So Here We Are

The news this month is a variable mish-mash. There is much to celebrate (chiefly the recent finding of the International Court of Justice), and... there is also much to despair of. Here is a sampling of both.   The ongoing efforts by the Trump regime to quash all information pertaining to climate action and good science in general is being countered by people reconstructing websites that have been shut down or 'adjusted to the required ideological standards'.   These iconoclastic activities remind me of 'The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu', which describes the lengths residents of that city went to in 2012 to  preserve ancient writings from an invading force perfectly willing to destroy them.   An account of bibliographic defence on a par with that of the websites of the US Government ... which just goes to show we've done this before, somewhere. Environment The Ugly Coercing Indian scientists to produce the favourable environmental reports required to approve the ...