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7 <title>Richard Stallman's Political Notes</title>
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11 <description>Current as of 7 October 2020</description>
12 <copyright>Copyright ©2020 Richard Stallman.
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16 <title><![CDATA[Urgent: H.R. 2529]]></title>
17 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Urgent%3A_H.R._2529%29</link>
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19 <description><![CDATA[<p>
20 US citizens: <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/write-rep-extend-new-start?source=em20201003&t=1006&akid=6524%2E223515%2Eiv6bYI">call on your congresscritter</a> to sponsor H.R. 2529, a bill
21 to continue the New START arms limitation treaty with Russia.
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27 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
28 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
29 </item>
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31 <item>
32 <title><![CDATA[Generating residential electricity by wind power]]></title>
33 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Generating_residential_electricity_by_wind_power%29</link>
34 <guid isPermaLink="false">06270d0160e0c10849f593b72c4d3c0e</guid>
35 <description><![CDATA[<p>
36 The UK is considering a massive investment <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/powering-all-uk-homes-via-offshore-wind-by-2030-would-cost-50bn">to generate all residential
37 electricity by wind power</a>.
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39 <p>
40 Examples like these can get the rest of the world moving. The return
41 on this investment, in terms of towns and farms not flooded, could be
42 enormous.
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47 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
48 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
49 </item>
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51 <item>
52 <title><![CDATA[Aftermarket hacks]]></title>
53 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Aftermarket_hacks%29</link>
54 <guid isPermaLink="false">e5c1be01347dc3e35538b7b19a5b6db4</guid>
55 <description><![CDATA[<p>
56 *Tesla Can Detect Aftermarket Hacks <a href="https://www.thedrive.com/news/35946/tesla-can-detect-aftermarket-hacks-designed-to-defeat-ev-performance-paywalls">Designed to Defeat EV Performance
57 Paywalls</a>.*
58
59 <p>
60 In general, it is the car owner's <em>right</em> to make changes in the car,
61 and manufacturers should not be allowed to implement measures to
62 interfere. Devices, including cars, should not require subscriptions
63 and should not record where the car goes.
64
65 <p>
66 But there is an exception: measures to reduce pollution. These are vital for public health — <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jan-apr.html#22_April_2020_(Effects_of_air_pollution_on_Covid-19_sicknes)">air pollution causes a lot of sickness and death</a> —
67 and "defeat devices" installed by car owners are just as dangerous
68 as defeat devices installed by manufacturers.
69
70 <p>
71 My solution would be to put those systems into separate computers
72 whose software cannot be changed except by any digital activity.
73 If the manufacturer can't change it, it is ok that the owner can't.
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78 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
79 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
80 </item>
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82 <item>
83 <title><![CDATA[Suing clerk refusing to marry]]></title>
84 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Suing_clerk_refusing_to_marry%29</link>
85 <guid isPermaLink="false">a58bc6f3c20b0cea45a3b9f0f91ef91b</guid>
86 <description><![CDATA[<p>
87 The Supreme Court accepted a lower court decision that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/supreme-court-kentucky-same-sex-marriage-kim-davis">a clerk who
88 refused to register a same-sex marriage can be sued</a>.
89
90 <p>
91 I think the concern showed by Thomas and Alito exaggerates the
92 situation. Few jobs require taking actions specifically related to a
93 same-sex marriage. If you don't want to do that part of the job, you
94 can let someone else have the job.
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99 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
100 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
101 </item>
102
103 <item>
104 <title><![CDATA[Replacing experienced workers]]></title>
105 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Replacing_experienced_workers%29</link>
106 <guid isPermaLink="false">e2a15fbd7d995258ecb6096726deab83</guid>
107 <description><![CDATA[<p>
108 AT&T has replaced tens of thousands of experienced union workers with
109 subcontracted temps, chosen for cheapness. They obviously can't have
110 the same level of skill, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3zye7/report-says-atandts-cheap-contracted-labor-puts-the-public-at-risk">and the results cause damage, even danger</a>.
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115 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
116 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
117 </item>
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119 <item>
120 <title><![CDATA[Gig support workers]]></title>
121 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Gig_support_workers%29</link>
122 <guid isPermaLink="false">6cae7a5e7eb7eabc7b96f8735be04904</guid>
123 <description><![CDATA[<p>
124 A company called "Arise" outsources customer service for other
125 companies to gig workers, <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/meet-the-customer-service-reps-for-disney-and-airbnb-who-have-to-pay-to-talk-to-you">and treats them as badly as one would expect</a>.
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130 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
131 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
132 </item>
133
134 <item>
135 <title><![CDATA[Small pieces of plastic]]></title>
136 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Small_pieces_of_plastic%29</link>
137 <guid isPermaLink="false">e2b62b09daf6ef356fd70cdd83f99c29</guid>
138 <description><![CDATA[<p>
139 A study estimates that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/06/more-than-14m-tonnes-of-plastic-believed-to-be-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean">there are 14 million tons of small pieces of plastic
140 on the ocean floor</a>.
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145 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
146 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
147 </item>
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149 <item>
150 <title><![CDATA[Conflict of interest]]></title>
151 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Conflict_of_interest%29</link>
152 <guid isPermaLink="false">01ec0c016b3790f47e62e225e96f82db</guid>
153 <description><![CDATA[<p>
154 *[The bullshitter's] Appointee to VOA Reporters: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/10/05/voa-reporters-conflict-of-interest-memo/">Criticizing [the
155 bullshitter] Is a Conflict of Interest</a>.*
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160 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
161 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
162 </item>
163
164 <item>
165 <title><![CDATA[Clean Electricity Plan]]></title>
166 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Clean_Electricity_Plan%29</link>
167 <guid isPermaLink="false">cd1ba77038e17ad50abb90686340df78</guid>
168 <description><![CDATA[<p>
169 *Clean Electricity Plan Would Free US Economy of Carbon Dependence in 15
170 Years.* <a href="https://truthout.org/articles/clean-electricity-plan-would-free-us-economy-of-carbon-dependence-in-15-years/">It would also create millions of good jobs in the US</a>.
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175 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
176 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
177 </item>
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179 <item>
180 <title><![CDATA[Sell out to big business]]></title>
181 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Sell_out_to_big_business%29</link>
182 <guid isPermaLink="false">6e2fc2c337444db25788aa0e08ddac0b</guid>
183 <description><![CDATA[<p>
184 Indonesia has found in Covid-19 the opportunity to sell out big to
185 business, undermining many environmental protections and workers'
186 rights. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/06/indonesia-mass-strikes-loom-over-cuts-to-environmental-safeguards-and-workers-rights">Workers are organizing a strike and a protest</a>.
187
188 <p>
189 Our problems are the result of letting business have too much clout already.
190 We cannot correct them by giving business more clout.
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195 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
196 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
197 </item>
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199 <item>
200 <title><![CDATA[Covid-Positive GOP Politicians]]></title>
201 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Covid-Positive_GOP_Politicians%29</link>
202 <guid isPermaLink="false">cdb31ebfea28902e0c827031ba80a5a4</guid>
203 <description><![CDATA[<p>
204 *As Covid-Positive GOP Politicians Enjoy Healthcare They 'Would Deny Others,'
205 Coronavirus Pandemic <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/04/covid-positive-gop-politicians-enjoy-healthcare-they-would-deny-others-coronavirus">Again Makes Case for Medicare for All</a>.*
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210 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
211 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
212 </item>
213
214 <item>
215 <title><![CDATA[Faux News]]></title>
216 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Faux_News%29</link>
217 <guid isPermaLink="false">3a3c22d243b70524d6d810a72add3a18</guid>
218 <description><![CDATA[<p>
219 <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#faux">Faux News</a> teaches its cultists to speak and think in a different
220 language with a different way of thinking. Its words are drawn from
221 English, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200926155026/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/09/fox-news-trump-language-stelter-hoax/616309/">but speakers of ordinary English can't communicate with them</a>.
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226 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
227 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
228 </item>
229
230 <item>
231 <title><![CDATA[Source of misinformation]]></title>
232 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28Source_of_misinformation%29</link>
233 <guid isPermaLink="false">0b4aaf9d83993bbc58424f236fd008ef</guid>
234 <description><![CDATA[<p>
235 The bullshitter has been <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201003053947/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/elections/a-study-found-the-single-largest-driver-of-coronavirus-misinformation-it-was-the-president.html">the biggest single source of misinformation
236 about Covid-19</a>.
237
238 <p>
239 I think the term "disinformation" fits better than "misinformation."
240
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244 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
245 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
246 </item>
247
248 <item>
249 <title><![CDATA[IMF giving aid]]></title>
250 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#7_October_2020_%28IMF_giving_aid%29</link>
251 <guid isPermaLink="false">0b6c50ed2420f087d233b7ea286bf8c7</guid>
252 <description><![CDATA[<p>
253 The US Senate is blocking the IMF from giving (for once, not lending)
254 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/05/if-you-could-save-million-lives-would-you-do-it">aid to many poor countries to deal with Covid-19</a>.
