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Extinction

mardi 17 octobre 2017 à 02:00

Humans Driving Extinction Faster than Species Can Evolve, Say Experts.

Fossil-fuel ban in Paris

mardi 17 octobre 2017 à 02:00

France is going to ban sale of fossil-fuel cars in 2040, and ban them from driving in Paris.

Unfortunately, the Autolib electric cars are a massive surveillance system, because you have to identify yourself to drive one. France now allows the state to look at all this data with hardly any limits.

Cambodia crackdown

mardi 17 octobre 2017 à 02:00

World Must Wake Up to Crackdown in Cambodia, Says Exiled Opposition Politician.

Guantanamo

mardi 17 octobre 2017 à 02:00

A hunger-striking Guantanamo prisoner says guards have stopped force-feeding him, and stopped paying attention to his medical condition.

I don't think prison guards should force-feed prisoners. However, the main injustices of the Guantanamo prison are (1) imprisonment without trial and (2) torture.

Earthquake response

mardi 17 octobre 2017 à 02:00

The Mexican government's corrupt response to the earthquake includes offering land to investors.

The damaged houses are a tiny fraction; thus, the people affected have plenty of neighbors who have not been harmed and can give them shelter, help them, etc.

This contrasts with the islands such as Puerto Rico where almost everyone has lost greatly.