeping PISSI under control.
Shell lawsuit
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(shell_settle_lawsuit_greenpeace)
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
Various big oil companies are suing Greenpeace in an attempt to wipe it out We should not have to depend on organizations such as Greenpeace to protect civilization from environmental disaster (including global heating and more). This is governments'…
How to tax billionaires
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(how_to_tax_billionaires)
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
Thomas Piketty refutes the claims that governments cannot tax billionaires, offering methods to overcome supposed obstacles.
Amazon donates to Trump
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
Amazon has donated a million dollars to the wrecker's inauguration fund, as a token of loyal greed.
The CEO suck-ups to Trump
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(ceo_suckups_to_trump)
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
When a bully is powerful enough, rich people (and those who want to be rich) all fawn on per, hoping perse will pave their way to more riches. That is what the executives of big companies are doing now for the wrecker.
Consumer protectionism
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
* For all its supposed "populism", the new administration will probably target offices that protect consumers* and workers.
Amazon Labor Union
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
Amazon warehouse in Staten Island workers are on strike. If Americans had elected Kamala Harris, these workers would have a good chance of making Amazon give them better wages and working conditions. But Bezos just had Amazon pay a million dollars to…
SafeRent discrimination
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
A woman who was rejected for renting an apartment on the strength of some computation's result sued for racial discrimination. People have proposed laws to prohibit using the output of an program to evaluate individuals and decide how to treat them. …
Stand up to Chevron
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(biden_stand_up_to_chevron)
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
*President Biden: stand up to Chevron and pardon Steven Donziger.*
Universal Healthcare
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
*Debunking Every Myth You Hear Against Universal [Medical]care.*
Meta donation to Trump
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
Facebook donated a million dollars to the corrupter's inauguration. I supposs this is not a crime, but it is in effect a bribe.
Kash Patel
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#17_December_2024_(kash_patel_fbi_director)
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
*Ex-FBI officials worry that Kash Patel as director may wield unlimited power.* That could include *opening investigations unilaterally*. Some past FBI directors have done such things, and their power threatened freedom in the US. The fascist might…
EPA air quality
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
*White US neighborhoods have more EPA air quality monitors, study finds.* This despite the fact that white US neighborhoods tend on the average to have more pollution than black neighborhoods — so the EPA is not doing that part of its job fairly. This…
Historic military case
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
A US army officer was convicted of sexual harassment after pressuring a junior officer under his command to have sex with him. I gather that this sort of thing happens often but is rarely punished. So this is an improvement. But this was worse than most…
Raw milk battle
Published: December 18, 2024 10:38
Man Americans are jumping on a bandwagon for raw milk based on choosing a political side — rather than based on medical facts. Some of the arguments are evidently irrational. For instance, one proponent argues that more dangers is virtuous because…
Urgent: Corrupter's Big Money cabinet
Published: December 16, 2024 16:38
US citizens: fight back against the corrupter's proposed Big Money cabinet.
Urgent: Slashing spending for nonrich Americans
Published: December 16, 2024 16:38
US citizens: oppose the muskrat's plan to slash spending for nonrich Amercans.
Support striking IKEA workers
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#15_December_2024_(Support_striking_IKEA_workers)
Published: December 16, 2024 16:38
In the US: support striking IKEA workers. Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. First, make sure you have deactivated JavaScrupt in your browser or are using the…
Urgent: ACA Advance Premium Tax Credits
Published: December 16, 2024 16:38
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and senators and tell them to extend the ACA Advance Premium Tax Credits, to avoid a large increase in the cost of medical insurance. If you phone, please spread the word! …
Urgent: Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency"
Published: December 16, 2024 16:38
US citizens: Oppose the creation of Musk's "Department of Government Efficiency" (or, better described, Department of Government Evisceration").
UK considers limiting political donations
Published: December 16, 2024 16:38
The UK is considering limiting donations to political campaigns and parties to stop Musk from trying to buy triumph for the more-or-less fascist party.
