The Burmese military government threatens to arrest people who participate in a planned silent protest. Some shop owners have been arrested for saying they will close their shops in sympathy.

*Covid becoming endemic doesn’t mean it will be mild – or that there won’t be new variants.* It might become like the Polio virus, which most patients didn't even notice, except for the small fraction that it crippled.

Thus, "endemic" does not imply "we don't need precautions against its spread." Not if we are wise, that is.

To admit a post-Putin democratic Russia to NATO could make sense.

Indeed, under those circumstances, Russia might replace the US as the mainstay of NATO, if the US has fallen under Putin-like Republicans.

US citizens: call on Congress to fund the IRS adequately, so it can provide service to taxpayers and catch rich cheaters.

Spotify said it will point users at valid Covid-19 information to make up for some of Joe Rogan's disinformation.