The UK is erecting a repressive system to crush protests, especially protests demanding measures to save civilization from climate disaster. People are imprisoned for holding protest signs, as in China.

I don't recall that Starmer Labour is any better on this issue than the Tories.

The UK proposes to use facial recognition systems on important streets, including mobile vans, to find people wanted for arrest. And not only for heinous crimes — even shoplifters would be sought this way.

In Braga, Portugal, April 17th, Richard Stallman will give a talk, Free Software and Freedom in a Digital Society.

It is early spring, and the US Midwest is already suffering from wildfires.

*Mexico calls on UN to expel Ecuador over embassy raid as tensions soar.*

To legitimize the practice of invading other countries' embassies would further destabilize what remains of the conventions and rules of international relations.

That may have helped arrest a crook this time. In London, 10 years ago, it would have enabled the UK to grab Julian Assange sooner. But overall, these specific effects will average out to zero; what will remain is less stability.