In a victory against euphemism, a New Zealand supermarket company has decided to remove a level of euphemism from descriptions of its products for menstruation.

Environmental activists delivered a box of toxic plastic pellets, fished out of the Gulf of Mexico, to a lobbyist for a company that wants to build a new factory to make more such pellets. For this symbolic act, they are being prosecuted for an imaginary felony.

*Leadership That Neglects Science Led to Worst COVID Crises in US and Brazil.*

(satire) *… law enforcement officials warned Wednesday that defunding the police could lead to a spike in crime from ex-officers with no outlet for their violence.*

Egypt made Alaa Abdel Fattah a political prisoner last year. Now they have jailed his sister, Sanaa Seif.