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Trump says he will ban big investors from buying single-family homes
Median sale price was at $410,800 last year, according to the Census Bureau, even as Trump campaigned on affordability
2025: May - August Political Notes
 *[The bullshitter said] he will ban big investors from buying single-family homes.* If that were actually done, it would be a substantial good thing. Nowhere enough to compensate for undermining human rights, democracy, and the principle of impartial
the Guardian
Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn
Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed
 *Both Human Rights Watch and the cross-party law reform organization Justice say recent legislative changes have created a chilling effect on lawful protest and should be repealed. Their reports, simultaneously published on Thursday, also say that proposals for more curbs should be halted.*
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TechStory
NASA’s Goddard Research Library to Close as Trump-Era Restructuring Accelerates - TechStory
NASA is preparing to close its largest research library this week, a move that has sparked growing concern among scientists, engineers, and lawmake...
 NASA, driven by magats who don't really like science or historical investigation, is closing more and more of its research libraries.
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Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign
Satat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Awasthi say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
2023: September - December Political Notes
 The Indian government arrested climate defense activists for campaigning for India to sign the fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty with support from foreign organizations. Prohibition of foreign support for humanitarian organizations is a standard fascist
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The Guardian view on granting legal rights to AI: humans should not give house-room to an ill-advised debate | Editorial
Editorial: Anthropomorphising tech helps Silicon Valley shares to soar, but our empathy should be directed to worthier causes
Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
 There is a fashion these days to propose granting legal rights to all sorts of things - even hypothetical intelligences that some companies predict they will develop any day now. It is fun to speculate about what life would be like in a world with real
the Guardian
Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’
New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023
 *Nations' plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction "will put climate goals beyond reach".* In other words, they will push civilization off the climate cliff.
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Adelaide festival dumps prominent academic Randa Abdel-Fattah over ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns after Bondi attack
Abdel-Fattah accuses the board of ‘blatant and shameless’ anti-Palestinian racism and censorship, as other authors pull out in solidarity
 The Adelaide festival canceled a speaking invitation to a non-terrorist Palestinian, saying that presenting her would be "culturally insensitive" after a shocking terrorist gun attack on Jews in Sydney. She rebuked the idea that the mere presence of a Palestinian with political views is somehow offensive
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the Guardian
‘Astounding’ vaccine change puts US behind peer countries, experts warn
Scientists predict increased disease outbreaks after Trump officials no longer recommend third of childhood vaccines
 Magat officials have taken 1/3 of childhood vaccinations off the recommended list, based on false assertions and no scientific grounds. It may be hard for American parents to get their children vaccinations which are not on this list.
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US suspends funds for needy families in five Democratic-led states
Administration has alleged fraud in decision to halt grants from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York
 Magat officials have fabricated an excuse to arbitrarily block funds for needy families with children, based on vague accusations of paying support to some families that are not eligible. Since no human system works perfectly, I am sure that some errors do occur. What the level of error is - whether it is worth a fuss to investigate - I don't know.