An AI-controlled autonomous ship is being tested.

I wonder what systems they will use to notice people signaling for help using low-tech methods — or to rescue them. It would be unacceptable to design ships to motor on by and not stop to save people in distress.

US citizens: call on the White House to push harder to sweep away the artificial obstacles for producing Covid-19 vaccines.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!

California's Orange County sheriff's department explicitly trains deputies to misuse force, according to an official investigation.

For instance, trainers told deputies to memorize the locations of the jail's security cameras so as to cover up quick but painful violence.

LED streetlights are more harmful to insects.

Human activities are harming insects so much that their populations have crashed in the past few decades. This is called the "insect apocalypse." Since many animals eat mainly insects, we are putting entire ecosystems in danger.

*Little-Known Federal Software Can Trigger Revocation of [US] Citizenship.*