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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Indigenous groups

mercredi 27 octobre 2021 à 02:00

In Canada, an ethnic group with mixed ancestry has applied for (and been granted) the same legal entitlements that indigenous groups get, and this has created a conflict between them and the "pure" indigenous groups.

Slowing down privacy efforts

mercredi 27 octobre 2021 à 02:00

Google claimed privately that it had succeeded in slowing down the European Union's efforts to regulate online services (and dis-services) for users' privacy.

Attacking by air

mercredi 27 octobre 2021 à 02:00

Ethiopia is attacking Tigray by air.

Ethiopia says it attacked military targets. Tigray says a bomb hit a hospital. I have no way of telling what the truth is, because I know of no source of information I can count on. Even on bigger questions, such as what the various armies are doing and with what amount of success, we have very little information compared with (for instance) Syria and Libya.

Iris scans

mercredi 27 octobre 2021 à 02:00

A hundred thousand suckers reportedly gave out iris scans to get a little of a new cryptocurrency.

Plastic and greenhouse gas

mercredi 27 octobre 2021 à 02:00

Plastic generates a considerable amount of greenhouse gas emissions, and it's increasing.

Comparing the increase of plastic's emissions with the decrease of coal burning emissions seems beside the point. We need to decrease them both.