*Reducing night light exposure may be a simple way to cut [type 2] diabetes risk.*

I wish the article gave some idea of how much light it takes to have a big effect.

Hindu-nationalist ideology in India, in the 1930s, drew lessons from its contemporary, Nazism. Comparing the two can help us identify the fascist essence that they have in common.

This suggests the lesson that the specific choice of majority trait which serves as an excuse to marginalize and dehumanize others is just a detail. Any trait can be used for this, if its members can get their hands on power to oppress the rest.

The trait need not even be borne by a majority, except in a somewhat democratic state which impedes any minority from getting the power to oppress others.

*Vaping damages young people’s lungs as much as smoking, study suggests.*

*DeSantis' election police questioned people who signed abortion petitions.*

This seems to be an attempt at intimidation.

MIT canceled its contract for reading Elsevier journals several years ago and has suffered no great inconvenience as a result. This is great news, because it suggests that more universities can cancel their contracts too.

MIT saved a substantial amount of money by doing this, but that is a secondary issue. What's important is that if more universities cancel these contracts, the result could be to wipe out the journal publishers or make them desperate enough to agree to be bought out for an affordable sum. After buying them out, the new copyright holder could make all the online copies libre.

Please join me in shunning the term "open access" and using the term "free scientific publishing" instead. The article linked just above explains why that term is better.

Analyzing this situation as an instance of a "collective action problem."

I think that one of government's missions is to fix these problems for the people. To do that, we need to elect representatives and officials who won't hesitate to say that some profitable business is a parasite and advocate laws to nullify its business model.