Palestinians and Israelis are bound together in suffering:
the Guardian
If we’re forbidden from looking history in the eye during this horrific war, we’re doomed to repeat it | Gaby Hinsliff
Palestinians and Israelis are bound together in suffering. Seeking to untangle this, as the UN has, should not be seen as making excuses for Hamas,...
 Seeking to untangle this, as the UN has, should not be seen as making excuses for HAMAS.
Everyone: Object to the proposed UnitedHealth-Amedisys $3.3 billion mega-merger:
Demand Progress
Stop the UnitedHealth-Amedisys $3.3 billion mega-merger!
UnitedHealth is already abusing its massive power.
As tech companies add microphones to a wide range of products, including refrigerators and motor vehicles, they also set up transcription farms where human employees listen to what people say to the devices and tweak the recognition algorithms:
Bloomberg.com
Silicon Valley Is Listening to Your Most Intimate Moments
How the world’s biggest companies got millions of people to let temps analyze some very sensitive recordings.
Tennessee voters reject mayoral candidate who refused to disavow neo-Nazis:
the Guardian
Tennessee voters reject mayoral candidate who refused to disavow neo-Nazis
Residents of Franklin turn out in force to rebuff Gabrielle Hanson, who failed to denounce support of white supremacist group
 This will encourage Republicans to hesitate before openly endorsing prejudice and mass murder. That doesn't mean we are out of the woods: not all will learn from this lesson, and those who do may employ "dog whistles" instead. But it's a step forward anyway.
Young Europeans more likely to quit driving and have fewer children to save planet. Exclusive: Poll shows young people willing to make big lifestyle changes but balk at smaller gestures:
the Guardian
Young Europeans more likely to quit driving and have fewer children to save planet
Exclusive: Poll shows young people willing to make big lifestyle changes but baulk at smaller gestures
(satire) U.S. Warns A Gaza Ceasefire Would Only Benefit Humanity:
The Onion
U.S. Warns A Gaza Ceasefire Would Only Benefit Humanity
WASHINGTON—Explaining why the United States would not call on Israel to end its continuous airstrikes on Palestinian civilians, the White House w...
It looks like the democratic victory in Poland is for real — the winning parties are ready to form a coalition and replace the right-wing religious authoritarian government:
the Guardian
Polish opposition alliance says it is ready to take power with Tusk as PM
Parties urge president not to delay process by giving nationalist PiS a chance to try to form government
UK legislators have started a campaign against real time facial recognition:
the Guardian
MPs and peers call for ‘immediate stop’ to live facial recognition surveillance
UK police forces and private firms urged to drop technology due to impact on human rights
 As China demonstrates, it puts human rights in danger. After-the-fact recognition is also a threat to human rights. As a famous science fiction story pointed out, the past continues until infinitesimally close to the present; the ability to "watch the past" approaches, as a limit, the ability to "watch the present".
Right-wing fanatics in New York state have been impersonating state officials to intimidate Democratic voters:
AP News
Voter rolls are becoming the new battleground over secure elections as amateur sleuths hunt fraud
State election officials and privacy advocates are raising alarms about a push by several conservative groups to gain access to state voter rolls.
 Right-wing fanatics eagerly seek ways to intimidate those who oppose them. If real officials want to reassure bona fide voters that they are safe, they should do more than just order them to "cease and desist".
[01/02] A bitcoin miner in Pennsylvania is controversially burning waste coal and discarded tires to generate electricity:
the Guardian
Burning tires and bridges: US residents ‘shocked’ by firm’s bitcoin-mining plan
Stronghold Digital Mining contends it is repurposing waste material, but those living near by are outraged by the proposal
 This pollutes the air but cleans land. Is that practice wise or not? It should be noted that only some kinds of cryptocurrency (notably Bitcoin) use the "proof of work" method that entails using lots of electric power. There are other methods.