An article begs us to sympathize with the artisanal fishers of Colombia, who catch endangered sharks. I do not sympathize. Preventing extinction must take precedence over jobs. The opposite conclusion, combined with human population growth, leads certainly to ecological disaster.

Of course, putting and end to larger-scale fishing of protected species has higher priority. With that achieved, will there be room for a little artisanal fishing of tollo sharks while still enabling their population to recover? That is a factual question and Colombia should act according to the answer.

Spying on other countries, not limited to potential enemies, is normal practice. The Chinese spy balloon was not a reason to go postal. I think it is unfortunate that the US does not have a way to force down a balloon without damaging it.

One example of a male trans-woman convicted of rape has inspired disproportionate fear among women, and licensed hatred by antitransists, which in turn provokes fear among trans people.

It is an unfortunate social breakdown; is there any way to unbreak this egg?

Starmer's exclusion of the left from running for parliament is effectively a coup, as well as the direct contradiction of commitments he made when he ran for leader of Labour. In the US, progressive can win election via the (generally plutocratist) Democratic Party because it can't simply veto them from running in Democratic primaries. The plutocratists push hard against them, even dishonestly; nonetheless, in each election, the number of progressive Democrats in Congress increases. In the UK, apparently, such an approach inside the Labour Party is impossible now because its leaders have the centralized power to exclude them.

I can't judge the election strategy questions, but in terms of the the competition between parties, it is clear that Corbyn should move to the Green Party if it will accept him. Appealing for Starmer to relent would be a dead end; as long as they lock out any new left candidates, Corbyn would be nothing but an aging token, with no chance of inspiring anyone else.

The prosecutor in Memphis was elected for criminal justice reform. He decided to release the video of Tyre Nichols's killing quickly, and to charge the killers before that, so as to keep protests nonviolent. That succeeded. Here is an interview with him.

He has set an example to judge other prosecutors against.