During the pandemic, England allowed women to obtain abortion pills by mail and take them at home. It's not ideal for women to do this alone, but it's better than being forced to have a baby.

The US should make sure women can do likewise, in Texas and other states where Republicans are blocking them from getting the pills.

Theory: what Putin really wants in Ukraine is to create a "frozen conflict" that would make NATO refuse to admit Ukraine.

It makes sense, and it may be part of the truth. But it can't be the whole truth, because (1) Putin had already created frozen conflicts in Ukraine, by seizing Crimea and by creating a permanent rebellion in parts of Luhansk and Donetsk, and (2) he has announced the intention to seize all of Ukraine and impose a government under his control.

A progressive "good guy with a gun" stopped a right-wing gunman who attacked volunteers supporting a protest. When official thugs came, they didn't believe the survivors' report and arrested the good guy.

It's very rare that a "good guy with a gun" is present when someone starts committing murder. In this case, his presence was not a matter of luck. He was there to protect people at the protest. The protest organizers realized in advance that the violent tone of right-wing hatred might inspire someone to shoot protesters, and wisely arranged to have some guards.

This one even managed to disable the killer without killing him, so he will face trial.

Moderna patented a short subsequence of a natural human gene. Natural genes are not supposed to be patented, but patenting a subsequence of one is basically equivalent and should not be allowed either.

This was noticed because it turns out that SARS-CoV-2 contains that same sequence. How did that happen? It could be the result if genetic engineering, if anyone did that; but it is no proof that the virus was engineered, because it could have randomly incorporated that sequence as RNA while adapting to a human host.

The article is slanted in support of the lab leak theory, and it's not impossible, but not proven either. If it is some day established that a lab leak played a role, we could learn important precautions to take in genetic engineering of viruses. However, even if the virus did not pass through a lab, we might nonetheless learn some important precautions.

(satire) Either way, Moderna's patent lawyers will sue the virus, and it won't dare reproduce any more in countries with vigorous patent enforcement. Then WIPO will tout this as proof that patenting of gene sequences is vitally important for everyone.

The corrupter's supporters, while engaged in a coup to impose their control permanently over the US, constantly accuse their opponents of doing something like that.

The corrupter just praised Putin directly. They use similar methods of brash and outrageous lies. But I wonder now whether they really are allies.