If the world switches to artificial meat, it needs to ensure that the new system does not harm workers, consumers and the environment as the existing system does.

China is finding it difficult to stamp out an outbreak of Delta in Nanjing.

It seems that Delta is considerably harder to get rid of than earlier variants. Various experienced countries that knew how to suppress outbreaks are finding it difficult now. Nonetheless, it is much safer to push for the goal of zero-Covid than to give up as the US and most European countries have done.

Australia has repeatedly found that its quarantine and arrivals procedures left small loopholes that Covid-19 could sometimes slip though.

The IMF has bullied Ukraine into "opening the land market", which I think means that foreigners will be able to buy up the country.

* We have zero years before climate and ecological breakdown, because it’s already here. We have zero years left to procrastinate.*

Western companies' dependence on Chinese markets makes them pawns of China. The more dependent, the worse.

We saw this before with internet services and computer companies such as Apple.