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259 <pubDate>7 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
260 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
261 </item>
262
263 <item>
264 <title><![CDATA[Food shortages]]></title>
265 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Food_shortages%29</link>
266 <guid isPermaLink="false">8008ebc975a6931467445f8a9df2d208</guid>
267 <description><![CDATA[<p>
268 Syria is suffering from food shortages, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/05/syria-introduces-limits-on-subsidised-bread-as-economic-crisis-bites">and has rationed give-aways of
269 bread</a>.
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274 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
275 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
276 </item>
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278 <item>
279 <title><![CDATA[Turning away opioid patients]]></title>
280 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Turning_away_opioid_patients%29</link>
281 <guid isPermaLink="false">31ce7d93a7fa63639f9422673bb90a90</guid>
282 <description><![CDATA[<p>
283 Many opioid treatment centers in the US <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/us-coronavirus-pandemic-opioid-addiction">are turning away patients
284 for reasons related to Covid-19</a>.
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290 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
291 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
292 </item>
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294 <item>
295 <title><![CDATA[Slowly adapting]]></title>
296 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Slowly_adapting%29</link>
297 <guid isPermaLink="false">9b32eca8a9c92983d836bc922a9e2aa3</guid>
298 <description><![CDATA[<p>
299 European countries keep slowly increasing their anti-transmission
300 measures, but too slowly to get in front of Covid-19, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/05/europe-struggles-to-contain-surge-of-coronavirus-cases">so it keeps
301 on increasing</a>.
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303 <p>
304 Australia and New Zealand got it right: they took strong steps and
305 drove the case numbers way down. I expect that the timid governments
306 will end up with a much longer period of lockdown.
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311 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
312 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
313 </item>
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315 <item>
316 <title><![CDATA[When do you leave]]></title>
317 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28When_do_you_leave%29</link>
318 <guid isPermaLink="false">de0facc78a21d4bcfb3e804b2cc82062</guid>
319 <description><![CDATA[<p>
320 Cops (not extremely thuggish, it seems) broke up an 18-person vigil
321 for Julian Assange, then <a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2020/10/how-a-police-state-starts/">apparently knocked on Craig Murray's hotel
322 room door at night to ask when he was leaving</a>.
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327 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
328 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
329 </item>
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331 <item>
332 <title><![CDATA[4% territory burned]]></title>
333 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%284_0.000000e%2B00rritory_burned%29</link>
334 <guid isPermaLink="false">685e2f351d97f05bb4dee9a49592612f</guid>
335 <description><![CDATA[<p>
336 The fires in California this year have burned over 4% of California's
337 territory, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/05/california-fires-4m-acres-wildfires-burn">and the fire season is far from over</a>.
338
339 <p>
340 In a decade or two, most years will be like this year, and a few will
341 be worse. I have a feeling that life in California will be difficult,
342 and farming even more so.
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347 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
348 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
349 </item>
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351 <item>
352 <title><![CDATA[Can't tweet wishing death]]></title>
353 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Can%27t_tweet_wishing_death%29</link>
354 <guid isPermaLink="false">a602e7752df98da8dbebe840325f0348</guid>
355 <description><![CDATA[<p>
356 Twitter has all of a sudden decided <a href="https://gizmodo.com/with-trump-in-hospital-with-covid-19-twitter-suddenly-1845265269">not to allow tweets to wish for
357 someone's death</a>.
358 Will that apply to everyone?
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362 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
363 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
364 </item>
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366 <item>
367 <title><![CDATA[Nihilist behavior]]></title>
368 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Nihilist_behavior%29</link>
369 <guid isPermaLink="false">9b22252d97af83dd8e5eb1350cb7e142</guid>
370 <description><![CDATA[<p>
371 The nihilist's behavior does more than ruin debates. It makes
372 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/03/first-debate-calls-more-cutting-mics">the idea of a debate an absurdity</a>.
373
374 <p>
375 However, US presidential debates have not been sincere confrontations
376 of ideas for a long time. Since only the two major parties are included,
377 we always got soft right wing vs hard right wing.
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382 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
383 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
384 </item>
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386 <item>
387 <title><![CDATA[Simulation emitting CO2]]></title>
388 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Simulation_emitting_CO2%29</link>
389 <guid isPermaLink="false">783848405254664f0319a976112531fb</guid>
390 <description><![CDATA[<p>
391 Video game simulated airplanes emit real CO2, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/05/video-game-planes-emit-real-carbon-why-gaming-is-not-merely-guilt-free-escapism">due to data centers
392 and network transmission</a>.
393 The programmed obsolescence of game platforms also damages the
394 environment.
395
396 <p>
397 It is never difficult for me to decide not to play a video game. I
398 simply remember that the game is nonfree software, and the idea of
399 running it makes me shudder.
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403 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
404 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
405 </item>
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407 <item>
408 <title><![CDATA[PPP loans]]></title>
409 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28PPP_loans%29</link>
410 <guid isPermaLink="false">dcc8ee60e752c85071bc2703d44afbb2</guid>
411 <description><![CDATA[<p>
412 *Tens of Millions in PPP Loans Went to Corporate Polluters <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/04/tens-millions-ppp-loans-went-corporate-polluters-after-companies-were-fined-52">After Companies
413 Were Fined $52 Million, Analysis Shows</a>.*
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418 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
419 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
420 </item>
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422 <item>
423 <title><![CDATA[Tories want to turn off the right of asylum]]></title>
424 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Tories_want_to_turn_off_the_right_of_asylum%29</link>
425 <guid isPermaLink="false">0e7a01be5b1b7a48284cb74e24769f63</guid>
426 <description><![CDATA[<p>
427
428 The Tories plan to find new ways to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/04/priti-patel-bring-in-new-laws-for-broken-uk-asylum-system-channel-boats">turn off the right of asylum</a>.
429 <p>
430 One of the causes of the repeated legal claims from asylum seekers in
431 the UK is that agents keep disregarding the law and the government's
432 policies, and <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#29_November_2019_(UKs_hostile_environment_for_foreigners)">deporting people in despite of their rights</a>.
433 <p>
434 Surely this is not an accident. If the minister in charge taught her department
435 not to take shortcuts, not to deport people illegally, they would not
436 have the need or the valid grounds to make these claims.
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440 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
441 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
442 </item>
443
444 <item>
445 <title><![CDATA[The nonviolent "Medicaid army" is rallying]]></title>
446 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28The_nonviolent_Medicaid_army_is_rallying%29</link>
447 <guid isPermaLink="false">16f5cb64fab9372a754eeecf31b836e7</guid>
448 <description><![CDATA[<p>
449
450 The nonviolent "Medicaid army" is <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/04/new-nonviolent-medicaid-army-march">rallying around the US to demand medical care for everyone</a>.
451 <p>
452 Can anyone tell me of a site where people can find the locations of these
453 rallies, without having to run nonfree Javascript code?
454 I would like to post it, and maybe I can go to one.
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458 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
459 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
460 </item>
461
462 <item>
463 <title><![CDATA[To call violent right-wing extremists "vigilantes"]]></title>
464 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28To_call_violent_right-wing_extremists_vigilantes%29</link>
465 <guid isPermaLink="false">59c37026ae96adf77f98e94da83ef7d3</guid>
466 <description><![CDATA[<p>
467
468 To call violent right-wing extremists <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/04/why-far-right-paramilitaries-are-not-just-vigilantes">"vigilantes"</a> understates their
469 actions and their danger.
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472 ]]></description>
473 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
474 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
475 </item>
476
477 <item>
478 <title><![CDATA[Administration of US elections]]></title>
479 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Administration_of_US_elections%29</link>
480 <guid isPermaLink="false">4ddd4e6bedadac2add3346f97584b31c</guid>
481 <description><![CDATA[<p>
482
483 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/04/how-avoid-banana-republic-elections">Proposing reforms</a> to the administration of US elections.
484
485
486 ]]></description>
487 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
488 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
489 </item>
490
491 <item>
492 <title><![CDATA[Meritocracy is not a good society for most people]]></title>
493 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Meritocracy_is_not_a_good_society_for_most_people%29</link>
494 <guid isPermaLink="false">6b4dc8965213f0555a4d389d6aafe482</guid>
495 <description><![CDATA[<p>
496
497 Pointing out that a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/sep/06/michael-sandel-the-populist-backlash-has-been-a-revolt-against-the-tyranny-of-merit">meritocracy is not a good society</a> for most people.
498 <p>
499 "Meritocracy" encourages people to compete to climb the ladder, but
500 ascending one rung pushes another down one. If you have to be above
501 average to win a decent life, half the people won't get one. What we
502 really should aim to do is to bring the runs closer together and pull
503 the whole ladder up. We need to reverse the concentration of wealth.
504 <p>
505 There is a role in a well-organized society for judging people by
506 comparing how well they would do a certain job. We want to put the
507 best people in charge of important decisions. But what does it mean
508 to be "best"? It's not just a matter of <em>ability</em> — making good
509 decisions requires good values, too.
510 <p>
511 We have seen the bad results of choosing managers solely for ability
512 to succeed. When Boeing ceased to be run by people with a career
513 commitment to making safe planes, and was instead run by people with a
514 career commitment to success, it started <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#30_December_2019_(Shooting_the_messenger)">covering up</a> possible problems rather than fixing them.
