USPOL
Holy shit, America, what is wrong with you?...
"Between 2019 and the first half of 2020, life expectancy decreased 2.7 years for Black people, to 72. It dropped 1.9 years for Hispanics, to 79.9, and 0.8 years for white people, to 78."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/life-expectancy-falls-2020-united-states-covid-pandemic/
I am all for solar power and using electricity instead of gas or coal but can we not pretend this dude is literally god?
"Facebook has blocked Australians from accessing and sharing news in protest at a new law which would have forced the site to pay for the content it hosts."
Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'.
Good to see a front page piece on the BBC about this. I can’t remember the last time I saw someone do this in a lawful manner.
Not user-blaming, but disable display of remote images in your mail clients! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56071437
Why anybody would want spyware at their front door is beyond me
The 9-year-old Black girl sat handcuffed in the backseat of a police car, distraught and crying for her father as the white officers grew increasingly impatient while they tried to wrangle her fully into the vehicle.
“This is your last chance,” one officer warned. “Otherwise pepper spray is going in your eyeballs.”
Less than 90 seconds later, the girl had been sprayed and was screaming, “Please, wipe my eyes! Wipe my eyes, please!”
https://apnews.com/article/policing-black-kids-6708e9f229ed9d28b9c60a41ea988b59
sup. I do some computer stuff and talk about some other stuff here.