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 "The report was shattering. By then the stomach-churning details of the torture itself were known to those following the story; it had been 10 years since the Abu Ghraib photographs. The devastating finding was that torture was “not effective” in securing good intelligence."

#RaymondJdeSouza 

Feinstein should be remembered for her epic battle against CIA torture
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/feinstein-should-be-remembered-for-her-epic-battle-against-cia-torture

#DianeFeinstein #uspol #torture
#NationalPost 
 "Why the pushback against masking?

“I have no clue why,” said Bach, who has been yelled at for wearing masks. In Asian cultures, “they go out with a mask. They protect not only themselves but also other people. You cough, you sneeze, you disperse the virus everywhere. They use the mask when they need it, and nobody makes it an issue.”"

Mask up again? Here's what to know about call to ready masks
https://nationalpost.com/news/mask-up-again-heres-what-to-know-about-the-call-to-ready-masks

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#covid19 
#NationalPost 
 @2f77c6f8 Out of curiosity, what is the current status of the #Hurd on #Guix ?  Clearly it works to at least some degree.  is the project looking into support for hurd-amd64? 
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 @ad7ec714 @c11fa870 Yes, please let us know when that happens. 
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 @fa6b2777 Thank-you for improving to "the British Crown's representative".  

(The "representative of the Canadian Crown" would be even better though.)