515 When medical insurance companies and hospital
516 companies started to be run by people who didn't have decades of
517 commitment to doing medicine, they made it their goal to get <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2014-may-aug.html#19_June_2014_(For-profit_health_care)">more
518 profit</a> for less medicine.
519 <p>
520 The word "merit" is not the way to express what we should seek. We
521 should call this something else. "Menschness"?
522
523
524 ]]></description>
525 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
526 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
527 </item>
528
529 <item>
530 <title><![CDATA[Intense misogyny on antisocial media]]></title>
531 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Intense_misogyny_on_antisocial_media%29</link>
532 <guid isPermaLink="false">5214263822365203473d00c0efcba2b3</guid>
533 <description><![CDATA[<p>
534
535 Antisocial media, and especially Facebook, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/05/online-violence-against-women-flourishing-and-most-common-on-facebook-survey-finds">host intense misogyny</a>.
536 <p>
537 The article's explicit point is valid and important, but (I expect)
538 not really news to readers of stallman.org. You know how nasty
539 antisocial media get, and that generally females receive more
540 hostility there than males.
541 <p>
542 My main reason for citing this article is to highlight a campaign to
543 change our use of language: the article describes verbal abuse as
544 "violence".
545 <p>
546 The insults and threats described are nasty, and they can hurt. But
547 they are not "violence" (though threatening violence is but one step
548 away from doing it). To stretch "violence" to include verbal abuse is
549 an abuse of language, and a dangerous one.
550 <p>
551 The frontier between words and violence is an important barrier to
552 escalation of fights. Respect for this line helps people restrain
553 themselves from moving from verbal attacks to punches or shots. It is
554 not always effective, but if we weaken it by redefining "violence" to
555 include mere words, we will learn the hard way how important that
556 restraint was. Erasing the border will lead to more censorship on the
557 one hand, and more physical attacks on the other.
558 <p>
559 Hatred can be expressed through words, and through physical acts. We
560 can condemn both without erasing the distinction.
561 <p>
562 There is a lot of hatred on Facebook, and a lot of disinformation, and
563 a lot of manipulation. Why so much? As I gather, it is because
564 Facebook's business model gives Facebook an incentive to promote these
565 things. It designs its algorithm to maximize "engagement" and the
566 algorithm promotes various kinds of harmful postings because they
567 achieve that goal.
568 <p>
569 Facebook is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/04/rebels-within-the-facebook-staff-openly-challenging-zuckerberg">under pressure to curb the hatred</a>, but if its profits depend on pushing hatred (along with
570 disinformation and manipulation), its efforts to reduce them are
571 likely to change little.
572 <p>
573 Rather than trying to fix these problems by imposing various kinds of
574 censorship, I think we should forcibly change Facebook's algorithm,
575 and its business model. Businesses are not entitled to human rights,
576 and regulating business models is not unjust like censorship.
577
578
579 ]]></description>
580 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
581 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
582 </item>
583
584 <item>
585 <title><![CDATA[Not enough drones for fighting wildfires]]></title>
586 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Not_enough_drones_for_fighting_wildfires%29</link>
587 <guid isPermaLink="false">ad7291c75267a04a606ecef09d27c2c0</guid>
588 <description><![CDATA[<p>
589
590 The Interior Department <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/sep/06/wildfires-trump-ban-chinese-drones">stopped buying drones</a> a year ago, for concern that China will spy through them. Now the US does
591 not have enough drones for fighting wildfires.
592 <p>
593 There is danger that China will spy through Chinese-made drones,
594 just as there is danger that companies and other government will
595 spy through drones made elsewhere. But I don't think China will
596 learn many important secrets from looking at wildfires.
597 <p>
598 The first step to making sure that a drone can't be used to spy (by
599 some party other than its owner) is to make sure that the software in
600 it is free, and is being checked by people for quality and honesty.
601
602
603 ]]></description>
604 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
605 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
606 </item>
607
608 <item>
609 <title><![CDATA[If you know Jolie O'Dell]]></title>
610 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28If_you_know_Jolie_O%27Dell%29</link>
611 <guid isPermaLink="false">61340c9fb6d9c2a454d406499910a48a</guid>
612 <description><![CDATA[<p>
613
614 If you know Jolie O'Dell, would you please tell her that when I phone
615 her number I get "This number is no longer in service"? Please ask
616 her to send me email to get back in touch.
617
618
619 ]]></description>
620 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
621 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
622 </item>
623
624 <item>
625 <title><![CDATA[Limited default search engines on Android in the EU]]></title>
626 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Limited_default_search_engines_on_Android_in_the_EU%29</link>
627 <guid isPermaLink="false">ff1cc938bd74cc3d311307e8dc564581</guid>
628 <description><![CDATA[<p>
629
630 Android in the EU offers users a limited selection of default search
631 engines, which got onto the list by bidding in an auction. As a result,
632 DuckDuckGo <a href="https://spreadprivacy.com/search-preference-menu-duckduckgo-elimination/">did not make it</a> into the list.
633 <p>
634 I have no way of seeing what search engines do appear.
635 Is there any that we think does not track users?
636
637
638 ]]></description>
639 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
640 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
641 </item>
642
643 <item>
644 <title><![CDATA[Amnesty specializes in hard truths]]></title>
645 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#6_October_2020_%28Amnesty_specializes_in_hard_truths%29</link>
646 <guid isPermaLink="false">aac3fc6bca68e587d14904f1b0a5f370</guid>
647 <description><![CDATA[<p>
648
649 *Amnesty specializes in hard truths. No wonder Modi <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/04/amnesty-specialises-in-hard-truths-no-wonder-modi-froze-it-out-of-india">froze it out</a> of India.*
650 <p>
651 What worries me is that the advance of tyranny in so many countries
652 will dilute the strength of efforts to hold tyrants accountable,
653 which are being weakened by disunity and by conversions to tyranny.
654
655
656 ]]></description>
657 <pubDate>6 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
658 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
659 </item>
660
661 <item>
662 <title><![CDATA[Urgent: confirmation of Supreme Court justice]]></title>
663 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Urgent%3A_confirmation_of_Supreme_Court_justice%29</link>
664 <guid isPermaLink="false">a87196817cac37cffd6ff48065b51fd0</guid>
665 <description><![CDATA[<p>
666 US citizens: <a href="https://go.peoplepower.org/go/22211?t=1001&akid=83827%2E19097%2ESIyfWK">phone your senators</a> <em>again</em> at 1-844-335-4855 and implore
667 them to do everything they can to prevent confirmation of a new
668 Supreme Court justice before the presidential inauguration on Jan 20.
669
670
671
672 ]]></description>
673 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
674 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
675 </item>
676
677 <item>
678 <title><![CDATA[Risking infection]]></title>
679 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Risking_infection%29</link>
680 <guid isPermaLink="false">06e6f780a5185e384c05790f29826c77</guid>
681 <description><![CDATA[<p>
682 <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#cheater">The cheater</a> pressured his closest associates and big financial
683 sponsors to risk infection by meeting with him <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/trump-covid-new-jersey-campaign-event-perilous-neglect-staff-supporters-himself">when he had reason to know
684 Hope Hicks might have infected him</a>.
685
686 <p>
687 Will any of them learn a lesson about him from this?
688
689 <p>
690 People that work in the White House <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/trump-covid-white-house-panic-confusion">are worried, too</a>.
691
692 <p>
693 Will <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#cheater">the cheater</a>'s hospitalization hinder the malfunctioning of
694 government? Let's hope so. Nothing causes more malfunction than
695 having <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#cheater">the cheater</a> actively intervening ;-!.
696
697
698
699 ]]></description>
700 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
701 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
702 </item>
703
704 <item>
705 <title><![CDATA[One of the reason of Hitler defeat]]></title>
706 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28One_of_the_reason_of_Hitler_defeat%29</link>
707 <guid isPermaLink="false">b579bb1e867ff9432caedcf43e504e15</guid>
708 <description><![CDATA[<p>
709 A book reports that the defeat of Hitler is owed partially to
710 homosexual members of the British parliament, who frequented Berlin
711 because of its loose sexual life. They saw Hitler's repression in 1934,
712 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/04/the-glamour-boys-gay-mps-who-gave-early-warning-of-nazi-threat">and began teaching others how bad he was</a>.
713
714
715
716 ]]></description>
717 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
718 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
719 </item>
720
721 <item>
722 <title><![CDATA[Devastated]]></title>
723 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Devastated%29</link>
724 <guid isPermaLink="false">d1b3878386927e748469a4e28842c267</guid>
725 <description><![CDATA[<p>
726 The bullshitter's ghostwriter says that the bullshitter must be devastated
727 now that people know <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/04/donald-trump-tony-schwartz-interview-art-of-the-deal">he isn't as rich as he pretended to be</a>.
728
729 <p>
730 The idea that he sought to embody the poor person's idea of what it
731 means to be rich makes sense to me. I have a feeling that he was trying
732 to prove that he was a success, to himself above all.
