*Virginia family questions why sheriff’s deputy shot [Isaiah Brown] 10 times.*

*Pharmaceutical Industry Dispatches Army of Lobbyists to Block Generic Covid-19 Vaccines.*

When you talk about this issue, please choose not to employ the term "intellectual property". It is subtle propaganda for the other side.

Several Extinction Rebellion protesters were found innocent of various minor offenses they committed in a protest against Shell. They presented the defense of necessity, and the jury acquitted them even though the judge said not to.

*NIH Scientist Who Developed Key Vaccine Technology Says Patent Gives US Leverage Over Big Pharma.*

The question is whether the US wants to use this leverage. Around 1980, the US changed its policy on technology developed with government funds. Before that, it prioritized public access to that technology. Then, with the Bayh-Dole bill, it it switched to the trickle-down goal of giving companies "more incentive".

California Governor Newsom decided to stop fracking — slowly. The state will take 3 years simply to stop issuing new permits for fracking. And it will end oil extraction, so many decades from now that it will be too late.

Newsom seems to think we've got all century!