# articles

title: Democrats must confront issue of inflation
uri: Democrats-must-confront-issue-of-inflation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Democrats_must_confront_issue_of_inflation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Democrats_must_confront_issue_of_inflation)

content:
 
<p>

Robert Reich: That the US has inflation, like most other
countries, is not the fault of the Democrats in office, but they <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/23/inflation-democrats-economy-corporate-power">must
    confront the issue honestly</a>.

 


title: Chinese consul claims justification in attack on protester
uri: Chinese-consul-claims-justification-in-attack-on-protester
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Chinese_consul_claims_justification_in_attack_on_protester)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Chinese_consul_claims_justification_in_attack_on_protester)

content:
 
<p>

The Chinese consul in England who ordered his staff to kidnap and
attack a protester, and participated personally in the attack, claims
that he was justified because the protest signs <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/20/uk/manchester-chinese-consulate-hong-kong-protester-intl-hnk/index.html">constituted an attack
    against China</a>.
<p>
This statement reflects China's contempt for dissent and freedom of
speech.  It illustrates how the Chinese government is a force for
tyranny and repression.  Alas, we can find similar views in the US
too.  Right-wing bullies, including the wrecker himself, <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2021-mar-jun.html#28_June_2021_(Pushed_for_violence_against_protesters)">frequently
    call for</a>, and carry out, violence against people for <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2021-mar-jun.html#14_June_2021_(Over_2,000_Palestinians_arrested)">disagreeing with
    them</a>.
  At heart, would-be American tyrants are not very different
from Chinese tyrants.
<p>
We also find progressives who take a similar stance, equating
expression of right-wing views, or even depicting events those
progressives condemn, to violence.  They may <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2019-may-aug.html#14_June_2019_(George_Washington_murals)">claim to be "harmed" by
    the mere sight of them</a>.
<p>
If we join with would-be tyrants in equating criticism with violence,
we will have no basis to condemn right-wing violence except that we
disagree with the right-wing views.
<p>
  Just recently the leader of the Proud Boys was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/23/penn-state-proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-speaker">invited to speak</a> at
Penn State University, by a group of right-wing students.  Progressive
students demanded the university ban the talk.
<p>
I don't agree with the Proud Boys position any more than those
students do, but if the disapproval of a group with some power is
enough to ban a speech, lots of views will be banned.
<p>
On the other hand, if that speech would amount to a call to violence,
that could be a valid reason to stop it.

 


title: Understanding history in the "Age of the Big Lie"
uri: Understanding-history-in-the-Age-of-the-Big-Lie
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Understanding_history_in_the_Age_of_the_Big_Lie)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Understanding_history_in_the_Age_of_the_Big_Lie)

content:
 
<p>

  Alan Singer: <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/19/2130059/-Understanding-History-in-the-Age-of-the-Big-Lie?_=2022-10-19T16:21:04.000-07:00">*Understanding History in the "Age of the Big Lie."*</a>
<p>
Singer refers to E.H. Carr, who claimed that "Concern with the future
is what really motivates the study of the past.  I disagree, because I
agree with Singer's concluding paragraph: there are many possible
motivations and purposes in studying history.
<p>
In particular, it can be interesting to study history seeking the
causes and explanations of the present, but we need to avoid
transferring our present-day thinking and moral ideas
anachronistically to people of the past.

 


title: Laws prohibiting specific kinds of boycotts
uri: Laws-prohibiting-specific-kinds-of-boycotts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Laws_prohibiting_specific_kinds_of_boycotts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Laws_prohibiting_specific_kinds_of_boycotts)

content:
 
<p>

The ACLU asked the Supreme Court to rule that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/23/supreme-court-must-affirm-consumer-boycotts-are-protected-first-amendment">laws prohibiting specific
    kinds of boycotts</a> are unconstitutional,
after one federal appeals court ruled to the contrary.
<p>
The authoritarian campaign to prohibit boycotting Israel has put the
US in danger of broad-spectrum <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> authoritarianism.

 


title: Britons recognizing it was a mistake to leave EU
uri: Britons-recognizing-it-was-a-mistake-to-leave-EU
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Britons_recognizing_it_was_a_mistake__to_leave_EU)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Britons_recognizing_it_was_a_mistake__to_leave_EU)

content:
 
<p>

After a series of ever-more-radical right-wing prime monsters
pushing for ever-deeper political and economic separation from the EU,
Britons are waking up to the idea that it was a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/24/beginning-sunak-britain-brexitist-new-pm-brexiters">mistake to leave the EU</a>.
<p>
Many years ago, I said that splitting from the EU would have horrible
results with <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2016-sep-dec.html#23_November_2016_(When_plutocratist-led_countries_leave_the_EU)">plutocratists in charge</a>, but could have good results with
antiplutocratists in charge. Splitting would enable the
plutocrats to rampage through the UK unrestrained by EU laws, if the
UK government were on their side.  At the same time, EU laws impose a
considerable amount of plutocracy, so leaving the EU would make it
possible for the UK to have less.
<p>
Now that the "Labour" Party has made sure it can never be a
channel to oppose plutocracy, I see little hope that the UK could
make positive use of being outside the EU.  So it may as well rejoin.

 


title: Crushing the poor to reduce the UK's debt
uri: Crushing-the-poor-to-reduce-the-UK-s-debt
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Crushing_the_poor_to_reduce_the_UK's_debt)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Crushing_the_poor_to_reduce_the_UK's_debt)

content:
 
<p>

Maha-Rishi Sunak is about to choose to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/24/rishi-sunaks-cuts-will-be-more-brutal-than-austerity-remember-they-are-a-choice-not-a-necessity">crush the poor so as to reduce the UK's debt</a>.  He'd rather cause great suffering than raise taxes.
<p>
However, with most Britons now in poverty, they should not have to
pay any tax.
<p>
He has millions and his wife has hundreds of millions.
We call him Rich Sunak.
<p>
The UK could raise a lot of money by closing the loophole that many
rich UK citizens (including Sunak's wife) use to pay very little tax.

 


title: Britons supporting nonviolent action to protect environment
uri: Britons-supporting-nonviolent-action-to-protect-environment
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Britons_supporting_nonviolent_action_to_protect_environment)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Britons_supporting_nonviolent_action_to_protect_environment)

content:
 
<p>

  2/3 of Britons <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/24/huge-uk-public-support-for-direct-action-to-protect-environment-poll">support nonviolent direct action</a> to protect the
environment.
<p>
I'm impressed by their ability to value long-term well-being above
short-term inconvenience.

 


title: Illegal fishing in poor countries' waters
uri: Illegal-fishing-in-poor-countries-waters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Illegal_fishing_in_poor_countries'_waters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Illegal_fishing_in_poor_countries'_waters)

content:
 
<p>

Illegal fishing in poor countries' waters is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/26/illegal-fishing-billions-losses-developing-countries">denying local people
    their food, and destroying ecosystems</a>.

 


title: Doubt cast on conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal
uri: Doubt-cast-on-conviction-of-Mumia-Abu-Jamal
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Doubt_cast_on_conviction_of_Mumia_Abu-Jamal)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Doubt_cast_on_conviction_of_Mumia_Abu-Jamal)

content:
 
<p>

  Evidence <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/26/ex-black-panther-mumia-abu-jamal-fresh-trial-amid-new-evidence">casts doubt on the conviction</a> of Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is asking
for a new trial.

 


title: Britain needs more than an election to fix it
uri: Britain-needs-more-than-an-election-to-fix-it
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Britain_needs_more_than_an_election_to_fix_it)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Britain_needs_more_than_an_election_to_fix_it)

content:
 
<p>

  George Monbiot: Britain is so <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/26/rishi-sunak-britain-general-election-protest">deeply broken</a> that it will need more
than an election to fix it.

 


title: Laws which prevented UN inspectors into mental health wards
uri: Laws-which-prevented-UN-inspectors-into-mental-health-wards
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Laws_which_prevented_UN_inspectors_into_mental_health_wards)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Laws_which_prevented_UN_inspectors_into_mental_health_wards)

content:
 
<p>

*Queensland to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/26/queensland-to-change-laws-that-prevented-un-inspectors-entering-mental-health-wards">change laws that prevented UN inspectors entering
    mental health wards</a>.*

 


title: Cut to two burgers a week to save planet
uri: Cut-to-two-burgers-a-week-to-save-planet
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Cut_to_two_burgers_a_week_to_save_planet)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Cut_to_two_burgers_a_week_to_save_planet)

content:
 
<p>

  *Cut meat consumption to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/26/cut-meat-consumption-save-planet-climate-crisis-fossil-fuels">two burgers a week</a> to save planet, study suggests.*
*Public transport [must be] expanded
   about six times faster than its current rate.*  And the world must stop
increasing the use of methane (natural gas).

 


title: Jailed for trying to drive across Iran
uri: Jailed-for-trying-to-drive-across-Iran
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Jailed_for_trying_to_drive_across_Iran)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Jailed_for_trying_to_drive_across_Iran)

content:
 
<p>

A couple of New Zealand travel bloggers were jailed for months
for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/new-zealand-couple-detained-in-iran-for-months-leave-the-country">trying to drive across Iran</a>.
<p>
Perhaps it was because they were driving an American make of car,
which Iran has prohibited.  But that seems unlikely.

 


title: Lobbyists fighting efforts to solve biodiversity crisis
uri: Lobbyists-fighting-efforts-to-solve-biodiversity-crisis
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Lobbyists_fighting_efforts_to_solve_biodiversity_crisis)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#26_October_2022_(Lobbyists_fighting_efforts_to_solve_biodiversity_crisis)

content:
 
<p>

  *Meet the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/24/meet-industry-lobbyists-fighting-efforts-solve-biodiversity-crisis">Industry Lobbyists</a> Fighting Efforts to Solve the
Biodiversity Crisis.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Armed_people_near_ballot_drop_box)
title: Armed people near ballot drop box
uri: Armed-people-near-ballot-drop-box
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Armed_people_near_ballot_drop_box)
content:
 
<p>

A group of people with guns were found hanging around near a ballot
drop box in Arizona, evidently to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/22/armed-poll-watchers-arizona-heighten-alarm-over-right-wing-voter-intimidation">intimidate potential voters</a>.
<p>
To increase the intimidating effect, they wore clothes suggestive
of soldiers.

 


title: Medical and food benefits could end Jan 11th, 2023
uri: Medical-and-food-benefits-could-end-Jan-11th-2023
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Medical_and_food_benefits_could_end_Jan_11th,_2023)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Medical_and_food_benefits_could_end_Jan_11th,_2023)

content:
 
<p>

Millions of Americans get federal medical benefits (Medicaid) and food benefits
due to a federal medical emergency proclamation that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/imminent-danger-millions-set-lose-medicaid-food-benefits-once-public-health">could end</a> on Jan 11
if Biden does not extend it.

 


title: Fossil fuel power plant used to mine Bitcoin
uri: Fossil-fuel-power-plant-used-to-mine-Bitcoin
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Fossil_fuel_power_plant_used_to_mine_Bitcoin)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Fossil_fuel_power_plant_used_to_mine_Bitcoin)

content:
 
<p>

Bitcoin miners bought a mostly disused fossil fuel power plant in New
York State to use solely to power their mining computers.  People in
the state launched a campaign that <a href="https://earthjustice.org/blog/2022-october/cleaning-up-crypto">denied it an updated permit</a> for
its intensified operations.

 


title: Nevada Republican candidate for Secretary of State
uri: Nevada-Republican-candidate-for-Secretary-of-State
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Nevada_Republican_candidate_for_Secretary_of_State)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Nevada_Republican_candidate_for_Secretary_of_State)

content:
 
<p>

The Nevada Republican candidate for Secretary of State (in charge of
elections) has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/23/politics/fact-check-jim-marchant-nevada-soros-pelosi-schumer-schiff/index.html">extended his election lies</a> to cover Rep. Pelosi other
members of Congress.

 


title: New York City moving homeless out of subways
uri: New-York-City-moving-homeless-out-of-subways
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(New_York_City_moving_homeless_out_of_subways)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(New_York_City_moving_homeless_out_of_subways)

content:
 
<p>

New York City responded to increased violent crime in the subways by
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/23/us/new-york-city-criminal-justice-task-forces/index.html">pushing out homeless people</a> who were living there.
<p>
Does this make sense?  I wonder what fraction of violent crimes in the
subway are committed by homeless people.  My guess is that it is
minuscule, because the factors that could make you homeless have
little to do with the factors that could make you violent.  My guess
is that this is simply a way to "arrest the usual suspects" and show
that you're "doing something about it."
<p>
If the city's night-mayor has any evidence to the contrary, I'd like
to see it.
<p>
I also guess that an increase in the number of cops patrolling in the
subway will change little, because criminals that commit crimes for
profit and can think about it will simply commit their crimes where no
cop is present.  However, the patrols might result in catching more of
the criminals who are mentally incompetent to plan like that.

 


title: Former Uber lobbyist wants lawmakers to take on big tech
uri: Former-Uber-lobbyist-wants-lawmakers-to-take-on-big-tech
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Former_Uber_lobbyist_wants_lawmakers_to_take_on_big_tech)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Former_Uber_lobbyist_wants_lawmakers_to_take_on_big_tech)

content:
 
<p>

*Former Uber lobbyist Mark MacGann &hellip; called on European
lawmakers to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/25/uber-whistleblower-calls-on-europe-to-tackle-undemocratic-power-of-tech-companies">take on the "disproportionate" and "undemocratic"</a>
   power held by tech companies* such as Uber.
<p>
*He recalled the
   "almost unlimited finance" executives had to lobby and silence drivers
   with legal disputes.*
<p>
*   MacGann said it would be unfair for drivers to be required to hire
   expensive lawyers and go to labour courts to prove they were employees.*
<p>
I agree with what he said, but he surely did not mention the injustice
of requiring customers to run a nonfree app on a nonfree operating
system (iOS or Android), and identifying themselves to pay.  This adds
up to <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">tracking the public's movements</a> &mdash; something that a free society
must ensure no one can do.

 


title: Prime Monster educated to be greedy
uri: Prime-Monster-educated-to-be-greedy
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Prime_Monster_educated_to_be_greedy)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Prime_Monster_educated_to_be_greedy)

content:
 
<p>

<a href="/glossary.html#prime_monster">Prime Monster</a> Sunak was educated in an elite school that teaches rich boys
to be <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/25/many-things-rishi-sunak-doesnt-want-you-know">greedy but not at all compassionate</a>.
<p>
He keeps a lot of money in a secret account in the Cayman Islands so
that no one can tell what he invests in.  This means he has continual
opportunities for insider trading.

 


title: Journalist trying to find US military operations in Africa
uri: Journalist-trying-to-find-US-military-operations-in-Africa
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Journalist_trying_to_find_US_military_operations_in_Africa)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Journalist_trying_to_find_US_military_operations_in_Africa)

content:
 
<p>

One journalist's struggle to find out about US military operations in Africa.
AFRICOM <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/25/what-us-africa-command-doesnt-want-you-know">won't admit where its bases</a> are or what countries it is fighting in.

 


title: Letter calling for negotiations to end war in Ukraine
uri: Letter-calling-for-negotiations-to-end-war-in-Ukraine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Letter_calling_for_negotiations_to_end_war_in_Ukraine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Letter_calling_for_negotiations_to_end_war_in_Ukraine)

content:
 
<p>

  30 progressive Democrats <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/25/democrats-joe-biden-ukraine-war-russia-letter">privately signed a letter</a> in July calling for
negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.  It was published and sent to
Biden just now, and provoked much opposition.
<p>
If it were possible to work out a just peace with Putin, one that
avoided crowning his attack on Ukraine with success, I might be in
favor of that &mdash; but he's not having it.
<p>
Total agreement with me is too much to demand of the politicians I
support.  I support Ayanna Pressley because of the many issues on
which she fights for the rights and well-being of non-rich Americans,
despite disagreeing with her on this issue.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Emperor_penguins_face_extinction)
title: Emperor penguins face extinction
uri: Emperor-penguins-face-extinction
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Emperor_penguins_face_extinction)
content:
 
<p>

  Emperor penguins <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/25/emperor-penguins-endangered-species-us-climate-crisis">face extinction</a> as global heating eliminates
the sea ice they depend on.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Xi_imposed_total_repression)
title: Xi imposed total repression
uri: Xi-imposed-total-repression
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Xi_imposed_total_repression)
content:
 
<p>

  Xi has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/25/xi-jinping-china-resistance">imposed total repression</a>, strict even by comparison to
the CCP of ten years ago.  The only way one can criticize the
government is by writing in a public toilet.
<p>
The author left China in 2009, and says that the straitjacket of
repression in China today makes the country unrecognizable to her now.
<p>
*Xi Jinping's party purge prompts fears of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/xi-jinping-party-purge-china-taiwan-invasion-risk">greater Taiwan invasion
    risk</a>.*

 


title: Working class voters without supporting workers
uri: Working-class-voters-without-supporting-workers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Working_class_voters_without_supporting_workers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Working_class_voters_without_supporting_workers)

content:
 
<p>

  *Republicans want working-class voters &mdash; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/25/republicans-working-class-voter-unions-worker-protections-organize">without actually supporting workers</a>.*

 


title: Objective nonpartisan descriptions
uri: Objective-nonpartisan-descriptions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Objective_nonpartisan_descriptions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(Objective_nonpartisan_descriptions)

content:
 
<p>

In the 1980s, the British government had a department whose mission
was to write objective nonpartisan descriptions of government
practices and rules.  Thatcher <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/oct/25/my-doomed-stand-margaret-thatcher-war-truth-central-office-information">turned it into an advertising agency</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(San_Francisco_public_toilet)
title: San Francisco public toilet
uri: San-Francisco-public-toilet
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#27_October_2022_(San_Francisco_public_toilet)
content:
 
<p>

  San Francisco decided to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/24/san-francisco-1-million-public-toilet">build another public toilet</a>.  The project will cost
1.7 million dollars and take 13 years to finish.
<p>
Building dedicated public toilets as separate facilities is a
surrender to business.  The cheap way to address this need is to
require all restaurants, whenever open, to permit any orderly person
to enter and use the toilet.  If a restaurant complains about the
cost of fulfilling this requirement, just invite it to move to a place
with less pedestrian traffic.

 


title: Urgent: Eliminate the debt ceiling
uri: Urgent-Eliminate-the-debt-ceiling
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Urgent:_Eliminate_the_debt_ceiling)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Urgent:_Eliminate_the_debt_ceiling)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://civicshout.com/p/sign-now-abolish-the-debt-ceiling">eliminate the debt ceiling</a>.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: Urgent: Hold accountable those that tried to overturn 2020 election results
uri: Urgent-Hold-accountable-those-that-tried-to-overturn-2020-election-re
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Urgent:_Hold_accountable_those_that_tried_to_overturn_2020_election_results)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Urgent:_Hold_accountable_those_that_tried_to_overturn_2020_election_results)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: tell the Department of Justice that anyone who tried
 to overturn 2020 election results <a href="https://act.commoncause.org/petitions/anyone-who-tried-to-overturn-2020-election-results-must-be-held-accountable-to-the-full-extent-of-the-law">must be held accountable to the full
    extent of the law</a>.

 


title: New Zealand Uber drivers declared employees
uri: New-Zealand-Uber-drivers-declared-employees
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(New_Zealand_Uber_drivers_declared_employees)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(New_Zealand_Uber_drivers_declared_employees)

content:
 
<p>

  *New Zealand Uber drivers win landmark case <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/25/new-zealand-uber-drivers-win-landmark-case-declaring-them-employees">declaring them employees</a>.*
At least, some of them will be employees.  Just which ones is not yet
clear.
<p>
Anyway, that's the right policy as regards gig workers who work under
the direction of a company.  I hope the drivers for Uber will be
treated better in the future.
<p>
This does not cure the basic injustice of Uber towards its customers.
So I will continue my stance of refusing to board an Uber car.
Protect your freedom and privacy &mdash; don't be a customer of <a href="/uber.heml">Uber</a>.

 


title: Blocking creation of protected marine zones
uri: Blocking-creation-of-protected-marine-zones
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Blocking_creation_of_protected_marine_zones)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Blocking_creation_of_protected_marine_zones)

content:
 
<p>

  The US accuses Russia and China of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/25/russia-and-china-must-get-on-side-with-conservation-us-tells-antarctic-commission-meeting-in-hobart">blocking the creation</a> of new
protected marine zones near Antarctica.

 


title: Events cancelled inside climate conference
uri: Events-cancelled-inside-climate-conference
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Events_cancelled_inside_climate_conference)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Events_cancelled_inside_climate_conference)

content:
 
<p>

  Egypt has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/24/egypt-shuts-down-event-spaces-on-first-monday-of-cop27-in-blow-to-ngos">cancelled events</a> inside the climate conference where NGOs
planned to invite scientists to meet visiting politicians.

 


title: Farmers in Kenya selling old baobab trees
uri: Farmers-in-Kenya-selling-old-baobab-trees
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Farmers_in_Kenya_selling_old_baobab_trees)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Farmers_in_Kenya_selling_old_baobab_trees)

content:
 
<p>

  Farmers in Kenya are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/24/kenya-baobab-trees-uprooting-export-environmental-groups">selling some of their old baobab trees</a>, which 
they want to get rid of to use that land.
<p>
There may be valid reasons to want to preserve the old baobab trees in
Kenya, and/or cultivate new ones.  However, that aside, transplanting
some (provided they can actually take root and thrive in their new
homes) is not particularly bad, especially if the farmers would
otherwise have cut them down.  It is absurd to claim this is some sort
of crime.
<p>
  The concept of <a href="/articles/biopiracy.html">"biopiracy"</a> is used here with a meaning I had
not seen before, but it is just as bogus as the other meaning.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Grownups_that_feel_compassion)
title: Grownups that feel compassion
uri: Grownups-that-feel-compassion
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Grownups_that_feel_compassion)
content:
 
<p>

  It's not enough to have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/24/conservative-leadership-grownup-politics-poverty">"grownups" as political leaders</a>.  We need
grownups that feel compassion for poor people rather than for fortunes.

 


title: Not on track to reverse deforestation
uri: Not-on-track-to-reverse-deforestation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Not_on_track_to_reverse_deforestation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Not_on_track_to_reverse_deforestation)

content:
 
<p>

  *<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/25/not-single-global-indicator-track-reverse-deforestation-2030-analysis">'Not a Single Global Indicator Is on Track'</a> to Reverse Deforestation by 2030.*
<p>
  *Global deforestation reduction pledge [for 2030] <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/24/global-deforestation-pledge-destruction-forests">will be missed</a>
without urgent action, say researchers.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Australia's_Covid_lockdown_rules)
title: Australia's Covid lockdown rules
uri: Australia-s-Covid-lockdown-rules
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Australia's_Covid_lockdown_rules)
content:
 
<p>

*Australia's Covid lockdown rules found to have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/20/australia-covid-lockdown-rules-restrictions-lacked-fairness-compassion-school-closures-unnecessary-report">lacked fairness and
    compassion</a>.*
<p>
Massachusetts closed various sorts of stores and group activities,
but did not have a "lockdown" in the usual sense.

 


title: Gun used to shoot down military helicopter
uri: Gun-used-to-shoot-down-military-helicopter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Gun_used_to_shoot_down_military_helicopter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Gun_used_to_shoot_down_military_helicopter)

content:
 
<p>

  *Gun used by Mexican cartel to shoot down military helicopter <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/27/mexican-cartel-gun-military-helicopter-oregon">bought in US</a>.*

 


title: Right-wing disinformation of "crisis pregnancy center" subsidized in Ohio
uri: Right-wing-disinformation-of-crisis-pregnancy-center-subsidized-in-O
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Right-wing_disinformation_of_crisis_pregnancy_center_subsidized_in_Ohio)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Right-wing_disinformation_of_crisis_pregnancy_center_subsidized_in_Ohio)

content:
 
<p>

Ohio Republicans <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/25/us/crisis-pregnancy-centers-taxpayer-money-invs/index.html">subsidize the right-wing disinformation of
    a "crisis pregnancy center"</a>, but not the medical services of
Planned Parenthood.

 


title: (satire) Jesus Christ chose stage name
uri: (satire)-Jesus-Christ-chose-stage-name
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_((satire)_Jesus_Christ_chose_stage_name)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_((satire)_Jesus_Christ_chose_stage_name)

content:
 
<p>

(satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/biblical-historians-reveal-jesus-christ-chose-stage-nam-1849683024">*Biblical Historians Reveal Jesus Christ Chose Stage Name To
    Sound Less Jewish.*</a>

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Vote_to_defeat_the_Neofascist_GOP)
title: Vote to defeat the Neofascist GOP
uri: Vote-to-defeat-the-Neofascist-GOP
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Vote_to_defeat_the_Neofascist_GOP)
content:
 
<p>

*Progressives Have But One Option on Election Day: <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/25/progressives-have-one-option-election-day-vote-defeat-neofascist-gop">Vote to Defeat the
    Neofascist GOP</a>.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_((satire)_One_eye_per_screen)
title: (satire) One eye per screen
uri: (satire)-One-eye-per-screen
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_((satire)_One_eye_per_screen)
content:
 
<p>

  (satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/netflix-limits-users-to-one-eye-per-screen-1849700325">*Netflix Limits Users To One Eye Per Screen.*</a>
<p>
Seriously, Netflix treats users unjustly.  Please don't yield to that &mdash; 
instead, <a href="/netfilx.html">flick off Netflix!</a>

 


title: Qatar condemned by Human Rights Watch
uri: Qatar-condemned-by-Human-Rights-Watch
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Qatar_condemned_by_Human_Rights_Watch)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Qatar_condemned_by_Human_Rights_Watch)

content:
 
<p>

  *Human Rights Watch <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/25/hrw-condemns-arrests-abuse-lgbtq-people-ahead-world-cup">Condemns Qatar</a> Over Arrests, Abuse of LGBTQ+
 People Ahead of World Cup.*

 


title: Will Putin be prosecuted for crime of aggressive war?
uri: Will-Putin-be-prosecuted-for-crime-of-aggressive-war
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Will_Putin_be_prosecuted_for_crime_of_aggressive_war_)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#28_October_2022_(Will_Putin_be_prosecuted_for_crime_of_aggressive_war_)

content:
 
<p>

Will governments allow the International Criminal Court to <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/10/19/intercepted-russia-ukraine-war-crimes/">prosecute
    Putin</a> for the crime of aggressive war?
The US may try to protect <a href="/glossary.html#dubya">Dubya</a> from a similar prosecution for
conquering and occupying Iraq &mdash; a war which he started without
grounds or need, <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2005-nov-feb.html#07%20November%202005%20(A%20list%20of%20lies)">based on lies</a>.
<p>
Dubya deserves to be prosecuted for that crime, and I would love to <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2004-may-aug.html#23%20August%202004%20(President%20Bush's%20War%20Crimes%20Trial)">see
    him imprisoned</a> for it.

 


title: Number of children facing heatwaves is rising
uri: Number-of-children-facing-heatwaves-is-rising
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Number_of_children_facing_heatwaves_is_rising)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Number_of_children_facing_heatwaves_is_rising)

content:
 
<p>

Over 500 million children (or perhaps minors) face frequent heat
waves, which tend to damage their health.  By 2050, that could rise to
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/25/2-billion-kids-face-extreme-heatwave-threat-2050-warns-unicef">over 2 billion</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Irreversible_climate_breakdown)
title: Irreversible climate breakdown
uri: Irreversible-climate-breakdown
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Irreversible_climate_breakdown)
content:
 
<p>

  *World close to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/world-close-to-irreversible-climate-breakdown-warn-major-studies">"irreversible" climate breakdown</a>,* according to UN
environmental agency.

 


title: Fascists celebrated Mussolini's takeover of Italian government
uri: Fascists-celebrated-Mussolini-s-takeover-of-Italian-government
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Fascists_celebrated_Mussolini's_takeover_of_Italian_government)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Fascists_celebrated_Mussolini's_takeover_of_Italian_government)

content:
 
<p>

  Italian fascists <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/italian-neofascists-display-banner-celebrating-mussolinis-march-on-rome">celebrated Mussolini's takeover</a> of the Italian
government, 100 years ago.  Will the right-wing government, which
certainly sympathizes with fascism, seriously oppose the fascists?
If not, they will provide the fascists with cover for expanding their power.

 


title: Mahsa Amini's memorial service reinvigorates protests
uri: Mahsa-Amini-s-memorial-service-reinvigorates-protests
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Mahsa_Amini's_memorial_service_reinvigorates_protests)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Mahsa_Amini's_memorial_service_reinvigorates_protests)

content:
 
<p>

  Mahsa Amini's memorial service after 40 days <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/iran-protests-mahsa-amini-memorial">reinvigorated protests</a>
across Iran.

 


title: Money to help poorer countries during climate crisis not being delivered
uri: Money-to-help-poorer-countries-during-climate-crisis-not-being-deliver
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Money_to_help_poorer_countries_during_climate_crisis_not_being_delivered)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Money_to_help_poorer_countries_during_climate_crisis_not_being_delivered)

content:
 
<p>

*   Billions of dollars ostensibly committed to addressing the impacts of
the climate crisis in poorer countries are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/27/first-thing-climate-crisis-funds-not-delivered-to-countries-in-grave-need">not being delivered</a>.*

 


title: Europe must try not to cut off contacts with Russians
uri: Europe-must-try-not-to-cut-off-contacts-with-Russians
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Europe_must_try_not_to_cut_off_contacts_with_Russians)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Europe_must_try_not_to_cut_off_contacts_with_Russians)

content:
 
<p>

Europe must <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/27/russia-putin-influence-war-ukraine-finland">try not to cut off contacts</a> with Russians in general.
We need more understanding between Russians and Europeans/Americans.

 


title: New excuses for making elections unfair
uri: New-excuses-for-making-elections-unfair
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(New_excuses_for_making_elections_unfair)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(New_excuses_for_making_elections_unfair)

content:
 
<p>

Republican-dominated state legislatures are fabricating creative new
excuses for making elections unfair, hoping that the
Republican-dominated Supreme Court will <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/25/these-supreme-court-cases-could-spell-final-doom-us-democracy">rule them legitimate</a>.

 


title: US Congress wavering support for Ukraine
uri: US-Congress-wavering-support-for-Ukraine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(US_Congress_wavering_support_for_Ukraine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(US_Congress_wavering_support_for_Ukraine)

content:
 
<p>

  *We can't afford US Congress <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/27/ukraine-support-democrats-us-policy">wavering in its support for Ukraine</a>.*
<p>
I agree with the general position stated in this article.
Putin's eagerness to arrest Ukrainian civilians, kill some,
and force most of them rest into servitude in Russia, adds
strength to the conclusion.
<p>
We will eventually need negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end
the war, but those negotiations won't achieve anything until Putin is
willing to accept peace on terms that do not subjugate Ukraine and
Ukrainians.

 


title: Fears Bolsonaro may not accept defeat
uri: Fears-Bolsonaro-may-not-accept-defeat
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Fears_Bolsonaro_may_not_accept_defeat)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Fears_Bolsonaro_may_not_accept_defeat)

content:
 
<p>

  *Fears Bolsonaro may not accept defeat as son <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-election-fraud-claim">cries fraud</a> before
Brazil election.*
<p>
  Bolsonaro's campaign <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/bolsonaros-campaign-relies-on-secret-budget-payoffs-to-win-brazils-election">relies on bribery</a> using government funds.

 


title: Funds for poor countries to cope with global heating
uri: Funds-for-poor-countries-to-cope-with-global-heating
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Funds_for_poor_countries_to_cope_with_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Funds_for_poor_countries_to_cope_with_global_heating)

content:
 
<p>

Funds have been designated to help poor countries cope with global
heating effects, but the funds are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/27/somalia-famine-climate-crisis-funds-un-humanitarian-chief-martin-griffiths">not reaching those countries</a>.

 


title: Dying younger in states run by right-wingers
uri: Dying-younger-in-states-run-by-right-wingers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Dying_younger_in_states_run_by_right-wingers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Dying_younger_in_states_run_by_right-wingers)

content:
 
<p>

  *Americans <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/27/life-expectancy-us-conservative-liberal-states">die younger</a> in states run by [right-wingers], study finds.*

 


title: Two occasions during the Cuban missile crisis
uri: Two-occasions-during-the-Cuban-missile-crisis
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Two_occasions_during_the_Cuban_missile_crisis)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Two_occasions_during_the_Cuban_missile_crisis)

content:
 
<p>

Describing two occasions during the Cuban missile crisis
when <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/27/cuban-missile-crisis-60-years-on-new-papers-reveal-how-close-the-world-came-to-nuclear-disaster">war almost started between the US and the USSR</a> due to confusion.

 


title: US supermarket business is too concentrated
uri: US-supermarket-business-is-too-concentrated
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(US_supermarket_business_is_too_concentrated)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(US_supermarket_business_is_too_concentrated)

content:
 
<p>

  The US supermarket business is already <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/kroger-albertsons-merger-groceries-prices-food-deserts">far too concentrated</a>.
Just 4 companies made 2/3 of US grocery sales in 2019.
<p>
To allow two large companies to merge would result in neighborhoods
with no supermarket near by, and would raise the price of the least
expensive foods of many kinds, which are the store brands.

 


title: Republican party is the biggest Grifter in this country
uri: Republican-party-is-the-biggest-Grifter-in-this-country
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Republican_party_is_the_biggest_Grifter_in_this_country)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Republican_party_is_the_biggest_Grifter_in_this_country)

content:
 
<p>

*Donald Trump Isn't the Biggest Grifter in This Country. <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/20/donald-trump-isnt-biggest-grifter-country-republican-party">The Republican Party
    Is</a>.*
<p>
It is customary to call Republicans "conservative".  It was partly
true, decades ago, but nowadays it is simply false, as they are busy
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/22/republicans-january-6-trumpism-radicalization-voters.">tearing up Americans' way of life</a> in order to build an army of fanatics.

 


title: Supreme court to hear case on section 230
uri: Supreme-court-to-hear-case-on-section-230
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Supreme_court_to_hear_case_on_section_230)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Supreme_court_to_hear_case_on_section_230)

content:
 
<p>

The Supreme Court will hear a case about whether section 230 of the
Communications Decency Act gives platforms a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/22/the-us-supreme-court-case-that-could-bring-the-tech-giants-to-their-knees">right to make
    recommendation engines recommend anything whatsoever on the site</a>.
<p>
I think that regulating the recommendation engines is a good idea.  It
might be a way to make those platforms take care not to recommend
bigotry, hatred, violence, disinformation, and QAnonsense, without
blocking or banning any point of view.
<p>
  If it makes surveillance companies such as <a href="google.html">Google</a>,
  <a href="amazon.html">Amazon</a>, and <a href="facebook.html">Facebook</a> less profitable, hooray!

 


title: Protesters call for UK to rejoin EU
uri: Protesters-call-for-UK-to-rejoin-EU
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Protesters_call_for_UK_to_rejoin_EU)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Protesters_call_for_UK_to_rejoin_EU)

content:
 
<p>

  *Thousands of London protesters <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/22/thousands-of-london-protesters-call-for-uk-to-rejoin-eu">call for UK to rejoin EU</a>.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(A_petition_to_Uber)
title: A petition to Uber
uri: A-petition-to-Uber
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(A_petition_to_Uber)
content:
 
<p>

  A <a href="https://www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/uber-ride-history-ads">petition to Uber</a> stops just short of mentioning the crucial changes
we ought to fight for. Namely, to stop making customers run nonfree software, and stop making
them identify themselves.
<p>
Identifying and tracking people is an injustice even if you don't sell
use of that data to anyone else.  Whereas if you don't identify and track
people, the advertising problem disappears too.

 


title: Republicans propose federal laws to make voting more difficult
uri: Republicans-propose-federal-laws-to-make-voting-more-difficult
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Republicans_propose_federal_laws_to_make_voting_more_difficult)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Republicans_propose_federal_laws_to_make_voting_more_difficult)

content:
 
<p>

Republicans are trying to show how determined they are to make it hard for
poor and hard-working people to vote &mdash; by <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/27/report-details-extremist-gop-plot-nationalize-voter-suppression">proposing federal laws</a> to do so.
<p>
Those bills can't possibly pass this year; the reason for them is
specifically to win support, in the coming election, from people who
don't want to allow Democrats to vote.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Kanye_West's_blatant_antisemitism)
title: Kanye West's blatant antisemitism
uri: Kanye-West-s-blatant-antisemitism
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Kanye_West's_blatant_antisemitism)
content:
 
<p>

Kanye West has been giving out hints of antisemitism for 10 years, but
only recently <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/26/kanye-west-antisemitism-ye-donald-trump-trolling">made it so blatant</a> that people and businesses couldn't
avoid noticing it.
Previously, people who wished to disregard it found no difficulty in
doing so.
<p>
I don't particularly like rap, except when it's parody and makes me
laugh, like Can't Watch This by Weird Al, so I never paid attention to
West except when I read in national news that he had showed support
for the corrupter.  That was enough to motivate me to disregard any
further news about him.
<p>
  *UK music industry to implement <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/26/uk-music-industry-to-implement-anti-racism-code-of-conduct-from-2023">anti-racism code of conduct</a> from 2023.*
This code applies to how businesses treat workers.  It looks like a good
plan to me.

