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Elimination of rules for ISP privacy

vendredi 7 avril 2017 à 02:00

Republicans and Democrats are equally opposed to the government's elimination of the weak FCC rules for ISP privacy.

Loss of jobs to automation

vendredi 7 avril 2017 à 02:00

"Robots & AI Will Likely Claim Your Job, Sooner Than You Think." The article predicts that 75% of Americans will lose their jobs by 2025.

The article mentions that 45% of working-age Americans are permanently out of work. That figure includes disabled people and people caring for family members; I don't think, however, that the fact that they don't have paid jobs reflects an economic failure. However, a substantial part of them have given up on finding work, and that is a real failure.

The US EPA

vendredi 7 avril 2017 à 02:00

If the UK leaves the EU, it will in desperation allow the US EPA to regulate its food safety.

Even under Obama, the EPA had a tendency to surrender to business. Republicans are taking this to extremes. That's a danger to Americans, and if Britons don't cancel the decision, it will be a danger to them too.

Gentrification

vendredi 7 avril 2017 à 02:00

Neighborhoods of poor people are often "food deserts", but non-rich people who remain in a gentrified neighborhood find it is a "food mirage" — the fancy stores no longer sell the staples that they can cook every day at home.

New Brunswick provides free abortion pill

vendredi 7 avril 2017 à 02:00

New Brunswick Becomes First Canada Province to Offer Free Abortion Pill.

This is very wise — considering the costs of each additional human being.