Google already developed a prototype censored-for-China search engine.

It also identifies who searches for something "suspect".

I think the US should make it a crime for a US company to censor politically for other countries. Other countries that wish to be considered free should do likewise. Even though this will mean that tyrannical states such as China will block access to them, the fact that they are blocked will communicate a message of freedom to those who cannot access them.

Senator Graham is the paradigmatic example of a Republican who can see no wrong in anything the bullshitter says or does.

The Republican Party is no longer a political party in the usual sense. It is a cult.

On 10th Anniversary of Wall Street Crash, Warren Says: Break Up the Banks and Jail the Bankers.

A scientific recommendation that 50% of the Earth's surface be protected wildlife areas by 2050, to avoid massive extinction.

If we want to protect more than desert and mountain species, protected lands will have to include a lot of places that could be used for agriculture, at least for 20 years till they are exhausted. To protect them, we need to keep human farmers away. That will be difficult, but keeping the birth rate down will make it a little easier.

In addition, protected areas may not serve their purpose if global heating makes them unviable habitats for some of the species that live in them. Curbing the human population will also make progress towards reducing global heating.

Heavy rain from Hurricane Florence has washed toxic pollution from coal ash dumps into water supplies. Even from one inactive dump that was capped, supposedly to make it safe.

This is because the coal companies make more money by not moving the ash away from waterways, or letting it be recycled into concrete.