*Shield some and let others carry on? This Covid theory is dangerous, and foolish.*

It also amounts to telling the more vulnerable people that they are effectively prisoners in solitary confinement until the pandemic is over.

*Spain to keep registry of people who refuse Covid vaccine.*

That seems like a plan for harsh, secret retribution. It is one thing to check people, in certain situations, for proof that they have been vaccinated. It is another to check specifically for refusal.

Refusing vaccination is one thing, and misinforming patients is another.

Heavy rains into arms of the sea can reduce salinity; past a certain point, that makes dolphins' skin badly sick. This can lead to fatal infections.

Can we develop an ultrasound transmitter that will tell dolphins to flee to the open sea?

Tony Chung, of Hong Kong, has been sentenced to 4 months in prison for throwing China's flag on the ground.

After that he will probably be sentenced to a much longer prison term for calling for Hong Kong's independence.

Authoritarians in the US used to punish people for burning the American flag, until the Supreme Court ruled that burning the flag is protected political speech and may not be criminalized.

A Hong Kong expat, who visited there, reports that people continue to find low-profile ways to resist.

I wonder whether these will amount to more than a pretend opposition.

*Fractures to [giant] Antarctic iceberg reduce risk to South Georgia wildlife.*

I continue to believe we should develop a way to break up a large icebergs so as to avoid that danger — unless it is inevitable that such a berg would fracture naturally.