by Hervé Seligmann, Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

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<h5>COVID-19 vaccination status known at individual level: Increased death rates between injections</h5>
Reanalyses of death incidences among vaccinated and unvaccinated Israeli COVID-19 cases in data provided March 11 2021 by the Israel Ministry of Health (<a href="https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/2021/03/11/covid-19-in-israel-nein-die-impfung-erzeugt-keine-40-mal-hoehere-sterblichkeit/">https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/2021/03/11/covid-19-in-israel-nein-die-impfung-erzeugt-keine-40-mal-hoehere-sterblichkeit/</a>) find 0.43% (1566/368826) deaths for the unvaccinated from December 20 2020 (initiation of the massive vaccination project) to March 10 2021, and 1.33% (898/67761) for those who got at least the 1st vaccine dose, for the same 80-day period (<a href="http://www.nakim.org/israel-forums/viewtopic.php?t=270921">Answer to Alice Echtermann german debunking try on the toxicity of Pfizer RNA VAX (nakim.org)</a>).

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Table 1. COVID-19 infection and status for vaccinated and unvaccinated, December 20 2020-March 10 2021, from the Israel Ministry of Health, published at <a href="https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/2021/03/11/covid-19-in-israel-nein-die-impfung-erzeugt-keine-40-mal-hoehere-sterblichkeit/">https://correctiv.org/faktencheck/2021/03/11/covid-19-in-israel-nein-die-impfung-erzeugt-keine-40-mal-hoehere-sterblichkeit/</a>.
The unvaccinated death rate around 0.5% since December 2020 was also found in the data from Dagan et al 2021 (data until February 1st, therein in supplement, 32 deaths among 6101 COVID-19 cases among 596618 unvaccinated individuals, <a href="http://www.nakim.org/israel-forums/viewtopic.php?t=270873">Exposing distortions in the NEJM scientific publication on the efficiency of Pfizer's vax (nakim.org)</a>). Hence, vaccinated COVID-19 death rates are 1.33/0.43=3.13 times greater than for the unvaccinated. Israeli COVID-19 death rates until June 12 2021 are examined here, considering that over 63 % of the Israeli population is vaccinated (ourworldindata.org, Figure 1).

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Figure 1. Cumulative Israeli Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination rate, December 20 2020-April 6 2021.

<h5>COVID-19 vaccination status unknown at individual level: Increased death rates at population level </h5>
Monthly percentages of COVID-19 deaths among Israeli COVID-19 cases are from data at worldometer (<a href="https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/">Coronavirus Update (Live): 125,121,573 Cases and 2,750,559 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer (worldometers.info)</a>) (Figure 2). Overall COVID-19 death rates in December were 0.52%, corresponding to above mentioned ulterior unvaccinated death rates until March 10 2021. Overall COVID-19 death rates then gradually increase until March, then abruptly increase since March 2021.

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Figure 2. Monthly percent COVID-19 deaths among confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel (circles) and in worldwide (triangles). Vaccination started in Israel December 20 2020.
Numbers in Figure 2 show that COVID-19 cases decrease from December to June, suggesting vaccine protection for most individuals, but also Increased death rates when developing COVID-19 despite vaccination. Assuming that unvaccinated death rates remained around 0.5% from December 2020-April 2021, the overall 9.55% June death rate pooling vaccinated and unvaccinated implies June vaccinated death rates above 10%, a 20-fold ratio between vaccinated/unvaccinated death rates. Plausibly, vaccination protects the majority likely to develop benign cases, but presumably weakens those already frail, exactly those that vaccination should protect. Previous analyses suggest risks are highest during the vaccination process, for the period between vaccine doses <a href="http://www.nakim.org/israel-forums/viewtopic.php?t=270873">Exposing distortions in the NEJM scientific publication on the efficiency of Pfizer's vax (nakim.org)</a> and <a href="http://www.nakim.org/israel-forums/viewtopic.php?t=270921">Answer to Alice Echtermann german debunking try on the toxicity of Pfizer RNA VAX (nakim.org)</a>.
<h5>Is this due to vaccine induced selection for vaccine escaping viral strains?</h5>
Arguably, increased post-vaccination death rates as compared to the unvaccinated during the same period might reflect different age distributions among vaccinated vs unvaccinated: the elderly were vaccinated first, and the unvaccinated include higher proportions of younger individuals. This is relevant to comparisons between death rates for vaccinated vs unvaccinated within a given period, but not for an overall increase in death rates for the whole population while over 63% of the population was vaccinated, such as in Figure 2. This criticism notably highlights the lack of publicly available vaccination data systematically including, at least, vaccination dates and status, sex, age and adverse reactions (not restricted to COVID-19-related), death included. This is because increased postvaccination COVID-19 mortality might reflect general vaccination-induced weakening, causing other unreported adverse effects beyond COVID-19. The abrupt increase in % COVID19 deaths since April would suggest, along this working hypothesis, cumulation of adverse postvaccination effects over time above a given threshold, reached 3-4 months after vaccination.

