As the workers of the Bessemer warehouse vote on unionization for the second time, Amazon is still trying to bully them and surveil them.

What I read yesterday suggested that the apartment where Amir Locke was killed was not his own. This article, which is newer, said it was his home.

If that is the case, it is fishy that the thugs didn't know whose apartment it was.

(satire) *Washington Commanders Primed To Sign Free Agents After Receiving $30 Billion From Defense Budget.*

The Republican National Committee declared that the violent attack on the Capitol was "legitimate political discourse".

Does this mean that attacking a meeting of the RNC in a similar way would be "legitimate political discourse"?

Pence stated that the idea that he could have personally overturned the US election was wrong, and the idea he should have done so was "un-American".

I agree he should have done this long ago. However, I think we should recognize this as "better late than never". After decades of loyalty to an organization, it is difficult and painful to recognize that it has been perverted into the enemy of principles it used to stand for. Most Republicans abandon those principles instead.

The UK is considering a bill that would require communications platforms to check all postings to make sure they are not prohibited before letting anyone see them.

These prohibited kinds of messages are very nasty, and I think posting them is a crime already. However, checking for those messages would require either an enormous staff or a very reliable AI. There are platforms which, if this law applies, would be closed. Wikipedia is one example. Any free software project with an unmoderated development discussion list is another.

Perhaps the law excludes them.