Uganda now sentences people to 10 years in prison for Homosexual sex. Advocating the rights of homosexuals is punished with 20 years.

Progressive legislators propose to cut military aid to Uganda in response.

Republicans in several states are attacking teachers' unions, with the support of millionaires such as the owners of Walmart.

This is one example of how plutocracy in the US supports dooH niboR, who takes from the poor and gives to the rich.

Australian prisons are keeping minors in cells almost 24 hours a day.

This article describes one prison in one state, but I've seen others showing that this practice spans Australia.

I am sure most of these prisoners are too old to be considered "children". However, the laws to protect them are important — both to ensure work does not keep them out of school, and to ensure it doesn't do them physical harm.

*Voter ID is just one item in a long list of assaults on [UK] democracy. Breaches of standards in public office, clampdowns on protest and attacks on the judiciary have all featured in the last few years of Tory rule.*

Youtube is experimenting with blocking users found to be using ad-blockers.

Google ads work by tracking users and their activities. I don't particularly care whether an ad appears on my graphical virtual screen, since I don't have to actually watch it — I could do something else.

What matters to me is refusing to be identified, as well as not running nonfree JS code. If I can't pull in the video without being thus maltreated, that will make YouTube inaccessible for me once again.

The real determinant will be whether the Invidio.us proxies continue to work.