US citizens: phone your congresscritter and say to fully fund the Build Back Better act, at 3.5 trillion, and increase taxes on rich people and corporations.

It wouldn't hurt to add that there should be no increased funds for the military and no subsidy for climate destruction.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

*U.S. [reportedly] to hold $130m of Egypt's military aid over human rights.*

It is good that the US is making an effort. Getting a government to stop torturing and killing dissidents and journalists is not easy, though.

Preserving endangered languages calls for encouraging everyone to use them. This means rejecting the idea of "cultural appropriation" or that these languages are off-limits to some people.

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament demands an investigation of the UK's use of undercover thugs to infiltrate it in the 1980.

*Vaccine-hesitant people are dying -– and their loved ones want the world to listen.*