jeudi 27 octobre 2022 à 04:37

Biden's Labor Department has proposed an employment rule that would classify the drivers of Uber and Lyft as employees.

This would be a big step forward for employee's rights, but it won't do anything about the injustice of Uber and Lyft to the _passengers_: making them run nonfree software (an app) and identify themselves (enabling surveillane). This should be forbidden.

So I will continue to refuse to get into an Uber or Lyft car. I go out of my way to get a real taxi that I can board anonymously and pay with cash. Or I take a bus. Or I walk.

In some places, such as New York City, even taxis are part of a surveillance machine. A cab driver there told me that all NYC taxis are required to have cameras that transmit the passengers' face images immediately by radio to the city department of massive surveillance. Such surveillance is a bigger threat than terrorism, because tracking people threatens to subjugate everyone.

Funding for COVID-19 vaccines and testing blocked

jeudi 27 octobre 2022 à 03:03

Republicans blocked funding for COVID-19 vaccines and testing. As a result, next year vaccination will cost around $110.

Many Americans, who are on the brink of penury and can barely afford food and heat, will go without vaccination. That's unjust for them, and dangerous for everyone. Those who are not current on vaccination are more likely to spread the virus — to you or anyone else.

Catching COVID-19 if you're vaccinated still has a substantial chance of incapacitating you for months or years, so don't take a foolish risk. Obtain N95 masks and use them as a precaution whenever you are near other people in an enclosed space. That's what I do, and I am doing it right now. I am in an airplane, and I am going to keep my N95 mask on until I am outside the terminal after arrival.