An interesting long read about PMO, a rare neurological condition that causes people to see the faces of other people as distorted or monstrous.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/how-a-rare-disorder-makes-people-see-monsters
Silkie Carlo, the director of Big Brother Watch, said it was ironic the new prime minister was suggesting a greater use of facial matching on the same day that an EU-wide law largely banning real-time surveillance technology came into force
Meanwhile:
Keir Starmer on Thursday wants to expand the use of live facial recognition technology would amount to the effective introduction of a national ID card system based on people’s faces.
PM is accused of ignoring civil rights and aping autocracies as he proposes new powers after far-right unrest
How long are we gonna insist on using terms like "unusual" and "unusually prolonged" to describe these increasingly frequent weather events?
If I hear "this is a one-in-a-hundred-year storm/flood" one more time, I think my head might actually explode.
I'm telling you, this election which is the most significant election in generations will come down to a few thousand or even a few hundred votes in one state.
If the GOP didn't think your vote was crucial, they wouldnt have spent decades trying to take it from you.
Think about it. If a few hundred more people in FL had voted for Gore in 2000, the world right now would be very different.
It DOES matter.
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Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case.
Jaw dropping
German, left Brexit island after more than a decade, now living in sunny Athens/Greece
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