 


title: EU has not implemented policies to cut methane emissions
uri: EU-has-not-implemented-policies-to-cut-methane-emissions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(EU_has_not_implemented_policies_to_cut_methane_emissions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(EU_has_not_implemented_policies_to_cut_methane_emissions)

content:
 
<p>

The EU pledged to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030, but has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/26/eu-on-track-to-break-pledge-to-cut-methane-emissions-by-30-warns-report">not implemented policies</a> to make this happen.
<p>
To rear fewer cattle in the EU will not help if the EU imports meat
instead.  That would transfer the cattle's methane emissions to some
other country but not eliminate the emissions.  To achieve this
necessary goal would require either reducing the emissions per unit of
meat or milk produced, or reducing the amounts of meat and milk going
into products sold in the EU.
<p>
The former may perhaps be possible (I don't know) with different
breeds of cattle or different feed.  But there is not time to develop
them, not before 2030.  It would have to be done using existing
methods.

 


title: Stopping drivers with no specific reason
uri: Stopping-drivers-with-no-specific-reason
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Stopping_drivers_with_no_specific_reason)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#31_October_2022_(Stopping_drivers_with_no_specific_reason)

content:
 
<p>

A judge in Québec ruled that allowing <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> to stop drivers for no
specific reason is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/26/canada-court-police-traffic-stops-racial-profiling">unconstitutional</a>.
The reason is that <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> often choose drivers to stop based on
prejudice, for instance racism.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(criminalizing_kindness)
title: ‘Criminalizing kindness’: US woman arrested for feeding homeless people sues
uri: Criminalizing-kindness-US-woman-arrested-for-feeding-homeless-p
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(criminalizing_kindness)
content:
 
<p>
Bullhead City, Arizona, prosecuted Norma Thornton for handing out food 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/28/arizona-woman-arrested-homeless-people-criminalizing-kindess">to the homeless.</a>
<p>
The charges were dropped, and now she is suing the city for "criminalizing kindness."  Bravo!
<p>
In the 1980s, San Francisco repeatedly arrested activists of Food Not
Bombs were prosecuted for handing out food to the homeless.  That city
goes to extremes in persecuting homeless people.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(uk_hair_discrimination)
title: ‘We need to push’: hair discrimination fight moves to UK workplaces
uri: We-need-to-push-hair-discrimination-fight-moves-to-UK-workplace
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(uk_hair_discrimination)
content:
 
<p>
The UK is making progress against the racism expressed, in school and
office, by 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/we-need-to-push-hair-discrimination-fight-moves-to-uk-workplaces">discrimination against kinky hair.</a>

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(conscripts_ukraine)
title: Russia says 82,000 conscripts from emergency draft already in Ukraine
uri: Russia-says-82-000-conscripts-from-emergency-draft-already-in-Ukraine
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(conscripts_ukraine)
content:
 
<p>
Putin has sent 80,000 conscripts into Ukraine, and many are fighting on
the front line.  They have 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/russia-says-82000-conscripts-from-emergency-draft-already-in-ukraine">slowed Ukraine's advance.</a>
<p>
I would expect that many of them want an opportunity to surrender, but is that
actually happening?

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(twitter_elon_musk)
title: Elon Musk’s Twitter is going to be a disaster
uri: Elon-Musk-s-Twitter-is-going-to-be-a-disaster
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(twitter_elon_musk)
content:
 
<p>
*Musk probably bought Twitter for the same reason that sickeningly
rich people throughout history have become press barons: 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/28/elon-musk-twitter-disaster">to try to
control the conversation.*</a>
<p>
Here's a list of occasions when Musk tried to censor people whose
statements caused 
<a href="https://nitter.net/JoshuaPHilll/status/1585663046801825794">inconvenience for him.</a>
<p>
To prevent Twitter from being a sinkhole for billions of dollars per
year, Musk needs to keep advertisers happy by discouraging messages
they won't like.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(biden_ukraine_war_letter)
title: Opinion: Putin’s clear preference in the 2022 vote
uri: Opinion-Putin-s-clear-preference-in-the-2022-vote
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(biden_ukraine_war_letter)
content:
 
<p>
Contrast: some progressive Democrats in Congress asked for direct
negotiations between the US and Putin, over Ukraine's head.
This could only make a difference if it becomes a pathway to handing
part of 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/25/democrats-joe-biden-ukraine-war-russia-letter">Ukraine or some Ukrainians to Putin.</a>
<p>
Some Republicans in Congress (or running for it) simply don't care
what happens to Ukraine, and are ready to let Putin have 
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/24/opinions/putin-gop-election-2022-house-republicans-obeidallah/index.html">all or part
of Ukraine</a>
<p>
just to be done with it.
<p>
I think those Democrats' proposal is misguided, but I understand their
wish to end the suffering caused by the war.  I doubt that the
Republicans care about that.

 


title: Urgent: Condemn far-right extremism in Israel
uri: Urgent-Condemn-far-right-extremism-in-Israel
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Condemn_far-right_extremism_in_Israel)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Condemn_far-right_extremism_in_Israel)

content:
 
<p>

Everyone: call on the leaders of American Jewish and Pro-Israel
organizations to <a href="https://act.jstreet.org/sign/american-jewish-leaders-we-must-condemn-far-right-extremism-israel/?t=1007&akid=314075%2E538688%2E7AKT6r">condemn far-right extremism in Israel</a>.

 


title: Urgent: Increase income tax rate for high incomes
uri: Urgent-Increase-income-tax-rate-for-high-incomes
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Increase_income_tax_rate_for_high_incomes)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Increase_income_tax_rate_for_high_incomes)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-congress-end-the-bracket-racket-now">increase the income tax rate</a> for
high incomes.
<p>
That alone is not enough &mdash; we also need to limit the <a href="https://stallman.org/archives//2021-sep-dec.html#10_December_2021_(US_tax-dodging)">deductions and
    dodges</a> that rich people use to avoid taxation on most of their income.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: Urgent: Vote for Democrats, including all offices
uri: Urgent-Vote-for-Democrats-including-all-offices
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Vote_for_Democrats,_including_all_offices)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Vote_for_Democrats,_including_all_offices)

content:
 
<p>

<!--
Please post this as an election endorsement
and as an urgent note thru Nov 8.
 -->

US citizens: please <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/20/benevolent-dictators/#felony-contempt-of-business-model">vote for Democrats</a>, including all the offices.
Don't neglect the secondary offices, such as secretary of state
(in charge of running elections in many states) as well as state
legislators.
<p>
Many Democrats are "centrist" &mdash; they are <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratists</a>.  A few months
ago I donated to organizations that campaigned, in primaries, to
replace them with progressive Democrats.  The "centrists" running 
now are the ones we did not succeed in replacing.  With Republicans today
supporting disinformation and trying to steal control of the US,
even a <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> Democrat means one less Republican to do this.
<p>
Therefore I urge you to defeat those Republicans.  Our chance to
replace the current <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> Democrats will come in the
Democratic primaries of the next election.
<p>
  *Sanders <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/27/sanders-urges-massive-midterm-voter-turnout-preserve-american-democracy">Urges Massive Midterm Voter Turnout</a> to "Preserve American Democracy."*

 


title: Urgent: Ban members of congress from owning or trading stocks
uri: Urgent-Ban-members-of-congress-from-owning-or-trading-stocks
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Ban_members_of_congress_from_owning_or_trading_stocks)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Urgent:_Ban_members_of_congress_from_owning_or_trading_stocks)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=14722">ban members of Congress from owning
    or trading stocks</a>.
<p>
  To sign without running <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">nonfree JavaScript code</a>
  from the web site, use the <a href="/salsalabs-method.html">Salsalabs workaround</a>.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(East_African_crude_oil_pipeline)
title: East African crude oil pipeline
uri: East-African-crude-oil-pipeline
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(East_African_crude_oil_pipeline)
content:
 
<p>

The oil transported by the East African crude oil pipeline will, when
transported and burned, generate <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-carbon">vast amounts of greenhouse gas</a>,
far more than the countries of Uganda and Tanzania through which it
would run.

 


title: Main British banks controlling UK economic policy
uri: Main-British-banks-controlling-UK-economic-policy
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Main_British_banks_controlling_UK_economic_policy)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Main_British_banks_controlling_UK_economic_policy)

content:
 
<p>

Arguing that the main British banks have been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/27/rishi-sunak-city-british-politics-investment-banker-prime-minister">controlling the UK's
    economic policy</a> since the 1980s.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(FTC_fighting_monopolies)
title: FTC fighting monopolies
uri: FTC-fighting-monopolies
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(FTC_fighting_monopolies)
content:
 
<p>

The Federal Trade Commission is using its authority to <a href="https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/the-monopolists-on-the-farm">fight
    monopolies</a> that use their power to crush farm businesses.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(GOP_sowing_Chaos_at_polls)
title: GOP sowing Chaos at polls
uri: GOP-sowing-Chaos-at-polls
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(GOP_sowing_Chaos_at_polls)
content:
 
<p>

*'Cold Hard Threat to Democracy': GOP (the Republican Party) <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/27/cold-hard-threat-democracy-gop-sowing-chaos-polls-even-election-day">Sowing
    Chaos at Polls</a> Even Before Election Day.*

 


title: Government policies based on economic optimization
uri: Government-policies-based-on-economic-optimization
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Government_policies_based_on_economic_optimization)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Government_policies_based_on_economic_optimization)

content:
 
<p>

Designing US government policies based on economic optimization has
<a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/168049/tyranny-economists-government">led to very bad results</a>.
<p>
Like the author, I advocate a carbon tax, but not based on trying to
calculate the "amount of damage" that each ton of CO2 will cause.  I
see it as flexible a way to make businesses decarbonize their
practices faster.

 


title: Cost of saving New York City from storm surges
uri: Cost-of-saving-New-York-City-from-storm-surges
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Cost_of_saving_New_York_City_from_storm_surges)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_November_2022_(Cost_of_saving_New_York_City_from_storm_surges)

content:
 
<p>

  A <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/10/23/2130772/-Plan-to-Save-New-York-City-from-Rising-Sea-Level?_=2022-10-23T14:59:27.000-07:00">plan to protect New York City from storm surges</a> would cost $50
billion to construct, and would perhaps save $300 billion in damage
over the rest of this century.
<p>
But if <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> speeds up, and sea level rises faster, 
it will become inadequate sooner.

 


title: Urgent: Establish and ethical code for the Supreme Court
uri: Urgent-Establish-and-ethical-code-for-the-Supreme-Court
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Urgent:_Establish_and_ethical_code_for_the_Supreme_Court)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Urgent:_Establish_and_ethical_code_for_the_Supreme_Court)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/thomas-graham/?t=1001&akid=29903%2E96703%2E5o0lf9">establish an ethical code</a> for the
Supreme Court.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: Attacker that broke into Nancy Pelosi's home
uri: Attacker-that-broke-into-Nancy-Pelosi-s-home
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Attacker_that_broke_into_Nancy_Pelosi's_home)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Attacker_that_broke_into_Nancy_Pelosi's_home)

content:
 
<p>

A fanatical Republican broke into Nancy Pelosi's home, armed and planning
to attack her.  She was out, so he <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/31/paul-pelosi-attack-nancy-pelosi-francine-prose">attacked her husband instead</a>.
<p>
Republican leaders cannot fail to know that their barely veiled
support for violence will inspire real attacks.  That must be their
intention.
<p>
I think it is a mistake to equate violent fanaticism with mental
illness.  Mental illness only rarely leads people to contemplate
violence towards others.  Violent political fanatics often do at least
contemplate it.

 


title: Lula won the Brazilian presidential election
uri: Lula-won-the-Brazilian-presidential-election
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Lula_won_the_Brazilian_presidential_election)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Lula_won_the_Brazilian_presidential_election)

content:
 
<p>

  Lula <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/31/brazil-election-bolsonaro-concede-reaction">won the Brazilian presidential election</a> by 51% to 49%.
<p>
It is disturbing that 49% voted for a fascist like Bolsonaro, but Lula's
victory is clear.  With Bolsonaro's main supporters acknowledging
Lula's victory. Bolsonaro won't be in a position to try to stay in
power.

 


title: Planetary heating temperatures by the end of the century
uri: Planetary-heating-temperatures-by-the-end-of-the-century
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Planetary_heating_temperatures_by_the_end_of_the_century)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Planetary_heating_temperatures_by_the_end_of_the_century)

content:
 
<p>

  *Planetary heating could reach a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/26/sobering-moment-un-warns-planet-could-see-cataclysmic-29degc-heating-2100">catastrophic 2.9°C</a> by
   the end of the century without immediate action from the world's
   largest polluters.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Doctor's_perspective_on_abortion)
title: Doctor's perspective on abortion
uri: Doctor-s-perspective-on-abortion
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Doctor's_perspective_on_abortion)
content:
 
<p>

  A doctor's <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/opinions/abortion-midterms-a-doctors-perspective-winchester/index.html">perspective on abortion</a> and her patients' needs.

 


title: Right-wing billionaires' money buying elections
uri: Right-wing-billionaires-money-buying-elections
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Right-wing_billionaires'_money_buying_elections)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Right-wing_billionaires'_money_buying_elections)

content:
 
<p>

An experienced ad-man explains that right-wing billionaires' money is
effectively <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/26/us-oligarchy-getting-exactly-kind-election-it-paid">buying US elections</a> nowadays &mdash; by convincing the public
to focus on side issues.

 


title: UK camp for immigrants found to be unsafe
uri: UK-camp-for-immigrants-found-to-be-unsafe
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(UK_camp_for_immigrants_found_to_be_unsafe)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(UK_camp_for_immigrants_found_to_be_unsafe)

content:
 
<p>

Inspectors found that a UK camp for immigrants is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/26/borders-watchdog-left-speechless-by-failings-at-migrants-centre-in-kent">*unsafe,
    understaffed and "wretched."*</a>
<p>
Of course it is.  All public services in the UK have been reduced in
this way to wretchedness, all are understaffed, and many are also
unsafe.  That is called "austerity" or "Tory budget cuts."

 


title: Booster vaccines work as well as original vaccine
uri: Booster-vaccines-work-as-well-as-original-vaccine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Booster_vaccines_work_as_well_as_original_vaccine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Booster_vaccines_work_as_well_as_original_vaccine)

content:
 
<p>

It turns out that the new "bivalent" booster vaccines <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/health/updated-boosters-omicron-imprint/index.html">work as well as
    the original vaccine</a>, but not better.

 


title: Extinction Rebellion scientists accused of criminal damage
uri: Extinction-Rebellion-scientists-accused-of-criminal-damage
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Extinction_Rebellion_scientists_accused_of_criminal_damage)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Extinction_Rebellion_scientists_accused_of_criminal_damage)

content:
 
<p>

Extinction Rebellion scientists who glued themselves to a UK
government building were <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/21/uk-court-acquits-climate-scientists-who-glued-their-hands-government-building">accused of criminal damage</a>.
They were acquitted because the government could not show their
protest had actually damaged anything.

 


title: UK universities pledge to divest from fossil fuels
uri: UK-universities-pledge-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(UK_universities_pledge_to_divest_from_fossil_fuels)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(UK_universities_pledge_to_divest_from_fossil_fuels)

content:
 
<p>

  *100 UK universities <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/oct/27/uk-universities-divest-fossil-fuels">pledge to divest from fossil fuels</a>.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_((satire)_Honored_to_be_lied_to)
title: (satire) Honored to be lied to
uri: (satire)-Honored-to-be-lied-to
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_((satire)_Honored_to_be_lied_to)
content:
 
<p>

  (satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/patriot-honored-to-be-lied-to-by-his-country-1849689035">*Patriot Honored To Be Lied To By His Country.*</a>

 


title: Increase in street crime in the US
uri: Increase-in-street-crime-in-the-US
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Increase_in_street_crime_in_the_US)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Increase_in_street_crime_in_the_US)

content:
 
<p>

  Street crime in the US <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/27/calling-bullsht-gops-invented-crime-wave">increased in 2017 and 2018</a>.
What may have caused this, and how are politicians responsible?

 


title: Politicians not raising the issue of poverty
uri: Politicians-not-raising-the-issue-of-poverty
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Politicians_not_raising_the_issue_of_poverty)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Politicians_not_raising_the_issue_of_poverty)

content:
 
<p>

US politicians and candidates, as a class, <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/27/cruel-and-dangerous-path-beating-down-poor-america">rarely raise the issue
    of poverty</a> and the suffering it causes.

 


title: (satire) Honorary Confederate Soldier
uri: (satire)-Honorary-Confederate-Soldier
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_((satire)_Honorary_Confederate_Soldier)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_((satire)_Honorary_Confederate_Soldier)

content:
 
<p>

  (satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/herschel-walker-claims-he-s-honorary-confederate-soldie-1849711155">*Herschel Walker Claims He's Honorary Confederate Soldier.*</a>

 


title: Cop27 accused by Greta Thunberg of being greenwashing
uri: Cop27-accused-by-Greta-Thunberg-of-being-greenwashing
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Cop27_accused_by_Greta_Thunberg_of_being_greenwashing)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Cop27_accused_by_Greta_Thunberg_of_being_greenwashing)

content:
 
<p>

Greta Thunberg accuses the Cop27 climate summit of being <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/31/greta-thunberg-to-skip-greenwashing-cop27-climate-summit-in-egypt">mere
    greenwashing</a>.
<p>
It is already clear that they are not set up to bring about the rapid
changes that could perhaps avoid disaster.

 


title: Putin's response to attack on naval ships
uri: Putin-s-response-to-attack-on-naval-ships
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Putin's_response_to_attack_on_naval_ships)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Putin's_response_to_attack_on_naval_ships)

content:
 
<p>

Ukraine (probably) attacked and damaged several Russian naval ships in
port in Sebastopol.  In response, Putin <a href="https://web.telegram.org/k/#@V_Zelenskiy_official">cancelled the deal allowing
    food exports</a> from Ukraine.
<p>
Zelensky said that Putin had already unofficially blocked food exports
and was only pretending that the deal still operated.  That would make it
legitimate to retaliate with a naval attack.  But what the world really needs
is a resumption of food exports.
<p>
Months ago, before this deal, I suggested that Ukraine could <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-mar-jun.html#28_June_2022_(Safety_for_ships_exporting_grain_from_Ukraine)">attack a
    Russian oil tanker returning empty</a> to Novorossiysk to pick up a new
cargo.
<p>
Then, after the food deal was agreed, I said that <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-may-aug.html#2_August_2022_(Ship_carrying_Ukrainian_grain)">as long as the
    deal continued</a>, Ukraine should refrain from any attacks on Russian
shipping.
<p>
Now that the deal has been terminated, that conclusion no longer
applies.  Ukraine could put tremendous pressure on Putin by
interdicting Russia's main channel for oil export.  If Ukraine offers
to allow oil commerce to proceed provided the food commerce can too,
that would be a magnanimous offer.
<p>
  Later Putin said Russia would <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/russia-will-rejoin-un-grain-corridor-from-ukraine-in-humiliating-u-turn">resume the food export deal</a>.
Whether he will implement the deal honestly remains to be seen,
but let's hope he does.

 


title: Musks stab at endorsing right-wing disinformation
uri: Musks-stab-at-endorsing-right-wing-disinformation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Musks_stab_at_endorsing_right-wing_disinformation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Musks_stab_at_endorsing_right-wing_disinformation)

content:
 
<p>

  Musk took a stab at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/elon-musk-twitter-baseless-conspiracy-theory-paul-pelosi-attack">endorsing right-wing disinformation</a>.
<p>
I would guess that he was exploring how to make use of the power that
he obtained by buying Twitter.  We don't yet know what he will settle
on, but we can see his decision process isn't mainly a matter of
judging what is right.

 


title: Road blocks in Brazil on election day
uri: Road-blocks-in-Brazil-on-election-day
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Road_blocks_in_Brazil_on_election_day)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Road_blocks_in_Brazil_on_election_day)

content:
 
<p>

Brazil's federal police, commanded by a supporter of Bolsonaro, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/30/brazil-election-lula-da-silva-jair-bolsonaro-voting-polls-president">set up road
    blocks on election day</a> in areas where Lula had a lot of support &mdash; apparently as voter suppression.

 


title: Nobel prize winners call for freedom on political prisoners
uri: Nobel-prize-winners-call-for-freedom-on-political-prisoners
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Nobel_prize_winners_call_for_freedom_on_political_prisoners)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Nobel_prize_winners_call_for_freedom_on_political_prisoners)

content:
 
<p>

*Fifteen Nobel Prize winners called on world leaders visiting Egypt
next week for the &hellip; COP27 climate talks &hellip; to <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/02/nobel-laureates-press-egypt-free-alaa-abd-el-fattah-writer-hunger-strike-cop27/">demand
    freedom for political prisoners</a>, "most urgently, the Egyptian-British
writer and philosopher, Alaa Abd El Fattah, now six months into a
hunger strike and at risk of death.".*

 


title: Europe's experience of global heating
uri: Europe-s-experience-of-global-heating
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Europe's_experience_of_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Europe's_experience_of_global_heating)

content:
 
<p>

  Europe is experiencing global heating at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/europes-climate-warming-at-twice-rate-of-global-average-says-report">twice the average global rate</a>.

 


title: Egypt applying extreme repression to climate protesters
uri: Egypt-applying-extreme-repression-to-climate-protesters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Egypt_applying_extreme_repression_to_climate_protesters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Egypt_applying_extreme_repression_to_climate_protesters)

content:
 
<p>

  Egypt is applying its usual <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/egypt-human-rights-climate-crisis-cop27">extreme repression to climate protesters</a>,
even though they are not protesting against Egypt.
<p>
*Fifteen Nobel Prize winners called on world leaders visiting Egypt
next week for the &hellip; COP27 climate talks &hellip; to <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/02/nobel-laureates-press-egypt-free-alaa-abd-el-fattah-writer-hunger-strike-cop27/">demand
    freedom</a> for political prisoners, "most urgently, the Egyptian-British
writer and philosopher, Alaa Abd El Fattah, now six months into a
hunger strike and at risk of death.".*

 


title: Parents of Iranian protesters harassed by security forces
uri: Parents-of-Iranian-protesters-harassed-by-security-forces
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Parents_of_Iranian_protesters_harassed_by_security_forces)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Parents_of_Iranian_protesters_harassed_by_security_forces)

content:
 
<p>

*Parents of Iranian woman killed during protests <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/parents-of-iranian-woman-killed-during-protests-harassed-by-security-forces">"harassed by security
    forces."</a>*

 


title: Jokes about Paul Pelosi normalize and advocate political violence
uri: Jokes-about-Paul-Pelosi-normalize-and-advocate-political-violence
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Jokes_about_Paul_Pelosi_normalize_and_advocate_political_violence)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Jokes_about_Paul_Pelosi_normalize_and_advocate_political_violence)

content:
 
<p>

*Jokes about Paul Pelosi aren’t just in bad taste. They <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/02/paul-pelosi-attack-donald-trump-jr-memes">normalize [and
    advocate] political violence</a>.*

 


title: How UK could cut methane emissions
uri: How-UK-could-cut-methane-emissions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(How_UK_could_cut_methane_emissions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(How_UK_could_cut_methane_emissions)

content:
 
<p>

  How the UK could <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/uk-methane-emissions-could-be-cut-by-40-by-2030-says-thinktank">cut methane emissions by over 40% by 2030</a>.

 


title: Urgent: EPA rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous
uri: Urgent-EPA-rule-to-designate-PFOA-and-PFOS-as-hazardous
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Urgent:_EPA_rule_to_designate_PFOA_and_PFOS_as_hazardous)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Urgent:_EPA_rule_to_designate_PFOA_and_PFOS_as_hazardous)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on the EPA to adopt its proposed rule to <a href="https://environmentamerica.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=52213">designate
    PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances</a>.

 


title: Urgent: Ban surveillance-based advertising
uri: Urgent-Ban-surveillance-based-advertising
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Urgent:_Ban_surveillance-based_advertising)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Urgent:_Ban_surveillance-based_advertising)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on the FTC to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/ban_surveillance_advertising/?t=1001&akid=29887%2E96703%2EKF_lRc">ban surveillance-based advertising</a>.
<p>
This is not enough to make us safe from massive surveillance.

 


title: Sentenced to life for stealing $14
uri: Sentenced-to-life-for-stealing-14
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Sentenced_to_life_for_stealing_$14)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Sentenced_to_life_for_stealing_$14)

content:
 
<p>

  *<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/02/sentenced-to-life-for-stealing-14-i-needed-help-but-was-given-jail">Sentenced to life for stealing $14</a>: "I needed help, but was given jail."*
<p>
This extreme treatment is common in California under the "three
strikes" law.  *"By
   design, the law has targeted crimes of poverty, like small-time
   robbery, burglary, breaking windows, purse snatching".*
<p>
Like the War on Drugs, these laws are <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2015-jan-apr.html#13_March_2015_(Three_strikes)">designed to put a lot of people
    in prison</a>.  At that point, many of them are compelled to do work for
 private companies at a pittance,
and that <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2017-sep-dec.html#24_October_2017_(Prisoners_fighting_wild_fires)">pushes down wages</a> for Americans
who are not in prison.

 


title: Nature will collapse if we keep abusing it
uri: Nature-will-collapse-if-we-keep-abusing-it
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Nature_will_collapse_if_we_keep_abusing_it)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Nature_will_collapse_if_we_keep_abusing_it)

content:
 
<p>

  *If we keep abusing nature it will collapse, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/02/nature-climate-crisis-new-mindset">taking us with it</a>. We need a new
mindset.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Ellekan_islet)
title: Ellekan islet
uri: Ellekan-islet
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Ellekan_islet)
content:
 
<p>

*   Ellekan, an islet in Marshall Islands, has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/how-do-we-mourn-an-island-where-do-we-mark-its-grave">reduced to a pile of
    sand</a> in the middle of the reef. Those who loved it have already held
   its funeral.*
<p>
Many other low islands face inundation due to <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a>, and
their inhabitants will become climate refugees.  Entire countries will
be wiped out in this way.
<p>
The whole territory of the United States won't be inundated, only a
small percentage.  But it includes parts of big cities, so the
inhabitants displaced will amount to millions.  Likewise in China,
India, and Europe.

 


title: (satire) Outreach program in Texas
uri: (satire)-Outreach-program-in-Texas
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_((satire)_Outreach_program_in_Texas)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_((satire)_Outreach_program_in_Texas)

content:
 
<p>

(satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/texas-launches-outreach-program-to-provide-troubled-tee-1849711602">*Texas Launches Outreach Program To Provide Troubled Teens
    With Assault Rifles.*</a>

 


title: Law limiting donations to election campaigns
uri: Law-limiting-donations-to-election-campaigns
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Law_limiting_donations_to_election_campaigns)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Law_limiting_donations_to_election_campaigns)

content:
 
<p>

A bizarre combination of laws limits how much you or I could donate to
an election campaign, but billionaires can <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/28/you-poor-voter-must-stand-back-and-watch-billionaire-plutocrats-purchase-democracy">lawfully spend millions</a> on them.

 


title: International conference about mining
uri: International-conference-about-mining
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(International_conference_about_mining)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(International_conference_about_mining)

content:
 
<p>

  Australia is hosting an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/29/strict-anti-protest-laws-may-have-encouraged-mining-conference-to-move-from-melbourne-to-sydney">international conference about mining</a>,
including coal mining, and threatens protesters with harsh punishments
if they get in the way.
<p>
  Thugs are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/01/environmental-activists-home-visited-by-queensland-police-ahead-of-planned-protests-in-sydney">visiting activists</a> at home to threaten them personally.
Here's an example: environmental activist Alister Ferguson.
<p>
The repressive law that has been applied to Ferguson was passed by the
right-wing government that remains in power in New South Wales.  How
twisted it is to pin the label of "terrorists" on environment
defenders instead of on coal miners.

 


title: Oil and gas permits in Congo rainforest
uri: Oil-and-gas-permits-in-Congo-rainforest
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Oil_and_gas_permits_in_Congo_rainforest)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Oil_and_gas_permits_in_Congo_rainforest)

content:
 
<p>

  *Sale of oil and gas permits <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/01/democratic-republic-of-congo-sale-oil-gas-drilling-permits-threatens-vast-peat-carbon-sink-rainforest-aoe">casts shadow over [Congo] rainforest</a>.*
  (It is the world's second-largest rainforest.)

 


title: Greenhouse gases emitted by high earners
uri: Greenhouse-gases-emitted-by-high-earners
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Greenhouse_gases_emitted_by_high_earners)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Greenhouse_gases_emitted_by_high_earners)

content:
 
<p>

In the UK, and probably elsewhere, high earners <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/01/polluting-elite-enormous-carbon-dioxide-emissions-gap-between-poorest-autonomy-study">emit far more greenhouse
    gases</a> than poor people.
This is a reason to establish a carbon tax.

 


title: Penguin Random House merger blocked
uri: Penguin-Random-House-merger-blocked
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Penguin_Random_House_merger_blocked)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Penguin_Random_House_merger_blocked)

content:
 
<p>

  *US judge <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/oct/31/penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-merger-blocked">blocks $2.2bn Penguin Random House merger</a>.*
<p>
We should never allow megacorps to merge with any other businesses.

 


title: Governor Kemp's family history in Georgia
uri: Governor-Kemp-s-family-history-in-Georgia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Governor_Kemp's_family_history_in_Georgia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Governor_Kemp's_family_history_in_Georgia)

content:
 
<p>

Governor Kemp's family has a long history in Georgia.  One of his
forebears legalized slavery in Georgia so he could import slaves
for his plantation.
<p>
Kemp's school censorship law makes it <a href="https://www.gregpalast.com/governor-kemps-family-brought-slavery-to-georgia/">dangerous for teachers
    to teach that history</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(We_can't_give_kids_what_they_want)
title: We can't give kids what they want
uri: We-can-t-give-kids-what-they-want
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(We_can't_give_kids_what_they_want)
content:
 
<p>

  *What [more] Kids Want, <a href="https://www.freerangekids.com/what-kids-want-we-cant-give-them/">We Can't Give Them (Simple Though It Is)</a>.*

 


title: What Israeli political parties advocate as policy towards Palestine
uri: What-Israeli-political-parties-advocate-as-policy-towards-Palestine
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(What_Israeli_political_parties_advocate_as_policy_towards_Palestine)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(What_Israeli_political_parties_advocate_as_policy_towards_Palestine)

content:
 
<p>

  All the main Israeli political parties <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/03/palestinians-netanyahu-victory-israel-election-results">advocate annexation and/or violence</a>
as the policy towards Palestine.

 


title: US should strengthen ties with Brazil
uri: US-should-strengthen-ties-with-Brazil
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(US_should_strengthen_ties_with_Brazil)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(US_should_strengthen_ties_with_Brazil)

content:
 
<p>

The US should take the opportunity of Lula's election to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/03/us-brazil-relations-americas-lula-election-victory">strengthen
    ties with Brazil</a>.
<p>
The article cites Brazil's "youthful population" as a strength.  To me
it is an alarm bell: "Danger, fast population growth!"  What is the
obvious way for the increased population to get more food and income?
Cut down forests, of course.  Protecting wilderness and curbing
population growth must go hand in hand.

 


title: UK agrees to negotiate handover of Chagos Islands
uri: UK-agrees-to-negotiate-handover-of-Chagos-Islands
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(UK_agrees_to_negotiate_handover_of_Chagos_Islands)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(UK_agrees_to_negotiate_handover_of_Chagos_Islands)

content:
 
<p>

  *UK <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/uk-agrees-to-negotiate-with-mauritius-over-handover-of-chagos-islands">agrees to negotiate</a> with Mauritius over handover of Chagos Islands.*

 


title: Ukrainians refusing to leave Kherson
uri: Ukrainians-refusing-to-leave-Kherson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Ukrainians_refusing_to_leave_Kherson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#5_November_2022_(Ukrainians_refusing_to_leave_Kherson)

content:
 
<p>

  Reports about Ukrainians <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/kherson-captured-city-resident-defy-russian-call-evacuate-await-liberation">refusing to leave Kherson</a>.

 


title: Urgent: Establish an ethical code for the Supreme Court
uri: Urgent-Establish-an-ethical-code-for-the-Supreme-Court
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Urgent:_Establish_an_ethical_code_for_the_Supreme_Court)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Urgent:_Establish_an_ethical_code_for_the_Supreme_Court)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/thomas-graham/?t=1001&akid=29903%2E96703%2E5o0lf9">establish an ethical code</a> for the
Supreme Court.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: Ontario law to stop school employees from striking
uri: Ontario-law-to-stop-school-employees-from-striking
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Ontario_law_to_stop_school_employees_from_striking)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Ontario_law_to_stop_school_employees_from_striking)

content:
 
<p>

Ontario, a province of Canada, is working on passing a law <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/03/ontario-doug-ford-strike-fine-bill-28-canada">prohibiting
    school employees from striking</a>, and claims it has the power to stop
the national courts from reviewing the constitutionality of the law.
<p>
What's the use of having national standards of human rights
if a part of the country can violate the standard at will?
Canada must put an end to this.
<p>
Perhaps the national courts can rule that this exception to their
authority is invalid.

 


title: Information about US's secret wars
uri: Information-about-US-s-secret-wars
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Information_about_US's_secret_wars)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Information_about_US's_secret_wars)

content:
 
<p>

  A study provides information about some of the <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/03/us-military-secret-wars/">US's many secret wars</a>
that were authorized by the 2021 Authorization for Use of
Military Force.
<p>
The 2022 Authorization for Use of Military Force is separate: that
authorized <a href="/glossary.html#dubya">Dubya</a>'s invasion of Iraq.  The US Congress should repeal
both.

 


title: George Monbiot on Mesozoic era mass extinction
uri: George-Monbiot-on-Mesozoic-era-mass-extinction
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(George_Monbiot_on_Mesozoic_era_mass_extinction)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(George_Monbiot_on_Mesozoic_era_mass_extinction)

content:
 
<p>

George Monbiot: the worst mass extinction in Earth's history, at the
start of the Mesozoic era, seems to have been caused by the burning
of lots of oil deposits in the ground.  It made so much CO2 that
a large part of the globe was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/03/fossil-fuel-burning-mass-extinction-devonian-coastline">lifeless for 5 million years</a>.
<p>
The causes of that <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> episode were quite different from
the situation today, but the effects today could be similar.  What is
not certain is how much <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> we will cause, this time.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Home_compostable_plastics)
title: Home compostable plastics
uri: Home-compostable-plastics
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Home_compostable_plastics)
content:
 
<p>

  "Home compostable" plastics <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/03/greenwash-home-compostable-plastics-dont-work-aoe">don't compost well enough</a> for that
disposal to be viable.
<p>
I received a gift recently that was cushioned by "peanuts", but
instead of styrofoam, they were made of spun cornstarch.  When exposed
to water, they dissolve in a minute.

 


title: To avoid disaster we must reform agriculture
uri: To-avoid-disaster-we-must-reform-agriculture
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(To_avoid_disaster_we_must_reform_agriculture)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(To_avoid_disaster_we_must_reform_agriculture)

content:
 
<p>

  Many Big Food companies agreed that we must <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/03/big-agriculture-climate-crisis-cop27">reform agriculture</a> to
avoid risk of disaster.

