1/3 of the endangered plant species produce "recalcitrant" seeds which can't be saved in a seed bank, because they can't survive being dried and frozen.

The problematical plants include oaks and mangoes.

How Big Oil Dodges Facebook’s New Ad Transparency Rules. Apparently they are rather weak rules.

Unauthorized immigrants are in great danger if they go to a courthouse in New York City. The deportation thugs prowl around looking for targets to deport.

When they are defendants, they get worse verdicts and sentences because the usual options offered are impossible for them in immigration prison.

Or they may be witnesses, in which case others are denied justice due to the lack of their testimony.

The nastiest thing is that city thugs seem to be reporting them to the deportation thugs.

The descendants of black slaves owned by the Creeks, and taken with them to Oklahoma, are suing to be recognized by the Creek nation.

Google now requires all users to run nonfree JS code in order to log in.

It says this is for "security" — security against entities other than Google. However, running Javascript code controlled by Google's web site, or by any other web site, makes you vulnerable. If the Javascript code carries a free license then we are legally allowed to maintain our own modified versions to use instead.