A brief life of Paul Stephenson, a hero of desegregation in the UK and the US.

The UK is considering a new standard for "biodegradable plastic" which requires that they don't result in microplastic grains.

* So long as U.S. leaders continue to coddle the Saudis, it’s difficult not to ask who is more evil—the maniacal Saudi crown prince or the mendacious Western governments and business people who support him?*

The DHS handed out PR instructions telling its representatives to take a sympathetic line towards the right-wing Kenosha killer, and towards the right-wing extremist group "Patriot Prayer".

Has the Department of Harshness and Sadism morphed into the Department of Hatred Support?

Cambridge University has agreed to divest fully from fossil fuels.

The easiest part of the divestment will be done this year, another part by 2025. The divestment will be completed by 2030.

Divestment is an important step, but there are limits to what it can achieve. We need laws to turn off the fossil fuel industry.

The Federal Reserve has bought $355 million in bonds of fossil fuel companies since March.