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Let’s stop asking why women aren’t having children and ask, for once: why aren’t men? | Rhiannon Lucy Coslett
On the whole, men I’ve spoken to – like women – want children. But a host of issues, from housing to mental health, is getting in the way, sa...
 Studying the sociological factors that discourage people in England from having children. Some are complex long-term interactions and chains of repercussions. I am convinced it is a good thing that people have fewer children now, because a smaller population in 20 or 40 years will make the climate crisis at that time less acute. (It is bizarre to see society worry about a shortage of births
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ID cards: the thin end of an authoritarian wedge | Letters
Letters: Simon Rew is concerned about the political and financial costs, while Anthony Baylis fears ID cards would become an instrument of control....
2004: March - June Political Notes - Richard Stallman
 Britons state a range of objections to BeLabour's proposal to introduce a digital ID card. The most powerful reason is the deepest one: that more control of people makes for more state power of repression. The last attempt to impose a national ID card in Britain was defeated by an organized
Chimps observed to consume enough alcohol (in fermenting fruits) to make them tipsy every day/ A chimpanzee's weight is around half that of an adult human, So alcohol equal in weight to one bottle of beer would, in proportion to body weight, be comparable to two bottles for an adult male human. I wonder if naturalists have observed any sober chimp societies.
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Tell Your Governor to Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax
Across the country, families are being told that brutal cuts to healthcare, nutrition programs, and education are inevitable. But that is a false c...
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States rally to offset fracturing of federal healthcare agencies: ‘Diseases don’t see state lines’
Changes to regulatory or information environments will help states decouple from federal health recommendations
 *Seven US states and [New York City] have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.* They will do, together, for each other what the federal government used to do for the whole country. The states are Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. I wonder why Vermont is not included.
US citizens: Phone your congresscritter and urge per to support Rep. Ilhan Omar's resolution invoking the War Powers Act to halt the wrecker's undeclared war against Venezuela. If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121
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Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty
Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail
 Tens of thousands in Brazil demonstrated to oppose a right-wing push to give Bolsonaro amnesty. Bolsonaro's power-grab was a manifestation of hostility to the ideas of democracy, fairness and human rights. He and his supporters would be eager to try again, if given a chance. Punishing them for those crimes is part of the principle that justice must be visibly done.
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 The bully's FCC head threatened to prosecute journalists and presenters that criticize him, using the RICO law. When that law was first adopted, it struck me that the definition of "organized crime" focused more on the "organized" aspect than on the "crime" aspect. So the law created a threat of prosecution of groups of people who work together to do something that isn't a crime in itself. Its safety
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Australia joins UK and Canada in formally recognising Palestinian state
Move comes as Anthony Albanese tries to secure meeting with Donald Trump and amid warnings that recognition could spark ‘punitive measures’ fro...
 Australia, Britain and Canada have recognized Palestine as a state. This additional diplomatic pressure is a step in the right direction, but we know that it is not enough to make Netanyahu stop the atrocities and ethnic cleansing, neither in Gaza nor in the West Bank. I suggest that these countries, and others, start by adopting the Gush Shalom boycott of