Verisign has asked ICANN to give every government total power to seize or shut .net domains. If some government, such as Tuvalu or China or Beijing, seized your domain, you'd have to sue in the courts of Tuvalu or China, not your own country.

This is a very dangerous concentration of power. The fact that Verisign arranged for this shows it is far too powerful. The network's arrangements with it should be canceled and replaced with something quite different.

The fact that ICANN agreed to this suggests that there is corruption in ICANN that needs to be rooted out.

Texas is planning to pass a bill to invalidate local regulations in a sweeping way. This would include regulations to *protect workers, consumers, and the environment.*

Naturally, ALEC is involved, showing that the main benefit will be for the rich.

I expect that fascists will use this to prevent cities and counties from resisting voter-suppression.

Chile's president Boric plans to gradually nationalize the lithium mining industry.

Some countries are permitting export of lithium only if the refining is done there before export.

Frequent killings of people for going to the wrong door are *the effects of a "national experiment in freely giving deadly weapons to anyone who wants one."*

*By reviving scrounger myths and rubbishing free social care, Starmer’s begun a race to the bottom — one the Tories will win.*

Prime Minister Wilson said, "Labour is a moral crusade or it is nothing." What does that say about Starmer?