Olives @olives@qoto.org

For the next U.S. election, Biden would be better than Trump / DeSantis, although the Democrats really need more up and rising political figures...

For the mid-terms, the Democrats holding the Senate particularly, would be good to keep the courts in order.

For starters, abolishing first past the post would be a good idea...

I don't think this other idea of selecting random people from the population is workable for a number of reasons.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/06/28/the-idea-to-overhaul-the-house-of-lords-that-politicians-arent-talking-about/
"The UK’s second parliamentary chamber is currently packed with life peers appointed by prime ministers, as well as more than 90 hereditary peers and dozens of bishops."
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https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/dan-kaszeta-end-blacklisting/ Ominous.

#anime

Apparently, the moderators of the blind community's subreddit are themselves blind (wow) and Reddit broke their ability to moderate.

They're leaving Reddit for Lemmy.

Thank you, Elon.

https://reclaimthenet.org/un-human-rights-law-ban-encrypted-messages
British Government invokes Article 8 (the right to privacy) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to avoid transparency of it's own communications.

Get accused of hypocrisy for simultaneously wanting to break encrypted communications.

https://reclaimthenet.org/macron-wants-platforms-to-delete-riot-content
Trying to address complex societal problems by blaming... Violent video games (a tired stereotype... it's never the video games...) and social media...

The Premier of NSW, Australia wants Facebook to prevent people from streaming protests.

NSW (New South Wales) is one of the states in Australia and the premier is the leader of that state.