The Lancet explains why Medicare for All is essential for the US to stop Covid-19 and future pandemics too.

Atlanta thugs found Rayshard Brooks sleeping in the right front seat of a car, blocking a store' drive-through lane. This nuisance to the public called for some sort of action, but it should not have involved shooting him dead.

The idea of Defund the Police is to send helpful nonviolent teams rather than armed cops to situations like this. Imagine if he had been visited by a homeless aid team instead of armed thugs. They would have unblocked the lane by helping him rather than by trying to arrest him.

Isn't it amazing that the US Army runs bases named after traitors?

It's not as if those traitors worked for Russia, China, or the Axis. It was even worse — they worked for slavery!

*Amazon’s Facial Recognition "Moratorium" Is a Public Relations Stunt. Lawmakers Should Ban this Dangerous Surveillance Tech.*

I agree, but the phrase "using face recognition for surveillance" can be interpreted in various ways. Some interpretations would permit dangerous data collection by face recognition, because organizations will claim that what they do is not really surveillance.

Big Tech is starting to recognize that face recognition is too toxic to be involved with.

When even a commentator such as John Naughton, who doesn't like to be very far ahead of the opinion makers, can say this, that shows we are making progress in the fight to prohibit it.

Vultures are being wiped out in large parts of Africa, and that allows animal carcasses to rot slowly and spread germs.