Warren and other candidates put Bloomberg on the spot in the Democratic debate, mostly for his personal politics, but also for his political positions.

The Onion's satire in which the DNC asks the bullshitter to run as a Democrat is just a small exaggeration of what it is doing by facilitating his fellow billionaire, Bloomberg.

"If he wins the presidency, striking a 'grand bargain' with Mitch McConnell to cut our earned benefits is likely to be among his top priorities."

Australia's main opposition party now calls for prioritizing ending greenhouse emissions.

His plans have the usual faults — too late, and too little (net-zero emissions sounds nice but offsetting tends to be self-delusion). Nonetheless, this is a big step forward.

Too bad it is over 2 years to the next election there.

Methane emissions from fossil fuel extraction seems to be 25%-40% more than previously thought. This implies that cuts in extraction will make an even bigger and faster difference. Let's get cracking!

Ideas for teaching children media literacy.

Congressional representatives say that US intelligence warned them that the Russian disinformation army is still at work, supporting the conman.

Russian election meddling is a real danger, but I expect that Koch election meddling and Bloomberg election meddling are bigger dangers.