canopic jug writes:A lawyer at the Supreme Court of India, Mary Mitzy, asks in the DeccanChronicle about who controls the right to actually speak incourt during online trials:Specifically she asks, who controls the mute button in online court cases? Currently court does not meet in personand takes up only matters it deems urgent.The court is using a proprietary systemfor video conferencing, which would raise additional questions on SN,yet proprietary or not the matter of muting affects not only theoutcomes of the trials but also the flow of justice.
NOTE: As part of the editing process, we try to have two editors look at a story before it is released. I noticed a few stories in the Story Queue which had not been seconded. So, I jumped in and proceeded to do so. Unfortunately, the UI for editors has this button layout:
upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Journal article reviews century of data showing COVID-19 likely to impact the brain: International consortium funded by Alzheimer's Association will study effects:
upstart writes in with an IRC submission for AzumaHazuki:New class of antibiotics active against a wide range of bacteria: Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune response:
t-3 writes:Mass die-off of birds in south-western US 'caused by starvation':(It's an update to this story, which I don't recall seeing on SoylentNews and didn't find with a quick search.)