Erbil – Il settarismo sta annientando il senso di appartenenza della nazione irachena, e anche i cristiani vengono «trascinati nella logica settaria e nelle sue divisioni». Per loro, fragile comunità minoritaria, il contagio del settarismo equivale all’auto-distruzione: È un appello affranto e perentorio quello rivolto dal Patriarca caldeo Louis Raphael Sako «ai caldei di tutto […]

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Alexei Navalny has died a political prisoner in Russia. His decision to return to Russia and be imprisoned on political charges was brave, and in a country with less censorship might have stimulated opposition to Putin. But it was ineffective, because the uncensored media and communication that might have galvanized opposition had all been crushed. […]

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*Amazon rainforest could reach ‘tipping point’ by 2050, scientists warn* *Authors of study call for action to prevent possible collapse of region’s ecosystems and climate impacts that would result.* I don’t think anyone can tell how long it will take for this disaster to be unstoppable. The question we face is one of how far […]

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*Mississippi prison delayed [prisoner]’s cancer diagnosis until it was terminal, lawsuit says.* I wish it were possible to get courts to intervene _before_ it is too late.

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Arguing that Israel should release Marwan Barghouti from prison, so he could win free elections and lead Palestine in a secularist direction towards making peace with Israel. That is supposing Israel is willing to accept such a peace.

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*Leaked emails reveal organizers of leading science fiction and fantasy awards (the Hugo awards) [excluded] works of a “sensitive political nature”* to cater to Chinese censorship. The World Science Fiction Society should change its rules so that Worldcon cannot be held in a country that would impose political censorship on books to be sold, discussed, […]

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US citizens: call on Congress to reject section 702 mass surveillance. I read that one attempt to pass the bill was rejected, but not conclusively. There will be more attempts.

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The Guardian has covered some modern Luddites, whose views are somewhat similar to my ideas — on free software and neighboring issues. Ms Crabapple even cited an FSF slogan! If you know any of them, please tell per about fsf.org/tedx and gnu.org/philosophy. gnu.org/gnu/first-hackers-conference-1984.html could be useful to mention as well. And it never hurts to […]

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Suggesting that we stop treating the subject of cancer as a taboo or unmentionable. And stop comparing it to a “battle”. My cancer treatment never felt like a battle to me. It was sometimes annoying and hurt only occasionally. As for bearing up against cancer, that was easy after almost four years of practice in […]

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Reforestation in some US regions is keeping those regions from heating up. Even more important, it is working against global heating — though it isn’t enough to overcome the greenhouse emissions of other parts of the world.

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“Virtual hospital beds” can now monitor a patient’s recovery while perse stays at home. It sounds like a useful idea, for certain patients (not those who might need a rapid intervention if something goes wrong). Except that I suspect it is implemented in an unjust way, depending on nonfree software plus connection to the internet. […]

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Autores e poetas cujo trabalho preservou história e futuro ruandeses Da esquerda para a direita: Alexis Kagame, captura de tela de, ‘Amateka n’ amabanga ya Padiri ALEXIS KAGAME: Menya ukuri‘. Uso permitido. Scholastique Mukasonga, Immaculée Ilibagiza e Yolande Mukagasana, imagens de Wikimedia Commons. (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED e CC BY 4.0 DEED). Ruanda é uma bela […]

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The EPA is concealing the measurements of the amount of PFAS in plastic containers from he public, calling it a “trade secret”. In general, the US government gives businesses’ desired for secrecy much more weight than it deserves. Trade secrecy is fundamentally antisocial. At the same time, compelling people to publish everything they know would […]

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The verdict in the insurrectionist’s fraud trial fined him 364 million dollars. It was not a criminal trial on charges of fraud. If it were, he could have ended up in prison once found guilty. *The “law-and-order” candidate is an adjudicated fraudster.* He is already responding by escalating the super-big-lie.

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Maputo – Si intensificano gli attacchi dei jihadisti della Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamma’ah affiliati all’ISIS nel provincia di Pemba nel nord del Mozambico. Nei giorni scorsi la piccola città di pescatori del Mozambico di Quissanga, a circa 65 km a nord della capitale provinciale di Cabo Delgado e della città portuale di Pemba, è stata […]

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Maputo – Si intensificano gli attacchi dei terroristi della Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamma’ah affiliati all’ISIS nel provincia di Pemba nel nord del Mozambico. Nei giorni scorsi la piccola città di pescatori del Mozambico di Quissanga, a circa 65 km a nord della capitale provinciale di Cabo Delgado e della città portuale di Pemba, è stata […]

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US citizens: phone your congresscritter and insist on clean funding bills that attach no new restrictions to government services. These bills need to be passed by March 1 to avoid shutdowns of parts of the government. I think Democrats should stand by as SCROTUS shut down some large part of the government, rather than join […]

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Maumere – “Una grande famiglia con ‘un cuore solo, un’anima sola e uno spirito solo’, nel portare attenzione a chi soffre e si sente solo. Questa la caratteristica che rende il gruppo di giovani Camilliani ‘messaggeri viventi’ del loro Fondatore, San Camillo, che li voleva essere ‘altrettanti Gesù’ nel servire i malati e i poveri”. […]

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Abuja – “A causa delle riforme del governo, milioni di nigeriani sono stati ridotti a una vita di estrema povertà, di incredibile sofferenza e di indicibili difficoltà come mai prima nella nostra storia nazionale”. Così Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, arcivescovo di Owerri e presidente della Conferenza Episcopale della Nigeria , ha criticato le riforme economiche varata […]

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