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Met admits it was wrong to arrest and detain homeless pensioner
Anthony Sinclair says decision to remove him from tent where he lived for eight months in London was ‘inhumane’
 The London thug department arrested a homeless man for refusing to leave the tent where he was living. Then, viciously, the thugs stole and destroyed his tent and his other belongings. The department has apologized and agreed to pay damages. That's better treatment than is normal for thugs. But even when they arrest someone for a valid reason, that does not excuse …
Tell DOJ: Investigate AI-generated vote suppression in New Hampshire
This weekend voters across New Hampshire reported calls from a “deepfake” AI–generated voice that sounded just like President Biden urging th...
Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation
 US citizens: call on the DOJ to investigate autobullshit-generated voter suppression disinformation in New Hampshire. Please don't refer to automated bullshit generators as "intelligence".
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Devastating drought in Amazon result of climate crisis, study shows
Extreme weather threatens world’s biggest carbon store as the rainforest is already close to tipping point
 Devastating drought in Amazon result of climate crisis, study shows. The forest is close to the predicted transformation into a savannah, which would mean most of the trees die and release their carbon into the air.
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Factchecked: the UK government’s claims about North Sea oil and gas
Rishi Sunak says the policy shift towards fossil fuels will lower bills and is backed by independent advisers. Is he right?
 How the UK government uses bogus arguments to justify extracting the maximum possible fossil fuels. We could call the arguments sleight of mind, since they are the equivalent, for thoughts, of what sleight of hand is for physical operations.
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‘We cannot be cowards’: the Brazilian village fighting for the right to have water
Latin America’s water wars: In a struggle that has already cost one life, a community founded by those who fled slavery is fighting to save its a...
 In Tiningu, Pará, Brazil, outside farmers have bought land that includes the area's springs, and now claim all the water belongs to them.
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Brazilian police raid Bolsonaro ally’s home over illegal spying allegations
Alexandre Ramagem ran Brazil’s intelligence agency under Bolsonaro, allegedly using Israeli spyware to track political opponents
 Alexandre Ramagem ran Brazil’s intelligence agency under Bolsonaro, allegedly using spyware to track political opponents. Computers have been seized from his home.
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Proud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge
Marc Bru repeatedly interrupted chief judge before the sentence was handed down, calling him a ‘clown’ and a ‘fraud’
Glossary
 A Proud Boys member who joined in the Jan 6 insurrection, then planned to try an insurrection in Portland, Oregon, has been sentenced to only 6 years in prison. Given his unrepentant determination to support a fascist take-over of the US that is a combination of massive crimes, he will be eager to support a right-wing coup when he gets out. It …
Win Without War
Sign now and tell the Pentagon to compensate the families of innocent civilian victims harmed by Pentagon operations abroad.
It’s time for accountability and justice.
 US citizens: Demand the Pentagon compensate civilians harmed in US airstrikes.
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Lions making fewer zebra kills due to ‘chain reaction’ involving invasive ants
Hunting by Kenyan lions impeded in ‘ecological chain reaction’ as big-headed ants fail to stop elephants stripping acacia trees – the cats’...
 Invasive ants could wipe out the native ants that defend acacia trees in east Africa. This could indirectly harm many other species, and indirectly protect a few.