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Politics in Australia

mardi 26 septembre 2017 à 02:00

Politics in Australia is based on corporate media that help right-wing politicians deny the nature of the questions that people face.

Censorship versus animal rights

mardi 26 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The Guggenheim Museum has been bullied into censorship by violent threats from animal rights activists.

The arguments cited in the article have blatant illogic. For instance, "Running a dogfight is bad, and this video presents the way dogs are trained for fighting, so this video is bad". Regardless of what we think of the premise, it does not imply the conclusion.

I think censorship is a more important issue than animal rights.

Tinder snooping

mardi 26 septembre 2017 à 02:00

One journalist asked Tinder for all the personal data it had on her, and the 800 pages it got showed her how much it snoops on her.

I hope that, after further thought, decides to advance beyond "How sad" to "No way!"

The evidence comes from Tinder, but I'd expect it to be typical of services that identify users by name. That's why I call them "disservices," and don't use them.

Taliban's embassy

mardi 26 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The troll wants Qatar to close the Taliban's informal embassy, which provides a point of access for negotiation.

The Taliban have been advancing on the ground, so maybe they are not very interested in making a deal. Maybe the US is now not very interested in making a deal. If there will be no real negotiations in any case, the lack of a way to meet my change nothing. But why throw away the option?

Hurricane Maria

mardi 26 septembre 2017 à 02:00

The troll told Puerto Ricans that the desolation from Hurricane Maria is their own fault because of their debt.

This looks suspiciously like a plan by plutocrats to use the storm as an opportunity to force the island to beg for funds for (partial) rebuilding, which will be offered on intolerable conditions.