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Urgent: Block proposed autocratic grant rule
Published: August 6, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Congress to block the proposed autocratic grant rule, protect scientific independence, and stop political appointees from turning federal funding into an ideological loyalty test. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address…
Urgent: Thank New York Times
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#5_August_2026_(Urgent:_Thank_New_York_Times)
Published: August 6, 2026 02:37
US citizens: Thank the New York Times for Fighting Back against the magats' subpoenas against journalism.
Urgent: Media coverage of bully's Department of Injustice
Published: August 6, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on news media to cover the bully's Department of Injustice as a rule of law crisis.
Urgent: Call on Congress to end corrupter's tax breaks
Published: August 6, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Congress to end the corrupter's tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires, and big corporations. Take action.
Urgent: Keep DACA going
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#5_August_2026_(Urgent:_Keep_DACA_going)
Published: August 6, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Tell Congress: vote to keep DACA going so that people who grew up in the US can stay here. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard. US…
Urgent: Release money appropriated by Congress for public transit
Published: August 6, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on the Dept of Transportation to release the billions of dollars already appropriated by Congress for public transit projects. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not…
Global heating effects in Europe
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#3_August_2026_(Global_heating_effects_in_Europe)
Published: August 4, 2026 08:37
Global heating is making winters wetter and summers drier and hotter in Europe. In addition to wildfires, and early death of humans from their smoke, frequent severe droughts will cause agricultural failures. The recent European heat wave is estimated…
Urgent: Stop healthcare heist
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#3_August_2026_(Urgent:_Stop_healthcare_heist)
Published: August 4, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to stop the healthcare heist, reverse Medicaid cuts. Take action at action network. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not…
European heat wave dried up rivers
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#3_August_2026_(European_heat_wave_dried_up_rivers)
Published: August 4, 2026 02:37
The European heat wave and drought have dried up rivers, cutting off shipping of freight. In addition, nuclear power plants are shutting down for lack of cooling water. They are too expensive to be economically feasible.
How do we protect children from addiction to [anti]social media
Published: August 4, 2026 02:37
Robert Reich: How Do We Protect Children from Becoming Addicted to [Anti]Social Media? I agree with several of the proposed methods, but not entirely with one of them -- to ban people under 16 years old from using antisocial media. That sounds simple…
Most of the alleged fraud in US medical funding comes from corporations
Published: August 4, 2026 02:37
An inspector general's report found that most of the alleged fraud in US government medical funding comes from corporations, not from the immigrants that magats try to blame. Experts on immigrant rights and healthcare say the administration is using…
New York court where children face deportation
Published: August 4, 2026 02:37
Inside the New York court where children face deportation without access to attorneys. This implies an unfair trial. But then, it is not a real trial, and the judge is not a real judge.
LLMs are pushing certain people into delusion and psychosis
Published: August 4, 2026 02:37
LLMs are just the thing to push certain people into delusions and psychosis. I suspect that referring to them by the term "AI" facilitates this effect.
Taylor Swift Sues Ella Langley
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Taylor_Swift_Sues_Ella_Langley)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
(satire) *Taylor Swift Sues Ella Langley For Bangs Infringement.* The serious point of this news parody is that the system of copyright, transformed by massive duplication technology into a system of oppressive extraction, inspires attempts to put legal…
Trump's grudge against Comey
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Trump's_grudge_against_Comey)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
The persecutor has a grudge against James Comey, so his ultraloyal servants go to great lengths of distortion to imagine in Comey's actions some sort of violent threats.
The hidden upward redistribution
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(The_hidden_upward_redistribution)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Robert Reich: How big US businesses profiteer from the wrecker's war with Iran and his arbitrary tariffs. They are bad for Americans in general, but great for billionaires.
Send paramedics not police
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Send_paramedics_not_police)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*[New South Wales] to send paramedics not police to some mental health emergencies after multiple deaths.* The people who advocated this in the US called it "defund the police". I was in favor of the change, but criticized that slogan for being offputting.
Americans die younger
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Americans_die_younger)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Americans die younger on the average than Europeans -- looking at the causes of this.
PISSI
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(PISSI)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Some sort of residue of PISSI is inspiring terrorist plots in various countries.
