Some fear that sex robots would help some people develop a taste for rape.

I think the popularity of porn, and in the future maybe sex robots, comes from the sexual prudery and prissiness of our society where people going through puberty are concerned. They become interested in sex and anyone they have sex with is likely to be jailed for it.

In addition, it is hard for some people, such as those on the autistic spectrum, to find lovers at all. Society could help them.

The bully has increased the rate of US air attacks in Yemen by a factor of 5.

Only 30 civilian casualties from 93 air attacks is not such a bad job of avoiding civilian casualties. However, if the troll eliminates the rules designed to avoid civilian casualties, which he weakened a few months ago, there could be a lot more of them in the rest of this year.

US/Hollywood propaganda supports US warlikeness by pretending that the Vietnam War was well-meant, and the old US disarmament and peace movements are now almost forgotten in the name of unending war.

Australia is not doing enough to meet its Paris climate commitments.

Keep in mind that those commitments, globally, are not enough to have a good chance of achieving the stated goal, to curb global heating at 1.5 C.

Catalonians are printing their own ballot papers to replace the ones confiscated by Spanish thugs.

A week ago it was possible for Catalonia to continue as normal part of Spain, and I saw no reason it should not do so. But I think that option no longer exists. At this point, there will inevitably be a loser — either Rajoy, a dooH niboR right-winger who is the enemy of human rights and dissent in Spain, or the Catalonians.

I don't want Rajoy to win.