*Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor-Greene unite in push to free Julian Assange.*

It is ironic that elected officials from the two ends of the political spectrum have joined to defend Assange, and freedom of the press. However, their letter might influence Biden more if some elected officials from the middle joined in.

Proposing to give Gaza to Egypt and give the West Bank to Jordan, as a path to peace.

Would Palestinians accept being ruled by Egypt (a brutal military dictatorship) and Jordan (a monarchy with a limited amount of democracy and without freedom of expression).

* [New EU] Legislation will set targets to restore 20% of EU land and seas by 2030, and 90% of degraded habitats by 2050.*

This is amazingly ambitious. I am impressed.

* Each recorded fatal Israeli airstrike on Gaza since 7 October has caused an average of 10.1 civilian deaths, a monitoring group has said, amid warnings that reported civilian casualty figures are likely to be an underestimate..*

A new French law tries to make "influencers" acknowledge when their publications are actually paid ads.

This law seems like a step forward, but in my view the mere intent to act as an influencer is wrong in spirit. If the goal of a presentation is to get me to buy a product, that alone will make me think of it as a trap — so why look at it?