Starlink has become controversial on account of Musk's repeated surprise blockages to Ukraine, but all big tech companies have the same sort of dangerous world political power even if they have not used it yet.

Immigrants who helped Florida repair after previous hurricanes are afraid to go there now, due to DeMentis's law to promote deportation.

I wonder whether farms will have trouble finding workers for the harvest this year.

(satire) *Study: More Americans Buying AR-15s To Defend Selves From Toddlers Who Found Their Guns.*

*Protests in Israel as supreme court hears challenge to judicial curbs.*

Richard Stallman will give a talk, "Free Software And Your Freedom", in the Czech Republic in Prague on Oct 1. That will be at this year's Hackers Congress, part of the Paralelni Polis 2023, September 29 – October 1, 2023.