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Richard Stallman 2 years ago
[01/04] Thugs in Colorado shot Sestinee Thompson dead as she tried to flee by car from a confrontation:
the Guardian
Family of pregnant woman fatally shot by Colorado police sue
Destinee Thompson’s family file wrongful death and excessive force lawsuit after mother mistaken for robbery suspect
 They knew she was not the robbery suspect they were searching for, but they wanted to grab her for completeness' sake. That was surely not urgent enough to justify the escalation. That Ms Thompson had children was irrelevant; that she was pregnant was irrelevant. Her right to life was as valid as yours or mine, no more and no less. Her actions, as described by...
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Richard Stallman 2 years ago
Rich countries are using poor countries' loans to trap them into investing in fossil fuel extraction:
the Guardian
Rich countries ‘trap’ poor nations into relying on fossil fuels
Campaigners criticise ‘new form of colonialism’, where countries in the global south are forced to invest in fossil fuel projects to repay debts
 The obvious way to respond is to offer debt forgiveness in exchange for commitments not to do more fossil fell development. I think we could do it, if not for the plutocrats trying to prevent it.
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Richard Stallman 2 years ago
Ecuadorians voted to end oil extraction in the Yasuni national park:
the Guardian
Ecuadorians vote to halt oil drilling in biodiverse Amazonian national park
Referendum result protecting Yasuní reserve will benefit huge range of species as well as ‘uncontacted’ Indigenous peoples
 This decision has been a political battle for a long time. President Correa asked the rich countries to pay Ecuador to keep that territory unexploited, saying that a poor country like Ecuador should not have bear the whole of the sacrifice of not selling that oil.
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Richard Stallman 2 years ago
Governor Dismantle put people in charge of Florida's New College to chop down all its principles and rules to bury them in an anti-woke box:
the Guardian
Florida’s attacks on academic freedom just got even worse | Moira Donegan
Ron DeSantis has put the rightwing activist Christopher Rufo in charge of ‘reforming’ a liberal arts college and remaking it in a rightwing mold
 Many of the faculty have already left. I would guess that most of the faculty, and most of the students, will not return next year, and the college may be unable to continue operating at all except as an empty shell. But I think DeMentis will call that success.
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Richard Stallman 2 years ago
Canada is doing everything possible to prevent Yellowknife from being destroyed by fire, but nowadays it can't be sure of success:
the Guardian
Canada fire crews battle to stop wildfire from engulfing city of Yellowknife
Firefighters work around clock to spread retardant and dig fire breaks as thousands evacuate capital of Northwest Territories
 This is a big change caused by global heating. It used to be that we could count on fire crews to protect substantial towns. It required a big effort, but they knew reliable methods to use and would not fail. Nowadays, due to global heating, that big effort may not do the job. It may be that nothing can do the job.
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