*Who's Controlling the COVID Vaccine: 10 Myths and Misdirections.*

I posted this link because overall the points are valid. However, talking about the concept of "intellectual property" inevitably spreads confusion through over generalization and putting scare quotes around the term does nothing to undo that confusion. Each use of that term inherently misinforms.

The way to avoid that misinformation is to talk about patents and about trade secrecy as two separate issues which are legally unrelated.

Apple takes a step to interfere with some kinds of tracking of users.

If Apple's operating were free/libre, public-spirited hackers would already have released a modified version which had the defaults set to protect privacy. You could get the benefit of these modifications without having to work on them yourself.

*Republican [state representative] who let violent protesters into Oregon state capitol is charged.*

Pedro Castillo, Socialist, says that as president of Peru he would make mining companies "70% of the profits in Peru".

Thousands are protesting in Bogotá against a plan by the right-wing government to institute a sales tax.

A sales tax is a very regressive method, so this plan is designed to hurt the poor and spare the rich. So I support the protesters.