Bruce Schneier Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy Harvard Kennedy School Nathan Sanders Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society Harvard University If you ask Alexa, Amazon’s voice assistant AI system, whether Amazon is a monopoly, it responds by saying it doesn’t know. It doesn’t take much
Corina Shields corinashields.substack.com If you think you know me you’re wrong. I don’t fit any of your stereotypes. I’ve had to remove myself lately and watch as this whole Spark Debacle has played out. And I’ve watched it with a heavy heart, a pit
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
Tim Graham newsbusters.org Tim Graham is Executive Editor of NewsBusters and host of the NewsBusters Podcast. His career at the MRC began in February 1989 as associate editor of MediaWatch, the monthly newsletter of the MRC before the Internet era. John Nolte at Breitbart drew attention to how The
Kirk Hope CEO of BusinessNZ commonroomnz.com This article was first published on The Common Room Kiwis enjoy being free to earn some extra cash to supplement their income with app-based enterprises, including ridesharing, food delivery or short-term rentals. We also love to make use of the latest
Greg Dawes commonroomnz.com Greg Dawes has published extensively on relations between science and religion. He teaches philosophy at the University of Otago. This article was first published on The Common Room As a philosopher, I’ve been following closely the debate regarding the ‘refreshed’ science curriculum in New Zealand
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is the Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The ultra-wealthy have an outsized impact on New Zealand politics. This undue influence is partly enabled by donations to political parties and campaigns,
Mark Freeman The early-evening silence of a Wellington suburb is shattered by upbeat music and the amplified shouts of a woman’s voice. About 80 protesters from the Poneke Anti-Fascist Coalition stand on the footpath outside a wooden church hall, chanting “Racist, go home!” over recorded music blaring
Geoffrey Dickens newsbusters.org Geoffrey Dickens is the Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center. He currently writes for all of the MRC’s publications and outlets including MRC.org, Newsbusters.org, Notable Quotables and has contributed to past projects including MediaWatch and MagazineWatch. He also authored many
Gordon Lightfoot | Politics whakatakitimes.nz WHO KNEW? Kiri Allan, who was once Stuff’s top pick to take Jacinda Ardern’s place as prime minister, returned to parliament this week. She was previously on leave, most likely because she wasn’t able to tolerate one or more of Wellington’s
Jack Heinemann Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics Sophie Joy van Hamelsveld Postdoctoral Scientist University of Canterbury Traditional harvesting sites, or mahinga kai, continue to be used throughout New Zealand to provide food and to share skills and cultural practices between families and generations. But our new research shows that
Ashley Church Social Commentator commonroomnz.com This article was first published on The Common Room What if I was to suggest to you that we should introduce policies that were based on racial preference, the promotion of a form of segregation, and the vilification of a section of society? Hopefully,
Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science nzdsos.com Kiwis were repeatedly told that the vaccine stays in the arm and was quickly broken down. The vaccine stimulated the immune system then went away. As demonstrated in the video, this message has been repeated by multiple people advising New Zealanders
Family First In a disturbing display of media censorship, the major daily Newspapers have all banded together to pull the publication of a full page advertisement at the 11th hour. A nationwide campaign asking the simple question “What is a woman?” was launched yesterday. But the NZ Herald did everything
Kenny Stancil commondreams.org Kenny Stancil is a staff writer for Common Dreams. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday condemned Russia’s decision to withdraw from a deal enabling Ukraine to export grain from Black Sea ports—an effort that has significantly lowered global food prices and whose
