Dr. Sondra Crosby says the Ecuadorian embassy sneakily seized and copied her medical notes about Julian Assange, which she had left there temporarily, not expecting such mischief.

She reports that Assange is suffering serious and lasting medical problems as a result of his seven years in the embassy.

Florida's new governor, though a Republican, seems to be a sincere about protecting the environment, including the Everglades.

I don't see how that can possibly be done if global heating (and thus sea-level rise) continue unabated. The Everglades will become ordinary ocean.

Progressive activists are bombarded with false accusations of "antisemitism", fabricated via wild extrapolation and based on anything or nothing. Almost anything they say is distorted into "antisemitism".

Meanwhile, real antisemites such as neo-Nazis, the people that really hate Jews, are not getting much criticism.

The Tories have not shafted poor people enough yet. They plan to deny pensions to a small segment of the population — retired people whose spouses are not old enough to retire (and mostly still working).

The cutback will hit a mere 60,000 poor people.

Citizens and legislators of New York State are pushing back against a state official who resists divestment from fossil fuels.