 


title: National chaos that is a mortal threat to women's health
uri: National-chaos-that-is-a-mortal-threat-to-women-s-health
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(National_chaos_that_is_a_mortal_threat_to_women's_health)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(National_chaos_that_is_a_mortal_threat_to_women's_health)

content:
 
<p>

Senate report: *Republicans' crusade against women's reproductive
   freedoms has created national chaos that is a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/new-senate-report-spotlights-barbaric-consequences-gop-abortion-bans">mortal threat to
    women's health</a>.*

 


title: Fossil fuel financing from banks in G20 nations
uri: Fossil-fuel-financing-from-banks-in-G20-nations
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Fossil_fuel_financing_from_banks_in_G20_nations)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Fossil_fuel_financing_from_banks_in_G20_nations)

content:
 
<p>

  *G20 Nations' Banks Spent <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/g20-nations-banks-spent-nearly-twice-much-financing-fossil-fuels-renewables">Nearly Twice as Much</a> Financing Fossil Fuels as
Renewables.*

 


title: (satire) If Republicans witness a legitimate vote
uri: (satire)-If-Republicans-witness-a-legitimate-vote
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_((satire)_If_Republicans_witness_a_legitimate_vote)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_((satire)_If_Republicans_witness_a_legitimate_vote)

content:
 
<p>

(satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/republican-voters-given-toll-free-number-to-call-if-the-1849728579">*Republican Voters Given Toll-Free Number To Call If They
Witness Legitimate Vote.*</a>

 


title: Issues with mining lithium to meet the US' needs
uri: Issues-with-mining-lithium-to-meet-the-US-needs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Issues_with_mining_lithium_to_meet_the_US'_needs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Issues_with_mining_lithium_to_meet_the_US'_needs)

content:
 
<p>

  The US <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/18/lithium-mining-nevada-boom-car-battery-us-climate-crisis">needs to mine more lithium</a>, but the mines raise issues.
<p>
I know of three kinds of issues about operating a mine of any kind:
<ul>
  <li>
Archaeological sites, including art.  These are part of the
heritage of humanity; mines must not run a risk of damaging them.
  </li>
  
  <li>
Natural ecosystems.  In the past, miners disregarded the danger of
pollution from the mine, and lobbied governments to get out of their way
and let them neglect the pollution issue.
<p>
The result was, naturally, that mines have polluted many areas.  Whenever a
mine shut down, it dumped the burden of cleanup on the public.
</p>
<p>
We must develop a new, cleaner method of mining, which we could call
zero pollution mining, and require mines to use it.  A mine must set
aside funds for future shutdown costs each year it operates, in an account it
cannot withdraw money from, at a rate set by the an environmental
agency.
</p>
<p>
If that makes the extracted mineral more expensive, so be it.  The
cost of avoiding the need for future cleanup, and carrying out
whatever part can't be avoided, should be part of the price of the
mineral.
</p>
  </li>
<li>
Someone considers that patch of land to be sacred,
<p>
If adjustment to the plan will make some people happier, let's do so.
But this is a secondary issue, not as important as preventing global
disaster.
</p>
</li>
</ul>

 


title: Global heating is damaging people's health
uri: Global-heating-is-damaging-people-s-health
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Global_heating_is_damaging_people's_health)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Global_heating_is_damaging_people's_health)

content:
 
<p>

The Lancet reports that global heating is already <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2822%2901540-9">damaging people's
    health</a> globally, and the world's medical systems are not strong enough
to cope.  In addition, since decarbonization is going too slowly, that
problem is getting worse.

 


title: Musk spread conspiracy theory on Twitter
uri: Musk-spread-conspiracy-theory-on-Twitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Musk_spread_conspiracy_theory_on_Twitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Musk_spread_conspiracy_theory_on_Twitter)

content:
 
<p>

  Musk personally <a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-must-relinquish-twitter">spread an absurd conspiracy theory</a> on Twitter.
  This shows he is not fit to be in charge of such a company.

 


title: Cut off from activities that require a snoop-phone
uri: Cut-off-from-activities-that-require-a-snoop-phone
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Cut_off_from_activities_that_require_a_snoop-phone)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Cut_off_from_activities_that_require_a_snoop-phone)

content:
 
<p>

  Aged Britons are being <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/oct/31/left-in-isolation-how-the-online-revolution-failed-our-elderly-people">cut off from many activities</a>
that now require a snoop-phone,
<p>
There are utilities that won't accept payment by check.  That problem
is easy to fix: pass a law that important businesses must accept
payment by check and must make appointments by phone.
<p>
The author takes for granted that snoop-phones and online dis-services
are fine things, and the only problem is that they are hard for poor
Doris to adapt to.  It never crosses her mind that they might be
unjust as well.  I don't use them because they are unjust and
unacceptable.  I'm sure I could learn to use them, but I won't yield
to them.  I suffer some of the same annoyances, though not as many --
the US is not cutting off the traditional non-digital options for old
activities such as paying bills.

 


title: Librarian almost cancelled by right-wing book banners
uri: Librarian-almost-cancelled-by-right-wing-book-banners
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Librarian_almost_cancelled_by_right-wing_book_banners)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Librarian_almost_cancelled_by_right-wing_book_banners)

content:
 
<p>

  The <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/31/opinions/school-libraries-banned-books-lgbtq-hickson/index.html">experiences of a school librarian</a> who right-wing book banners
tried to cancel.

 


title: Costs of policies to curb global heating
uri: Costs-of-policies-to-curb-global-heating
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Costs_of_policies_to_curb_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Costs_of_policies_to_curb_global_heating)

content:
 
<p>

Planet roasters claim that policies to curb global heating <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/03/conservatives-insist-policies-to-cut-emissions-drive-up-power-bills-theres-net-zero-evidence-for-that">make energy
    more expensive</a>.  Actually, these investments do the opposite.
<p>
If we had started pushing hard for renewable energy 15 years ago, we would
not be having much of a price spike now.
<p>
What does increase prices is a carbon tax &mdash; but that money should be
handed out to poor people.  All in all, the carbon tax will reduce the
cost of living for them, when you count the increased support they
will receive.
<p>
  The article refers to planet roasters as <a href="https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#conservative">"conservatives"</a>, but that term
is misleading.

 


title: Thug killed Kumanjayi Walker while trying to arrest him
uri: Thug-killed-Kumanjayi-Walker-while-trying-to-arrest-him
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Thug_killed_Kumanjayi_Walker_while_trying_to_arrest_him)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Thug_killed_Kumanjayi_Walker_while_trying_to_arrest_him)

content:
 
<p>

A thug with a pattern of violence and cover-ups <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/03/zachary-rolfe-nt-northern-territory-police-officer-bragged-about-injuring-innocent-man-kumanjayi-walker-inquest-told">killed Kumanjayi
    Walker</a>, an aboriginal man, while trying to wrongly arrest him.
<p>
The arrest was wrong because it was based on mistaken identity.
Everyone makes mistakes like that, but members of disprivileged groups
often learn to expect brutality to follow such mistakes.  And it
appears that that particular <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thug</a> enjoyed the opportunity to brutalize
someone.

 


title: Republicans instituting a culture of fear
uri: Republicans-instituting-a-culture-of-fear
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Republicans_instituting_a_culture_of_fear)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Republicans_instituting_a_culture_of_fear)

content:
 
<p>

  Republicans are <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/authoritarian-us-neighbors-spy-report/?itm_campaign=BottomRelatedStories&itm_content=footer-recirc">instituting a culture of fear</a> in the parts of the US
they control, by asking people to denounce acquaintances for things
that previously they had no need to hide, but can now be occasions
for repression. For instance, having children who are transgender.

 


title: Former Liberian rebel commander convicted by French court
uri: Former-Liberian-rebel-commander-convicted-by-French-court
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Former_Liberian_rebel_commander_convicted_by_French_court)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Former_Liberian_rebel_commander_convicted_by_French_court)

content:
 
<p>

  *French court <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/french-court-convicts-former-liberian-rebel-commander-over-atrocities">convicts former Liberian rebel commander</a> over atrocities.*

 


title: FBI arrests alleged Boogaloo Boys group members
uri: FBI-arrests-alleged-Boogaloo-Boys-group-members
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(FBI_arrests_alleged_Boogaloo_Boys_group_members)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(FBI_arrests_alleged_Boogaloo_Boys_group_members)

content:
 
<p>

  *FBI arrests two <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/02/fbi-boogaloo-boys-far-right-arrested">alleged far-right Boogaloo Boys</a> group members,*
  for threatening violence and preparing machine guns to carry it out.

 


title: Clarence Thomas was key to challenging 2020 election
uri: Clarence-Thomas-was-key-to-challenging-2020-election
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Clarence_Thomas_was_key_to_challenging_2020_election)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Clarence_Thomas_was_key_to_challenging_2020_election)

content:
 
<p>

  *Trump allies saw Clarence Thomas as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/02/trump-clarence-thomas-emails-2020-election-results-georgia">key to efforts</a> to challenge 2020
 election.*
<p>
In general, we can't blame a person simply because others expect per
cooperation in doing wrong.  In the case of Thomas, he gave them
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jan-apr.html#31_March_2022_(Clarence_Thomas)">reason with his own actions</a> to expect his help in attacking democracy.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Psilocybin_for_depression)
title: Psilocybin for depression
uri: Psilocybin-for-depression
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_November_2022_(Psilocybin_for_depression)
content:
 
<p>

  An experiment found that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/02/magic-mushrooms-psilocybin-alleviate-severe-depression-alongside-therapy">psilocybin cured depression</a> in around
1/3 of the test subjects.
<p>
I am surprised that the study did not include the clearest form of
control group &mdash; some patients whose treatment did not actually
include any psilocybin.  The contrast in results between 25mg of
psilocybin and 1mg may have demonstrated that the benefits are real,
but a placebo control would have given more certainty.

 


title: Musk stabs at endorsing right-wing disinformation
uri: Musk-stabs-at-endorsing-right-wing-disinformation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Musk_stabs_at_endorsing_right-wing_disinformation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#3_November_2022_(Musk_stabs_at_endorsing_right-wing_disinformation)

content:
 
<p>

  Musk took a stab at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/30/elon-musk-twitter-baseless-conspiracy-theory-paul-pelosi-attack">endorsing right-wing disinformation</a>.
<p>
I would guess that he was exploring how to make use of the power that
he obtained by buying Twitter.  We don't yet know what he will settle
on, but we can see his decision process isn't mainly a matter of
judging what is right.

 


title: Urgent: Support Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax
uri: Urgent-Support-Big-Oil-Windfall-Profits-Tax
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Support_Big_Oil_Windfall_Profits_Tax)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Support_Big_Oil_Windfall_Profits_Tax)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Biden to <a href="https://act.350.org/sign/nov-22-biden-windfall-tax/">support a Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax</a>.

 


title: Urgent: Protect the rusty patched bumblebee
uri: Urgent-Protect-the-rusty-patched-bumblebee
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Protect_the_rusty_patched_bumblebee)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Protect_the_rusty_patched_bumblebee)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on the Fish and Wildlife Service to <a href="https://environmentamerica.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=52439">Protect the
    rusty patched bumblebee</a>.
<p>
  To sign without running <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">nonfree JavaScript code</a>
  from the web site, use the <a href="/salsalabs-method.html">Salsalabs workaround</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Cancel_the_Willow_project)
title: Urgent: Cancel the Willow project
uri: Urgent-Cancel-the-Willow-project
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Cancel_the_Willow_project)
content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Biden to <a href="https://act.evergreenaction.com/letter/tell-Biden-shut-down-willow-letter/">cancel the Willow project</a> &mdash; a large
new oilfield in Alaska.

 


title: Urgent: Impose a code of ethics on the Supreme Court
uri: Urgent-Impose-a-code-of-ethics-on-the-Supreme-Court
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Impose_a_code_of_ethics_on_the_Supreme_Court)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Urgent:_Impose_a_code_of_ethics_on_the_Supreme_Court)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: Because of Justice Barrett's secrecy about
conflicts of interest, call for Congress to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/amy-coney-barretts-behavior-makes-it-clear-we-need-scotus-code-ethics/">impose a code of ethics</a> on the
Supreme Court.

 


title: Excessive fuss about North Korea's missile tests
uri: Excessive-fuss-about-North-Korea-s-missile-tests
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Excessive_fuss_about_North_Korea's_missile_tests)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Excessive_fuss_about_North_Korea's_missile_tests)

content:
 
<p>

  An example of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/north-korea-recent-drills-show-west-cannot-ignore-nuclear-threat">making excessive fuss</a> about North Korea's missile tests.
<p>
The author insists we "cannot ignore" North Korea's "nuclear threat",
but it's the just opposite: ignoring these missile tests is exactly
what we should do.
<p>
It is a fact that North Korea has nuclear weapons and ballistic
missiles.  We have to recognize that fact.  But then what?
<p>
It is clear that diplomacy, offering deals, cannot convince Dictator
Kim to give them up.  To start a war would not improve anything; it
would risk a response with some of those nuclear weapons.
<p>
Fussing about how horrible this situation is useless too, so and we
only make ourselves look foolish.  Until there is some course of
action that would lead to a good reasons, let's ignore him.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Israel's_far-right_kingmakers)
title: Israel's far-right kingmakers
uri: Israel-s-far-right-kingmakers
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Israel's_far-right_kingmakers)
content:
 
<p>

  *Israel's Far-Right Kingmakers <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/02/israel-us-funding-terror/">Draw on U.S. Funding</a> &mdash; Despite Terror
 Classifications.*

 


title: Peace agreement between Ethiopia and Tigray
uri: Peace-agreement-between-Ethiopia-and-Tigray
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Peace_agreement_between_Ethiopia_and_Tigray)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Peace_agreement_between_Ethiopia_and_Tigray)

content:
 
<p>

  Ethiopia and Tigray have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/ethiopian-civil-war-parties-agree-truce-to-end-hostilities">announced a peace agreement</a>.
  The Amhara region, which has its own army (puzzling since the
  capital of Ethiopia is in the Amhara region and Amharas have
  dominated Ethiopia for a long time), says it is not part of the peace deal.
This makes me wonder how long the peace deal will last.

 


title: Roadblocks cleared to travel to soccer games
uri: Roadblocks-cleared-to-travel-to-soccer-games
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Roadblocks_cleared_to_travel_to_soccer_games)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Roadblocks_cleared_to_travel_to_soccer_games)

content:
 
<p>

  Brazilian soccer fans <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/brazil-bolsonaro-football-protest-roads-cleared">cleared the roadblocks</a> of Bolsonaro supporters
so that they could travel to watch games.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Netanyahu_back_in_power)
title: Netanyahu back in power
uri: Netanyahu-back-in-power
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Netanyahu_back_in_power)
content:
 
<p>

Netanyahu seems to have got back into power with the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/02/king-bibi-is-back-again-but-what-next-for-netanyahus-latest-attempt-at-government">help of Israel's
    right-wing religious extremists</a>.
They aim to undermine democracy in Israel, much as Republicans are
trying to do in the US.
<p>
I wonder where secularist Israelis will find a country where they can
be safe from persecution.

 


title: Republican claims to never losing elections again
uri: Republican-claims-to-never-losing-elections-again
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Republican_claims_to_never_losing_elections_again)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Republican_claims_to_never_losing_elections_again)

content:
 
<p>

The Republican candidate for governor of Wisconsin says that the Republicans
will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/02/wisconsin-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-tim-michels">never, ever lose an election there</a> if he wins.
<p>
Since no one can predict the reversals of history, he cannot mean that
they would always win <em>honestly</em>.  He is stating, in typical deceptive
Republican language, that they would rig, swindle or steal all future
elections.

 


title: Peat bogs releasing carbon instead of absorbing it
uri: Peat-bogs-releasing-carbon-instead-of-absorbing-it
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Peat_bogs_releasing_carbon_instead_of_absorbing_it)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Peat_bogs_releasing_carbon_instead_of_absorbing_it)

content:
 
<p>

<a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">Global heating</a> is on the verge of making the vast Congo peat bogs
start <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/carbon-timebomb-climate-crisis-threatens-to-destroy-congo-peatlands">releasing carbon</a> instead of absorbing it.
  That would tip the Earth into disaster.

 


title: Homeless commit crimes to sleep in jail
uri: Homeless-commit-crimes-to-sleep-in-jail
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Homeless_commit_crimes_to_sleep_in_jail)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Homeless_commit_crimes_to_sleep_in_jail)

content:
 
<p>

It is not unusual for homeless people in the US to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/02/unhoused-people-shelters-homelessness-to-jail-cycle">commit crimes so
    they can sleep in jail</a>.
<p>
Homeless shelters are very uncomfortable places, and have painful rules,
such as that you must go out and spend your day on the street.  I expect that
you are forced to sleep in a small room with several strangers.
<p>
Per inmate, a prison is far more expensive than a shelter.  I expect
that even a comfortable shelter with all the advantages of a jail,
giving a person a small room to call per own and lock behind per when
going out, would be much cheaper to build and run than a prison.
<p>
Sadism is what gets in the way.  The US is unwilling to spend money on
helping the homeless, but it pays millions for prisons.

 


title: Hiring people that acted like thugs
uri: Hiring-people-that-acted-like-thugs
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Hiring_people_that_acted_like_thugs)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Hiring_people_that_acted_like_thugs)

content:
 
<p>

British thug departments have a pattern of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/02/prevalent-predatory-misogynistic-culture-in-police-official-report-finds">hiring people who acted like
    thugs</a> even before they were hired.

 


title: Corporations trying to block bills that stop gouging
uri: Corporations-trying-to-block-bills-that-stop-gouging
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Corporations_trying_to_block_bills_that_stop_gouging)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Corporations_trying_to_block_bills_that_stop_gouging)

content:
 
<p>

US corporations are lobbying Congress at feverish pace to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/03/corporate-lobbying-onslaught-tanked-anti-price-gouging-bills-inflation-surged">block bills that
    would hamper them from gouging</a>.
<p>
It could be more effective to do that by increasing competition, which
requires breaking up the oligopolies that mergers have saddled us
with.  My <a href="/articles/progressive-tax-on-business-gross-income.html">proposal for a progressive tax on gross income</a>
could do this.

 


title: Ralph Nader on importance of voting
uri: Ralph-Nader-on-importance-of-voting
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Ralph_Nader_on_importance_of_voting)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Ralph_Nader_on_importance_of_voting)

content:
 
<p>

  Ralph Nader: Americans, it is <a href="https://mailchi.mp/nader/the-voters-and-drop-out-voters-k8uyo81z09?e=555e9be067">very important for you to vote</a> this year.
<p>
You may think you can "leave politics alone", but the real effect 
of that is to let the worst plutocrats mistreat you at their ease.

 


title: Iranian suppression forces beating students
uri: Iranian-suppression-forces-beating-students
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Iranian_suppression_forces_beating_students)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Iranian_suppression_forces_beating_students)

content:
 
<p>

  Iranian suppression forces are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/04/dozens-arrested-as-iranian-security-forces-attack-university-campuses">grabbing students</a> as they leave
universities, beating them so badly that some are gravely injured,
then taking them away and not telling anyone what happened to them.
<p>
Many reporters have been arrested.
<p>
The government is preparing to execute some of the protesters.

 


title: School workers on strike in Ontario
uri: School-workers-on-strike-in-Ontario
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(School_workers_on_strike_in_Ontario)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(School_workers_on_strike_in_Ontario)

content:
 
<p>

55,000 school workers in Ontario have gone on strike, showing they
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/04/ontario-education-strike-law">refuse to be intimidated</a> by the law to fine them CAN 4,000 per day for
striking.
<p>
Perhaps it would be better tactics to quit their jobs instead of
striking.  I suppose they can't be fined for quitting.

 


title: History of opposing abortion rights
uri: History-of-opposing-abortion-rights
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(History_of_opposing_abortion_rights)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(History_of_opposing_abortion_rights)

content:
 
<p>

The UK's principal ministers have a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/04/rishi-sunak-accused-of-taking-anti-abortion-stance-by-service-providers">history of quietly opposing
    abortion rights</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Denying_climate_commitments)
title: Denying climate commitments
uri: Denying-climate-commitments
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#7_November_2022_(Denying_climate_commitments)
content:
 
<p>

*   Governments meeting for [Cop27] climate talks have been accused of
making positive commitments in public but <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/04/cop27-host-accuses-countries-of-making-empty-public-pledges">denying them later</a> in the
   privacy of the negotiating rooms.*

 


title: Australian system to take "overpayments" from the poor
uri: Australian-system-to-take-overpayments-from-the-poor
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Australian_system_to_take_overpayments_from_the_poor)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Australian_system_to_take_overpayments_from_the_poor)

content:
 
<p>

When Australia adopted an automated system to demand people (typically
still poor) refund supposed "overpayments" in their benefit payments,
this caused great suffering for hundreds of thousands of victims.  Some
committed suicide.  In other words, exactly the results that a
right-wing government would desire, to show how harsh it is on those
greedy, grasping poor people.
<p>
One government employee asked for legal advice about the plan when he
read about it, before it was adopted, and got a report saying that it
was illegal.
<p>
An inquiry has found that the government <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/05/a-shameful-chapter-how-australias-robodebt-saga-was-allowed-to-unfold">kept the details of the
    report secret</a>, and repeatedly cited its existence as justification for
the program. That's right-wing politicians for you.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Plan_to_raise_interest_rates)
title: Plan to raise interest rates
uri: Plan-to-raise-interest-rates
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Plan_to_raise_interest_rates)
content:
 
<p>

An official of the Federal Reserve suggests a plan to <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/04/federal-reserve-interest-rates-savings/">raise interest rates
    until most Americans' bank accounts are empty</a>.

 


title: Plan to allow internet voting in Washington, DC
uri: Plan-to-allow-internet-voting-in-Washington-DC
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Plan_to_allow_internet_voting_in_Washington,_DC)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Plan_to_allow_internet_voting_in_Washington,_DC)

content:
 
<p>

A proposal to allow internet voting in Washington, DC, now <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/04/election-online-mobile-voting-bradley-tusk/">has the lobbying
    muscle</a> of a rich venture capitalist.
<p>
In addition to the inherent insecurity of this procedure, it would
naturally be set up so that you vote while watching political
disinformation ads on the same screen.
<p>
I am not impressed by making it "open source", because

<ul>
  <li> If the client program as released by its developers is
free/libre, that won't guarantee that the version voters run is
free/libre.  The former could be released under a pushover license
and the latter could be a nonfree version of it.
  </li>
  
  <li> Even if the version voters run is free/libre, that won't guarantee
you don't get a corrupted version to use for your vote.  That can
always happen &mdash; there is always someone in a position to do it.
  </li>
  
  <li> As for the server part of the system, you can never be confident
that someone won't corrupt it in the server.  Inevitably either the
election authority or the developer of the program can do it.
  </li>
  
 


title: Overfishing in the UK continues with or without EU
uri: Overfishing-in-the-UK-continues-with-or-without-EU
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Overfishing_in_the_UK_continues_with_or_without_EU)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Overfishing_in_the_UK_continues_with_or_without_EU)

content:
 
<p>

One of the supposed benefits of bringing the UK out of the EU was that
it would have the sovereign power to limit fishing and thus manage fish
stocks according to science.  But the government disregards the opportunity
and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/04/brexit-overfishing-uk-waters">permits overfishing just as before</a>.
<p>
Having plentiful cod in British waters <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2019-jan-apr.html#22_February_2019_(Cod_stocks)">may also require curbing global
    heating</a>.  The increased temperature of the ocean is making cod move north.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Eritrea's_tax_on_expatriates)
title: Eritrea's tax on expatriates
uri: Eritrea-s-tax-on-expatriates
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Eritrea's_tax_on_expatriates)
content:
 
<p>

Eritrea charges a tax on expatriates, and some of the income is
currently being <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/04/stop-eritreas-war-funding-diaspora-tax-say-mps-and-lords">used to fund Eritrea's war with Tigray</a>.  Does
that make the tax a bad thing?
<p>
We don't have enough information about that war to formulate an
opinion about which sides are right or wrong.  So we can't conclude
that we should use economic sanctions on that very poor country to
make it drop out of that war.
<p>
But there are worse things about Eritrea that we do know.  For instance,
<a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2020-sep-dec.html#22_December_2020_(Conscription)">conscripting just about all adults</a> into slave labor.
That is why so many Eritreans <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2020-sep-dec.html#22_December_2020_(Conscription)">flee and seek asylum</a> in other countries,
no matter how big the obstacles.
<p>
Perhaps that is a good reason to stop Eritrea from collecting the tax
on expats.

 


title: Problems with obsolete decrepit dams in the US
uri: Problems-with-obsolete-decrepit-dams-in-the-US
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Problems_with_obsolete_decrepit_dams_in_the_US)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Problems_with_obsolete_decrepit_dams_in_the_US)

content:
 
<p>

  Thousands of obsolete, decrepit and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/push-to-dismantle-dams-us-rivers-environmentalists">hazardous dams</a> on US rivers  cause
floods and block fish migrations. Some are being demolished.

 


title: Affirmative action for admission to universities
uri: Affirmative-action-for-admission-to-universities
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Affirmative_action_for_admission_to_universities)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Affirmative_action_for_admission_to_universities)

content:
 
<p>

Robert Reich says that the Supreme Court will surely <a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/my-senate-testimony-against-confirming">eliminate
    affirmative action</a> for admission to universities.
<p>
  More about the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/nov/01/ketanji-brown-jackson-affirmative-action-higher-education-admissions">affirmative action issue</a>.

 


title: (satire) Ability to pretend U.S. a democracy
uri: (satire)-Ability-to-pretend-U-S-a-democracy
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_((satire)_Ability_to_pretend_U.S._a_democracy)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_((satire)_Ability_to_pretend_U.S._a_democracy)

content:
 
<p>

(satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/biden-warns-americans-that-ability-to-even-pretend-u-s-1849738890">*Biden Warns Americans That Ability To Even Pretend U.S. A
    Democracy At Stake.*</a>
<p>
That item is funny, but when you look at the bills that Democrats
fought hard to pass this year, and the parts that Sinema and Manchin
defeated, this shows that two more real Democrats in the Senate could
have made a big difference.

 


title: Law that restricts sharing food with homeless
uri: Law-that-restricts-sharing-food-with-homeless
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Law_that_restricts_sharing_food_with_homeless)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Law_that_restricts_sharing_food_with_homeless)

content:
 
<p>

  A US appeals court <a href="https://reason.com/2022/10/29/federal-court-upholds-cruel-unconstitutional-st-louis-ban-on-sharing-food-with-homeless/?utm_medium=email">upheld a St Louis law</a> that imposed such strict conditions
on sharing food with homeless people that it became effectively impossible.

 


title: Calling a deadly heat wave "extreme"
uri: Calling-a-deadly-heat-wave-extreme
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Calling_a_deadly_heat_wave_extreme)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Calling_a_deadly_heat_wave_extreme)

content:
 
<p>

Is it valid to call a deadly heat wave "extreme", now that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/opinion/india-heat-wave-pakistan-climate-change.html">extremes are pushing
    further than that</a>?

 


title: Republican efforts to control courts
uri: Republican-efforts-to-control-courts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Republican_efforts_to_control_courts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Republican_efforts_to_control_courts)

content:
 
<p>

  Republicans are spending a lot of money to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/01/rightwing-dark-money-bomb-coming-state-courts">control the courts</a> of many
states.

 


title: Haitians denounce US-backed intervention
uri: Haitians-denounce-US-backed-intervention
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Haitians_denounce_US-backed_intervention)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Haitians_denounce_US-backed_intervention)

content:
 
<p>

  *Haitians, Peace Activists <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/90-groups-tell-biden-listen-haitian-civil-society-reject-military-intervention">Denounce Plan</a> for Another US-Backed
Intervention.*

 


title: Plans for coping with global heating
uri: Plans-for-coping-with-global-heating
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Plans_for_coping_with_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Plans_for_coping_with_global_heating)

content:
 
<p>

  Only 1/3 of the world's countries have made <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/03/future-generations-face-climate-carnage-without-surge-in-funding-un">quantitative plans</a> for
coping with near-term <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> in coming decades.
<p>
I maintain that reducing <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> must take priority over coping
with its effects.  Countries' efforts for that have been inadequate
too.  We must demand they do a batter job; if they can do a good job
of both, that's ideal.  But if it is a choice of one or the other, we
must insist on long-term survival of civilization rather than just
postponing the end.

 


title: Egypt holding tens of thousands of political prisoners
uri: Egypt-holding-tens-of-thousands-of-political-prisoners
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Egypt_holding_tens_of_thousands_of_political_prisoners)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Egypt_holding_tens_of_thousands_of_political_prisoners)

content:
 
<p>

An interview with one of Egypt's few independent journalists.  He
reports that Egypt <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/04/what-expect-cop27-egypts-police-state-interview-sharif-abdel-kouddous">holds tens of thousands of political prisoners</a>,
most of them charged with "spreading false information" and "belonging
to a prohibited organization".  Egypt is using the Cop27 climate
conference to appoint itself global negotiator for poor countries,
<p>
Activists that might criticize the repressive Egyptian state have been
excluded.  Raising environmental issues is not allowed when that
implies criticizing the state.
<p>
Protests aimed at the event are limited to a far-away "free speech zone",
as they were <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2004-may-aug.html#30%20July%202004%20(">called in developed countries</a> around 2000.
The idea is that no one will notice protests there, but it will
serve as an excuse to prohibit protest anywhere else.
<p>
Holding an international meeting in a repressive country is a standard
technique for silencing the public about it, and this seems to be an
example.
<p>
The terms "global south" and "global north" are bogus, empty buzzwords.
I'd rather speak of wealthy countries and poor countries.

 


title: Marketing guns toward right-wing extremists
uri: Marketing-guns-toward-right-wing-extremists
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Marketing_guns_toward_right-wing_extremists)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Marketing_guns_toward_right-wing_extremists)

content:
 
<p>

A former gun company lobbyist testified to Congress that he left that job
because gun companies wanted to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/05/us-gun-control-congress-weapons-republicans">market guns directly to right-wing extremists</a>
and would-be mass murderers.
<p>
Since Biden was elected, they market directly to right-wing extremists
that have in mind political violence.

 


title: Snowden calls for elimination of DHS
uri: Snowden-calls-for-elimination-of-DHS
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Snowden_calls_for_elimination_of_DHS)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Snowden_calls_for_elimination_of_DHS)

content:
 
<p>

Responding to plans stated by the Department of "Homeland Security"
to control disinformation online, Edward Snowden called for <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/02/snowden-says-shut-down-dhs-after-report-revealed-secretive-effort-police-online">elimination
    of the DHS</a>.
<p>
To eliminate fake news would be a good thing; inventing lies is wrong.
However, when governments try to block what they call "fake news",
that tends to turn into a campaign of censorship.  Whatever news the
government dislikes, it calls "fake".  <a href="https://www.stallman.org/archives/2020-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Egypt_holding_tens_of_thousands_of_political_prisoners)">Egypt is the latest example</a> to
be mentioned here.

 


title: Extended patent monopolies on drugs in proposed business-supremacy treaty
uri: Extended-patent-monopolies-on-drugs-in-proposed-business-supremacy-tre
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Extended_patent_monopolies_on_drugs_in_proposed_business-supremacy_treaty)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Extended_patent_monopolies_on_drugs_in_proposed_business-supremacy_treaty)

content:
 
<p>

A leaked draft of a proposed business-supremacy treaty between India
and the UK would impose <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/02/pending-india-uk-trade-deal-could-upend-global-generic-drugmaking-efforts-ngos-warn">extended patent monopolies on drugs</a>.  This means
that drugs will not become generic in the future.
<p>
It is no surprise that the draft treaty uses the propaganda term
<a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html">"intellectual property"</a>.
It is unfortunate that the critics of this treaty fell into using
that term too, instead of rebuking the treaty for that.

 


title: Use of Google and Apple products to Russia
uri: Use-of-Google-and-Apple-products-to-Russia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Use_of_Google_and_Apple_products_to_Russia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Use_of_Google_and_Apple_products_to_Russia)

content:
 
<p>

Ukraine called on Google and Apple to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/02/google-apple-should-disable-services-helping-russian-army/">deny Russia the use of their services
    and products</a>.

 


title: "Catastrophic Outcomes" for workers as Interest Rates climb
uri: Catastrophic-Outcomes-for-workers-as-Interest-Rates-climb
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Catastrophic_Outcomes_for_workers_as_Interest_Rates_climb)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Catastrophic_Outcomes_for_workers_as_Interest_Rates_climb)

content:
 
<p>

  *Progressive Economists Warn of <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/02/progressive-economists-warn-catastrophic-outcomes-workers-fed-hikes-interest-rates">'Catastrophic Outcomes' for Workers</a> as Fed
Hikes Interest Rates.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Social_media_forming_our_views)
title: Social media forming our views
uri: Social-media-forming-our-views
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Social_media_forming_our_views)
content:
 
<p>

*   The big social media platforms don’t reflect back our views so much as
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/05/what-speaks-to-us-twitter-tiktok-code-algorithm">form them</a>.*
<p>
I am leading to the view that we should regulate recommendation
algorithms by law.  Perhaps that regulation should include offering
each user a choice between different recommendation algorithms, each
one regulated by law.
<p>
We could even requiring that platforms allow users to program their
own recommendation algorithms, in a limited language to avoid risk
of breaking the server.

 


title: Referring to machine learning as 'AI'
uri: Referring-to-machine-learning-as-AI
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Referring_to_machine_learning_as_'AI')

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Referring_to_machine_learning_as_'AI')

content:
 
<p>

  Proposing we <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/05/machine-learning-systems-are-problematic-thats-why-tech-bosses-call-them-ai">stop referring to machine learning as "AI"</a>,
  and saving that term for programs that really understand what they say and do.

 


title: Climate activists block private jets
uri: Climate-activists-block-private-jets
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Climate_activists_block_private_jets)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Climate_activists_block_private_jets)

content:
 
<p>

  *Climate activists storm Amsterdam airport and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/05/climate-activists-storm-amsterdam-airport-and-block-private-jets">block private jets</a>.*
<p>
This tactic makes a lot of sense, and is far better than gluing oneself
to the glass protective cover over a painting.
<p>
First, because neither those jets, nor the private jet terminals, are
precious.  Expensive, yes, but that's not the same thing as precious.
<p>
Second, because the jets emit lots of CO2.
<p>
Third, because the people who fly in them and will be inconvenienced
by the protest are rich, and are probably significantly to blame for
the world's inadequate efforts for climate defense.
<p>
I used to fly more than most people Americans, back before Covid-19.
Nonetheless, my overall <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> footprint is modest, because of
my conscious decision to avoid the action that, for most people, adds
the most: <a href="/articles/children.html ">having children</a>.  One child produces many times as much
greenhouse gas as all the flights I will take in my life.

 


title: Increasing discussion between the US and Russia
uri: Increasing-discussion-between-the-US-and-Russia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Increasing_discussion_between_the_US_and_Russia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Increasing_discussion_between_the_US_and_Russia)

content:
 
<p>

  Here is a proposal for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/05/ukraine-democracy-russia-zelenskiy-us-washington">increased diplomatic discussion</a> between the US
and Russia which is worth considering.
Agreement on the proposed areas could encourage Putin's withdrawal
from Ukraine, and would in any case make the world a better place.
  The proposal carefully <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-mar-jun.html#7_June_2022_(Emmanuel_Macron:_Russia_must_not_be_humiliated_in_Ukraine)">avoids undermining Ukraine's fight</a> to repel the
invasion.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Putin_forces_kidnapping_people)
title: Putin forces kidnapping people
uri: Putin-forces-kidnapping-people
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Putin_forces_kidnapping_people)
content:
 
<p>

  The Putin forces are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/05/ukraine-russian-troops-loot-kherson-as-lines-redrawn-ahead-of-final-battle-for-city">kidnapping adults and children</a> in Kherson and
taking them to places further away from Ukraine's army, or to unknown
locations.
<p>
  The Putin forces are also <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-mar-jun.html#13_May_2022_(Mariupol_survivors_describe_horrors)">torturing and murdering</a> some people.
Perhaps they selectively do this to those who formerly were in the
Ukrainian army or police.  This has been seen in the east.

 


title: Providing one-third of the world's french fries
uri: Providing-one-third-of-the-world-s-french-fries
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Providing_one-third_of_the_world's_french_fries)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Providing_one-third_of_the_world's_french_fries)

content:
 
<p>

  One potato corporation claims to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/05/potatoes-future-climate-emergency-canada">provide 1/3 of the world's french fries</a>.
We should not allow a company to thus dominate a market &mdash; we need laws to
prevent it.
<p>
I also wonder whether that 1/3 includes any of the really good fries,
which are made in Belgium.

 


title: Protections for reporters could be twisted or replaced
uri: Protections-for-reporters-could-be-twisted-or-replaced
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Protections_for_reporters_could_be_twisted_or_replaced)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Protections_for_reporters_could_be_twisted_or_replaced)

content:
 
<p>

Attorney General Garland's policies to protect reporters from prosecution
for their journalism are a big improvement, but an authoritarian president
could <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/05/justice-department-reporters-classified/">twist them or simply replace them</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Pledges_to_protect_rainforests)
title: Pledges to protect rainforests
uri: Pledges-to-protect-rainforests
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Pledges_to_protect_rainforests)
content:
 
<p>

Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
pledge to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/05/brazil-indonesia-drc-cop27-conservation-opec-rainforests-aoe">work together to protect their rain forests</a>.
The whole world depends on those forests they are all threatened.
<p>
The concept of "the OPEC of rainforests" seems like a misguided
analogy to me, because oil and rainforests are not very similar in how
they relate to the world.  Rainforests provide an important service by
living.  By contrast, oil underground does nothing to the world;
extracting it makes it harmful.
<p>
If we could make more rainforest, that would be good.
If we could make more underground petroleum deposits, that
would be disaster.

