A suggestion for how to avoid escalation of the war in Ukraine into a nuclear war.

Joseph Stiglitz: the IMF may have learned a crucial lesson. Instead of the usual futile attempt to squeezing money out of Argentina, and causing a recession, it is adopting a gentler policy that will let Argentina have some economic growth so it can afford to pay its debt.

For the long term, the world needs a way to stop frivolous spendthrift governments that borrow and spend on unimportant things from saddling a country's populace with burdensome debt. One idea I have thought about is a way for a country to declare bankruptcy. Another is a way to punish the leaders of the frivolous government.

An Australian fertilizer company wants to build another plant, which involves "removing" ancient rock art. It seems that "remove" is a euphemism for "destroy".

Aboriginals say the company misled their community about the plan. It wouldn't surprise me — companies large and small deceive.

Could the company build the plant differently so as to avoid damage to the rock art? Perhaps the chemical emissions would destroy it slowly. Is it possible to cut the rock art off the hill and move it away without damaging it?

*Amazon Deforestation Hit Record High in February—Up 62% From 2021.*

Ukraine has US-supported labs which study disease germs for medical purposes. They were set up in the early 90s to give useful work to the unemployed ex-Soviet scientists, so they wouldn't accept harmful work out of desperation.

Putin's disinformation claims repeatedly that these labs are developing germ warfare.

This offers us the opportunity to determine which people and sites spread disinformation for Putin.