Rigidly prudish right-wing Indian bigots are freaking out at the use of a rubber penis model to demonstrate how to put a condom on.

Rigidly prudish right-wing American bigots are not very different, with their repression campaigns about everything that relates to sex. George Monbiot: *The latest wave of climate deniers claim green schemes are "unaffordable." Success stories from around Europe prove that’s not true.*

AIPAC, the lobbying group for continuing Israel's occupation of Palestine (the west bank, and Gaza), is lobbying for insurrectionist Republicans.

Don't assume "oligarchs" means we're talking about Russia. Yanis Varoufakis explains the harm they do, world wide.

I've read that the concept of "oligarchs" is obsolete in regard to Russia. They used to have political power, but Putin took it away from them.

The Putin forces have cut off Chernihiv from supplies of water (and food). They say they plan to grab specific civilians and take them by force to Russia.

US agencies are dedicating more funds to study "long Covid" disabilities, now that tens of millions of Americans may have them.

The easiest way to deal with the problem of these disabilities is to prevent them. Effective measures to prevent transmission of Covid-19 will mean that fewer people catch it, and fewer people get disabled in this way.

One thing I have not seen is reports about what fraction of people that catch Delta get long Covid. What about Omicron? What about fully vaccinated people?