LMPD cancels days off while waiting on AG Daniel Cameron’s decision in Breonna Taylor case Courier-Journal
‘Racist Bigot’ Trump Supporter Who Killed BLM Protester Dies By Suicide NewsOne
Look What Has Been Taken From Black Americans Bloomberg
Walmart, Amazon among donors to QAnon-promoting lawmaker AP
Taking a Knee in Alabama Dave Zirin
No matter what the CDC says, here’s why many scientists think the coronavirus is airborne. Washington Post
FAA’s Own Engineers Say Proposed Fixes to Max Aren’t Enough Bloomberg
CIA creates its own federal lab TheHill
Climate imperialism and the US elections Africa Is a Country
Julian Assange
13 former and present world leaders make urgent call to halt Assange’s ‘illegal’ trial
The extradition of Julian Assange would undermine freedom of speech Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Sanctions
US Sanctions Venezuela’s President & Iran’s Defense Ministry teleSUR
Bolivia
Evo Morales’ candidate rides high in polls ahead of Bolivia vote Buenos Aires Times
Exclusive: Secret cables reveal Britain interfered with elections in Chile Daily Maverick
Jet Fuel Is Now So Cheap It’s Being Blended for Use by Ships Bloomberg
Deutsche Bank Money Laundering Scandal Could Create Greatest Economic Crisis in History MPN
Gangster capitalism and the American theft of Chinese innovation TechCrunch
A faculty member has been asking how to stop Zoom from removing his head when he uses a virtual background. We suggested the usual plain background, good lighting etc, but it didn't work. I was in a meeting with him today when I realized why it was happening.
— Colin Madland (@colinmadland) September 19, 2020
— Colin Madland (@colinmadland) September 19, 2020
Turns out @zoom_us has a crappy face-detection algorithm that erases black faces…and determines that a nice pale globe in the background must be a better face than what should be obvious.
— Colin Madland (@colinmadland) September 19, 2020
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