An alternative to this is that data provided are incorrect and differently tailored to fit some hidden agenda. It is more difficult to hide death cases, while numbers of cases are easily manipulable by altering PCR cut-offs, along circumstantial needs for lower or higher infection rates, such as around elections. This could create an artefactual increase in death rates as seen in April.

A third option is that vaccination selects for vaccine-escaping viral strains, among which some might be more lethal. A major proponent of this vaccine-escape hypothesis is Dr Geert Vanden Bossche, a professional of vaccination programs <a href="https://www.geertvandenbossche.org/">DVM, PhD | Geert Vanden Bossche</a>. The increase in Israeli COVID19 death rates could be interpreted along these lines. If this population-genetic hypothesis is correct, these vaccine-escape viral strains might cause a major breakout after further mutations increase the contagiousness of these high-lethality vaccine-escaping viruses. The latter might also affect the unvaccinated, but it is unclear whether this would be at similar, lower or greater rates than for the vaccinated. Along this line of thought, the timeline for the epidemiological catastrophe would depend upon occurrences of specific mutations conferring to high-lethality vaccine escaping viruses high contagiousness. So the exact time until when this occurs is unpredictable, but it is a nearly deterministic outcome.
<h5>Age-associated immune physiology, not viral genetics, associates with increased death rates</h5>
Assuming that patterns in Figure 2 are not artefactual, these results imply two important pieces of information, one optimistic, and one pessimistic. The optimistic one is the decrease in cases, the pessimistic is the increase in % COVID19 deaths since vaccination. The latter hints at the vaccine-escape hypothesis, which would lead to a catastrophe reminding, but probably worse than, the 2nd wave of the Spanish flue. Further information on age groups of COVID19 cases in the past months suggest that for now, the population genetic selection hypothesis is not at work. Though speculative, this is the only really optimistic piece of information I got from months of analyzing publicly available data (the only ones available to me).

Information on age distributions of COVIF19 cases and deaths are available at <a href="https://datadashboard.health.gov.il/COVID-19/general?utm_source=go.gov.il&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;fbclid=IwAR3KE08Ldf-uaPApd688huYahOfRVaOpA1BRKSo1Bd3Tqs1600EtAmzPvDQ">קורונה - לוח בקרה (health.gov.il)</a>, the official site of the Israeli health ministry, Figure 3.

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Figure 3. Age distribution of COVID19 cases (A) and deaths (B) from the Israel Health Ministry for the last month, accessed June 20. Green, females; blue, males.
Last month, the 3 last months, the 6 last months, the 12 last months, and since the start of the pandemic. Table 2 shows these data, accessed June 12, pooling sexes. Percentages of COVID19 deaths did not increase over the last month for age classes below 30 and above 70. The drastic increase from Figure 2 is due to increases in COVID19 death rates specific to age classes 30-70.
<table width="699">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="57">Year

Age</td>
<td width="51">&nbsp;

