One potato corporation claims to provide 1/3 of the world's french fries. We should not allow a company to thus dominate a market — we need laws to prevent it.

I also wonder whether that 1/3 includes any of the really good fries, which are made in Belgium.

The Putin forces are kidnapping adults and children in Kherson and taking them to places further away from Ukraine's army, or to unknown locations.

The Putin forces are also torturing and murdering some people. Perhaps they selectively do this to those who formerly were in the Ukrainian army or police. This has been seen in the east.

Here is a proposal for increased diplomatic discussion between the US and Russia which is worth considering. Agreement on the proposed areas could encourage Putin's withdrawal from Ukraine, and would in any case make the world a better place. The proposal carefully avoids undermining Ukraine's fight to repel the invasion.

*Climate activists storm Amsterdam airport and block private jets.*

This tactic makes a lot of sense, and is far better than gluing oneself to the glass protective cover over a painting.

First, because neither those jets, nor the private jet terminals, are precious. Expensive, yes, but that's not the same thing as precious.

Second, because the jets emit lots of CO2.

Third, because the people who fly in them and will be inconvenienced by the protest are rich, and are probably significantly to blame for the world's inadequate efforts for climate defense.

I used to fly more than most people Americans, back before Covid-19. Nonetheless, my overall global heating footprint is modest, because of my conscious decision to avoid the action that, for most people, adds the most: having children. One child produces many times as much greenhouse gas as all the flights I will take in my life.

Proposing we stop referring to machine learning as "AI", and saving that term for programs that really understand what they say and do.