The American Chemical Society is suing to demand ISPs block access to Sci-Hub, which redistributes paywalled papers from organizations that sabotage science including the ACS.

How to begin reducing the generation of plastic waste?

Russian protesters blocked the headquarters of the Russian internet censorship agency Rozcomnadzor with cardboard blocks.

Gayle Newland has been convicted of "sexual assault" because the woman who willingly had sex with her had been led to think Newland was male.

Is using a dildo instead of a real penis "assault"??? How absurd.

I can imagine a progression of absurd cases in the future:

2021: "I had not really consented to sex because he pretended to be unmarried and that wasn't true. I found out the truth by looking him up on the internet.
Put him in prison!"

2025: "I had not really consented to sex because she pretended to be blond and that wasn't true. I found out the truth when I saw her pubic hair roots.
Put her in prison!"

2017: "I grabbed her pussy, but it turns out she was a man. How dare he mislead the President of the United States?
Put him in prison!"

The Tories considered a plan to eliminate cash in the UK, and track all payments by everyone.

Labour supporters, now is time start organizing to defned cash and privacy when Labour wins an election. This is not one of Labour's basic principles, so we can't take it for granted.