Pakistan has arrested a leading equal rights activist and accused him of advocating unacceptable political views. Specifically, criticizing the country's constitution, on grounds of justice.

Whether we agree with his position or not (I don't know enough about Pakistan's constitution to have an opinion), we should defend his right to advocate that position.

Pompeo is now using lies to attack NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly,

in whose interview he blew up when he couldn't intimidate her facts.

2C of global heating will eliminate over half the world's vineyards.

With a 4C rise in global temperature, I don't think anyone will have attention to spare for making or drinking wine. They will be too busy trying to find a little butter to put on their insufficient bread.

*Snowden Warns Targeting of Greenwald and Assange Shows Governments 'Ready to Stop the Presses—If They Can'.*

We should prohibit face recognition network companies, but we need to go further than that. Some years ago, I called for something stronger: to prohibit cameras that transmit images over the net more than once in a while.

This prevents not only the purpose-built face recognition networks but also cameras that could be incorporated into such networks.