If a place has "historical and cultural significance" to some group, does that imply there must not be a lithium mine there?

I am not convinced.

Lithium is important for defending the climate. We must not block lithium mining based on sentimentality alone.

There are things whose physical presence can justify blocking any sort of mine. If a site holds historical or scientific _information_, or important art that can't be moved, those call for protection. However, it may be significant to keep the mine away from those important things rather than outside the entire area.

Other scarce resources, such as water, and endangered species and ecosystems, are also important to protect. Mines tend to leak pollution, and mining companies often try to weasel out of their responsibility for the pollution they cause. There should be no mine unless reliable clean practices are enforced by a disciplinarian that the mine cannot fire or disobey. Those precautions would make the lithium more expensive, but the lithium may be worth that cost.

However, we need not forego lithium because of anyone's sentimentality. In this regard, I do not discriminate between indigenous people and anyone else.

I'd be in favor of moving part of Arlington National Cemetery to make way for a lithium mine, if necessary. The cemeteries importance to people is not due to its location, but to their sentiments about the veterans buried there. We can respect those sentiments by moving the graves to a different location to enable mining the lithium.

How prosecutors convinced Alice Sebold that Anthony Broadwater was the man who raped her.

I've read that Sebold's memoir, Lucky, has been from withdrawn from sale. The article did not say whose decision that was.

It would be wrong to continue selling it as it was written. However, an idea occurs to me. Sebold could invite Anthony Broadwater to add an epilogue to it, and publish that version with the income going to Broadwater and/or pertinent organizations for justice.

*Biden Invites Venezuelan Coup Leader Juan Guaidó to US "Summit for Democracy".*

President Maduro doesn't always respect democracy, but he does so more than Guaidó.

And much more than US Republicans.

In Papua New Guinea, as in the US, Christian faith spreads Covid-19.

When people catch Covid-19 shortly after vaccination -- before the vaccine has time to become effective -- the faithful make an illogical leap and claim the vaccine killed them. They want to believe the vaccine is harmful, so they find excuses to be fooled by. Often it is fatal.

Don't let this happen to you -- get vaccinated!

(satire) *NASA Delays Space Walk After It Starts Snowing In Outer Space.*