Activists responded to Bezos's space joyride with a rally to tax the rich more.

Nina Turner is running in the Democratic primary for a congressional seat in Ohio. Her opponent is a plutocratist, getting campaign funds from Republicans.

The opponent faces an accusation of criminal corruption: using her office as Cuyahoga County commissioner to steer contracts to a business owner by long-term friends and supporters.

A preliminary review found the accusation plausible enough to refer it to the Ohio Ethics Commission.

The CDC now recommends people wear masks in indoor public places even if they are vaccinated, in most parts of the US (those with infection rates above a certain threshold).

The complexity of the condition will make this recommendation less effective. Even some of the states that try to prevent Covid-19 have rates that are increasing fast. Vaccinated people should wear masks in indoor public places everywhere in the US, and other countries where Covid-19 is circulating.

Burning most of the known fossil fuel reserves would cause 16 C of global heating.

This would be worse than the heat that caused the end-Permian extinction which wiped out almost all species in the ocean. Humans might hang on in some polar regions.

350.org calls on the Federal Reserve to stop financing of fossil fuel projects.

Apple farms out repair of Macbooks to a sweatshop company, CSAT Solutions, which treats workers abominably. Apple bears the responsibility for the mistreatment of workers, and so do Dell and Lenovo which also use CSAT.

If companies such as Apple don't want the responsibility for treatment of workers by subcontracted companies, they should establish a system which protects workers' rights universally.