A former vice president at Facebook says that the site's addictive "social-validation feedback loop" is "ripping apart the social fabric of how society works".

Salafi Arabia is systematically attacking Yemeni fishing boats. It seems to consider the existing famine insufficient.

Which country supplied the helicopters and the ammunition? Either the US or the UK, I would guess. But it would be useful to know for certain.

US jurors often won't convict people for possessing small amounts of marijuana, to the point where some thugs have decided to stop prosecuting it.

Bravo, jurors!

The strange story of Shen Yun, a dance troupe that presents valid propaganda against the tyranny of the Chinese state.

I went to a Shen Yun performance once, and had a peculiar reaction: the propaganda annoyed me even though I agreed with its point of view. I told this to the friend who saw it with me, who said, "Yes, it preaches too much."

The insurance company Axa will divest from coal and tar sands, and stop insuring oil pipelines in the US.

As investors realize that they can't make money from fossil fuel investments without destroying the society in which their profit would do them any good, they will stop investing in fossil fuels. The question is, can we enlighten them fast enough to avoid disaster? And what about the other sources of funds for fossil fuels, such as government subsidies and the "development" organizations that are corrupted by plutocratists.