A Tory minister has surprisingly acknowledged that a good family is any group of people that make children feel loved and supported.

I did not have a good family — after age 8 or so, I did not feel that either parent's house was my home. The next time that I felt I had a home was when I lived in Currier House at Harvard. After I was expelled for passing too many classes (I was too grief-stricken to attend the graduation ceremony), I felt that the MIT AI lab was my home, for a few years. Perhaps the support I felt there is what enabled me to develop the strength to begin, in the late 70s, to stand up against wrongs I saw around me.

Ukrainian prosecutors have charged a specific Russian soldier with joining in the murder of two civilians. The soldiers talked with the civilians, then shot them in the back as the latter were walking away.

Several major economies are planning to impose a limit on the price paid to Russia for oil, starting in December. The price limit could apply to imports by other countries when the shipping involves EU countries in some way.

Russia says it will refuse to sell at that low price, and that will continue the contest of economic muscle. So far, Putin has come out ahead in this contest. The question will be whether other customers will buy all the oil Putin needs to sell.

The likelihood of Bolsonaro's defeat in the next election has inspired a rush to cut down the Amazon forest as fast as possible.

*Burning native forest wood waste for electricity shouldn’t be classed as renewable energy, [Australia] report suggests.*

Planet roasters search constantly for excuses to bend the definition of "renewable energy."