I’m making an attempt to cease the world from altering me.” I used to attribute the quote to Thoreau, but it appears that evidently was mistaken: it is actually from Ammon Hennacy. I’ve succeeded in changing the world to some extent, and I’m nonetheless attempting to achieve extra. At the same time, I see how the usage of nonfree software, and digital dis-companies, has modified others for the worse. Millions surrender their freedom and privacy without shifting a muscle to protect it. They run freedom-denying software program that snoops on them constantly. They let Facebook use them. They play nonfree video video games for hours, killing time which they may have used for one thing meaningful, and learning nothing except how to retreat from society. Even if they would find it exhausting work to resist these evils 100%, there are certainly components they may simply resist. It certain appears like malicious know-how has changed them for the worse. Please do not let it change you! 27 September 2018 (Lists of supposed non-residents) Right-wingers are posting long lists of supposed non-residents who’re voting, presented as proof there’s a giant problem of invalid voters. They are being sued by US residents whose names they falsely posted. 27 September 2018 (Land-based birds vulnerable to extinction) “Land-based fowl populations have gotten confined to nature reserves in some parts of the world-elevating the danger of worldwide extinction-because of the loss of appropriate habitat.” 27 September 2018 (Prosecution for photographing a rally) Cambodia has pardoned Australia documentalist Ricketson on the advice of the tyrant that had him prosecuted, calling making images of a rally “spying”. That is a common ploy for governments enforcing unjust legal guidelines: prosecute someone, who is after all convicted, then pardon the sufferer. It serves to scare folks into obeying the unjust law, while avoiding the odium that may observe from maintaining journalists in prison. 27 September 2018 (Prof. Blasey Ford to testify) Prof. Blasey Ford agreed to testify to the Senate on Thursday, however other details have not been agreed on. This includes resembling whether they will call in some lawyer to talk with her (being too cowardly to do so themselves). 27 September 2018 (Cuts to Head Start and cancer research) The bully’s saboteurs are going to cut Head Start and cancer analysis to fund their prisons for immigrant minors. The article says “children”, but I am pretty sure the prisoners vary up through age 17. Some are youngsters, and a few are teenagers. 25 September 2018 (Urgent: Fight in opposition to voter-purging) Citizens of North Carolina: struggle against Republican voter-purging. I can not test this, since I am not from North Carolina and mustn’t sign. 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When you signal, please unfold the word! 25 September 2018 (Bully-appointed federal judge) One of many bully’s appointed federal judge disregarded the information to make a partisan determination in favor of right-wing counterprotestors. 25 September 2018 (Bully’s arrest coverage) The bully’s policy of arresting unauthorized immigrants if they go to court docket succeeds in scaring lots of them away from seeking safety in opposition to home violence. 25 September 2018 (Keystone XL planet-roaster pipeline) It took the US State Department just one week to publish a sham environmental overview of the Keystone XL planet-roaster pipeline. 25 September 2018 (Protests planned at Salesforce occasion) Protests are planned on the Salesforce annual occasion, demanding that the corporate stop serving the US border thugs. 25 September 2018 (Bully’s hush money) (satire) Trump Asks Why Kavanaugh Accuser Didn’t Just Immediately Request Hush Money. 25 September 2018 (Palestinian dwelling life) Israelis Experience Palestinian Home Life in Virtual Reality. They see the home of a specific Palestinian family that volunteered for this. 25 September 2018 (Immigration judges ordered to be cruel) Sessions has ordered immigration judges to be merciless, strict, callous and merciless. 25 September 2018 (Kavanaugh’s Republican votes) The rationale Republicans intend to vote for Kavanaugh no matter what is that he’s part of the identical plutocratist group as four other proper-wing justices. They will turn the US into hell for all besides the favored courses. 25 September 2018 (Uighurs in brainwashing camps) Pompeo condemned China for placing round 1,000,000 Uighurs in brainwashing camps. Another person known as this “The pot calling the kettle black”, however that’s not right. What Chine has executed is comparable to putting 1,000,000 people in Guantanamo. The US put only a thousand individuals, complete, in Guantanamo. Even in the present day it is possible to be worse than the US. When Pompeo talks about “stealing intellectual property”, he spreads confusion. That time period invariably has that impact because it would not fit actuality. 25 September 2018 (Mainstream media coverage of hurricane) US mainstream media coated Hurricane Florence, however very hardly ever connected it to its human cause. 25 September 2018 (Judge frees migrant-rescuing fishermen) An Italian judge freed the Tunisian fishermen, victims of the right-wing attempt to criminalize the act of rescuing migrants from drowning. This may not finish the threat. Right-wingers trying to pervert justice by no means surrender. 25 September 2018 (SCROTUS delay final Kavanaugh listening to) SCROTUS have delayed the last Kavanaugh hearing rather than tell Ford “Too late!