Minimum wage misconceptions
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Minimum_wage_misconceptions)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*Debunking the 7 most common minimum wage misconceptions.*
Europe's fires causes
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Europe's_fires_causes)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
The main cause of Europe's record-breaking fires is global heating, due mainly to burning too much fossil fuel. Scientists have identified a secondary cause: people's abandoning many of the old farms, which have since been overgrown by wild vegetation.…
Industrial chicken farming consequences
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds.*
Cars as surveillance systems
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Cars_as_surveillance_systems)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Congress is considering whether to change or cancel a requirement that all new cars surveil their drivers so as to block the car from starting if a Supposed Intelligence system judges the driver to be drunk. The existing law does not require protecting the…
India's Cockroach protesters jailed
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(India's_Cockroach_protesters_jailed)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*India's youth-led Cockroach movement demands [jailed] protesters be released.*
Safety traded for warmer relations
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Safety_traded_for_warmer_relations)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*Activists under threat from Beijing are facing strange difficulties with UK immigration. Our safety must not be traded for warmer relations with China.*
Iranian prisoners hunger strike
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Iranian_prisoners_hunger_strike)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Prisoners in Iran have launched a mass hunger strike against the large number of executions, and also about denial of medical care to prisoners.
Wildfires harm
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Wildfires_harm)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
The medical harm done by wildfires can last for years, perhaps for a whole (shortened) lifetime.
Anthony Fauci
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Anthony_Fauci)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Republicans have compelled Anthony Fauci to testify in Congress to respond to fabricated accusations. Republicans had, and have, ulterior political motives to condemn US government officials in charge of public health measures. One motive is to cast…
Climate crimes prosecution
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Climate_crimes_prosecution)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*It's time to prosecute climate crimes – with laws that already exist.*
Noise pollution
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Noise_pollution)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
More road noise correlates with more Parkinson's disease. This does not prove that the higher level of road noise contributes to causing Parkinson's disease.
ICE healthcare violations
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(ICE_healthcare_violations)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*Court-appointed investigator finds [biggest deportation prison in California] failed to comply with judge's order to provide adequate [medical care] [to the prisoners]*. This prison is privatized. A private prison company can increase its profits by…
Ebay executives harassed people
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Ebay_executives_harassed_people)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Some top executives of Ebay harassed people who published criticism of Ebay. The company had to pay 55 million dollars for this misconduct.
AI errors in military
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(AI_errors_in_military)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Kevin T Baker explains how the pressure to automate and accelerate US military target selection (ultimately using a Possible Intelligence system called "Maven") has made it easier to make mistakes, and harder to notice and prevent a possible mistake. The…
Nutrition food declining
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Nutrition_food_declining)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Something is causing many agricultural plants to produce fewer nutrients (except perhaps for sugar and starch).
Food companies easier to collapse
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Food_companies_easier_to_collapse)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
George Monbiot warns that the mergers of so many food companies have produced a business system that is susceptible to economic collapse. The collapse could be triggered by large shocks of various kinds, perhaps political or environmental, but the collapse…
Ukraine warehouse strikes
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Ukraine_warehouse_strikes)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Ukraine is bombing warehouses of the online store Wildberries, which contain mostly civilian merchandise, but also some military gear and drone parts. Destroying them ruins the small businesses that are selling throught that company. Wildberries'…
Fema disaster aid
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Fema_disaster_aid)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
*Two dozen states sue [the monster] for politicizing Fema disaster aid.*
Forced labor in the US
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Forced_labor_in_the_US)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
If the persecutor really cared about forced labor, he would look at the US – rather than slap more tariffs on the world.
Rivers in France drying up
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Rivers_in_France_drying_up)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Some rivers in France are drying up. Newly hatched salmon and trout need to get to the ocean, but there isn't enough water for them to make it. So humans are helping them.
Global maritime war
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Global_maritime_war)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Around the world, disputes about control over various areas of seas are drifting away from following long-established rules, and towards war.
India's Cockroach protest
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(India's_Cockroach_protest)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
India's Cockroach protest movement has won a concession from Modi. The next question is whether it can organize to maintain its strength.