 


title: Prohibiting abortion does harm to Americans' prosperity
uri: Prohibiting-abortion-does-harm-to-Americans-prosperity
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Prohibiting_abortion_does_harm_to_Americans'_prosperity)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Prohibiting_abortion_does_harm_to_Americans'_prosperity)

content:
 
<p>

It can be effective for campaigns to show that prohibiting abortion does
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/concerned-about-economy-then-vote-candidates-who-support-abortion-rights">harm to Americans' prosperity</a> as well as to human rights.
<p>
I personally can't understand the thinking of people who might base their
decisions about abortion rights on this.  But if it convinces people,
that's good.
<p>
Legalizing abortion may also save your children's lives.  Population growth
exacerbates <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a>, so more population growth is likely to make global disaster worse and thus reduce the number of humans that survive it, as well
as reducing the level of technology they can hold on to.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Russia_using_food_as_a_weapon)
title: Russia using food as a weapon
uri: Russia-using-food-as-a-weapon
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Russia_using_food_as_a_weapon)
content:
 
<p>

  *The Global Food System Enables Russia to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/global-food-system-enables-russia-use-food-weapon">Use Food as a Weapon</a>.*

 


title: Foreign-owned farms using water to feed cattle overseas
uri: Foreign-owned-farms-using-water-to-feed-cattle-overseas
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Foreign-owned_farms_using_water_to_feed_cattle_overseas)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Foreign-owned_farms_using_water_to_feed_cattle_overseas)

content:
 
<p>

*Wells are running dry in drought-weary Southwest as foreign-owned farms
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/us/arizona-water-foreign-owned-farms-climate/index.html">guzzle water</a> to feed cattle overseas.*
<p>
It's illegal to sell the water itself, so farmers grow crops that need
lots of water, such as alfalfa, and sell the crops.  The result is to
drain the aquifers.
<p>
When money talks, <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> politicians say, "Yes sir."  If the
people of Arizona want to stop this practice, they should elect
progressive Democrats.

 


title: Liability for damage already done by burning fossil fuel
uri: Liability-for-damage-already-done-by-burning-fossil-fuel
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Liability_for_damage_already_done_by_burning_fossil_fuel)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Liability_for_damage_already_done_by_burning_fossil_fuel)

content:
 
<p>

  Cop27 will discuss whether part of the world <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/05/climate-loss-and-damage-why-its-such-a-big-deal-at-cop27">should be liable</a> for
damage already done by burning fossil fuel.
<p>
I suggest that we make fossil fuel companies liable.  With that big
debt, they won't be worth much in money.  So let's nationalize them
and <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/05/save-planet-earth-us-should-buy-out-fossil-fuel-industry">buy them out</a>, paying what their shares are worth at that time.
<p>
The US has done this many times, in times of crisis, as described in
the article linked above.  We should not listen when <a href="/glossary.html#planet">planet roasters</a>
claim this is unthinkable now.
<p>
Whatever is left of those companies after fossil fuels have been
mostly replaced by renewable energy, it could be safe to sell off
to private owners.

 


title: Proposed end to Wall Street rent-gouging
uri: Proposed-end-to-Wall-Street-rent-gouging
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Proposed_end_to_Wall_Street_rent-gouging)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Proposed_end_to_Wall_Street_rent-gouging)

content:
 
<p>

  *House Democrats Propose <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/05/americans-arent-serfs-house-democrats-propose-end-wall-street-rent-gouging">End to Wall Street Rent-Gouging</a>.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(UK_nurses_vote_to_strike)
title: UK nurses vote to strike
uri: UK-nurses-vote-to-strike
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(UK_nurses_vote_to_strike)
content:
 
<p>

  *Nurses across UK <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/05/nurses-across-uk-vote-to-strike-in-first-ever-national-action">vote to strike</a> in first ever national action.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Abortion_clinic_on_wheels)
title: Abortion clinic on wheels
uri: Abortion-clinic-on-wheels
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Abortion_clinic_on_wheels)
content:
 
<p>

  *An <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/us/planned-parenthood-illinois-mobile-abortion-clinic/index.html">abortion clinic on wheels</a>: Planned Parenthood in Illinois to reduce travel
times for patients in red states by bringing abortion care [closer] to them.*
<p>
One crucial need, not yet addressed in general, is to spare abortion
patients the requirement to stay overnight near the clinic.  That can
be very expensive: in addition to the cost of a room, there is the
cost of missing an additional day of work.

 


title: We must demand Trump be prosecuted
uri: We-must-demand-Trump-be-prosecuted
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(We_must_demand_Trump_be_prosecuted)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(We_must_demand_Trump_be_prosecuted)

content:
 
<p>

  Robert Reich: *Rather Than Ignore Him, We Must <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/24/rather-ignore-him-we-must-demand-trump-be-prosecuted">Demand Trump Be Prosecuted</a>.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Disappearance_of_summer_sea_ice)
title: Disappearance of summer sea ice
uri: Disappearance-of-summer-sea-ice
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Disappearance_of_summer_sea_ice)
content:
 
<p>

  Summer sea ice will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/melting-arctic-sea-ice-summer-report">inevitably disappear</a> in a few decades.  That will
make polar oceans absorb a lot more sunlight, and that in turn will
speed the melting of ice on land.  Even if we curb <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> in general,
this will raise sea level several meters and inundate many of the world's
major cities.  
<p>
*"There’s nothing we can do about that now, we’ve just screwed up and
   let the system warm too much already,"*

 


title: Iran criticized for giving Putin drones
uri: Iran-criticized-for-giving-Putin-drones
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Iran_criticized_for_giving_Putin_drones)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Iran_criticized_for_giving_Putin_drones)

content:
 
<p>

  An important religious figure in Iran has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/row-brews-in-iran-over-use-of-its-drones-in-ukraine-war-by-russia">criticized the government</a>
for giving Putin drones which he is using against civilians and
civilian infrastructure, saying that this contradicts the moral rules
of Islam.
<p>
Given the level of repression in Iran, I always feel surprise when I
am reminded that some questions can be openly debated there, and some
government policies criticized.

 


title: Cop27 wifi blocking human rights websites
uri: Cop27-wifi-blocking-human-rights-websites
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Cop27_wifi_blocking_human_rights_websites)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Cop27_wifi_blocking_human_rights_websites)

content:
 
<p>

  *Cop27 wifi in Egypt <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/cop27-wifi-egypt-blocks-human-rights-key-news-websites">blocks human rights and key news websites</a>.* 
  It blocks VPNs as well.  The article does not say whether it blocks Tor.
<p>
It appears this is nothing special; such censorship is standard in
Egypt.  Participants in the conference will at least have the chance
to learn how repressive Egypt is.

 


title: Climate scientists shocked by rate of extreme weather
uri: Climate-scientists-shocked-by-rate-of-extreme-weather
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Climate_scientists_shocked_by_rate_of_extreme_weather)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Climate_scientists_shocked_by_rate_of_extreme_weather)

content:
 
<p>

Even climate scientists who already knew extreme weather was going
to become a problem have been nonetheless <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/why-scientists-are-using-the-word-scary-over-the-climate-crisis">shocked</a> by how fast and
furiously that problem is now growing.

 


title: Similarities between Elon Musk and the bullshitter
uri: Similarities-between-Elon-Musk-and-the-bullshitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Similarities_between_Elon_Musk_and_the_bullshitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#8_November_2022_(Similarities_between_Elon_Musk_and_the_bullshitter)

content:
 
<p>

  Identifying <a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/america-in-the-age-of-the-megalomaniacs">similarities</a> between Elon Musk and the bullshitter.

 


title: Plastic pollution from fishing gear
uri: Plastic-pollution-from-fishing-gear
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Plastic_pollution_from_fishing_gear)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Plastic_pollution_from_fishing_gear)

content:
 
<p>

  A large part of plastic pollution in oceans <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/invisible-killer-ghost-fishing-gear-deadliest-marine-plastic">comes from fishing gear</a> that
gets lost at sea (usually by accident).
  Various pilot projects are trying ways to reduce the loss, or recover
the lost nets.

 


title: People being arrested for 'planning' disruptive non-violent protests
uri: People-being-arrested-for-planning-disruptive-non-violent-protests
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(People_being_arrested_for_'planning'_disruptive_non-violent_protests)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(People_being_arrested_for_'planning'_disruptive_non-violent_protests)

content:
 
<p>

The London thug department is arresting people for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/cop27-met-says-arrests-made-as-just-stop-oil-intend-to-disrupt-motorways">"planning"
    disruptive but nonviolent protests</a> against fossil fuel developments
that are likely to kill them in a few decades.
<p>
If only it were possible to arrest the people planning to disrupt
civilization by building more oil wells, we might have a safer future.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Carbon_emissions_of_billionaires)
title: Carbon emissions of billionaires
uri: Carbon-emissions-of-billionaires
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Carbon_emissions_of_billionaires)
content:
 
<p>

  A study of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/super-richs-carbon-investment-emissions-equivalent-to-whole-of-france">carbon emissions of 125 billionaires</a>, including
companies they own, found that on the average each emits as much
as 500,000 people in France.
<p>
I suppose that same figure would equal the emissions of around 1
million average Americans.

 


title: Protests in Iran have intensified
uri: Protests-in-Iran-have-intensified
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Protests_in_Iran_have_intensified_)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Protests_in_Iran_have_intensified_)

content:
 
<p>
  Protests in Iran have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/06/iran-fresh-protests-universities-kurdish-region">intensified</a>.  In Baluchistan, sectarian and
ethnic opposition is also at work.

 


title: Whistleblower David McBride to be prosecuted
uri: Whistleblower-David-McBride-to-be-prosecuted
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Whistleblower_David_McBride_to_be_prosecuted)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Whistleblower_David_McBride_to_be_prosecuted)

content:
 
<p>

  Australia is going to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/27/david-mcbride-afghanistan-alleged-war-crime-whistleblower">prosecute whistleblower David McBride</a> for
telling journalists about alleged war crimes committed by Australian
soldiers.
<p>
Naturally, Australia has laws on which this decision is based.

 


title: Philosophical problem from use of programs that compose writing
uri: Philosophical-problem-from-use-of-programs-that-compose-writing
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Philosophical_problem_from_use_of_programs_that_compose_writing)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#9_November_2022_(Philosophical_problem_from_use_of_programs_that_compose_writing)

content:
 
<p>

The use of programs that compose articles based on machine learning
<a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/10/26/machines-can-craft-essays-how-should-writing-be-taught-now?mc_cid=9cdfd4ac1f&mc_eid=7dafa9496e">poses philosophical problems</a> for education in writing.
<p>
Here's an idea: if these systems tend to be led by their training
towards expressing the usual points of view, assign to a student the
task of arguing for an unusual point of view, whether <a href="/glossary.html#perse">perse</a> really
believes it or not.
<p>
The idea that there is no point in learning to write well if a program
can do that for you is misguided.  A calculator, or various programs
such as dc or Emacs, can do arithmetic for you, but you need to learn
how to add and multiply or you you won't understand those operations
fully.  Once you know how, you can use a program to actually do it.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Ontario_workers'_right_to_strike)
title: *Ontario to repeal new law threatening workers' right to strike following pushback.*
uri: Ontario-to-repeal-new-law-threatening-workers-right-to-strike-follow
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Ontario_workers'_right_to_strike)
content:
 
<p>

  *Ontario to repeal new law threatening <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/ontario-repeal-law-right-to-strike"> workers' right to strike</a> following pushback.*</a>
<p>

  This is a victory for the brave school workers.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Urgent:_Eliminate_the_filibuster)
title: Urgent: Eliminate the filibuster
uri: 2022-11-15-Urgent-Eliminate-the-filibuster
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Urgent:_Eliminate_the_filibuster)
content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on the Senate to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/abolish_filibuster_voting_rights/?t=1001&akid=29952%2E96703%2EU78wFE">eliminate the filibuster</a>,
then pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to
Vote Act before the end of the year,

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: Urgent: Confirmation of Biden's judicial nominees
uri: Urgent-Confirmation-of-Biden-s-judicial-nominees
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Urgent:_Confirmation_of_Biden's_judicial_nominees)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Urgent:_Confirmation_of_Biden's_judicial_nominees)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on the Senate to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/confirm_biden_judges/?t=1002&akid=29971%2E96703%2ECtvbEE">confirm Biden's judicial nominees</a>.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: Urgent: Protection of the tricolored bat
uri: Urgent-Protection-of-the-tricolored-bat
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Urgent:_Protection_of_the_tricolored_bat)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Urgent:_Protection_of_the_tricolored_bat)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: for <a href="https://environmentamerica.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=52530">protecting the tricolored bat</a> as an endangered
species.

 


title: Putin forces to pull out of Kherson
uri: Putin-forces-to-pull-out-of-Kherson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Putin_forces_to_pull_out_of_Kherson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Putin_forces_to_pull_out_of_Kherson)

content:
 
<p>

Putin's officials announced that the Putin forces will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/kherson-retreat-russia-ukraine-putin-strategy">pull out of the
    city of Kherson</a>.
<p>
Assuming this is serious, Ukraine should not let those soldiers leave
without a fight.  If they do, Ukraine will have to fight them on
another front next year.  Ukraine now has the opportunity to try to
cut them off so that the survivors are compelled to surrender.  The
loss of Kherson will embarrass Putin, but the loss of thousands more
troops will weaken the <a href="/glossary.html#putinforces">Putin forces</a>.

 


title: Poor countries in danger of defaulting on debts
uri: Poor-countries-in-danger-of-defaulting-on-debts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Poor_countries_in_danger_of_defaulting_on_debts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Poor_countries_in_danger_of_defaulting_on_debts)

content:
 
<p>

  More than 50 poor countries are in danger of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/54-poor-countries-in-danger-of-bankruptcy-amid-economic-climate-cop27">defaulting on their debts</a>.
  The article says, "bankruptcy," but there is no system of bankruptcy
for countries.  They face being hounded for the payments they cannot
make, having their public assets taken, and having their education and
medical systems shut down.
<p>
Climate defense will also be undermined, which could kill us all.

 


title: For those who sneer at activists blocking roads
uri: For-those-who-sneer-at-activists-blocking-roads
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(For_those_who_sneer_at_activists_blocking_roads)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(For_those_who_sneer_at_activists_blocking_roads)

content:
 
<p>

*To those who sneer at [and repress] activists blocking roads: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/climate-activists-save-the-planet-tories-imprison-protesters">what
    are you doing to save the planet?</a>*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Rats_moving_to_the_beat_of_music)
title: Rats moving to the beat of music
uri: Rats-moving-to-the-beat-of-music
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Rats_moving_to_the_beat_of_music)
content:
 
<p>

  Rats can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/11/rat-instictively-move-time-music-ability-previously-thought-uniquely-human-study">move in time to the beat of music</a>.

 


title: The corrupter and DeMentis as rivals
uri: The-corrupter-and-DeMentis-as-rivals
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(The_corrupter_and_DeMentis_as_rivals)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(The_corrupter_and_DeMentis_as_rivals)

content:
 
<p>

  The corrupter and DeMentis are the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/11/trump-ron-desantis-glenn-youngkin-republicans-2024">now rivals</a> to lead the
Repub-lie-can party.

 


title: Fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty
uri: 2022-11-15-Fossil-fuel-non-proliferation-treaty
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Fossil_fuel_non-proliferation_treaty)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Fossil_fuel_non-proliferation_treaty)

content:
 
<p>

  Explaining the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/11/what-is-the-fossil-fuel-non-proliferation-treaty">fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(UK_property_market_being_abused)
title: UK property market being abused
uri: UK-property-market-being-abused
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(UK_property_market_being_abused)
content:
 
<p>

  *The UK property market is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/06/pandora-papers-property-for-sale-britain-launder-money">being abused</a> to the tune of billions of
   pounds by those wishing to hide wealth or launder money.*

 


title: Support for abortion rights saved Democrats from defeat
uri: Support-for-abortion-rights-saved-Democrats-from-defeat
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Support_for_abortion_rights_saved_Democrats_from_defeat)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Support_for_abortion_rights_saved_Democrats_from_defeat)

content:
 
<p>

Ultimately, the support for abortion rights brought Democrats many votes
and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/11/abortion-important-election-issue-wrong">saved them a big defeat</a>.
Disgust for election lies seems to have helped too.
<p>
But I think Sanders was right nonetheless: Democrats should have
campaigned for the progressive economic and environmental policies
that most Americans support, <em>as well as</em> abortion rights.  With the
two, they could have won a substantial victory.
<p>
I expect that the progressive Democratic candidates did exactly that,
but the <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> Democratic candidates didn't dare.

 


title: Biden's attempt to cancel student debt
uri: Biden-s-attempt-to-cancel-student-debt
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Biden's_attempt_to_cancel_student_debt)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Biden's_attempt_to_cancel_student_debt)

content:
 
<p>

  Arguing that Biden <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/11/young-voters-blocked-the-red-wave-biden-must-deliver-on-student-debt-cancellation">should choose different legal authority</a> to use to
cancel student debt.
<p>
Maybe so, but I can also see an argument that Warnock is more likely
to win if his winning will enable Congress to legislate to cancel the
debt.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Junk_food_ads_target_children)
title: Junk food ads target children
uri: Junk-food-ads-target-children
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Junk_food_ads_target_children)
content:
 
<p>

Junk food ads in the US try to make children <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/11/junk-food-marketing-children-of-color">pressure their parents
    to buy junk food</a> for their children.  That is surely harming children
and promoting obesity.  Curiously, the advertisers appear to target
these ads primarily at black families.
<p>
Does that make the practice more wrong?  I don't think so.  I think
that luring children to eat junk food is equally wrong regardless of
details about those children.
<p>
Why do they advertisers target mainly black families?  I doubt that
racist thinking plays a direct part, and the article doesn't say it
does.  As far as I know, advertising agencies are motivated by
unscrupulous greed and will target whoever appears vulnerable.  The
article mentions various reasons why black families are likely to be
more vulnerable, on the average.
<p>
Those reasons seem to be aspects of systemic racism; they are probably
consequences of other forms of racism, such as housing discrimination.
<p>
Should we restrict these ads?  If we can find an effective way to do
so, I think we should.  Corporations are not human beings, and neither
is a large business even if it is owned by one human being.  But what
goal should the restrictions aim for?  To make advertising agencies
target white children just as much as they target black children?  I
think the goal should be to stop targeting children of whatever race.
<p>
The article linked to above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing
"black" but not "white".  (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both
words or neither one.)  I denounce bigotry, and normally I will not
link to articles that promote it.  But I make exceptions for some
articles that I consider particularly important.  I made an exception
for this article because it is an opportunity to explore a moral
point.

 


title: Gas producers rebrand [natural] gas as 'transitional fuel'
uri: Gas-producers-rebrand-natural-gas-as-transitional-fuel
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Gas_producers_rebrand_[natural]_gas_as_'transitional_fuel')

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Gas_producers_rebrand_[natural]_gas_as_'transitional_fuel')

content:
 
<p>

  *Gas producers using Cop27 to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/11/gas-producers-using-cop27-to-rebrand-gas-as-transitional-fuel-experts-warn">rebrand [natural] gas</a> as "transitional
 fuel", experts warn.*
<p>
Switching from coal to natural gas makes no sense.  We already know
that the system of using natural gas <a href="https://stallman.org/archives//2021-jul-oct.html#5_September_2021_(Gas_is_not_clean)">emits, in practice, as much
    greenhouse gas</a> as the system of using coal.

 


title: UK should match Norway's oil and gas tax
uri: UK-should-match-Norway-s-oil-and-gas-tax
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(UK_should_match_Norway's_oil_and_gas_tax)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(UK_should_match_Norway's_oil_and_gas_tax)

content:
 
<p>

  *UK <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/28/uk-should-match-norways-78-north-sea-oil-and-gas-tax-thinktank-says">should match Norway’s 78% North Sea oil and gas tax</a>, thinktank says.*

 


title: Increased gas production during Ukraine war will accelerate global heating
uri: Increased-gas-production-during-Ukraine-war-will-accelerate-global-hea
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Increased_gas_production_during_Ukraine_war_will_accelerate_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Increased_gas_production_during_Ukraine_war_will_accelerate_global_heating)

content:
 
<p>

* The [supposed] global dash for gas amid the Ukraine war will
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/major-push-for-gas-amid-ukraine-war-accelerating-climate-breakdown">accelerate climate breakdown</a> and could send temperatures soaring
   far beyond the 1.5C limit of safety.*
<p>
There is no "global dash" &mdash; that term is a misleading excuse.  What
is really happening is that <a href="/glossary.html#planet">planet roasters</a> want to do more drilling,
and they use the temporary gas shortage as an excuse.  More drilling
will do nothing in the short term to reduce the price spike, but the
excuse works as long as mainstream media and <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> politicians
pretend it makes some sort of sense.

 


title: Same old Tories, same old class war
uri: Same-old-Tories-same-old-class-war
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Same_old_Tories,_same_old_class_war)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Same_old_Tories,_same_old_class_war)

content:
 
<p>

*Discipline the poor, protect the rich &mdash; it’s the same old Tories, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/poor-rich-tories-brexit-austerity-cameron-osborne-sunak">same old
    class war</a>.*

 


title: Effort to reduce deforestation is just for show
uri: Effort-to-reduce-deforestation-is-just-for-show
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Effort_to_reduce_deforestation_is_just_for_show)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Effort_to_reduce_deforestation_is_just_for_show)

content:
 
<p>

The US and around 20 other countries established a Forest and Climate
Leaders' Partnership, supposedly to reduce deforestation.  Greenpeace
says it's <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/08/greenpeace-dismisses-cop27-deforestation-pact-carbon-trickery">ineffective, just for show</a>.
<p>
*[Entities that] continue to invest in fossil fuels,
deforestation, and other activities that exacerbate the climate
emergency <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/08/climate-defenders-urge-zero-tolerance-net-zero-greenwashing-un-publishes-new-report">cannot claim to be net-zero</a>.*
<p>
I take a stronger stand.  "Net zero" is an excuse for bogus <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-may-aug.html#1_July_2022_(Bogus_carbon_offset_scheme_recognized)">"offset"
    schemes</a>, a way to pretend that they will reduce emissions, while in
fact failing to do so.  We must stop using that concept and focus
on reducing actual emissions.
<p>
  Consider for instance Partanna's <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/07/business/partanna-rick-fox-housing-bahamas-cop27/index.html">CO2-absorbing building material</a>.
Building with it helps reduce CO2 in the air, but if these
reductions are converted into a "credit", that indirectly lets someone
else keep emitting more.

 


title: Death rates tied to political policies
uri: Death-rates-tied-to-political-policies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Death_rates_tied_to_political_policies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Death_rates_tied_to_political_policies)

content:
 
<p>

States that adopt liberal policies towards the non-rich have a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/26/republican-policies-are-killing-americans-study">lower
    death rate</a> for adults age 25 to 64.  States with right-wing policies
have a higher death rate.
<p>
Projecting from the data, *Changing all policy domains in all states
to a fully liberal orientation might have saved 171,030 lives in
2019," the researchers estimate, "while changing them to a fully
[right-wing] orientation might have cost 217,635 lives."*
<p>
  I replaced the word <a href="https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#conservative">"conservative"</a>
   because today's right-wingers are radical, not conservative.

 


title: US Supreme Court's obstruction of climate defense
uri: US-Supreme-Court-s-obstruction-of-climate-defense
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_Supreme_Court's_obstruction_of_climate_defense)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_Supreme_Court's_obstruction_of_climate_defense)

content:
 
<p>

The US Supreme Court has put itself in a state of war with the people,
by obstructing climate defense; but there is a court decision from
2016 which ruled that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/07/people-must-protect-planet-when-courts-refuse">future generations have a right to a stable
    climate</a>, which might help.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Georgia_election_rigging)
title: Georgia election rigging
uri: Georgia-election-rigging
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Georgia_election_rigging)
content:
 
<p>

Republican officials in Georgia have <a href="https://www.gregpalast.com/kemp-deputized-gop-vigilantes-to-challenge-149000-georgia-voters/">rigged up a way to block 149,000
    residents of Georgia from voting</a>.  Volunteers have stepped forward to
"challenge" them.  One person "challenged" 32,000 voters, based on no
knowledge except that their names appeared on a partisan list of
targets.
Most of the targets are black, or young, thus likely to vote
Democratic.
<p>
If your right to vote is challenged, you have to return physically to
Georgia in order to get it restored.  That can be effectively
impossible if you are staying somewhere far away.
<p>
This is obviously unjust, but Republicans don't about justice,
only winning by hook or by crook.

 


title: More fossil fuel cars than is sustainable
uri: More-fossil-fuel-cars-than-is-sustainable
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(More_fossil_fuel_cars_than_is_sustainable)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(More_fossil_fuel_cars_than_is_sustainable)

content:
 
<p>

* Toyota, Volkswagen and Hyundai/Kia on track to make <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/worlds-biggest-carmakers-to-build-400m-more-vehicles-than-15c-climate-target-will-allow">far more petrol
    and diesel cars than is sustainable</a>.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_citizen_Carly_Morris)
title: US citizen Carly Morris
uri: US-citizen-Carly-Morris
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_citizen_Carly_Morris)
content:
 
<p>

US citizen Carly Morris traveled with her daughter to <a href="/glossary.html#salafi">Salafi Arabia</a> in
2019 so her daughter could spend time with her ex-husband's family.
Then she found she was trapped there and unable to leave.  Her
ex-husband had taken their passports away.
<p>
She complained about this on Twitter, and the monstrous authorities
charged her with a political crime and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/american-woman-carly-morris-detained-saudi-arabia-released-family">jailed her</a> for talking about
what they had done to her.
<p>
Don't take the risk of going to <a href="/glossary.html#salafi">Salafi Arabia</a>.  Don't even trust a
flight connection in its airports.

 


title: UK not able to visit Alaa AAbd el-Fattah in prison
uri: UK-not-able-to-visit-Alaa-AAbd-el-Fattah-in-prison
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(UK_not_able_to_visit_Alaa_AAbd_el-Fattah_in_prison)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(UK_not_able_to_visit_Alaa_AAbd_el-Fattah_in_prison)

content:
 
<p>

The UK says that Egypt did not allow its consular officials to visit
Alaa Abd el-Fattah in prison, and they <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/britain-does-not-know-if-alaa-abd-el-fattah-still-alive-minister-admits">don't even know whether he is
    still alive</a>.
<p>
His hunger-and-thirst strike is a dying effort to rebuke Egypt's harsh
repression; spreading the word about this, as the British minister did,
multiplies the effect.  My posting about it here will multiply it
a little more.

 


title: Hungarian judges met with US ambassador
uri: Hungarian-judges-met-with-US-ambassador
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Hungarian_judges_met_with_US_ambassador)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Hungarian_judges_met_with_US_ambassador)

content:
 
<p>

Two Hungarian judges met with the US ambassador; Orbán organized a
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/hungarian-judges-face-media-smears-after-meeting-us-ambassador">media defamation campaign aimed at them</a>.  Other judges say this is a
campaign of intimidation designed to make sure no one else in Hungary
meets with anyone from the US government.

 


title: Rapid rain bursts over greater Sydney
uri: Rapid-rain-bursts-over-greater-Sydney
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#13_November_2022_(Rapid_rain_bursts_over_greater_Sydney)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#13_November_2022_(Rapid_rain_bursts_over_greater_Sydney)

content:
 
<p>
   *Rapid <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/10/rain-bursts-over-sydney-have-intensified-40-over-last-two-decades-research-finds">
        rain bursts over the greater Sydney region have intensified</a>
        by at least 40% over the last two decades.*
   <p> Such rapid increase is a sign of the age of climate calamity.

 


title: Urgent: Human rights abuses through oil company Petroperú
uri: Urgent-Human-rights-abuses-through-oil-company-Petroperú
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Urgent:_Human_rights_abuses_through_oil_company_Petroperú)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Urgent:_Human_rights_abuses_through_oil_company_Petroperú)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Vanguard to <a href="https://amazonwatch.org/take-action/tell-vanguard-to-stop-financing-human-rights-abuses-through-oil-company-petroperu">stop financing human rights abuses</a> through oil company Petroperú.

 


title: Special app for participants of Cop27 climate conference
uri: Special-app-for-participants-of-Cop27-climate-conference
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Special_app_for_participants_of_Cop27_climate_conference)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Special_app_for_participants_of_Cop27_climate_conference)

content:
 
<p>

Egypt told the participants in the Cop27 climate conference to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/06/egypt-accused-using-cartoon-super-villain-app-spy-cop27-attendees">use a
    special app</a>, which shows signs that it is snooping on them.
<p>
  Given the <a href="https://stallman.org/stay-away-countries.html#egypt">repression of the Egyptian government</a>,
  that is something to be fesred.
<p>
I wonder if it is possible to participate in Cop27 without extra restrictions
if you don't run that app.
<p>
Apps are generally nonfree software &mdash; on iMonsters, all apps are
nonfree software &mdash; and any nonfree program is <a href="https://gnu.org/malware/">likely to be malware</a>.
The operating systems of those devices are also malware,
<!--
[pick the right page in https://gnu.org/malware/]
 -->
  which is one of the reasons I don't have one.

 


title: Hockey league kicks out athlete for bullying at age 14
uri: Hockey-league-kicks-out-athlete-for-bullying-at-age-14
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Hockey_league_kicks_out_athlete_for_bullying_at_age_14)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Hockey_league_kicks_out_athlete_for_bullying_at_age_14)

content:
 
<p>

  The US National Hockey League <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/06/sport/boston-bruins-part-ways-mitchell-miller-reaj/index.html">kicked out a newly hired athlete</a> for
bullying a student in school at the age of 14.
<p>
Bullying is nasty, but what people do at age 14 should not follow them
for their adult lives.
<p>
Young people often commit minor crimes.  The point of the juvenile
courts is to give give them a chance for a fresh start as adults.  But
the system won't achieve that goal if employers persecute them for
those juvenile crimes.

 


title: Queensland thugs get expanded powers
uri: Queensland-thugs-get-expanded-powers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Queensland_thugs_get_expanded_powers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Queensland_thugs_get_expanded_powers)

content:
 
<p>

*Queensland [thugs] to get expanded powers to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/09/queensland-police-jacks-law-random-stop-scan-search-powers">randomly scan people
    for knives</a> [with a metal detector].*
<p>
This is not as bad as the usual "stop and search", but I find it
worrysome that the <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> find "other minor crimes" when they do this.
What crimes, and how do they find those crimes?  The finding of those
other crimes could involve a more intrusive search than just waving a
wand.  That could be an opportunity for racial profiling to do some
harm.
<p>
I am shocked by the reference to carrying knitting needles as a
"crime". Lots of women used to carry knitting needles with them, and
knit whenever they had a chance to sit for a while.  Is knitting
outside your house now illegal? Does it require a permit?

 


title: Bus passenger wanted to stop bus to pray
uri: Bus-passenger-wanted-to-stop-bus-to-pray
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Bus_passenger_wanted_to_stop_bus_to_pray)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Bus_passenger_wanted_to_stop_bus_to_pray)

content:
 
<p>

A pssenger on a long-distance bus in Turkey asked the driver to stop
the bus to give per a chance to say prayers.  (This can't be done
sitting on a seat.)  The bus driver refused, saying it would be unfair
to delay the other passengers.  This has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/turkeys-secularism-debate-ignites-after-bus-driver-refuses-to-stop-for-passenger-to-pray">created a nationwide
    controversy</a>.
<p>
As you might expect, I agree with the bus driver.  A passenger's wish to pray
is not an emergency, so the bus should keep its schedule.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Iran_changing_constitution)
title: Iran changing constitution
uri: Iran-changing-constitution
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Iran_changing_constitution)
content:
 
<p>

  Iranian students are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/iranian-leaders-resist-growing-demands-for-referendum-on-constitution">demanding a referendum</a> on changing the country's
constitution.
<p>
Hosseini is right that <a href="/glossary.html#salafi">Salafi Arabia</a> is more repressive and arbitrary
than Iran, but "not as bad as <a href="/glossary.html#salafi">Salafi Arabia</a>" is not the standard of
good government.

 


title: Thugs arrest photographers at Just Stop Oil protest
uri: Thugs-arrest-photographers-at-Just-Stop-Oil-protest
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Thugs_arrest_photographers_at_Just_Stop_Oil_protest)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Thugs_arrest_photographers_at_Just_Stop_Oil_protest)

content:
 
<p>

  British thugs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/08/photographer-and-film-maker-arrested-at-just-stop-oil-protest">arrested two press photographers</a> taking pictures at a
Just Stop Oil protest.  According to the photographers, the <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> had
made up their mind in advance, in the absence of grounds, and then
interrogated them for 13 hours about their journalism.

 


title: World Cup stadium workers in Qatar
uri: World-Cup-stadium-workers-in-Qatar
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(World_Cup_stadium_workers_in_Qatar)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(World_Cup_stadium_workers_in_Qatar)

content:
 
<p>

*World Cup stadium workers in Qatar <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/10/world-cup-stadium-workers-had-their-money-stolen-and-lives-ruined-says-rights-group">"had their money stolen and lives ruined"</a>, says rights group.*

 


title: Democrats focusing on Trump lose out on building New Deal-style majority
uri: Democrats-focusing-on-Trump-lose-out-on-building-New-Deal-style-majori
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Democrats_focusing_on_Trump_lose_out_on_building_New_Deal-style_majority)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Democrats_focusing_on_Trump_lose_out_on_building_New_Deal-style_majority)

content:
 
<p>

*As long as the Democrats wage war on Trump, they avoid the more
important work of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/democrats-move-past-donald-trump-new-deal">building a New Deal-style majority</a>.*
<p>
Of course, not all Democrats want to do that.  Many of them are in hock
to plutocrats.

 


title: Drones supplied to Putin after start of invasion
uri: Drones-supplied-to-Putin-after-start-of-invasion
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Drones_supplied_to_Putin_after_start_of_invasion)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Drones_supplied_to_Putin_after_start_of_invasion)

content:
 
<p>

Analysis of captured Iranian drones shows that they were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/iranian-made-drones-supplied-to-russia-after-february-invasion-says-ukraine">supplied
    after Putin started his invasion</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Still_on_the_brink_of_Trumpism)
title: Still on the brink of Trumpism
uri: Still-on-the-brink-of-Trumpism
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Still_on_the_brink_of_Trumpism)
content:
 
<p>

Robbert Reich: *America is still on the brink of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/america-trumpism-hate-paranoia-violence-bullying">Trumpism fueling
    hate, paranoia and violence</a>.*

 


title: Staff harassing activists at Cop27 meeting
uri: Staff-harassing-activists-at-Cop27-meeting
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Staff_harassing_activists_at_Cop27_meeting)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Staff_harassing_activists_at_Cop27_meeting)

content:
 
<p>

Activists in the Cop27 meeting in Egypt report that the event is full
of "staff" that blatantly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/civil-society-groups-report-surveillance-and-intimidation-at-cop27-egypt">converge on them</a> to listen to their
conversations, harass them, or interfere with them.
<p>
The word "activism" seems to be their wake-up word.  The intimidation
of activists is so strong that the meeting is almost useless, except
for showing the world how repressive Egypt is.
<p>
The World Summit on the Information Society, part II, took place in
Tunis, and was heavily repressed.  The dictator's men tried to keep us
from meeting any Tunisians who were not approved conference attendees.
<p>
  Meanwhile, this year's meeting has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/big-rise-in-number-of-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-at-cop27-climate-summit">626 lobbyists for fossil fuel companies</a>,
  up 25% from last year.

 


title: Dash for gas could wipe out Congo basin tropical forests
uri: Dash-for-gas-could-wipe-out-Congo-basin-tropical-forests
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Dash_for_gas_could_wipe_out_Congo_basin_tropical_forests)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Dash_for_gas_could_wipe_out_Congo_basin_tropical_forests)

content:
 
<p>

*How dash for African gas could <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/10/dash-african-gas-wipe-out-congo-basin-rainforests">wipe out Congo basin tropical
    forests</a>.*

 


title: Oil and gas firms planning growth
uri: Oil-and-gas-firms-planning-growth
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Oil_and_gas_firms_planning_growth)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Oil_and_gas_firms_planning_growth)

content:
 
<p>

  *Oil and gas firms <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/oil-and-gas-firms-planning-cop27-climate-crisis-frightening-fossil-fuels-growth-report-finds">planning "frightening" fossil fuels growth</a>, report
 finds.*

 


title: ALEC wants laws prohibiting some company boycotts
uri: ALEC-wants-laws-prohibiting-some-company-boycotts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(ALEC_wants_laws_prohibiting_some_company_boycotts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(ALEC_wants_laws_prohibiting_some_company_boycotts)

content:
 
<p>

ALEC is asking states to pass laws <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/11/alec-anti-political-boycott-state-legislation">prohibiting any company from boycotting
    businesses, industries, or activities</a>.
<p>
For example, it would be illegal to boycott fossil fuel businesses.

 


title: Camargue being destroyed by sea level rise
uri: Camargue-being-destroyed-by-sea-level-rise
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Camargue_being_destroyed_by_sea_level_rise)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Camargue_being_destroyed_by_sea_level_rise)

content:
 
<p>

  The Camargue, a peculiar wetland in Arles, is being <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/camargue-under-threat-rising-sea-levels-photo-essay">gradually destroyed</a>
by sea level rise.
<p>
It can't be saved for very long except by curbing <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Apple_limits_file-sharing)
title: Apple limits file-sharing
uri: Apple-limits-file-sharing
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Apple_limits_file-sharing)
content:
 
<p>

Apple <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/11/apple-limits-iphone-filesharing-feature-used-by-protesters-in-china">imposed a new limit on file-sharing</a> following a demand by the
Chinese government.

