Some British lawyers say that trials of protesters which forbid them to state the reasons for their actions violate their human rights.

At the very least, they are being denied the right to present a defense of necessity or a defense of the public interest. That in itself is an injustice.

*Smoke from Australian bushfires depleted ozone layer by [3%] to 5% in 2020, study finds.*

Global heating will cause more and bigger fires, until most of the trees are gone.

Formerly interhostile Palestinian factions in the West Bank are joining to fight Israelis; the two sides regularly kill each other.

The article describes repeated Israeli attacks as "in response to" repeated Palestinian attacks. That asymmetry seems arbitrary: this looks like a cycle in which each attack inspires an attack by the other side. Each side is constantly retaliating for what the other side is constantly doing, and vice versa.

If Israel had protected Palestinians who were not violent, and respected their rights at least somewhat, the Palestinian Authority could have validly said it was providing benefits to the Palestinians. But Israel did not do enough to restrain its fanatics, so the Palestinian Authority could not gain anything by recognizing Israel's authority.

I suspect that the fanatical Israeli annexationists aim to whip up all-out war, figuring that they can make that an opportunity for ethnic cleansing, as Uri Avnery said was their goal.

A rumor coming out of the US government says that it is considering a deal to promote exports of US methane to Europe by falsely labeling it as "green."

Refugees from China are trying to get to the US by land from Colombia. This just as Biden searches for policies not to ever let them in.

One person interviewed told the reporter that he would eagerly go to Taiwan to fight a Chinese invasion. It occurs to me that if he wants to be able to make a real contribution to that fight, he needs to go there now and start training. Does anyone know whether Taiwan would welcome volunteers who come to join its army? Perhaps it is too hard to be sure they are not spies or saboteurs.