The EU is setting up a system of "green tariffs" to charge imports based on how much greenhouse gas is emitted in producing them.

(satire) *Elon Musk Receives Experimental Neuralink Implant In Attempt To Delete Memory Of Being Booed.*

Anti-abortion fanatics have proposed to move on from laws criminalizing performing abortions to prosecuting people who have abortions.

* Without a plan in place to minimise infection [by Covid-19], a "moving on" strategy leaves vulnerable people behind.*

Most people want to believe the danger is gone, and governments have decided not to let them do it. It's good for business also. How easy it is to dismiss suggestions to protect yourself and others with a mask by saying, "It is no longer obligatory."

It's no longer legally obligatory, but it is morally obligatory.

When someone without a mask sits near me on a train or plane, I ask per to please wear a mask. If perse says, "I don't have a mask," I offer per an unused N95 mask, still in its plastic wrapper. The masks sold by BYD are simple to put on, so I offer those.

One of Erdoğan's political rivals has been convicted of insulting Turkey’s supreme election council, calling them "fools."

Many countries make it a crime to insult officials. Indonesia just made itself one of them.

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to insult anyone -- even me, even you. Erdoğan shows plenty of contempt for freedom and democracy. He even started a small civil war to reverse an electoral defeat.