A scientific study about published scientific papers found that the edited, paywalled version of a paper had no significant improvement over the libre preprint version in arxiv.org.

It's too bad that this article uses the philosophically weak term "open" rather "free (libre)".

3 students at a school in right-wing Arkansas joined the student protest for gun control, and were punished with a spanking.

I admire their courage, but I believe that if they had thought it through they would have refused to choose between the two punishments they were "offered". Also, I think they made a mistake when they forgave the school officials on the ground that they were only following orders, because that's no excuse.

Cities where the bully held campaign rallies experienced a temporary increase in violent crime.

SCROTUS blocked investigation of whether the NRA transferred Russian funds to the bully's campaign.

UK anti-deportation protesters blocked a flight which was going to deport some people before their appeals had been heard. They are now faced with possible life imprisonment for daring to protect people's legal rights from a lawless state.