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the Guardian
Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects
Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings
2025: September - December Political Notes
 How politicians that want to track everyone distract attention from the damage of doing that: by focusing public concern on the secondary danger that people of some minority groups will be tracked less accurately than most people. As if the
the Guardian
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
 *Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces,* which is one of the two warring factions. A large number of them seem to have been massacred, but investigators and reporters are not allowed in.
the Guardian
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
 San José State University's president has fired a tenured professor for involvement in a protest "violating rules". She is contesting this with the help of the faculty union.
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the Guardian
Rosa Parks’ vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies | Bernadette Atuahene
Seventy years after the Montgomery bus boycott, policies hiding in plain sight continue to ravage the Black community
Symbolic Bigotry
 Racist housing policies drove down the property values im the US neighborhoods where blacks were allowed to live; adding injury to injury. Their houses were taxed for far more than they were worth. The article linked to just above displays symbolic bigotry by capitalizing "black" but not "white". (To avoid endorsing bigotry, capitalize both words or neither one.) I
the Guardian
Monkeys falling from trees and baking barnacles: how heat is driving animals to extinction
With the number of very hot days rising as well as average temperatures, more and more animals are vulnerable. But while some species can adapt, ot...
 May species are threatened with extinction from sheer excess heat.
the Guardian
‘If I was American, I’d be worried about my country’: Margaret Atwood answers questions from Ai Weiwei, Rebecca Solnit and more
Democracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary author
 Margaret Atwood zresponds to big questions, after clarifying them philosophically with vigorous logic.
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the Guardian
Malaysian state threatens to jail Muslim men who skip Friday prayers
Under the new laws in Malaysia’s Terengganu state, first-time offenders could be imprisoned for up to two years and fined
2017: May - August Political Notes - Richard Stallman
2015: January - April Political Notes - Richard Stallman
Religion in Egypt - Wikipedia
 Some states in Malaysia make it a legal obligation for Muslim men to participate in prayer on Friday. Failure can be
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The Intercept
Border Patrol Raided Arizona Medical Aid Site With No Warrant, Showing Growing “Impunity”
The raid on humanitarian aid providers on the U.S.-Mexico divide was the first where Border Patrol entered structures without a warrant.
 Border thugs broke into and raided a humanitarian aid station in the Arizona desert, without a warrant. This station gives food, water and medical care, and a chance to rest -- but not transportation -- to people who have crossed the border. The thugs could have entered the place lawfully by first applying for a warrant, but they look for opportunities for lawlessness that will diminish constitutional
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The Intercept
Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.
 *Entire Chain of Command [from Hegseth down to the soldiers who fired the shots] Could Be [prosecuted under actual US military law] for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say,* Thus, the statement that soldiers are allowed to refuse an order to commit a war crime is half the point. The other half is that those who receive an order to commit a crime must refuse, lest they make themselves criminals and
the Guardian
UK ministers aim to ban cryptocurrency political donations over anonymity risks
Crackdown, which will be blow to Nigel Farage’s Reform party, not likely to be ready for elections bill in new year
 *UK ministers pressing ahead with ban on cryptocurrency political donations.* To restore democracy, we need to prevent the rich from buying elections. That entails preventing anonymous contribution in electioneering.