● NEWS ● #Reason #Surveillance #Privacy ☞ New Report Highlights an Old Problem—the #CIA Is Still Snooping on Americans https://reason.com/2022/02/11/new-report-highlights-an-old-problem-the-cia-is-still-snooping-on-americans/
#reason
Is this now a great technical achievement or just a senseless waste of resources?
Anyway, it's the #reason why there are no cheap GPUs for #gamers to buy at the moment. Some think about how they can save a few more watts of #electricity and others waste the energy on hot air.
#Crypto #Ethereum #resources #energy #graphics #game #problem #waste #fail #humanity #blockchain #finance #money #economy #climate #environment #earth
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Don’t Look Up Is a Love Letter to Carl Sagan
Carl Sagan doesn't appear in Don't Look Up but his presence, and most notably his absence, is felt throughout the film as a beloved arbiter of truth.
https://www.cbr.com/dont-look-up-is-a-love-letter-to-carl-sagan/
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● NEWS ● #Reason #Police ☞ Police Oversight Board Demands Answers After Dallas Cops Seized Traveler's Cash https://reason.com/2021/12/16/police-oversight-board-demands-answers-after-dallas-cops-seized-travelers-cash/
Tech 101: just because technology CAN do something does not mean it SHOULD be done. As with many other things in life... #techrights #balance #reason
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● NEWS ● #Reason #CivilRights ☞ A SWAT Team Blew Up This Innocent Woman's House and Cost Her Over $50,000. The City Tried To Stop Her From Suing. https://reason.com/2021/11/29/swat-team-blew-up-innocent-womans-house-cost-her-50000-mckinney-texas-police/
● NEWS ● #Reason #Health ☞ #SouthDakota 's Governor Succeeds in Blocking Voter-Approved #Marijuana Legalization https://reason.com/2021/11/28/south-dakotas-governor-succeeds-in-blocking-voter-approved-marijuana-legalization/
● NEWS ● #Reason #TSA #Privacy #Surveillance ☞ The TSA's 20th Birthday Should Be Its Last https://reason.com/2021/11/19/tsa-20th-birthday-abolish-airport-security-terror/
● NEWS ● #Reason ☞ The Government's Secret 'Google Search' Warrant Trap https://reason.com/2021/10/12/the-governments-secret-google-search-warrant-trap/
● NEWS ● #Reason #drone #assassination #biden #trump ☞ A Drone Whistleblower Goes to Prison https://reason.com/2021/10/12/a-drone-whistleblower-goes-to-prison/
"Following Blackface Incident, Professor Bright Sheng Takes Step Back from Teaching [University of Michigan] Composition Course" - Reason.com ⚓ https://reason.com/volokh/2021/10/08/following-blackface-incident-professor-bright-sheng-takes-step-back-from-teaching-university-of-michigan-composition-course/ ䷉ #reason | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/10/10/#latest
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● NEWS ● #Reason ☞ Trolls Will Be Trolls, Online and Offline, Reports New Study https://reason.com/2021/09/08/trolls-will-be-trolls-online-and-offline-reports-new-study/
With regards to #medical #mandates, "#Vaccine passports" and/or "#lockdowns" in the #UK please see:
Sidaway v. Board of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital
"A mentally competent patient has an absolute right to refuse to #consent to medical #treatment, for any reason, #rational or #irrational, or for no #reason at all, even where that decision may lead to his or her own #death."
This establishes the #principle of a legal right to #refuse medical treatment, preventative or curative. The ruling has been used in many cases and upheld.
In addition, please see the #International #Covenant on Civil and #Political #Rights Article 1 Section 1, Article 7 and Article 12 Section 1. The UK signed the #ICCPR September 1968 and ratified it in May 1976.
ICCPR Article 1 Section 1:
"All peoples have the #right of self-determination. By #virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their #economic, #social and #cultural development."
ICCPR Article 7:
"No one shall be subjected to #torture or to #cruel, #inhuman or degrading #treatment or #punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his #free #consent to medical or #scientific #experimentation."
ICCPR Article 12 Section 1:
"Everyone #lawfully within the #territory of a #State shall, within that territory, have the right to #liberty of movement and #freedom to choose his residence."
The UK is a ratified signatory nation of the ICCPR and has a #legal obligation to abide by the Articles within the treaty.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/ccpr.aspx
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● NEWS ● #Reason #socialcontrolmedia #imperialism #censorship ☞ #Facebook 's Taliban Policy Could Delete a Lot More Than Just Pro-Taliban Content https://reason.com/2021/08/17/facebook-twitter-youtube-take-different-approaches-to-taliban-content/
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● NEWS ● #Reason #CivilRights ☞ This Innocent Man Spent 23 Years Behind Bars. He's Suing the Police Who Put Him There. https://reason.com/2021/08/13/ricky-kidd-innocent-spent-23-years-behind-bars-suing-police-misconduct/
#USPS Gets Hit With Lawsuit Over Social Media Snooping - Reason.com ⚓ https://reason.com/2021/07/29/usps-gets-hit-with-lawsuit-over-social-media-snooping/ ䷉ #reason