The highest officials of the French state defend French thugs for fatal acts of violence.

*Carbon dioxide levels are now 50% higher than during the pre-industrial era.*

A thoughtful discussion among writers advances beyond the idea that only people in some demographic group should be allowed to write about people in that group.

I think "Do you know this well enough to write it well?" is a good way to look at that issue.

However, we need to be careful about demanding diversity in the characters of any particular book. If an author who is white and straight doesn't know other groups well enough to write such characters well, per writings will perforce be limited to straight, white characters.

*Proud Boys leaders charged with seditious conspiracy in 6 January riot.*

Reportedly the Federal Reserve is pulling money out of the US economy, which could cause a global depression.

I don't have a basis to judge, myself, whether this is true now, but what it says about the past fits with what I know.