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The white-supremacist massacre in Buffalo is terrorism

samedi 21 mai 2022 à 01:34

The US should treat the white-supremacist massacre in Buffalo as terrorism.

More generally, we need to reverse the peculiar and unjustified focus on terrorism committed by people other than white-supremacists, since the latter are the big threat.

More deeply, we need to change the right-wing bias that leads "law enforcement" agencies to enforce laws mainly against progressives and minority groups. This may require changing a lot of their personnel.

Car crash research bias

samedi 21 mai 2022 à 01:34

Due to bias in research into car crashes, cars protect women less than they protect men.

Mariupol capitulated

samedi 21 mai 2022 à 01:34

Mariupol has capitulated after almost three months of siege. Some hundreds of the remaining Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered.

There is no way to tell how many civilians were killed, but it may be possible to count those who have got out, or who get out in coming days.

Formerly working Afghan woman now idle at home

samedi 21 mai 2022 à 01:34

Many of Afghanistan's working women are now idle at home, the jobs they formerly did are not done, the people they served (often women) are left wanting, and this adds to the economy's losses.

*Taliban dissolves Afghanistan’s human rights commission as "unnecessary."*

Australia buys out fisheries

samedi 21 mai 2022 à 01:34

Australia will buy out some boats' fishing permits to help certain species survive.

If global heating effects are part of the problem, this sort of help may not suffice for long if global heating continues.