"Sky lanterns" start fires in fields and homes, and have caused power blackouts. They contain wires that can kill wild and domestic animals.

In addition, they waste helium, which we need for running devices such as MRI scanners.

Thus, I think it makes sense to ban them.

Advanced political campaigning software raises various ethical issues.

A canvasser that is operating under the direction of a reactive script will become a sort of terminal for the campaign's computer to talk with voters, but will still appear to be a supporter communicating on per own behalf.

As for the personalization of messages based on data collections, I see the collection of the data as a bigger issue than that use of it. The specific problem of campaign message personalization is that the campaign can say special to certain selected voters, things which the general public might find odious but would never see.

The campaign's use of this nonfree software treats the campaign unjustly, in my view. (The candidates and their campaign managers have probably never thought about this issue.) Worse, asking campaign volunteers such as canvassers to use the nonfree software is an injustice to all of them.

After a Campaign Scarred by Bigotry, It's Become OK to be Racist in Britain.

The campaign of bigotry has boosted right-wing bigotry elsewhere in Europe. These extremists express themselves through terrorism as well as through insults.

Their movement feeds on the anger that responds to the increasing power and arrogance of the rich, who then distract them to attack scapegoats instead of the real villains.

As Palestinians suffer in a temperature of 38C, with no access to water, the nearby Israeli colony has a full swimming pool.

Israel destroys their water pipes to try to force them to move.

The ACLU is suing to overturn the CFAA on the grounds that it stops people from investigating whether algorithms are discriminating illegally against them.

I hope it works.