*Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn.*

These tipping points are not easy to reverse -- if they tip, small changes in the other direction would not tip them back. Perhaps large changes could do that, but we would have to cool the Earth a lot to achieve that.

Robert Reich: the insurrectionist has a strategy to dominate the election: by making a big nuisance of himself all the time, he aims to direct all attention to him, and that he hopes will people perceive him as powerful and perceive Biden as weak.

Some people will vote for whoever seems strong. They'd vote for a tyrannosaurus to threaten them. It seems that many Americans don't have a clear focus for deciding their votes based on which candidate will do the most good.

*Water shortages disrupt the Plaquemines parish as millions of gallons are used to construct Venture Global’s LNG terminal.*

(Humorous aside) It has also caused the encrustations on the teeth of corpses in cemeteries, which made possible the plaque mining industry, which gave that parish its name.*

*Ohio woman won’t be indicted for abuse of corpse after miscarriage, grand jury decides.*

I'm glad that the grand jury, a body of citizens chosen at random, decided to stop this persecution. But grand juries usually convict whoever they are asked to convict. We should not count on the next grand jury to save the next woman who had a miscarriage. We should make it absolutely clear in the law.

Kelsey Carpenter had a miscarriage and was prosecuted for murder. She spent almost two years in jail as the prosecution continued. Eventually she was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge.

That was a partial defeat for her, not a victory, and it doesn't mean that other women are safe from similar treatment.