Fires in Europe
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Fires_in_Europe)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Large fires in France and Spain are approaching major cities. If we don't get serious about curbing global heating, it will reach a point where major cities are lost. Keeping up with global heating is a losing game -- the only way to triumph over it is to…
US surveillance pricing bans
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(US_surveillance_pricing_bans)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Three US states have banned surveillance pricing. The latest is New Jersey. Since I buy anonymously and pay cash, I can't be touched by surveillance pricing -- with one exception: airline tickets, which can't be anonymous. I wonder, will New Jersey's law…
Parthenon marbles
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Parthenon_marbles)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Arguing against returning to Greece the marble statues that were saved from the damaging environment of the Parthenon.
US chaos
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(US_chaos)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
* New tariffs, gas price rises, the deaths of thousands, insecurity … We’re living at the whim of one capricious, vain, easily bored man and his gang of stooges.* I like to refer to him as "the corrupter" and "the persecutor", but what this article…
Scheme to fuel corruption
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Scheme_to_fuel_corruption)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
Robert Reich: The corrupter's new scheme to fuel corruption in the stock market would bring in millions or billions to him and his family by giving preferential information to those who pay him.
Urgent: thank the media
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_thank_the_media)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: Thank some of the major media for refusing to broadcast the blusterer's lies and threats. Check this action. Please spread the word.
Urgent: pass paid leave
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_pass_paid_leave)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on your congresscritter and senators to pass paid leave for working people. Check this action. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: stop attack to press
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_stop_attack_to_press)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on news media to cover the monster's subpoenas against reporters and their families as an attack on the first amendment, part of a campaign of attacks against journalism. Check this action. Please spread the word.
Urgent: protect free elections
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_protect_free_elections)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on your senators to protect free elections by voting NO on the perversely named "SAVE America" Act. Check this action. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial,…
Urgent: stop dissent criminalization
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_stop_dissent_criminalization)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on Congress to investigate the persecutor's Justice Department for criminalizing dissent. Check this action. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not…
Urgent: funds to limit Cyclospora
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_funds_to_limit_Cyclospora)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on Congress to restore funds for limiting spread of Cyclospora. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
Urgent: reject PBG nominees
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_reject_PBG_nominees)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on the Senate to Reject the corrupter's Postal Board of Governors nominees. Stop USPS Privatization. Election Interference Schemes. Price Hikes and Service Slowdowns. Check this action. See the instructions for how to sign this letter…
Urgent: stop "prediction markets" legalization
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on regulators not to legalize "prediction markets". Check this action. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: protect ocean ecosystems
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_protect_ocean_ecosystems)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:39
US citizens: call on Congress to protect deep ocean ecosystems from mining. Check this action. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: ban large data centers
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#2_August_2026_(Urgent:_ban_large_data_centers)
Published: August 3, 2026 02:38
US citizens: call on your state governor to ban large supposed-intelligence data centers, and fund public schools. Check this action. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial,…
Urgent: Protect Medicaid, submit public comment
Published: July 31, 2026 02:37
US citizens: Protect Medicaid by submitting a public comment by July 31. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: Call on ABC and NBC to stand strong
Published: July 31, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on ABC & NBC to stand strong against the fascist's bullying. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: Impeach Secretary of Defense Hegseth
Published: July 31, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Congress to impeach Secretary of Defense Hegseth. US citizens: Join with this campaign to address this issue. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
Urgent: Keep corrupter's name off our money
Published: July 31, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on your senators to keep the corrupter's name off our coins and paper money. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard. US citizens: Join with this…
Urgent: End Big Oil's taxpayer-funded war profiteering
Published: July 31, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on the House of Representatives to end Big Oil's taxpayer-funded war profiteering. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard. US citizens: Join…
(Satire) Unemployed man considers become AI
Published: July 30, 2026 20:37
Satire post I'd rather be an AI than an LLM.
Juries want only fairness in court
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#30_July_2026_(Juries_want_only_fairness_in_court)
Published: July 30, 2026 20:37
Juries want fairness in court and don't just obey the government. That's why ministers are attacking them.
