US citizens: Tell the USDA not to allow 2,4-D resistant corn.

20,000 or more besieged Yazidis escaped from Isis encirclement.

It is not clear whether US attacks helped make this possible.

Naomi Klein: 'Our Economic Model Is at War with Life on Earth'.

Hamas threatened to increase its ineffective rocket attacks on Israel unless the siege is ended.

It suits both Hamas and Israel to treat these rocket attacks as a big danger.

Russia has joined China in requiring all users of internet cafes to show their identity. This policy is part of repressing dissent.

If you are in Russia, you can help resist Putin's repression by leaving your own wifi network unencrypted.

The EFF is developing a system that allows you to have your private encrypted wifi network plus a secondary unencrypted one for anyone passing by.

I am somewhat unhappy that they call it "open", but it's a good project despite the name.