[1/5] The UK just agreed to a "trade
The Israeli army is attacking Gaza City, apparently trying to force out the million civilians living there. The army says that HAMAS is using apartment buildings for "surveillance", and has bombed some of those buildings to destroy them. Based on this logic, the army might bomb every tall building in Gaza City with the large bombs that the US is providing.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/merkley-warren-hoyle-ryan-jayapal-introduce-new-bill-to-crack-down-on-health-insurers-buying-up-clinics-across-the-u-s Democrats in Congress have introduced a bill to prohibit giant medical corporations from buying independent clinics. It ought to prevent mergers too, perhaps by setting a maximum total turnover for any one medical organization.
* Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone.*
[1/2] Here's an example of the messed-up English prose that results when people use plural pronouns for individuals: They said if they had the opportunity to use their correct pronouns, it would “feel like the first time” they could “properly breathe out” since they had started working at