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Proposed arms sale

mercredi 19 mai 2021 à 02:00

Biden's proposed arms sale to Israel includes more of the missiles that Israel fires at many civilian homes and institutions in Gaza.

*Israeli Airstrikes Damage Gaza's Only Coronavirus Testing Lab.*

Cow methane reduction

mercredi 19 mai 2021 à 02:00

An dietary additive could reduce each cow's methane emissions by 30%.

I see one potential flaw in the system: once a company has bought the supplement as an "offset", what will ensure that it reaches farmers who really feed it to their cows? If its use is advantageous to the farmers themselves, they they will arrange to get it and use it; but if not, it could get put in the trash.

Uber made money last year

mercredi 19 mai 2021 à 02:00

Bad news: Uber made money last year.

More bad news: it paid no US taxes, because it laundered the profits through a tax haven: the Netherlands.

The article uses the term "intellectual property". You might think that refers to something of inherent monetary and intellectual value, but chances are it only means some excuses to sign a contract for Uber branch A to pay rent to Uber branch B. Please don't use the term "intellectual property".

Systemic racism example

mercredi 19 mai 2021 à 02:00

Systemic racism example: Carlette Duffy's home was appraised at a much higher value when she tacitly let the appraisers think the owner was a white man.

What's more, it is clear how appraisers used the owner's race in the appraisal process, leaving no doubt that her race was the cause of the difference.

The article linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I object to bigotry, and normally I decline to link to articles which promote it. But I make an exception for articles which give important information about racism or the fight to eliminate racism. That article is one of the exceptions.

Israel targeting journalistic sites

mercredi 19 mai 2021 à 02:00

It looks like Israel must have been systematically targeting Palestinian journalistic sites in Gaza.