Greta Thunberg refuses to be lionized. What counts, she says, is that we all push for defense of the climate.

A bipartisan group in Congress aim to deny funds for US military intervention in Yemen.

The University of Alabama squeezed out a dean because he had criticized US thugs and the American flag for their association (over time) with racism.

The flag of the US stands for the country. I love my country but recognize that it kept blacks in slavery for a long time. So even though I would not draw the overall conclusion about the US and its flag that Dean Riley drew, I can't fault his criticism.

I also agree with the article's disapproval of "cancel culture".

The Internet of Stings has stung users of a proprietary program for adjusting a certain telescopic rifle sight. The US has demanded the list of all the 10,000 or more people who have downloaded the app.

The investigation aims at possible illegal export of the telescopic sight. The goal seems valid to me, but seizing data about over 10,000 people to investigate the crimes of a few of them should not be allowed.

If the program had been free software, the issue would not even arise. Thus, one of the forms of surveillance attached to many proprietary programs is keeping track of who uses it.

Many people's lives have become so full of small required tasks that they can't keep up with all of them.