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This Is How We Should Have Responded to Covid-19
In these four areas – epidemiological, medical, ethical and democratic – principles were violated during the Covid-19 pandemic with dire consequences for health, basic freedoms, quality of life, education, business and the economy, and for democracy and society itself.
Deep Sea Mining No Longer Science Fiction
And of course the environmental lobby is trying to block it.
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[The Good Oil] Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
Going Ahead With the ‘Kill Switch’
The ‘kill switch’ mandate, Massie says at the beginning of his speech that started off the House floor debate over the amendment, “will probably sound like a bad science fiction movie.” However, it is reality.
Is Permissioned Access Still Money?
One unverifiable dispute locked me out. If permission to pay with my own money can be blocked, what does owning it mean anymore?
AI Buries Global Change Notions
You listening Chris Luxon? “Politicians welcomed the chance to blame others: if a wildfire or a flood devastates your town, point the finger at the changing climate rather than your own failure to prepare.”
A Cozy Coffee With Coster
New Zealand’s public service commissioner remains strangely loyal to a disgraced ex-police commissioner.
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