Research suggests that 15% of all Covid-19 deaths were co-caused by air pollution (combined with Covid-19).

This could be one of the reasons why blacks are more likely to die when infected by Covid-19: because the neighborhoods they live in, and have grown up in, have had more air pollution all along.

Talking about "decarbonisation" creates a pitfall: an opportunity for nuclear power companies to replace the carbon pollution with radioactive heavy element pollution.

All the arguments for nuclear power that couldn't be crushingly refuted a few years ago have been crushingly refuted today. The world should cancel all nuclear power plant projects immediately and spend the money on efficient methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions — methods that don't have a risk of suddenly turning into a very expensive mess that people don't entirely know how to clean up.

The UK's criminalization of "hate speech" — simple expression of views — has an exception for discussions taking place in someone's home. But now Parliament is considering a plan to eliminate that exception.

They mean well, but this is getting dangerously like China, or Belarus. If protesters don't start out hating someone, they can be led to do so.

This change was buried where people might not notice it, and that displays ill will. Furthermore, the proponents ask people to take it on trust that this extended prohibition won't be exercised to the full extent. Why trust them? Should you trust Bogus Johnson and his crew to have a power and not use it?

Research finds correlation between activity levels of brain regions and general political attitudes.

The Democratic Party's attempt to win votes from Republicans has mostly failed.

This effort started with nominating a largely right-wing "centrist", Biden, and continued with inviting Republicans to speak at the Democratic convention about how close Biden was to a Republican. This tended to discourage the people who need something better than a Republican.

As for the Lincoln Project, there was no harm in trying that, and it may have done some little good. But not very much.

*Let’s face it: The democracy that Donald Trump dropped on the floor suffered a great deal from the experience. It’s going to take more than an election to put it right.*

* Turns out, the so-called shining city on a hill is, instead, a black hole where hope, optimism, reason and the future go to die.*