The EFF says that California's digital vaccination certificates are safe for privacy as long as you avoid the QR codes.

There is pressure for the US to intervene in Haiti again.

Previous interventions removed President Aristide, brought him back to be president again, kidnapped him again and sent him into exile, installed President Martelly, and installed President Moise. Martelly and Moise were never elected by free and fair elections.

*‘Heat dome’ probably killed 1bn marine animals on Canada coast, experts say.*

I am skeptical of what that number means, because if you adopt a smaller lower bound on size for taking notice of an animal, you could take in twice as many animals.

Nonetheless, the destruction was enormous, and it may even change ecosystems.

*Why declining birth rates are good news for life on Earth.*

I disagree with one point. I think we need to reduce the human population more than 20% per generation. If in the short term that leads to somewhat less quality of life, by the 22nd century it will enable us to distress Earth's natural ecosystems.

*Justin Trudeau’s love of fossil fuel will only make Canada’s extreme weather worse.*