Those who are more isolated or disconnected lack the social networks required for this methodology and remain a hard-to-attain population for researchers. Averaged across centuries of first lionization after which neglect, it is evident that these reputations have no permanent value: the estimation of the value of artwork depends as a lot on the social and cultural situations of a specific viewer as on qualities embodied within the work itself. My blood line was preserved for centuries to offer Persians hope and make them consider in the liberty that that they had and took without any consideration. But after a blood check a number of weeks later, I used to be diagnosed as perimenopausal and prescribed HRT. That’s why Macron’s apology is so vital.” 17 September 2018 (Australian coal mining plan) Adani’s plan to open up a massive new coal mining area in Australia has collapsed, nevertheless it should open a single massive mine there. For the sake of avoiding global catastrophe, we need to push arduous against that and in opposition to every new fossil fuel facility. 17 September 2018 (Bloomberg at ‘local weather summit’) Michael Bloomberg, who needs to run for president in 2020, went to a business-dominated “local weather summit” and mocked environmentalist protesters. I will not vote for him. 17 September 2018 (Measures after faculty shootings) When US dad and mom demand faculties “do one thing, immediately” to prevent a taking pictures, the measures faculties undertake make them really feel (more) like jails. This does little for security but too much to create an environment of distrust. School shootings hurt few college students annually; the school to prison pipeline harms far, much more. 17 September 2018 (Corrupted FEMA) Republicans are chiefly to blame for “natural” disasters within the US. Directly so as a result of they corrupt FEMA, so that the bodily occasions trigger a a lot larger human disaster. When the bodily occasion is extreme weather, Republicans are also responsible not directly because they’ve compelled world heating quicker. Democratic officials do a great job with FEMA. Against international heating, plutocratist mainstream Democrats usually are not as bad as Republicans, however not good enough to keep away from international catastrophe. 17 September 2018 (Cornstarch baggage) A UK supermarket chain will substitute plastic luggage for fruits and vegetables with cornstarch luggage. The problem with cornstarch is that it’s made from corn, and the corn must be grown. If all of the plastic packaging now used had been changed with cornstarch, what fraction of the world’s corn crop would that use? Can anybody find the data to make a tough estimate of this? If I receive a great answer, I’ll submit it. 17 September 2018 (Nerve gasoline poisoning) Activists have tied the current nerve fuel poisoning suspects to the Russian Ministry of Defense, and caught them in other lies. Based on all the information that has been printed, I consider it nearly sure that they dedicated the poisoning. 17 September 2018 (Kavanaugh’s opposition to Roe v. Wade) Facebook Suppressed a story About Brett Kavanaugh’s Opposition to Roe v. Wade. We’re Republishing It. 17 September 2018 (Solar power satellites) Once once more, proposing to build photo voltaic power satellites utilizing materials from the moon. The L5 society campaigned for this round 1980. I supported it. Solar energy satellites could certainly give us plentiful renewable electricity. The impediment to constructing them is the big preliminary investment earlier than the primary one is working. States starved for funds by tax-competition have trouble making such an funding. 17 September 2018 (Flooding) New cities are being in-built coastal areas liable to be flooded in some many years. These “funding automobiles” would possibly change into submarines. We need to begin shifting individuals away from some coastal areas. 17 September 2018 (Global heating) Australian farmers demand extra effort to curb international heating. 17 September 2018 (Global heating and hurricanes) Global heating is making class 6 hurricanes possible; we will surely see them sooner or later, and they may submerge complete cities. 17 September 2018 (Cattle overproduction) Europe is producing more cattle than the environment can stand, and could have to chop in in half. 17 September 2018 (Progressive organizing amongst Amish) Progressive organizing among the Amish. 17 September 2018 (Repression of insults within the UK) The UK increasingly represses mere insults. It started with insults based mostly on bigotry, however now it’s increasing to all insults. I disagree with the writer on one level: I feel it is correct to punish crimes of violence extra closely when they’re based mostly on bigotry, such attacks signify a marketing campaign of violence that would are inclined to spread. It’s correct for the state to act to stamp that out. 17 September 2018 (Overfishing) The ocean off Tanzania is overfished – more boats are going out, and the catch is declining. A big cause of the decline is the foreign fishing boats that fish illegally. In the long term, what Tanzania needs is fewer births, no more food. 17 September 2018 (State thugs observe progressive groups) Massachusetts state thugs accidentally leaked the truth that they have bookmarked a number of progressive political teams to comply with. Either the thugs are way more progressive than one would expect, and are in search of opportunities to indicate assist, or they are biased against these groups. 17 September 2018 (Theater of Security Agency) Theater of Security Agency employees insisted on swabbing the top of a passenger’s prosthetic leg to see if it had been in touch with explosives. They threatened to arrest her if she didn’t allow them to. The article ends by giving the TSA undeserved legitimacy by asserting that it has really made flying safer. This is unlikely – the TSA acknowledges that terrorists aren’t concentrating on airplanes any extra. 