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Spying on journalists

mardi 12 décembre 2017 à 01:00

Ethiopia seems to be attacking journalists and dissidents with fishware purchased from spy companies.

Hostile architecture

mardi 12 décembre 2017 à 01:00

A debate about hostile architecture: designing buildings and outdoor objects to prevent some uses of them.

I think the crucial questions are, which people is it hostile to? And is it justifiable to mistreat those people? The purported justification offered here seems to be, "We were obeying orders from the organization that paid for the project." This gives carte blanche to screwing homeless people if a local government or landowner decides to.

If you don't want homeless people to sleep in your doorway, how about making some other place for them to lie down, where it won't get in your way.

Domestic terrorism in US

mardi 12 décembre 2017 à 01:00

The Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act would have the FBI take statistics on terrorism committed by domestic extremists, typically right-wing extremists.

US thugs using tasers

mardi 12 décembre 2017 à 01:00

A UN investigation found that US thugs use tasers without justification and sometimes in ways tantamount to torture.

Right whales dwindling

mardi 12 décembre 2017 à 01:00

The US and Canada must do more to protect North Atlantic right whales, and soon, or there will be none left.

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