Progressive candidate Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary to run for mayor of New York City, defeating plutocratist Democratic Andrew Cuomo, who conceded.

Bernie Sanders, who campaigned for Mamdani, is triumphant.

Cuomo was governor of New York State, then was compelled to resign over sexual improprieties whose details I don't recall. The principal reason he was a bad governor is that he harmed all non-rich citizens of New York State by favoring the rich. This year, rich people tried to parachuted him in as mayor, so it is good that he lost.

In the final election, Mamdani will run against Night-Mayor Adams, who stands for being harsh on crime except when committed by him.

Iran's government has blocked international communication by internet for most people, which has made it hard for Iranians in Iran to communicate securely with each other.

Reportedly the state fears a student uprising.

*Average person will be 40% poorer if world warms by 4C, new research shows.* Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating — as well as likely ‘cascading supply chain disruptions’.

If they have estimated well the effect of those cascades, maybe this estimate will be on target. But I doubt that is even possible. With globalized production, it is easy for even a local disaster to make a crucial component totally unavailable for years. Maybe there would be no new computers, or no new cars.

Rep. Nadler condemned the weaponization of a supposed fight against antisemitism into an excuse for repression in universities.

Kilmar Ábrego, victim of an unjust deportation, has been much in the news, and journalists have had difficulty knowing how to present his name.

The Hispanic naming system gives Kilmar Armando Ábrego Garcia (like almost everyone else) two apellidos (family names): his are Ábrego and Garcia. It is helpful, in an article which discusses a person at length, to present per name in full form (as in this paragraph) at least once, for completeness. But mostly one uses only the first apellido.

Some writers in English seem to think that the two apellidos are equivalent to a hyphenated double name in English, but that is not so. An English hyphenated name is just one name, and it is incorrect to omit part of it.