Urgent: Cut off military support for Israel
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
US citizens: call on Biden to cut off military support for Israel's atrocities in Gaza.
Urgent: Support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
US citizens: call on House Democrats to support Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Ranking [Democratic] Member of Oversight and Accountability Committee.
Urgent: Oppose Dr. Oz
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#13_December_2024_(Urgent:_Oppose_Dr._Oz)
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
US citizens: call on the Senate to oppose Dr. Oz as head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Sting operation from 1980's
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#13_December_2024_(Sting_operation_from_1980's)
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
In the 1980s, the Broward County Sheriff's department made and sold drugs as a sting. That sting was illegal, so the current state attorney plans to vacate all those convictions.
Excess salt in soil threatens food production
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
*Global food production at increased risk from excess salt in soil, UN report warns.* *Scientists say climate crisis and poor agricultural practices to blame.* It affects 10% of global land. The article describes ways in which excess salt damages soil. …
Operation of congestion tax for Manhattan
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
The congestion tax for driving in much of Manhattan operates by identifying all cars heading into the congestion charge area. Charging a tax for causing congestion is legitimate in my view, but it does not excuse tracking people's movements in the…
Billionaire polluters focusing on fossil fuels
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
Billionaire Polluters is planning to "focus on fossil fuels" (and on the megadeaths they are likely to cause) instead of renewable energy. If civilization is to survive, it should stop Billionaire Polluters (and other planet-roaster companies) from…
Mexico-US water sharing agreement
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#13_December_2024_(Mexico-US_water_sharing_agreement)
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
The Mexico-US water sharing agreement is running aground because there isn't enough rain in the Rio Grande watershed. This seems to due to global heating, which means it will only get worse. I can imagine that the wrecker will use it as an excuse to…
Iran's capacity to enrich uranium
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#13_December_2024_(Iran's_capacity_to_enrich_uranium)
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
Iran's rulers, feeling more threatened, have increased their capacity to enrich uranium. To avoid nuclear proliferation and possible nuclear war, this writer recommends reassuring Iran that it is not threatened, and steer away from that. However,…
Wall Street's Internet of Shit slumlords
Published: December 14, 2024 10:38
*Everyday homeowners are human shields for Wall Street's Internet of Shit slumlords.*
Arbitrarily punishing accused sex workers
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
UK thugs have the power to arbitrarily punish accused sex workers, without any trial.
UK deporting man to Pakistan
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#12_December_2024_(UK_deporting_man_to_Pakistan)
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
The UK is deporting a man to Pakistan although he is likely to be murdered if he is there. She is likely to be deported some time later, and she too faces the threat of murder.
Brain rot by recommendation engines
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
Brain rot caused by recommendation engines is not just a metaphor. It has been demonstrated by many experiments, both psychological an physiological.
Oil drilling risk for arctic wildlife refuge
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
*Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Still at Risk from Oil Drilling.*
Pardoning everyone involved in Jan 6 attack on Capitol
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
The corrupter reaffirmed his intention to pardon everyone convicted for participating in the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol that the corrupter launched to overthrow the US government. *Liz Cheney calls Trump threat to jail her an "assault on the rule…
Demilitarized zone on Syrian border
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
Israel seized a small demilitarized zone on the Syrian border. I think that the importance of that border zone is minimal. Precisely because of that, Israel's seizure of it was a stupid and vicious act, likely to provoke various sorts of conflict just…
Prohibition on deporting by Boston cops
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
Boston City Council reaffirms prohibition on Boston cops' helping to deport anyone who doesn't have an arrest warrant.
