Goons and buffoons like Marjorie Greene may seem absurd, but the Republican Party expects to follow them to brutal power.

*Copying the far right doesn’t help mainstream parties. But it can boost the far right.*

*The cost of living crisis [in the UK] has been going on for decades… What's new is the utter lack of support for those that need it the most.*

The UK has lost over a million workers since Covid-19 started.

Some of them decided to retire earlier than planned. Perhaps they don't dare go out to work and risk getting Covid-19. Some of them have been disabled by Covid-19. Maybe some are taking care of people as a result of the death or incapacitation of whoever was taking care of those people before. I wonder what other causes there are, and how each cause relates to Covid-19.

Let us resist the pressure to condemn and exclude all Russians in the arts.

Bill McKibben: *Putin's Aggression Shows Why Defeating Autocracy Is Key to Combating Climate Crisis.*