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Diesel in river

lundi 8 juin 2020 à 02:00

Diesel fuel has spilled in a river in the Russian Arctic; it could take decades to recover from the effects. Arctic ecosystems are especially slow to heal.

It is possible that global heating effects caused the spill.

Barr ordered attack of peaceful crowd

lundi 8 juin 2020 à 02:00

Insiders report that Attorney General Barr personally ordered thugs to attack a peaceful crowd of civilians to get the bully his photo op on the steps of a church.

The ACLU is suing the bully for the damage done by that assault.

Removing statue of confederate general

lundi 8 juin 2020 à 02:00

Virginia will remove a statue of Confederate General Lee from the state capitol, Richmond.

Dying for lack of contacts

lundi 8 juin 2020 à 02:00

Tens of thousands of Britons with dementia are dying from lack of contact with their families.

Tens of thousands are in danger because they can't get needed heart operations.

Encryption only for paid customers

lundi 8 juin 2020 à 02:00

Zoom will offer end-to-end encryption only to paid customers.

Even for them, it won't be trustworthy. A nonfree program is never trustworthy, and in particular you cannot trust it to protect your privacy. (It could send the unencrypted version to Zoom when asked, bypassing the encryption.)

And you cannot trust nonfree encryption code to do a good job.