733
734
735
736 ]]></description>
737 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
738 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
739 </item>
740
741 <item>
742 <title><![CDATA[Cancel culture]]></title>
743 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Cancel_culture%29</link>
744 <guid isPermaLink="false">c7a3753d3dd45cdbe68c7139ec101270</guid>
745 <description><![CDATA[<p>
746 "Cancel culture" can be found in various political camps. One target
747 is <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/10/04/israel-palestine-blacklists-canary-mission/">anyone that advocates the human rights of Palestinians or the end
748 of Israel's occupation/siege of Palestine</a>.
749
750 <p>
751 To be clear, Israel occupies the West Bank and besieges Gaza.
752
753
754
755 ]]></description>
756 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
757 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
758 </item>
759
760 <item>
761 <title><![CDATA[Can't leave prison]]></title>
762 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Can%27t_leave_prison%29</link>
763 <guid isPermaLink="false">f1e632d5b4cfe890cc75b77b177ac2e9</guid>
764 <description><![CDATA[<p>
765 Prisoners are being held longer in the UK because to obtain release
766 they have to participate in rehabilitation activities, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/04/covid-rules-in-prisons-blocking-rehabilitation-say-uk-campaigners">those
767 activities are not available due to Covid-19</a>.
768
769 <p>
770 Ironically, keeping them in prison tends to increase the spread
771 of Covid-19.
772
773
774
775 ]]></description>
776 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
777 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
778 </item>
779
780 <item>
781 <title><![CDATA[Bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma]]></title>
782 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Bankruptcy_of_Purdue_Pharma%29</link>
783 <guid isPermaLink="false">e634fc1a3ecbcbbf9280d8448876fe1d</guid>
784 <description><![CDATA[<p>
785 The US government has worked out an agreement for the bankruptcy of
786 Purdue Pharma <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-sackler-familys-plan-to-keep-its-billions">that lets the individuals that own it off the hook</a>.
787
788
789
790 ]]></description>
791 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
792 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
793 </item>
794
795 <item>
796 <title><![CDATA[War crimes on trial]]></title>
797 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28War_crimes_on_trial%29</link>
798 <guid isPermaLink="false">ce3c2e8292c50966cd3ca655f89ef4de</guid>
799 <description><![CDATA[<p>
800 *With Focus on Assange, Belmarsh Tribunal Puts '<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/02/focus-assange-belmarsh-tribunal-puts-us-war-crimes-trial-0">US War Crimes on Trial</a>'.*
801
802 <p>
803 This is a private activity, modeled after the Russell Tribunal in 1966.
804
805
806
807 ]]></description>
808 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
809 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
810 </item>
811
812 <item>
813 <title><![CDATA[Protest against banks funding fossil fuels]]></title>
814 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Protest_against_banks_funding_fossil_fuels%29</link>
815 <guid isPermaLink="false">bae9bd19b2345d02239100e63c1ed3f7</guid>
816 <description><![CDATA[<p>
817 There were protests on Oct 2 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/02/solidarity-frontline-communities-day-action-demands-end-funding-tar-sands">against various banks that fund fossil
818 fuels</a>.
819
820
821
822 ]]></description>
823 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
824 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
825 </item>
826
827 <item>
828 <title><![CDATA[Surveillance planes and snipers to funeral]]></title>
829 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Surveillance_planes_and_snipers_to_funeral%29</link>
830 <guid isPermaLink="false">01facac335c6fa7dbc1f9756c3695515</guid>
831 <description><![CDATA[<p>
832 The US government <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/02/docs-show-us-agents-including-sniper-teams-shoot-kill-authorization-deployed-george">sent surveillance planes and snipers to George
833 Floyd's funeral</a>.
834
835
836
837 ]]></description>
838 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
839 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
840 </item>
841
842 <item>
843 <title><![CDATA[Obvious patent]]></title>
844 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Obvious_patent%29</link>
845 <guid isPermaLink="false">8df38337ace0a4f9484ef037efcda1da</guid>
846 <description><![CDATA[<p>
847 Sony has got a patent on the obvious idea that a computer system
848 (specifically, a game console) might use a camera to recognize all
849 users, <a href="https://segmentnext.com/2020/08/21/playstation-5-identify-users-dualsense/">so no one needs to explicitly log in</a>.
850
851 <p>
852 This patent would give Sony a basis to sue any other company that
853 implements this idea. It does not necessarily mean that Sony itself
854 will implement this idea, or even that it knows how to implement it
855 reliably, but perhaps it will.
856
857 <p>
858 Would you want every Sony-made game console to be able to recognize
859 you using biometrics? I would not.
860
861 <p>
862 On the other hand, given a game console powered by free software, I
863 might be willing to give my friend's console some biometrics to
864 recognize me by. But I'd want to be sure that they wouldn't be usable
865 for recognizing me when I pass by a camera in the street, and that
866 might be difficult to implement.
867
868
869
870 ]]></description>
871 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
872 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
873 </item>
874
875 <item>
876 <title><![CDATA[Tips]]></title>
877 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Tips%29</link>
878 <guid isPermaLink="false">2e490d8f0d0b55e6a4cd786cd0a00269</guid>
879 <description><![CDATA[<p>
880 "Tips" to Doordash and Amazon food delivery workers go to the company
881 rather than to the worker, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/22/20703434/delivery-app-tip-pay-theft-doordash-amazon-flex-instacart">they cancel out the whole of the worker's
882 base pay</a>.
883
884 <p>
885 The article seems to err in equating this to tipping of waiters. They
886 are not the same system. Yes, the waiter's base pay is below minimum
887 wage — but the restaurant does not claw back that base pay when the
888 waiter gets a tip, as Doordash and Amazon do.
889
890
891
892 ]]></description>
893 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
894 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
895 </item>
896
897 <item>
898 <title><![CDATA[Threat to republic]]></title>
899 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Threat_to_republic%29</link>
900 <guid isPermaLink="false">b9c968b34e3c028d00ca7bcbe770cdfb</guid>
901 <description><![CDATA[<p>
902 Joseph Stiglitz: *How the Republican party <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/03/how-the-republican-party-threatens-the-us-republic">threatens the US republic</a>.*
903
904
905
906 ]]></description>
907 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
908 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
909 </item>
910
911 <item>
912 <title><![CDATA[Violence against protesters]]></title>
913 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Violence_against_protesters%29</link>
914 <guid isPermaLink="false">a9803f5d5c067b9120fc0756dc481be2</guid>
915 <description><![CDATA[<p>
916 The violence of Chilean thugs against protesters reached the point <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/03/chilean-police-throw-boy-16-off-bridge-during-protests">of
917 throwing a teenager protester off a bridge</a>.
918
919 <p>
920 The protester survived, but that was only luck.
921
922
923
924 ]]></description>
925 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
926 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
927 </item>
928
929 <item>
930 <title><![CDATA[Tyranny]]></title>
931 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#5_October_2020_%28Tyranny%29</link>
932 <guid isPermaLink="false">4842d0d49db2ef1e88a03985b3fd9ca1</guid>
933 <description><![CDATA[<p>
934 Polish expat Wojciech Sadurski is facing criminal prosecution for
935 accusing the Polish ruling party and national broadcaster <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/04/long-arm-of-law-and-justice-the-sydney-professor-under-attack-from-polands-ruling-party">for supporting
936 right-wing extremists</a>.
937
938 <p>
939 To prosecute people for saying things like that (whether true or not)
940 is tyranny. The fact that this prosecution is occurring proves the
941 injustice of the Polish government.
942
943 <p>
944 The sad thing is that it is not alone. President
945 Sarkozy of France prosecuted several people for insulting him.
946
947
948
949 ]]></description>
950 <pubDate>5 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
951 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
952 </item>
953
954 <item>
955 <title><![CDATA[Indigenous Activists Target Liberty Mutual's Boston Headquarters]]></title>
956 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Indigenous_Activists_Target_Liberty_Mutual%27s_Boston_Headquarters%29</link>
957 <guid isPermaLink="false">6a2f7cefd976b8afa0e43afd9e368741</guid>
958 <description><![CDATA[<p>
959
960 *Indigenous Activists Target Liberty Mutual's Boston Headquarters Demanding
961 They <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/10/02/indigenous-activists-target-liberty-mutuals-boston-headquarters-demanding-they">Stop Insuring</a> Tar Sands Projects.*
962 <p>
963 Getting oil by mining tar sands is an especially bad form of fossil fuel;
964 its <a href="
965 ">emissions are higher</a> than most others.
966
967 The world should not only stop investing that, it should shut that down
968 immediately.
969
970
971 ]]></description>
972 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
973 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
974 </item>
975
976 <item>
977 <title><![CDATA[Torres Strait Islanders]]></title>
978 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Torres_Strait_Islanders%29</link>
979 <guid isPermaLink="false">14582f7aa0f93232ef950b7db663122d</guid>
980 <description><![CDATA[<p>
981
982 Torres Strait Islanders <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-30/torres-strait-islanders-fight-government-over-climate-change/12714644">have complained</a> to the UN that Australia is
983 endangering their way of life by failing to curb <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global heating">global heating</a>.
984 Their islands are in danger of flooding, and eventually permanent
985 inundation.
986 <p>
987 That damage lies in the the future, but Australia's current actions
988 are causing it, and they must be changed now. Of course, Australia is
989 not solely responsible for <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#global heating">global heating</a>, but its part can be
990 <a href="https://stallman.org/archives/2017-sep-dec.html#16_November_2017_(Northern_Peru_global_heating)">identified and measured</a>.
