Turkey has charged thug chiefs, among others, for the murder of Hrant Dink.

I am surprised that this can happen while Erdoğan is president, but I am very glad.

Industrial chicken farming is cheap only because it does not pay the costs in terms of pollution, CO2 and antibiotic resistance.

For our long-term good, we need to make it pay those costs rather than dumping them on the rest of us.

Matthew Keys was sentenced to 2 years in prison as an accessory to digital graffiti, demonstrating that the CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act) is no less unjust now than it was when it was used to drive Aaron Swartz to death.

The Nissan Leaf has a built-in cell phone modem which allows effectively anyone to access its computers remotely and make changes in various settings.

That's easy to do because the system has no authentication when accessed through the modem. However, even if it asked for authentication, you couldn't be confident that Nissan has no access. The software in the car is proprietary, which means it demands blind faith from its users.

Even if no one connects to the car remotely, the cell phone modem enables the phone company to track the car's movements all the time.

Someone I know physically disconnected the cell phone modem as a security measure.

The suicide rate in the US has increased by 1/4 since 1999.

Important causes seem to be the spread of poverty, and the fact that many Americans don't have coverage for treatment for depression and can't afford to pay for it themselves.