17 September 2018 (Israel-Palestine peace negotiations) Palestine’s chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, says that the bullshitter is trying to get rid of peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine by taking Israel’s side on every vital difficulty. At this level, Palestine could reject the thought of together with the US in talks, and ask another energy such because the EU or Russia to mediate peace talks. That cannot advance negotiations now, since Netanyahu refuses to contemplate any concessions, however it’ll put just a little more strain on Israel and the US. 16 September 2018 (Amazon delivery staff) Amazon’s subcontracted supply staff undergo wage theft and various different mistreatment. Sixteen September 2018 (Farmers’ proper to restore) Farmer Lobbying Group Accused Of Selling Out Farmers On Right To Repair Laws. 16 September 2018 (Berkeley thug department) When the Berkeley thug department arrested protesters for bogus crimes and posted their private particulars, this was a part of an specific PR campaign meant to intimidate protest and make the division appear highly effective. Those thugs brought the legislation into disrepute. Every one of them who participated in these actions, including those that permitted the plans, must be fired for that. 16 September 2018 (Zero-hour contracts) After the leader of the Church of England (the Archbishop of Canterbury) criticized zero-hour contracts and the piecework sweatshop economic system, someone called this a “hypocrisy” as a result of some churches hire on zero-hour contracts and the church invests in Amazon. The stated rebuke that you need to “put your personal home in order earlier than” criticizing an abuse is misguided. If we accept that as a precept, it could come right down to “Only saints are entitled to criticize”, which would give abusers a shield to deflect pressure to appropriate abuses. The correct response is, “Don’t forget to incorporate your own organization on this criticism.” We should always focus on correcting the abuses, not on loathing everybody by some means associated with them. I believe the accusation of hypocrisy is invalid with regard to the zero-hour contracts, provided that the archbishop doesn’t management those hiring practices in other church organizations. The problem of investing in Amazon is a different one. Shareholder activism has proved to be ineffective, and the church might do extra to change these companies’ conduct (and get their taxes elevated) by divesting from them and condemning them. I don’t understand how much influence the archbishop personally has over these investments, however that is how he should use it henceforth. 16 September 2018 (Progressive Democrats) “Centrist” Democrat Governor Cuomo defeated Cynthia Nixon, but 6 of the 8 “Democratic” collaborationists that have kept Republicans in power in the state legislature have been defeated by progressive Democrats. Sixteen September 2018 (Conflicts of curiosity with companies) The pinnacle medical officer of Sloan Kettering Cancer Center resigned in a scandal for not reporting conflicts of curiosity in his relationship with businesses, including a large drug firm. Making researchers report these conflicts of interest is simply the first step. If we would like analysis to be trustworthy, we should finish the observe of letting businesses choose whether to fund it. They need to fund it indirectly, through taxes. 16 September 2018 (Demise of democracy within the US) The Demise of Democracy (within the US). Sixteen September 2018 (Toxic coal ash pollution) Heavy rain from Hurricane Florence has washed toxic pollution from coal ash dumps into water provides. Even from one inactive dump that was capped, supposedly to make it safe. It is because the coal corporations make extra money by not moving the ash away from waterways, or letting or not it’s recycled into concrete. 16 September 2018 (Avoiding large extinction) A scientific suggestion that 50% of the Earth’s surface be protected wildlife areas by 2050, to avoid huge extinction. If we want to guard greater than desert and mountain species, protected lands may have to include a number of locations that might be used for agriculture, no less than for 20 years till they are exhausted. To guard them, we’d like to keep human farmers away. That can be troublesome, however retaining the delivery price down will make it a little simpler. In addition, protected areas may not serve their function if world heating makes them unviable habitats for among the species that reside in them. Curbing the human population may also make progress in the direction of reducing global heating. 16 September 2018 (10th anniversary of Wall Street crash) On 10th Anniversary of Wall Street Crash, Warren Says: Break Up the Banks and Jail the Bankers. Sixteen September 2018 (Republican Party) Senator Graham is the paradigmatic example of a Republican who can see no wrong in something the bullshitter says or does. The Republican Party is not a political get together in the same old sense. It’s a cult. Sixteen September 2018 (Google’s Censored-for-China search engine) Google already developed a prototype censored-for-China search engine. It also identifies who searches for one thing “suspect”. I feel the US ought to make it a crime for a US company to censor politically for other countries. Other nations that want to be thought of free should do likewise. Though this may imply that tyrannical states resembling China will block access to them, the fact that they are blocked will communicate a message of freedom to those who cannot access them. 16 September 2018 (UK referendum rigging) The UK government permitted rigging the referendum on the EU in favor of the go away marketing campaign. Sixteen September 2018 (Urgent: citizenship of Americans) US residents: name on the State Department to cease denying the citizenship of Americans of hispanic descent. Please join me in rejecting the absurd and unpronounceable word “Latinx”. 16 September 2018 (Urgent: Shut down megabanks) US citizens: name for shutting down criminal megabanks like Wells Fargo. Sixteen September 2018 (Underpaid Amazon workers) “If Jeff Bezos wants to assist low-revenue folks why not simply pay them higher?