%vacc</td>
<td width="100">2021

May12-Jun12</td>
<td width="104">2021

Mar12-May11</td>
<td width="104">2020-21

Dec12-Mar11</td>
<td width="95">2020

Jul12-Dec11</td>
<td width="102">2020

Mar-Jul11</td>
<td width="87">Ratio last month/prev</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">0-9</td>
<td width="51"></td>
<td width="100">69      0</td>
<td width="104">4080 1</td>
<td width="104">78678     3</td>
<td width="95">34498    5</td>
<td width="102">1213   0</td>
<td width="87">  0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">10-19</td>
<td width="51">21.1</td>
<td width="100">114    0</td>
<td width="104">4836 0</td>
<td width="104">99895     2</td>
<td width="95">68219    3</td>
<td width="102">3169   1</td>
<td width="87">  0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">20-29</td>
<td width="51">71.7</td>
<td width="100">66      0</td>
<td width="104">2565 4</td>
<td width="104">83366   20</td>
<td width="95">65206    6</td>
<td width="102">7628   1</td>
<td width="87">  0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">30-39</td>
<td width="51">76.7</td>
<td width="100">66      2</td>
<td width="104">2408 6</td>
<td width="104">63538   24</td>
<td width="95">48024  17</td>
<td width="102">2527   2</td>
<td width="87">30.19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">40-49</td>
<td width="51">80.4</td>
<td width="100">49      0</td>
<td width="104">1906 16</td>
<td width="104">51293   70</td>
<td width="95">42992  32</td>
<td width="102">2262   5</td>
<td width="87">  0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">50-59</td>
<td width="51">84.7</td>
<td width="100">49      5</td>
<td width="104">1162 45</td>
<td width="104">36058 164</td>
<td width="95">33190 152</td>
<td width="102">2138  10</td>
<td width="87">  7.77</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">60-69</td>
<td width="51">86.7</td>
<td width="100">32      5</td>
<td width="104"> 833  85</td>
<td width="104">22219  455</td>
<td width="95">22667 372</td>
<td width="102">1604  31</td>
<td width="87">  3.95</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">70-79</td>
<td width="51">95.5</td>
<td width="100">29      5</td>
<td width="104"> 456  96</td>
<td width="104">11139  771</td>
<td width="95">11529 689</td>
<td width="102">  930  69</td>
<td width="87">  1.67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">80-89</td>
<td width="51">93.2</td>
<td width="100">21      3</td>
<td width="104"> 284  96</td>
<td width="104">  6066  981</td>
<td width="95">  5782 921</td>
<td width="102">  491  94</td>
<td width="87">  0.66</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57">90+</td>
<td width="51">95</td>
<td width="100">6        1</td>
<td width="104">  87   41</td>
<td width="104">  2070  502</td>
<td width="95">  1984 530</td>
<td width="102">  235  81</td>
<td width="87">  0.50</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Table 2. Numbers of Israeli COVID19 cases and deaths for different periods since the start of the pandemic, sexes pooled. Data from  <a href="https://datadashboard.health.gov.il/COVID-19/general?utm_source=go.gov.il&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;fbclid=IwAR3KE08Ldf-uaPApd688huYahOfRVaOpA1BRKSo1Bd3Tqs1600EtAmzPvDQ">קורונה - לוח בקרה (health.gov.il)</a> accessed June 12. 2nd column, percent full vaccinated. Last column, the ratio between death rate in the last month and the mean death rate for the previous periods.
This pattern of increased death rates specific to intermediate ages, and in particular the 30-39 age class, has to be interpreted with caution. It suggests an interaction between COVID19, the immune system and vaccination, that increases COVID19 death rates for these age groups when developing COVID19 despite vaccination. This interpretation assumes that most of the relatively few cases reported are for the vaccinated, because unvaccinated COVID19 death rates seem relatively stable and around 0.5% for the December 2020-March 2021 period, as reported above.

Hence, vaccination apparently induces over time a weakening of the immune system, at least for ages between 30 and 70. This effect might propagate over time to younger and/or older age classes, but for now there are no signs of this. The age-specific effect is unexpected according to a straightforward population-genetic vaccine-escape scenario of viruses. In principle, those aged 30-40 have very low COVID19 death rates, but these increased from 1/1000 COVID19 deaths to 3/100 COVID19 deaths in the last month.

A vaccine escape hypothesis is a population-genetic-driven hypothesis that should affect all age groups. So observed age-specific patterns seem more compatible with human physiological mechanisms, rather than viral genetics.

There are scenarios are compatible with the vaccine escape hypothesis. These imply a balance between the strength of the vaccine immuno-depressor effect and the immune system strength, together with the viral replication rate in relatively healthy individuals (30-40 years old). Their relative health would enable longer periods during which viruses replicate and hence mutate, without dying, but also without healing, because their immune system is weaker than for the younger age classes, especially after vaccination. At this point, this complex interaction scenario remains a possibility. The data as they stand and interpreted along the simplest hypothesis, suggest physiological mechanisms where vaccination depressed the immunity of individuals with relatively strong immune systems, but not the strongest nor the weakest immune systems. Alternative scenarios are more complex and would imply that this situation favors the development of vaccine-escape mutants.

Dagan N, Barda N, Kepten E, Miron O, Perchik S, Katz MA, Hernán MA, Lipsitch M, Phil D, Reis B, Balicer RD 2021 BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Mass Vaccination Setting. N Eng J Med;10.1056/NEJMoa2101765.

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Abrupt increased COVID-19 death rates in Israel since March 2021

