To make half the Earth's surface wild, ecoregion by ecoregion, would require moving a billion humans out of those wild areas.

This will be much easier if we work hard to reduce the human birth rate. The human population is predicted to peak 9 or 10 billion, but I expect a big increase in deaths to set in during this century as we rush towards ecocide. The human population will decrease — sooner than predicted — in a gruesomely painful way. We can avoid those deaths with a strong effort to reduce births first. This would also make space (physical and economic) for those billion people to move to.

The 1946 Disney film, Song of the South, was recognized as a paean to plantations and slavery even while it was being made. It still spreads apology for slavery.

The teachers in five primary schools in London made a careful effort to avoid personally transmitting gender-linked rules and expectations to the students. It was very effective.

*Australia is becoming a nation of dread — and the world looks on with pity and scorn.*

The head of the planet-roaster government tries to deny the facts by suggesting that it is unpatriotic to doubt that Australians and their "can-do" spirit can ride over this with ease.

This fire season is a timely warning. The fires have not killed many humans, not so far; humans with high tech are very good at helping each other escape. It won't be so easy to escape the effects a few decades from now, when it gets much worse.

*Sanders Vows to Create National Clean Drinking Water Standards to End Corporate Contamination.*