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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Global Heating

vendredi 26 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Today's global heating, affecting the whole globe, has no parallel in historical temperature changes.

Smart diapers

vendredi 26 juillet 2019 à 02:00

"Smart" diapers spy on the baby and maybe the rest of the family.

If the manufacturers wanted to, they could make this info available directly and solely to the parents.

Confirmation bias

vendredi 26 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Confirmation bias, group think and pressure to find the perpetrator quickly are major factors in convicting innocent people.

Sociology of gun violence

vendredi 26 juillet 2019 à 02:00

US citizens: call on the Senate to vote to support research into the sociology of gun violence.

Increasing industrial agriculture

vendredi 26 juillet 2019 à 02:00

Increasing industrial agriculture is not the way to feed more poor people.

In the US, it doesn't seriously try.

Growing corn or soybeans to make fuel is especially foolish since it uses petroleum-based fertilizer. When that's subsidized, it is a handout for agribusiness. Biofuel is efficient only when it's made from byproducts of growing something else that's worth growing in its own right.