*Siberian heatwave led to new methane emissions, study says.*

This means it is a real positive feedback loop. As global heating proceeds, it will increase the amount of cuts we need to make to stop the heating.

103 Thai protesters face charges for insulting the king.

The president of Tunisia has used constitutional emergency powers to take drastic actions: dismissing all the ministers and canceling the immunity of members of parliament. That last is in effect a threat to prosecute them.

Opponents argue he has not properly followed the constitution.

His supporters rallied on the streets in large numbers, and so did his opponents. But then he prohibited rallies entirely.

I don't know enough to judge the right or wrong of these actions, but I think there is enough information to see who the real evildoers are: the IMF, which demands to increase the price of bread while many Tunisians fear having no food.

Perhaps there is a more efficient way to make sure that the poor have bread, rather than a general subsidy for bread. Would the IMF permit establishment of an alternative support for the poor?

Salafi Arabia has launched campaigns of demonization (on antisocial media) against Arab democratic dissidents, and US journalists whose investigations make the regime uncomfortable.

The same sort of campaign was used against Jamal Khashoggi, so that people in Salafi Arabia would endorse the murder of Khashoggi. Perhaps these campaigns prepare for the murder of journalists and dissidents, or perhaps it is meant to intimidate and silence them.

Either way, it is a hostile act towards the US.

Various countries take different approaches to increasing Covid-19 vaccination.

I agree with this position:

*There is a strong case for making any vaccination mandatory (or compulsory) if four conditions are met: there is a grave threat to public health; the vaccine is safe and effective; mandatory vaccination has a superior cost/benefit profile compared with other alternatives [and] the level of coercion is proportionate.*

I see two moral issues about the details of the system:

• The system must not punish those who for medical reasons cannot be vaccinated. They should be treated legally as if they were vaccinated, then encouraged and helped to stay away from diseases-spreding situations
• Systems to check vaccination certificates should not build a database listing everyone's movements. If the system is used for contact tracing, it should be designed so that no central organization finds out who went where except when a place and time becomes listed as a possible transmission site.