A Report You Need to Read
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#27_July_2026_(robert_reich_report_you_need_to_read)
Published: July 28, 2026 08:37
Evidence and admissions demonstrate that the deportation thugs have followed a systematic policy, ordered from high up, of fabricating false accusations of crimes against protesters, journalists, and observers of their actions.
Europe’s destructive heatwave
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#27_July_2026_(europe_heatwave_june_farming)
Published: July 28, 2026 08:37
The heatwave in Europe has caused a major crop failure. Future heat waves are likely to do likewise, but other crop failures will result from flooding, which global heating is also making more likely.
Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site
Published: July 28, 2026 08:37
Right-wing Israel extremists seized the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The concept of "sacred" presupposes some sort of superhuman entity that can impose "sacredness" on places or things. There is no evidence for such entities exist — no evidence that…
New York Times leak
Published: July 28, 2026 08:37
*The real aim of [the bully]'s New York Times leak investigation is to punish reporters.*
Lobbying giant filmed
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#27_July_2026_(david_cameron_firm_adviser)
Published: July 28, 2026 08:37
*[British] Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press.*
Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Juan_Jairo_Coronilla_Durán)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
Deportation thugs approached Juan Jairo Coronilla Durán, a Mexican tourist, and terrified him so much that he ran away into traffic and was killed by a truck. Coronillo had a valid tourist visa, so if our legal system were functioning properly he should…
Iranian girls' school attack
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Iranian_girls'_school_attack)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
When a US missile hit an Iranian girls' school, the CIA at first said that the missile in the photos did not look like an American missile. A day later they corrected that and said it indeed was one. But he stuck to the appealing but impossible claim…
Israeli Settler-Soldiers
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Israeli_Settler-Soldiers)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
*Israeli Settler-Soldiers Took Me on a West Bank Tour Celebrating Evictions of Palestinians.*
Europe extreme drought
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Europe_extreme_drought)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
*Extreme heat supercharged by the climate crisis is sucking Europe dry in summer and intensifying the drought hitting the continent, a scientific analysis has found.*
Bully's nuclear deal
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Bully's_nuclear_deal)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
The bully's nuclear deal with Salafi Arabia makes a concession he was ready to fight to deny to Iran. His actions make no sense except as means to portray himself as "the winner".
Satellites launch pollutes atmosphere
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Satellites_launch_pollutes_atmosphere)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
The greatly increased rate of launching satellites is polluting the upper atmosphere. Building datacenters in space would lead to much more pollution. I can't believe that space datacenters could be cost-competitive with datacenters on Earth. I think the…
Federal science grants
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Federal_science_grants)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
The saboteur in chief's proposed new system for federal science grants would allow grants to be canceled easily on many different "grounds", including political opinions and associations of the researchers, and even arbitrarily (saying "we're no longer…
Israel blocks medical workers in Gaza
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Israel_blocks_medical_workers_in_Gaza)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
*The Israeli government is blocking medical workers from entering or leaving Gaza, twice canceling the departure of seven U.S.-based physicians on a medical mission there, according to a group of doctors in Gaza who spoke to The Intercept.*
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex for president
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
Calling on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to run for president. I will support her campaign. But I will point out to her that the quandary of choosing between «latino» and «latina» is limited to Spanish. In English we already have a gender-neutral word to use:…
New Geneva Convention
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(New_Geneva_Convention)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
(satire) *New Geneva Convention Allows Use Of Child Soldiers With Signed Permission Slip.*
Reducing mosquito species
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Reducing_mosquito_species)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
A large experiment releasing bacteria-sterilized male mosquitos was very effective in reducing the population of that mosquito species.
US cyclosporiasis outbreak
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(US_cyclosporiasis_outbreak)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
*[The saboteur in chief]'s deep public health cuts hinder response to record US cyclosporiasis outbreak. Experts say layoffs, reduced disease surveillance and Medicaid cuts have made the foodborne parasite more difficult to track and contain.*
RFK Jr. Hosts Meet-And-Greet
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(RFK_Jr._Hosts_Meet-And-Greet)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
(satire) *RFK Jr. Hosts Meet-And-Greet With Infectious Diseases.*
Snoop-phones
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#26_July_2026_(Snoop-phones)
Published: July 27, 2026 10:32
Snoop-phones are the last step in reducing children to physical isolation under control, so taking them away is just the first step in restoring their access to the world.
