Which is more important: a telescope that could expand human knowledge of the universe, or one of the thousands of religions that some humans follow?

We all have our emotional attachments to this or that, but an emotional attachment is not enough reason to stop the telescope. There are few places where that telescope could be built and be effective.

The chemical industry needs a complete overhaul to reduce its substantial greenhouse gas emissions, to reduce its vulnerability to local disasters, and to reduce the air pollution that can poison people or interfere with children's development.

China has supported Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands.

In 1982, when Argentina was ruled by murderous generals, supported by the US, they sent troops to seize the Falkland Islands, very much against the wishes of the British-descended people who lived there. The UK sent a fleet to liberate them.

The generals had used nationalism as a tool to distract the Argentine people from their crimes, but after losing the war, they couldn't hold on and Argentina became a democracy.

China's motive for taking a side in this dispute is surely to win Argentina's support in the new cold war. However, comparing the Falkland Islands to Taiwan is morally accurate. China wants to do to Taiwan the same thing that the Argentine generals did to the Falkland Islands: conquer and permanently rule an unwilling people.

Gig drivers in New York City are trying to unionize.

I hope they succeed, but that would not eliminate the injustices that these companies do to their customers, so I will still absolutely refuse to use them.

Biden has made an executive order to make it easier for federal workers to unionize.