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Labour's backtracking

mercredi 30 août 2023 à 00:03

*Labour's backtracking on casual workers will weaken the rights of all employees.*

The "Labour" party is too right-wing to qualify for that name.

Space junk is dangerous

mardi 29 août 2023 à 20:18

Space junk is dangerous because the objects tend to collide and generate a lot more junk. This is already happening.

There is a danger that the process will eventually cascade and make it too dangerous to put anything into low Earth orbit, or maybe even to cross it. The movie Gravity depicted this disaster, in somewhat accelerated form. The disaster itself would be so harmful to humanity, and so permanent, that the survival of some of those who were in orbit hardly reduces it.

In the quotation from the ESA, does "mitigating the impact of existing objects" refer to "impact" in a physical sense, or in a metaphorical sense? That's amusing as a double entendre. I wonder if it was intentional.

Assuming it means the metaphorical sense, that sentence illustrates the way "mitigate" introduces vagueness. I think we should avoid that word.

Republican ads on nwo-Nazi sites

mardi 29 août 2023 à 20:18

The Republican Party's national committee streaming partner is placing ads for the party on nwo-Nazi sites.

Insurrectionist barred from office by 14th amendment

mardi 29 août 2023 à 20:18

Some right-wing legal scholars agree that the insurrectionist is barred from holding any office (including that of president) by the 14th amendment.

Ex-Twitter is fascist propaganda site

mardi 29 août 2023 à 20:18

Ex-Twitter is now firmly established as a fascist propaganda site.