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Wrecker's officials subpoenaed for fundraising to undermine elections

mardi 13 septembre 2022 à 05:32

*Two [of the wrecker's] officials subpoenaed for fundraising to undermine elections.*

Danger of vague state laws prohibiting abortion

mardi 13 septembre 2022 à 05:32

Vague state laws prohibiting abortion, under criteria that are not entirely clear, can kill patients who need medical care that may be prohibited, because doctors are afraid to do it.

When British people mourn the queen

mardi 13 septembre 2022 à 05:32

When British people mourn the queen, they may be mourning the safety of their lives, as they watch Tories destroy the social welfare state that their lives depend on.

High costs of operating nuclear power plants

mardi 13 septembre 2022 à 05:32

Amory Lovins argues that most existing nuclear power plants are so expensive to operate that we would be better off in just a few years by shutting them down and investing the savings in constructing renewable electric generation.

Monitoring employees minute by minute

mardi 13 septembre 2022 à 05:32

Some employers monitor workers minute by minute. Some won't pay for work that wasn't recorded by the monitoring software.

To prevent competitive advantage (or the belief that there is competitive advantage) from stampeding all businesses into intrusive monitoring of workers as if they were machines, we should legislate rules that limit monitoring. When a business argues that "We will be at a disadvantage if we don't do this to our workers, we will have two responses: (1) your competitors can't do this either, and (2) respect for human beings is more important than how much profit you make".