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It’s Not Just About Deportations: Trump Wants To Create a Permanent Underclass

When the President announced in an ominous tweet two weeks ago that mass immigration raids targeting “millions of illegal aliens” around the country were imminent, those who would suffer the worst did not have the luxury of wondering whether or not he was bluffing. Days later, the worst fears of many were seemingly confirmed as news came in that ICE agents were mobilizing to carry out what they and the DHS chillingly referred to as the “family op,” which was expected to include predawn raids and arrests of up to 2,000 families beginning on June 23. Communities around the country were bracing for impact. And as news broke one day before raids were set to commence that President Trump had abruptly called for a two-week postponement, undocumented individuals, families and communities were once again left with frayed nerves and an unshakeable fear that the nightmare was far from over.

Current pledges to phase out coal power are critically insufficient to slow climate change

The Powering Past Coal Alliance, or PPCA, is a coalition of 30 countries and 22 cities and states, that aims to phase out unabated coal power. But analysis shows that members mainly pledge to close older plants near the end of their lifetimes, resulting in limited emissions reductions.

Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago

New research identifies a previously overlooked global event which changed the course of the evolution of life in the oceans. It coincided with a rise in calcium carbonate-secreting plankton and their subsequent deposition on the ocean floor.

Analysis finds US ecosystems shifting hundreds of miles north

Researchers used 50 years of data on bird distributions and concluded that ecosystems have shifted northward by hundreds of miles. The data suggests that climate change and other phenomena are at play.

‘Precipitous’ fall in #Antarctic #sea #ice since #2014 revealed | #World news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/precipitous-fall-in-antarctic-sea-ice-revealed

#Antarctica #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

Border Patrol Agents Have a Secret Facebook Group, Where Racism and Sexism Prevail

Current and former Border Patrol agents, who are responsible in part for detaining people who enter the US illegally, have displayed shocking callousness toward immigrants and women in a secret Facebook page with roughly 9,500 members. On Monday, ProPublica revealed the page, highlighting Facebook posts that included slurs toward immigrant groups and sexist comments about Rep. […]

Linux 5.2-rc7 is out. Linus Torvalds writes (from "in the middle of nowhere on a boat"), "It's been _fairly_ calm. Would I have hoped for even calmer with my crappy internet? Sure. But hey, it's a lot smaller than rc6 was and I'm not really complaining. All small and fairly uninteresting. Arch updates, networking, core kernel, filesystems, misc drivers. Nothing stands out - just read the appended shortlog. It's small enough to be easy to just scroll through."

The Take release video for “Revolution Now”

The Take, who feature Will Shepler, (Agnostic Front, Madball) Scott Roberts, (Biohazard, Spudmonsters) and Carlos Congate (45 Adapters, Urban Noise, Legion 76), have released a video for “Revolution Now”. The track is taken from their eponymously titled debut album, out now on Demons Run Amok Entertainment. Have a watch below.

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The Courts Won’t End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them.

On a frigid March morning, Eric Holder strode into a brick union hall on the west side of Milwaukee, across from a credit union and an auto body shop. The Merrill Park neighborhood was once the center of the city’s Irish political machine, filled with stately Victorian houses—including the childhood home of Spencer Tracy—but it […]

Lined Up

What? The Supreme Court says it’s fine!

Cro-Mags release their first new music in nearly 20 years…

NY Hardcore legends Cro-Mags have released their first new music since 2000’s Revenge. The 3 song “Don’t Give In” EP is available for pre-order now from Victory. You can have a listen on the EP microsite. The band are touring both sides of the atlantic this year – full list of dates below. CRO-MAGS On Tour […]

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When Brokers Act Badly at Wells Fargo, Women Take the Fall

Ten years of data show stark gender bias in disciplinary actions in the bank’s adviser arm.

The post When Brokers Act Badly at Wells Fargo, Women Take the Fall appeared first on The Intercept.

#Japan resumes commercial #whaling for first time in 30 years - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/01/japan-resumes-commercial-whaling-for-first-time-in-30-years young people in Japan know that whale meat has high concentrations of mercury; eating it is condemning themselves to terrible mental health problems. they won't do it.

The Kīlauea Eruption is Still Being Felt

“Lava leaves little trace that humans had ever been there at all."

Cartoonist Michael De Adder Was Fired After Drawing This Trump Cartoon

A jarring and viral cartoon seemed to result in the cartoonist losing his contract with a newspaper chain.

Cause and Neglect

It seems like every decision nowadays requires an impossible ethical calculation!

Microsoft are fucking with our Kernel and we need to do something about it

Ah yes, and Microsoft show's its ugly face.

http://techrights.org/2019/06/29/ousting-linus-torvalds/

Thanks @AvnSgt for sharing

Probiotic bacteria reduces the impact of white-nose syndrome in bats

Researchers did a field trial on the effect of probiotic bacteria on white-nose syndrome in bat populations. They found that it reduces the impact of the disease about five-fold.

Why Does the BLS Think That Taxes Tripled in 2013?

After posting some numbers for income and consumption among different generations this morning, I found myself diddling around with the Consumer Expenditure Survey later in the day. As I did so, I discovered some anomalies and peculiarities that made me wonder if the stuff I had posted was really very reliable. More about that later. […]