In France, repression as begun against women who cover their heads and arms and legs while at the beach.

Wearing a hijab is a provocation, like wearing a cross. Freedom of speech (in the broad sense) includes the right to make provocative statements. If you disagree, say something back.

However, that's not the worst repression here. Much worse is the threat to punish people for posting photos and videos of the thugs at work. Posting them is our only defense against whatever brutality feel inclined to impose.

Foolish and Dangerous (and illiberal): Europe's Clothing Attacks Against Muslim Women.

This is ethically no different from Iran's clothing police that punish women for not covering up as much as their oppressive religion requires.

A century ago, a bathing suit like the burkini was illegal in the US. It was considered too revealing.

Does anyone know whether the burkini is prohibited in Iran?

Bangladesh's proposed "cyber-security" law is actually a sweeping censorship bill which would imprison people for stating certain unwanted views and opinions.

This resembles what France and Turkey have already done.

The Theater of Security Agency suspected a child's external pacemaker was a bomb, so they searched him all over and made the family miss their flight.

They said this was because he lacked a certain form that he had never previously been asked for.

Graduate students who work as teaching assistants or research assistants in the US are now allowed to form unions.

I hope that adjunct professors unionize too.

A long commute tends to promote obesity.