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New Zealand's new censorship law

jeudi 16 juillet 2015 à 02:00

New Zealand's new censorship law, supposedly meant to protect people from online harassment, provides a great tool for online harassment.

Women in video games

mercredi 15 juillet 2015 à 14:00

60% of US highschool boys say they think video games treat women as sex objects too much.

The article shows a foolish blindness when it talks about " consuming media images". If playing a game consumed it, you could not play for very long.

Austerity not a solution

mercredi 15 juillet 2015 à 14:00

Prominent economists call on Merkel to recognize that austerity is a misguided response, not a solution for a country's debts.

Secrets of the torturers

mercredi 15 juillet 2015 à 14:00

The Senate's CIA torture report has made it possible for prisoners in Guantanamo to present part of the details of how they were tortured as evidence in military kangaroo courts.

However, some aspects of torture remain a secret of the torturers. For instance, we know that Abu Zubaydah lost his eye due to how the CIA treated him, but precisely how remains a secret.

Almost-not-quite limiting global heating

mercredi 15 juillet 2015 à 14:00

The Global Commission on the Economy and the Climate report recommends a plan of 10 steps that would nearly go far enough to avoid more than 2C of heating.

Here is the executive summary of the plan.

However, even if we limit global heating to 2C, that could ultimately raise sea level by 20 feet (6 meters).

Is part of your city less than 6 meters above sea level?