* A federal judge in [99]West Virginia ruled that the state corrections agency cannot force an incarcerated atheist and secular humanist to participate in religiously affiliated programming in order to be eligible for parole.*

Finally, atheist's rights not to yield to religion get legal respect.

The state ought to set up secular, or non-chi-uch-based, programs for this purpose. A non-religious-based program would be acceptable for everyone regardless of per views on religion.

Painful and sometimes deadly extreme heat, around the world.

Citizens of Atlanta are campaigning for a ballot initiative to cancel the Cop City projects. The city's lawyers have indicated they will sue to invalidate the initiative if it succeeds.

Why fight so desperately for this? It suggests they have a hidden, shameful reason.

Caroline Lucas, Green Party MP: *With the climate in peril, winning slowly is the same as losing. How can Starmer settle for that?*

The same question applies to the US, and China, and most other developed countries.

*[Salafi Arabia] appears to be exploiting the US messaging app Snapchat to promote the image of [Crown Prince Bone Saw], while also imposing draconian sentences on influencers who use the platform to post even mild criticism of [him].*

Countries including the US should prohibit high-level collaboration, or significant ownership, of any social media company with dangerous foreign interests.

Protecting against the influence of dangerous domestic influence, such as planet roasters and other plutocratic companies, is not as easy to codify, but addressing the former might suggest how to address the latter.