Young people are giving up on human relationships
Published: July 26, 2026 04:21
Many young people are giving up hope on close relationships with other people and turning to chatbots for an imitation or substitute.
Congress should reject bill
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#24_July_2026_(Congress_should_reject_bill)
Published: July 26, 2026 04:21
Congress Should Reject Bill That Would Block a Federal Workplace Heat Standard. Republicans are trying to do just that.
Italian thugs killed immigrant Abderrahim Fakir
Published: July 26, 2026 04:21
Italian thugs killed immigrant Abderrahim Fakir in the process of "restraining" him after he became somehow upset. This has stimulated large protests, to which right-wing hate leaders respond by saying it is unthinkable to doubt the rightness of the…
Deforestation is spreading screwworm
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#24_July_2026_(Deforestation_is_spreading_screwworm)
Published: July 26, 2026 04:21
Cutting down the Amazon forest for raising cattle has massively spread screwworm, as well as perhaps dooming what remains of the forest.
Deportation thugs adopted dress code
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#24_July_2026_(Deportation_thugs_adopted_dress_code)
Published: July 26, 2026 04:21
The deportation thugs have adopted a dress code and require wearing of badges. This is a change for the better, but can't overcome what's wrong with the mission they have been directed to carry out.
Chatbots fail to understand the Hungarian election
Published: July 26, 2026 04:21
Globally well-known chatbots displayed a drastic failure to understand the parties running in the Hungarian election. Given that ChatGPT hid the main opposition to Orbán, I have to worry that this was intentionally set up to help reelect him.
Putin and Musk plans to destabilize Britain
Published: July 26, 2026 04:21
Putin and Musk are organizing to destabilize Britain by supporting the right-wing extra-extremist politician, Yaxley-Lenin. I can suggest one possible countermeasure: prohibit antisocial media platforms from operating a recommendation engine. Ex-Twitter…
Urgent: Imposed requirements that would kick people off Medicaid
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Medicaid not to impose requirements that would kick lots of people off. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Urgent: Reject increases in Pentagon spending
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on Tell Congress: Reject Republican plans for massive increases in Pentagon spending at the expense of human needs. I called for paying for any increases in military spending by increasing taxes on the rich. See the instructions for…
Urgent: Make plug-in solar accessible
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#23_July_2026_(Urgent:_Make_plug-in_solar_accessible)
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
US citizens: call on your governor and state legislators to make plug-in solar accessible for everyone. See the instructions for how to sign this letter campaign without running any nonfree JavaScript code--not trivial, but not hard.
Bravo for India's Cockroach Janta Party
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
Bravo for India's Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)!
Reviews of deportation prisons
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#23_July_2026_(Reviews_of_deportation_prisons)
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
People have used Google to leave "reviews" of deportation prisons in Google Maps. Google deleted them and blocks new ones. I urge people to refuse to use Google Maps because using it requires running nonfree software — which does an injustice to whoever…
Corrupter's demands of his henchmen
https://stallman.org/archives/2026-may-aug.html#23_July_2026_(Corrupter's_demands_of_his_henchmen)
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
The corrupter demands that his henchmen be ready to lie to serve him.
Global heating affecting workers in India
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
Global heating in India has reached the point where workers doing physical labor, in some regions, can't do as much work as they used to. They are falling into poverty and can't afford enough food. The hunger and heat are damaging their health and…
Refugees sent to Nauru don't get enough food and water
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
The refugees that Australia sends to Nauru, the island state that operates as a privatized deportation prison, don't get enough food and water.
Body cameras with deportation thugs stop a car
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
A henchman says that deportation thugs will enable body cameras when stopping a car. That is a step forward — it should apply to their other dealings with the public.
No one can be honest in regime based on big lies
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
Robert Reich: *No one can be honest in a regime based on big lies. As the poet, philosopher, and statesman Václav Havel put it, "If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living in…
Mamdani looking for grounds to arrest Netanyahu
Published: July 24, 2026 02:37
Mamdani is looking for grounds to arrest Netanyahu and send him to the ICC for trial, during his visit to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu deserves to be tried for the atrocities he has presided over, but he must not be…
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