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"in the last decade, the spread of facial recognition technology has changed that equation: A lone face in a crowd is no longer anonymous; facial recognition allows authorities to capture people’s identities en masse. " https://restofworld.org/2024/facial-recognition-government-protest-surveillance/#/an-end-to-privacy

"Which leads to an obvious question: If the current Israeli military approach is inhumane, what’s the alternative? Is there a better military strategy Israel can use to defeat Hamas without a civilian blood bath? In recent weeks, I’ve been talking… Read More »Recommended Read: What would you have Israel do to defend itself?

"Ryback details, week by week, day by day, and sometimes hour by hour, how a country with a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery handed absolute power over to someone who could never claim a majority in an actual election and… Read More »Recommended Read: The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers

"in practice the debate about the death penalty is not about whether it’s ok to kill murderers. It’s about whether it’s ok to kill innocent people, because at least 4% of people on death row are innocent." https://www.paulgraham.com/real.html

"Ukrajinci použili kombináciu riadených striel, leteckých dronov a malých hladinových plavidiel bez posádky na potopenie alebo vážne poškodenie približne 20 veľkých vojnových lodí, čo je tretina predvojnového stavu ruskej flotily." https://dennikn.sk/3893749/ukrajina-a-husiovci-prinasaju-revoluciu-v-namornej-vojne/

"People who don’t look any deeper than the Gini coefficient look back on the world of 1982 as the good old days, because those who got rich then didn’t get as rich. But if you dig into how they got… Read More »Recommended Read: How People Get Rich Now

"To znamená, že o päť rokov zaplatíme možno o jednu dve miliardy ročne viac ako predtým. To je taká suma, za akú by sme mohli každý rok postaviť štyri až šesť nemocníc, ako má byť tá v Martine. To je… Read More »Odporúčané čítanie: Šéf ČSOB: Na Slovensku môžeme mať za tejto vlády jedny z najdrahších hypoték v eurozóne

"Vitamin D deficiency is linked to cancer, heart disease, respiratory infection, stroke, diabetes, and death. It might seem reasonable that we should all be taking this supplement. But hold on. The argument for taking Vitamin D assumes a few things.… Read More »Recommended Read: Vitamin D, part 3 – The Evidence