Samsung bought part of the debt of the proposed Adani coal mine; Australian activists call for boycott of the whole company.

You certainly should not accept Samsung's phones and TV's, since they are tracking devices; that is because they contain nonfree software that talks over a network. However, their competitors are no better. They are all unacceptable.

Florida's citizens voted to allow ex-cons to vote. The Supreme Court sustained Florida's Republican legislature in imposing a payment requirement that will cancel that for most of them.

Why do cops come to protests early?
To beat the crowds. The UK says that Russian crackers are trying to "steal" Covid-19 vaccine research.

If that is true, it means something is very wrong: this research should not be secret. Scientific research calls for cooperation.

Insisting on more efficient air conditioners, and soon, is a major part of curbing global heating.

The Republicans pivoted towards a policy of "reopen business fast" in the same week when it became news that Covid-19 was disproportionally killing minority racial groups. Was this just a coincidence? Is it a coincidence also that Georgia's governor, Kemp, is stopping Atlanta from requiring face masks?

Reportedly Republicans want to punish school systems that don't physically reopen.