More wealth to stockholders at any cost
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
The doctrine, that corporation executives are obligated to make "more wealth for stockholders" the highest priority, sounds simple — but it obtains that simplicity by disregarding all factors that weren't trivial to quantify. Events have shown that it…
Pausing asylum for Syrian refugees
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
Some European Countries have decided to pause decision on asylum for Syrian refugees, to wait and see if Syria now becomes a safe country from which people have a need to flee. Let us hope that Syria now becomes safe for peaceful civilians, but if…
Banned chemicals exported from UK
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#12_December_2024_(Banned_chemicals_exported_from_UK)
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
* Investigation uncovers how chemicals like diquat, banned in the UK but legal to export, are causing [medical] problems in [other countries].* The issue is worth posting about, but I reject the term "global south" and I took this opportunity to…
Giving infectious diseases a break
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
Robert Kennedy Jr said he will "give infectious diseases a break". That would be a dangerous error, given that the more people they have infected, the more starting points they have to infect others.
Voting for the axe
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#12_December_2024_(Voting_for_the_axe)
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
This came from A Word A Day. It fits the right-wing servants of dooH niboR who whip up poor fools to vote to cut their income to help the rich. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe for the axe was clever…
Monarch butterflies listed as threatened
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
Monarch butterflies are now listed as threatened in he US, which puts limits on actions that could further harm the species. The limits, not very strict, are described in the article.
Defunding at US State Department
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#12_December_2024_(Defunding_at_US_State_Department)
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
It looks like the part of the US State Department that tries to combat foreign disinformation will be defunded. Who in the US government might want to do that? Perhaps those who are in league with Putin, such as the corrupter, and those who spread…
Merger block upheld
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#12_December_2024_(Merger_block_upheld)
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
Th FTC's order to block the merger of the Kroger and Albertsons supermarket chains was upheld in court. However, it appears that Lina Khan, responsible for several years of militancy by the FTC, will not be reappointed. That means it will become weaker,…
Carbon emissions from arctic tundra
Published: December 13, 2024 04:38
*Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs, US agency says.* This is a consequence of the higher temperature in the Arctic, and consequences such as wildfires.
Urgent: Unionization at Whole Foods
Published: December 12, 2024 16:38
US citizens: call on Amazon and Whole Foods not to oppose unionization at Whole Foods. Here's how to make the actionnetwork.org letter campaign linked above work without running the site's nonfree JavaScript code. First, make sure you have…
Military situation in Syria
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Military_situation_in_Syria)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:38
Commenting on the military situation in Syria, as the rebels keep advancing. Assad is a murderous military dictator. In the past, his enemies were murderous Islamists, so it was hard to say that either one was less vicious than the other. The only part…
Urgent: Maintain IRS funding
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Urgent:_Maintain_IRS_funding)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:38
US citizens: phone your congresscritter and senators to urge them to maintain the IRS funding. It is using that funding to chase rich tax dodgers, and this reduces overall government expenses.
Urgent: Reject Kash Patel as head of FBI
Published: December 12, 2024 16:38
US citizens: call on the Senate to reject Kash Patel as head of the FBI. The petition lists several reasons.
Protecting public officials
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Protecting_public_officials)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:38
*President’s staff look into possibility of protecting public officials named by Trump in vows to seek retribution.* I would like to state my support for this.
Research on embryos
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Research_on_embryos)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:38
The UK may allow research on embryos until 28 days. There is no reason to truncate this research to less than 90 days.
Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election
Published: December 12, 2024 16:38
*Romanian court annuls first round of presidential election* because of interference by Putin's digital troll army.
Contracts to private immigration jails
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
*Biden extended contracts to private immigration jails despite reports of "horrific" conditions.* It is unjust to let businesses run prisons, because that is a luring temptation for the business to profit by mistreating the prisoners. Privatization…
Hunting bigger more experienced animals
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
*Hunting [the] bigger, more experienced animals [of a given species] eradicates memories and knowledge crucial to group survival, research suggests.*
Drugs as medical issue
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Drugs_as_medical_issue)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
Americans overwhelmingly call for dangerous drugs to be treated as a medical issue rather than prosecuted.