991
992
993 ]]></description>
994 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
995 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
996 </item>
997
998 <item>
999 <title><![CDATA[Investors extracted $400 million from a hospital chain]]></title>
1000 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Investors_extracted_%24400_million_from_a_hospital_chain%29</link>
1001 <guid isPermaLink="false">eda5dfa06091b3eaf6dddecf71c89ae0</guid>
1002 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1003
1004 *Investors <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/investors-extracted-400-million-from-a-hospital-chain-that-sometimes-couldnt-pay-for-medical-supplies-or-gas-fo
1005 r-ambulances">Extracted $400 Million</a> From a Hospital Chain That Sometimes
1006 Couldn’t Pay for Medical Supplies or Gas for Ambulances.*
1007 <p>
1008 This is an example of how the US economic system's encouragement of
1009 predatory businesses. I think there should not be any for-profit
1010 hospitals.
1011
1012
1013 ]]></description>
1014 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1015 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1016 </item>
1017
1018 <item>
1019 <title><![CDATA[Should we wish the bullshitter a speedy recovery?]]></title>
1020 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Should_we_wish_the_bullshitter_a_speedy_recovery_%29</link>
1021 <guid isPermaLink="false">e257d2233883b27bdb703c2ea4045cca</guid>
1022 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1023
1024 Should we wish Trump, the bullshitter, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/03/democrats-liberals-donald-trump-infection-coronavirus">speedy recovery</a>?
1025 <p>
1026 All else being equal, I do. But I think it is more important to wish
1027 my country a speedy recovery from the influence of the bullshitter.
1028 <p>
1029 I do not wish him to die. No person deserves to die, and the death of
1030 any person is always something to regret. I would not rejoice that he
1031 is dead.
1032 <p>
1033 However, I would rejoice that he can do no more damage.
1034
1035
1036 ]]></description>
1037 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1038 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1039 </item>
1040
1041 <item>
1042 <title><![CDATA[Industrialization is destroying the mangroves of Kutch, in India]]></title>
1043 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Industrialization_is_destroying_the_mangroves_of_Kutch%2C_in_India%29</link>
1044 <guid isPermaLink="false">74dcbb386a476871af8b51fd98c997e1</guid>
1045 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1046
1047 Industrialization is destroying the mangroves of Kutch, in India, and
1048 with them the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/high-and-dry-will-india-swimming-camels-be-the-last-of-their-kind-aoe">unique breed of camels</a> that swim around them.
1049
1050
1051 ]]></description>
1052 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1053 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1054 </item>
1055
1056 <item>
1057 <title><![CDATA[China has made molecular hydrogen by electrolysis very cheap]]></title>
1058 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28China_has_made_molecular_hydrogen_by_electrolysis_very_cheap%29</link>
1059 <guid isPermaLink="false">e387d8788f24588435d27f7bf0c54624</guid>
1060 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1061
1062 China has made the production of molecular hydrogen using electrolysis
1063 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/03/green-hydrogen-from-renewables-could-become-cheapest-transformative-fuel-within-a-decade">so cheap</a> that the oil companies' dream of production hydrogen by burning
1064 fossil fuels is already obsolete.
1065
1066
1067 ]]></description>
1068 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1069 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1070 </item>
1071
1072 <item>
1073 <title><![CDATA[Breonna Taylor Grand Jury proceedings]]></title>
1074 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Breonna_Taylor_Grand_Jury_proceedings%29</link>
1075 <guid isPermaLink="false">bc2f9705206baa18dcafe09cd55c894b</guid>
1076 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1077
1078 *A judge has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/further/2020/09/30/so-truth-may-prevail-heroic-lone-juror-sues-release-breonna-taylor-grand-jury">granted the request</a> of an anonymous juror in the [Breonna
1079 Taylor] case that their Grand Jury proceedings be made public.*
1080 <p>
1081 After studying the transcript, lawyers will be able to tell us whether
1082 the prosecutor tried properly to secure other indictments.
1083
1084
1085 ]]></description>
1086 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1087 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1088 </item>
1089
1090 <item>
1091 <title><![CDATA[What we have learned from the conman's tax returns]]></title>
1092 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28What_we_have_learned_from_the_conman%27s_tax_returns%29</link>
1093 <guid isPermaLink="false">19b9b3e7fbfb076f9916e82f76d92bb7</guid>
1094 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1095
1096 A <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/donald-trump-did-not-pay-income-tax-in-10-of-last-15-years-894048.html">thorough report</a> on what we have learned from the conman's tax returns.
1097
1098
1099 ]]></description>
1100 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1101 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1102 </item>
1103
1104 <item>
1105 <title><![CDATA[A strong start, but not the end of the road]]></title>
1106 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28A_strong_start%2C_but_not_the_end_of_the_road%29</link>
1107 <guid isPermaLink="false">9e00173679c3f357a1cc8c0e9039214c</guid>
1108 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1109
1110 *<a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/strong-start-not-end-road-says-greenpeace-biden-vows-bar-fossil-fuel-leaders">'Strong Start' But 'Not the End of the Road,'</a> Says Greenpeace as Biden Vows
1111 to Bar Fossil Fuel Leaders From Transition Team.*
1112
1113
1114 ]]></description>
1115 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1116 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1117 </item>
1118
1119 <item>
1120 <title><![CDATA[Analysis reveals how law firms accelerate the climate crisis]]></title>
1121 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Analysis_reveals_how_law_firms_accelerate_the_climate_crisis%29</link>
1122 <guid isPermaLink="false">436d7ed0a8bd74744c03123b32eb73f8</guid>
1123 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1124
1125 *First-Ever Analysis Reveals How America's Top 100 Law Firms Are <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/first-ever-analysis-reveals-how-americas-top-100-law-firms-are-accelerating-climate">'Accelerating
1126 the Climate Crisis'</a>.* The study gives a grade to each of those law firms based on the work
1127 it has done.
1128
1129
1130 ]]></description>
1131 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1132 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1133 </item>
1134
1135 <item>
1136 <title><![CDATA[A Texas sheriff charged with destroying video evidence of Javier Ambler's death]]></title>
1137 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28A_Texas_sheriff_charged_with_destroying_video_evidence_of_Javier_Ambler%27s_death%29</link>
1138 <guid isPermaLink="false">8aa76b94e256a7addd8718e777ef4efe</guid>
1139 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1140
1141 A Texas sheriff has been charged with <a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/09/29/texas-sheriff-charged-with-destroying-footage-of-officers-killing-black-suspect.html">destroying video evidence</a>
1142 showing how <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#thug">thugs</a> tased Javier Ambler to death.
1143
1144
1145 ]]></description>
1146 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1147 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1148 </item>
1149
1150 <item>
1151 <title><![CDATA[Fines for not wearing a gratis mask in New York City]]></title>
1152 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Fines_for_not_wearing_a_gratis_mask_in_New_York_City%29</link>
1153 <guid isPermaLink="false">df2551c6442b1086710a07c2c23280e1</guid>
1154 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1155
1156 From now on, New York City will <a href="https://boingboing.net/2020/10/01/new-york-city-will-aggressively-issue-1000-fines-for-not-wearing-a-face-mask.html">fine people</a> up to a thousand dollars
1157 if they refuse to accept a gratis mask and wear it.
1158 <p>
1159 The article says "aggressively", but I think that starting with the
1160 offer makes it a rather kind and gentle manner of enforcement:
1161 "Please let us help you do what is needed to stamp out disease."
1162
1163
1164 ]]></description>
1165 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1166 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1167 </item>
1168
1169 <item>
1170 <title><![CDATA[The 1880s counterpart to today's Amazon]]></title>
1171 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_1880s_counterpart_to_today%27s_Amazon%29</link>
1172 <guid isPermaLink="false">a8f60b000a92a803474bb2d1289f2694</guid>
1173 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1174
1175 The 1880s counterpart to today's Amazon was the railroads: a monopoly
1176 of intermediation which could exploit producers and end-users. One of
1177 the anti-monopoly parties had <a href="http://www.protestsonglyrics.net/Anti_Capitalism_Songs/Anti-Monopoly-War.phtml">this song</a>.
1178
1179
1180 ]]></description>
1181 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1182 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1183 </item>
1184
1185 <item>
1186 <title><![CDATA[We should break up monopolies in lots of fields]]></title>
1187 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28We_should_break_up_monopolies_in_lots_of_fields%29</link>
1188 <guid isPermaLink="false">9268a9c50ab2a70ea0b2cbd89634ccd7</guid>
1189 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1190
1191 Cory Doctorow: we should <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2020/09/29/betcha-cant-eat-just-one/#pwnage">break up monopolies</a> in lots of fields.
1192 <p>
1193 And not only those involved in digital activities. Many fields are
1194 too concentrated now in the US: some that come to my mind instantly
1195 include pesticides, seeds, meat, pharmacies, book publishing, and
1196 airlines.
1197 <p>
1198 Every area needs to have many competitors, or become a regulated
1199 monopoly and perhaps not for profit.
1200 <p>
1201 My <a href="https://stallman.org/articles/progressive-tax-on-business-gross-income.html">tax scheme</a>
1202 could be part of the solution.
