Most Britons have recognized that leaving the EU was an economic disaster. Yet neither major party advocates undoing the disaster, which would be easy enough with a simple agreement. The Tories have accepted making such an agreement limited to Northern Ireland; since all of the UK would benefit from that, there is no reason except fantasies to refuse.

Britons should have listed to Corbyn, who stated that a customs union would be his goal.

An agreement limited to trade won't correct all the problems caused by leaving the EU. For instance, the Tories are about to make a human rights disaster too.

Calling on people to choose carefully which words to use or avoid.

I was glad to see another that criticizes the use of "appropriate" as an accusation as a "bludgeon." The term is subjective and vague, so it lends itself to bullying and harassment by people who try to impose their views demands on everyone else.

In regard to the expression "you guys", that used to imply aduly men only. However, since a few decades ago I've often heard it used for groups of adult women as well. Maybe it is no longer incorrect for the author's classes.

But we don't have a good base word for names of groups of adults of various genders. "Person" tends to make the compound words too long and cumbersome.

How about "mensch", copied from German? How would you feel about being called a "firemensch"?

The ballot initiative to legalize abortion in Ohio has been approved for a vote.

Monitoring of people's mental states by measuring their brainwaves is close to the point of threatening cognitive liberty. We need to defend it.

The threat to cognitive liberty is not new. Brainwashing systems, such as applied in China (and especially to the Uygurs in Xinjiang) attack cognitive liberty. The US, Canada and some other countries set up brainwashing systems to apply to indigenous children. Disinformation campaigns existed before computers.

However, supporting brainwashing with monitoring of subjugated people's individual mental states makes the threat harder to resist.

These systems depend inherently on makng them use nonfree malware or else devices that are imposed on them.

Zelenskiy said Ukraine will never abandon Bakhmut.

The policy of "no retreats," or "defend territory at all costs," is likely to be disastrous in war. Such inflexibility makes an army vulnerable. Bachmut is worth nothing to Ukraine for the war unless defending it gives Ukraine a tactical advantage.