Bolivia has eliminated term limits, allowing President Morales to continue running for office.

By contrast, Honduras still officially has a term limits for the presidency, but the president has disregarded them and seems to be getting away with pretending to have won the election.

US soldiers killed 10 Somali civilians on Aug 25, then denied it with false reports and faked photos.

Former President Saleh, who switched from the Houthi side to the Salafi Arabian side, has reportedly been killed by the Houthis.

Both Saleh and Hadi seem to have been nothing more than grasping opportunists, ready to compete to be Salafi Arabia's chosen pawn.

It's Time to Talk About Who Can Access Your Digital Genomic Data. I already find the danger sufficient to dissuade me from letting anyone scan my genome.

The article mentions a project to use a blockchain, somehow, to give users control over access to their genomic data. I don't see how a blockchain would help this. A blockchain is a means of verifiable decentralized publication, not a means of limiting access. If someone understands what good a blockchain could be for the latter, I would like to know.

Art made by prisoners in Guantanamo, exhibited in Brooklyn, carries the message that they are human.

The US government, loathing this message, responded by banning all removal of the prisoners' art from the prison. The government will destroy the art rather than let it speak.

The US has the obligation to give every one of the prisoners a fair trial or release him at once. If there is no place to release a prisoner to, the US should create a village inside Guantanamo Naval Base where they can live as free men under US law.