1203
1204
1205 ]]></description>
1206 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1207 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1208 </item>
1209
1210 <item>
1211 <title><![CDATA[Australia's offshore asylum centres]]></title>
1212 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Australia%27s_offshore_asylum_centres%29</link>
1213 <guid isPermaLink="false">9be3a9c74c053df75573eb2276cb3d13</guid>
1214 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1215
1216 *Australia's offshore asylum centres have been a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/australias-offshore-asylum-centres-have-been-a-cruel-disaster-they-must-not-be-replicated-by-the-uk">cruel disaster</a>. They must not
1217 be replicated by the UK.*
1218
1219
1220 ]]></description>
1221 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1222 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1223 </item>
1224
1225 <item>
1226 <title><![CDATA[Some Maori activists]]></title>
1227 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Some_Maori_activists%29</link>
1228 <guid isPermaLink="false">ff6dd39a931a698bded9b93d2cd6ec96</guid>
1229 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1230
1231 Some <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/the-maori-partys-vision-of-self-determination-is-not-to-be-ignored">Maori activists</a>
1232 <p>
1233 Maori have common interests, and in a democratic state such as New
1234 Zealand there are well-established ways to pursue those interests.
1235 One is to have a political party, and indeed the author is part of
1236 one. New Zealand's governmental system enables smaller parties to
1237 have some influence, rather than next to zero influence as in the US.
1238 <p>
1239 However, a separate parliament — which implies separate laws — for a
1240 subset of people that live dispersed around New Zealand would be
1241 conflict with the principle that everyone is equal under the law.
1242 <p>
1243 The article cites the UK as an example to follow. I contend it is
1244 exactly the opposite.
1245 <p>
1246 I gather that people considered the UK too centralized. Setting up
1247 regional administrations and devolving some powers to them was perhaps
1248 a wise idea. However, doing this based on the historical "nations"
1249 that were merged three centuries years ago to form the United Kingdom
1250 was utterly foolish: each of those "nations" now has an influential
1251 secessionist party.
1252 <p>
1253 Meanwhile, people in England (meaning most of the UK's population) got
1254 none of the benefit of decentralization, because the UK did not set up
1255 a national administration for England. In effect, the UK acted to
1256 boost separatism while remaining, for the most part, too centralized.
1257 <p>
1258 I suggest that the right way for the UK to decentralize would be to
1259 divide its whole territory into a workable number of smaller regions,
1260 perhaps roughly one million people in each, avoid aligning them with
1261 old historical grudges, then devolve the same powers to each of them.
1262
1263
1264 ]]></description>
1265 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1266 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1267 </item>
1268
1269 <item>
1270 <title><![CDATA[The next target of Chinese imperialism]]></title>
1271 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_next_target_of_Chinese_imperialism%29</link>
1272 <guid isPermaLink="false">12d9e90c65c99d4d21336cd8878da703</guid>
1273 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1274
1275 The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/after-hong-kong-china-taiwan-invasion-armed-forces">next target</a> of Chinese imperialism is Taiwan.
1276
1277
1278 ]]></description>
1279 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1280 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1281 </item>
1282
1283 <item>
1284 <title><![CDATA[Covid-19 has legitimized once-radical ideas in UK]]></title>
1285 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Covid-19_has_legitimized_once-radical_ideas_in_UK%29</link>
1286 <guid isPermaLink="false">a9ce1ad70851943ef7bdf17d41bd91e1</guid>
1287 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1288
1289 *Covid-19 has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/02/covid-19-legitimised-once-radical-ideas-uk-green-party-conference">legitimized once-radical ideas</a> in UK, say Green leaders.*
1290
1291
1292 ]]></description>
1293 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1294 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1295 </item>
1296
1297 <item>
1298 <title><![CDATA[Ivanka Trump is now caught in a financial scandal]]></title>
1299 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Ivanka_Trump_is_now_caught_in_a_financial_scandal%29</link>
1300 <guid isPermaLink="false">341771eaaee684e570ecb811ceee4a04</guid>
1301 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1302
1303 Ivanka Trump is now caught in a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-tax-affairs">financial scandal</a> that may be criminal.
1304 <p>
1305 Please don't use the term <a href="https://stallman.org/antiglossary.html#firstdaughter">"first daughter."</a>
1306
1307
1308 ]]></description>
1309 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1310 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1311 </item>
1312
1313 <item>
1314 <title><![CDATA[The bullshitter was close enough to Biden to infect him]]></title>
1315 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_bullshitter_was_close_enough_to_Biden_to_infect_him%29</link>
1316 <guid isPermaLink="false">6011954ede84eb211f2b820828cba2d4</guid>
1317 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1318
1319 The bullshitter was close enough to Biden during the debate to
1320 <a href="https://theintercept.com/2020/10/02/trump-tests-positive-covid-48-hours-mocking-biden-wearing-mask/">possibly infect</a> him. His family members were present, without masks,
1321 trying hard to infect other people in the audience.
1322 <p>
1323 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/fears-joe-biden-may-have-been-exposed-after-trump-tests-positive-for-covid">More</a> about this danger.
1324 <p>
1325 Such events should invite people in the audience to ask the staff for
1326 help in dealing with others near them not wearing masks, to tell them
1327 to put on masks or move away.
1328 <p>
1329 The governor of Wisconsin <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/coronavirus-us-trump-wisconsin-rallies-cases-surge">begged the disease-spreader</a> to please not
1330 come there for a disease-spreading event.
1331 <p>
1332 Now perhaps he won't.
1333 <p>
1334 What are the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/donald-trump-positive-test-covid-19-surprise-many-saw-coming-coronavirus">implications</a> of this event for the campaign? Whatever
1335 happens, the bullshitter will lie about it and try to turn it to his
1336 advantage.
1337
1338
1339 ]]></description>
1340 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1341 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1342 </item>
1343
1344 <item>
1345 <title><![CDATA[Salafi Arabia exiles call for democracy]]></title>
1346 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Salafi_Arabia_exiles_call_for_democracy%29</link>
1347 <guid isPermaLink="false">45a3889e7e793dd0f4b65efd37318496</guid>
1348 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1349
1350 Exiles from Salafi Arabia have <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/saudi-expats-launch-opposition-party-on-anniversary-of-jamal-kashoggis-death">started a party</a> calling for democracy
1351 there.
1352
1353
1354 ]]></description>
1355 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1356 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1357 </item>
1358
1359 <item>
1360 <title><![CDATA[Russian critical journalist burnt herself to death]]></title>
1361 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Russian_critical_journalist_burnt_herself_to_death%29</link>
1362 <guid isPermaLink="false">5e32d6adfa3d7a5a2da991c8c3bf03c4</guid>
1363 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1364
1365 Russian critical journalist Irina Slavina <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/irina-slavina-russian-journalist-sets-herself-on-fire-after-apartment-searched-by-police">burnt herself to death</a>
1366 after state agents seized her computers.
1367 <p>
1368 I wonder why she could not face life after that. Was it simply that
1369 one more act of harassment was more than she could bear? Were there
1370 things on the computers that were going to enable the state to ruin
1371 other people's lives?
1372
1373
1374 ]]></description>
1375 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1376 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1377 </item>
1378
1379 <item>
1380 <title><![CDATA[The coronavirus was not intimidated by the bullshitter]]></title>
1381 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28The_coronavirus_was_not_intimidated_by_the_bullshitter%29</link>
1382 <guid isPermaLink="false">04f7f772f412a534debd1ae421fb0359</guid>
1383 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1384
1385 It seems that coronavirus was not intimidated by the bullshitter.
1386 He <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/trump-quarantine-covid-diagnosis-coronavirus-news">got infected</a> despite all his boasts that he would not. He has probably infected many of his cronies. He could have
1387 avoided that by wearing a mask.
1388 <p>
1389 Will his supporters feel honored to have received a virus from
1390 their leader?
1391
1392
1393 ]]></description>
1394 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1395 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1396 </item>
1397
1398 <item>
1399 <title><![CDATA[Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey]]></title>
1400 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Syrian_mercenaries_sent_by_Turkey%29</link>
1401 <guid isPermaLink="false">0b51872b712d7879d40f2dde6098730e</guid>
1402 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1403
1404 More about the Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/syrian-recruit-describes-role-of-foreign-fighters-in-nagorno-karabakh">fight against Armenia</a>. It seems they were told they would be guards, and were surprised to find that their job was fighting a war.
1405
1406
1407 ]]></description>
1408 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1409 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1410 </item>
1411
1412 <item>
1413 <title><![CDATA[Supporters of QAnon-Supporting extremist candidates]]></title>
1414 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Supporters_of_QAnon-Supporting_extremist_candidates%29</link>
1415 <guid isPermaLink="false">0d9ff5f815cf23da12985f73833eed5c</guid>
1416 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1417
1418 *[Republican] Megadonors, Freedom Caucus, and CEOs <a href="https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2020/10/01/trump-megadonors-freedom-caucus-and-ceos-bankroll-qanon-supporting-extremist-candidates/">Bankroll</a>
1419 QAnon-Supporting, Extremist Candidates.*
1420
1421
1422 ]]></description>
1423 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1424 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1425 </item>
1426
1427 <item>
1428 <title><![CDATA[Governor of Texas ordered reduction in places to drop off ballots]]></title>
1429 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Governor_of_Texas_ordered_reduction_in_places_to_drop_off_ballots%29</link>
1430 <guid isPermaLink="false">eb53fb96d0db064389f262736b71e2c5</guid>
1431 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1432
1433 The governor of Texas ordered counties to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/texas-governor-greg-abbott-ballot-votes-election">reduce the number of places
1434 to drop off ballots</a>.
