The FBI discovered a right-wing extremist Satanic cult that entraps children as young as 8 and adolescents as old as 17, making them make videos of porn or self-wounding. The leader faces trial.

These deeds are horrible. If the FBI caught a gang which does that, it has done good service. At the same time, I must recall that the FBI has a history of leading hapless helpless, mentally weak people to go through motions of fantasy terrorism, for which they face real trial and real imprisonment. I wish I could be sure that the FBI has caught a real abuser rather than manufacturing one.

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The old and damaged Line 5 pipeline crosses the Great Lakes, and if it breaks it could pollute the drinking water for a substantial part of North America's population.

The danger of pollution from any rupture of the Line 5 pipeline is very important, and may be a reason to shut down that pipeline and remove it. By contrast, what a religion says about the lake is of anthropological interest.

The breakup of the super-continent Pangaea 55 million years ago released large amounts of methane that caused 5C of global heating. Many species went extinct.

Covid vaccine disinformation, believed by many members of the public, has dissuaded many Americans from using those vaccines to protect themselves. The distrust has spread to dog vaccines, so many Americans leave their dogs vulnerable to disease by not vaccinating them either.

An experiment found that when homeless people received more aid money, they spent that money mainly on important things that they needed.