*[Elon Musk] has received loans and tax breaks to help keep Tesla afloat, now he says other companies should go bankrupt for the good of the economy.*

Victoria's Secret has been compelled to pay 8 million dollars as mandatory severance pay to Thai workers whom it had dismissed.

Some places require poor people to pay money in advance for things like electricity and heat. To treat human beings that way is harsh but businesses are not human beings, and that just gave me an idea.

If a business ever fails to pay some workers the wages they have earned, it should be put on a scheme requiring it to deposit wages in advance. The company should hand over the next week or month's wages to an agency that will distribute them to the company's workers. If ever the company fails to pay in advance this way, its work will shut down.

*British empire nostalgia played part in Brexit vote, says Nobel laureate.*

The idea is that the cover-ups of repression in colonies enabled the British empire to look good until it fell, and after.

Another pertinent point is why the UK was able to prosper and build such an empire, despite being so small. The reason was, because it was the first country to go through the industrial revolution, in the 1700s. It has no such advantage now.

The UK promised asylum to several Afghan journalists who now face violence for their relationship with British media. They have applied formally for asylum but the UK government has given them no response.

Could it be that the promises came from Tories?

The Australian election demonstrates the virtue of ranked choice voting.