 


title: New Democrats elected to the House
uri: New-Democrats-elected-to-the-House
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(New_Democrats_elected_to_the_House)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(New_Democrats_elected_to_the_House)

content:
 
<p>

Most Democrats didn't stand for anything in particular except
keeping things normal for business, but <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/10/greater-horizons-after-latest-us-election">several new progressive
    Democrats were elected</a> to the House this year.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Corruption_of_Cop27)
title: Corruption of Cop27
uri: Corruption-of-Cop27
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Corruption_of_Cop27)
content:
 
<p>

  Cop27 has been <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/10/twisted-joke-636-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-swarm-cop27-climate-talks">thoroughly corrupted</a> by planet-roasters.

 


title: Iran seeks to kill imprisoned protesters
uri: Iran-seeks-to-kill-imprisoned-protesters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Iran_seeks_to_kill_imprisoned_protesters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Iran_seeks_to_kill_imprisoned_protesters)

content:
 
<p>

  Iran seeks to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/11/rapper-who-protested-over-death-of-mahsa-amini-faces-execution-in-iran">kill imprisoned protesters</a>.  At least one has been charged
with "waging war against god".
  Perhaps as many as two thousand.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Twitter_falling_apart)
title: Twitter falling apart
uri: Twitter-falling-apart
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#12_November_2022_(Twitter_falling_apart)
content:
 
<p>

  Twitter seems to be <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/10/exodus-twitter-elon-musk-possible-bankruptcy">falling apart</a> under volleys of Musk-et fire.
He warned that the company might go bankrupt.
<p>
He seems awfully blasé about the prospect of losing the company he
just bought for 44 billion dollars.  It makes me wonder: was destroying
Twitter his motive for buying it?

     


title: High official accused of arranging murder
uri: High-official-accused-of-arranging-murder
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(High_official_accused_of_arranging_murder)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(High_official_accused_of_arranging_murder)

content:
 
<p>

Philippine <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/philippines-police-prisons-chief-gerald-bantag-percival-mabasa-percy-lapid"> cops accuse a high official of arranging the murder of
journalist</a> Percival Mabasa.


 


title: Requested_postal_ballots_not_sent
uri: Requested_postal_ballots_not_sent
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Requested_postal_ballots_not_sent)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Requested_postal_ballots_not_sent)

content:
 
<p>

1000 Georgia voters requested postal ballots but 
<a href=" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/07/georgia-voting-absentee-ballot-aclu-lawsuit ">
   none were sent</a> to them.

 


title: Ontario workers' winning right to strike
uri: Ontario-workers-winning-right-to-strike
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Ontario_workers'_winning_right_to_strike)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Ontario_workers'_winning_right_to_strike)

content:
 
<p>

  *Ontario to repeal new law threatening <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/ontario-repeal-law-right-to-strike"> workers' right to strike</a> following pushback.*
<p>

  This is a victory for the brave school workers.

 


title: Trump prison rape threats against journalists
uri: Trump-prison-rape-threats-against-journalists
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Trump_prison_rape_threats_against_journalists)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Trump_prison_rape_threats_against_journalists)

content:
 
<p>

  *Trump <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-imagines-journalists-raped-prison-1234626493/">repeats prison rape threat</a> against journalists, has plans to 
"brutally imprison significant numbers of reporters," says Rolling Stone.*

 


title: Elon Musk could have done better with Twitter
uri: Elon-Musk-could-have-done-better-with-Twitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Elon_Musk_could_have_done_better_with_Twitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Elon_Musk_could_have_done_better_with_Twitter)

content:
 
<p>

  *Elon Musk Would Have Done Better With Twitter <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/12/elon-musk-twitter-media/">If He’d Read Noam Chomsky</a>.*
<p>
It is amusing to see Musk wildly change Twitter's rules and find that
each change backfires worse than the previous one.
<p>
I don't care about Twitter the way many people do, because the
requirements for having a Twitter account include things I won't do.
And even if I did them, I couldn't afford the time it would cost
me to actually use Twitter.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(The_1.5C_climate_target_is_dead)
title: The 1.5C climate target is dead
uri: The-1-5C-climate-target-is-dead
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(The_1.5C_climate_target_is_dead)
content:
 
<p>

  *The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/12/climate-target-cop27-breakdown-fossil-fuel">1.5C climate target is dead</a> &mdash; to prevent total catastrophe, Cop27 must
admit it.*
<p>
Every target will be crused by <a href="/glossary.html#planet">planet roasters</a> just as this one was,
until the world conclusively defeats them and renders them powerless.

 


title: Mandatory course on climate crisis
uri: Mandatory-course-on-climate-crisis
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Mandatory_course_on_climate_crisis)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Mandatory_course_on_climate_crisis)

content:
 
<p>

*   All students at the University of Barcelona will have to take a
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/12/barcelona-students-to-take-mandatory-climate-crisis-module-from-2024">mandatory course on the climate crisis</a>.*

 


title: Biden's plan to cut methane emissions
uri: Biden-s-plan-to-cut-methane-emissions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Biden's_plan_to_cut_methane_emissions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Biden's_plan_to_cut_methane_emissions)

content:
 
<p>

*'Welcome' But 'Must Be Improved': Groups React as Biden Unveils <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/11/welcome-must-be-improved-groups-react-biden-unveils-plan-cut-methane">Plan to Cut
    Methane [emissions]</a>.*

 


title: Putin forces destroy infrastructure in Kherson
uri: Putin-forces-destroy-infrastructure-in-Kherson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Putin_forces_destroy_infrastructure_in_Kherson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Putin_forces_destroy_infrastructure_in_Kherson)

content:
 
<p>

  The Putin forces <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-265-of-the-invasion">meticulously destroyed</a> all sorts of infrastructure
in the areas of Kherson as they retreated.
<p>
This destruction was not limited to electricity, phones, and the Nova
Kakhova dam.  They destroyed even a small town school building,
according to another article.

 


title: Fanatical Muslims ban release of Pakistani film
uri: Fanatical-Muslims-ban-release-of-Pakistani-film
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Fanatical_Muslims_ban_release_of_Pakistani_film)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Fanatical_Muslims_ban_release_of_Pakistani_film)

content:
 
<p>

  Fanatical Muslims in Pakistan <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/joyland-pakistan-bans-oscar-contender-film-about-trans-love-affair">banned the release of a Pakistani film</a>
that was submitted as Pakistan's entry for consideration for an award.

 


title: Corbyn my have to run as independent
uri: Corbyn-my-have-to-run-as-independent
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Corbyn_my_have_to_run_as_independent)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Corbyn_my_have_to_run_as_independent)

content:
 
<p>

There is no chance that Corbyn will be allowed to run again under the
Labour Party banner.  Starmer is blocking anyone who wants change that
goes beyond tweaks.  Corbyn says he will run for reelection; perhaps
he will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/14/jeremy-corbyn-will-never-stand-for-labour-again-say-senior-figures">have to run as an independent</a>.
<p>
Given Starmer's <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> policies and dirty tricks for imposing
them on the party, it is clear he will not allow Momentum or anyone
else who wants more leftist policies to have any influence.
If I were British, and if Corbyn had inspired me to join Labour,
I would quit and support something else.
<p>
Could Corbyn join the Green Party and perhaps run as a Green
candidate?

 


title: US inner city hospitals are closing
uri: US-inner-city-hospitals-are-closing
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(US_inner_city_hospitals_are_closing)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(US_inner_city_hospitals_are_closing)

content:
 
<p>

  Important <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/us/hospital-closures-race-deconstructed-newsletter-reaj/index.html">hospitals are closing in US inner cities</a>, leaving the people
who live there (mainly poor, mainly from disprivileged groups) in danger
of dying on the way to a more distant hospital.

 


title: Universities accepting money from fossil fuel industry
uri: Universities-accepting-money-from-fossil-fuel-industry
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Universities_accepting_money_from_fossil_fuel_industry)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Universities_accepting_money_from_fossil_fuel_industry)

content:
 
<p>

*When universities accept money from the fossil fuel industry, they
demonstrate a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/12/fossil-fuel-funded-research-dealbreaker-college-applicants">complete lack of regard for their students' futures</a>.*

 


title: Antibiotics used in Tasmanian salmon farms
uri: Antibiotics-used-in-Tasmanian-salmon-farms
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Antibiotics_used_in_Tasmanian_salmon_farms)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Antibiotics_used_in_Tasmanian_salmon_farms)

content:
 
<p>

  *Tasmanian salmon farms used more than a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/tasmanian-salmon-farms-used-more-than-a-tonne-of-antibiotics-in-2022-disease-outbreaks">tonne of antibiotics</a> in 2022 disease
outbreaks.*
<p>
This tends to make bacteria evolve resistance, which can kill people.
Bacteria can share genes even between species, so resistant bacteria
infecting salmon can transmit resistance to other bacteria that infect
humans.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Faux_News'_pseudo-issues)
title: Faux News' pseudo-issues
uri: Faux-News-pseudo-issues
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Faux_News'_pseudo-issues)
content:
 
<p>

  Faux News brings up <a href="https://www.readtpa.com/p/foxtober-2022">distraction pseudo-issues</a> to swing elections.
The mainstream media pick up the same pseudo-issues.

 


title: Effects of melting permafrost in the Arctic
uri: Effects-of-melting-permafrost-in-the-Arctic
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Effects_of_melting_permafrost_in_the_Arctic)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Effects_of_melting_permafrost_in_the_Arctic)

content:
 
<p>

  Melting permafrost in the Arctic <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/12/world/permafrost-climate-change-explainer-scn/index.html">leaks CO2 and methane</a>, and promotes
large wildfires.
  That can make the difference between survival of civilization and
destruction of civilization.
<p>
Secondarily, the melting causes buildings to sink into the melting
permafrost underneath them.
<p>
Countries can continue scientific cooperation even when they are at
war, if they decide to.  It is important for the US and Russia to
agree to do this.  The US can make an exception to its sanctions
for specific research projects.

 


title: Automated car control features can backfire
uri: Automated-car-control-features-can-backfire
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Automated_car_control_features_can_backfire)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Automated_car_control_features_can_backfire)

content:
 
<p>

Automated car control features supposedly will make the car safer,
but they can <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/24/23414578/adas-car-technology-safety-traffic-crash-research">just as easily backfire</a>.

 


title: Merger of Penguin Random House and Simon and Schuster blocked
uri: Merger-of-Penguin-Random-House-and-Simon-and-Schuster-blocked
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Merger_of_Penguin_Random_House_and_Simon_and_Schuster_blocked)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Merger_of_Penguin_Random_House_and_Simon_and_Schuster_blocked)

content:
 
<p>

  A court <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/01/1133032238/judge-blocks-penguin-random-house-simon-schuster-merger">blocked the proposed merger</a> of Penguin Random House and Simon
& Schuster.
<p>
We should not have allowed Penguin and Random House to merge.  And we
should not have allowed a giant conglomerate to buy either Simon &
Schuster.  The bigger a company is, the harder it is to keep it from
harming people, intimidating people, or cheating people.

 


title: Musk's leveraged buyout of Twitter
uri: Musk-s-leveraged-buyout-of-Twitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Musk's_leveraged_buyout_of_Twitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Musk's_leveraged_buyout_of_Twitter)

content:
 
<p>

Musk's takeover of Twitter is a leveraged buyout.  Musk could have
borrowed the money himself, but he chose to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20221031003626/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/30/technology/elon-musk-twitter-debt.html">foist the debt on Twitter</a>.
That will make it difficult for Twitter to survive, and he could
hardly be unaware of this.
<p>
This approach means $13 billion less that Musk will lose if Twitter
goes bankrupt.  These facts increase my suspicion that he aims to
destroy Twitter.
<p>
Nonetheless, this is only speculation.  I can't be sure it is true.

 


title: Democrats control government of Michigan
uri: Democrats-control-government-of-Michigan
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Democrats_control_government_of_Michigan)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Democrats_control_government_of_Michigan)

content:
 
<p>

  Democrats now <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/09/michigan-house-senate-democrats-election-results/69632658007/">control the government of Michigan</a>.
<p>
This is the result of an initiative petition for impartial
redistricting.  Republicans can no longer elect a majority of the
legislature with a minority of votes.

 


title: Spam warning in 'free speech' Twitter
uri: Spam-warning-in-free-speech-Twitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Spam_warning_in_'free_speech'_Twitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Spam_warning_in_'free_speech'_Twitter)

content:
 
<p>

  Musk's new "free speech" Twitter put a <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tech/twitter-blocks-mediaite-post-critical-of-elon-musk/">spam warning</a> on a message that
made a quip criticizing Musk for his handling of Twitter.
<p>
Should we call that site "Musk-ovy" now?

 


title: Profits soar for seven biggest oil firms
uri: Profits-soar-for-seven-biggest-oil-firms
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Profits_soar_for_seven_biggest_oil_firms)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Profits_soar_for_seven_biggest_oil_firms)

content:
 
<p>

*Profits at world's seven biggest oil firms <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/27/profits-at-worlds-seven-biggest-oil-firms-soar-to-almost-150bn-this-year-windfall-tax">soar to almost £150bn
    ($173bn) this year</a>.*

 


title: Taliban imposing full cruelty of Islamic law
uri: Taliban-imposing-full-cruelty-of-Islamic-law
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Taliban_imposing_full_cruelty_of_Islamic_law)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Taliban_imposing_full_cruelty_of_Islamic_law)

content:
 
<p>

  The Taliban will henceforth impose the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/afghanistan-supreme-leader-orders-full-implementation-of-sharia-law-taliban">full cruelty of Islamic law</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_EPA_criteria_for_pesticides)
title: US EPA criteria for pesticides
uri: US-EPA-criteria-for-pesticides
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_EPA_criteria_for_pesticides)
content:
 
<p>

Is the US EPA distorting its criteria to please the pesticide industry
by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/28/paraquat-weedkiller-epa-ban">avoiding banning</a> the herbicice paraquat?
<p>
The article offers reasons to suspect it may be doing that, but not
conclusive proof.
<p>
It is an exaggeration to say that paraquat is "banned across the
world"; According to Wikipedia, it is banned in the EU since 2007, and
the UK and Switzerland; the article says it is also banned in China.
<p>
How many years will be required to conclusively determine whether
there has been a decrease in Parkinson's disease among agricultural
workers in Europe, those who are working on crops on which paraquat
was used before 2007?

 


title: Australia will buy land where homes are flooding
uri: Australia-will-buy-land-where-homes-are-flooding
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Australia_will_buy_land_where_homes_are_flooding)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Australia_will_buy_land_where_homes_are_flooding)

content:
 
<p>

  Australia will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/28/lismore-residents-can-take-their-homes-with-them-under-800m-buyback-program">buy the land</a> of people in Lismore whose homes are now
vulnerable to repeated flooding, so they can move without being made
destitute.
<p>
This is the right way to deal with the spread of flooding, However, it
doesn't mean that sea-level rise is no longer a problem.  One way or
another, society will inevitably bear that cost, and must go to great
lengths to curb <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> to minimize this and other costs.

 


title: Voter-suppression make it difficult for disabled people to vote
uri: Voter-suppression-make-it-difficult-for-disabled-people-to-vote
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Voter-suppression_make_it_difficult_for_disabled_people_to_vote)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Voter-suppression_make_it_difficult_for_disabled_people_to_vote)

content:
 
<p>

Republican voter-suppression measures make it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/28/a-chilling-effect-disabled-voters-new-voting-restriction-rules">very difficult for
    some disabled people</a> to vote at all.

 


title: Political ideology dominating Serbia
uri: Political-ideology-dominating-Serbia
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Political_ideology_dominating_Serbia)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Political_ideology_dominating_Serbia)

content:
 
<p>

  Serbia is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/28/the-cult-of-putin-in-serbia-reflects-a-nation-that-has-still-not-dealt-with-its-past">politically dominated</a> by an ideology that calls for conquest
of neighboring lands that "are supposed to be" part of Serbia,
and lionizes the war criminals of the 1990s.
  They idolize Putin for trying to conquer Ukraine, because that
provides an example of what they want Serbia to do on a smaller scale.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Syria_trying_to_attract_tourists)
title: Syria trying to attract tourists
uri: Syria-trying-to-attract-tourists
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Syria_trying_to_attract_tourists)
content:
 
<p>

  Syria is investing in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/28/whoever-says-syrias-safe-is-a-liar-countrys-tourist-drive-at-odds-with-human-rights-record">convincing tourists to come there</a> and ignore
Assad's record of murder and torture.
<p>
  They must feel that since <a href="https://stallman.org/stay-away-countries.html#egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="https://stallman.org/stay-away-countries.html#saudi">Salafi Arabia</a> succeed at this,
Syria can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/28/perpetrator-of-syrias-tadamon-massacre-still-working-on-military-base">do it too</a>.

 


title: (satire) AI bug treats black people equally
uri: (satire)-AI-bug-treats-black-people-equally
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_((satire)_AI_bug_treats_black_people_equally)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_((satire)_AI_bug_treats_black_people_equally)

content:
 
<p>

(satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/ai-software-company-patches-bug-that-caused-app-to-trea-1849743959">*AI Software Company Patches Bug That Caused App To Treat
    Black People Equally.*</a>
<p>
  (serious): This being a piece of <a href="https://gnu.org/malware/">nonfree software</a>, I presume the correction
made it treat everyone equally badly.

 


title: Some states voted to bar forced labor as punishment
uri: Some-states-voted-to-bar-forced-labor-as-punishment
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Some_states_voted_to_bar_forced_labor_as_punishment)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Some_states_voted_to_bar_forced_labor_as_punishment)

content:
 
<p>

*Voters in Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon, and Vermont approved ballot
measures Tuesday that would <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/09/voters-four-states-approve-bans-forced-prison-labor">bar forced labor</a> as punishment for those
   convicted of crimes in those states.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Minimum_wage_in_Nebraska)
title: Minimum wage in Nebraska
uri: Minimum-wage-in-Nebraska
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Minimum_wage_in_Nebraska)
content:
 
<p>

  The citizens of Nebraska <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/09/congress-needs-get-message-nebraskans-vote-raise-minimum-wage-15-hour">voted to raise the minimum wage</a>, step by step up
to 15 dollars per hour.

 


title: Election liars put future elections at risk
uri: Election-liars-put-future-elections-at-risk
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Election_liars_put_future_elections_at_risk)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Election_liars_put_future_elections_at_risk)

content:
 
<p>

Future US elections will be in danger from <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/09/210-gop-candidates-who-spread-doubt-and-lies-about-2020-election-won-their-races">210 or more election
    liars</a> who were elected to federal and state offices.

 


title: (satire) Prohibiting texting while stabbing
uri: (satire)-Prohibiting-texting-while-stabbing
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_((satire)_Prohibiting_texting_while_stabbing)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_((satire)_Prohibiting_texting_while_stabbing)

content:
 
<p>

(satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/new-legislation-would-prohibit-texting-while-stabbing-1849744417">*New Legislation Would Prohibit Texting While
    Stabbing.*</a>

 


title: Disenfranchised by felony convictions
uri: Disenfranchised-by-felony-convictions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Disenfranchised_by_felony_convictions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Disenfranchised_by_felony_convictions)

content:
 
<p>

1/5 of all black adult citizens in Tennessee have been <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-black-voters-disenfranchised">disenfranchised
    due to past felony convictions</a>.

 


title: DeMentis supplanting the corrupter
uri: DeMentis-supplanting-the-corrupter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(DeMentis_supplanting_the_corrupter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(DeMentis_supplanting_the_corrupter)

content:
 
<p>

  DeMentis may be <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/09/did-fascist-mantle-just-pass-ron-desantis">supplanting the corrupter</a> as the paramount leader of
US fascists.

 


title: US threatens Australia over global treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons
uri: US-threatens-Australia-over-global-treaty-to-prohibit-nuclear-weapons
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_threatens_Australia_over_global_treaty_to_prohibit_nuclear_weapons)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(US_threatens_Australia_over_global_treaty_to_prohibit_nuclear_weapons)

content:
 
<p>

  The US has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/09/so-irresponsible-us-condemned-warning-australia-against-joining-anti-nuclear-treaty">threatened Australia</a> with punishment if it signs or even praises
the global treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons.

 


title: Drunk student shouted racist insult
uri: Drunk-student-shouted-racist-insult
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Drunk_student_shouted_racist_insult)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Drunk_student_shouted_racist_insult)

content:
 
<p>

A student at the University of Kentucky got drunk and shouted a taboo
racist insult at another student.  She has been <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/us/university-of-kentucky-student-banned-from-campus-reaj/index.html">expelled and charged with
    various crimes</a>.
<p>
Racist insults are nasty behavior, and it makes sense to respond
discipline students for them, as as to teach them not to be nasty to
other students.  But this punishment is too much for any insulting
words to deserve.

 


title: Planet roasters planning to exceed the carbon budget even further
uri: Planet-roasters-planning-to-exceed-the-carbon-budget-even-further
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Planet_roasters_planning_to_exceed_the_carbon_budget_even_further)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Planet_roasters_planning_to_exceed_the_carbon_budget_even_further)

content:
 
<p>

We have already used up the carbon budget with the fossil fuel reserves
now being pumped, but the planet roasters <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/10/oil-and-gas-industrys-expansion-plans-decried-attack-livable-planet">plan to develop a lot more reserves</a>
which we cannot afford to burn.
<p>
  *Automakers Poised to Sell <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/10/automakers-poised-sell-400-million-more-gas-powered-cars-planet-can-handle-report">400 Million More Gas-Powered Cars</a> Than Planet Can
Handle.*
<p>
*US Mega-Banks [are] Behind <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/09/us-mega-banks-behind-13-climate-destroying-oil-and-gas-expansion-report">1/3 of [the world's] Climate-Destroying
    Oil and Gas Expansion</a>.*
<p>
Thee banks are JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citi, Wells Fargo, Morgan
Stanley, and Goldman Sachs.

 


title: Tactic used to defeat some Republicans in the elections
uri: Tactic-used-to-defeat-some-Republicans-in-the-elections
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Tactic_used_to_defeat_some_Republicans_in_the_elections)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Tactic_used_to_defeat_some_Republicans_in_the_elections)

content:
 
<p>

Democrats supported the campaigns of several extremists Republicans in
the Republican primaries, hoping that they would be easier to defeat.
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/09/politics/democrats-strategy-paid-off-midterms/index.html">This tactic worked</a>: all those Republicans lost in the general election
this month.

 


title: Putin forces escaped across Dniepr river
uri: Putin-forces-escaped-across-Dniepr-river
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Putin_forces_escaped_across_Dniepr_river)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Putin_forces_escaped_across_Dniepr_river)

content:
 
<p>

It appears that most of the Putin forces managed to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/europe/russian-troops-leave-kherson-region-intl/index.html">escape across the
    Dniepr river</a>, while Ukrainian forces moved in and took control of the
northern part of the Kherson region.
<p>
I was hoping they would deal the <a href="/glossary.html#putinforces">Putin forces</a> an additional defeat
in the process.  It will be hard for Ukraine to advance across the Dniepr.
Its next attack will have to be elsewhere else.

 


title: Democrats retain control of the Senate
uri: Democrats-retain-control-of-the-Senate
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Democrats_retain_control_of_the_Senate)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Democrats_retain_control_of_the_Senate)

content:
 
<p>

  Democrats will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/13/democrats-win-senate-control-midterm-elections-2022">retain control of the Senate</a>, and a victory in
Georgia's coming runoff could give Democrats a 52 to 49 lead
  (counting Vice President Harris).
That would enable them to overcome the opposition of Manchin and
Sinema.
<p>
However, they won't be able to pass much legislation for the next two
years if they don't control the House of Representatives.

 


title: Agreement between Ethiopia and Tigray about delivery of humanitarian aid
uri: Agreement-between-Ethiopia-and-Tigray-about-delivery-of-humanitarian-a
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Agreement_between_Ethiopia_and_Tigray_about_delivery_of_humanitarian_aid)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Agreement_between_Ethiopia_and_Tigray_about_delivery_of_humanitarian_aid)

content:
 
<p>

Ethiopia and Tigray have made a deal about <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/13/ethiopian-rivals-agree-on-humanitarian-access-for-war-ravaged-tigray">delivery of humanitarian
    aid</a>.

 


title: Z-library shut down by US government
uri: Z-library-shut-down-by-US-government
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Z-library_shut_down_by_US_government)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#15_November_2022_(Z-library_shut_down_by_US_government)

content:
 
<p>

Z-library, which hosted unauthorized copies of millions of e-books, has
been <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-vs-community.html">somehow shut down</a> by the US government,  This is an injustice to
the readers of books.
<p>
Shame on the US government for taking side of repressive publishers'
against readers.  The US government wants you to use the authorized
copies of e-books, but in this area "authorized" does not mean "just."
Quite the contrary, most "authorized" commercial e-books are
intentionally unjust <em>to the readers</em>, <a href="media/3f1e898d.ebooks.pdf" data-original-source="https://stallman.org/ebooks.pdf">designed to impose repression</a>.
<p>
When the authorized copies are repressive, the only morally legitimate
digital copies are the unauthorized copies.  Accept nothing less!
<p>
Many of them are distributed by amazon.com,
a company <a href="/amazon.html">so nasty</a>
that it deserves an across-the-board total boycott.

 


title: Urgent: Investigate merger of Kroger and Albertson's
uri: Urgent-Investigate-merger-of-Kroger-and-Albertson-s
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_merger_of_Kroger_and_Albertson's)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_merger_of_Kroger_and_Albertson's)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on the FTC to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/kroger-albertsons/?t=1001&akid=29859%2E96703%2EfcxcRT">thoroughly investigate</a> supermarket
giant Kroger's proposed merger with Albertsons.
<p>
A court already ruled against it, but that's not inevitably final.

 


title: Urgent: Questions about menstruation on Florida High School health forms
uri: Urgent-Questions-about-menstruation-on-Florida-High-School-health-for
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Questions_about_menstruation_on_Florida_High_School_health_forms)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Questions_about_menstruation_on_Florida_High_School_health_forms)

content:
 
<p>

Everyone: call on the Florida High School Athletic Association <a href="https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/florida_period_sign/">remove
    questions about menstruation</a> from its student health forms.

 


title: Urgent: Fight Republican election lies
uri: Urgent-Fight-Republican-election-lies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Fight_Republican_election_lies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Fight_Republican_election_lies)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on the Department of Justice to <a href="https://civicshout.com/p/condemn-trump-s-election-lies">fight Republican
    election lies</a>.

 


title: Urgent: Investigate Salafi Arabia's ownership of Twitter
uri: Urgent-Investigate-Salafi-Arabia-s-ownership-of-Twitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_Salafi_Arabia's_ownership_of_Twitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_Salafi_Arabia's_ownership_of_Twitter)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call for an <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/saudi_twitter">investigation of Salafi Arabia's
    ownership</a> of a significant part of Twitter.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Terrorist_bombing_in_Ankara)
title: Terrorist bombing in Ankara
uri: Terrorist-bombing-in-Ankara
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Terrorist_bombing_in_Ankara)
content:
 
<p>

  A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/pkk-denies-role-in-istanbul-bomb-attack-that-killed-six">terrorist bombing took place in Ankara</a>, targeting civilians.
Turkey blamed the Kurdish militant group PKK, and the Syrian Kurds,
but the PKK says that it does not approve of attacking civilians
and had nothing to do with it.

 


title: Putin forces admit to being forced from north Kherson
uri: Putin-forces-admit-to-being-forced-from-north-Kherson
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Putin_forces_admit_to_being_forced_from_north_Kherson)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Putin_forces_admit_to_being_forced_from_north_Kherson)

content:
 
<p>

  The Putin forces have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/13/mines-looting-no-power-kherson-assesses-damage-after-russian-retreat">admitted that they were forced</a> out of the north
Kherson region by Ukraine's interdiction of supplies.
<p>
This article gives more information on their widespread looting and
sabotage.  Some looting had to have been organized by the <a href="/glossary.html#putinforces">Putin forces</a>
commanders.  Some sabotage was carried out on the Nova Kakhova dam,
Ukraine cannot try to repair the dam until it has chased the Putin
forces out of artillery range.  Even then, the <a href="/glossary.html#putinforces">Putin forces</a> might
fire missiles at it,

 


title: Google to pay damages for tracking some users
uri: Google-to-pay-damages-for-tracking-some-users
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Google_to_pay_damages_for_tracking_some_users)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Google_to_pay_damages_for_tracking_some_users)

content:
 
<p>

Google will pay damages of around $400 billion <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/14/google-settlement-40-states-user-location-tracking">for tracking locations
    of users</a> who had said not to track them.
<p>
This suggests three questions to me.
<ul>
<li>Is that sum big enough to convince Google to stop maintaining a
"location history"?
</li>

<li>Will Google stop maintaining a "location history"?
</li>

<li>Will Google continue to receive a sequence of locations even though
it is not supposed to record that sequence?
</li>
</ul>
Meanwhile, every mobile phone's location is tracked by the mobile
network, and US law requires the network to store this history for a
long time.  18 months, I think.

 


title: UK right-wing newspapers attack Labour politicians
uri: UK-right-wing-newspapers-attack-Labour-politicians
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(UK_right-wing_newspapers_attack_Labour_politicians)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(UK_right-wing_newspapers_attack_Labour_politicians)

content:
 
<p>

Most UK newspapers are right-wing and will attack any personal detail
about an important Labour politician in innumberable absurd and
vicious ways.  Trying to give them nothing they could attack is
self-defeating.
<p>
Angela Rayner, who I believe is the only former ally of Corbyn in an
important position in Labour, just tried the opposite tactic: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/14/when-angela-rayner-told-the-ft-about-her-boob-job-she-was-telling-the-rightwing-press-to-bring-it-onz">tell
    them something about her they are sure to revile</a> (but not actually
wrong in any way), and dare them to attack her.
<p>
Bravo, Ms Rayner!

 


title: Inadequate medical care in US prisons
uri: Inadequate-medical-care-in-US-prisons
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Inadequate_medical_care_in_US_prisons)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Inadequate_medical_care_in_US_prisons)

content:
 
<p>

  Medical care in US prisons <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/15/prison-healthcare-washington-diabetes-death-clifford-farrar">tends to be inadequate</a>.
  If you have a minor treatable problem, the prison staff can deny you
treatment so you develop a serious problem.  If you have a serious problem,
they can treat it insufficiently or badly, so that you die from it.
<p>
I suspect that their attitude is that anyone who isn't satisfied with
the medical treatment received is a troublemaker and should be punished
by suffering from the disease.

 


title: Republican split between corrupter and DeMentis
uri: Republican-split-between-corrupter-and-DeMentis
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Republican_split_between_corrupter_and_DeMentis)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Republican_split_between_corrupter_and_DeMentis)

content:
 
<p>

Interviews with Republicans reveal their <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/15/trump-v-desantis-republicans-divided-2024-presidential-election">split between the corrupter and
    DeMentis</a>.

 


title: Increase in population is problem to environment
uri: Increase-in-population-is-problem-to-environment
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Increase_in_population_is_problem_to_environment)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Increase_in_population_is_problem_to_environment)

content:
 
<p>

  We must all recognize that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/15/population-8-billion-climate">increasing human population</a> is a major obstacle
to saving civilization from environmental danger.
<p>
  See <a href="/articles/children.html">also</a> 

 


title: Speed up of decrease in sperm counts
uri: Speed-up-of-decrease-in-sperm-counts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Speed_up_of_decrease_in_sperm_counts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Speed_up_of_decrease_in_sperm_counts)

content:
 
<p>

We need the human population to start decreasing, to save
civilization.  But if we want civilization to survive, we must also
prevent human species from dying out entirely.  The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/15/humans-could-face-reproductive-crisis-as-sperm-count-declines-study-finds">decrease in sperm
    counts</a>, recorded since 1970, is global, and has sped up since 2000.
<p>
There is some evidence that the decrease is due to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/15/global-human-sperm-count-decrease-doubled">prenatal
    environmental pollution</a>.

 


title: India continues to boost coal production
uri: India-continues-to-boost-coal-production
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(India_continues_to_boost_coal_production)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(India_continues_to_boost_coal_production)

content:
 
<p>

*India "committed to clean energy" but <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/india-committed-to-clean-energy-but-continues-to-boost-coal-production">continues to boost coal
    production</a>.*

 


title: Israel condemns investigation of shooting of Shireen abu Akleh
uri: Israel-condemns-investigation-of-shooting-of-Shireen-abu-Akleh
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Israel_condemns_investigation_of_shooting_of_Shireen_abu_Akleh)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Israel_condemns_investigation_of_shooting_of_Shireen_abu_Akleh)

content:
 
<p>

The FBI is investigating the shooting of Palestinian-American
journalist Shireen abu Akleh.  Israel <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/shireen-abu-akleh-killing-israel-fbi-investigation">condemns the investigation on
    principle</a>.
<p>
The need for this investigation is because Israel's investigation
refused to recognize that soldiers must have chosen to kill her
for no legitimate reason.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Energy_Charter_Treaty)
title: Energy Charter Treaty
uri: 2022-11-17-Energy-Charter-Treaty
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Energy_Charter_Treaty)
content:
 
<p>

  The Energy Charter Treaty, a <a href="/business-supremacy-treaties.html">business-supremacy treaty</a>
designed to prevent any and all measures to reduce fossil fuel extraction,
incorporates a fundamental conflict of interest which tends to bias
  its judgments <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/14/revealed-secret-courts-that-allow-energy-firms-to-sue-for-billions-accused-of-bias-as-governments-exit">in favor of fossil fuel companies</a>.
<p>
However, that is a secondary problem, because the treaty is explicitly
designed to promote fossil fuel companies and interfere with measures
to regulate them.  Even if every judgment were made in a perfectly
honest fashion, the tendency would be for them to do harm.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(CEOs_opinions_on_pay_gap)
title: CEOs opinions on pay gap
uri: CEOs-opinions-on-pay-gap
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(CEOs_opinions_on_pay_gap)
content:
 
<p>

Interestingly, most CEOs don't say they believe they morally deserve
to be paid enormous sums.  On the contrary, many say the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/08/ceos-salaries-interview-fair-distribution-market">gap should be
    smaller</a>. But they are accustomed to receiving high pay offers, for practical
reasons that the article explains, and they don't insist on being paid
less than that.
<p>
What should society do about this?  We could ask investors, executives
and directors to consider making executive salaries smaller.  But the
same factors that have made executive salaries so high are likely to
make that request ineffective.
<p>
I suggest we instead increase the tax rate on high incomes, and close
the loopholes that they use to avoid taxation entirely.  It is the
obvious solution that many people don't consider because <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratists</a>
have smeared it.
<p>
  How about the restoring the <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2015-sep-dec.html#01_December_2015_(Nation_building)">Eisenhower income tax</a>?

 


title: "Feminist" education is good for boys as well as girls
uri: Feminist-education-is-good-for-boys-as-well-as-girls
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Feminist_education_is_good_for_boys_as_well_as_girls)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Feminist_education_is_good_for_boys_as_well_as_girls)

content:
 
<p>

"Feminist" education that reduces gender stereotyping is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/08/feminists-war-on-men-misogyny-boys-gender-stereotypes-masculinity">good for boys as well
    as for girls</a>.

 


title: UK considering national ID cards again
uri: UK-considering-national-ID-cards-again
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(UK_considering_national_ID_cards_again)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(UK_considering_national_ID_cards_again)

content:
 
<p>

  The UK is considering imposing a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/08/labour-revives-id-cards-idea-reduce-irregular-immigration-stephen-kinnock">national ID card</a> once again.
<p>
Britons, you defeated ID cards 15 years ago.  Now you will have to
defeat it again.
<p>
The question of what data the state will or won't link to the national
ID number is a red herring, because many other organizations are
likely to index databases by national ID number.  It will become the
easiest way to keep a data base about individuals.  They will do this
even if they don't really need to verify anyone's identity.
<p>
In Barcelona, I learned 15 years ago, the municipal swimming
pools recorded who was a paying member by their national ID numbers.
All they really need is to verify that a client paid for a membership,
but checking the national ID card was quick and easy &mdash; and unjust.
<p>
The state too is likely to include a person's national ID number in
other data bases of personal data.
<p>
Stephen Kinnock is the MP for Aberavon in Wales.  If you know people who
live there, please talking about the issue with them.

