smart cities IBM supplied surveillance gear to Davao while Duterte was mayor and cheering on the city's police-linked death-squads Cory Doctorow
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News Kim Jong Un is a 'madman with nuclear weapons,' Trump says in leaked call to Duterte of Philippines—whom he praises Xeni Jardin
christ what an asshole The trumpian president of the Philippines admits to murdering "suspects" Cory Doctorow
corruption Could a random lottery solve the sociopath problem in American politics? Mark Frauenfelder
dictators Duterte threatens to throw unvaxxed people into "filthy, foul-smelling" jails Carla Sinclair
Rodrigo Duterte Duterte backs out of public Covid vaccine, insisting on a private butt shot instead Carla Sinclair
law Mass convictions of local warlords for 2009 massacre revive faith in Philippines' justice system Cory Doctorow
late stage capitalism No peace in Hungary as thousands fill the streets, risking police violence, to protest slave labor law Cory Doctorow
tyrants Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says "beautiful women" are to blame for rape crisis Mark Frauenfelder
trump Amnesty International warns that Trump's hatemongering sets "a dangerous precedent for other governments to follow." Séamus Bellamy
demagogues Philippine president Duterte instructs his soldiers to shoot female rebels in their vagina Mark Frauenfelder
politics Study finds that people vote for strongman "dominance" leaders when they they feel out of control of their lives Cory Doctorow
mental illness It's Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare's dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman
