The strict Covid-19 regulations in Sydney properly do not allow people to mingle at funerals. A number of people tried to participate in funerals in a safe way, by remaining in their cars and watching from a distance. Thugs came and ordered them to drive away.

Is there a reason to think they might spread Covid-19 this way? The article doesn't show one. If they parked side-by-side, with open windows, there could be a danger; did they do that?

I tend to think that the official regulations have loopholes that have thwarted the effort to end the outbreak there. But increasing strictness has to be designed with care. Random rigidity in enforcement won't correct the problem, it will only cause pointless hurt, or worse.

The UN rapporteur on extreme poverty says that the UK's planned welfare cuts would violate the human right to an adequate standard of living.

Production of PFAS releases extra-powerful greenhouse gases.

*Exxon helped cause the climate crisis. It's time [for the company to] pay up.*

Replacing gas stoves with induction stoves increases efficiency, so it can reduce energy use even if the electricity is itself made from fossil fuels. In addition, it reduces toxins in the indoor air.