 


title: Australia criticised for resisting push to end fossil fuel subsidies
uri: Australia-criticised-for-resisting-push-to-end-fossil-fuel-subsidies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Australia_criticised_for_resisting_push_to_end_fossil_fuel_subsidies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Australia_criticised_for_resisting_push_to_end_fossil_fuel_subsidies)

content:
 
<p>

  *Australia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/16/australia-criticised-for-resisting-cop27-push-to-end-international-fossil-fuel-subsidies">criticised for resisting</a> Cop27 push to end international
fossil fuel subsidies.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Russian_missiles_hit_Poland)
title: Russian missiles hit Poland
uri: Russian-missiles-hit-Poland
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Russian_missiles_hit_Poland)
content:
 
<p>

  Two apparently Russian missiles <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/explosion-in-poland-unlikely-to-spark-escalation-even-if-caused-by-russian-missiles">hit Poland</a> in the region near the
Ukrainian border.  NATO will probably not respond directly militarily.
<p>
Although anything Putin says is likely to include lies, it is possible
that these missiles were not fired intentionally at Poland.

 


title: High cancer frequency near Iraqi oilfield
uri: High-cancer-frequency-near-Iraqi-oilfield
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(High_cancer_frequency_near_Iraqi_oilfield)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(High_cancer_frequency_near_Iraqi_oilfield)

content:
 
<p>

Young people living near an Iraqi oilfield have a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63083634">very high frequency
    of cancer</a>, apparently due to pollution from flaring gas from the oil
wells.

 


title: Large percentage of 12- to 34-year-olds have unsafe listening levels
uri: Large-percentage-of-12-to-34-year-olds-have-unsafe-listening-levels
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Large_percentage_of_12-_to_34-year-olds_have_unsafe_listening_levels)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Large_percentage_of_12-_to_34-year-olds_have_unsafe_listening_levels)

content:
 
<p>

*Study suggests 24% of 12- to 34-year-olds globally listen at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/15/one-billion-young-people-risk-hearing-loss-from-loud-music">"unsafe
    level"</a> on devices and visit noisy venues.*

 


title: Corbyn may have to run as independent
uri: Corbyn-may-have-to-run-as-independent
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Corbyn_may_have_to_run_as_independent)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Corbyn_may_have_to_run_as_independent)

content:
 
<p>

There is no chance that Corbyn will be allowed to run again under the
Labour Party banner.  Starmer is blocking anyone who wants change that
goes beyond tweaks.  Corbyn says he will run for reelection; perhaps
he will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/14/jeremy-corbyn-will-never-stand-for-labour-again-say-senior-figures">have to run as an independent</a>.
<p>
Given Starmer's <a href="/glossary.html#plutocratist">plutocratist</a> policies and dirty tricks for imposing
them on the party, it is clear he will not allow Momentum or anyone
else who wants more leftist policies to have any influence.
If I were British, and if Corbyn had inspired me to join Labour,
I would quit and support something else.
<p>
Could Corbyn join the Green Party and perhaps run as a Green
candidate?

 


title: Putin forces building big concrete blocks to stop Ukrainian tanks
uri: Putin-forces-building-big-concrete-blocks-to-stop-Ukrainian-tanks
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Putin_forces_building_big_concrete_blocks_to_stop_Ukrainian_tanks)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#10_November_2022_(Putin_forces_building_big_concrete_blocks_to_stop_Ukrainian_tanks)

content:
 
<p>

    The <a href="/glossary.html#putinforces">Putin forces</a> are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/08/russia-installs-dragons-teeth-blocks-in-shift-to-more-defensive-warfare"> building barriers of big concrete blocks to stop
    tanks</a> from reaching certain strongpoints in the Ukrainian territory they have conquered.

 


title: Starmer proud of having Tory friends
uri: Starmer-proud-of-having-Tory-friends
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Starmer_proud_of_having_Tory_friends)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Starmer_proud_of_having_Tory_friends)

content:
 
<p>

  Starmer is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/18/keir-starmer-i-kissed-a-tory-and-not-ashamed-labour">proud of having many Tory friends</a>.
<p>
I conjecture that this is because he doesn't disagree
with them all that deeply.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(More_protections_on_sharks)
title: More protections on sharks
uri: More-protections-on-sharks
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(More_protections_on_sharks)
content:
 
<p>

  An international vote <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/18/shark-fin-trade-regulation-cites-panama">adopted more protections on sharks</a>,
  which are being wiped out by the <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2013-jan-apr.html#13_February_2013_(Campaign_in_China_against_eating_shark_fin)">trade in shark fins</a> for Chinese conspicuous consumption.

 


title: Cost of protecting Kiribati islands from rising seas
uri: Cost-of-protecting-Kiribati-islands-from-rising-seas
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Cost_of_protecting_Kiribati_islands_from_rising_seas)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Cost_of_protecting_Kiribati_islands_from_rising_seas)

content:
 
<p>

  Kiribati's president wants the rest of the world to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/18/cop27-kiribati-donors-raise-islands-sea-level-rise">pay the cost</a> of
protecting the Kiribati islands from rising seas.
<p>
To do this for 10 or 20 years might be feasible.  If we curb global
heating fast, the problem may then vanish as a result.  But if <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a>
continues unchecked, the idea is hopeless.
<p>
Perhaps the president is well aware of this and is actually pushing for
the major countries to curb <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> quickly.  It is worth a try,
for the sake of each and every one of us.

 


title: People that contracted cancer during Covid-19 pandemic
uri: People-that-contracted-cancer-during-Covid-19-pandemic
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(People_that_contracted_cancer_during_Covid-19_pandemic)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(People_that_contracted_cancer_during_Covid-19_pandemic)

content:
 
<p>

While Covid-19 preoccupied the medical systems of Europe, a million or so
people who had contracted cancer <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/18/covid-epidemic-cancer-diagnosis-pandemic-europe">did not get tested until late</a>.
They may die from this.

 


title: Russian officers convicted of murder
uri: Russian-officers-convicted-of-murder
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Russian_officers_convicted_of_murder)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Russian_officers_convicted_of_murder)

content:
 
<p>

  Three Russian officers were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/18/something-feels-different-mh17-guilty-verdicts-a-positive-outcome-for-families-of-victims">convicted of murder</a> on grounds of being
responsible for deploying the Buk missile launcher that was used
to shoot down flight MH17.
<p>
I think it is wrong to charge soldiers with murder, in any form,
simply for being involved with deploying a weapon, which weapon was
later fired at civilians by mistake with fatal intent.  That is not
murder.
<p>
If soldiers had knowingly fired it at a civilian aircraft, that would
be murder.  But no one tried to prove that such a thing happened.
<p>
To respect the laws of war includes steadfastly refusing to stretch or
twist them to "get at" people because they are on a side we oppose.
We must support applying them evenhandedly.

 


title: Declaration to refrain from urban bombing
uri: Declaration-to-refrain-from-urban-bombing
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Declaration_to_refrain_from_urban_bombing)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Declaration_to_refrain_from_urban_bombing)

content:
 
<p>

*Seventy five countries led by the US, UK and France are expected to
sign a declaration in Dublin on Friday to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/18/dozens-of-countries-to-sign-deal-to-curb-bombing-in-urban-areas">refrain from urban bombing</a>.*
<p>
Russia, China, Israel, and India said they would not sign.  Ukraine
also refuses to sign, but maybe it would sign if Russia does.

 


title: If you're outraged by XR and Just Stop Oil
uri: If-you-re-outraged-by-XR-and-Just-Stop-Oil
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(If_you're_outraged_by_XR_and_Just_Stop_Oil)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(If_you're_outraged_by_XR_and_Just_Stop_Oil)

content:
 
<p>

*If you're outraged by XR and Just Stop Oil, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/18/outraged-xr-just-stop-oil-disruptive-climate-crisis">imagine how disruptive
    climate breakdown will be</a>.*
<p>
If you are concerned about the works of art that Just Stop Oil
protesters threw liquids at, keep in mind that if civilization
ceases to have spare funds to maintain museums, some of them
will be exposed to the elements and decaying.  The rest will have been
taken by billionaires who expect to save a fraction of you, at the <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2018-jul-oct.html#14_July_2018_(Billionaire_consultation)">cost
    of becoming their slaves</a>.

 


title: Growing population and prosperity
uri: Growing-population-and-prosperity
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Growing_population_and_prosperity)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Growing_population_and_prosperity)

content:
 
<p>

Some people are convinced that prosperity requires a growing
population &mdash; <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/18/population-in-the-us-as-small-towns-shrink-is-immigration-the-answer">even in the US</a>.
<p>
We can't afford a growing populartion in the US.  It uses too much
resources already.  I'd say that survival, in the long term, requires
a gradually shrinking US population.  People in the US consume so much
resources that a decrease in the US population is crucial for the
world as a whole.
<p>
A "young population" is a harbinger of disaster.
<p>
We can enable ordinary Americans to prosper and cut down the resources
we use, if only we could put an end to plutocracy that demands <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/18/the-grotesque-inequality-embodied-by-musk-bezos-and-zuckerberg-is-a-threat-to-democracy">ever
    more billions for each billionaire</a>.
<p>
We have plutocracy because the billionaire plutocrats have purchased
laws (and judges) that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/17/how-democracy-gets-corroded-right-wing-group-gets-two-dark-money-donations-425">assure them the power to buy more laws</a> and
court decisions.

 


title: Playwright Caryl Churchill's lifetime achievement award
uri: Playwright-Caryl-Churchill-s-lifetime-achievement-award
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Playwright_Caryl_Churchill's_lifetime_achievement_award)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Playwright_Caryl_Churchill's_lifetime_achievement_award)

content:
 
<p>

Playwright Caryl Churchill was given a lifetime achievement award.
Then the award committee took the award back because Churchill had
expressed support for Palestinians' Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
campaign.
<p>
Artists are entitled to have political views, like anyone else, but
judgments about their merit as artists should not judge them by their
views on political issues.

 


title: Climate talks must consider reforming agriculture
uri: Climate-talks-must-consider-reforming-agriculture
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Climate_talks_must_consider_reforming_agriculture)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Climate_talks_must_consider_reforming_agriculture)

content:
 
<p>

  Climate talks must <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/17/climate-talks-must-include-broad-ecological-agriculture-solutions">consider reforming agriculture</a> so as to end its
large greenhouse emissions.

 


title: Workers at Starbucks went on strike
uri: Workers-at-Starbucks-went-on-strike
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Workers_at_Starbucks_went_on_strike)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Workers_at_Starbucks_went_on_strike)

content:
 
<p>

  Workers at over 110 Starbucks stores <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/17/red-cup-rebellion-workers-100-starbucks-locations-strike-protest-union-busting">went on strike Thursday</a>.

 


title: Activists heckled Biden's cop29 speech
uri: Activists-heckled-Biden-s-cop29-speech
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Activists_heckled_Biden's_cop29_speech)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Activists_heckled_Biden's_cop29_speech)

content:
 
<p>

A few activists heckled Biden's speech at Cop29.  They were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/18/shameful-un-silencing-indigenous-voices-say-banned-cop27-activists">banned from
    the whole event</a> after that, under the excuse that they "put lives in danger".
<p>
We expect Egypt to carry out censorship, but US officials should be
better than that.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Kari_Lake_defeated)
title: Kari Lake defeated
uri: Kari-Lake-defeated
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Kari_Lake_defeated)
content:
 
<p>

Kari Lake, a Republican election liar, was <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/15/another-election-denier-loses-katie-hobbs-defeats-kari-lake-arizona-governor">defeated for governor of
    Arizona</a>.  Now the question is whether she will try to bluff by
claiming she actually won, and, if so, how the state will put a halt
to the imposture.

 


title: President Boric wants Chile to sign the TPP
uri: President-Boric-wants-Chile-to-sign-the-TPP
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(President_Boric_wants_Chile_to_sign_the_TPP)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(President_Boric_wants_Chile_to_sign_the_TPP)

content:
 
<p>
Supposedly leftist President Boric wants Chile to <a href="media/c9a9c30b.trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg" data-original-source="https://stallman.org/images/trance-pacific-partnership.en.jpg">sign the TPP</a> &mdash;
   which would eliminate Chile's right to regulate many areas of
 business and health.
<p>
Fossil fuel companies use these business-supremacy treaties to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/15/neoliberal-investor-state-system-threat-democracy-and-planet">attack
    measures for decarbonizing</a>.
  Boric also wants Chile to sign the Energy Charter Treaty, a
business-supremacy treaty designed specifically to interfere with
measures to reduce use of fossil fuels.  It is effectively a suicide
pact.
<p>
If you are in Chile, launch a fight against this absurd plan.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Criminal_justice_reform_in_Texas)
title: Criminal justice reform in Texas
uri: Criminal-justice-reform-in-Texas
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Criminal_justice_reform_in_Texas)
content:
 
<p>

Right-wing policians in Texas have, surpringly, <a href="https://conservativejusticereform.org/state/texas/">supported
    criminal justice reform</a>, and this has allowed Texas to close
many of its prisons.

 


title: Secrecy in rich countries let corporations dodge taxes
uri: Secrecy-in-rich-countries-let-corporations-dodge-taxes
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Secrecy_in_rich_countries_let_corporations_dodge_taxes)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Secrecy_in_rich_countries_let_corporations_dodge_taxes)

content:
 
<p>

*Secrecy Enabled by Rich Countries Lets Corporations <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/15/secrecy-enabled-rich-countries-lets-corporations-dodge-90-billion-taxes-year">Dodge $90 Billion in
    Taxes</a> Per Year.*

 


title: Copy27 climate conference achieved few goals
uri: Copy27-climate-conference-achieved-few-goals
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Copy27_climate_conference_achieved_few_goals)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Copy27_climate_conference_achieved_few_goals)

content:
 
<p>

  The Cop27 climate conference <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/19/five-crucial-issues-in-fight-to-save-planet-and-what-cop27-did-about-them">achieved very little</a> of its main goals.
<p>
but did make progress towards an agreement about having
heavy-emissions countries <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/we-can-do-the-impossible-how-key-players-reacted-to-end-of-cop27-climate-summit">pay to help poor low-emissions countries</a>. The armies of fossil fuel lobbyists seem to have stymied it.

 


title: Kemp arrange to rig Georgia election for governor
uri: Kemp-arrange-to-rig-Georgia-election-for-governor
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Kemp_arrange_to_rig_Georgia_election_for_governor)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Kemp_arrange_to_rig_Georgia_election_for_governor)

content:
 
<p>

  Kemp arranged to <a href="https://www.gregpalast.com/brian-kemp-will-determine-the-rules-of-the-game-again-in-november/">rig the Georgia election for governor</a>, just as he did
when he was first elected governor.

 


title: Netherlands will ban nitrous oxide
uri: Netherlands-will-ban-nitrous-oxide
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Netherlands_will_ban_nitrous_oxide)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Netherlands_will_ban_nitrous_oxide)

content:
 
<p>

  The Netherlands will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/15/dutch-to-ban-laughing-gas-over-fears-for-health-and-road-safety">ban possession of nitrous oxide</a> because a small
fraction of car collisions are attribute to use of it.
<p>
The cops say (about a three-year period)

   there were almost 1,800 road accidents involving nitrous oxide,
   including 63 fatal collisions, according to a police survey reported by
   the Dutch public broadcaster ONS.
<p>
  There were a total of <a href="https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2022/15/fewer-road-traffic-deaths-in-2021">582 road fatalities in 2021</a>.
  These figures are not quite comparable, but we can estimate around
20 road fatalities in 2021 that were related to use of nitrous oxide.
That is a rather small fraction of 600.  I don't think drugs
should be banned for such small reasons.  I believe they ought to try
an education campaign to help people use nitrous oxide safely.
Certain basic safety precautions that San Francisco hippies make an
effort to teach each other could win the community's support and be
more effective than a prohibition.

 


title: Tories instruct inspectors to blame residents not owners
uri: Tories-instruct-inspectors-to-blame-residents-not-owners
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Tories_instruct_inspectors_to_blame_residents_not_owners)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Tories_instruct_inspectors_to_blame_residents_not_owners)

content:
 
<p>

The Tories have told housing inspectors to put the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/19/uk-tenants-face-blame-for-causing-toxic-mould-and-deadly-hazards-under-new-rules">blame for dangerous
    situations on the residents</a>, not on the building owner who could actually
fix the problem.
  In some cases, fixing substandard housing requires changes that
the tenants would not be allowed to make, even if they knew how,
since they don't own the house.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Demand_to_break_up_Ticketmaster)
title: Demand to break up Ticketmaster
uri: Demand-to-break-up-Ticketmaster
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Demand_to_break_up_Ticketmaster)
content:
 
<p>

Ticketmaster has a monopoly on selling tickets for many kinds of events.
Now Americans <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/19/taylor-swift-ticketmaster-week-in-patriarchy">may demand to break it up</a>.
<p>
Over a century ago, the US government knew how to break up monopolies,
and it did so systematically in every area.  That is what we need.
But my progressive <a href="https://stallman.org/articles/progressive-tax-on-business-gross-income.html">tax on gross income</a> may convince companies to split
themselves up.

 


title: Twitter users and bots vote on account for corrupter
uri: Twitter-users-and-bots-vote-on-account-for-corrupter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Twitter_users_and_bots_vote_on_account_for_corrupter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Twitter_users_and_bots_vote_on_account_for_corrupter)

content:
 
<p>

Musk invited Twitter users, including bots, to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/20/twitter-lifts-donald-trump-ban-after-elon-musks-poll">"vote" on whether to give the
    corrupter an account</a> again.
<p>
Since it was Musk who decided who could vote, and how often, his unofficial
elections are no more meaningful than Republicans' official elections,

 


title: Leak of Dobbs decision condemned by Supreme Court justices
uri: Leak-of-Dobbs-decision-condemned-by-Supreme-Court-justices
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Leak_of_Dobbs_decision_condemned_by_Supreme_Court_justices)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Leak_of_Dobbs_decision_condemned_by_Supreme_Court_justices)

content:
 
<p>

Supreme Court justices sternly condemned this year's leak of the
as-yet-unpublished Dobbs decision that would overturn Roe v Wade.  One
of them, Alito, is now proved to have <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/19/calls-ethics-probe-follow-bombshell-report-right-wing-attempts-influence-supreme">leaked a future decision</a> to a
rich right-wing supporter in 2014.
<p>
Let's not let secondary matters such as leaks steal the stage from
primary matters.  The leaking of either of these rulings was a
secondary issue compared with the two bad rulings themselves.  Alito
is a participant in both of these rulings, as well as one of the
leaks.

 


title: Colorado river water use reduction
uri: Colorado-river-water-use-reduction
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Colorado_river_water_use_reduction)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Colorado_river_water_use_reduction)

content:
 
<p>

Everyone involved in using water from the Colorado River is being told
to <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2022/11/02/colorado-river-drought-powell-california-arizona/">reduce the amount used</a>.  It won't be easy, but otherwise the Glen
Canyon Dam will stop generating electricity.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Historically_important_tweets)
title: Historically important tweets
uri: Historically-important-tweets
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Historically_important_tweets)
content:
 
<p>

Twitter contains many years of tweets that are crucial records for
historians, and now there is a <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/11/1063162/twitters-imminent-collapse-could-wipe-out-vast-records-of-recent-human-history/?truid=9770181a00cdb80af79b3df269334b07">danger that all or a large part of them
    will suddenly be lost</a>.

 


title: Istanbul bombing used as excuse to bomb Syrian Kurds
uri: Istanbul-bombing-used-as-excuse-to-bomb-Syrian-Kurds
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Istanbul_bombing_used_as_excuse_to_bomb_Syrian_Kurds)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#20_November_2022_(Istanbul_bombing_used_as_excuse_to_bomb_Syrian_Kurds)

content:
 
<p>

We don't know who carried out a terrorist bombing on the street in
Istanbul, but Erdoğan has made this an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/19/turkey-bombs-towns-across-northern-syria-after-istanbul-bombing-say-reports">excuse to bomb the Syrian
    Kurds</a>.

 


title: Urgent: U.S. support for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
uri: Urgent-U-S-support-for-Fossil-Fuel-Non-Proliferation-Treaty
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Urgent:_U.S._support_for_Fossil_Fuel_Non-Proliferation_Treaty)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Urgent:_U.S._support_for_Fossil_Fuel_Non-Proliferation_Treaty)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on the U.S. to <a href="https://act.350.org/sign/vanuatu-fossilfuel-petition/">support a Fossil Fuel
    Non-Proliferation Treaty</a>.

 


title: Faux News turned on the bullshitter
uri: Faux-News-turned-on-the-bullshitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Faux_News_turned_on_the_bullshitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Faux_News_turned_on_the_bullshitter)

content:
 
<p>

Faux News and associated newspapers have turned on the <a href="/glossary.html#bullshitter">bullshitter</a>,
and are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/15/murdoch-press-turns-on-donald-trump-in-favour-of-defuture-ron-desantis">now supporting governor DeMentis</a>.

 


title: Tories plan to cut spending to help poor
uri: Tories-plan-to-cut-spending-to-help-poor
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Tories_plan_to_cut_spending_to_help_poor)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Tories_plan_to_cut_spending_to_help_poor)

content:
 
<p>

  The Tories plan to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/15/austerity-media-city-2008-crash">cut spending to help the poor</a>
after years of cuts that cut into the bone.  This is not inevitable,
it is a choice.
<p>
The underlying choice is about who matters and who does not.
As usual, for Tories, those who matter are the rich.
The mainstream media support that choice by selectively presenting
parts of the truth, and the views of <a href="/glossary.html#bankster">banksters</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Attacking_famous_works_of_art)
title: Attacking famous works of art
uri: Attacking-famous-works-of-art
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Attacking_famous_works_of_art)
content:
 
<p>

Attacking famous works of art in ways that won't actually damage them
is a sort of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/17/im-an-art-historian-just-stop-oil-soup-attacks-prove-theres-nothing-to-worry-about">sham attack</a>.  It may reassure people that there is no
real danger.  There is indeed no real danger in these protests, but the danger
of <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> disaster is quite real.
<p>
Eventually, these protests will lose the power to startle, and stop
doing any good.

 


title: How Michigan Democrats took control
uri: How-Michigan-Democrats-took-control
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(How_Michigan_Democrats_took_control)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(How_Michigan_Democrats_took_control)

content:
 
<p>

  *How Michigan Democrats <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/17/michigan-democrats-state-senate-house">took control</a> for the first time in decades.*

 


title: Fail to call for "phase-down" of fossil fuels
uri: Fail-to-call-for-phase-down-of-fossil-fuels
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Fail_to_call_for_phase-down_of_fossil_fuels)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Fail_to_call_for_phase-down_of_fossil_fuels)

content:
 
<p>

  *Draft Cop27 agreement <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/draft-cop27-agreement-fails-to-call-for-phase-down-of-all-fossil-fuels">fails to call for "phase-down"</a> of all fossil fuels.*

 


title: How Democrats can win back working-class Trump voters
uri: How-Democrats-can-win-back-working-class-Trump-voters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(How_Democrats_can_win_back_working-class_Trump_voters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(How_Democrats_can_win_back_working-class_Trump_voters)

content:
 
<p>

  *John Fetterman shows how Democrats can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/17/john-fetterman-blueprint-democrats-win">win back working-class Trump voters</a>.*

 


title: New wintering area for pallid swifts
uri: New-wintering-area-for-pallid-swifts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(New_wintering_area_for_pallid_swifts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(New_wintering_area_for_pallid_swifts)

content:
 
<p>

A bird of ill omen: pallid swifts, which normally winter around the
Mediterranean Sea, are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/nov/17/pallid-swifts-come-to-uk-shores-amid-worrying-changes-in-climate-weatherwatch">wintering up north in Britain</a>.

 


title: Scientists collecting microbes from melting glaciers
uri: Scientists-collecting-microbes-from-melting-glaciers
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Scientists_collecting_microbes_from_melting_glaciers)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Scientists_collecting_microbes_from_melting_glaciers)

content:
 
<p>

Scientists are collecting samples of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/microbes-melting-glaciers-bacteria-ecosystems">hundreds of thousands of tons of
    microbes</a> that wash, annually, off the surface of melted parts of glaciers.

 


title: False accusation on Instagram against Iranian government
uri: False-accusation-on-Instagram-against-Iranian-government
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(False_accusation_on_Instagram_against_Iranian_government)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(False_accusation_on_Instagram_against_Iranian_government)

content:
 
<p>

  A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/16/iran-protests-social-media-death-penalty">false accusation on Instagram</a> against the Iranian government claimed
that it had sentenced 15,000 protesters to death.
In fact, only one protester has been sentenced to death, though some others may also
face execution.
<p>
To kill even one person for protesting is very shameful, but opponents
of the regime must take more care to ensure they continue to deserve
to be trusted.
<p>
Egypt has not sentenced Alaa Abd el-Fattah to death, but he <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-mar-jun.html#4_June_2022_(hunger_strike_alaa_abd_el_fattah)">may die
    from a hunger strike</a>.

 


title: Cost for "climate action" for poor countries
uri: Cost-for-climate-action-for-poor-countries
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Cost_for_climate_action_for_poor_countries)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Cost_for_climate_action_for_poor_countries)

content:
 
<p>

  Most people in the UK agree that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/uk-pay-climate-action-poor-countries-cop27-poll">UK should pay part of the costs</a>
for poor countries of "climate action".
<p>
The problem with this poll is that it poses the questions in the wrong
order.  First of all, how much will "climate action" (a vague term)
cost?  That depends on another question: what exactly is "climate
action"?  Are we talking about sea walls and drains, or are we talking
about decarbonization?
<p>
If we get cracking on reducing <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> and other damage to
natural ecosystems, the total price will be less; it may be bearable.
In that case, it will make sense to adjudicate who ought to pay what
share.
<p>
If on the contrary the <a href="/glossary.html#planet">planet roasters</a> continue to delay actions to
reduce the damage, the cost may grow to far more than the whole world
can ever pay.  That will mean we have hit total disaster, and there is
no longer a global system in which any adjudication could actually be
carried out, so the question has become purely theoretical.
<p>
What about intermediate scenarios?  I can imagine that millions of
people in wealthier countries would say, "Yes, I agreed we should pay
part of the costs of helping poor countries cope with <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a>,
but there is a limit.  We refuse to live in penury!"
<p>
To help poor countries is feasible and just only if the rich people in
the wealthy countries bear most of this burden.  We non-rich must not
accept this burden for our countries while leaving until later the
question of how much of that burden falls on the rich people.
We know that they will try to dump all of it on the non-rich.

 


title: Republicans get control of US House
uri: Republicans-get-control-of-US-House
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Republicans_get_control_of_US_House)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Republicans_get_control_of_US_House)

content:
 
<p>

  *Republicans <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/16/us-midterms-2022-republicans-win-control-house-representatives-congress-midterm-election-results">scrape back control of US House</a> after underwhelming midterms.* This means that one dissenter among them can defeat any legislative plan.
The Senate is likely block their bills, too.
<p>
The question is, how far will Republicans go in holding the whole country
hostage to impose their demands.

 


title: Ukrainian anti-missile missiles hit Polish territory
uri: Ukrainian-anti-missile-missiles-hit-Polish-territory
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Ukrainian_anti-missile_missiles_hit_Polish_territory)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Ukrainian_anti-missile_missiles_hit_Polish_territory)

content:
 
<p>

NATO has pretty much concluded that the missiles which hit Polish
territory were <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/15/isnt-good-explosion-poland-near-ukraine-border-sparks-fears-war-escalation">Ukrainian anti-missile missiles</a>, which were fired at a
Russian missile and not at the ground where they hit.

 


title: Island countries vulnerable to government oppression after natural disasters
uri: Island-countries-vulnerable-to-government-oppression-after-natural-dis
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Island_countries_vulnerable_to_government_oppression_after_natural_disasters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Island_countries_vulnerable_to_government_oppression_after_natural_disasters)

content:
 
<p>

*   Island countries are more vulnerable to government oppression after
   natural disasters &mdash; according to new research &mdash; and there are concerns
   that the increased frequency of weather-related events due to the
climate crisis, could see the further <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/17/extreme-weather-climate-crisis-democratic-erosion-autocracies-study-finds">rise of autocracies</a> around the
   world.*

 


title: Australia told to end new fossil fuel subsidies
uri: Australia-told-to-end-new-fossil-fuel-subsidies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Australia_told_to_end_new_fossil_fuel_subsidies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Australia_told_to_end_new_fossil_fuel_subsidies)

content:
 
<p>

  *Australia told to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/australia-told-to-end-new-fossil-fuel-subsidies-if-it-wants-pacific-support-to-host-climate-summit">end new fossil fuel subsidies</a> if it wants Pacific
[island nations'] support to host climate summit.*
<p>
To subsidize fossil fuels is a terrible thing for any country to do.
The Labor government is much less friendly to fossil fuels than the
previous right-wing government, and it has reduced the subsidy,
but not reduced it to zero.

 


title: Smoking both marijuana and tobacco
uri: Smoking-both-marijuana-and-tobacco
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Smoking_both_marijuana_and_tobacco)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Smoking_both_marijuana_and_tobacco)

content:
 
<p>

  Smoking both marijuana and tobacco is <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/health/marijuana-lung-damage-study-wellness/index.html">more likely to cause lung damage</a>
than tobacco alone.

 


title: No place is safe from climate disaster
uri: No-place-is-safe-from-climate-disaster
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(No_place_is_safe_from_climate_disaster)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(No_place_is_safe_from_climate_disaster)

content:
 
<p>

  Lula spoke at Cop27 and warned that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/16/lula-vows-to-undo-brazils-environmental-degradation-and-halt-deforestation">no place on Earth is safe</a> from
climate disaster.  His program for Brazil is to protect the forest.

 


title: Curbing population growth not urgent enough
uri: Curbing-population-growth-not-urgent-enough
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Curbing_population_growth_not_urgent_enough)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Curbing_population_growth_not_urgent_enough)

content:
 
<p>

  Curbing population growth <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/16/curbing-population-growth-will-do-little-to-solve-the-climate-crisis">will not help the urgent measures</a> we need in
order to curb <a href="/glossary.html#global%20heating">global heating</a> in this decade.
Reducing the birth rate won't make a big difference in just a few years.
<p>
However, if we do enough in this decade to win a chance for
civilization's future, the task of preventing global disaster will not
be finished.  That will take decades.  During that time, reducing the
birth rate will make a difference &mdash; especially when it comes to
returning large amounts of land to the wild and reducing total
consumption of natural resources.

 


title: Iranian thugs were recorded shooting at metro train station
uri: Iranian-thugs-were-recorded-shooting-at-metro-train-station
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Iranian_thugs_were_recorded_shooting_at_metro_train_station)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Iranian_thugs_were_recorded_shooting_at_metro_train_station)

content:
 
<p>

  Iranian thugs were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/16/iranian-police-open-fire-at-tehran-metro-station-and-beat-women-on-train">recorded shooting</a> at the public in a metro train
station in Tehran.  Other <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> attacked women inside the train.
<p>
To thwart the plan to use face recognition against protesters, I
suggest protesters arm themselves with the tools required for
destroying the state repression cameras mounted in public places where
protests are likely.  That would include ladders.

 


title: Xi Jinping's tone does not herald softer foreign policy
uri: Xi-Jinping-s-tone-does-not-herald-softer-foreign-policy
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Xi_Jinping's_tone_does_not_herald_softer_foreign_policy)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(Xi_Jinping's_tone_does_not_herald_softer_foreign_policy)

content:
 
<p>

  *Xi Jinping's cordial tone at G20 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/16/xi-jinpings-cordial-tone-at-g20-does-not-herald-softer-foreign-policy">does not herald softer foreign policy</a>.*
<p>
He is playing two roles in parallel: good empire-conqueror and bad
empire-conqueror.

 


title: 3/4 of Twitter's remaining employees driven out
uri: 3-4-of-Twitter-s-remaining-employees-driven-out
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(3%2F4_of_Twitter's_remaining_employees_driven_out)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#19_November_2022_(3%2F4_of_Twitter's_remaining_employees_driven_out)

content:
 
<p>

  A volley of Musketry has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/18/could-twitter-collapse-or-go-bankrupt-elon-musk">driven out 3/4 of Twitter's remaining employees</a>.
<p>
This reinforces my suspicions that Musk's damage to the company
is his aim, not a mistake.

 


title: Untrained and ill-equipped Putin conscripts
uri: Untrained-and-ill-equipped-Putin-conscripts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Untrained_and_ill-equipped_Putin_conscripts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#16_November_2022_(Untrained_and_ill-equipped_Putin_conscripts)

content:
 
<p>

The <a href="/glossary.html#putinforces">Putin forces</a> have repeatedly thrown large numbers of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/we-were-completely-exposed-russian-conscripts-say-hundreds-killed-in-attack"> untrained and ill-equipped conscripts</a> into attacks against Ukraine's experienced army, with the result of killing most of the conscripts.
-->

 


title: Urgent: Investigate retired military members working for foreign governments
uri: Urgent-Investigate-retired-military-members-working-for-foreign-gover
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_retired_military_members_working_for_foreign_governments)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_retired_military_members_working_for_foreign_governments)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/go/34272?c0=retired_contractors_investigation.tZsOdq">investigate retired military members</a>
working for foreign governments.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: Urgent: Investigate Ticketmaster-Live Nation
uri: Urgent-Investigate-Ticketmaster-Live-Nation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_Ticketmaster-Live_Nation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_Ticketmaster-Live_Nation)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/ticketmaster-livenation/?t=1001&akid=30009%2E96703%2E7ZrTT6">investigate the Ticketmaster-Live
    Nation</a> monopoly and break it up.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: South Korea's president attacking freedom of press
uri: South-Korea-s-president-attacking-freedom-of-press
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(South_Korea's_president_attacking_freedom_of_press)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(South_Korea's_president_attacking_freedom_of_press)

content:
 
<p>

  South Korea's president is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/16/south-korea-cuts-funding-to-broadcaster-as-concern-over-press-freedom-grows">attacking freedom of the press</a>, by
punishing specific organizations that criticize him.

 


title: Republicans propose to raise minimum voting age
uri: Republicans-propose-to-raise-minimum-voting-age
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Republicans_propose_to_raise_minimum_voting_age)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Republicans_propose_to_raise_minimum_voting_age)

content:
 
<p>

Since young voters mostly voted for democrats, Republicans propose to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/16/gen-z-helped-to-stop-the-red-wave-in-the-midterms-the-republicans-response-try-to-raise-the-voting-age">raise
    the minimum age for voting</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Aid_for_affordable_housing)
title: Aid for affordable housing
uri: Aid-for-affordable-housing
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Aid_for_affordable_housing)
content:
 
<p>

  Voters around the US <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/20/midterm-voters-send-message-housing-human-right">approved ballot initiatives</a> to fund aid for
affordable housing and taxes on sale of expensive dwellings.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Robots_that_carry_guns)
title: Robots that carry guns
uri: Robots-that-carry-guns
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Robots_that_carry_guns)
content:
 
<p>

  Robots that carry guns and can select targets are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/20/part-of-the-kill-chain-how-can-we-control-weaponised-robots">already being made</a>.
  The ones mentioned in this article cannot fire the guns without an
order from a human soldier.
<p>
If we want robot weapons to appreciate the value of human lives, we
had better treat their lives as having value too.  If and when they become
capable of appreciating the value of lives of others, they may be ready
to deserve that.
<p>
The scenario of cracking the security on robot weapons should remind
us that humans too are vulnerable to this too.  Right-wing extremists
cracked the mental security of US soldiers and <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a>, brainwashing
them to attack US democracy in the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol.
No system 

 


title: Climate conferences aren't working
uri: Climate-conferences-aren-t-working
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Climate_conferences_aren't_working)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Climate_conferences_aren't_working)

content:
 
<p>

*The big takeaway from Cop27? These <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/20/big-takeaway-cop27-climate-conferences-arent-working">climate conferences just aren’t
    working</a>.*
<p>
*There was no commitment to cutting the emissions causing accelerating
this crisis, without which this agreement is nothing more &hellip;
than a "down-payment on disaster."*
<p>
The <a href="/glossary.html#planet">planet roasters</a> have spread their influence both overtly at the events
and out of sight through influence on governments.  And then there are the
<a href="/glossary.html#business-supremacy">business-supremacy treaties</a>.
<p>
Considering that the effect of these systems of influence will be to
kill hundreds of millions of people, I think it is time to wipe out
those systems, and never mind what property and financial interests
get "harmed."  Indeed, "harming" those interests is necessary &mdash; their
wealth gives them power to keep disaster going, so the only way to
reduce the damage they can do is to is to wreck some of their wealth.

