The US military is burning its firefighting foam that contains persistent toxic PFAS chemicals, but burning it may be producing other toxins. And the replacement may not be much safer.

Toxins are not all alike. Hydrofluoric acid is very dangerous in macroscopic quantities. Does ingesting a microscopic amount each day do any harm? I don't know. Some toxic substances biodegrade and others can remain for many years.

Secret Filming Shows Sick Cows Slaughtered for Meat in Poland.

"The goal is to automate us": Shoshana Zuboff on Surveillance Capitalism, the business model of using surveillance to manipulate every aspect of life.

Zuboff recognizes that the solutions usually proposed are inadequate:

For example, the idea of "data ownership" is often championed as a solution. But what is the point of owning data that should not exist in the first place? All that does is further institutionalise and legitimate data capture.

I think she is heading towards advocating the solution I advocate: stop systems from collecting data about people.

Comparison with other countries shows how insanely overprotective the US is toward children.

French thugs fired a non-lethal weapon and hit protester Jérôme Rodrigues in the eye. He will be disabled for life.