The US-supported bombing of Yemen has protracted the civil war. The continued fighting is causing great suffering and ingraining hostility on both sides.

The Canadian government plans to extend copyright on phonorecords: a windfall for record companies with a large expected cost to society as a whole.

The Sun Must Go Down on the Patriot [sic] Act.

That law's proponents called it the "USA PATRIOT Act" to manipulate Americans; the name is propaganda for the idea that a patriotic American should favor warrantless surveillance of Americans. Using that name endorses that position.

I call it the "PAT RIOT" or "U SAP AT RIOT" act to show my rejection of that position.

Since "USAPATRIOT" is an acronym, we can split it into separate words as we wish with equal legitimacy. "U SAP AT RIOT" is just as correct as "USA PATRIOT".

The idea of requiring drone software to restrict where drones can fly is very dangerous. It would amount to a ban on free software for drones.

The article gives far too much legitimacy to the idea that people should not be allowed to change software in cars. As a possible cause of accidents, that will be tiny compared with (1) working on the mechanical part of the brakes and (2) driving while tired, distracted or ill.

Comcast's proposed merger with Time Warner Cable is probably dead.

Thanks to those who signed petitions against this.