 


title: Shelling at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
uri: Shelling-at-Zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Shelling_at_Zaporizhzhia_nuclear_power_plant)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Shelling_at_Zaporizhzhia_nuclear_power_plant)

content:
 
<p>

  Shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/20/shelling-of-zaporizhzhia-is-playing-with-fire-says-un-nuclear-chief-ukraine">caused damage</a>
to structures that are not critical.
<p>
Who fired these shells?  They chose targets that would provoke anxiety
but were unlikely to cause real danger.  In other words, it appears to
have been a sort of bluff.  This is indication (though not proof) that
the <a href="/glossary.html#putinforces">Putin forces</a> did the shelling.
<p>
We should not take seriously their claim that the shots came from
Ukraine; they have no credibility.
<p>
T appears that Putin's plan does not include causing any significant
damage, but plans occasionally go wrong.  It behooves Ukraine and
Putin to agree on a plan to demilitarize the power plant itself.
<p>
But I don't expect Putin to agree to this.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Animals_bred_in_zoos)
title: Animals bred in zoos
uri: Animals-bred-in-zoos
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Animals_bred_in_zoos)
content:
 
<p>

  Animals bred in zoos <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/21/animals-bred-in-captivity-develop-physical-changes-that-may-hinder-survival-in-the-wild-research-finds">evolve to be less</a> fit to survive in the wild.
<p>
This is a predictable consequence of natural selection.  Animals'
survival in a breeding program does not depend on the characteristics
that are needed for survival in the wild, but maintaining those
characteristics has costs.  So they will tend to lose those
characteristics.
<p>
It would be interesting to see what happens after those
captivity-adapted animals are released.  Do they respond to the
selection pressure of wild existence by evolving in the other
direction?  That seems likely if enough of the original wild
population remains.  But if there is very little of the original wild
population, the superior wild characteristics might have been lost
entirely.

 


title: Hope for 1.5C climate goal must not die
uri: Hope-for-1-5C-climate-goal-must-not-die
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Hope_for_1.5C_climate_goal_must_not_die)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Hope_for_1.5C_climate_goal_must_not_die)

content:
 
<p>

  *The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/cop27-summit-climate-crisis-global-heating-fossil-fuel-industry">1.5C climate goal died</a> at Cop27 &mdash; but hope must not.*
<p>
Alas, that was our only chance for a world free of blatant changes
in weather and climate.

 


title: Beef suppliers "reckless" use of antibiotics
uri: Beef-suppliers-reckless-use-of-antibiotics
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Beef_suppliers_reckless_use_of_antibiotics)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Beef_suppliers_reckless_use_of_antibiotics)

content:
 
<p>

*McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/nov/21/mcdonalds-and-walmart-beef-suppliers-put-public-health-at-risk-with-reckless-antibiotics-use">criticised for "reckless" antibiotics
    use</a>.*
<p>
I've been posting about this danger for many years.  These producers
are choosing the actions in their short-term best interest, and our
government hasn't got the power to force them to follow long-term
interests.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Food_waste_in_South_Korea)
title: Food waste in South Korea
uri: Food-waste-in-South-Korea
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Food_waste_in_South_Korea)
content:
 
<p>

South Koreans separate food waste from other waste, and hand it in
in special bags for municipal composting.  This <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/south-korea-zero-food-waste-composting-system">almost completely
    prevents</a> the social burden of food waste.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Beware_self-made_genius)
title: Beware self-made "genius"
uri: Beware-self-made-genius
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#22_November_2022_(Beware_self-made_genius)
content:
 
<p>

*Beware self-made "genius": entrepreneurs promising the earth. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/20/beware-self-made-genius-entrepreneurs-promising-earth-just-look-at-elon-musk">Just
    look at Elon Musk</a>.*

 


title: Tory minister defending nature and the climate
uri: Tory-minister-defending-nature-and-the-climate
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Tory_minister_defending_nature_and_the_climate)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Tory_minister_defending_nature_and_the_climate)

content:
 
<p>

<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/15/stupid-to-equate-climate-concerns-with-being-woke-says-zac-goldsmith">One Tory minister is a bold champion</a> of defending nature and the
climate.  *Nature restoration, the climate crisis, sewage in our
rivers &mdash; people care fundamentally about these things.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Germany's_culture_pass)
title: Germany's culture pass
uri: Germany-s-culture-pass
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Germany's_culture_pass)
content:
 
<p>

*Germans turning 18 to be offered €200 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/young-germans-to-be-offered-200-culture-voucher-kulturpass">culture pass</a> "birthday present".*
<p>
I think this is a wise policy.

 


title: Assad released 7000 political prisoners
uri: Assad-released-7000-political-prisoners
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022(Assad_released_7000 political prisoners)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022(Assad_released_7000 political prisoners)

content:
 <p>

Assad released around 7,000 political prisoners, and "only" around 
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/15/syrian-amnesties-freed-fewer-than-6-per-cent-of-detainees-report-reveals"> 130,000 of them remain in prison.</a>
 

 


title: Tanzania suffers "young population"
uri: Tanzania-suffers-young-population
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Tanzania_suffers_%22young_population%22)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Tanzania_suffers_%22young_population%22)

content:
 
<p>

<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/15/focus-turns-to-africa-as-world-population-reaches-8bn">Tanzania suffers from a "young population,"</a>due to a government that pushed for a bigger population.
<p>
 
A young population is a harbinger of probable megadeaths to come.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Just_keep_paying_our_taxes)
title: Just keep paying our taxes
uri: Just-keep-paying-our-taxes
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#18_November_2022_(Just_keep_paying_our_taxes)
content:
 
<p>

*All hail Jeff Bezos the philanthropist! The rest of us will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/15/jeff-bezos-philanthropist-taxes-amazon-founder">just keep paying our taxes</a>.*
I despise Bezos for more than just the reasons that are widely agreed
with.  Because of the unjust policies of <a href="/amazon.html">Amazon</a>, I would refuse to
deal with it even if it were just 5% of its actual size.  And all of its
competitors too, if they do similar bad things.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Urgent:_Oppose_forestry_bill)
title: Urgent: Oppose forestry bill
uri: Urgent-Oppose-forestry-bill
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Urgent:_Oppose_forestry_bill)
content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on your senators to <a href="https://environmentamerica.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=52591">oppose a forestry bill</a> that
 would require cutting down lots of mature trees. These trees store lots pf
 carbon from the air, and offer habitats that many species depend on.
<p>
  To sign without running <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">nonfree JavaScript code</a>
  from the web site, use the <a href="/salsalabs-method.html">Salsalabs workaround</a>.

 


title: Urgent: Extend student loan repayments freeze
uri: Urgent-Extend-student-loan-repayments-freeze
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Urgent:_Extend_student_loan_repayments_freeze)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Urgent:_Extend_student_loan_repayments_freeze)

content:
 
<p>

  US citizens: call on Biden to <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-president-biden-extend-student-loan-repayments-until-cancellation-is-awarded">extend student loan repayments freeze</a>
until cancellation is awarded.

 


title: Urgent: Disqualify the wrecker from holding office
uri: Urgent-Disqualify-the-wrecker-from-holding-office
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Urgent:_Disqualify_the_wrecker_from_holding_office)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Urgent:_Disqualify_the_wrecker_from_holding_office)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on officials of your state to <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/reject-and-disqualify-trump-from-running-for-president-under-the-fourteenth-amendment-for-engaging-in-the-january-6th-insurrection">disqualify the wrecker from holding office</a>, on grounds of insurrection.

 


title: Blaming Democrats for economic pain
uri: Blaming-Democrats-for-economic-pain
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Blaming_Democrats_for_economic_pain)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Blaming_Democrats_for_economic_pain)

content:
 
<p>

*With Democrats in charge of the Senate and White House, "Republicans
will try to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/17/democrats-can-defeat-gop-extremism-fighting-working-people-warren">impose economic pain on families</a> so they can blame us and
 seize power for themselves," [Senator] Warren noted.
<p>
Cutting Social Security and Medicare is the start of this, but they
plan to do more too.
<p>
Mainstream media don't admit that's what Republicans are doing,
and I don't think Biden will do it either.

 


title: US working with countries that allow Chinese repression of Chinese expats
uri: US-working-with-countries-that-allow-Chinese-repression-of-Chinese-exp
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(US_working_with_countries_that_allow_Chinese_repression_of_Chinese_expats)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(US_working_with_countries_that_allow_Chinese_repression_of_Chinese_expats)

content:
 
<p>

The US is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/18/fbi-director-very-concerned-by-reports-of-secret-chinese-police-stations-in-us">working with other countries in which China has set up
    secret repression stations</a> to pressure Chinese expats.

 


title: Momentum movement has lost many supporters
uri: Momentum-movement-has-lost-many-supporters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Momentum_movement_has_lost_many_supporters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Momentum_movement_has_lost_many_supporters)

content:
 
<p>

The Momentum movement, which was supported by a large fraction of
Labour members, has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/22/momentum-in-financial-peril-after-leftwing-exodus-from-labour">lost many supporters</a> as they see that Labour has been
taken over by Starmer and his plutocrats.
<p>
The question is, have they still got any chance of winning anything by
supporting Labour?

 


title: Stopping those who intend to buy guns to kill
uri: Stopping-those-who-intend-to-buy-guns-to-kill
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Stopping_those_who_intend_to_buy_guns_to_kill)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Stopping_those_who_intend_to_buy_guns_to_kill)

content:
 
<p>

The US has laws to find people who might intend to buy guns and kill
people, and stop them from buying guns, but <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/21/colorado-springs-club-shooter-threatened-mother-bomb-2021">makes little effort to
    make that system actually work</a>.
<p>
I suspect that the system has another problem: people are not that
reliably predictable. Identifying some of those people is easy, but
setting the net fine enough to identify all of them would identify
lots of false positives too.

 


title: How damaging the environment can harm humans
uri: How-damaging-the-environment-can-harm-humans
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(How_damaging_the_environment_can_harm_humans)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(How_damaging_the_environment_can_harm_humans)

content:
 
<p>

Examples of how damaging a part of the natural environment can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/22/what-happens-when-humans-meddle-with-nature-aoe">cause
    enormous harm to humans</a> who didn't know how they depended on it.

 


title: Destruction of uninvestigated middens
uri: Destruction-of-uninvestigated-middens
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Destruction_of_uninvestigated_middens)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Destruction_of_uninvestigated_middens)

content:
 
<p>

Deforesters in the Beni region of the Bolivian lowlands don't just cut
down the trees.  They go on to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/amazon-deforestation-bolivia-lost-civilization">flatten and destroy</a> the uninvestigated
middens left by ancient inhabitants whose culture is very little
known.
<p>
The Bolivian government is encouraging deforestation to boost
agriculture.  This contributes to global disaster, which could lead
our civilization to end up in ruins like the ones they are destroying.

 


title: Australian thugs let dogs attack indigenous Australians
uri: Australian-thugs-let-dogs-attack-indigenous-Australians
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Australian_thugs_let_dogs_attack_indigenous_Australians)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Australian_thugs_let_dogs_attack_indigenous_Australians)

content:
 
<p>

The <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> in Western Australia have a notable pattern of letting their dogs
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/21/indigenous-advocates-call-for-ban-on-unmuzzled-police-dogs-in-wa-as-disturbing-pattern-emerges">attack indigenous Australians</a>, especially minors.
<p>
It is clear that the <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> handling these dogs fail to keep the dogs
under proper control.  Whether this is due to malice or
irresponsibility is not clear from this statistical information.
They should publish the videos of the dog attack on Jayden Abraham.

 


title: Keeping Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open ten more years
uri: Keeping-Diablo-Canyon-nuclear-power-plant-open-ten-more-years
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Keeping_Diablo_Canyon_nuclear_power_plant_open_ten_more_years)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Keeping_Diablo_Canyon_nuclear_power_plant_open_ten_more_years)

content:
 
<p>

The US approved keeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant running
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/21/california-nuclear-power-plant-biden-grant">10 additional years</a>, from 2025 to 2035.
<p>
The article asserts that California is having trouble coming up with
renewable generation to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant,
but also that ten-ish US power reactors have closed since 2013 due to
competition from cheaper renewable generation.  It is not easy to
reconcile those two statements.
<p>
If California doesn't expect to have enough renewable generation
working by 2025, why doesn't it spend more money on building more
rather than on keeping the Diablo Canyon power plant running?

 


title: Decision about third runway at Heathrow airport
uri: Decision-about-third-runway-at-Heathrow-airport
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Decision_about_third_runway_at_Heathrow_airport)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Decision_about_third_runway_at_Heathrow_airport)

content:
 
<p>

The important decision about whether to build a third runway at
Heathrow airport, which would imply a lasting increase in flying out
of the UK, is being made as a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/21/virgin-atlantic-heathrow-third-runway-shai-weiss-landing-charges">battle over the business interests of
    various investors</a>, including foreign governments such as Qatar and
China that are absolutely vicious.
<p>
The corruption/privatization of the UK government has squeezed the
public interest out of the decision.

 


title: New tactic for right-wing global heating denialists
uri: New-tactic-for-right-wing-global-heating-denialists
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(New_tactic_for_right-wing_global_heating_denialists)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(New_tactic_for_right-wing_global_heating_denialists)

content:
 
<p>

A new tactic for right-wing global heating denialists &mdash; <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/20/new-york-times-and-new-climate-denialism">"Have faith
    in the market to solve the problem!"</a>
<p>
What about when we see where "the market" is taking us, and it leads
to disastrous heating?  "Have faith, 2 or 3 degrees C of heating won't
be that bad."  But we are barely coping with 1.1 degrees now.
<p>
"The market" operates constantly &mdash; always under the explicit and
implicit rules that society imposes on it.  Societies frequently
change those rules, either explicitly and intentionally or
unconsciously.  The question we face now is how to change the rules to
reduce the disaster we are creating.  "Just let the rules sweep you
away" is not even an answer.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_((satire)_Qatar_World_Cup_Games)
title: (satire) Qatar World Cup Games
uri: (satire)-Qatar-World-Cup-Games
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_((satire)_Qatar_World_Cup_Games)
content:
 
<p>

(satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/qatar-world-cup-games-to-cut-off-human-sales-after-75th-1849769611">*Qatar World Cup Games To Cut Off Human Sales After 75th
    Minute.*</a>

 


title: Starved NHS has caused it to take weeks to be seen
uri: Starved-NHS-has-caused-it-to-take-weeks-to-be-seen
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Starved_NHS_has_caused_it_to_take_weeks_to_be_seen)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Starved_NHS_has_caused_it_to_take_weeks_to_be_seen)

content:
 
<p>

Wealthy people in Britain can pay hundreds of pounds for an ordinary
appointment with a general practitioner, because the NHS has been starved
to the point it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/nov/21/rishi-sunak-is-registered-with-private-gp-practice">takes weeks to be seen</a>.

 


title: Pakistani film about trans woman unbanned in Pakistan
uri: Pakistani-film-about-trans-woman-unbanned-in-Pakistan
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Pakistani_film_about_trans_woman_unbanned_in_Pakistan)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Pakistani_film_about_trans_woman_unbanned_in_Pakistan)

content:
 
<p>

A Pakistani film about a trans woman, which won a prize at Cannes, is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/21/everyone-should-see-it-embattled-film-joyland-opens-in-pakistan">now
    unbanned in Pakistan</a>, but it is still banned in part of India.
<p>
India is very bad in regard to censorship; many important works have
been banned.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Biden_appeasing_Prince_Mohammed)
title: Biden appeasing Prince Mohammed
uri: Biden-appeasing-Prince-Mohammed
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Biden_appeasing_Prince_Mohammed)
content:
 
<p>

*   After being repeatedly humiliated by Prince Mohammed, Biden <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/21/bidens-decision-to-grant-mbs-immunity-is-a-profound-mistake">continues
    to appease an autocrat who disdains him</a>.*

 


title: Conferences never agree on goal of reducing fossil fuels
uri: Conferences-never-agree-on-goal-of-reducing-fossil-fuels
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Conferences_never_agree_on_goal_of_reducing_fossil_fuels)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Conferences_never_agree_on_goal_of_reducing_fossil_fuels)

content:
 
<p>

The international climate conferences have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/17/getting-rid-fossil-fuels-at-a-climate-summit-is-harder-than-you-think-cop27-egypt">never agreed on the goal of reducing use of fossil fuels</a>.
This year's conference saw a move to come closer to that position,
but it failed.
<p>
This shows how resolutely some governments insist on maintaining or
increasing their use of fossil fuels.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Terrorist_bombing_in_Istanbul)
title: Terrorist bombing in Istanbul
uri: Terrorist-bombing-in-Istanbul
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Terrorist_bombing_in_Istanbul)
content:
 
<p>

  A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/14/pkk-denies-role-in-istanbul-bomb-attack-that-killed-six">terrorist bombing took place in Istanbul</a>, targeting civilians.
Turkey blamed the Kurdish militant group PKK, and the Syrian Kurds,
but the PKK says that it does not approve of attacking civilians
and had nothing to do with it.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Russian_POW_swap_with_Ukraine)
title: Russian POW swap with Ukraine
uri: Russian-POW-swap-with-Ukraine
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Russian_POW_swap_with_Ukraine)
content:
 
<p>

The Ukrainian soldiers and border guards on Snake Island, who told the
Moskva, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/19/russian-warship-go-fuck-yourself-ukraine-snake-island">"Russian warship, go fuck yourself,</a>" were captured.  The Putin
forces gave Ukraine no word about them and Ukraine believed they were
dead.  In fact, they were imprisoned, and tortured, but not killed.
<p>

One, Bohdan Hotskiy, was eventually swapped for a Russian prisoner of
war, which is how we know how he was tortured.  The rest remain prisoners,
as far as I can tell from this article.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Pregnancy_almost_killed_her)
title: Pregnancy almost killed her
uri: Pregnancy-almost-killed-her
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Pregnancy_almost_killed_her)
content:
 
<p>

About abother woman who almost <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/health/abortion-texas-sepsis/index.html">died from getting pregnant</a> while living
in Texas.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Debt_ceiling_this_year)
title: Debt ceiling this year
uri: Debt-ceiling-this-year
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Debt_ceiling_this_year)
content:
 
<p>

Republican operative Senator Manchin is making sure the Democrats <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/16/massive-mistake-alarm-dems-cast-doubt-lame-duck-debt-ceiling-deal">cannot
eliminate the debt ceiling</a> this year, and thus ensuring the Republicans can
use it for blackmail next year.

 


title: Texan allowed her child to walk home
uri: Texan-allowed-her-child-to-walk-home
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Texan_allowed_her_child_to_walk_home)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Texan_allowed_her_child_to_walk_home)

content:
 
<p>

Heather Wallace, of suburban Texas, allowed her child to walk half a
mile to their home.  For this she was <a href="http://click1.e.reason.com/xsvcycyllhgtyrkbtpyjrtnhkbtcdgymrhknhngpjspsd_hcmqmfqcmzvwwmwbbwnn.html">arrested, then pressured to plead guilty</a> to "endangering a child".  Eventually Texas decided it
was ok to let the child walk, but the guilty plea has taken away her
career and tied her up in mandatory lying.
<p>

It is horrible to force someone to apologize for something that was
not wrong.  A group of bullies tried to do that to me.  Fortunately,
they did not have the power to imprison me, so stood up to them and
did not apologize <a href="https://www.fsf.org/news/rms-addresses-the-free-software-community">except for certain things</a> that I really felt it
would be better not to have done.

 


title: Eminent domain power for private interests
uri: Eminent-domain-power-for-private-interests
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Eminent_domain_power_for_private_interests)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Eminent_domain_power_for_private_interests)

content:
 
<p>

Using state eminent domain power to <a href="http://click1.e.reason.com/fqrypypzzhqwpjtnwbpgjwchtnwydqpfjhtchcqbgrbgn_hcmqmfqcmzvwwmwbbwnn.html">seize land and houses for the sake of
a private project</a> is an attractive nuisance that inspires corruption.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Carbon_removal_our_last_hope)
title: Carbon removal our last hope
uri: Carbon-removal-our-last-hope
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Carbon_removal_our_last_hope)
content:
 
<p>
  
Carbon-removal programs have always been a long shot.  But now that
the planet-roasters have blocked the more reliable forms of action,
they may be the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/16/do-not-confuse-industry-backed-carbon-capture-urgent-need-carbon-removal">Earth's last best hope</a>.
<p>

The thing is, they won't do much good if the planet-roasters treat them
as excuses to increase their emissions.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(The_wrecker_violated_his_oath)
title: The wrecker violated his oath
uri: The-wrecker-violated-his-oath
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(The_wrecker_violated_his_oath)
content:
 
<p>

Democrats in Congress plan to pass a resolution to recognize that the wrecker
has violated his oath to defend the US Constitution, and therefore is
<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/16/house-democrat-leads-charge-bar-trump-office-citing-14th-amendment">barred by the Constitution from running</a> for any office in the US.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Right-wing_economics_ruinous)
title: Right-wing economics ruinous
uri: Right-wing-economics-ruinous
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Right-wing_economics_ruinous)
content:
 
<p>

Comparing the economic situation of Americans in their 30s in 1990
with Americans in their 30s today measures the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/16/note-apology-nations-younger-generations-we-failed-you">tremendous harm
that right-wing politics has done</a> to Americans generally.

 


title: Prisoners' non-consensual medical operations
uri: Prisoners-non-consensual-medical-operations
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Prisoners'_non-consensual_medical_operations)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(Prisoners'_non-consensual_medical_operations)

content:
 
<p>

The Senate found that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/16/senate-report-hearing-confirm-systematic-medical-abuse-migrant-women-ice-detention">US immigration thugs have sent women
prisoners for medical operations</a> without getting their consent, and
without properly supervising the operations.

 


title: 12 Democrats vote to end national emergency
uri: 12-Democrats-vote-to-end-national-emergency
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(12_Democrats_vote_to_end_national_emergency)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#24_November_2022_(12_Democrats_vote_to_end_national_emergency)

content:
 
<p>

Twelve Senate Democrats voted <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/16/13-senate-dems-join-gop-voting-end-covid-emergency-declaration-kick-millions">to end the US Covid emergency law</a>.
<p>

This would prevent Biden from suspending repayment of student loans.
It could also kick millions of Americans off medicaid.  Right-wingers
would in general like poor people to die.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Unfair_labor_practices_Elon_Musk)
title: Unfair labor practices Elon Musk
uri: Unfair-labor-practices-Elon-Musk
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Unfair_labor_practices_Elon_Musk)
content:
 
<p>

*SpaceX employees say they were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/17/spacex-employees-file-unfair-labor-practice-charges-elon-musk">fired for criticizing Elon Musk</a> in
 open letter.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_((satire)_World_Cup_Alcohol)
title: (satire) World Cup Alcohol
uri: (satire)-World-Cup-Alcohol
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_((satire)_World_Cup_Alcohol)
content:
 
<p>

(satire) *British World Cup Attendees Accused Of<a href="https://www.theonion.com/british-world-cup-attendees-accused-of-smuggling-alcoho-1849801970"> Smuggling Alcohol</a>
Into Stadium Through Bloodstreams.*


 


title: (satire) Landlord Tenant Infestation
uri: (satire)-Landlord-Tenant-Infestation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_((satire)_Landlord_Tenant_Infestation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_((satire)_Landlord_Tenant_Infestation)

content:
 
<p>


(satire) *Landlord Pledges To Address <a href="https://www.theonion.com/landlord-pledges-to-address-tenant-infestation-1849797383">Tenant Infestation</a>.*



 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(An_ironically_misguided_petition)
title: An ironically misguided petition
uri: An-ironically-misguided-petition
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(An_ironically_misguided_petition)
content:
 
<p>

An ironically misguided petition asks the US government to require
communication platforms to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/ftc-encryption-musk/?t=1001&akid=30017%2E96703%2E1r9mDs">encrypt all private messages</a>.
<p>

It would sure be wise for users to encrypt those messages.  But that
won't be secure if the platform sets up the encryption and the
decryption.  If you do that with software that the platform provides,
the platform could put in a back door to bypass it, making it
ineffective for security against snooping by that platform.

If you want encryption to provide real security, install the GNU
Privacy Guard and use it -- to encrypt a message before you send it,
and to decrypt a messafe after you receive it.


 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Railroad_workers_reject_contract)
title: Railroad workers reject contract
uri: Railroad-workers-reject-contract
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Railroad_workers_reject_contract)
content:
 
<p>

Major US railroad workers' <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/21/major-strike-looms-largest-rail-union-us-rejects-white-house-brokered-contract">unions have rejected a contract</a> offer that
didn't offer them enough.
<p>

The railroads are profitable and they should share these profits with
their workers.  I'm disappointed with Biden for proposing a contract
that didn't give them enough.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Unsafe_working_conditions_Amazon)
title: Unsafe working conditions Amazon
uri: Unsafe-working-conditions-Amazon
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Unsafe_working_conditions_Amazon)
content:
 
<p>

A <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/21/cease-and-desist-order-called-massive-victory-us-amazon-workers">federal court issued an injunction</a> for Amazon to stop firing workers
for protesting unsafe working conditions.




 


title: World Cup players plan to support the queer
uri: World-Cup-players-plan-to-support-the-queer
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(World_Cup_players_plan_to_support_the_queer)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(World_Cup_players_plan_to_support_the_queer)

content:
 
<p>

Some players in the football world cup in Qatar planned to wear armbands
to support equal rights for queer people.  <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/21/lgbtq-rights-groups-denounce-fifa-ban-onelove-armbands-during-world-cup-qatar">Qatar said it would respond</a> by
taking a step to expel them from the game, so they abandoned these plans.
<p>

<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/07/qatar-detains-humn-rights-british-workers">Qatar violates human rights egregiously</a> &mdash; this is one example, but the
mistreatment of workers who built the facilities is even more blatant.
<p>

We should not allow Qatar any sort of position of special power over
any international activity.

*By consenting to Qatar's illiberal policies for residents and guests alike,
<a href="http://click1.e.reason.com/eqrqcqcllydfcbjhftczbfvyjhfqrdckbyjvyvdtzqzst_vphvmyvhmnfggyrghyrr.html">FIFA has further besmirched its already tainted reputation</a>.*
<p>

The EU would have the power to make FIFA yield to various human rights
rules and agree to require all future world cup hosts to accept them.


 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Starbucks_fights_unionizers)
title: Starbucks fights unionizers
uri: Starbucks-fights-unionizers
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Starbucks_fights_unionizers)
content:
 
<p>

Starbucks is closing stores, and <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/22/outrage-starbucks-moves-close-first-unionized-shop-its-home-city-seattle">40% of those stores</a> have unionized or
are organizing.
<p>

Starbucks has taken <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050221184234/http://okimc.org:80/newswire.php?story_id=91">anti-union measures before</a>.


 


title: Oregon pardons marijuana convicts
uri: Oregon-pardons-marijuana-convicts
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Oregon_pardons_marijuana_convicts)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Oregon_pardons_marijuana_convicts)

content:
 
<p>

Oregon's governor pardoned everyone <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/21/oregon-governor-pardons-45000-marijuana-offenders-bid-right-wrongs-failed-drug-war">convicted in Oregon of possessing</a> a small
amount of marijuana.
<p>

Unlike Biden's pardons, this included non-US-citizens.
<p>

Many states and territories still need to do legalize marijuana
and pardon everyone convicted of possessing it.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Stakeholder_capitalism_is_broken)
title: Stakeholder capitalism is broken
uri: Stakeholder-capitalism-is-broken
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Stakeholder_capitalism_is_broken)
content:
 
<p>

"Stakeholder capitalism" <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/20/stakeholder-capitalism-jp-morgan-walmart">turns out to do little</a> for the groups
it is supposed to benefit
 &mdash; it is at best lip service, sometimes
even a fraud.

 


title: Senior officers unlawful to protesters
uri: Senior-officers-unlawful-to-protesters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Senior_officers_unlawful_to_protesters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_(Senior_officers_unlawful_to_protesters)

content:
 
<p>


*<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/23/senior-officers-ordered-unlawful-arrests-of-journalists-at-just-stop-oil-protests">Senior officers ordered "unlawful" arrests</a> of journalists at Just
Stop Oil protests.*
<p>

They didn't explicitly say "arrest journalists", but they gave orders
to arrest protesters, and did not mention that journalists were a
special case.
<p>

I don't think they should be in a position of authority if they disregard
freedom of the press.  Meanwhile, arresting protesters is bad too.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_((satire)_STEM_program_curricula)
title: (satire) STEM program curricula
uri: (satire)-STEM-program-curricula
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#25_November_2022_((satire)_STEM_program_curricula)
content:
 
<p>

(satire) *New STEM Program Teaches Students Skills <a href="https://www.theonion.com/new-stem-program-teaches-students-skills-to-appease-whi-1849799017">To Appease Whims</a> Of
Capricious Tech CEO.*
<p>

I find this especially on target because the absurdity it attacks
is the basis of the buzzword "<a href="https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#STEM>STEM"</a> itself.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Urgent:_No_tax_cuts_for_business)
title: Urgent: No tax cuts for business
uri: 2022-11-27-Urgent-No-tax-cuts-for-business
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Urgent:_No_tax_cuts_for_business)
content:
 
<p>

    US citizens: phone your representative and senators
and call on them not to pass any tax cuts for business.
Handouts should be directed to non-rich Americans!
<p>
    The Capitol Switchboard
    numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.
<p>
  If you phone, please spread the word!

</li>

 


title: Urgent: Investigate merger of Kroger and Albertsons
uri: Urgent-Investigate-merger-of-Kroger-and-Albertsons
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_merger_of_Kroger_and_Albertsons)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#17_November_2022_(Urgent:_Investigate_merger_of_Kroger_and_Albertsons)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on the FTC to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/kroger-albertsons/?t=1001&akid=29859%2E96703%2EfcxcRT">thoroughly investigate</a> supermarket
giant Kroger's proposed merger with Albertsons.
<p>
A court already ruled against it, but that's not inevitably final.

 


title: Iran expands uranium refining capacity
uri: Iran-expands-uranium-refining-capacity
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Iran_expands_uranium_refining_capacity)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Iran_expands_uranium_refining_capacity)

content:
 
<p>
  Iran
  is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/23/iran-planning-massive-expansion-of-uranium-capacity-un-nuclear-watchdog">expanding
  its uranium-refining capacity</a>.  This suggests it intends to
  produce nuclear weapons -- though it could be a plan to generate
  nuclear power instead of burning so much oil.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Danny_Lim)
title: Danny Lim
uri: Danny-Lim
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Danny_Lim)
content:
 
<p>
  Sydney thugs violently <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/23/danny-lim-nsw-police-to-internally-investigate-qvb-arrest-sydney-signs-personality-hospital-brain-bleed">arrested habitual prank protester</a> Danny Lim and
  left him seriously injured.
<p>
  He told them at the outset he needed an ambulance, and when a passerby
  offered to call one, the thugs threatened to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/24/liberals-expected-to-give-mps-freedom-to-campaign-as-they-wish-on-indigenous-voice">charge him with a crime</a>
  if he did so.
<p>
  Thugs should face criminal charges for making threats to falsely
  accuse people, just as for actually doing so.
<p>
  I don't quite get the jobe of his sign, nor the point of his protest
  -- but those details don't affect the issue here.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Apple_factory_protests)
title: Apple factory protests
uri: Apple-factory-protests
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Apple_factory_protests)
content:
 
<p>
  There are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/23/protests-break-out-at-covid-hit-iphone-factory-in-china">big protests in an Apple factory in China</a>,
  and videos are circulating despite Chinese censorship.

 


title: Awaab Ishak and a social housing scandal
uri: Awaab-Ishak-and-a-social-housing-scandal
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Awaab_Ishak_and_a_social_housing_scandal)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Awaab_Ishak_and_a_social_housing_scandal)

content:
 
<p>
  *Awaab Ishak’s death shed light on a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/23/awaab-ishak-death-social-housing-mould-family">social housing scandal</a>. Now we
  have a brief chance to fix it.*
<p>
  To provide enough housing space, and maintain it safe conditions, is
  <a href="/articles/why-we-need-a-state.html">the state's responsibility</a>.
  Doing a proper job will require spending public money.  That's the
  real political question here: does the British government care enough
  about non-wealthy people to make sure they all have safe and livable
  places to live?

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Surveillance_and_e-scooters)
title: Surveillance and e-scooters
uri: Surveillance-and-e-scooters
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Surveillance_and_e-scooters)
content:
 
<p>
  Surveillance jungle: rental e-scooters in Paris are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/23/pedestrian-jungle-the-row-in-paris-over-rented-e-scooters">very strictly tracked</a>.
  And of course the renter has to identify perself to rent one.
<p>
  "Convenient" disservices like these are what teach people to accept
  surveillance.  If we don't want a society in which one's every move is
  known, we have to <a href="https://gnu.org/philosophy/surveillance-vs-democracy.html">reject surveillance disservices</a>.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Peace_negotiations)
title: Peace negotiations
uri: Peace-negotiations
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Peace_negotiations)
content:
 
<p>
  *There will come a time for [peace] negotiations –- but calls to reach a deal
  with the Kremlin now are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/23/peace-talks-putin-helping-ukraine-win-war-kremlin">more wrong-headed than ever</a>.*
<p>
  I think it can't hurt to have negotiators continue to meet, since
  <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-may-aug.html#23_July_2022_(Restarting_grain_exports)">occasionally they can agree</a> on a significant side issue.
  But they must not aim to to pressure Ukraine into inviting defeat.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Club_Q_massacre)
title: Club Q massacre
uri: Club-Q-massacre
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Club_Q_massacre)
content:
 
<p>
  *The massacre at Club Q didn’t happen in a vacuum.  There has been a
  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/23/the-massacre-at-club-q-didnt-happen-in-a-vacuum-there-has-been-a-dangerous-escalation-in-hateful-anti-lgbt-rhetoric">dangerous escalation in hateful anti-LGBT rhetoric</a>.*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Japan_meddling_in_politics)
title: Japan meddling in politics
uri: Japan-meddling-in-politics
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Japan_meddling_in_politics)
content:
 
<p>
  Japan is <a href="Japan is meddling in Australian politics by trying to pressure
Queensland not to increase the tax on exported coal.">meddling in Australian politics</a> by trying to pressure
  Queensland not to increase the tax on exported coal.
<p>
  That tax increase is a tiny step towards the vital goal of reducing
  coal consumption.  It is terribly insufficient, but opposing it
  endangers all of us.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Biden_and_Crown_Prince_Bone_Saw)
title: Biden and Crown Prince Bone Saw
uri: Biden-and-Crown-Prince-Bone-Saw
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#26_November_2022_(Biden_and_Crown_Prince_Bone_Saw)
content:
 
<p>
  Biden's delay on ruling on whether Crown Prince Bone Saw could be sued
  in a US court gave him an opportunity to appoint himself "prime minister"
  and thus gain the benefit of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/23/biden-administration-dragged-feet-mohammed-bin-salman-immunity-ruling">shelter in a pertinent treaty</a>.


 


title: Nuclear power plant safety deregulation
uri: Nuclear-power-plant-safety-deregulation
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Nuclear_power_plant_safety_deregulation)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Nuclear_power_plant_safety_deregulation)

content:
 
<p>

The Nuclear <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/23/us-nrc-seeks-greatly-reduced-safety-regulations-advanced-nuclear-power-plants">Regulatory Commission proposes to deregulate</a> new kinds of
nuclear power plants.
<p>

They have a history of seeking to please and serve the companies that
make nuclear power plants, so such a proposal makes me suspicious.

We should not build new, <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#6_October_2022_(Cost_overruns_of_Small,_modular_nuclear_reactors)">"small" nuclear plants</a>
because that is too slow, expensive and risky to be of service
in preventing global heating disaster.
<p>

To go fast, we need to use the solution that is fastest and cheapest
to build: renewable power.

 


title: CIA discussed assassinating Assange
uri: CIA-discussed-assassinating-Assange
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(CIA_discussed_assassinating_Assange)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(CIA_discussed_assassinating_Assange)

content:
 
<p>

CIA officials, appointed by the wrecker, discussed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/27/senior-cia-officials-trump-discussed-assassinating-julian-assange">assassinating
Julian Assange</a>.


  Instead they took the slow path that has been in use for several years.
<p>
The summary of Assange's history, in that article, is misleading on a
number of points.  <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#18_August_2022_(CIA_whistleblower's_thoughts_on_prosecution_of_Assange)">This is a better reference</a>.


 


title: Right-wing extremists readmitted to Twitter
uri: Right-wing-extremists-readmitted-to-Twitter
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Right-wing_extremists_readmitted_to_Twitter)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Right-wing_extremists_readmitted_to_Twitter)

content:
 
<p>

Musk has readmitted many right-wing extremists to Twitter,
including the <a href="/glossary.html#bullshitter">bullshitter</a> and people who deny that he lost
the 2020 election.
<p>
However, it <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/22/elon-musk-twitter-censor-ddosecrets/">prohibits all users from posting links to the Distributed
    Denial of Secrets web site, ddosecrets.com</a>, which posts government
secrets leaked by whistleblowers.

 


title: Furniture company shut down its operations abruptly
uri: Furniture-company-shut-down-its-operations-abruptly
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Furniture_company_shut_down_its_operations_abruptly)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Furniture_company_shut_down_its_operations_abruptly)

content:
 
<p>

  A furniture company <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/26/united-furniture-industries-fires-workers-asleep">shut down its operations abruptly</a> and fired all
its workers instantly, without notice.  It also tried to deny them all
benefits &mdash; even the option to continue their medical insurance at
their own expense.
<p>
It may be illegal for a company to do that, but that's not enough.  It
ought to be a crime for the executives and managers involved in the
decision.
<p>
I wonder why they shut down the company abruptly.  Two ideas that
occur to me are (1) they decided to move operations to another
country and (2) the company was owned by private equity.  Neither one
makes the action any less wrong.
<p>
As for the fact that they did this on one day of the year rather than
one of the other 364 days, or what method they used to inform the
staff, or the fact that some of them were sleeping, don't let those
minor details distract you.  If your condemnation of bad treatment of
workers can be mollified by choosing such details better, that will
help businesses attack workers rights ore effectively.  We must demand
the substance of treating workers decently, not merely the show.

