Measuring how far the US Senate is from democratic. According to the figures in the spreadsheet in that article: Population the 50 Republican senators represent: 142,991,983 (56%)
Population the 50 Democratic senators represent: 184,541,791 (44%)

Human activity is damaging insect populations in many parts of the world. Perhaps everywhere, but there is no data from many places.

Fewer insects means many other animals will die for lack of food.

On the debate about whether market-dominating tech companies should ban the wrecker, or should have banned him long ago.

Merkel said that laws should set the criteria for banning someone from communicating on internet sites, but in the US that would directly violate the first amendment.

The House of Representatives is impeaching the wrecker again, but there is not enough support in the Senate to convict him.

I don't see the point of this exercise.

This article argues that the impeachment will have more bad influence than good on the wrecker's followers. "The wiser move would be to let Trump drift into exile, not stoke the sense of grievance among his base," it says. I don't know whether that is true. But I think it is crucial to take measures that will deal them real setbacks. Expressing hostility to them is something they eat up.

I wonder if there is be a way to enforce the 14th amendment in court to block the wrecker from running for office in the US in the future. That would not require a vote in the Senate.

I think it would be wise to move the inauguration to a secure location, perhaps indoors. I would not be surprised if Republicans in the army stole a drone to try to assassinate Biden and everyone else there.

In New Zealand, and many other countries, most people who own houses want them to appreciate in price. So they insist on limiting construction, and that makes it hard for everyone to have a place to live.