In 2010, a couple of weeks after the signs had began, I went to see my GP, who gave me HRT. The couple – who seem in a revealing new Channel 4 documentary on Monday night exploring grownup breastfeeding – say it is the perfect type of seduction earlier than they have sex, explaining it creates constructive “bodily energy” between them within the construct up to a romp. Lana added: “Shawn and I’ve always experimented loads with intercourse and i did some analysis on the web about breastfeeding and i discovered you may restart the milk in your boobs by taking a natural milk complement. My doctor prescribed antidepressants and that i started following menopause professional Maryon Stewart’s pure programme, involving taking fish oil and omega-7, following a wholesome weight-reduction plan with lots of soya – which can help steadiness oestrogen ranges – and mindfulness. They’ve hired a baby minder to allow them to movie the content on the weekends and answer queries when Lana’s youngsters are in school. “I breastfed my youngsters and I really missed breastfeeding and the feeling of it,” she defined in an exclusive interview with The Sun. I’d by no means realised that feeling depressed or forgetful had been signs of the menopause.
“I’d been sucking from another lady when i began feeling milk in my mouth. It’s one thing every lady will face, but two-thirds of us refuse to speak to our GP about the menopause. However, as a result of my auntie went by means of the menopause very early, I needed a second opinion and booked an appointment at a personal clinic. It’s nonetheless true immediately, however, an ideology around sex that is based on the very primary belief that what works for our personal wants may not be what’s greatest for everybody else is important. What sort of sex training would you prefer to see taught in schools? 744. I like older men because they’ve gotten used to life’s disappointments. Pay for greater priority if you would like any service.” 25 September 2018 (Money for Seattle Mariners) The Seattle Mariners squeezed another 135 million dollars out of town of Seattle. The city council came near rejecting the demand, but didn’t fairly get there. I think there must be a federal law that prohibits cities and states from subsidizing sports teams either instantly or indirectly. 25 September 2018 (Refillable bottles) Oregon’s bottle recycling program now handles refillable bottles for breweries. They don’t need to be floor up and melted and made into new bottles. It is nice to see such beginning steps, but if we don’t scale it far up we’re still screwed. 25 September 2018 (University tuition) Rice University will spare low-earnings and middle-revenue college students the necessity to borrow money. 25 September 2018 (FCC rewards big wireless corporations) The FCC has rewarded the large wireless companies at the expense of US cities. Just reminds us of who the FCC now tries to serve. 25 September 2018 (Investigating accusations of rape) Normally anybody investigating an accusation of rape is fortunate to have one other witness, an opportunity to seek out the reality. The fact that SCROTUS didn’t name him to testify is but more proof that their objective is to cover up the reality. 25 September 2018 (Weakness of reality in contending with lies) The weakness of fact in contending with lies is like a deficiency in society’s immune system. The report about how the bullshitter will not accept corrections even on insignificant particulars means that he considers himself infallible, and that he is out of touch with actuality. Is that enough to judge him mentally incompetent and institutionalize him? 25 September 2018 (Children used as deportation bait) The US deportation thugs imprison youngsters as bait to deport relations that supply to obtain them. 25 September 2018 (Ending the war in Yemen) How Congress Can End the War in Yemen. It seems to be like Congress’s will is shifting slowly in that route. There is no reputable cause for the US to involve itself in Yemen’s civil warfare. No reason for the US to maintain special hostility to Iran, either. That country is dominated by a repressive theocracy, but it is not as repressive, nor as harsh in its theocracy, as Salafi Arabia, which the US is supporting. 25 September 2018 (Kavanaugh’s lies) “Dr.