*Coronavirus has widened America's vast racial wealth gap, study finds.*

US citizens: email or phone your congresscritter saying to preserve the Open Technology Fund, which develops free/libre programs to protect freedom from the repression of many governments.

It can't hurt to contact your senators as well.

There is an organized campaign to preserve the Open Technology Fund. Although I was put off by its use of the term "open source", which is a philosophically weak substitute for "free software", its arguments for the OTF are valid and look effective. So I decided to sign it.

Alas, to sign one has to run nonfree Javascript software, which I refuse to do. Likewise I am morally bound not to encourage you to sign it, which is why I do not post a reference to it here.

You can probably have as much influence with your own direct emails as you would by signing a petition, and with phone calls even more influence. Please show your support.

The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641 and 888-355-3588.

* International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions.*

Viktor Frankl's lessons from Auschwitz, related to today.

PISSI once again has the strength to attack in Syria and Iraq.

As is usual with underground rebel groups, killing its leader did not incapacitate it for long.

When PISSI was thoroughly defeated but not entirely crushed, the Kurds could have wiped it out, but the numskull instead decided not to turn against them. This result is no surprise.