1435 <p>
1436 This is a new method, but it continues the Republican pattern of voter
1437 suppression. If you can't win honestly, cheat, is their motto.
1438 <p>
1439 If Republicans were loyal to the idea of democracy, they would not
1440 seek to stop people who disagree with them from voting. Their use of
1441 voter suppression demonstrates that they are opposed to the basic ideas
1442 of the United States.
1443
1444
1445 ]]></description>
1446 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1447 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1448 </item>
1449
1450 <item>
1451 <title><![CDATA[Seismic blasting halted in Atlantic]]></title>
1452 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Seismic_blasting_halted_in_Atlantic%29</link>
1453 <guid isPermaLink="false">bc913884a1ae19b064c264b23682443b</guid>
1454 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1455
1456 *Huge Victory for Ocean Defenders as <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/huge-victory-ocean-defenders-seismic-blasting-halted-atlantic">Seismic Blasting Halted in Atlantic</a>.*
1457 <p>
1458 It seems there is no quick way to authorize the activity,
1459 and by the time such a thing could be tried, we may have a
1460 better chance of rejecting them.
1461
1462
1463 ]]></description>
1464 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1465 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1466 </item>
1467
1468 <item>
1469 <title><![CDATA[Urgent: call on your congresscritter to cosponsor the CIVIL Act.]]></title>
1470 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#4_October_2020_%28Urgent%3A_call_on_your_congresscritter_to_cosponsor_the_CIVIL_Act.%29</link>
1471 <guid isPermaLink="false">7093eed855485e176a206e45523f2775</guid>
1472 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1473
1474 US citizens: call on your congresscritter to <a href="https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/support-the-CIVIL-act">cosponsor the CIVIL Act</a>.
1475
1476 <p>The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.</p>
1477 <p>If you call, please spread the word!</p>
1478
1479
1480 ]]></description>
1481 <pubDate>4 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1482 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1483 </item>
1484
1485 <item>
1486 <title><![CDATA[(satire) The bullshitter stoked fears surrounding crime]]></title>
1487 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28%28satire%29_The_bullshitter_stoked_fears_surrounding_crime%29</link>
1488 <guid isPermaLink="false">11646c3764fd27d1eca81732150e7f6d</guid>
1489 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1490
1491 (satire) *[the bullshitter] stoked fears surrounding crime Tuesday by having … Mike Pompeo disguise himself as a cat burglar and rob him on
1492 the debate stage. "Oh no, look, it’s a violent Antifa <a href="https://stallman.org/glossary.html#thug">thug</a> sent here by
1493 Joe Biden to rob me!"*
1494
1495 https://politics.theonion.com/trump-stokes-crime-fears-by-having-mike-pompeo-disguise-1845216464
1496
1497
1498 ]]></description>
1499 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1500 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1501 </item>
1502
1503 <item>
1504 <title><![CDATA[ACLU litigation ends Trump Administration prohibiting immigrant minors from accessing abortion]]></title>
1505 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28ACLU_litigation_ends_Trump_Administration_prohibiting_immigrant_minors_from_accessing_abortion%29</link>
1506 <guid isPermaLink="false">2e24f84e9b30b021b2ecff579a030c8e</guid>
1507 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1508
1509 *As a Result of ACLU Litigation, Trump Administration <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/09/29/result-aclu-litigation-trump-administration-ends-policy-prohibiting-immigrant">Ends Policy Prohibiting
1510 Immigrant Minors From Accessing Abortion</a>.*
1511
1512
1513 ]]></description>
1514 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1515 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1516 </item>
1517
1518 <item>
1519 <title><![CDATA[New Jersey increased taxes for incomes over a million dollars a year]]></title>
1520 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28New_Jersey_increased_taxes_for_incomes_over_a_million_dollars_a_year%29</link>
1521 <guid isPermaLink="false">976397a0471892926a08828942ac5b54</guid>
1522 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1523
1524 New Jersey has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/29/fight-covid-19-address-inequality-and-boost-recovery-nj-gov-signs-millionaires-tax">increased taxes</a> on people and businesses with incomes over
1525 a million dollars a year.
1526 <p>
1527 It is a small step, but it's a start!
1528
1529
1530 ]]></description>
1531 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1532 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1533 </item>
1534
1535 <item>
1536 <title><![CDATA[Amy Barrett's legal philosophy disqualifies her from being on the Supreme Court]]></title>
1537 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Amy_Barrett%27s_legal_philosophy_disqualifies_her_from_being_on_the_Supreme_Court%29</link>
1538 <guid isPermaLink="false">f86a2308fb26b8f8efaef12038b3209d</guid>
1539 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1540
1541 Amy Barrett's legal philosophy, to apply her religion to every decision,
1542 <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/09/30/amy-coney-barrett-not-qualified-be-supreme-court-justice">disqualifies her from being on the Supreme Court</a>.
1543
1544
1545 ]]></description>
1546 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1547 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1548 </item>
1549
1550 <item>
1551 <title><![CDATA[Cambridge University has agreed to divest fully from fossil fuels]]></title>
1552 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Cambridge_University_has_agreed_to_divest_fully_from_fossil_fuels%29</link>
1553 <guid isPermaLink="false">f88b8712323fe3d63745b982fbd4e95c</guid>
1554 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1555
1556 Cambridge University has agreed to <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/10/01/cambridge-university-makes-historic-break-fossil-fuel-industry-and-commits-full">divest fully from fossil fuels</a>.
1557 <p>
1558 The easiest part of the divestment will be done this year,
1559 another part by 2025. The divestment will be completed by 2030.
1560 <p>
1561 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/02/cambridge-fossil-fuels-divestment-fossil-fuels-climate-emergency">Divestment</a> is an important step, but there are limits to what it can
1562 achieve. We need laws to turn off the fossil fuel industry.
1563 <p>
1564 The Federal Reserve has <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/100-billion-lifeline-while-most-americans-are-being-left-behind-report-details">bought $355 million in bonds</a> of fossil fuel
1565 companies since March.
1566
1567
1568 ]]></description>
1569 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1570 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1571 </item>
1572
1573 <item>
1574 <title><![CDATA[DHS handed out PR instructions to be sympathetic]]></title>
1575 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28DHS_handed_out_PR_instructions_to_be_sympathetic%29</link>
1576 <guid isPermaLink="false">d79b9f097ae023da36e4330ab79984cc</guid>
1577 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1578
1579 The DHS handed out PR instructions telling its representatives to take
1580 a <a href="https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/dhs-memo-told-officials-to-make-comments-favorable-to-kenosha-shootings-suspect/2432408/">sympathetic line</a> towards the right-wing Kenosha killer, and towards
1581 the right-wing extremist group "Patriot Prayer".
1582 <p>
1583 Has the Department of Harshness and Sadism morphed into the Department
1584 of Hatred Support?
1585
1586
1587 ]]></description>
1588 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1589 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1590 </item>
1591
1592 <item>
1593 <title><![CDATA[So long as U.S. leaders continue to coddle the Saudis]]></title>
1594 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28So_long_as_U.S._leaders_continue_to_coddle_the_Saudis%29</link>
1595 <guid isPermaLink="false">67324f1a7b8a17c71a2e9aaabc4a6983</guid>
1596 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1597
1598 * So long as U.S. leaders continue to coddle the Saudis, <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/10/01/two-years-after-khashoggis-brutal-murder-why-america-still-accomplice-mbss-crimes">it’s difficult
1599 not to ask who is more evil</a>—the maniacal Saudi crown prince or the
1600 mendacious Western governments and business people who support him?*
1601
1602
1603 ]]></description>
1604 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1605 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1606 </item>
1607
1608 <item>
1609 <title><![CDATA[A new standard for "biodegradable plastic"]]></title>
1610 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28A_new_standard_for_biodegradable_plastic%29</link>
1611 <guid isPermaLink="false">31459455d1c75d83064fbb4065c5077d</guid>
1612 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1613
1614 The UK is considering a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/new-british-standard-for-biodegradable-plastic-introduced">new standard</a> for "biodegradable plastic" which requires
1615 that they don't result in microplastic grains.
1616
1617
1618 ]]></description>
1619 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1620 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1621 </item>
1622
1623 <item>
1624 <title><![CDATA[A hero of desegregation]]></title>
1625 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28A_hero_of_desegregation%29</link>
1626 <guid isPermaLink="false">9afbaaf2fe8d5ffbe21c6cf5561b6a45</guid>
1627 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1628
1629 A brief life of Paul Stephenson, a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/01/paul-stephenson-the-hero-who-refused-to-leave-a-pub-and-helped-desegregate-britain">hero of desegregation</a> in the UK and
1630 the US.
