*Sudan pro-democracy activists call for escalation after lethal crackdown.*

The US and China have major political influence in Africa. I wonder what the US is doing to influence developments in Sudan, and what outcome it is pushing for, and likewise China.

Experts criticize Bill Gates's plan for "small" fission reactors cooled by liquid sodium. The most obvious flaw is that the sodium burns if it gets in contact with air.

Various approaches to providing electricity at all times using renewable sources.

(satire) *Disney Acquires All Of America's Children For $52 Billion. "Ship Them To Us And We Will Do As We Wish," Says CEO Bob Chapek.*

The Build Back Better relief bill includes a new tax on profits of large corporations, which will reduce their tax dodging. Not as much we ought to reduce it, but it is a step forward.

Biden's nominee for comptroller of the currency moved to the US from the Soviet Union just after it collapsed. Republican senators tried to call her a communist simply because she was born there.