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How To Keep Your Privacy and Stay in Control Online in 2026
Put on your best progressive’s voice and repeat: in our lived experience ‘Linux user’ is a protected characteristic, and anyone who disagrees is actually, like, performing an illegal operation and making us feel memory-unsafe right now!
Then Comes the Day After
If the terrorist government capitulates, what are the possible outcomes?
The Good but Misplaced Intentions of Modern Slavery Laws
Proponents of such laws mean well. But, in my view, many policy makers in rich nations have little understanding of working conditions in poor countries or how humans respond to incentives. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Solving Crises With ‘Not My Department’
Wellington solves parking crisis by entering a strategic partnership with ‘not my department’.
Goodness Another Very Important Promotion
Helen Clark’s appointment as chair of the Gavi board is much more meaningful than most people realise.
The Ideological Capture of Our Health Sector
The Nursing and Medical councils make political views compulsory.
Get Rid of the Sole Parent Benefit
Get rid of the sole parent benefit. Lift aspirations for those mothers and better outcomes for their children will follow.
Dollars, Cents and Trade-Offs of Drug Legalization
What would happen if all class one narcotics were legalized?
Waste From ‘Clean Energy’ Piles Up
The environmental impact of industrial-scale wind facilities extends far beyond the operational lifespan of turbine blades and related equipment.
Hey Australia, Can We Have Pauline Hanson?
The era of halo politics is over. The appetite now is for grit, clarity and leaders who are not afraid of being unpopular if it means being honest.
Questioning ACOG After They Exit From Panel
Urato says restoring trust requires transparency, not a cover up. “One key step to restore public trust is to emphasise transparency – to let the public see what’s going on, to let the sun shine in,” he said. Removing the vaccine mandate statement does not strengthen ACOG’s credibility.
Shutting Out the Noise
Our task is to help the genuinely curious – not enable the haters.
And I Ran, Iran So Far Away
The world just got a little lighter, though I predict it may get a bit messy for a time. Let right be done.