 


title: Bolsonaro's Nazi propaganda and relaxation of gun laws
uri: Bolsonaro-s-Nazi-propaganda-and-relaxation-of-gun-laws
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Bolsonaro's_Nazi_propaganda_and_relaxation_of_gun_laws)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Bolsonaro's_Nazi_propaganda_and_relaxation_of_gun_laws)

content:
 
<p>

Bolsonaro's Nazi propaganda and relaxation of gun laws in Brazil have
led to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/26/boy-16-killed-three-people-and-wounded-13-in-two-schools-in-brazil">massacres by Nazi fanatics</a>.

 


title: Biden Blasted for Approving Oil Export Project
uri: Biden-Blasted-for-Approving-Oil-Export-Project
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Biden_Blasted_for_Approving_Oil_Export_Project)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Biden_Blasted_for_Approving_Oil_Export_Project)

content:
 
<p>

  *"A Death Sentence": Biden <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/22/death-sentence-biden-blasted-approving-oil-export-project">Blasted for Approving Oil Export Project</a>.*
<p>
  Failing to decrease oil extraction now can <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-mar-jun.html#5_June_2022_(G7_countries_to_stop_funding_fossil_fuel_development_overseas)">easily doom most people</a>. 

 


title: (satire) Turkey's who've lost loved ones to Thanksgiving
uri: (satire)-Turkey-s-who-ve-lost-loved-ones-to-Thanksgiving
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_((satire)_Turkey's_who've_lost_loved_ones_to_Thanksgiving)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_((satire)_Turkey's_who've_lost_loved_ones_to_Thanksgiving)

content:
 
<p>

  (satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/biden-meets-with-turkeys-who-ve-lost-loved-ones-to-than-1849801993">*Biden Meets With Turkeys Who've Lost Loved Ones To Thanksgiving.*</a>

 


title: Ukraine sending subsidized food to African countries
uri: Ukraine-sending-subsidized-food-to-African-countries
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Ukraine_sending_subsidized_food_to_African_countries)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Ukraine_sending_subsidized_food_to_African_countries)

content:
 
<p>

  Ukraine is now <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/26/kyiv-opens-grain-from-ukraine-scheme-to-get-food-to-africas-poorest-countries">sending subsidized food</a> to some African countries.

 


title: Protests against Covid lockdowns spread to Urumqi
uri: Protests-against-Covid-lockdowns-spread-to-Urumqi
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Protests_against_Covid_lockdowns_spread_to_Urumqi)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Protests_against_Covid_lockdowns_spread_to_Urumqi)

content:
 
<p>

  Protests against strict Covid lockdowns have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/26/covid-lockdown-protests-break-out-in-western-china-after-deadly-fire">spread in Urumqi</a>, the
capital of Xinjiang.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Climate_conference_in_the_UAE)
title: Climate conference in the UAE
uri: Climate-conference-in-the-UAE
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Climate_conference_in_the_UAE)
content:
 
<p>

The next climate conference will occur in the UAE, a fossil-fuel
kingdom that is attacking Yemen with US support.  There is not much
hope from an event held there.  So Naomi Klein suggests that <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/22/lets-try-something-new-naomi-klein-calls-boycott-next-cop-climate-summit">civil
    society boycott it and hold a parallel event</a>.

 


title: Democrats successes with rural voters
uri: Democrats-successes-with-rural-voters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Democrats_successes_with_rural_voters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Democrats_successes_with_rural_voters)

content:
 
<p>

  Democrats had <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/22/midterm-results-show-rural-vote-democrats-lose">successes among rural voters</a>, and if they try harder they
can develop real strength there.

 


title: Call IMF to eliminate extra interest charged to poor countries
uri: Call-IMF-to-eliminate-extra-interest-charged-to-poor-countries
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Call_IMF_to_eliminate_extra_interest_charged_to_poor_countries)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Call_IMF_to_eliminate_extra_interest_charged_to_poor_countries)

content:
 
<p>

  Calling on the IMF to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/22/civil-society-groups-imf-abolish-surcharges-help-finance-climate-action">eliminate the extra interest</a> that it charges poor
countries.

 


title: Tackling global heating in international law
uri: Tackling-global-heating-in-international-law
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Tackling_global_heating_in_international_law)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Tackling_global_heating_in_international_law)

content:
 
<p>

Steven Donziger argues for ways to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/22/steven-donziger-says-criminalize-ecocide-help-save-planet">tackle global heating in
    international law</a>.
<p>
Creating the crime of ecocide is one of his solutions.

 


title: UK workers so poor they are compelled to work while sick
uri: UK-workers-so-poor-they-are-compelled-to-work-while-sick
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(UK_workers_so_poor_they_are_compelled_to_work_while_sick)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(UK_workers_so_poor_they_are_compelled_to_work_while_sick)

content:
 
<p>

In the UK, workers who are sick are not interested in notes excusing
time off work &mdash; they are so desperately poor that they are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/22/severely-ill-refusing-sicknotes-as-they-cannot-afford-not-to-work-says-gps-head">compelled
    to work while sick</a>.

 


title: Facebook closed accounts spreading false information
uri: Facebook-closed-accounts-spreading-false-information
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Facebook_closed_accounts_spreading_false_information)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_(Facebook_closed_accounts_spreading_false_information)

content:
 
<p>

  Facebook <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/22/politics/meta-report-fake-accounts-us-military/index.html">closed accounts</a> that it found were spreading false information
on behalf of the US government.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_Disqualify_the_wrecker)
title: Urgent: Disqualify the wrecker
uri: Urgent-Disqualify-the-wrecker
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_Disqualify_the_wrecker)
content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/reject-and-disqualify-trump-from-running-for-president-under-the-fourteenth-amendment-for-engaging-in-the-january-6th-insurrection?nowrapper=true&referrer=group-americans-for-tax-fairness&source=group-americans-for-tax-fairness">state officials to disqualify the wrecker</a> from
running for president or other offices, as the Constitution calls for.


 


title: Urgent: US citizens: raise the debt ceiling
uri: Urgent-US-citizens-raise-the-debt-ceiling
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(__Urgent:_US_citizens:_raise_the_debt_ceiling)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(__Urgent:_US_citizens:_raise_the_debt_ceiling)

content:
 
<p>

Urgent: US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-p
etition-democrats-must-raise-the-debt-ceiling-now-to-stop-the-gop-from-holding-our-e
conomy-hostage-2?nowrapper=true&referrer=group-coalition-on-human-needs&source=direc
t_link">raise the debt ceiling now</a>
  so Republicans can't use it as a lever for sabotage later.
<p>
    The Capitol Switchboard numbers are
<a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>,
<a href="tel:+18888186641">+1-888-818-6641</a> and
<a href="tel:+18883553588">+1-888-355-3588</a>.

 


title: Urgent: Repeal the '02 Authorization to Use Military Force
uri: Urgent-Repeal-the-02-Authorization-to-Use-Military-Force
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#29_November_2022_(Urgent:_Repeal_the_'02_Authorization_to_Use_Military_Force)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#29_November_2022_(Urgent:_Repeal_the_'02_Authorization_to_Use_Military_Force)

content:
 
<p>
  
US citizens: <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/biden-speak-up-for-02-aumf-repeal">call on Biden to advocate repeal of the ‘02 AUMF</a>.

 


title: Urgent: US citizens: FTC to require platforms to be end-to-end encrypted.
uri: Urgent-US-citizens-FTC-to-require-platforms-to-be-end-to-end-encryp
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#29_November_2022_(Urgent:_US_citizens:_FTC_to_require_platforms_to_be_end-to-end_encrypted.)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#29_November_2022_(Urgent:_US_citizens:_FTC_to_require_platforms_to_be_end-to-end_encrypted.)

content:
 
<p>

Urgent: US citizens: call on the FTC to <a href="https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/enryption-ftc/">require platforms to make their direct messages
end-to-end encrypted</a>.
<p>
This is a half-measure.  Truly secure encrytion has to be done by a
free client program that the user installs independently of the
platform.  Therefore it can't be implemented by a communication
platform.
<p>
If the encryption is done by the platform -- either in its server, or
in its nonfree client program, or in code sent to the user's browser
(for instance, in Javascript) -- then the platform has control over
the encryption, and can backdoor it at will.


 


title: Urgent: Fund healthcare, children and transit
uri: Urgent-Fund-healthcare-children-and-transit
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_Fund_healthcare,_children_and_transit)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_Fund_healthcare,_children_and_transit)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: phone your congresscritter and say, don't starve critical
investments in healthcare, children and transit.  Pass government
funding before the end of the year.

 


title: Urgent: The wrecker's campaign is a red herring
uri: Urgent-The-wrecker-s-campaign-is-a-red-herring
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_The_wrecker's_campaign_is_a_red_herring)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_The_wrecker's_campaign_is_a_red_herring)

content:
 
<p>
  
US citizens: call on the Department of Justice not to let the wrecker
use his <a href="https://act.commoncause.org/petitions/trump-cant-use-his-presidential-run-to-dodge-criminal-liability?nowrapper=true&referrer=&source=email-donald-trump-is-running-for-president">new presidential campaign to get off the hook for criminal
charges</a>.

 


title: Urgent: US citizens: remove all medical debt from credit reports
uri: Urgent-US-citizens-remove-all-medical-debt-from-credit-reports
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_US_citizens:_remove_all_medical_debt_from_credit_reports)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Urgent:_US_citizens:_remove_all_medical_debt_from_credit_reports)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/forms/tell-equifax-experian-and-transunion-remove-all-medical-debt-from-credit-reports-now?nowrapper=true&referrer=&source=email-tell-experian-equifax-and-transunion-to-remove-medical-debt-from-credit-reports-now-3">call on Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion</a> to remove all
medical debt from credit reports.

 


title: Private equity companies buying up medical specialist clinics
uri: Private-equity-companies-buying-up-medical-specialist-clinics
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Private_equity_companies_buying_up_medical_specialist_clinics)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Private_equity_companies_buying_up_medical_specialist_clinics)

content:
 
<p>

Private equity companies are buying up medical specialist clinics in
the US, and <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/17/the-doctor-will-fleece-you-now/#pe-in-full-effect">creating local monopolies that systematically gouge</a>, and
even defraud.
<p>
This problem afflicts many areas of medicine, just as it affects many
other areas of life in the US.
<p>
  For medicine, the <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#26_October_2020_(A_gap_in_the_defense_of_freedom)">full solution is a national medical system</a>.
  It would save the US money overall, but <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#11_September_2022_(Rule_overturned_for_employer-funded_medical_insurance_covering_HIV_medicine)">might require taxing the rich more</a>.

<p>
However, the problem of concentration of industry needs a general
solution too.

 


title: Universities making deals with sports betting companies
uri: Universities-making-deals-with-sports-betting-companies
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Universities_making_deals_with_sports_betting_companies)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Universities_making_deals_with_sports_betting_companies)

content:
 
<p>

  Some US universities have <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20221128183954/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/caesars-sports-betting-universities-colleges.html">made deals with sports betting companies</a>.
The university helps promote gambling to the students, and in return
gets a share of what the students spend.
<p>
I don't believe in prohibiting gambling, but those who have your
well-being in mind will not encourage you to gamble.

 


title: Tax filing services transmitting sensitive financial info to Facebook and Instagram
uri: Tax-filing-services-transmitting-sensitive-financial-info-to-Facebook
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Tax_filing_services_transmitting_sensitive_financial_info_to_Facebook_and_Instagram)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Tax_filing_services_transmitting_sensitive_financial_info_to_Facebook_and_Instagram)

content:
 
<p>

*   Major tax filing services such as H&R Block, TaxAct, and TaxSlayer have
been <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/22/23471842/facebook-hr-block-taxact-taxslayer-info-sharing">quietly transmitting sensitive financial information</a> to [Facebook+Instagram].*
  As well as other basic personal information.
<p>
The do this through a tracking pixel on their web sites.  The  info sent
comes from what the user enters in the web site; it seems that does not include
the detailed financial data that users hand over for the tax return itself.
Sending the latter to some other company might, I suspect, be a crime.
<p>
Millions of sites use the Facebook&Instagram tracking pixel
to send data about their visitors.
<p>
Google Analytics collects much of the same data, but not the user's
name.  However, often it can figure out the user's identity in other ways.

 


title: iMonster app store client program collects data about user actions
uri: iMonster-app-store-client-program-collects-data-about-user-actions
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(iMonster_app_store_client_program_collects_data_about_user_actions)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(iMonster_app_store_client_program_collects_data_about_user_actions)

content:
 
<p>

The iMonsters' app store client program <a href="https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-analytics-tracking-even-when-off-app-store-1849757558">collects many kinds of data
    about the user's actions</a>.
<p>
There is a command to disable this collection, but it seems not to
have an effect.

 


title: Does it matter that Julian Assange has Asperger's syndrome?
uri: Does-it-matter-that-Julian-Assange-has-Asperger-s-syndrome
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Does_it_matter_that_Julian_Assange_has_Asperger's_syndrome_)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Does_it_matter_that_Julian_Assange_has_Asperger's_syndrome_)

content:
 
<p>

  Does it matter that <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-knew-assange-was-autistic-it-explains-why-people-read-him-unfairly-20201013-p564tp.html">Julian Assange has Asperger's syndrome</a>?
(I avoid the term "autistic spectrum" because it is a misleading
overgeneralization.)
<p>
In principle, no.  Publishing leaks about the horrible crimes of governments
is admirable and no one should be punished for that.
<p>
In practice, if it helps prevent Assange's extradition, I will be
glad.  However, to avoid putting journalism in danger globally, saving
Assange from US vengeance based on personal grounds will not be
enough.  We need to protect journalists and whistleblowers from
punishment for serving the public.

 


title: Far-right extremist to be Israel's national security minister
uri: Far-right-extremist-to-be-Israel-s-national-security-minister
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Far-right_extremist_to_be_Israel's_national_security_minister)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Far-right_extremist_to_be_Israel's_national_security_minister)

content:
 
<p>

  *Far-right extremist [Ben-Gvir] to be <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/25/far-right-extremist-itamar-ben-gvir-to-be-israel-national-security-minister">Israel's national security minister</a>.*
<p>
He wants to give immunity to Israeli soldiers that shoot at
Palestinians, and execute Palestinians for various sorts of crimes.
In this ministry he would be in charge of <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a>, and would surely
encourage them to commit violence.  In Israel I was told that the
border police were especially cruel and violent towards Palestinians.

 


title: Story told by documentary "Tantura"
uri: Story-told-by-documentary-Tantura
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Story_told_by_documentary_Tantura)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Story_told_by_documentary_Tantura)

content:
 
<p>

  The documentary <a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/11/25/tantura-movie-israel-palestine/">"Tantura"</a> tells the story of Israel's expulsion of the
Palestinians of a town near Haifa, in 1948.  The film-maker, Alon Schwarz,
faces revulsion for this.
<p>
I wish that Uri Avnery were alive to talk about the film and the
events.  His article, <a href="http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en/channels/downloads/truth/Truth%20Against%20Truth%20-%20English">Truth Against Truth</a>,
provides some context.

 


title: Faux News hammered viewers with reports about crime
uri: Faux-News-hammered-viewers-with-reports-about-crime
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Faux_News_hammered_viewers_with_reports_about_crime)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Faux_News_hammered_viewers_with_reports_about_crime)

content:
 
<p>

  Faux News <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/25/fox-news-crime-coverage-decline-us-midterm-elections">hammered viewers with frequent reports about crime</a>, until
election day.
<p>
"Think about crime &mdash; don't think about the help Republicans won't let the
government give you!"

 


title: Walmart drives its workers especially hard during the "holiday" season
uri: Walmart-drives-its-workers-especially-hard-during-the-holiday-season
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Walmart_drives_its_workers_especially_hard_during_the_holiday_season)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Walmart_drives_its_workers_especially_hard_during_the_holiday_season)

content:
 
<p>

Walmart drives its workers hard, but especially hard in the "holiday" season.
They are compelled to work <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/25/retail-workers-thanksgiving-christmas-busy-pressure">55 or even 60 hours a week</a> and can't take time off
even for an emergency.

 


title: Australia will accept wives and children of PISSI fighters
uri: Australia-will-accept-wives-and-children-of-PISSI-fighters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Australia_will_accept_wives_and_children_of_PISSI_fighters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Australia_will_accept_wives_and_children_of_PISSI_fighters)

content:
 
<p>

  Australia will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/25/australian-wives-and-children-of-islamic-state-fighters-to-return-to-where-they-left-from">accept the wives and children</a> of PISSI fighters

 


title: SpaceX workers claim they were fired illegally
uri: SpaceX-workers-claim-they-were-fired-illegally
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(SpaceX_workers_claim_they_were_fired_illegally)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(SpaceX_workers_claim_they_were_fired_illegally)

content:
 
<p>

  *SpaceX Workers Say They Were <a href="https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-spacex-twitter-fired-employees-open-letter-1849794817">Illegally Fired</a> for Open Letter
 Criticizing Elon [Musk].*

 


title: Republicans broad plan against people who don't agree with their vision
uri: Republicans-broad-plan-against-people-who-don-t-agree-with-their-visio
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Republicans_broad_plan_against_people_who_don't_agree_with_their_vision)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Republicans_broad_plan_against_people_who_don't_agree_with_their_vision)

content:
 
<p>

  Republicans have a <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/19/our-only-hope-defeat-right-wing-effort-destroy-public-institutions">broad plan</a>: *to destabilize, weaken, and even
destroy the institutions that give a voice to people who don't agree
with their vision.*

 


title: Suggestion for NATO rule regarding fighting an attacker
uri: Suggestion-for-NATO-rule-regarding-fighting-an-attacker
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Suggestion_for_NATO_rule_regarding_fighting_an_attacker)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Suggestion_for_NATO_rule_regarding_fighting_an_attacker)

content:
 
<p>

Suggesting that NATO should <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/19/we-cannot-allow-natos-article-5-be-flip-switch-world-war-3">make a rule to have dialog with a possible
    attacker</a> before any NATO state fights back against an apparent attack.

 


title: UK thug department has paid damages for attacking protesters
uri: UK-thug-department-has-paid-damages-for-attacking-protesters
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(UK_thug_department_has_paid_damages_for_attacking_protesters)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(UK_thug_department_has_paid_damages_for_attacking_protesters)

content:
 
<p>

  A UK thug department has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/17/police-settle-claims-over-alleged-assaults-on-bristol-protesters">paid damages for attacking protesters</a>.
The <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> made a sudden attack at a peaceful demonstration.
  The <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> cited Covid lockdown regulations in force at the time, but that
can't justify a violent attack!
<p>
Paying damages and not admitting wrongdoing is not enough.

 


title: Tory budget plans likely to degrade UK public services
uri: Tory-budget-plans-likely-to-degrade-UK-public-services
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Tory_budget_plans_likely_to_degrade_UK_public_services)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Tory_budget_plans_likely_to_degrade_UK_public_services)

content:
 
<p>

  Tory budget plans are likely to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/24/jeremy-hunts-plans-likely-to-degrade-public-services-says-report">degrade UK public services</a> even
further.

 


title: San Francisco thugs propose robots carry deadly weapons
uri: San-Francisco-thugs-propose-robots-carry-deadly-weapons
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(San_Francisco_thugs_propose_robots_carry_deadly_weapons)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(San_Francisco_thugs_propose_robots_carry_deadly_weapons)

content:
 
<p>

San Francisco thugs propose using <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/24/san-francisco-police-propose-using-robots-capable-of-deadly-force">robots that can carry deadly
    weapons</a>, to respond to reports of incidents.
<p>
The criterion they propose for using this sounds very similar to the criterion
for shooting people.  As we know, <a href="/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> often shoot people dead
in situations where that justification was not a good criterion.

 


title: UK gave every homeless person a place to sleep during pandemic
uri: UK-gave-every-homeless-person-a-place-to-sleep-during-pandemic
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(UK_gave_every_homeless_person_a_place_to_sleep_during_pandemic)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(UK_gave_every_homeless_person_a_place_to_sleep_during_pandemic)

content:
 
<p>

  The UK gave every homeless person a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/homeless-people-dying-uk-solution-pandemic-government-support">place indoors to sleep</a>, for a
short time during the pandemic.
<p>
  I think the UK <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jan-apr.html#1_April_2022_(Housing_for_UK_homeless)">did not continue this for very long</a>,
but that doesn't mean it can't be done again.
<p>
It may require taxing the rich more.

 


title: UN human rights council to investigate Iran's authoritarian reaction to protests
uri: UN-human-rights-council-to-investigate-Iran-s-authoritarian-reaction-t
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(UN_human_rights_council_to_investigate_Iran's_authoritarian_reaction_to_protests)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(UN_human_rights_council_to_investigate_Iran's_authoritarian_reaction_to_protests)

content:
 
<p>

The UN human rights council will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/24/iran-protests-un-council-votes-to-investigate-human-rights-abuses">investigate Iran's authoritarian
    reaction to protests</a>.

 


title: Green Capitalism and global heating
uri: Green-Capitalism-and-global-heating
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Green_Capitalism_and_global_heating)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Green_Capitalism_and_global_heating)

content:
 
<p>

"Green Capitalism" sounds promising, but is it really capable of preventing
global climate disaster? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/24/how-whales-can-help-dispel-the-myth-of-green-capitalism-adrienne-buller"> A book argues that it is not</a>: that measuring the
value of each thing in the world in monetary terms just won't do the job.
<p>
A committee came up with an estimate of the monetary value of a great
whale. One can question whether the monetary value captures the
importance of continued existence of whales, but maybe the result
would be adequate.
<p>
But what about the continued existence of a rare, endangered species
of small animals?  If people calculate that without adding a term to
represent the value of simple existence of a distinct species, they
might get a minuscule number.
<p>
How endangered species preserved are worth one living whale?
It's hard to make that question meaningful,  It's like asking
how much money a human life is worth.  Insurance needs to answer
that question, but is that the right way to decide who lives
and who dies?
<p>
If you buy the book, please <a href=/amazon.html>do not get it from Amazon</a>.

 


title: Putin bans talking about same-sex relationships
uri: Putin-bans-talking-about-same-sex-relationships
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Putin_bans_talking_about_same-sex_relationships)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(Putin_bans_talking_about_same-sex_relationships)

content:
 
<p>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/24/russia-passes-law-banning-lgbt-propaganda-adults">Putin has banned any public mention</a> of same-sex or same-gender
relationships.  <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2021-nov-feb.html#26_January_2022_(Banning_teacher_to_speak_about_gender_and_queer)">Like DeMentis</a>,
  his law prohibits this only under certain conditions, but when his
followers interpret the conditions, there is nothing that is safe to say.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(The_psychology_of_power)
title: The psychology of power
uri: The-psychology-of-power
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(The_psychology_of_power)
content:
 
<p>

Brains learn to predict other people's likely behavior and to save the
unconscious effort of figuring about concerns that never arise for
them.  As a result, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/powerful-people-neuroscience-authority-privilege">powerful people learn to be ruthless</a> and not to
concern themselves with the feelings of the obedient people around them;

 


title: (satire) Turkeys who've lost loved ones to Thanksgiving
uri: (satire)-Turkeys-who-ve-lost-loved-ones-to-Thanksgiving
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_((satire)_Turkeys_who've_lost_loved_ones_to_Thanksgiving)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#28_November_2022_((satire)_Turkeys_who've_lost_loved_ones_to_Thanksgiving)

content:
 
<p>

  (satire) <a href="https://www.theonion.com/biden-meets-with-turkeys-who-ve-lost-loved-ones-to-than-1849801993">*Biden Meets With Turkeys Who've Lost Loved Ones To Thanksgiving.*</a>

 


title: Tens of thousands of homes in the UK are not safe
uri: Tens-of-thousands-of-homes-in-the-UK-are-not-safe
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Tens_of_thousands_of_homes_in_the_UK_are_not_safe)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Tens_of_thousands_of_homes_in_the_UK_are_not_safe)

content:
 
<p>
The UK governmen admits that tens of thousands of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/24/tens-of-thousands-of-homes-unsafe-says-michael-gove">homes in the UK are not safe for people</a> to live in.
<p>
This,  together with various other issues including <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2020-sep-dec.html#10_September_2020_(Fires_in_high-rise_apartment_buildings)">the Grenfell fire</a>
  shows that the UK has lost its ability
to enforce regulations on businesses that are meant to protect public
safety and well-being.
<p>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/24/britains-trains-tories-north-england-avanti">It can't even run railroads well</a>,
   because it has privatized them.
<p>
I am not sure what the causes are.  I've seen "croyism" sugested as a
cause for some, but I suspect that another cause is catering
excessively to the wealthy and business.  The companies that run the
privatized railroads get more importance than the passengers.


 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Fascism_still_in_the_air)
title: Fascism still in the air
uri: Fascism-still-in-the-air
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Fascism_still_in_the_air)
content:
 
<p>
Watch out for a false sense of security.  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/24/frances-fox-piven-interview-midterms-trump-fascism">The US is still in danger
of being taken</a> over by fascism.
<p>
The Republicans, by a margin of one seat in the House of
Representatives, seem to have succeeded in ensuring that the federal
government can't do anything before the 2024 elections to ensure our
elections are not rigged then.

 


title: Vaccine disinformation grows measles threat
uri: Vaccine-disinformation-grows-measles-threat
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Vaccine_disinformation_grows_measles_threat)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Vaccine_disinformation_grows_measles_threat)

content:
 
<p>
Vaccine disinformation has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/24/covid-disruptions-rising-anti-vaccine-activism-linked-growing-measles-threat">convinced many to refuse measles vaccination</a>,
and that is creating a completely unnecessary threat of measles.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_((satire)_Subway_food)
title: (satire) Subway food
uri: (satire)-Subway-food
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_((satire)_Subway_food)
content:
 
<p>
(satire) *<a href="https://www.theonion.com/cash-strapped-subway-threatens-to-reveal-identities-of-1849803246">Cash-Strapped Subway Threatens To Reveal Identities Of
Customers Who Eat Subway</a> [food] If They Don’t Pay [ransom].*

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Tories_plan_to_insulate_homes)
title: Tories plan to insulate homes
uri: Tories-plan-to-insulate-homes
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Tories_plan_to_insulate_homes)
content:
 
<p>
The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/nov/25/uk-government-to-introduce-grants-to-make-homes-more-energy-efficient">Tories have heard the voice of Insulate Britain</a> and proposed a plan
to insulate the homes of middle-class Britons.
<p>
It's a good idea, but middle-class homeowners could afford to pay back
this support out of the savings they will have.  The government should
lend the money for middle-class homes, and give the money for
insulating poor people's homes.

 


title: Twitter as a surveillance capitalism tool
uri: Twitter-as-a-surveillance-capitalism-tool
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Twitter_as_a_surveillance_capitalism_tool)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Twitter_as_a_surveillance_capitalism_tool)

content:
 
<p>
Yanis <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/25/dont-be-fooled-what-elon-musk-really-twitter">Varoufakis conjectures that Musk wants to turn Twitter</a> into a
platform for surveillance capitalism,
and that everything he said
about freedom of speech was a red herring.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(European_heat_waves_last_summer)
title: European heat waves last summeGlobal heatingr
uri: European-heat-waves-last-summeGlobal-heatingr
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#30_November_2022_(European_heat_waves_last_summer)
content:
 
<p>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/24/over-20000-died-western-europe-heatwaves-figures-climate-crisis">Global heating killed 20,000 people in Europ</a>e through heat waves last summer
  that were possible due to local heating.

 


title: Urgent: Call on Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines
uri: Urgent-Call-on-Congress-to-ban-assault-weapons-and-high-capacity-maga
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Urgent:_Call_on_Congress_to_ban_assault_weapons_and_high-capacity_magazines)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Urgent:_Call_on_Congress_to_ban_assault_weapons_and_high-capacity_magazines)

content:
 
<p>

US citizens: call on Congress to <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/go/34272?c0=congress-assault-weapons-ban-now.COA_GR">ban assault weapons and
    high-capacity magazines</a>.

<p>The Capitol Switchboard number is <a href="tel:+12022243121">+1-202-224-3121</a>.</p>
<p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>

 


title: US investigating killing of Shirin Abu Akleh
uri: US-investigating-killing-of-Shirin-Abu-Akleh
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(US_investigating_killing_of_Shirin_Abu_Akleh)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(US_investigating_killing_of_Shirin_Abu_Akleh)

content:
 
<p>

By deciding to investigate Israel's killing of Shirin Abu Akleh,
the US is <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/25/symbolic-significant-why-decision-investigate-abu-aklehs-murder-unprecedented">putting limits</a> on its willingness to support Israel
no matter what Israel does.

 


title: Qatar believes it can bully British government
uri: Qatar-believes-it-can-bully-British-government
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Qatar_believes_it_can_bully_British_government)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Qatar_believes_it_can_bully_British_government)

content:
 
<p>

  Qatar believes it can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/25/qatar-reviewing-london-investments-after-tfl-bans-its-adverts-report">bully any and all parts of the British government</a>
by pulling some of the investments that harm Britain.

 


title: UK NHS suggesting nurses should not strike
uri: UK-NHS-suggesting-nurses-should-not-strike
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(UK_NHS_suggesting_nurses_should_not_strike)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(UK_NHS_suggesting_nurses_should_not_strike)

content:
 
<p>

  The UK NHS is trying to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/28/urgent-surgery-may-be-postponed-by-nurses-strikes-say-nhs-bosses">suggest that nurses should not strike</a> because
it would cause some operations to be delayed.
<p>
That statement is literally true, but the argument it is part of is
invalid.  The main cause of postponing millions of operations every
year is mismanagement and underfunding by the government, and the
harmful consequences include the pay that is inadequate for nurses to
live on.

 


title: China censors maskless crowd footage
uri: China-censors-maskless-crowd-footage
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(China_censors_maskless_crowd_footage)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(China_censors_maskless_crowd_footage)

content:
 
<p>

  *China <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/28/china-censors-maskless-crowd-footage-in-world-cup-broadcasts">censors maskless crowd footage</a> in World Cup broadcasts.*
<p>
Apparently the contrast with them puts China in a bad light, in the
minds of many Chinese.  Are they right?  I won't assume that.  They
can see when people die from the rigidity and harshness of the Chinese
state.  But if China drops the effort to eradicate Covid outbreaks, it
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/28/china-abandon-zero-covid-protests-mass-vaccination">could kill millions of Chinese</a>.
I think it would be better to correct the rigidity and harshness.
<p>
I agree with Sridhar that in what China needs in the long term to get
better vaccines and get most people vaccinated.

 


title: Amazon required to read court orders to unionized plant
uri: Amazon-required-to-read-court-orders-to-unionized-plant
feed_id:
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url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Amazon_required_to_read_court_orders_to_unionized_plant)

content:
 
<p>

A court order not to retaliate against union organizers also requires
Amazon to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/28/amazon-staten-island-new-york-retaliation">read the court's decision</a> to all the employees at the
unionized plant in Staten Island.
<p>
I hope this requires Amazon to pay the workers for the time they pass
listening to this reading.

 


title: Comparing the US and British medical systems
uri: Comparing-the-US-and-British-medical-systems
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Comparing_the_US_and_British_medical_systems)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Comparing_the_US_and_British_medical_systems)

content:
 
<p>

Comparing the US and British medical systems: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/28/us-britain-healthcare-insurance-renewal-nhs">both horrible but in
    different ways</a>.
<p>
The British medical system (the NHS) did not just grow with its
current problems.  It worked much better until the Tories started
cutting its budget, through trickle-down politics based on worship of
the Invisible Hand.  It is clear how to fix them: give the NHS enough
money to do its job.
<p>
The US medical system's problems did just grow, as the worshipers of
the Invisible Hand let gouging private companies get whatever they
wished for and blocked efforts to stop them.  It is clear how to fix
these problems: create a public national medical system and sweep away
those greedy bastards.  The usual term for this nowadays is <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2022-jul-oct.html#3_September_2022_(Urgent:_Establish_Medicare_for_All)">"Medicare
    for all"</a>, though I think we should go further and set up a system of
VA hospitals for all.

 


title: Netanyahu strikes Israeli coalition deal
uri: Netanyahu-strikes-Israeli-coalition-deal
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Netanyahu_strikes_Israeli_coalition_deal)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Netanyahu_strikes_Israeli_coalition_deal)

content:
 
<p>

  *Netanyahu <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/28/netanyahu-strikes-israeli-coalition-deal-with-far-right-homophobic-leader">strikes Israeli coalition deal</a> with far-right [antigay fanatic].*
<p>
Hatred of gay or queer people is <a href="https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#homophobia">not a phobia, it is bigotry.

 


title: War in space would have effects on civilian life
uri: War-in-space-would-have-effects-on-civilian-life
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(War_in_space_would_have_effects_on_civilian_life)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(War_in_space_would_have_effects_on_civilian_life)

content:
 
<p>

  *War in space would have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/29/life-no-longer-as-we-know-it-war-in-space-would-have-immediate-effects-expert-says">immediate effects</a> [on civilian life.]
   Attacks on satellites could take out GPS systems, banking systems,
power grids &hellip;*

 


title: Call for putting Great Barrier Reef on UNESCO's list of world heritage sites
uri: Call-for-putting-Great-Barrier-Reef-on-UNESCO-s-list-of-world-heritage
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Call_for_putting_Great_Barrier_Reef_on_UNESCO's_list_of_world_heritage_sites)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Call_for_putting_Great_Barrier_Reef_on_UNESCO's_list_of_world_heritage_sites)

content:
 
<p>

A group of UN experts call for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/28/great-barrier-reef-should-be-placed-on-world-heritage-in-danger-list-un-backed-report-says">putting the Great Barrier Reef on UNESCO's
    list</a> of world heritage sites that are in danger.

 


feed_id: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Monkeypox_to_be_renamed_mpox)
title: Monkeypox to be renamed mpox
uri: Monkeypox-to-be-renamed-mpox
url: https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Monkeypox_to_be_renamed_mpox)
content:
 
<p>

  *Monkeypox to be <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/28/monkeypox-to-be-renamed-mpox-to-avoid-stigma-says-who">renamed mpox</a> to avoid stigma, says WHO.*
<p>
This illustrates our society's tendency to cater excessively to
hypersensitivity.  There is nothing in the name "monkeypox" which
insults anyone, and monkeys can't understand the word "pox".
<p>
What next &mdash; will they rename "chicken pox" to protect the feelings of
chickens, or people accused of timidity?  How about renaming "Rock
Mountain Spotted Fever" so that the Rocky Mountains don't feel
stigmatized?
<p>
It is futile to <a href="/glossary.html#bully">bully</a> people to eliminate locutions because racists or
right-wingers could spin them in a nasty way.  They can invent more
such things at any moment.  The bullying would be a never-ending
series of self-inflicted blows, at which bigots would laugh and say,
"See how easily we make them go nuts!"

 


title: Alexei Navalny in permanent solitary confinement
uri: Alexei-Navalny-in-permanent-solitary-confinement
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Alexei_Navalny_in_permanent_solitary_confinement)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Alexei_Navalny_in_permanent_solitary_confinement)

content:
 
<p>

  Alexei Navalny is in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/27/alexei-navalny-aide-survival-depend-value-vladimir-putin">permanent solitary confinement</a>, and in "meetings"
with his lawyers they are not allowed to see him.
They cannot tell how sick he is.

 


title: Treatment of Uyghurs and Hong Kong could happen in other parts of China
uri: Treatment-of-Uyghurs-and-Hong-Kong-could-happen-in-other-parts-of-Chin
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Treatment_of_Uyghurs_and_Hong_Kong_could_happen_in_other_parts_of_China)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Treatment_of_Uyghurs_and_Hong_Kong_could_happen_in_other_parts_of_China)

content:
 
<p>

  Forecast: expect Xi to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/27/xi-unlikely-to-tolerate-dissent-as-momentous-protests-shake-china">do in many parts of China</a> what he did to the Uyghurs
and to Hong Kong.

 


title: Fiji Island of Viti Levu taken over by intrusive vines
uri: Fiji-Island-of-Viti-Levu-taken-over-by-intrusive-vines
feed_id:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Fiji_Island_of_Viti_Levu_taken_over_by_intrusive_vines)

url:
https://stallman.org/archives/2022-sep-dec.html#1_December_2022_(Fiji_Island_of_Viti_Levu_taken_over_by_intrusive_vines)

content:
 
<p>

The island of Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji, is being <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/nov/28/the-fijian-island-being-strangled-by-vines">taken over
    by intrusive vines</a> that grow too fast to remove.
  Vines are covering buildings, farms, paths, and forests.
People find it hard to keep their farms going.

 


