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Politicians who delay climate action

mercredi 8 novembre 2023 à 07:03

*Politicians who delay climate action must live with consequences, says [doctor in charge of environmental health at WHO].*

It should not come as a surprise that this is so, but it is good to see it stated openly.

Tory minister says homelessness is a "choice"

mercredi 8 novembre 2023 à 07:03

The Tory minister in charge of how homeless people are treated claims that homelessness is a "choice".

That is not true in Britain today — the forms of state aid and support that helped prevent homelessness have been cut so much that many people are destitute.

Changing a model's skin color

mercredi 8 novembre 2023 à 07:03

If any model's skin color could be altered at will in photos, would that be unfair to non-white models, or would it eliminate one of the sources and mechanisms of prejudice?

I don't know the answer, but I think it is a question that calls for an answer supported by careful thought, evidence, and reasons.

A Briton added to sex offender list

mercredi 8 novembre 2023 à 07:03

A Briton has been put on the sex offender list for dressing up in all-covering black costume with a full-face mask and lying down to "writhe" on the ground.

The court ordered him not to own such a costume, and not to own a mask that covers even part of the face, on pain of imprisonment. Does this sentence him to Covid-19?

This decision seems to say that the bounds of crime are defined by other people's imagination. It cannot be just to imprison anyone on grounds that other people can so easily twist.

Simply being put on the sex offender list might directly render the convicted man unemployed and/or homeless.

Arguing purpose of job interviews

mercredi 8 novembre 2023 à 07:03

Arguing that interviews with job candidates obtain nearly no real information about the candidates — rather they act as a Rorschach test for the interviewers, while giving them an opportunity for them to convert their biases into an appearance of real information.

People like me, who reject SaaSS and therefore will not use today's language model generative systems, will however be put to a real test on which we don't have a chance to cheat.