Putin has sent 80,000 conscripts into Ukraine, and many are fighting on the front line. They have slowed Ukraine's advance.

I would expect that many of them want an opportunity to surrender, but is that actually happening?

The UK is making progress against the racism expressed, in school and office, by discrimination against kinky hair.

Bullhead City, Arizona, prosecuted Norma Thornton for handing out food to the homeless.

The charges were dropped, and now she is suing the city for "criminalizing kindness." Bravo!

In the 1980s, San Francisco repeatedly arrested activists of Food Not Bombs were prosecuted for handing out food to the homeless. That city goes to extremes in persecuting homeless people.

Contrast: some progressive Democrats in Congress asked for direct negotiations between the US and Putin, over Ukraine's head. This could only make a difference if it becomes a pathway to handing part of Ukraine or some Ukrainians to Putin.

Some Republicans in Congress (or running for it) simply don't care what happens to Ukraine, and are ready to let Putin have all or part of Ukraine

just to be done with it.

I think those Democrats' proposal is misguided, but I understand their wish to end the suffering caused by the war. I doubt that the Republicans care about that.

*Musk probably bought Twitter for the same reason that sickeningly rich people throughout history have become press barons: to try to control the conversation.*

Here's a list of occasions when Musk tried to censor people whose statements caused inconvenience for him.

To prevent Twitter from being a sinkhole for billions of dollars per year, Musk needs to keep advertisers happy by discouraging messages they won't like.