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Urgent: call on the eight Democratic holdouts on minimum wage

samedi 13 août 2022 à 22:48

US citizens: call on the eight Democratic holdouts on minimum wage to raise wages for working americans now.

Urgent: support striking workers at Maximus

samedi 13 août 2022 à 22:48

US citizens: support striking workers at Maximus, who demand more toilet breaks and sick leave.

Google Says It Will Delete Location Data When Users Visit Abortion Clinics

samedi 13 août 2022 à 22:48

Google said it would "delete" location data that show visits to "sensitive" locations, which include abortion clinics and some other places.

In regard to location data, it is a good first step, but limited. It is limited because (1) it excludes all the other places people might not want to be tracked to, and (2) it excludes location data collectors other than Google.

Most crucially, it doesn't include the places where you might someday arrange to meet a reporter to disclose a crime committed by the state.

I am not sure what it means to say they "delete" this data rather than not storing it. Is it just another way of saying the same thing? If it really means something tangible, it seems like a risky mistake.

Urgent: call on the SEC regulate corporations

samedi 13 août 2022 à 22:48

US citizens: call on the SEC regulate corporations to impede greenwashing.

Hepatitis C

samedi 13 août 2022 à 02:18

The new, effective treatment for Hepatitis C is so expensive that 2/3 of the Americans who catch it don't get treated.

This failure of the medical system used to happen only in poor countries, but now even the US is becoming a poor country (for most of its inhabitants).