<h2>Move over book burning, hello de-platforming?</h2>Closed out of your Facebook or Instagram account? Maybe your website suddenly disappeared, or your YouTube channel was demonetized or deleted? Perhaps you lost access to thousands of hours of posts and videos you produced, and your years of work were gone in an instant? That's de-platforming; the modern version of book burning, a “punishment” for going against the mainstream narrative. And, the censorship doesn't stop with social media, it includes PayPal accounts and more.<h3>Getting up again</h3>How do individuals who went afoul of the globalists, who didn't keep quiet and let others do their thinking for them, respond when they find themselves de-platformed by social media companies and other services? Here's what London Real's Brian Rose, Americas Frontline Doctor founder Dr. Simone Gold, and independent researcher James Roguski did to pick themselves up and continue their work despite the heavy-handed censorship they experienced.Brian RoseWhen London Real YouTuber Brian Rose publicly began trying to understand COVID-19 and its countermeasures, he soon found his entire life seemingly deleted from the internet by the social media giants.&nbsp;Not only did he lose all his years of work, amounting to thousands of videos which he had uploaded to the internet. He also lost access to his Paypal account, and more, because in his search for the truth about the pandemic; his counter-narrative interviews with David Icke were too dangerous for the globalists to allow. &nbsp;In his below documentary, Rose&nbsp;recounts his experiences and how he ultimately started a channel of his own. He explains that he was wholly unprepared for what happened on May 3, 2020, even though he knew that many would want to stop the interview (@about 3:36):<blockquote>Over the past few weeks, our entire world has been transformed. Everything we took for granted has now been taken away and our freedoms have been replaced with fear. All those rights we fought centuries for have been handed over without a second thought.&nbsp;We all process fear in different ways. I cope by immersing myself in my work and today my job is to ask questions. One million people will be watching and they all want answers.&nbsp;Countless others are trying to stop this from happening. At any moment they can walk through that door or lock this broadcast. I'm scared but I don't know what else to do. I prepared my whole life for a moment like This. But nothing would prepare me for what happened next. . .</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WATCH THE MOVIE THAT YouTube DOES NOT Want YOU TO SEE (and SHARE IT Far And Wide ) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LondonReal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LondonReal</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeWillNotBeSilenced?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeWillNotBeSilenced</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StopCensorship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StopCensorship</a> <a href="https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz">https://t.co/txcVpjPDWz</a>— Brian Rose, Founder &amp; Host of London Real (@LondonRealTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/LondonRealTV/status/1796285778517221575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>&nbsp;Dr. Simone GoldDr. Simone Gold, founder of <a href="https://www.aflds.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">America's Frontline Doctors</a>, was one of the first doctors to understand that how she was being told to treat COVID patients wasn't normal. Very alarmed at what was taking place she, along with other doctors, held the “<a href="https://www.whitecoatsummit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">White Coat Summit</a>” on July 27, 2020, as well as a press conference on the Supreme Court steps. As she tweeted below, the press conference went viral, garnering millions of views before Big Tech and Big Media took the video down.She concluded by explaining their purpose and the result:<blockquote>Our fight was to show America the propaganda vs the truth, and then we were censored.</blockquote>&nbsp;<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Our press conference in front of the Supreme Court on July 27th, 2020 was a turning point in the fight against COVID Tyranny. After 20 million views in 8 hours, Big Tech colluded to wipe the video from online platforms. We knew in this moment that we would win the fight. <a href="https://t.co/9CP0Ogpnfp">pic.twitter.com/9CP0Ogpnfp</a>— Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) <a href="https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1610416861723729921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Dr. Gold continues to <a href="https://aflds.org/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">advance</a> the mission of America's Frontline Doctors, to protect medical freedom and civil liberties.'James RoguskiIndependent researcher James Roguski who, <a href="http://jamesroguski.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according</a> to his website, has been calling out lies and propaganda for decades, found years of work gone when the company that hosted most of his websites terminated his account for what they said were “terms of service” violations. It did not deter him from continuing his work, either.<blockquote>They deleted many of my websites, but they ignited my passion to burn even brighter. I now have most of my work on Substack.&nbsp;</blockquote>Roguski is interested in building a holistic alternative to the WHO and <a href="https://jamesroguski.substack.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recruits</a> others to join him.<blockquote>The old system is crumbling, and I intend to help speed its demise, but we must build its replacement quickly.If you are fed up with the government, hospital, medical, pharmaceutical, media, industrial complex and would like to help , then feel free to contact me directly anytime.</blockquote>&nbsp;The information contained in this article is for educational and information purposes only and is not intended as health, medical, financial or legal advice. Always consult a physician, lawyer or other qualified professional regarding any questions you may have about a medical condition, health objectives, or legal issues.&nbsp;Related articles:<ul><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/covid-sceptics-won-out-globalists-fear-an-increasingly-disbelieving-public" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">'COVID skeptics won out' — Globalists fear an increasingly disbelieving public</a></li><li><a href="https://frontline.news/post/colorado-governor-signs-off-on-bill-establishing-state-ministry-of-truth-students-atarget-of-new-law">Colorado governor signs off on bill establishing state 'ministry of truth'? Students a target of new law</a></li></ul>

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Censorship

Globalism

How three individuals got up again after being de-platformed

Who's afraid of Big Bad Tech? 

A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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Pushback_Resistance

Climate Change

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Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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