The Hindu-nationalist party (BJP) lost the state elections in Karnataka, a state in the south of India.

Perhaps the new government will crack down on the BJP's efforts to stir up hatred against Muslims in places with long traditions of friendship between people of different religions.

Opposition has delayed the planned test of releasing sterile males of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in California. The method to be tested could perhaps wipe out that pest in California.

Aedes aegypti in California is an intrusive species, so its effects on ecosystems are essentially negative. Species which depend on eating mosquitoes must have eaten only the native species until recently, and can still do so. The benefit to be obtained by eradicating Aedes aegypti in California, in reduced disease and reduce pesticide use, is surely enormous.

The state should insist on researching what can be tested, and developing further precautions for aborting the experiment early. But don't let Aedes aegypti hang around for long.

As humans enter areas formerly wild, the danger of catching diseases from wild animals keeps on increasing. Several recent epidemics came from animals, Covid-19 being one of them.

Making parks safer for women through changes that don't treat anyone harshly.

Musk announced that Twitter would censor access to tweets in Turkey to placate Erdoğan.

This is the same excuse that Apple used for helping to carry out Chinese censorship in China. But is Turkey really better off having Twitter keep operation under Erdoğan's censorship, than having him very visibly shut it down? I don't think so.

*Musk, with business relationships in Turkey, comes under fire for Twitter censorship aiding [Erdoğan] whom he knows personally.*

Is Musk's excuse bogus as well as wrong? Others claim he is censoring Twitter more than the Turkish regime demands of other media. Maybe Musk simply desired to boost autocracy in Turkey, and only pretends he is doing so under threat.