"Virtual hospital beds" can now monitor a patient's recovery while perse stays at home.

It sounds like a useful idea, for certain patients (not those who might need a rapid intervention if something goes wrong). Except that I suspect it is implemented in an unjust way, depending on nonfree software plus connection to the internet.

If that is the case, I'd have to refuse to allow it in my home.

It would be easy to implement such a monitoring system with free software. But I expect that the NHS never even thought about the issue.

US citizens: call on Congress to reject section 702 mass surveillance.

I read that one attempt to pass the bill was rejected, but not conclusively. There will be more attempts.

US citizens: call on Senator Dick Durbin to subpoena Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo about their corrupting influence on Supreme Court justices.

Alexei Navalny has died a political prisoner in Russia.

His decision to return to Russia and be imprisoned on political charges was brave, and in a country with less censorship might have stimulated opposition to Putin. But it was ineffective, because the uncensored media and communication that might have galvanized opposition had all been crushed.

*Alexei Navalny death: protesters gather across Europe to express outrage and denounce Putin.*

*Senior Pakistan official admits election rigging as protests grip country.*