Privatizing issuing of fines
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Privatizing_issuing_of_fines)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
Some parts of the UK have privatized the issuing of fines for minor nuisances. They have creatively stretched the definitions of these minor nuisances so as to make life a mode of harassment. Chicago gave a company the contract to run street…
Advisor on raw milk
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Advisor_on_raw_milk)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
RFK Jr is considering appointing an advisor on raw milk whose raw milk products have been recalled repeatedly for contamination with bird flu. A wiser official would learn from his results rather than heed his advice.
Indirect consequences of physical disasters
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
Major physical disasters tend to kill many people, more in poor countries than in wealthy ones. Scientists are discovering that a much larger number of people subsequently die prematurely as a result of the indirect consequences. For instance, if a…
Thugs of Sao Paulo, Brazil
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#11_December_2024_(Thugs_of_Sao_Paulo,_Brazil)
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
The thugs of Sao Paulo, Brazil, kill people shamelessly under the leadership of one of Bolsonaro's supporters.
Policies for greenhouse gas emissions
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
With nearly everyone in Europe in favor of action to reduce greenhouse emissions, what is difficult is to design policies that will win enough support to overcome the inevitable resistance. According to the article, the keys to winning support for…
Disbelief turns to jubilation in Damascus
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
*Disbelief turns to jubilation in Damascus* as Assad's departure inspired the soldiers in his army to pull off their uniforms.
Reproached for harsh punishment of peaceful climate protesters
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
The UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders reproached the US for harsh punishment of peaceful (but inconvenient) climate protesters. The annoyance these protests cause is as nothing compared with the annoyance (and, eventually, mass death) …
Biden should pardon Reality Winner
Published: December 12, 2024 16:37
*Joe Biden should pardon Reality Winner for her actions as a whistleblower.*
Climate bomb
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
* A $200bn wave of new gas projects could lead to a “climate bomb” equivalent to releasing the annual emissions of all the world’s operating coal power plants.*
Health Care Industry
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
Ralph Nader describes how US medical insurance companies deny coverage for needed medical treatment, and in other ways undermine medicine to increase profits, resulting in thousands of deaths per week. The companies deny coverage for various medical…
Satanic Temple program
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
*Ohio Satanic Temple to offer religious program for elementary school students.*
End of the Assad regime
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#10_December_2024_(bashar_al_assad_syria)
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
Assad abandoned Syria and fled to the refuge offered by every tyrant's friend, Putin.
Hottest year on record
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#10_December_2024_(climate_crisis_hottest_year_2024)
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
It is now certain that 2024 will have been the hottest year in recorded history, breaking the previous record set in 2023. The planet roasters have become so powerful that they are now building enormous amounts of additional fossil fuel facilities. That…
Bad pardons
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#10_December_2024_(bad_pardons_trump)
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
The corrupter said he plans conniving pardons for crimes his henchmen will commit for him. And he has already tried this. But now that Biden has pardoned his own son, the corruptor will pretend that he is following Biden's example, even though that gets…
Bezos, the tech mogul
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#10_December_2024_(jeff_bezos_trump_regulations_tech)
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
One by one, the billionaires work out deals with the corrupter. It's easy for a billionaire to make a deal with the corruptor: agree to support him politically while he agrees to let you screw the public. But it does not work with me. I have never…
Hospital attacked in Gaza
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#10_December_2024_(israel_attacks_hospital_gaza)
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
*Israel attacks hospital in northern Gaza …, director says.* Attacking a hospital is an atrocity; expelling doctors is an indirect atrocity. But I think we should not get distracted by minor details such as what happened to the corpses of people who…
Madrid backtracks
https://stallman.org/archives/2024-sep-dec.html#10_December_2024_(madrid_backtracks_on_museum)
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
The main Spanish right-wing party is demonstrating that it still defends the dictator Franco and his crimes.
Killing of journalists
Published: December 11, 2024 10:37
The Guardian accuses Israel of committing a war crime by attacking a group of 6 journalists in the house where they were staying. There was no fighting in the area at the time and no Hezbollah forces were nearby. *Regardless of their political…
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