Lauren Weinstein: Fixing Facebook May Be Impossible.

If so, we must make it go away.

Sanders in a speech tied plutocracy to militarism and increasing arms spending. He also reminded Americans of the government lies that were used to bring about intervention in Vietnam, then later in Iraq. Then how the plutocracy leads to despair which leads to support for "populist" demagogues.

He ended by talking about the tremendous danger of global heating and the need to confront it firmly and soon.

A confidentiality agreement can't put the cat back into the bag.

Celebrating the US military veterans who became the leaders of the movement to end the Vietnam War.

Water Shortages Could Affect 5bn People by 2050, UN Report Warns.

To a large extent this will be due to global heating, but we're already using fresh water from aquifers faster than it gets replenished, so many of them will be empty.

We need to do things which short-sighted people fight against, such as (1) stop growing water-thirsty fruit in California, (2) make a lot fewer babies, and (3) curb global heating.