Russia offered Lukashenko support in the form of troops or thugs.

Tories in part of England plan repression of the homeless, San Francisco style.

Google wants to install its microphones in thousands of hotel rooms.

It says that there will be a switch to turn off the microphone. We will have to see whether that physically disconnects the microphone, or only tells the computer not to accept commands from the microphone.

Colombia is plagued by a wave of massacres related to various armed groups.

To really understand this we would need to know which groups carried out the massacres. They often stem from unresolved disputes about which group will dominate some local area.

If your state is a swing state, vote for Biden.

Otherwise, vote Green — vote for Howie Hawkins and Angela Walker for president/VP.

I delayed my decision hoping that Biden would support the progressive programs that the US and the world desperately need, but by choosing Harris he reaffirmed his rejection of them. If we keep voting for the plutocratist lesser evil, each time the plutocrats give us something worse than the previous lesser evil.