A court decision has ordered an end to Republican gerrymandering in Georgia. This will leave Republicans in control of the state, because they do have more voters there, but will make a difference in the House of Representatives. Also, it could deny Republicans a supermajority in the state senate.

(satire) *U.S. Warns A Gaza Ceasefire Would Only Benefit Humanity.*

The European Commission semi-secretly bought ads on Ex-Twitter to pressure officials to vote for the repressive plan to force encrypted messaging programs to monitor and report the unencrypted messages. This plan is called "chatcontrol".

EU voters, please pressure your MEPs to oppose chatcontrol!

Israel and its allies question the civilian casualty figures for Gaza, claiming that HAMAS exaggerates the number of casualties caused by Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Others argue for trusting those figures on the grounds that there are ways to cross-check the details so that falsifying the totals would not be feasible.

Does this question make a crucial difference? I don't think so. Even if the number of Gazan civilians killed by Israel's bombardment were only 4,000 instead of the 7,000 reported by the HAMAS-run Gaza medical system, it would still be mass murder and a war crime.

The fact that HAMAS committed mass murder first doesn't excuse Israel for committing mass murder second.

Deserters from the Putin forces, having found temporary refuge in Armenia, speak out to encourage other soldiers in the Putin forces to desert as well. They were helped by an organization dedicated to helping Putin forces soldiers to desert.

It takes courage to escape from an army that boasts of being ready to shoot anyone who retreats. Countries that support Ukraine should help those who do escape from the Putin forces, so as to encourage more.