Michael Moore has fallen for and repeated planet roaster disinformation. It is sad.

Companies that make plastic are asking the US government for a billion dollars.

The right thing to do is extract concessions to the environment in exchange for saving a part of the industry with a smaller amount of plastic going forward.

*Vilnius gives public space to bars and cafes to allow physical distancing during lockdown.*

The Saboteur of Agriculture wants to allow chicken processors to speed up their inspections. Basically, to cut corners and spread more pathogens. Similar things have already been done with pork processing.

Large parts of the US economy cannot recover as long as people are worried about catching Covid-19. Even if US states allow them to reopen, not many people will make use of them.

The article mentions a restaurant reservation service called OpenTable. I've read it gouges restaurants, so that overall they are worse off due to its existence, but no restaurant can afford to reject it while its competitors don't.

That is a reason to boycott OpenTable, but the strongest reason not to do business with it is that it identifies customers and feeds the surveillance industry. Once I stepped into an interesting-looking restaurant and learned that the only way to dine there was to reserve via OpenTable. Which implied that I would never dine there.

When I make a restaurant reservation, I do not identify myself in a way that a database could track. Usually I give a false name — which will not alter how much I pay for the meal. And I pay only in cash.