The UK's junior doctors' strike won some improvements in their working conditions, but the NHS continues to decline as the Tories continue giving it insufficient funds.

I believe that the Tories aim to destroy the NHS as we know it, perhaps making it comparable to what you can get in the emergency room in a public hospital in the US. The firmness of the doctors has dealt them a setback, but hasn't defeated them.

Humans Damaging the Environment Faster Than It Can Recover, report finds.

Chinese officials make almost 250 million personal social media posts per year, typically praising the government to drown out all criticism.

Basically, if you're in China, you may as well consider that any praise of the government means nothing unless it comes from someone you know.

The European Union is an instrument of plutocrats. "Staying in the EU means hitching ourselves to an undemocratic project run by and for a remote elite." To change that, is it better to leave the EU, or to try to reform it? It is not easy to decide.

Unfortunately, the UK is run for an elite that is nastier and nearer to Britain. I think it would be a mistake for the UK to leave the EU in such circumstances.

If Corbyn's Labour comes to power, that might be a good time to either do this or threaten it.

Implanted brain-computer interfaces would bring digital insecurity to people's brains.

The necessary starting point for Computer security is free software. Security for brain-computer interfaces requires insisting that the software that controls the interface be free. This includes not only the firmware in the device itself, but also other software that will tell the firmware how to influence your brain.