- The rightwing nationalist "Law and Justice" party has lost its majority in Poland's parliament; despite winning a plurality of seats they are unlikely to be able to form a government. Which is good news for Poland, and for the EU as a whole.
- Israel's national police chief has declared that there will be "zero tolerance" for protests in support of Gaza, even making the (presumably empty) threat to bus antiwar protesters to the besieged territory. Nonetheless, some brave Israelis are questioning the country's approach to the problem. There is still some uncertainty over whether the threatened land invasion will proceed, but it seems likely. Meanwhile, a senior official with the US State Department has resigned in protest of the government's unquestioning support for Israel no matter what. And the mis- and/or disinformation continues apace.
- The new government in Manitoba faces numerous challenges in trying to accomplish their goals for the province. Many of these involve healthcare, housing, and other social issues, but there's a lot of work to do on the climate front as well.
- The guy just found not criminally responsible for the killings of his parents and the wounding of his former supervisor had previously been put on an "involuntary hold" at a psychiatric facility, but this didn't stop him from just walking away from the facility.
- Assaults on Winnipeg Transit drivers have dramatically increased since the start of the pandemic, going from 66 incidents in 2019 to 104 last year and 91 so far this year. No question, the pandemic really messed with a lot of people's heads.
- Saskatchewan's human rights commissioner has resigned in protest over the Moe government's insistence that "parental rights" are more important than the rights of children.
- The US House of Representatives still doesn't have a speaker, and Jim Jordan's allies have been accused of threatening other Republicans for not backing their guy.
- With all the talk about "tipping points", it's nice to see a positive one - many think that one such point has been reached in solar power that will eventually lead to the decarbonization of the power grid. Suck it up, Alberta.
- Inflation is cooling in Canada, but that doesn't mean prices are coming down - they're just not rising at the crazy rates that they were.
- A man who spent over 16 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, before being freed three years ago, has been killed in a traffic stop by a sheriff in Georgia.
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