Israel refused to sell Pegasus spyware to Ukraine.

Now if only Israel had refused to sell it to all other clients…

The Taliban have rejected letting girls above age 11 go to school.

*What Florida's endangered panthers need to survive.*

My "childhood sweetheart", that I fell in love with when she and I were both 40 years old, campaigned very cleverly against development that threatened their habitat.

US agencies are dedicating more funds to study "long Covid" disabilities, now that tens of millions of Americans may have them.

The easiest way to deal with the problem of these disabilities is to prevent them. Effective measures to prevent transmission of Covid-19 will mean that fewer people catch it, and fewer people get disabled in this way.

One thing I have not seen is reports about what fraction of people that catch Delta get long Covid. What about Omicron? What about fully vaccinated people?

Ukraine accused Putin of seizing a food aid convoy near Mariupol and taking the drivers and aid workers prisoner.

We don't have confirmation of this, but since it would fit Putin's modus operandi, I find it plausible.

Putin is also accused of starving the people in the occupied city of Kherson. A country that has occupied territory has the legal responsibility to provide the occupied people with food and medicine.

Putin is bombarding Mariupol from warships in the Sea of Azov. A few antiship cruise missiles could put an end to that. The Ukrainians don't have to be fully trained in how to launch them — they can get remote guidance over the internet.