*From 2018 to 2020, the United States government undertook what it labeled “counterterrorism” activities in 85 countries.* This map shows what it did where.

Environmental defenders have sued California and Governor Newsom for illegally issuing thousands of oil and gas drilling permits.

I am not sure how much Governor Newsom was personally involved in granting those licenses, but he's in charge of the state government, so it's his responsibility to stop it — and, if possible, to cancel those leases.

Some right-wing UK "defenders" of freedom of speech criticized a no-platforming which did not actually happen. They, and the minister in charge, were careless with the facts.

Nonetheless, another instance they cite did really occur, and so do others. If 53 speakers were vetoed in one year, that may be a small fraction of all speakers that year, but it is still a lot of censorship.

I gather that the Equality Act is meant to prohibit discrimination and harassment. I support that goal, but campaigning for that goal should not go so far as to ban controversial speakers from giving talks. Even in a good cause, there must be limits on how far we can go. I would not try to ban people from praising proprietary software, even though I disagree with such praise. People have a right to disagree with me, or with you, or with anyone.

I also agree that the government can easily be a worse threat to freedom of speech than any collection of students.

The Tories are planning to criminalize protests that interfere with anything. Chain yourself to a door and you'll be wearing chains for years.

*Facebook's Australian news wipeout showed it can delete [zuckers'] history at any time.*

It can't delete any of my history, because I don't put it there. You shouldn't either.