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False theft accusations

jeudi 17 février 2022 à 00:05

The UK post office falsely accused 700 employees of theft, and ruined their lives, based on a computer system known to be faulty.

(Satire) Vagrants

jeudi 17 février 2022 à 00:05

(satire) *Los Angeles Bulldozes SoFi Stadium After Reports That Thousands Of Vagrants Convening There.*

Western US Megadrought

mercredi 16 février 2022 à 23:50

*Climate Crisis Has Made Western US Megadrought Worst in 1,200 Years.*

The other droughts during that time period include those that wiped out ancient towns in Arizona and New Mexico. Those towns were never reoccupied.

Los Angeles County is investing in recycling wastewater, and plans to get 70% of its water locally (local rain and recycling, I suppose) by 2035.

That will help provide drinking water, but won't do much for California farms or California forests. I fear they cannot survive if we don't stop global heating.

Anti-Valentine's Day movement

mercredi 16 février 2022 à 23:50

The anti-Valentine’s Day movement is catching on in Britain.

Can we get it going in the US? Let's fight the commercial pressure to make us feel an obligation to buy gifts for various people just because it is such-and-such day.

To keep this on track, we must resist attempts to distort it into another excuse for obligatory spending.

Major league sports teams

mercredi 16 février 2022 à 23:50

Major league sports teams are a machine billionaires to extract money from the state. Allowing others to invest in them would not change much.

My idea for a remedy is to prohibit any sort of public subsidy or tax incentives for the teas or the stadiums they will use.