The consequences of US withdrawal from the Paris accords

Donald Trump has finally made good on his signature campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris climate change accords, a move that has been pretty much condemned by everyone except his die-hard base of climate-change deniers, the US fossil-fuel industry, and those business leaders who see this as yet another step in removing all those pesky restrictions that prevent them from squeezing ever more profits at the expense of people’s lives and the planet’s health.
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What if the laptop ban is imposed on all flights?

Dan Gillmor suggests various things you can do if the Trump administration decides to implement a plan where laptops are banned from carry on luggage on all flights and that may be extended to tablets and cameras as well. One of the things that needs to be overcome is the fact that as soon as your laptop leaves your possession, it can be damaged and its contents vulnerable to theft.
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Using the ‘bureaucratic voice’ to evade responsibility

We are by now drearily familiar with the non-apology apology, where instead of coming right out and saying that one is sorry for an error or for doing something wrong, we get a statement along the lines of “I am sorry if you were offended”, which seems to imply that one is sorry for the effect that one caused on some people (and which subtly implies that it is they were wrong for their silly reaction), rather than acknowledging that what one said or did was wrong.
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