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Governor of Wisconsin

mercredi 23 mars 2022 à 04:34

The governor of Wisconsin is running for reelection based on overcoming the Republican-dominated legislature's efforts to stop his supporters from voting.

Covid infestions and hospital admissions rising across the UK

mercredi 23 mars 2022 à 04:34

*With Covid infections and hospital admissions rising across the UK, measures such as masks, social distancing and ventilation are key.*

CD sales rising again

mercredi 23 mars 2022 à 04:04

People are returning to buying CDs again -- sales are increasing.

Now all we need is to bring back the large record stores which offer a great variety of CDs that you can buy anonymously with cash.

CDs don't have to be sold in plastic "jewel boxes" that break. Some are sold in cardboard boxes which are more robust and probably better for the environment.

If this is driven by the obligatory giving of copies to people who don't actually want them, that's sad, but it means more used copies to be sold to people who really do want them.

The author displays a fundamental shallowness by describing listening to music or reading books as "consuming" them. Perhaps that's valid when applied to streaming music, because the stream will disappear after listening to it. That's one aspect of what makes streaming evil. But digital files of books or music don't have to be evil — I have many which are simple files on my computer, not under the control of anyone but me.

Urgent: Risk of prosecution on all activities that receive payments digitally

mercredi 23 mars 2022 à 03:34

US citizens: call on Congress not to impose a risk of prosecution on all activities that receive payments digitally.

This law would threaten a wide variety of projects. Surely some of them would have various ethical flaws, while others would be morally acceptable. A law to attack them all has to be bad.

Urgent: Create sustainable options now

mercredi 23 mars 2022 à 03:34

US citizens: call on asset managers (companies like Vanguard, Fidelity, and BlackRock) to create sustainable options now.