1631
1632
1633 ]]></description>
1634 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1635 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1636 </item>
1637
1638 <item>
1639 <title><![CDATA[Redirection of UK medicine to treating Covid-19]]></title>
1640 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Redirection_of_UK_medicine_to_treating_Covid-19%29</link>
1641 <guid isPermaLink="false">178af70308eca3c1192d289bb44d6ca9</guid>
1642 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1643
1644 The redirection of UK medicine to treating Covid-19 instead of other diseases
1645 will end up having caused tens of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/01/nhs-covid-disruption-could-cause-tens-of-thousands-of-deaths-mps-warn">thousands of avoidable deaths</a> from cancer
1646 due to failure to treat it early.
1647 <p>
1648 I expect there were many more deaths due to failure to treat other
1649 diseases.
1650 <p>
1651 The way to avoid this is to stay ahead of Covid-19 with measures strong enough
1652 to keep the infection rate going down. R approximately 1 is like a pencil
1653 balanced on its point — it won't stay at 1.
1654
1655
1656 ]]></description>
1657 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1658 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1659 </item>
1660
1661 <item>
1662 <title><![CDATA[Exile from Hong Kong cannot contact his relatives at all]]></title>
1663 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Exile_from_Hong_Kong_cannot_contact_his_relatives_at_all%29</link>
1664 <guid isPermaLink="false">85a289a52e78f2c9ba984f1d15230134</guid>
1665 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1666
1667 Nathan Law, in exile from Hong Kong, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/beijing-hong-kong-democracy-exile-china-national-security-law">cannot contact his relatives at all</a>,
1668 since China would seize the opportunity to pressure him by punishing them.
1669 <p>
1670 I don't see any hope for Hong Kong; I think China will turn it into a
1671 hell that terrifies people into suppressing their thoughts until they
1672 forget how to think them.
1673 </a>
1674 However, crushing Hong Kong is one step on a path of conquest and
1675 tyranny, and the more the response to that crushing sets China back,
1676 the less harm China will be able to do.
1677
1678
1679 ]]></description>
1680 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1681 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1682 </item>
1683
1684 <item>
1685 <title><![CDATA[The "bread" in Subways' sandwiches cannot qualify for a tax exemption]]></title>
1686 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28The_bread_in_Subways%27_sandwiches_cannot_qualify_for_a_tax_exemption%29</link>
1687 <guid isPermaLink="false">ece9cf5bf043f91337bc3decae0f83cc</guid>
1688 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1689
1690 The "bread" in Subways' sandwiches cannot qualify for a tax exemption
1691 in Ireland, because <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/irish-court-rules-subway-bread-is-not-bread">it has too much added sugar</a>.
1692 <p>
1693 That added sugar is not good for people. I wonder if Subway will
1694 reduce the sugar to qualify for the tax exemption. I wonder if other
1695 countries should adopt a similar legal policy.
1696
1697
1698 ]]></description>
1699 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1700 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1701 </item>
1702
1703 <item>
1704 <title><![CDATA[India kicking Amnesty out]]></title>
1705 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28India_kicking_Amnesty_out%29</link>
1706 <guid isPermaLink="false">a0962734189f1bfdc7025b6bfc5f1684</guid>
1707 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1708
1709 *By kicking Amnesty out, India is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/amnesty-india-tarnish-reputation">betraying its founding ideals</a>.*
1710
1711
1712 ]]></description>
1713 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1714 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1715 </item>
1716
1717 <item>
1718 <title><![CDATA[The wrecker is following a playbook from 1930s Germany]]></title>
1719 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28The_wrecker_is_following_a_playbook_from_1930s_Germany%29</link>
1720 <guid isPermaLink="false">3177f09d8812ab8bb0a9e92c694ac701</guid>
1721 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1722
1723 *Signalling to his base, as he did referring to the Proud Boys on
1724 Tuesday, the [wrecker] is <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/trump-defends-armed-rightwing-gangs-proud-boys-fascism">following a playbook from 1930s Germany</a>.*
1725 <p>
1726 An <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/01/citing-post-election-period-possible-flashpoint-fbi-memo-warns-far-right-white">FBI memo warns</a> about violent right-wing extremist violence, perhaps
1727 after the election.
1728
1729
1730 ]]></description>
1731 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1732 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1733 </item>
1734
1735 <item>
1736 <title><![CDATA[US companies evade regulations on toxic PFAs]]></title>
1737 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28US_companies_evade_regulations_on_toxic_PFAs%29</link>
1738 <guid isPermaLink="false">94997011b9691d58f464f4dd1bb85da7</guid>
1739 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1740
1741 US companies evade regulations on toxic PFAs by switching to newer
1742 chemicals that are probably <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/new-forever-chemicals-contaminating-environment-regulators-say">just as bad</a>, but have not been studied
1743 yet.
1744
1745
1746 ]]></description>
1747 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1748 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1749 </item>
1750
1751 <item>
1752 <title><![CDATA[Meat plants are more dangerous]]></title>
1753 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Meat_plants_are_more_dangerous%29</link>
1754 <guid isPermaLink="false">2a8968834ebb8ce4566e11d0906056a7</guid>
1755 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1756
1757 It was obvious that faster processing and less inspection would
1758 make meat plants <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/incredibly-dangerous-job-concerns-safety-is-slipping-at-us-meat-plants">more dangerous</a>. And it has.
1759
1760
1761 ]]></description>
1762 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1763 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1764 </item>
1765
1766 <item>
1767 <title><![CDATA[Human rights lawyers threatened by sanctions]]></title>
1768 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Human_rights_lawyers_threatened_by_sanctions%29</link>
1769 <guid isPermaLink="false">12142225bf12a81e0b42c597ff73981e</guid>
1770 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1771
1772 Human rights lawyers that make reports to help the International
1773 Criminal Court are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/human-rights-lawyers-sue-trump-administration-for-silencing-them">threatened by sanctions</a> that the US placed on
1774 anyone "providing support".
1775 <p>
1776 Since that threat is unconstitutional, they have gone to court asking
1777 for a ruling that the sanctions don't apply to them.
1778
1779
1780 ]]></description>
1781 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1782 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1783 </item>
1784
1785 <item>
1786 <title><![CDATA[It will take months to vaccinate everyone]]></title>
1787 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28It_will_take_months_to_vaccinate_everyone%29</link>
1788 <guid isPermaLink="false">e2c4d4a19125947bd86a56d4330cad19</guid>
1789 <description><![CDATA[<p>
1790
1791 It will take <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/covid-19-vaccine-alone-wont-defeat-spread-of-virus-report-warns">months to vaccinate everyone</a> against Covid-19, once
1792 a good vaccine is available.
1793 Only after massively vaccinating people will we find out how effective
1794 the vaccine is, for various groups.
1795
1796 ]]></description>
1797 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1798 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1799 </item>
1800
1801 <item>
1802 <title><![CDATA[Covid-19 increasing in UK cities in lockdown]]></title>
1803 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Covid-19_increasing_in_UK_cities_in_lockdown%29</link>
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1806
1807 The UK has imposed lockdowns in 16 cities, but in most of them
1808 Covid-19 has continued to increase, because people are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/england-covid-cases-have-doubled-under-most-local-lockdowns">not carrying
1809 out the rules</a>.
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1813 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1814 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
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1816
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1818 <title><![CDATA[Issues that surround the fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan]]></title>
1819 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Issues_that_surround_the_fighting_between_Armenia_and_Azerbaijan%29</link>
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1822
1823 A cloud of new issues that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/01/the-guardian-view-on-nagorno-karabakh-new-interests-in-an-old-conflict">surround the new instance</a> of fighting
1824 between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
1825 <p>
1826 I think it is quite plausible that Erdoğan will have Turkish planes
1827 attack Armenia.
1828
1829
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1831 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1832 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1833 </item>
1834
1835 <item>
1836 <title><![CDATA[If Assange is convicted]]></title>
1837 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28If_Assange_is_convicted%29</link>
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1840
1841 If Assange is convicted, he would be sent to the ADX Florence prison
1842 for solitary confinement for the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/09/30/life-supermax-crime-merely-doing-journalism-uk-court-told-assange-likely-be-sent">rest of his life</a>. A former warden
1843 of that prison describes it as "a fate worse than death."
1844 <p>
1845 Perhaps El Chapo requires special security measures, so that his
1846 henchmen cannot bust him loose. Perhaps also some of the al-Qa'ida
1847 prisoners. But most of the prisoners listed in the article do not
1848 belong to a gang and there is no special danger they would escape, no
1849 need and no justification to destroy them this way.
1850
1851
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1853 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1854 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1855 </item>
1856
1857 <item>
1858 <title><![CDATA[Global heating affects nights worse than days]]></title>
1859 <link>https://stallman.org/archives/2020-jul-oct.html#3_October_2020_%28Global_heating_affects_nights_worse_than_days%29</link>
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1862
1863 Global heating affects <href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/oct/01/global-heating-warming-up-nights-faster-than-days">nights worse than days</a>. Many people won't be able to sleep.
1864
1865
1866 ]]></description>
1867 <pubDate>3 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
1868 <dc:creator>Richard Stallman</dc:creator>
1869 </item>
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