Australia's previous government, plutocratist and right-wing to the core, scapegoated the poor and accused welfare recipients of nonexistent fraud. It imposed fake debts on destitute people, and it intimidated those who reported the wrongs.

A government inquiry recommends prosecution of some ministers. But we also must denounce the scapegoating of the poor.

Josh Appignanesi writes about how he learned that joining in the climate defense battle does not require becoming a different person. Nor does it require dedicating every minute of your waking life to the cause.

It's the same with fighting for software freedom. Taking steps towards less dependence on unjust computing will enable you to help.

The sad thing is when climate defense activities are set up to require people to run nonfree software. Many of their web sites do that. They shouldn't demand we choose between one of these good causes and the other — it is agratuitous own goal.

France has banned an annual march to commemorate the killing of Adama Traoré, who was killed by thugs in 2016.

The construction and testing of the mini-submarine that imploded trying to visit the Titanic were characterized by schemes to evade regulations. That was inviting disaster, and indeed disaster came.

The company used a contractual scheme to label passengers as "crew", to avoid liability in case they died.

The foolish response to sea-level rise: two people are trying to preserve a small island they own by building sea walls.

This is futile because sea-level rise is accelerating. If they heroically manage to keep up with it this decade, they won't keep up next decade. By the end of this century, all their work will have been erased.

What a shame they aren't putting all that effort into an effort that may not be futile — that may actually win a victory.

We can't save everything, and scattering our efforts makes them futile. We must concentrate on defeating the planet roasters who are deliberately accelerating the problem.