[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/06/can-syrian-rebels-maintain-momentum-and-take-damascus
https://stallman.org/archives/2018-mar-jun.html#10_May_2018_(Attacking_Rojava)
Commenting on the military situation in Syria, as the rebels keep advancing. Assad is a murderous military dictator. In the past, his enemies were murderous Islamists, so it was hard to say that either one was less vicious than the other. The only part of Syria deserved support was Rojava. Will the Islamist
[2/2] rebels be willing to coexist with Rojava? If not, can Rojava hold out with no foreign power to support it?
[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/06/can-syrian-rebels-maintain-momentum-and-take-damascus
https://stallman.org/archives/2018-mar-jun.html#10_May_2018_(Attacking_Rojava)
Commenting on the military situation in Syria, as the rebels keep advancing. Assad is a murderous military dictator. In the past, his enemies were murderous Islamists, so it was hard to say that either one was less vicious than the other. The only part of Syria deserved support was Rojava. Will the Islamist
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/12/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-disinformation
*First came the bots, then came the bosses - we're entering Musk and Zuck's new era of disinformation.*
US citizens: Oppose the Appointment of a "Moms for Liberty" Co-Founder as Education Secretary.
https://theonion.com/new-indiana-law-requires-women-voters-to-show-husbands-id/
(satire) *New Indiana Law Requires Women Voters To Show Husband’s ID.*
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/31/amazon-doordash-cvs-fund-anti-abortion-republican
Amazon, DoorDash and CVS donate *to group backing hardline anti-abortion Republican.*
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/18/trump-mass-deportation-aclu-lawsuit
*ACLU files lawsuit to gain information about Trump mass deportation plans.*
https://act.ran.org/page/74162/petition/1
US citizens: call on world leaders to reduce deforestation and environmental degradation, so as to preserve biodiversity.
*Spain's deadly floods and droughts are two faces of the climate crisis coin. Scientists say violent weather battering Mediterranean is a harbinger of what the rest of Europe can soon expect.*
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-wants-robert-f-kennedy-jr-to
Robert Reich describes the damage that RFK Jr would be likely to do if he becomes Secretary of Health.
https://taxjustice.net/2014/10/08/money-taxation-isnt-theft/
*No it's not your money: why taxation isn't theft.* Refuting the claim that however much you can extract from the market is a measure of what you deserve.
*Israel formally tells UN of intent to sever all ties with Unrwa relief agency.* I don't know whether this will make a difference to Palestinians in Gaza, since Israel is already choking off food, water and medicine for them. But it could overwhelm the West Bank with suffering.
Can the presidents of Brazil and Colombia, cooperating, succeed in saving the Amazon rain forest?
[1/2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/11/super-rich-flee-britain-labour-tax-grab-exit
Rich UK citizens threaten to fully move away from the UK if the UK requires them to pay taxes. Experience shows that few actually follow through on such threats. I have an idea for how make it even less likely they will resist taxation: require them to renounce their UK citizenship in order to avoid being liable for UK taxes. Then make it a crime for a non-citizen to fund or support …
*UN peacekeepers in Lebanon say Israel has fired on their bases deliberately.* It did this in two different places at around the same time. In one, a drone reconnaissance seems to have been preparation for the attack. Meanwhile, a number of Israeli tanks drove up to a UN peacekeepers' position, apparently to threaten the peacekeepers into pulling out.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/tiktok-misinformation-migrants-new-york-city
Fake testimonials on TikTok, purporting to be from unauthorized immigrants and made in their own languages, are designed to fool people back home to think they would be welcomed if they were smuggled into the US. So it's not just minors that TikTok is likely to harm, and it isn't mainly a mater of being owned by a Chinese company.
*Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global livability. This means Earth may have breached seven of nine boundaries.*
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/reducing-night-light-exposure-simple-way-cut-diabetes-risk
*Reducing night light exposure may be a simple way to cut [type 2] diabetes risk.* I wish the article gave some idea of how much light it takes to have a big effect.
[3/3] … nationalization ensures that any additional funds put in will not be frittered away on private investors' profits, the government can put in what is needed and really get publish benefit for it.
Salmon escaping from fish farms in Norway are overwhelming the wild salmon population and could wipe it out.