The London thug department arrested a homeless man for refusing to leave the tent where he was living. Then, viciously, the thugs stole and destroyed his tent and his other belongings.

The department has apologized and agreed to pay damages. That's better treatment than is normal for thugs. But even when they arrest someone for a valid reason, that does not excuse confiscating or destroying poor people's property when preserving it was possible.

Putin has launched intense persecution of gays in Russia.

*Most Republicans aren't aware of [the insurrectionist]’s various [criminal accusations and lawsuits].*

Researchers say that the recommendation algorithms of "social media" platforms are "amplifying misogynistic [messages]."

This is because companies design them to get users addicted by amplifying whatever leads users to stay on the dis-service longer. I've proposed passing a law to disconnect recommendation engines from the platforms, and allow users to choose the recommendation engine to use with any given platform.

Please don't call works "content." Doing so disparages _all_ works. The works which are misogynistic may all be disgusting and despicable on account of that, but equating works with "content" implies that all works -- whether misogynistic or not -- have no value except to keep a box full.

Students at Northwestern University face criminal charges for publishing a parody of the school's student newspaper. It criticized the school's support for Israel and its atrocities in Gaza. They wrapped their parody around some of the copies of the newspaper they were parodying.

They are being prosecuted under an obscure law against "theft of advertising services". It prohibits inserting other material into newspapers. Does the law cover wrapping a different cover around the newspaper? In terms of advertising, that is very different.

More deeply, prosecuting people for expressing their political views in a parody is an attack on freedom of speech. No matter if it is offensive to someone -- since it is about a real political issue, we must recognize its redeeming social value whether we agree with it or not.

It seems clear that this is part of a campaign of persecution, in the US, Britain and parts of Europe, of people who publicly defend Palestinians rights.

I disagree with those people on a least one point. They call Israel's war in Gaza "genocide"; in my view, it has not reached that level yet, but it is heading that way. But that disagreement is not pertinent to the issues of raised by prosecuting them.