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Russian disinformation misrepresented The Intercept, which reported last year that either Syrian or Russian planes had dropped chlorine on Douma and killed people. The disinformation cited The Intercept as saying the opposite.

India and Pakistan are involved in air battles which could lead to a bigger war.

Many public transport systems are setting up gamification traps to lure passengers into being monitored more.

I think we should adopt laws to prevent this from being done in a way that collects personal data on people's travel.

MIT has named its new "College of Computing" after the CEO of the private equity company Blackstone.

Blackstone has invested many billions in fossil fuels in the past few years.

Just in 2015 it was investing ten billion.

Blackstone is also buying up oil wells in various countries.

Blackstone has bought up a lot of US housing. It spent millions to defeat a ballot initiative for rent control in California.

Blackstone also invests in the company NSO that makes the Pegasus attack software. There is some sign that this product was used to spy on Jamal Khashoggi's conversations with a dissident from Salafi Arabia.