*White House Dismisses Idea of Mailing Out [Gratis] Covid Tests Like Other Nations.*

A list of possible sanctions against Russia if it attacks Ukraine.

It is somewhat misguided to list canceling the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a possible punishment, since that pipeline must never be used in any case. It would burst the carbon budget.

Many in Afghanistan that the UK offered asylum to did not make it out, and are now trapped there.

Under those circumstances of chaos and hurry, almost anyone will make mistakes. Perhaps we should not blame the UK and the US for slipping up.

However, the UK government seems in recent years to have become systematically incompetent for all tasks that involve doing things for specific people. Especially those that involve passports and visas.

I don't know whether this is a matter of hiring corrupt or incompetent people, or a workplace culture that makes it better to do nothing than to help anyone who wasn't supposed to be helped, or something else.

*ALEC Is Enabling Anti-LGBTQ Hate.*

With all the injustices that ALEC promotes One more injustice may seem to change little. But this may make ALEC more vulnerable. Many companies have taken strong stands in favor of gay rights, and they may find it hard to support ALEC given this.

Rich right-wing fanatics have funded campaigns to elect right-wing fanatics to school boards. Where they succeed, they enact policies to facilitate spread of Covid-19 and try to sabotage education about racism