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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Low traffic neighborhoods

lundi 8 mars 2021 à 01:00

Low traffic neighborhoods reduce pollution in that neighborhood, but they can increase traffic elsewhere. Often "elsewhere" is where poor people live.

One key question, I think, is whether the low traffic neighborhood leads people who live there travel carelessly for a substantial fraction of trips. If it does, it can decrease the total pollution.

Drone killing program

lundi 8 mars 2021 à 01:00

*ACLU to Biden: Do Not 'Review' Drone Killing Program—-End It Once and for All.*

Assassination via drone cannot be justified as war. If considered as war, it is a war crime.

Never-Before-Seen

lundi 8 mars 2021 à 01:00

(satire) *Disney Announces Next Movie Will Feature Princess With Never-Before-Seen Ethnicity.*

Masks and closed restaurants

lundi 8 mars 2021 à 01:00

Requiring masks, and closing restaurants, correlate with lower rates of growth of Covid-19 or higher rates of decrease.

Democratic senators against raising minimum wage

lundi 8 mars 2021 à 01:00

Eight Democratic senators voted against raising the minimum wage.

The minimum wage would have been raised by steps, reaching $15 per hour in a few years.