This Nightmare of Online Verification, Part 2
It is important to fight the implementation of such policies to help ensure our freedom, privacy and security for ourselves and for future generations.
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What This Experiment Shows About How We See Discrimination
Kleck and Strenta’s research suggests that what we expect from others often shapes how we think they see us.
Why Do Cricket Balls Have To Be So Hard?
While a layperson may view cricket as a non-contact sport, the truth is batting and fielding require great courage, considering the hardness of the ball and the speeds it can reach.
The Backlash Against This Starts
It is extraordinary that as countries such as the UK and the US move to protect children by stopping medical experimentation on them, here in New Zealand a judge of the High Court decides such treatments are OK and should proceed.
The Nightmare of Identity Verification Part 1
In this two-part series, I will discuss the range of concerns and problems that come with online identity verification requirements.
This Is Not Journalism
Puberty blockers and why disagreement with officials is actually allowed.
Why We Refuse To Name the Ideology
Societies that lose the courage to speak plainly about violent ideologies become more brittle, more divided and more vulnerable to manipulation. History does not judge kindly those who chose euphemism over truth, especially when the warning signs are impossible to miss.
This Isn’t History – It’s Politics Backdated
History should inform today’s debates, not be reshaped to legitimise them. If constitutional change is proposed, it should be argued openly, on its merits, and decided democratically – not presented as an historical fact that cannot be questioned.
Flashback: Do You Remember How You Felt in 2019?
This is history’s constant lesson: no one… no country, no empire, no ruler… is entitled to the top spot forever.
Dickens the Man
To be sure, his daughter Katey was correct: Dickens was a wicked man – a very wicked man.
Bastion Point – the Untold Context
Seen in full, Bastion Point is not a story of unbroken bad faith. It is a complex episode shaped by changing laws, incentives, and expectations – and one that was ultimately resolved through return, compensation, and apology.